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 parties 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 Quesion) 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.
 * 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. They should have no bearing on the discussion 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.
 * 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!

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

Multiverseman for Admin

 * I nominate myself for admin. Here is what I will do if you make me an admin


 * I will make sure iLike doesn't show his face on this Wiki ever again.
 * I will protect other users from abuse.
 * I will give you ideas for sprite comics.
 * And more!
 * So, in conclusion, make me an admin, and together we can make SNN a better place for all of us! Thank you. Multiverseman 21:03, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

Is anyone going to comment? Multiverseman 17:35, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

That's not enough for adminship, as far as I'm concerned that dumb vandal cannot be stopped, he's either a complete idiot or a super-genius. Second, sprite comics may be fun to read, but not important. Lastly, you just haven't done enough yet.  Myself 123  20:32, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

Okay then. If you make me an admin, I will: Multiverseman 15:45, June 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * No - Firstly, I agree with Myself 123. That is all. -- Supermorff 20:41, June 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Make sure no one calls Shelly a monkey.
 * get rid of racists, vandals, trolls, and Sockpuppets.

Still No I'm afraid, I just don't think you've done enough yet.  Myself 123  17:47, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

What about all the contributions to the forums I made? Multiverseman 18:40, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

They're forums.  Myself 123  18:41, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

All right, I have to point out a glaring issue here: A good portion of Multiverseman's first edits are vandalism regarding the Tails Doll on the Sonic R page. Check out his contributions. Not to mention his whole 'Yes, I have a crush on SonicRox14' blog, which could be considered harassment, based off of what went on in that blog. 01:00, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

If anything, you've convinced me you shouldn't EVER be anything more than a user for the rest of your time -- not just here, but all throughout Wikia. And yet... -- Shelly   the  Hedgehog  I'm not a monkey! 03:05, June 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * No.


 * Final conclusion: No - Consensus is against you I'm afraid. You may nominate yourself again once you have more experience, but before you do I suggest that you read the guidance and advice at the top of the page. This discussion will be removed shortly. -- Supermorff 09:39, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Murphyshane (Admin)

 * I have the 10th most edits out of all users (that's not bad considering how long I've been here.
 * I've uploaded several useful images.
 * I'm nice to other users (except vandals).
 * I have lots of Sonic trivia memorized which will help the wiki.
 * I was made Admin on other wikis for my frequent editing.
 * I've never caused any admins trouble on this wiki.
 * If I am promoted to Admin I won't give up, I'll edit more frequent than ever before.
 * I'm pretty good with technical things on wikis and know how to make all kinds of templates
 * I'm pretty observant
 * I'm full of ideas
 * According to DiscoDuck I am "Hands-On."
 * Maybe this edit would have been a good one.


 * No - I haven't seen anything that impresses me enough to make me want to make you an admin. You're a fine user, and I see you becoming an admin someday if you stick around, but I think not just yet. -- Supermorff 20:28, May 13, 2010 (UTC)

He doesn't deserve it, Morff is the best user here in my opinion. About my decision, I vote No for now, you are a good user, and I'm sure you could gain adminship, I just don't think you're ready yet.  Myself 123  23:26, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Sonic &amp; Scrab Master (Sysop)
I nominate SSM for adminship. He has shown to be a reliable User with good judgement. While he does have a habit of making crass jokes, sometimes taking it a bit far, he does overall have a good sense of right & wrong. He has a large amount of edits, the number being in the league of admins (right under Sunny in fact), with a fair number of these edits (if not most of them) being mainspace edits. He has reverted vandalism, created several music articles for this wiki, tagged numerous spam articles for deletion, and has shown a great amount of qualities deserving of adminship. If he could pull back on the somewhat offensive jokes (and learn to censor his comics) I feel he would make an excellent admin.--Kagi mizu -Seeya  'round ~ 17:09, April 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes: I've seen SSM editing here all the time, always making constructive contributions. I say, give the kid a chance. -- Shelly ' the ' Hedgehog Amy to Shelly.png I'm not a monkey! 04:02, April 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Is this only for Admins to vote if not I say NoBlazeRocks55 20:08, April 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Blazerocks, could you please elaborate why you would vote no? -- Supermorff 21:21, April 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * Believe it or not. I do have what it takes to be an admin. Just ask Noname. Sonic &amp;  Scrab  Master
 * Well Kag says a lot he takes his jokes a bit far, his comics have quite a bit of cursing, and his jokes are also offensive to other people now if he can cut back on the stuff I'd say Yes because Kag made some points with the edits and the vandals but that's why I vote noBlazeRocks55 12:26, April 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * I know that I'm not an admin, but I would vote "yes" because of the sheer amount of effort he's been putting into the wiki.--Shadow34 00:05, April 19, 2010 (UTC)Shadow34

