Sonic News Network:Requests for User Rights

Requests for adminship (RfA) is the process by which this wiki's community decides who will become administrators (also known as admins or sysops), who are users with access to additional features, most notably the ability to delete pages and to block users. A user either submits his/her own request for adminship (a self-nomination) or is nominated by another user. Please become familiar with the Administrators' how-to guide before submitting your request. This process is modeled around Wikipedia's RfA process, and more information can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship.

Layout
The following layout must by used for all new nominations. Nominators are encouraged to use the following code as a template, added as a new section under the current nominations and customised for the specific nominee.

Word bubbles must not be used as they interfere with numbering, and signatures must contain no line breaks. Signatures must contain a link to the relevant user's user page but no links to the pages of other users.

Username (rank requested)
Username (talk): Contributions Edit Count

Short section describing nominee's suitability for rank requested. Signature of nominator to be included at end of paragraph, along with the date of nomination.


 * For nominations by other users only, a single bulleted paragraph by the nominee accepting the nomination. Signature of nominee to be included at end of paragraph.

Discussion

 * Comments in short, signed, bulleted paragraphs.
 * Responses to specific comments should be offset with an extra asterisk. Responses should also be short, signed, single paragraphs.

Note: Adminship is not taken lightly. Nominators may want to spend time on their requests. The short section should cover reasons why the nominee would be expected to use admin tools appropriately and demonstrate that they are dedicated to the wiki. It should also explain why giving them such tools will further the aims of the wiki.

Discussion
Once a nomination has been made, users will review the nominee and declare their support or opposition by placing a short comments and their signature in the 'Support' or 'Oppose' sections (in the format of a numbered list, i.e. preceded by #). As above, word bubbles must not be used as they interfere with numbering and there must be no line breaks. Signatures must contain a link to the relevant user's user page but no links to the pages of other users. Do not try and include your entire thought process in such comments; only include the key reason or reasons for your vote.

At the same time, users are encouraged to explain their decision in the 'Discussion' section.

The 'Discussion' section can be used for further commentary or for asking the nominee questions in order to clarify your position. Comments must be short, single paragraphs in a bulleted list and include a signature. Again, do not use word bubbles, even if you frequently use one on talk pages.

Direct responses to a bulleted comment (e.g. by the nominee) should be placed directly after the comment and indented with one additional bullet point. (That is, a comment preceded by a single asterisk * would be followed by a comment preceded by two asterisks **. If you have trouble formatting lists in this way, it is recommended that you go to Special:Preferences and deactivate the visual editor under the 'Editing' tab.)

Any user can contribute to the discussion or declare support or oppostion, but opinions have more weight if backed up by reasons and evidence (e.g. occasions in which the nominee has done particularly good or bad work). The opinions of long-standing users, particularly current administrators, will also tend to hold more weight than recently-joined or inexperienced users.

Resolution
Adminship and bureaucrat nominations will last for two weeks; rollback and chat moderator nominations will last for one week. In this time, nominations must have received a sufficient number of participants in order to be valid. For rollback or chat mod requests, 5 users must have participated. For adminship requests, 10 users must have participated. For bureaucrat requests, 15 users must have participated. Nominations that have not reached this quorum level at the end of the relevant period have failed. (Note that participants include those who comment and remain neutral.)

This is not a majority vote. It is an attempt to assess the community's consensus regarding the candidate. The candidate should have the support of most of the community, so if the vote is close, the candidate will probably not be given adminship.

After the two weeks have passed, a bureaucrat (a user who has even more rights than an administrator, and can give other users admin rights) will read through the request, determine the community's consensus about whether the nominee should be made an admin, and close the discussion. The discussion will be removed from this page, but is still accessible through the page's edit history.

Demotion discussions will last as long and require the same number of participants as promotion discussions about the same rank.

If a nominee decides at any time that they do not wish to pursue a promotion for themselves, they are welcome to remove the discussion entirely before it comes to a conclusion. However, a nominee is not permitted to remove a demotion request.

A nominator is entitled to remove any discussion they have posted (including a demotion request) if no other users have yet commented.

