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 use :'s, and *'s to reply to another users comment. Non-admins may place their opinion, but their vote will be ignored.

Milo the Echidna (Admin)
I realize that all of the admins are currently being harassed by tons of requests and I have only recently earned the status of rollback, but I would like to vie for a position on the admin team. Here are a couple are my qualifications:
 * Non-admin with the 2nd most mainspace edits. (Another thing to add to that link is that at least 40% of my edits are mainspace)
 * Assisted in the removal of the Link sprites (which have yet to be taken action by an admin)
 * Created the Sonic Riders Template and the "Missing Picture" Template
 * Voted by SNN that my publicity attempts will bring more readers
 * Proposed a set of trivia rules for the wiki (Which have yet to be approved)
 * Worked on two pages so that they were nominated for featured article
 * Have assisted in vandal watching, including unnecessary pages.
 * Is an active user

I realize that I have more to learn (But I can and will learn with experience), but please consider this as enough qualification for adminship and please consider the oppurtunities in me becoming an admin :)-- Milo the  echidna  19:17, February 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * What Link sprites would these be? -- Supermorff 19:33, February 1, 2010 (UTC)

Comment: The Link sprites that appear when a forum that was previously visited has been edited. I realize that there are a number of users (most likely yourself) that don't have this problem. This may be an issue with the web browser. Mystic may know what I'm talking about-- Milo the  echidna  21:58, February 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay, you have my vote :) -- The Gem Foxcoon Trio Emerald Ruby Sapphire!  22:07, February 8, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the support, but you're not an admin so it doesn't count...-- Milo the  echidna  18:22, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

WHAT?!?!?! that is no fair! Everyone should be allowed to vote for their admins! >:( -- The Gem Foxcoon Trio Emerald Ruby Sapphire!  18:33, February 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes: While I haven't seen him around too much myself, we could use the help. He hasn't caused any trouble whatsoever, and I would trust him with adminship.--Kagi mizu -Seeya  'round ~ 03:41, February 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment Out of curiosity, how have you been using the rollback privileges we already gave you? -- Supermorff 14:06, February 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment: I'm gald you asked. Oddly enough, my computer freezes in the process of "rolling back" (possibly out of a wiki code bug?), so I end up having to take an extra step in the process and "undo" that edit. As of late other users have often beaten me in the vandal-report process, yet you probably have evidence that I have at least participated in it.-- Milo the  echidna  18:19, February 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Huh, weird. You might want to speak to wikia staff about that. -- Supermorff 00:58, February 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Neutral: I've just looked through your recent contributions. Have to say I don't really see anything that wows me, admin-wise. But I haven't seen you do anything that would make me think you shouldn't get the job either. Like Kagi, I'd probably trust you with the privileges if the other admins thought you should get them. -- Supermorff 21:12, February 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Maybe - Most of the edits I've seen of Milo's consist of grammar corrections, but I think he has a shot of becoming an admin. -- Shelly ' the ' Hedgehog Amy to Shelly.png I'm not a monkey! 04:04, March 9, 2010 (UTC)

So...-- Milo the  echidna  13:09, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

Comment: GUYS! I'm really not impressed that any admin/bureaucrat has made a consensus in over two months concerning this topic! I would have taken care of it weeks ago!-- Milo the  echidna  17:42, April 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * An admin/bureaucrat cannot "make a consensus", because that's not how consensus works. But if you want a decision right now, then No, you're not going to be an admin. This discussion will shortly be deleted. -- Supermorff 18:07, April 9, 2010 (UTC)

All I need is for this "discussion" to finally end-- Milo the  echidna  18:19, April 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Look, I'm on the fence and so is Shelly, so you've only got one admin actually supporting you, which isn't enough. What you should do is go to some of the other admins - Sonictoast, Myself, Sunny, or FFF - and politely ask them to come here and comment. Get a couple more on your side and you'll probably be made an admin. -- Supermorff 18:59, April 9, 2010 (UTC)

Shadow34 (Rollback)
On this wiki, like any other, there is vandalism. Many users spend a lot of their time reverting it. I can help with that, and I believe that I could do a better job helping this wiki if I was given rollback rights.

