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.

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 line.

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

I think that I want to be admin. I'm been here since September 2011 and I'm getting used to here. I applying because vandals strike on the SNN mostly between 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM (eastern where I live) and I'm mostly on this wiki for a very long time. So I'm able to reverse the spam from the existing pages(Sonic X,etc) but still bummed that I can't delete a new page with spam all over it.(Sonic Movies,etc) Sometimes vandals strike and there is NO ADMIN HERE!!!! I'm a very honest here,so please give my admin rights. I run my own wiki so I have experience. Thank you. RandomRock (Contact) // [X] Online [ ] Offline [ ] Inactive // 21:57, November 1, 2011 (UTC)



Oppose

 * 1) NO: You don't even have 100 edits, and you haven't been active enough, and you don't deserve adminship ATM. I had to work a very long time, it took me 9 months and 11,000 edits to get admin rights, which is a lot of experience, get some more experience, and stay here longer, and it may be a yes. Sorry. -- 22:02, November 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) No: I haven't seen you around, and September isn't a long time ago. Might want to work harder like Bullet said.(I had to put it here because Metal's sig keeps glitching me up)  Pinkolol16, I love Sonic...   I'm a Proud Sonic Fan   -Who loves Sonic to bits  22:18, November 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) No: I am your friend, but I still think you need more work. And when a vandal strikes, let the admin know about it! And, September is isn't so long ago, so stay for longer, get more edits, and fix your nomination, please. 'Wkmeads1 GET OVER HERE! 23:03, November 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) Sorry, but No. You've been on here for a very short time, have a very small amount if edits, and I don't think you're really experienced to get admin rights. You'll have to put in a lot more effort to get admin rights, and I don't think you're ready at the moment.  Lightning   the   Hedgehog
 * 5) Absolutely not!: You don't deserve adminship at all! You don't have 100 edits, even, and that's the only way to get into the chat. You can't even get into the chat. Do you know who pathetic this request is? Absolutely not! --Rainbowroad6w, the researcher. [[File:SportySmallRightAnimation2.gif]]( Talk )( Recent finds and updates. ) 23:46, November 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * 6) No: I don't even know who you are. If i did, that would mean you were constantly editing, dealing with vandals more than just at the mentioned times, and i would actually know whether or not you're a new user or some random user who joined a long time ago but never does anything.  Jake the Hedgehog   The Ultimate Apprentice  00:48, November 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 7) Bullet pretty much said what I would've said.  Lloyd the Cat  "I hog that hedgehate!"  19:50, November 5, 2011 (UTC)

HyperHearts58 (chat mod)
I believe I would prove a great chat moderator because I have helped protect against various vandals and am almost always on the chat ready to enforce the rules. It doesn't matter to me if you're my friend or your the only one on except for me I always try to enforce the rules. I have reminded some people to not spam and have supported other chat mods that are active and have helped deal with some of the 'aggravated users/vandals'. i believe I would fit the job quite nicely. Call me Hyper, Call me Hearts  Just don't call me 58, Cuz I'm not that old! 22:22, November 2, 2011 (UTC)

Support

 * Yes: That would be a perfect job CesarTeam Cesar the Hedgehog icon.png HYRO 22:27, November 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes: You are a kind person who is much more graceful than I am, and although chat mods like me would be a little more strict, it's good to have a mix of graceful and strict chat mods (ha!), so I vote yes. --Rainbowroad6w, the researcher. [[File:SportySmallRightAnimation2.gif]]( Talk )( Recent finds and updates. ) 22:43, November 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure: Why not? 'Wkmeads1 GET OVER HERE! 22:47, November 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Definitely yes! Kind, generous and someone perfect to play "good cop". You have my vote!! --- Knowall - November 02, 2011 20:53
 * Excellent attitude. You would be a fantastic chat mod.
 * @Knowall, i remember the first time i played "Good Cop, Bad Cop" Anyway, Yes, I think you deserve the position HyperHearts. Jake the Hedgehog   The Ultimate Apprentice  03:30, November 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes: Kind, and seems worthy. You have my vote. Pinkolol16, I love Sonic...   I'm a Proud Sonic Fan   -Who loves Sonic to bits  04:50, November 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Absoultely. If you've seen her in action on chat, she would make a great chat mod. She always keeps a neutral point of view, kindly asks users with less than 100 edits to leave when the chat mods or the admins aren't around, gets spammers to leave, and is on the chat a lot. She would make a good chat mod, I have faith in her. -- 19:38, November 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * M. Bison: "Yes!":You've been on being nice, and a lot of what's been said above.
 * Yeah!: You're on the chat a lot and I think you know the ropes. I think you'll be a great Chat Mod! Lightning   the   Hedgehog

MetalShadow272 (Rollback)
MetalShadow272 (talk): Contributions Edit Count

I think that I would be a good Rollback. I have over 2, 500 mainspace edits, I've reverted many edits made by vandals and trolls, I try to help users whenever I can to the best of my ability, and I am very active here, looking over the wiki during my free time, even when it doesn't seem like I am. I try to help out the wiki as much as I can and try to entertain people at the same time (not that that matters. Just saying that because people might want to oppose me because of my "immaturity"). I hope that you guys will trust me with this new position, if I get it, that it. Lightning  the   Hedgehog

Support

 * 1) Indeed: You deserve it Mr. Metal.
 * 2) Strong Support: You use your chat mod status wisely (the "misuse" of power thing was a total misunderstanding), you revert edits by vandals oftenly, you edit mainspace daily, and you deserve this promotion. -- 01:39, November 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, quite. 'Wkmeads1 GET OVER HERE! 01:48, November 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Yes: I stand corrected. --Rainbowroad6w, the researcher. [[File:SportySmallRightAnimation2.gif]]( Talk )( Recent finds and updates. ) 01:48, November 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Oui: You are up early at times and you protect the wiki, quite nicely. You're ready for this. Call me Hyper, Call me Hearts   Just don't call me 58, Cuz I'm not that old!  01:51, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

Wkmeads1 (Chat Moderator)
Wkmeads1 (talk): Contributions Edit Count

I am nominating myself again, as suggested by Bullet Francisco. I have dealt with a couple spammers (ex. DiscoDuck) and, new users. I have warned admins about trolls and spammers. I believe I would be a good mod, and I also have experience with the role.

Support

 * 1) Based on your behavior in chat, you deserve it now. If you and Hyper get promoted, we won't need any chat mods though. -- 02:01, November 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Indeed You deserve it after working hard.
 * 3) Yes: You deserve it. --Rainbowroad6w, the researcher. [[File:SportySmallRightAnimation2.gif]]( Talk )( Recent finds and updates. ) 02:03, November 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) Yes: Yes you deserve this, you have improved greatly from what I've heard and witnessed.  Call me Hyper, Call me Hearts   Just don't call me 58, Cuz I'm not that old!  02:27, November 7, 2011 (UTC)

Mewkat14 (Rollback)
Mewkat14 (talk): Contributions Edit Count

I could be a good rollback. I can be really responsible. I'm super organized,and friendly. I am trusted by many users. I promise I will stay active for a long time too. Because I love editing here.I'm an admin on another wikia but then again it's only a Random Wiki,but I guess it can count right?

Support

 * 1) Yes: I'll go ahead and say yes. --Rainbowroad6w, the researcher. [[File:SportySmallRightAnimation2.gif]]( Talk )( Recent finds and updates. ) 02:20, November 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) I think you are suited for rollback. -- 02:20, November 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) Rollback. Not a bad idea. 'Wkmeads1  GET OVER HERE!'''  02:25, November 7, 2011 (UTC)