Sonic News Network:Requests for User Rights

Requests for User Rights is the process by which this wiki's community decides who will be promoted to a new user right (Administrator, Bureaucrat, Chat Moderator or Rollback). A user either submits his/her own request for a promotion (a self-nomination) or is nominated by another user. Please become familiar with the Administrators' how-to guide before submitting your request (if you are requesting adminship). 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 be 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 customized 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 comment 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, please 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 opposition, but opinions have more weight if backed up by reasons and evidence (e.g. occasions in which the nominee has done particularly excellent or malicious 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 in the discussion section of a nomination.)

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 time frame for the promotion the user is asking for has 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 promoted, and close the discussion. The discussion will be removed from this page, and will be archived by an administrator in Category:Requests for User Rights. All successful nominations in which the majority of the discussion regarding the nomination took place on this page will be archived.

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 recognized 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!
 * Don't be biased. In your reasons for voting, do not state such things as because you are "best friends" with a nominee. Your vote will not weigh greatly in your claim if others view it as biased.
 * Forgetting to provide any of the above requested information in the layout of your nomination will weigh heavily on your request. It is highly recommended that before publishing your nomination, you should preview often to ensure the links that you provide as well as the required links of the layout are formatted correctly and will successfully transmit your voters to the desired source. Grammar and spelling errors are not wise to leave in your request either. Again, preview often and proofread your nomination before submitting it. Ensure that your nomination sounds proper and is easy for other readers to flow through it without needing to pause at a misspelling or a confusing statement.

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

Murphyshane (Demotion)
I can't believe I'm doing this. I nominate myself for demotion of my admin priveliges.

First off, I am widely known on SNN for making sprite comics at no charge. However, they seem to be getting in the way of editing, and shockingly I have admittedly turned into a different kind of user. I don't see myself as such a responsible sysop anymore. So, in a noble joust, I'm going to let the community decide whether I still deserve adminship rights or if I should once again become a normal user. I'm at your mercy.

I'll remain neutral in this. Mind you, I don't want to lose my adminship and right now, I literally have my hand on my chest feeling my heart pounding.

-- 'Murphyshane -  熱! Don't click here '  23:24, June 28, 2013 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) I do not see you using your rights often, as such i do not see you as an admin anymore. Your behavior and attitude is fine, but without using your abilities, what is the point of having them? I'm with you on what you mostly do here is make sprite comics, which doesn't really mean your not important. I'd just say more people are qualified and willing to use admin abilities. 23:34, June 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) I don't want to support, but I'm afraid I have barely see you do anything that concerns your administrative rights, at least recently. All of the activity I have seen you do involve blogs and/or your comics, for the most part. If you haven't used your tools, I see no use in you having them.
 * 3) Per everyone else. SonicRunPeace.gif'Mariosonic15  I always race to win! Tailsbye.gif 23:39, June 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) I think you are fine at being an admin, but if you really don't want to be one, I can only support your decision. --- 15:24, June 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) I support Murph's request, but what is a demotion?--SonAmy (talk) 02:23, July 8, 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) I am Mystic Orb, the overlord of all! (talk page) 23:35, June 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Y'know, I don't think anyone should be demoted just because they don't use their 'powers' much. You have not done anything wrong that would warrant a demotion, or anything warn to begin with. So why would a demotion like this be needed? 23:48, June 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) Honestly, if you don't think you don't do Admin stuff that much, why not just ut your sprite comics aside and do admin stuff instead of demoting yourself. Pacmansonic138 (talk) 23:51, June 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) Per Spyro. Just because you don't use your tools doesn't warrant a demotion. You haven't done anything wrong. -- 04:55, June 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) I think you're responsible enough to use the tools properly even if you don't use them often. -- Supermorff (talk) 07:17, June 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * 6) Per all. 29 June 2013 15:52 (UTC)
 * 7) Per Everyone. 15:54, June 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * 8) There isn't really any reason to support this request. If you want to lose your rights, that's one thing... but you have explicitly stated the opposite. -- Shadowunleashed13 (talk) 19:31, June 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * 9) Like some others have stated, I don't think that a demotion is necessary just because you don't use your tools too often, and this is coming from someone who arguably hasn't been using some of his tools too often lately himself. You haven't committed any actions that would truly warrant a demotion. Lloyd the Cat  "I don't die. I just go on adventures."  20:35, June 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * 10) Why? 17:05, July 1, 2013 (UTC)
 * 11) Per Unleashed and Spyro and... Well, pretty much everyone. PhysAnimation.gif]] PhysTheEchidna  ( talk ) [[File:PhysTheEchidnaSprite.png 11:47, July 9, 2013 (UTC)
 * 12) I see no benefit in having you demoted.--SlugDrones • (Contact) 11:05, July 12, 2013 (UTC)