ANYONE can vote and have their vote count. It dosen't matter whether you're a beaurecrat or an admin, the rules state that the entire community (meaning everyone on the Wiki) can vote. -- Shelly ' the ' Hedgehog  I'm not a monkey! 04:22, April 19, 2010 (UTC)

I say "yes",or vote "yes". NiGHTS Rocks  Get up when u fall down. 00:18, April 20, 2010 (UTC)NiGHTS Rocks

Why?BlazeRocks55 21:04, April 20, 2010 (UTC)

Don't ask her why. Also, I just reached 5,000 edits and organized a group to protect this wiki from vandals (mostly HappyDays and OhBoy). Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master

Everyone has to tell why they vote that wayBlazeRocks55 12:15, April 22, 2010 (UTC)

Actually, the rules state and I quote "Non-admins may place their opinion, but their vote will be ignored".  Myself 123  20:59, April 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * That doesn't make any sense. It's the community that should pick the admins, not the current admins.--Shadow34 23:50, April 23, 2010 (UTC)Shadow34

I know it dosen't sound fair but, if non-admins were allowed then they'd just vote for others just because they were friends with each other so, when ya think about it, the rule shows relevance -Murphyshane

Just like NiGHTS Rocks and SSM they just vote for others because they are friends with each other -BlazeRocks55

Shadow 34 Murph makes a pointBlazeRocks55 20:00, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

Sonic & Scrab Master is the most reliable user I've ever met.No one pays attention to me 20:39, April 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * It would be easier for people to pay attention to you if 1) you'd ever posted on this page before and 2) you signed your posts. -- Supermorff 10:42, April 30, 2010 (UTC)

And don't forget, I've added a few things from Sonic the Comic despite the fact that I HATE STC with a passion. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master

He's made plenty of mainspace edits too.--Shadow34 23:25, May 8, 2010 (UTC)

Just so you know, only about 75 of those edits go into the chatting. If your still not sure, ask NoName. I'm also an admi on another wikia. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master

No need to be rude. I'm also an admin on Destroy All Humans Wikia. That's why I said you hould ask NoName. As far as I know, your the only admin to not want me to become an admin. And I didn't lie. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master

Its okay. And I promise to use my powers as a admin (if I do become an admin) to protect this wikia from iLike. Since that's what caused me to form the WikiKnights of the SNN Table in the first place. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master


 * Comment: Could you please provide a link to your other wiki and any impressive admin work you have performed there? The WikiKnights of the SNN Table is generally a good idea, although mostly what I've seen is that people from this group will post on a vandal's page with derogatory remarks and threats, which is not cool. -- Supermorff 20:28, May 13, 2010 (UTC)

Well, actually, Destroy All Humans Wikia is a slow-going wiki. Much like StC Wikia. I banned an unknown user because he kept putting "Eat Beef" on the Main Page. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master
 * Okay, but can you provide a link? -- Supermorff 18:17, May 14, 2010 (UTC)

Here! Sonic &amp;  Scrab  Master

No: Even though SASM is very good at editing, he is kind of rude. Especially towards ME! Multiverseman 22:42, May 18, 2010 (UTC)

Get over it! I'm like to Santer as well and he doesn't care much. Suck it up. You can't even vote anyhow. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master


 * No - Multiverseman raises a good point. An admin is essentially one of the site's representatives, particularly to new users. This requires an admin to be open and, well, not overbearing and rude. Can you do that? On the other hand, as far as admin skills go, your work of the Destroy All Humans Wiki looks quite good. As you said, it's much smaller than SNN, so not really comparable, but I think you show a fair amount of potential. If you work a bit on interpersonal skills to new, inexperienced and even bad users (or show evidence that you already have good skills), then I'd be willing to reconsider my vote. -- Supermorff 19:08, May 19, 2010 (UTC)

Aww come one! I helped Genesjs and Nero when they first joined. I'm just under a lot of stress recently. And I can change my personality. I can be much more kindly. But still, I can be rather helpful. You can even ask Genesjs. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master


