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, 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 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.'''

Process
Users may list questions for the candidate (which it would probaby be good to answer) in the Questions section and/or comment in support of or opposition to the request for adminship in the Discussion section. In the Discussion section, please preceed your post with Oppose, Neutral, or Support (you may modify those with Strong or Weak.) Please not that 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. 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 your request, determine the community's consensus about whether you should be made an admin, and close the discussion.

Current Nominations For Adminship
Here are the users who are currently nominated for sysop, rollback, or other privileges. After the answer has been given, please remove their section. Only users with priveliges may cast a vote on giving another user rights. Majority rules. Please remember to give a reason as to why you think a user does, or doesn't deserve to be an admin. Please place Yes, or No before your initial comment, and user :'s, and *'s to reply to another users comment. Non-admins may place their opinion, but their vote will be ignored.

Milo the  echidna (Rollback)
Due to the recent nominations I feel that I want to apply for the title of rollback. I've kept up with vandals for some time now (even if another rollback/admin beats me to it) and I've asked questions to some admins regarding possible ways to report/block vandals. I plan on using rollback to shorten a step in the anti-vandal process. I also wish to recieve this status in recognition of being on this site as a user for 6 months. I will even accept sysop if it is possible to block vandals.-- Milo the  echidna  20:23, September 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * Understood-- Milo the  echidna  17:19, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

Maybe-You haven't been around for a while, and we haven't really seen what you can do. However, if you can prove yourself by hindering vandals anyway possible, and notifying the admins and Bureaucrats immediately after you notice them, I'd be glad to vouch for you, especially since that's how I earned my adminship. Until then, you may be my friend, but I'm nuetral on this one for now.--Kagi mizu -Seeya  'round ~ 20:32, September 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * On the contrary, Kagi, most of my "reports" have been made to currently inactive admins such as Molten and especially SLJ.-- Milo the  echidna  17:19, September 28, 2009 (UTC)


 * By seeing how much you have accomplished on your user page and your expertise in IP's and puppetry, I'm going to consider that advisable-- Milo the  echidna  20:24, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

Yeah. Like I keep saying, just be yourself and work at being a good User, pure and simple.--Kagi mizu -Seeya  'round ~ 16:43, October 2, 2009 (UTC)


 * Neutral - Can't say I've noticed any of the wonderful work you've done, and the fact that you want privileges to enhance your status and for recognition of nothing more than being here for 6 months annoys me. It is not for status. If you think you can do the job, great. If not, don't ask for it. -- Supermorff 17:54, October 2, 2009 (UTC)


 * That, at least, is a good reason to get the privileges. -- Supermorff 18:44, October 2, 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, but I want to see what Milo can do first. If he proves to be a vandal fighter, then I am all for it.--Kagi mizu -Seeya  'round ~ 18:50, October 2, 2009 (UTC)

Milo, I trust you'd make a great rollback, but I agree with Kagimizu. I'd like to see what you can do first, and if I feel you've worked hard and done a great job, then you'll definetly earn the status. -- Shelly   the  Hedgehog  22:19, October 2, 2009 (UTC)

Well here's the thing. Much of my activity is somewhat discreet and for what anti-vandal activity that I have been doing has been involved with the inactive admins. About the 6 months mention, I was simply mentioning my user log-on status to show my dedication to the SNN. Conclusion: I've done much that's been done unnoticed by y'all but and I can do better.-- Milo the  echidna  21:32, October 8, 2009 (UTC)

Seriously guys, rollback is no big deal. If you honestly believe that I could possibly abuse it, go ahead and deny me. I mean, c'mon, I'll continue to do anti-vandal work until you truly believe I deserve a status that only really does one thing. :S -- Milo  the  echidna  23:30, October 18, 2009 (UTC)


 * Just re-read Milo's last comment, and he makes a very good point. Rollback may be pointless, but the capacity for misuse is very low and it does have only one function: namely, fighting vandals, which Milo has apparently demonstrated some experience at. I withdraw any earlier objection. -- Supermorff 08:11, November 1, 2009 (UTC)

Sonictoast (Rollback)
Well, I'd like to nominate Sonictoast for adminship. He's contributed alot to this wiki, mostly in much needed pictures. While I may not know him, I know that he hasn't caused trouble in his time here, and he's done alot. Considering he does almost entirely pictures, I feel that sysop may not be quite right, as he would rarely use it in my opinion. However, I believe in many sayings, and one of those would be, "Give credit where credit is due".--Kagi mizu -Seeya  'round ~ 15:50, October 2, 2009 (UTC)