Apart from that, there are some other qualifications I have that may interest you:


 * I have been on the Sonic News Network for almost exactly one year
 * I haven't been in trouble with the admins before
 * I have never vandalized any articles
 * I haven't insulted or offended any other users
 * I have started at least 100 articles
 * I have a reasonable amount of edits

So, in conclusion, I would really appreciate it if you would consider giving me rollback rights. Thank you for reading my request.--Shadow34 20:28, February 5, 2010 (UTC)Shadow34


 * Yes: I personally haven't had an issue with him, and if I recall, he's done a fair bit of vandal fighting.--Kagi mizu -Seeya  'round ~ 03:38, February 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * Maybe : I probably haven't been paying attention, but could you provide some instances of times you've reverted vandalism? -- Supermorff 14:06, February 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Off of the top of my head, I've fixed vandalism on the Team Dark section on the Sonic Heroes page, unsigned cursing on the Talk:Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, and a bit on Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 76.Shadow34 01:09, February 20, 2010 (UTC)Shadow34


 * No: I've just checked the history tabs of those three pages and looked through every edit you made. Only one of the edits I found was reverting vandalism, and that was a simple undo job anyway that would not have been simplified by rollback. Let me know if you have any other instances. -- Supermorff 21:04, February 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * I just did recently. Someone inserted this image onto the Sonic the Hedgehog 4 page. I also removed some vandalism from the Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic X) page.Shadow34 00:03, March 15, 2010 (UTC)Shadow34
 * I'm really sorry, but you want rollback privileges to help with fighting vandalism and you don't do enough of that for it to be worthwhile. So my vote stays No. -- Supermorff 08:09, March 31, 2010 (UTC)

58SlugDrones

 * As? Why? Not an impressive nomination, by the way. -- Supermorff 00:58, February 20, 2010 (UTC)

And what are you nominating 58 to be? -- Supermorff 14:54, February 20, 2010 (UTC)

You claim he "makes sure that no one vandalises this wiki", but he's the guy who's been deleting the Trivia section on the Werehog simply because it's "lame"

-SalaComMander

Good pointOpen your heart it&#39;s gonna be alright 20:30, March 3, 2010 (UTC)

That's true enough, good thing I came along, huh?

-SalaComMander

58 was previously something of a vandal, removing large quantities of text on the Blaze the Cat article simply because he didn't think it true because it was made by Archie Comics and not SEGA. This cannot be ignored, but I do think he's matured since then. Now his edits are better. He removes useless trivia that serves no relevance to the characters whatsoever. But I do think he should try do something a little more productive that just removing. Like adding additional information that should be in an article, reporting vandals and reverting their edits, and perhaps sourcing information. I think a closer look should be taken at him, and if his editing work improves, adminship could definitely be an option. We need to keep editors that are good for this wiki. We just don't have enough of them at the moment.Fair field fencer F F F  16:08, March 9, 2010 (UTC)

Absloutely, other than the removing of "useless" or "lame" trivia, he's definitely someone we could look at for adminship.

-SalaComMander

SalaComMander (RollBack)
I nomanate SalaComMander for his incredable mainspace fixing. Check his Contributions For more details

-- 23:14, February 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm not seeing anything there that demonstrates good admin skills. Some good editing, certainly, but those two things are not synonymous. Could you be more specific? -- Supermorff 00:58, February 20, 2010 (UTC)

Not trying to affect your opinion of me, but if you could tell me what "admin skills" implies, I could work on it.