 * Okay, it's great that you are willing to change and work on your weaknesses. It's really promising. But I'm not going to vote yes because you've promised to change - change has to happen first, and you have to provide some evidence that you are at least working on it. Then we'll see. -- Supermorff 18:30, May 23, 2010 (UTC)

Well, do you have any recomendations to relieve my stress? I would like to be Sonic-related please. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master

I think Scrab Master should become an Admin for the following reasons those are the following reasons why I think SSM should become an Admin.Crash Bandicoot
 * 1) He helps fellow users (like me for instance)
 * 2) He is most of the time nice and forgiving to fellow users
 * 3) He almost never swears
 * 4) He protects this Wiki almost all the time
 * 5) He is an Admin on a another wiki (which means he does know the responsibility an Admin has)

I think SSM deseves a chance, especially since he has been admin before. And, about the rudeness deal, he is a bit short-tempered, but we all have had our bad days, right? If I were admin I would say yes. (And I'm not saying this becuase we are friends.) 23:39, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah. I am a bit short-tempered. But I'm less short-tempered now that I picked up a new hobby. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master

HE ALMOST NEVER SWEARS you should check out his comicsBlazeRocks55 20:26, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

The comics have nothing to do with this... in fact, I'm thinking of discontinuing my comics. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master

WHAT?! Do mean stop posting them here, or pulling the plug for good on Power Rings? Power Rings is great, man! 21:03, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

I may stop posting comics on this site. I MAY. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master

Okay, no crisis then. 00:06, June 5, 2010 (UTC)

I'm also nearing my goal of 7,000 edits and I've created at least more than 20 pages (as seen on my profile page). Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master

Well what the final decision? MMost people have voted yes. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master


 * I don't know. This isn't a majority vote, it's an attempt to establish a consensus, and I'm not really seeing one. I myself am leaning towards neutral (where I was formerly 'no'). Your vandal fighting is quite good, though. If you wanted I would be happy to make you a rollback now, close the discussion, and maybe we could raise full adminship again in the future? -- Supermorff 10:12, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps I can become a rollback. But I'm not sure if that's what I truly desire. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master


 * It's up to you. We can keep the discussion open, but I would suggest cleaning it up to clarify how many people voted each way, remove any chat, and trying to drum up more support from people that haven't yet voted. -- Supermorff 18:23, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

DiscoDuck (Rollback)
I seriously doubt everyone's going to be on board for that, especially seeing as you've just insulted two of the admins here with that comment.  Myself 123  15:22, May 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * No - Trying to tackle your points in order: your last nomination failed because you antagonised Kagimizu and Sonicrox14, so doing that again isn't smart; number of edits aren't relevant at all; well done for dealing with vandals but you weren't particularly civil in your dealings with the "vandals" themselves, many of whom were making good faith edits but were inexperienced; making articles is not relevant; how somebody else got privileges is not relevant. The idea that you deserve to get privileges is both arrogant and immature. Also, please read the advice at the top of this page before nominating yourself. -- Supermorff 18:21, May 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * No, that's just not true. Where does it say anywhere that somebody deserves rollback with more than 22% mainspace edits? That would mean that somebody who had made just 1 edit would get rollback, if that edit was in mainspace. Also, neither Kagimizu nor Launchballer were ever given bureaucrat rights. -- Supermorff 20:26, May 24, 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm, so you insult two users and after being told twice that it wasn't a good move, then you decide to insult me, who didn't really say anything other than that the community wouldn't be on board for your rollback nomination.  Myself 123  21:27, May 24, 2010 (UTC)

Myself I'm not on board with that so I say no he has insulted more then 1 user that is not rollback materialBlazeRocks55 20:33, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

DiscoDuck, you're a great user, and I'm really glad to have you here, but most of that is just not relevant. You've asked for rollback, so the only thing you should be trying to demonstrate is your vandal-fighting. Can you provide specific examples of that? Can you provide examples where rollback status would have helped you, because if not then there's just no point in you having the privileges. -- Supermorff 09:53, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Admiral Leviathan (For President Rollback)
I can't believe I'm doing this. Well, I might as well list the obvious:


 * I help a lot with the vandal situation. A large amount of my mainspace edits are undoing vandalism, which is time consuming if the vandal (I.E. iLike) has made many edits too fast for me (or other users, for that matter) to undo.


