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Surprise surprise! I'm running for Content Moderator!
This application is suspiciously similar to my original Adminship Request. I've changed a few minor things here and there to make it up-to-date.
I will start by introducing myself in section 1. After that, I'll explain why I am interested in becoming a Content Moderator in section 2, and in section 3 I'll tell you why you should be interested in me becoming a Content Moderator. Finally, I'll conclude my application in section 4.
About me[]
| Type of edits | Edit count |
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| Total | 3,527 |
| Article | 3,017 |
| Talk | 81 |
| User | 53 |
| User talk | 136 |
| Fallout Wiki | 2 |
| Fallout Wiki talk | 0 |
| File | 110 |
| File talk | 0 |
| Template | 25 |
| Template talk | 0 |
| Module | 0 |
| Module talk | 0 |
| Category | 6 |
| Category talk | 0 |
| User blog | 1 |
| User blog comment | 1 |
| Blog | 0 |
| Blog talk | 0 |
While you may have seen me or talked to me on Nukapedia, you may not know me. In this section I'll introduce myself: I'll give some background, tell something about my interests (both wiki-life and real-life), and give some examples of what I've contributed to Nukapedia.
History[]
I joined Nukapedia The Vault somewhere in 2011 as I was playing Fallout 3. I didn't exactly focus on any specific projects; I just added information where I thought it was lacking, and fixed typos and capitalisation wherever I found them. While I enjoyed editing Nukapedia with some regularity, I stopped editing halfway through 2013 as my interest in Fallout waned. Though I edited every now and then after that, I definitively returned in late 2015 after the release of Fallout 4, and I have been active ever since, with Jspoelstra making me a patroller in April 2016. Even though my interest in Fallout 4 started disappearing at some point, I tried to edit and patrol just a little bit every day. However, when the whole Featured Video thing happened a few weeks ago I was woken up again, and my interest was revived. At least a third of my edits have been made since then, and I don't plan on stopping any time soon.
Interests[]
My main (wiki-life) interests lie in creating and maintaining quality. I thoroughly enjoy diving into the game to record all the details, nitpicking articles and rewriting them, and preventing vandals from destroying our work.
Please see the achievements section of this request for a detail on projects I have worked on and will work on.
me_irl[]
I'm a student of computer science from the Netherlands, though I'm currently on exchange in Canada. I've been into programming since I was 12. Even though I usually program in C/C++ and Java, I also have considerable (amateur) experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and SQL; these skills are useful when editing Nukapedia, but may also come in use if we decided to go for Exodus.
Achievements[]
Now that you know a bit about what I like to do, the question remains what I have done for Nukapedia. Apart from my regular minor edits fixing capitalisation and typos, I've also made some more significant contributions in the past. I have generated many of the Fallout 4 weapon mods (such as the automatic barrel) (and maybe I should regenerate those because many of them are kind of outdated), unstubbed a few Fallout 4 locations (such as Hopesmarch Pentecostal Church), and am currently working on adding missing data to all the Fallout 4 character infoboxes (such as Mr. Donoghue). I also have plans to add missing data to Fallout 4 enemies, and to add missing dialogue files.
Why am I interested?[]
I have previously applied for the role of Admin, but I sincerely doubted whether that would be the right place for me. While I'm regularly on Discord, I'm almost exclusively active on the editorial bullpen, and can't say I would exactly be a good representative of the community. Consider the principle of least privilege.
Instead, I think that the role of Content Moderator would be more suitable for me. People may not know me (except what I've just told them in the About me section), but they probably do know my edits.
So why am I interested? Because I believe that I can do what I like doing most better than ever if I were a CM: create and maintain quality content on Nukapedia. I see my role as a CM as an upgraded version of the patroller, where I can take action myself, directly when and where it is needed.
Why should you be interested?[]
It's nice and all that you know why I'm interested in becoming a CM, but why should you want me to become a CM? After all, even if you trust someone, they should only be appointed if you believe that doing so would be a sincere improvement.
And I believe that I would be a sincere improvement. Of course, there are many other editors out there with way more edits and way larger edits. But I don't think that's important; my main focus is on article quality and completeness, and that is exactly what I'll do. I am a perfectionist and I really dislike seeing inconsistency or incompleteness. But seeing imperfections doesn't make me angry; it makes me motivated to resolve the problem. In my role as a CM I feel that I would be distinguishable from a patroller in the sense that I become more of a representative of Nukapedia quality. I will be able to better help new editors by example, in addition to how I can currently help them through conversation. I will be able to assist admins without having more power than I need or am interested in, and I think that that is a very important restriction.
Conclusion[]
Even though my work could be desribed as alternating between WikiGnomish and WikiOgrish, I will be here on Nukapedia to keep an eye out intervene when necessary, discussing when I am uncertain; much like I do now. In that sense, I won't change much. What will change, however, is to what extent I will do that. And I think I can be more valuable to Nukapedia as a Content Moderator.
- FDekker talk 23:39, November 22, 2017 (UTC)
Votes[]
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Yes[]
Dekker fits the role of CM very well. He often discusses editing with other editors, especially on the discord, and he puts alot of passion into his own edits. From what I've seen is he also good at dealing with edit wars, an important ability in CMs. DisgustingWastelander (talk) 23:53, November 22, 2017 (UTC)
- Greets Peace'n Hugs (talk) (blog) 00:16, November 23, 2017 (UTC)- he is active in the bullpen, looks at the smaller maintenance issues and just wants to get on with article handling. I have no reason to refuse this. Next he has to revive no.fallout though. Sakaratte - Talk to the catmin 06:23, November 23, 2017 (UTC)
- Right, do business here more. And I'll better leave the interwiki more for myself :) --ExplorerSmaily (talk) 18:05, November 23, 2017 (UTC)
- 123123abcabc (talk) 18:07, November 23, 2017 (UTC)
- Agent c (talk) 18:50, November 23, 2017 (UTC)
- Dekker is serious about editing and I think we all trust him for the job. JBour53 - talk
- —Preceding unsigned comment added by DanieloftheSorrows (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with ~~~~!
- This one is just barely a nudge above Neutral from me; I suppose I haven't interacted enough with you directly. But looking at your edit quality, I certainly don't oppose it. Upvote from me. |\| () |\/| /\ |) | Talk | Discord | NMC 21:00, November 23, 2017 (UTC)
- As long as he doesn't bug ME...chill it's ok. User:Ianthebean
- Pedro Washington (talk) 21:36, November 23, 2017 (UTC)
- Already voted yes the first time, have my support. Rebel427 ~ I'll be your huckleberry 03:56, November 24, 2017 (UTC)
- Xa3 (talk) 01:59, November 28, 2017 (UTC)
- ---bleep196- (talk) 02:13, November 28, 2017 (UTC)
No[]
Neutral[]
Comments[]
Result[]
Congratulations, you will now be promoted to be our first Content Moderator! Jspoel 
12:35, November 30, 2017 (UTC)