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 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.
 * 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. 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!
 * 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 have the 7th 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."
 * I have not been banned even once
 * Maybe these edits  would have been good ones.
 * Pages I've created
 * Emerald Shards
 * Night Babylon
 * Gimme Shelter
 * Wave the Swallow (Archie)
 * Sunset Hill
 * Ocean Base
 * Toy Kingdom


 * 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)

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)


 * Murph, this discussion has been here quite a while. If you can't get somebody to support your nomination in the near future, I will have to make a final decision that you aren't going to get admin privileges at this time. -- Supermorff 15:59, July 3, 2010 (UTC)

But I left a message on alot of Admins' talk pages (twice) and only Mystic Monkey even replied. How can I get support if they ignore me? -- Murphyshane Don't click here 16:01, July 3, 2010 (UTC)


 * You can't. In the absence of an actual comment, that would be considered to be a tacit 'No' vote. -- Supermorff 16:38, July 3, 2010 (UTC)

I see -- Murphyshane Don't click here 16:55, July 3, 2010 (UTC)

So is it a no?BlazeRocks55 17:25, July 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * No - You're a good example of what most of the users on this Wiki should be like, but you're not yet qualified for any promotions yet. -- Shelly ' the ' Hedgehog Amy to Shelly.png I'm not a monkey! 02:52, July 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)

Well, I won't stop by just one "no", like I did last time. Anybody else?--58SlugDrones! 06:15, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

Drones, I agree with Morph, you are a good user and I think rollback what suit you well for now. Sonictoast 21:50, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

Maybe: - I would have voted "Yes", but some of the other users may be right about you being better off nominated for rollback. You might not even need admin status, but we'll see how things work out. Though, I personally think you should be moved up a rank to expand your contrib abilities. -- Shelly ' the ' Hedgehog  I'm not a monkey! 03:39, June 15, 2010 (UTC)

I vote yes, because most of the things used to describe you describe me as well. So yeah, I'll vote yes, so that everyone can see hypocracy...I mean "democracy", in action.

-SalaComMander

Doesn't 58 already has rollback status?  Myself 123  08:38, June 15, 2010 (UTC)

I did know that you were running for adminship here, it just seamed like a few people weren't aware you had rollback. You certainly have come a long way here, but i'm going to lull over this for a bit.  Myself 123  16:17, June 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh, wait, you're already a rollback? Can you provide evidence of times you've used the privileges? (Myself, thanks for the correction.) -- Supermorff 17:35, June 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * Noted.  Myself 123  17:39, June 15, 2010 (UTC)

I'm gonna have to think about this a bit myself.--Kagi mizu -Seeya 'round ~ 03:28, June 16, 2010 (UTC)

So who else let you become a rollback? -- Supermorff 18:16, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Launchballer and Myself 123 (I think). Actually, I didn't even know what a rollback was back then. I just got it, but LB and Myself knew about it but never argued. LB once called me a "rollback" even before I got the ability. Though it was mainly FFF. But I suspect DiscoDuck, how does he know? Was he even a user that time?

Anyways, I need more votes for my adminship, you guys keep giving me a "maybe", haven't you guys made your decision yet?--58SlugDrones! 10:17, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

No I think Rollback would suit betterBlazeRocks55 11:14, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

Listen! I am a roll-back, I was a roll-back a really long time ago. And all of that editting and loyalty to the wiki is not good enough for a rollback. And, you will have to prove it, BlazeRocks: why do I not need adminship?--58SlugDrones! 16:10, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

Upto now, I did not find any convincing opinions yet, come on guys! If you don't want me to be one then make me change my mind, by putting proof. Come on! I need proof here.--58SlugDrones! 16:10, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

I take that comment to offense, 58. 20:25, June 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * No - Blazerocks doesn't need to prove anything, and neither do I. YOU have to prove why you should be an admin. I'm not convinced by anything you've said so far (although if you come up with a good reason I might be willing to change my vote). Remember, adminship is not a reward for good editing. In fact, adminship can actually stop good editors from adding new info, as they spend more time on admin tasks and less on regular editing, so being a good editor doesn't mean you'll be a good admin. -- Supermorff 19:27, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

I hope you are not mad at me. Anywys, I already told you that I revert vandalism and follow every rule. I watch everyone's edits and I do not insult people, neither am I interested in chatting. I have done effort for making this wiki a very unique source, perhaps you may not have realized:


 * I am the only one who adds the updated information, you know the news "just in". Despite our completely different time zones

I have even tested that:


 * If I do not put a very new update of Sonic for a few days, then there will be noone else who can put it up. I have once onpurpsely not put an update for 2 days, I then realized that information was not there so I added it, later.