-SalaComMander


 * Ooh, tricky question. Vigilance is good, of course. This involves reacting to unconstructive edits rather than adding your own information - which vital to the running of the wiki, but something that any editor can do. A good knowledge of wiki markup helps, particularly the functionality of templates and special pages and whatnot (incidentally, you can sign talkpage comments by using four tildes, like this: ~ ). A willingness to follow the rules, but also debate about what the rules should be (in suitable places). A very good understanding of this specific wiki's processes. There's more but I can't think of it right now. -- Supermorff 18:24, February 22, 2010 (UTC)

That was helpful, thank you. I could probably easily learn this stuff. As for the signiture, I already knew that, I just think my signiture is kinda stupid and don't want to use it (I made it with the thought that maybe someday I'd become an admin, and said I wouldn't use it until then) Here it is:

My name is SalaComMander, and my job is to make sure NOBODY is messing around here. NO FALSE INFORMATION 23:42, February 23, 2010 (UTC)

Let us not forget that we are talking aabout RollBack Right now.

-- 22:23, February 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Are you aware that your signature links to FFF's user page? -- Supermorff 13:34, February 23, 2010 (UTC)

Yes, Noname informed me of that, it's been fixed now.

-SalaComMander

Yes ok, now thats done shall we do a vote for SalaComMander ROLLBACK .Um does only Admin votes count?

-- 21:24, February 24, 2010 (UTC)

Yes: He is a pretty good user. Murphyshane

Alright people, just gonna be honest here: I got into a fight with the people at the Smash Wiki over Sonic's swim time, got blocked for an edit war, then argued with the people there about whether or not they owed me an apology for their ignorance, and overall acted like a jerk (with the intentions of them banning me so I would no longer have to deal with them).

The whole reason I'm telling you this is because if this got out, I would get in serious trouble for doing this and then pretending not to.

I hope this isn't too much of an inconveniance for anyone, and if it is, I would be glad to get temporarily blocked. "Serve my time" if you will. I just hope this doesn't affect my overall chances of becoming an admin.

-SalaComMander

Sonicsocute111(Admin)
I’ve seen some of the vandals messing this place up, I also saw lots of admins trying to protect this wiki. On March, I thought I was a huge threat to the Sonic News Network. Until a great friend told me something, So now I would also like to be an admin, to show that person and the wiki that I say thank you for everything, I WILL protect this wiki.

Some of these things might interest you:


 * An active and Alert user
 * Created another wiki
 * I’ve been here for at least a year
 * Anyone I start to talk to, id wanna be their friend
 * Im an admin on another wiki’s
 * Hate vandals more than anyone
 * I always tell the truth
 * I LOVE SONIC NEWS NETWORK
 * I will never give up
 * I know the quality things to undelete, block\ban, delete page, etc.
 * I will listen to a direct order
 * School safety patrol, Hall monitor, Black belt.
 * I will and never vandalized any pages or user things
 * Haven’t had any trouble with people
 * When I see someone bothering, insulting, or offending(maybe Harassing) I will automatically start to be in the conversation

It does not matter if I didn’t get the job… I will try my best, next time (if I didn’t get it)--- my team  isn't only a team...   WE ARE FAMILY!!!  17:10, March 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * Curious: which other wikis are you admin on? -- Supermorff 18:17, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Answer: I am a admin on this wiki called bulbapedia. a pokemon community--- my team  isn't only a team...   WE ARE FAMILY!!!  20:45, March 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Is that the wiki you created as well? What name do you use over there? -- Supermorff 21:22, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Answer: No. the wiki i created is called FUN STUFF! Wiki and for both those wiki's i use the same name called Socute111--- my team  isn't only a team...   WE ARE FAMILY!!!  00:09, March 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * I can't seem to find the FUN STUFF wiki, but I've had a look at Bulbapedia (that's bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net, right?). I've looked through the complete lists of admins, bureaucrats, and check users, and can't find your name on there. I also looked through the complete list of all users, which says your account was created on 10 February 2010, which is a bit recent to be an admin, I would have thought. Also, your account doesn't seem to have any contributions attached to it that I can find. Could you provide a link to some? -- Supermorff 08:05, March 31, 2010 (UTC)