Advice
Here are some pieces of advice for nominators and nominees:
 * Follow the process as described above. Failure to do so will harm your chances of success.
 * Demonstrate that you understand what being an admin involves. Read through Help:Administrators' how-to guide if you are not familiar with the role.
 * Being a good user is not sufficient to be made an admin. Do not bring up number of edits, number of pages created, being nice to other users, not engaging in vandalism, or knowledge of the Sonic series. Only users widely recognised as good users should be nominated for adminship (those that have not demonstrated this through their work will have their nominations rejected quickly) and they do not need to prove this again during the debate for adminship.
 * Don't expect that the community will be familiar with your work. You must provide evidence. In its simplest form, this may include listing pages (or talk pages) where you have been particularly influential, but preferably you should provide a link to the Diff pages of major edits you make.
 * Don't expect that the community will necessarily be aware of your nomination. You are advised to request comments from regular users, particularly admins (a list of whom can be found here). Note, however, that only asking your own friends to comment is usually transparent and may harm your chances in the long run.
 * If you are an admin on another wiki site, this can provide good evidence of your suitability for adminship, assuming either you have been granted adminship in recognition of the work you have done on the site (as opposed to receiving it because you founded the site or were one of the only users) or you have been an effective admin having received the privileges. You must provide a link to the site in question.
 * Don't lie, as doing so will almost certainly result in a failed nomination.
 * Remember that this is not a talk page. Please keep discussions relevant to the matter at hand and do not start to chat. For instance, try not to thank everybody who votes in your favour.
 * The ideal candidate is one who is being prevented from carrying out work by the limitations of their user rights. If you can demonstrate that you would have used admin rights in the past (e.g. by tagging pages for deletion that were subsequently deleted, or informing an admin about a vandal that was subsequently blocked), provide evidence for this. Don't attempt to influence the discussion by promising to do something or act differently if you are successful, as this is a sign that you are not yet ready.
 * Don't talk about things that you don't do, only things that you do do.
 * Please be civil!

Current nominations
Here are the users who are currently nominated for sysop, rollback, bureaucrat, or other privileges. New nominations must be added below this section.

The Shadow Of Darkness (Chat Moderator)
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I think I am ready for chat moderator powers because I have a fair amount of edits, have reported many under-edit people on chat, and warned them if no admins or chat mods were on the chat or as I knew active/away on chat for a while. The Shadow Of Darkness 17:42, March 12, 2012 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) User:BlueSpeeder: Well, Shadow is a good friend of mine. He does what he is told to do, tells users on chat that don't have enough edits to please leave, and he has enough edits. Makes me want to be a chat mod, but I'm not ready yet.Zackery Willson 18:00, March 12, 2012 (UTC)BlueSpeeder-1:00pm-3/12/12
 * 2) Yeah: I believe he's ready for this. Lightning   the   Hedgehog  05:00, March 18, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Yes: You'd make a good mod. Pinkolol   A girl who likes video games  05:05, March 18, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Yes: You would be a good mod. [[File:SonicRunPeace.gif]] Modren Sonic [[File:SonicRunPeace.gif]] 05:07, March 18, 2012 (UTC)]
 * 5) Normally no. But given the departure of a relatively active mod, I'd say you'd make an acceptable replacement. -CariconCommander 05:12, March 18, 2012 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) I would normally support this, but there are many active chat moderators as it is, I doubt extra help is needed unless one person was to go offline for a long period of time. 20:48, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) I actually don't think you'd make a good chat moderator, I haven't seen you do anything in which you would need it, and there are enough chat mods as is, I can think of better candidates should we need another chat mod anyway. Sorry. -- 20:51, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Sorry..: But your kinda not ready... Tyler the Hedgehog  "The ultimate son of a gun Charmcaster!"  21:04, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) It's just too soon, and honestly I do not think you are ready for it. Sorry. {{{FreeSig}} 06:32, March 18, 2012 (UTC)

