Wikisimpsons:Admin Requests/TheUnderfaker

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TheUnderfaker

I would like administrator rights so I can use the tools to clean up the locations (particularly the categories) as Project Leader.Underfaker 19:18, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

Questions

1. What has been your best contribution to the site so far?
2. Why do you think you would make a good admin?
3. How would being an admin help you with your daily editing?
4. Do you have any previous admin experiences? If so, where and can you provide links?
5. How experienced are you? (How long have you been on Wikisimpsons, and how good and how many edits have you made?)

Answers

1. My greatest contribution is probably getting "Behind the Scenes" changed to "Behind the Laughter". Other notable contributions include the featured quote on the main page and the new comprehensive article system.
2. I have proven that I only want Wikisimpsons looking its best.
3. Again, I have centralized most of my attention at the moment on locations and I am leader of the project. So the tools would help me at my tasks.

Support

1. Support due to user being very helpful and determined to make a difference to the wiki, particulary in locations. Kingcjc 19:37, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
2. I support too. He suggested many good things for the wiki. He speaks and acts like an administrator. And as an administrator he could delete all useless categories. — ^TheHomer ^{(Talk • Contributions)} 20:44, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
3. Support I'm not particularly happy with your answers to the questions. It's a chance to show why you would be a good admin, and it seems like you didn't put a lot of thought into it. That being said, I think you have shown need for the tools. -- Brian McClure 17:17, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
4. Has my support for sure now. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 06:50, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

Comments

• Could you expand on answer 2 please. Also, you just asked someone with a bot to change Behind the Scenes to Behind the Alughter, you didn't do it yourself by the way. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 21:02, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
• I feel a new diplomacy needs to be exercised in the way admins and users interact. NO, I will not tolerate vandalism, but The Simpsons' declining quality can't be the reason why almost close to no one is coming to the wiki of the most popular cartoon in history. Why is it that Wookieepedia, Memory Alpha, Lostpedia, and other popular wikis have tens of regular users when we are just as, if not more, popular than them? And they don't need achievements to attract users. Something needs to be addressed, or done, to solve this problem.
  If I need to prove that I will take the position seriously, I think I have proven this. I have never once vandalized myself and I have reverted vandalism. I have created about 50 articles (most of them locations) since joining in May. I have become leader of Project Locations, creating a MoS for said. No, I didn't change all the Behind the Laughters myself, but I did come up with the idea. I don't need administer-ship as a badge of honor or status symbol--I've already gained a respectable reputation and accomplished a lot for to say I am not an admin. I don't make edits just to earn achievements, like most users. Don't get me wrong: I like the idea, because its attracting new editors, but not that well. How do I know this? 608 people have joined Wikisimpsons since achievements have been enabled (according to the Welcome to Wikisimpsons badge). Where are all those editors today? We've seem to forgotten that the primary function of a wiki is for people to come to read. Yes, the editors are having fun, as they should, but so should the readers. When our articles are sloppy (appearance and prose-wise), we treat non-can info as canon, we inflate articles (does Cecil Terwilliger's article need to be that big? I believe in detailed articles but an article that size gives a false sense of importance to Cecil, who is a minor character who has appeared in only 2 episodes.), and a host of other things that I brought up on the main talk page, why would anyone come here? Wookieepedia is popular because they take themselves, and their subject, seriously, and readers know they can come there for reliable info. I ask you, are we as reliable? As organized? As aesthetically-pleasing? These are the issues I want to address, but as I said earlier, the main reason why I want admin-ship at the moment is to help with location articles.Underfaker 04:30, August 10, 2010 (UTC)