Sonic News Network:Requests for User Rights

Requests for User Rights is the process by which this wiki's community decides who will be promoted to a new user right (Administrator, Bureaucrat, Chat Moderator or Rollback). A user either submits his/her own request for a promotion (a self-nomination) or is nominated by another user (if you decide to nominate another user, it is recommended that you check with him/her before making a nomination). Please become familiar with the Administrators' how-to guide before submitting your request (if you are requesting adminship). 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 be 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 customized 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 the 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 comment 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 the 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 thoughts process in such comments; only include the key reason or reasons for your vote.

Simultaneously, 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, please 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 ** in source mode. 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 opposition, but opinions have more weight if backed up by reasons and/or evidence (e.g. occasions in which the nominee has done particularly excellent or malicious 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, at least 5 users must have participated. For adminship requests, at least 10 users must have participated. For bureaucrat requests, at least 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 in the discussion section of a nomination.) Demotion nominations will last as long and require the same number of participants as promotion nominations about the same rank.

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 the user rights.

After the time frame for the promotion the user is requesting for has passed, a bureaucrat (a user who has more rights than an administrator, and can give other users user rights) will read through the request, determine the community's consensus about whether the nominee should be promoted, and close the discussion. The discussion will be removed from this page, and will be archived into a separate page in Category:Requests for User Rights if successful. All successful nominations in which the majority of the discussion regarding the nomination took place on this page will be archived.

If a nominee decides at any time that they do not wish to pursue a promotion for themselves, they are welcome to remove the discussion entirely before it comes to a conclusion. However, a nominee is not permitted to remove a demotion request. A nominator is entitled to remove any discussion they have posted (including a demotion request) if no other users have commented yet.

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. Please 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 etc. Only users widely recognized 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 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.
 * Don't expect that the community will necessarily be aware of your nomination. You are advised to request comments from a variety of other 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 an indication 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!
 * Don't be biased. In your reasons for voting, do not state such things as because you are "best friends" with the nominee. Your vote will not weigh greatly in your claim if others view it as biased.
 * It is highly recommended that before publishing your nomination, you should preview often to ensure the links that you provide as well as the required links of the layout are formatted correctly and will successfully transmit your voters to the desired source. Grammar and spelling errors are not wise to leave in your request either. Again, preview often and proofread your nomination before submitting it. Ensure that your nomination sounds proper and is easy for other readers to flow through it without needing to pause at a misspelling or a confusing statement.

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.

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

Long ago, in 2011, there was no such thing as the chat room we take for granted now. However, FreeSmudger was the one who suggested a chat feature after seeing a plethora of blog comments being essentially the conversations we see on the chat today. Now, you're pondering how this relates to him being a chat moderator. And my answer to that is the fact that he has been on the wiki long enough to handle these rights. He is responsible, active on chat, enforces the rules whenever needed, and most importantly, capable of handling the rights properly. There's not much to be said about this; Free is the epitome of a perfect chat moderator. - 01:45, July 6, 2014 (UTC)


 * EDIT: Before a bunch of you oppose, let me make this clear: FreeSmudger was a bureaucrat, but had demoted himself because he felt he wasn't doing anything with those rights. However, this does not mean he does not want chat moderator rights; in fact, I asked him if it was okay to nominated him, and the rest is history. Just wanted to clarify. - 02:06, July 6, 2014 (UTC)

Yeah sure I accept this nomination. 01:57, July 6, 2014 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) As the poser. - 01:45, July 6, 2014 (UTC)
 * 2) You deserve your rights back. (Ohmygod123 (talk) 02:08, July 6, 2014 (UTC))
 * 3) I think you were a good mod then, and you're a good mod now. You've been able to handle situations better than other mods we have on the mod squad (that should totally be a new name for the chat mod team. The Shadow Of Darkness (talk) 2:20, July 6, 2014 (UTC)
 * 03:38, July 6, 2014 (UTC)
 * 1) Free was always a great member of the Chat Mod team, so there is no reason why he shouldn't be one again. Pacmansonic138 (talk) 03:41, July 6, 2014 (UTC)
 * 2) -- 09:15, July 6, 2014 (UTC)
 * 3) -He knows he can do it, I know he can do it, most of us know he can do it
 * 4) A responsible user, with good knowledge of the chat and a good history, Free deserves his rights back. -- Murphyshane -  熱! Don't click here   11:40, July 6, 2014 (UTC)
 * 5) Don't see why not. --Krazy Company (talk) 12:59, July 6, 2014 (UTC)
 * 6) Nary a shadow of a doubt in my mind. 14:08, July 6, 2014 (UTC)
 * 7) Time Biter  "The Rift"  14:28, July 6, 2014 (UTC)
 * 1) Time Biter  "The Rift"  14:28, July 6, 2014 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Hmm I'm going to have to oppose. TBH I never actually seen him do work by himself unless there was another admin or mod to help him out. Also he just demoted himself recently, what's the point of making him chat mod again if he just demoted himself recently. I mean everyword I say.  1:51, July 6, 2014 (UTC)

Discussion

 * I don't know what to say but... I'll think about it later. For now, I'm neutral.  1:49 PM, July 6, 2014 (UTC)
 * Splash, no offense, but you've been blocked for a big chunk of the year. Therefore, you don't know whether or not he's changed according to your opposition. - 01:59, July 6, 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually Blue, I have seen Free on Skype from time to time and he hasn't really changed
 * Was I promoting him for chat moderator on Skype? Umm, no. There's a huge difference between wiki chat and Skype. Don't base your opinion on the fact he hasn't changed personality-wise. - 02:12, July 6, 2014 (UTC)
 * Was I promoting him for chat moderator on Skype? Umm, no. There's a huge difference between wiki chat and Skype. Don't base your opinion on the fact he hasn't changed personality-wise. - 02:12, July 6, 2014 (UTC)