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.

Nominating
To submit a nomination for somebody else, please create a section below the "Current nominations for adminship" line listing the nominee's username as a piped link to his/her userpage. Below that, please include a statement about why you are nominating this person and why you think they will be a good admin. The nominee should then accept (or reject) the nomination, and include a statement about why (s)he wants to become an admin, why (s)he thinks (s)he is a good candidate, and what (s)he plans to do with administrator rights. All users must sign and date their statements.

To submit a self-nomination, please create a section below the "Current nominations for adminship" line listing your username as a piped link to your userpage. Below that, please include a statement about why you want to become an admin, why you think you are a good candidate, and what you plan to do with administrator rights. Please sign and date your statement.

Editorial Note: Adminship is NOT taken lightly. You may actually want to spend some time on your request. A couple sentences is hardly sufficient to show that you won't cause more problems than you solve with admin tools, let alone that you think that there is a good reason why more admins are necessary and that you would be a good candidate for a new admin, that you're willing to put time and effort into this wiki, and that you know how to use admin powers properly and would do so.

Discussion
Once a nomination has been made, users will review the nominee and declare their support or opposition by commenting. Such posts should be bulleted (with asterisks *) and preceded by Yes, No or Neutral. When declaring support or opposition in this way, please refrain from using a talk bubble, even if you frequently use one on talk pages. This is to help bureaucrats to easily determine who is for and who is against the nomination.

In this section, users may also make comments (to be preceded by Comment) or ask the nominee questions (to be preceded by Question) in an attempt to get a better idea of the nominee's strengths and weaknesses. Remember to use colons or asterisks (*) at the beginning of lines when responding to other people's comments.

If you wish to change your opinion at a later date, please strke through your original Yes/No/Neutral declaration (you can do this with the tags as follows: Yes produces Yes ).

This is not a majority vote. It is an attempt to assess the community's consensus regarding the candidate. Moreover, to become an admin, the candidate should have the support of most of the community, so if the vote is split, the candidate will probably not be given adminship. Any user can contribute, 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.

After a reasonable amount of time, 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 you 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.

Advice
Here are some pieces of advice for nominators and nominees:
 * Please read through and follow the nomination guidelines 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.
 * Admins are expected to be good users first, but this is not sufficient to be made an admin. Number of edits, number of pages created, being nice to other users, not engaging in vandalism, knowing about Sonic, etc. are signs of a good user, but they should have no bearing on the discussion for adminship. 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.
 * Similarly, 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.
 * Be patient. This process is not quick. If you cannot wait for the process to conclude at its own pace, you probably aren't ready for adminship anyway.
 * 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.
 * Don't attempt to influence the discussion by promising to do something if you are successful.
 * Don't talk about things that you don't do, only things that you do do.
 * Please be civil!
 * Read User:Sonicrox14's blog: User blog:Sonicrox14/So, You Wanna Be An Admin?! and take a second thought about adminship.

Current Nominations For Adminship
Here are the users who are currently nominated for sysop, rollback, or other privileges.

Murphyshane (Admin)
I nominate Murphyshane for adminship. It is true that he deserves it with his main-space edits, behavior and maturity towards this wiki. He truly does want to improve himself and the wiki and he has. I am proud of him, he has made more edits I have, so why not? Murphyshane and I are the same level. I became an admin so why can't he?--58SlugDrones! 05:30, August 8, 2010 (UTC)

I'll now list some pros and keep the cons to myself. Course, don't know what good adminship'll do me but

-- Murphyshane  I voted Blaze, so you vote Shadow Don't click here 23:01, August 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm nice to other users (except vandals).
 * I was made Admin on other wikis for my frequent editing.
 * I edit daily


 * Demonstration of use of Admin powers

Well, on WarioWiki I protected the main page because it was vandalised. People started replacing content with text like "Wario farts in Brawl yay" "Ur moms back" ect. A user also renamed it "Maud Page". I deleted unneeded pages like WarioWare: Touched (which was already an article so I turned it into a redirect) WarioWare, Inc. (same situation as Touched) and King Dedede (whic had nothing to do with Wario), a vandalised page like Maro Land (it had all kinds of things like Mario getting shot), Plumber outfit, Biker outfit and Captain syrup (which weres Spam and marked for deletion), User talk:81.104.126.252. (which contained another user's password)