LB, will you stop it with all the flash and junk. It gets really annoying.--<font color="#0000FF">Kagi <font color="#FF0000">mizu -<font color="#008000">Seeya <font color="#FFA500"> 'round ~ 17:34, October 2, 2009 (UTC)


 * Neutral - Sonictoast is a great user, but as you said he's unlikely to use the privileges. And as these privileges are not status upgrades or promotions, I don't see the point. If you want to give him credit, give him a barnstar. (First, make a barnstar, then give it to him.) -- Supermorff 17:54, October 2, 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm pretty sure you can't do that with rollback. You'd need sysop privileges. And, once again, no, they are not a reward in any sense. If a person has, as you put it, slogged their stars off, then they probably do a good job and thus should get privileges so they can do a better job. But it's not a given. -- Supermorff 18:44, October 2, 2009 (UTC)

Well, that's true.--<font color="#0000FF">Kagi <font color="#FF0000">mizu -<font color="#008000">Seeya <font color="#FFA500"> 'round ~ 18:51, October 2, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hey Gang, just noticed you're all talking about me. Honestly, I am honored to be considered.  Truthfully, yes I would love to be an administrator.  I am not sure what all the privileges of an administrator are, but I promise, if given such privileges I will do my best to use them to their potential for the good of this wiki.  So when you make your decision, just know that I am more than willing to take on the position.

P.S. What's sysop? Sonictoast 20:13, October 2, 2009 (UTC)

The level of admin that can delete articles, ban Users, and all the usual stuff.--<font color="#0000FF">Kagi <font color="#FF0000">mizu -<font color="#008000">Seeya <font color="#FFA500"> 'round ~ 20:15, October 2, 2009 (UTC)

So, are we gonna go anywhere with this?--<font color="#0000FF">Kagi <font color="#FF0000">mizu -<font color="#008000">Seeya <font color="#FFA500"> 'round ~ 00:21, November 1, 2009 (UTC)


 * I have no particular complaint against Sonictoast receiving admin privileges, although I maintain that rollback is fairly pointless. -- Supermorff 08:11, November 1, 2009 (UTC)

Sunny the Hedgehog (sysop)
Well, here we go! Now, I think Sunny would make a good admin as any. She's a responsible and fairly well-known user, who knows her away around here. She's been around here for a while, and has enough experience to handle the responsibilities and rights. Granted, she's a little, "eccentric" at times, but she's still a good person, who I have yet to see get in trouble on any level. While I know it doesn't have much impact on this subject, I'd also like to mention that she's made edits within the range of what other admins have done, there being only one other to do so. I know that Sunny is my friend and all, but I am being quite honest when I say that she would be a good admin.--<font color="#0000FF">Kagi <font color="#FF0000">mizu -<font color="#008000">Seeya <font color="#FFA500"> 'round ~ 00:31, November 1, 2009 (UTC)


 * No particular complaint. -- Supermorff 08:11, November 1, 2009 (UTC)

Supermorff (bureaucrat)
As I do not know where else to nominate myself for this, I thought I would do it here. I am concerned that we only have two active bureaucrats in an ever-growing wiki, and one is considerably less active than the other. Also, considering my calm and reasonable outlook on most things, I feel I am highly qualified for the position. Even as an admin I try not to throw my weight around, I have never used the term "banhammer", and I am generally amenable to reason. I am confident I will use bureaucrat rights with the same level of maturity. Can I take SLJ's comments at Forum:New Admins and Bureaucrat as a tacit acceptance of the nomination? -- Supermorff 08:11, November 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * I think so. I definitely support you as a bureaucrat. You are very active and mature and civil. Just what a wikia like this needs. I would, however, like to make this statement to all admins both pending and current. While it is true that an admin's job is to monitor vandals and keep the articles free of vandalism, that's getting focused on too much. We need to also improve the articles and make them longer and better referenced. What we have now is very very bad and it must be improved. All current and future higher-ups need to make this a priority.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  11:30, November 1, 2009 (UTC)


 * Right, so you don't want me as a bureaucrat because you're worried that consensus is already against you being a sysop? The logic of your position escapes me. -- Supermorff 14:04, November 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * If Supermorff took away your position as an admin just because he doesn't agree with you and your methods and doesn't like you in general, I, or another bureaucrat, would be forced to ban him as he would be abusing his position and since the rank of bureaucrat can't be removed, we'd have no choice but to ban him.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  16:15, November 1, 2009 (UTC)