Revision as of 16:41, August 13, 2010

The page to request admin rights.

Requirements

• Users can nominate themselves.
• Nominees must be a fairly active contributor to WikiSimpsons, being active at least in the last six weeks
  • As well, nominees ought to have more than 200 contributions, with at least 50% being in the mainspace.
• Nominees should demonstrate good understanding of WikiSimpsons policies, style, and conventions.
• Before a user is nominated, he or she must be asked if they will accept the nomination. If not, that user will not be nominated.
• If a request is turned down, there must be at least a months wait before that user can be renominated.

Be aware that sockpuppeting or getting friends to vote in the last minute will not be tolerated.

You have to explain why you want the rights and what you will do with them in order to be accepted.

Nominees

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)

Oppose

Neutral

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)

TheHomer

I don't feel so good at nominating myself. But, Brian McClure suggested me to try again. To answer Brian's questions above, I think (but I'm not sure) my greatest contributions to the wiki so far would be improving game level articles, improving "not-so-pretty-looking" articles and fixing templates with some errors (like the season templates). I think I would make a good administrator because I'd edit more than usual, help new users and delete vandalism when I see it. How would being an admin help me with my daily editing? Well, I sometimes have some "ideas" to do with some articles, but I sometimes fear someone reverts it if he doesn't like it. That's why I always consult. As an administrator, I would have more "confidence" and go on with my ideas. And, no, I don't have any other administrator experiences. The nearest would be being Rollback here. Besides, Solar said he would be less active, so I would work when he's not here. — ^TheHomer ^{(Talk • Contributions)} 20:55, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

Support

1. A good user and deserves the rights. If I ever decide to fully leave the wiki, he will make a great replacement for me. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 21:14, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
2. PA It's Magic - Kingcjc 21:42, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
3. Support I'm happy to support him this time, I think he's shown a continuing desire to improve the site and has displayed a need for the tools. -- Brian McClure 23:36, August 10, 2010 (UTC)
4. Agreed. A great user! Has helped me on several occasions and I'm an admin! Really deserves it. Seems to be a nice friendly person too.    Effluvium    talk    contributions    email   01:13, August 12, 2010 (UTC)
5. Support again. --Smiley12 was here at 20:41, August 13, 2010 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

1. Great and Experienced, but in terms of Quantity, zero. TheSimpsons ^Talk 04:54, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, what do you mean in terms of quantity, zero? He has over 2000 edits. ☆The Solar Dragon☆ 06:51, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

Quality over Quantity ----- It's Magic - Kingcjc 09:19, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

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