As for being nice to other users, I like to help new ones learn how wikis work. Ya know, answer their questions, teach how to change font traits, etc. I'm nice to them cuz I don't pick fights or tell them that they're bad users. I'm also polite to vandals, if a vandal were to vandalise a page, instead of telling them somethin' like "Do that again and I will kill you!" I'd say "I'm sorry, but please do not vandalise a page again. Thank you." -- Murphyshane  I voted Blaze, so you vote Shadow Don't click here 10:22, August 18, 2010 (UTC)


 *  No  - I'm really sorry to be blunt, but you are making the same mistakes as last time. This is what your nomination looks like in the context of the advice and guidance at the top of the page:
 * I have the 5th most edits of all users Irrelevant
 * I've uploaded several useful images. Irrelevant
 * I'm nice to other users (except vandals). - Let me know when you're polite to other users, INCLUDING vandals.
 * I was made Admin on other wikis for my frequent editing. - And can you give examples of what you did with admin privileges on these other wikis?
 * Pages I've created Irrelevant
 * You've got a lot of potential, but I really want to see you improve your nomination first. If you can show that you did good admin-related work on those other wikis, that would be sufficient evidence in itself of your qualification. -- Supermorff 09:49, August 18, 2010 (UTC)

I say Yes Murphyshane should become Admin.Murphyshane has created a lot of articles that will help this wiki.He has the 5th most amount of edits and he has 3,000 main edits.He deserves Adminship and I'm not saying this because were good friends I'm saying it because its true and he deserves it! Ultimate Dude  127 19:50, August 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes - Okay, so I finally got round to looking at WarioWiki. I see that the Main Page was indeed vandalised, but that you weren't the one to personally fix that, and when you decided to protect it nobody had vandalised it for 8 months, so I'm not sure that was necessary. You did some good work deleting unneeded pages, although you could have done better on the cleanup - you deleted "Red (Pokemon Trainer)" and the page "Red", but there's still a disambiguation and "Red (Ashley's friend)" could now be moved to "Red", for instance. These are all small things, though, that you can easily improve on - in general, it seems clear that you'll use the privileges responsibly and not go overboard.
 * I also looked at comments you've left on user talk pages, and think you show decent restraint and civility, but I will say that a "block" is not the same as a "ban" - we don't ban people on Wikia. I was quite amused by this edit in which you said "vandalism is against our policy" - that's obviously true, but it would have been better to explain what the user had done that you had identified as vandalism.
 * But all in all, quite promising. -- Supermorff 08:06, August 22, 2010 (UTC)

Should I ask other admins to cast their vote? -- Murphyshane  I voted Blaze, so you vote Shadow Don't click here 13:21, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

Again Murph again 55 Skcor Ezalb 23:35, September 11, 2010 (UTC)

Maybe - You're a hard working and dedicated user. I think you will do well as an admin. But I'm not sure if we need any more admins, but if others say yes, then I'll change my vote.  Myself 123  02:15, September 12, 2010 (UTC)

I see. -- Murphyshane  I voted Blaze, so you vote Shadow Don't click here 11:57, September 12, 2010 (UTC)

Grand Admiral Leviathan for Secretary Admin
I nominate myself for adminship. I feel that I would do a good job as such, for these reasons;


 * Most users here already know me, and I know them. Some newer users here often ask me for assitance (If I have left a message), and I'm always happy to help.


 * Like the above, I'm always happy to help with situations that need resolution, or new users that need help around.


 * I still help a lot with the vandal situation. Like my nomiation for rollback, Adminship would also boost my abillity to fight vandals.


 * I am always on here. On weekeds, I stay here up until I can't see anymore, then get back on in the morning. The only times I'm not on is during school hours.


 * I always check every edit made here, no matter how tedious the job can get, to make sure no vandalism or harassment is going on in articles and Talkpages, respectively.


 * I have a decent amount of edits for an admin nomination.


 * I feel I have a 'two sides to every story' approach to things, but this may not be true.

Now, I sound like I'm glamourising myself here, I have many flaws that I'm working on getting rid of, such as,


 * I'm a bit rash. Unfortunately, right now is a stressful time for me.


 * My sense of justice is a bit strong. This may not be so bad, but sometimes my sense of justice gets me into trouble sometimes, as well as the fact that I ack before I speak. I'm trying to avoid this, but it is [Unfortuantley] inherited.