 * I have made many useful articles (Fire Shield, Big Arm, and Gapsule for instance.), although this may work better if I'm running for admin.


 * I have familiarized myself with the mechanism of rollback (Through friends teaching me on other Wikias)

There are other things (Such as my knowlage of templates, scource editing, and just wikias in general), however not many of them will help me get Rollback. I would greatly appreciate if you [Admins] granted me this privelage, but if you deny I will respect you opnion. 19:25, May 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes - This is a very good nomination. I've reviewed your recent changes and identified several places where rollback privileges would certainly have been an asset to you in fighting vandals. I think you might have a little further to go before you consider admin, particularly in being civil to the vandals you do so well fighting, but I think you'd do well as rollback. (Murphyshane, your comment did not actually sway my decision - this is not an award for good service. I'm voting yes purely because I think he'll do a good job.) -- Supermorff 20:21, May 23, 2010 (UTC)

I think you should become a rollback, Admiral. You were one of my best men. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master

Ahem?BlazeRocks55 12:45, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

What? Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master

And me?BlazeRocks55 12:45, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

I said he was one of my best. Perhaps miss you my meaning. Sonic &amp; Scrab  Master

Oh, stop! You'll make me blush! 21:05, May 24, 2010 (UTC) (Don't look too hard at my Sig.)

That's just irrelevant. -- Supermorff 18:47, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

Snigger, hey Admiral, is Murphyshane's head uncomfortable up your butt? HA! Anyways, being serious now, I vote Yes I believe that Admiral Leviathan would benefit from Rollback status.  Myself 123  16:38, May 27, 2010 (UTC)

Uhhh. . . Wrong. That is. . . I need to burn my computer now. 01:01, May 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes-- Supermorff's point is the same as mine; you would be a good rollback--Milotheechidna 17:28, June 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes: If it were adminship, I would have to take a look at some of your contributions, but I have seen no complaints about you during your time here nor have I had any problems with you, so I don't see why not.--Kagi mizu -Seeya 'round ~ 19:28, June 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, He has done quite a bit of vandal fighting I think he would be good at the rollback positionBlazeRocks55 20:36, June 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * Final conclusion: Yes - Congratulations, you're now a rollback! This discussion will be deleted shortly. -- Supermorff 09:58, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Ultimatedude127 (for Roll Back)
Yea I want Roll back.Here are the things that I'm good at and what I'm going to do ok here are my cons But other than that I'll take everything serious if I win Roll Back *I'm realy looking foward to it* so tell me if I should become a Roll Back.
 * 1) I'm nice to fellow Users
 * 2) I follow the rules
 * 3) I fight Vandals
 * 4)  I'd make sure that people censor their swearing
 * 5) I have 1,000 edits atleast
 * 6) I have no problems with fellow Users
 * 7) I behave on this Wiki
 * 8) I cheer up fellow Users when they are down
 * 9) I orginize things really well
 * 10) I'm very truthful (I will not lie on this Wiki even though I never did)
 * 1) I'm sometimes mean to Shelly (sorry Shelly)
 * 2) I'm quick to anger at times
 * 3) I can get overly excited
 * 4) I'm useless for Template help
 * 5) I used to swear alot (but I've changed I took out all the curses in my User page and I promise to never swear again)

No- This is why. you follow Most of the rules. you Barely have problems with other users. And it would be nice as a rollback to be able to give people advice but this says you're not very good at it. I agree with you being nice you are nice that's just the things to work on.BlazeRocks55 12:43, June 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * No - There's a section at the top of this page with advice for nominators, and this nomination ignores quite a lot of it, so I conclude that you didn't read it, which is not encouraging. Which rules don't you follow? -- Supermorff 18:23, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

58SlugDrones! (Adminship)

 * Comment - There is guidance and advice at the top of this page. Please read it before making nominations. Of the 27 points made above, the only points that follow the guidance are the 5 relating to vandal-fighting (which are all really the same point). This is more relevant if running for rollback (which you can switch to if you like). You're also advised not to use talk bubbles when voting. -- Supermorff 10:05, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

So I can't be an admin?-- BigBoss  58  10:49, June 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * Maybe, someday - maybe even soon - but this is a weak nomination. You really should read the guidance. -- Supermorff 13:22, June 13, 2010 (UTC)