Answer: I used to be one there. but one day i forgot my user password so i had to make a new one. So now i forgot my username for the admin one since ive been bussy. FUN STUFF wiki has been having some problems lately, so ill just give you the link:--- my team  isn't only a team...   WE ARE FAMILY!!!  17:51, March 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * You forgot your password and your username? Wow. But I'm quite interested now. So here is a list of all admins on Bulbapedia. Have a look and see if any of them jog your memory as to which one you are. -- Supermorff 18:03, March 31, 2010 (UTC)

Answer: Urutapu. That was my old account, but one of the other admins dleted my account. oh and i didnt forget my username the same time I forgot my password. it was a month later whn that happened.--- my team  isn't only a team...   WE ARE FAMILY!!!  18:45, March 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh, I see. So you forgot the password to the admin account, then you made a new account, then you forgot the username of the admin account? -- Supermorff 19:10, March 31, 2010 (UTC)

Answer: Yes thats what happened--- my team  isn't only a team...   WE ARE FAMILY!!!  19:12, March 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * That's so weird, because Urutapu has been editing as recently as 13 March, and yet the account Socute111 was created on 10 February. I'm also slightly confused why, on this wiki, pretty much all of your edits are on user talk pages, but on Bulbapedia you never edit user talk pages. That's a tad inconsistent. -- Supermorff 19:52, March 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * Maybe: I haven't really seen you do much around here, but I know that you've never caused any real problems for me or any of the other admins.--<font color="#0000FF">Kagi <font color="#FF0000">mizu -<font color="#008000">Seeya <font color="#FFA500"> 'round ~ 20:01, March 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * No: No chance, sister. -- Shelly ' the ' Hedgehog Amy to Shelly.png I'm not a monkey! 04:00, April 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Why Shelly?--<font color="#0000FF">Kagi <font color="#FF0000">mizu -<font color="#008000">Seeya <font color="#FFA500"> 'round ~ 04:05, April 9, 2010 (UTC)

The thing is, I haven't seen her do ANY mainspace editing whatsoever, she mostly just uploads Non-Sonic images (and above that, dosen't even categorize them under "Fanart") and I just don't think she's ready to rush into adminship. -- Shelly ' the ' Hedgehog  I'm not a monkey! 05:30, April 9, 2010 (UTC)

You have a point there. Of course, I remember another person who sort of rushed into adminship, and didn't have a lot of mainspace contributions.--<font color="#0000FF">Kagi <font color="#FF0000">mizu -<font color="#008000">Seeya <font color="#FFA500"> 'round ~ 15:27, April 9, 2010 (UTC)

Murphyshane (Admin)

 * I have the 16th 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.

None of those things is really relevant to being an admin. Help you be a good user, yes, but not an admin. -- Supermorff 17:00, April 8, 2010 (UTC)

If someone wants to vote they can. I don't know what you're asking. Generally, admins should be good editors first. Fine. You want recognition as a good editor? Fine, you are. But nothing you have said here makes me think you would make a good admin. First, why do you want to be an admin? If you have trivia memorized, then add it, don't try and use it as a bargaining chip. Be polite (or, at least, civil) to vandals as well as people you actually like. What other wikis are you admin on? -- Supermorff 18:15, April 8, 2010 (UTC)

WarioWiki is rather smaller than SNN and you were the only editor on it at the time. What have you done with admin powers there since you got them? I've had a look through the recent changes and it looks like you deleted your own userpage, protected the Main Page (had it been vandalised?) and made someone a bureaucrat because they uploaded a video. Is that about right? -- Supermorff 20:07, April 8, 2010 (UTC)

That's the most encouraging thing I've heard yet. I'm not quite convinced, but I will keep an eye out to see if you do anything impressive in the near future. -- Supermorff 21:41, April 8, 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.--<font color="#0000FF">Kagi <font color="#FF0000">mizu -<font color="#008000">Seeya <font color="#FFA500"> '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)