 * New comics. I used to dislike and flat-out HATE new comics that pop up around here, but in the recent months I've been working on my toleration for such comics that pop up.

I will use my adminship lightly. I will not ban other users for no reason, and I shouldn't even have to say that. You won't see me banning every user that posts a rude comment on my comics, that would just be plain out of line for me. If I ever do so, give me a good whack to the back of the head, and throw me into a river.

I hope that the majority of the admins will say yes, but I will respect your desicion if you say no, and take it like a man. 19:32, September 11, 2010 (UTC)

I say yes. He's done a good job helping me keeping this wikia how it is. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master   Kongosoha!  19:42, September 11, 2010 (UTC)

I say yes I know he's helped with the vandal problem a lot and he generously asks them to stop he is a good user for adminship 55 Skcor Ezalb 23:34, September 11, 2010 (UTC)

Maybe - You're a hard working and dedicated user. I think you will do well as an admin. But I'm not sure if we need any more admins, but if others say yes, then I'll change my vote.  Myself 123  02:15, September 12, 2010 (UTC)

I say Yes.Admiral has done lot's of work.He may flaw in being nice to everyone, but so do I and ssome of the other user's.But he deserves Adminship. Ultimate Dude  127 22:25, September 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * Did you read my nomination before posting that? Also, what do blogs have to do with this? A good majority of my edits are mainspace. AdmiralLevi.Signiture_B.gifAdmiralLevi._Salute_B.gif 22:50, September 12, 2010 (UTC)

I don't think you know what 'Brash' and 'Forceful' mean. Take a good long look at my post, is there anything in there that is mean or rude? No. 23:48, September 12, 2010 (UTC)

That last message was an example of rudeness.Moon the Hedgehog's power level is higher than Frieza's!! 23:52, September 12, 2010 (UTC)

Read 'Things I am improving on' #1. 23:56, September 12, 2010 (UTC)

I never said you couldn't voice your opnion! I was just making sure you actually read my nomiation! 00:07, September 13, 2010 (UTC)

You know what? Nevermind. This is all pointless. 00:18, September 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * Maybe: We've got a good few active admins here (7 just off the top of my head) already, and on top of that, as you've admitted you can be rash, which makes me think you might do something regretable. Just working on it isn't necessarily enough; you have to be able to handle things calmly no matter what. Also, your comments could be a tad bit more polite sometimes.--Kagi mizu -<font color="#008000">Seeya <font color="#FFA500">'round 00:26, September 13, 2010 (UTC)
 * "I will use my adminship lightly. I will not ban other users for no reason, and I shouldn't even have to say that. You won't see me banning every user that posts a rude comment on my comics, that would just be plain out of line for me. If I ever do so, give me a good whack to the back of the head, and throw me into a river." AdmiralLevi.Signiture_B.gifAdmiralLevi._Salute_B.gif 00:28, September 13, 2010 (UTC)

Not every rude comment, but if you got into a fight that got heated enough, I don't know how you'd handle it. on top of that, as said before, your comments at times are a little less than polite. You can prove that you have control over your temper and avoid making rude comments (regardless of who starts it), then I'll change my vote. Three things an admin needs the most are experience, reputation, and maturity.--<font color="#0000FF">Kagi <font color="#FF0000">mizu -<font color="#008000">Seeya <font color="#FFA500">'round 00:35, September 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * I understand your point, but going to such harsh measures would be completly unorthodox, I would never go to such lengths. AdmiralLevi.Signiture_B.gifAdmiralLevi._Salute_B.gif 00:42, September 13, 2010 (UTC)

You say that now, when you are calm and not in the middle of a fight. However, anger can make one do things they normally would never do. Your advertisement for your adminship is also somewhat questionable; it asks your friends to vote for you, who would vote more based on friendship than actual ability. I know this is not true for all friends, but the question is still there.--<font color="#0000FF">Kagi <font color="#FF0000">mizu -<font color="#008000">Seeya <font color="#FFA500">'round 01:26, September 13, 2010 (UTC)

No. A good admin must be responsible, get along with other users and use good grammar. Though these are not ALL the requirements, these are a few. The second one isn't one you exactly "excel" in. And now you've adopted this new name, "Grand Master Admiral Levithan." We don't need braggarts in our staff. -- Shelly   the  Hedgehog  I'm not a monkey!  01:33, September 13, 2010 (UTC)