Discussion

 * If I may, can I say that there's more to an admin than just being granted extra tools? I am Mystic Orb, the overlord of all! (talk page) 00:22, June 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Would you expand? -- Murphyshane -  熱! Don't click here   00:27, June 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, even though I don't know much about adminship, one thing I do know is that at least important is that an admin has got a lot of trust within his/her Wikia community even if he/she doesn't know/use much of the admin powers. I mean I already gotten your trust since you can be quite the entertainer since you have a lot of experience for sprite comics etc. in this case and I'm pretty sure there are possibly other users as well that has received your trust for the same/different reasons. Makes sense?  I am Mystic Orb, the overlord of all! (talk page) 01:08, June 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * I am going neutral, due to this reason: Even though you often do only sprite comics, there is a reason they made you admin in the first place. They trust you. However, it is your choice if you want to resign the job or not.
 * As I said, not using your administrator tools isn't a reason to warrant a demotion. Administrative work (and wiki work in general) is all voluntary, and it is your choice whether or not to take part in it. As long as you remain level headed, open minded, and continue to follow our general guidelines, I see no reason to demote you at this time. As Supermorff said, I trust you to use the tools responsibly. When I have seen you use the tools, you've put them to good use. Demotions (in my opinion) should only be done as a last resort if reasoning with the user has failed. I have no real reason to support your demotion at this time, regardless if you edit often or not. -- 08:21, June 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * While there is a 'gap' of Murphyshane's participation, editing and duties and I feel like he dosen't do what a good admin should do at most cases. It's really all up to you to demote yourself or start becoming a good admin, because I understand your passion for sprite comics. Also you aren't doing anything wrong and you are a obedient, polite and entertaining user, your'e just not being an admin. I could've supported, but I feel you have all the right to do what you wish. --Quack 14:40, July 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * Being a 'good' administrator is not about editing a lot or doing administrative work. Work on the wiki is entirely volunteer work. Being an administrator is moreso about being trustworthy and acting as a role model and mentor to other users. There are no 'duties', and there is nothing you have to do as an administrator. Murphyshane has used his extra tools properly, and has done more than enough for the benefit of the Sonic News Network. Removing his rights for the reasons users who are supporting does nothing except set a poor example. -- 11:09, July 12, 2013 (UTC)

Bullet Francisco (Bureaucrat)
Bullet Francisco (talk): Contributions Edit Count

I am not requesting bureaucrat tools just for the sake of being a bureaucrat. I am mainly requesting access to the tools because I would like to actually close nominations on this page. I am typically the person reminding the bureaucrats to close the nominations, so it'd be useful to be able to close them myself. Promoting me will do no harm, and if I am already reminding our current bureaucrats to close the nominations (not saying they are doing a poor job), I might as well have the rights.

Aside from being able to put the bureaucrat tools to good use, I suppose I should mention my track record here on the wiki. I am a veteran wiki user and administrator. I certainly know my way around the tools and have put the tools to good use as an administrator. I am active in community discussion and the such, and I see myself as a 'leader' of sorts. Like I said, I am mainly requesting the rights because I would actually put the tools to use, but it doesn't hurt to mention this.

On that note, I would prefer if people refrained from opposing for reasons such as 'we already have enough active bureaucrats'. Like I said, I am not requesting the rights for the sake of having them, I am requesting them because I would actually put good use to the rights.

Thanks for considering, and please disregard my sloppy grammar. I'm tired, and I should have written this at a better time. Anyways, thanks again. -- 11:42, July 12, 2013 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Eh. One more Bureaucrat wouldn't hurt. 11:46, July 12, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Woo hoo: Bullet truly deserves this promotion.
 * 3) Go for it! Mystic Orb: Who do you think I am?    What do you want?    What do I do?   11:52, July 12, 2013 (UTC)