Discussion

 * @BlueSpeeder I'm sorry, but enough edits? I have more than 5,000 edits and I never got to become Chat Mod when I ran.IceyMewkat14.png
 * If I recall, no one called you out on your edit count, they called you out on not being ready/too immature for the job at the moment/inexperienced. I don't recall one comment about your editcount. Besides, FreeSmudger became chat mod with about 500 edits, same with Hyper. -- 18:11, March 13, 2012 (UTC)

Speedy the Hedgehog (Chat Moderator)
Speedy the Hedgehog (talk): Contributions Edit Count

I think I am suitable for chat moderator because I have enough edits and I have stopped users who don't have enough on chat. Speedy the Hedgehog

Oppose

 * 1) No. Being a chat moderator is a lot of responsibly and not all about kickbans and what not. Sonic  The  Hedgehog  Dude  18:42, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) No: I'm afraid you aren't quite prepared for this, and as I've mentioned in another nomination we have enough chat moderators to watch the chat. 20:52, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) No: Also, you were inactive for a VERY long period of time. -- 20:56, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) You came, like, a little less than month ago.. O.oIceyMewkat14.png
 * I, like, never see you on chat. And you never show responsibility. I'ma say no.  I'MA FIRE MAH LASER! BWHAAAAH!!!  21:16, March 12, 2012 (UTC)

Discussion

 * @Mewkat: Correction, he came over a year ago, but we saw little activity from him little activity for a long time. -- 21:05, March 12, 2012 (UTC)

Ohmygod123 (Chat Moderator)
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SonicTheHedgehogDude wants to leave this wiki and be demoted because he let his younger brother troll the chat room. He's so depressed now. I am willing to take his place, since he's gonna get demoted and might possibly leave the wiki. *sheds a tear* I warned him not to get himself demoted and leave. I keep telling him that it's not his fault. But he won't listen. As Chat Mod, I promise to kickban any users that troll the chat room. I will be a very good chat mod.

R.I.P. SonicTheHedgehogDude

Oppose

 * 1) This is not good enough of a reason for chat mod. And your not ready. The Shadow Of Darkness 04:50, March 18, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) I'm sorry, but No: I don't think you're ready yet, and the majority of your reasoning is you being sad that Dude is gone. I'm sorry, but that's no where near a good reason to be a Chat Mod. Lightning   the  Hedgehog  05:01, March 18, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Per above. 06:34, March 18, 2012 (UTC)~
 * 4) I'ma have to say No: SonicDude said himself not to get a replacement until "Sacor demotes him." I think its too soon to want to replace him. On another note, I don't think you're ready yet. I havn't really seen you show any responsibility. And, you can't just kickban users without enough edits that may not know of the rule, a message in which I am recieving in your "campaign" message. I also think its quite arrogant to be using SonicDude's quiting of the wiki as basis for your campaign so people can feel his legacy go on through your "love" of him. I'MA FIRE MAH LASER!  BWHAAAAH!!!  11:16, March 18, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) No: Since when was I ever going to demote SonictheHedgehogDude? Just because he's leaving, it doesn't give you the rights to step in two seconds later requesting a promotion. In fact, we still have enough chat moderators as it is, there must be at least 8-9 still moderating the chat, and not a single one of them is inactive. Time Biter's final sentence on his comment also explains my feelings. 11:33, March 18, 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) I'm not gonna lie, you're not ready: First of all, you don't know if Sacor's gonna demote him or not. Second of all, like Sacor and Time Biter said, it's not right to abuse SonicDude's quit just so you can jump 2 seconds later and request a dang promotion. It's just unfair. To everybody and SonicDude..even if he's gone. 'Wkmeads1 The Ultimate Lifeform 14:02, March 18, 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) I don't see you as the kind of person to be a Chat Moderator.IceyMewkat14.png
 * 8) XD: Your joking right? This is great! Hahahahahaha!!! Tyler the Hedgehog  "The ultimate son of a gun Charmcaster!"  17:11, March 18, 2012 (UTC)

Discussion

 * PKMN, that comment you've made is just plain rude. 17:34, March 18, 2012 (UTC)