The main I do is editting, you're right, and I know that can't take me anywhere, but, if you would read here:http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Sonicrox14/So,_You_Wanna_Be_An_Admin%3F!

You can decide, do any of those "rules" not sound like what I do?--58SlugDrones! 10:27, June 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well those aren't "rules", first of all. It's not a comprehensive list of things you need to do to be made an admin. What looks like to me is a list of things that, if you don't do, then there's no chance you'll be an admin. And, I think, there's certainly a chance of you becoming an admin. But you haven't convinced me that you should be an admin right now. I'd really rather you just kept on doing what you're doing and making the good edits. -- Supermorff 12:06, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

I take your words, it was actually DiscoDuck's idea, I didn't put this up. He did it without asking me, I first thought of not being in the conversation, but then Murphyshane also agreed, that made me think that I may have a chance. Seriously, I didn't put this up, okay?--58SlugDrones! 16:28, June 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes: I've made up my mind; 58, you are a responsible user who obviously loves this wiki with all your heart. I believe you will take good care of our home-away-from-home with your new status. In fact, should the majority of the Wiki VOTE "YES" for you, I will personally grant you your new status as administrator. -- Shelly ' the ' Hedgehog 'Amy to Shelly.png I'm not a monkey! 23:09, July 26, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I'd like more votes, please.--58SlugDrones! 09:05, July 27, 2010 (UTC)

Way to go 58 -- Murphyshane Don't click here 09:07, July 27, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. But, the decision isn't final yet.--58SlugDrones! 09:09, July 27, 2010 (UTC)

I know that -- Murphyshane Don't click here 09:11, July 27, 2010 (UTC)

It will be final very soon, sooner then you think 58, You Rock!--DiscoDuck 10:28, July 27, 2010 (UTC)

Well, this discussion is coming alive again. Please, all admins come here and vote.--58SlugDrones! 05:27, July 28, 2010 (UTC)

Please! Admins! Agree or disagree?--58SlugDrones! 07:09, July 29, 2010 (UTC)

Yes. I remember when you first came on here, and I have to say, you've come a long way since then, a long way. You are dedicated and hard-working, and I think you can do well with adminship.  Myself <font color="Black">123  14:50, July 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes': For the same reasons as Myself, plus you're continued enthusiam. Keep in mind that not having adminshp doesn't mean you can't do a lot for this wikia.<font color="#FF2400">Fair <font color="#FFA500">field <font color="#FF2400">fencer <font color="FF2400">F <font color="#FFA500">F <font color="#FF2400">F  14:55, July 29, 2010 (UTC)

I feel pleased, I'm inviting for admins!--58SlugDrones! 16:51, July 29, 2010 (UTC)

Yes: I believe 58 would make a good admin. S/he seems to do a good job bring peace to conflicts, as well as being one of the most mature users here. I believe S/he could do a lot for this wikia. 17:08, July 29, 2010 (UTC)

Mature the guy that got rid of the Were-Sonic trivia because it was lame but other then that I really don't see anything wrong with him being an AdminBlazeRocks55 17:23, July 29, 2010 (UTC)

I was not the only one who did not like the Trivia, Supermorff clearly said I was right. That's why Scrab was on my side then. Thus, that was a long time ago, and you keep complaining on one thing: The Werehog Trivia issue. Compairing the Werehog with DBZ, Saying he has fangs, saying that his eyes were red in a cutscene, etc. are not good enough, at all.

Anyways, I don't blame you Blaze.

And thanks Leviathan.--58SlugDrones! 17:29, July 29, 2010 (UTC)