Halopedia:Requests for adminship/RelentlessRecusant

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Hello! Okay...Wikia staff is considering granting me administrative access to Halopedia...they've advised me to start this forum and take a vote...should RelentlessRecusant be an administrator? =D

• Over 10,000 edits (most edits on site, Esemono has 9,000+)
• Co-founder of the Covenant of Halopedia
• Created many templates, most notably - organizational templates and infoboxes
• Created/edited my fair share of articles, especially starships
• Editor since August 2006 (8 months, w00t! =D)
• Created Halopedia Forums
• Created Project Userbox, which is the source for the userboxes that users use now. =D
• Repeated vandal fighting
• Halopedian of the Month for January 2007

What caused this? Okay. I've been fighting vandals for a long time now, and am extremely frustrated by their tauntings and my inability to do anything rather than revert their edits manually and say "bug off". However, with administrative access, I will be able to automatically revert their edits and ban them permanently. Seeing that I'm on Halopedia probably about as much or even more as all three of the administrators combined, I could greatly aid vandal fighting efforts. I could imagine Ryanngreenday, another of our vandal fighters, similarly frustrated.

This was precipitated by a vandal attack in the morning of March 25, 2007 (Saturday). I was incredibly fed up, and asked Wikia administration for this promotion. This is solely so I can greatly aid vandal fighting efforts and keep Halopedia the clean place it is today, not for any other reason. I promise you that if you vote for me, and I am promoted, that I will work my hardest to improve Halopedia as I already am.

Cheers,

Rainbow Six Vegas File:R6V 1.jpg ^{-[[Frag 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 2.jpg ^{-[[Smoke 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 3.jpg ^{-[[Suppressors On]]-} 18:09, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

For

1. --Jack Phoenix _(Contact) 18:17, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
2. --Kwarsh ^{[Talk to me!] - [Stuff I've done!]} 18:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
3.  G.He_(Talk!) 19:07, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
4. Spartan G-23 15:12 March 25 2007
5. File:UoH.gif File:Navy Vice Admiral.PNGThe Lieutenant General 19:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
6. Gerzam File:Gerzam.jpg ^{[Communications] [Past Battles]} 19:20, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
7. H*bad
8. Silenced Nighthawk^{(Comlink)(Past Missions)} 20:01, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
9. Bloody Hell (I'm allowed to say that, right?) RR an admin? May the Vandals be prepared. Just don't let this go to your head. For RR -- TheObviousOne 20:31, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
10. Donut THX 1138 File:Capt Donut.PNG ^{[Comm] - [CoH] - ['Nodotee]} 20:48, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments

Good lord, RR, a Wikia admin thinks you should be an Admin.

See ya,

--Kwarsh ^{[Talk to me!] - [Stuff I've done!]} 19:09, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Good luck! File:UoH.gif File:Navy Vice Admiral.PNGThe Lieutenant General 19:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

• Good luck getting to be an admin. Silenced Nighthawk^{(Comlink)(Past Missions)} 20:01, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

My two cents is as follows: I can understand both sides of the vote here. I can understand RR and his supporters. I also understand how the naysayers feel. "That with great power comes great responsibility." I understand the concerns that any individual, even if he shows the most self control on the face of the planet, can abuse the power that is handed to them.

That being said, I am leaning a smidgen to the For side of the argument. RR don't make me decide to change my vote. "With great power comes great responsibility" Remember Uncle Ben -- TheObviousOne 20:45, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Neutral

1. I choose to remain neutral in order to avoid developing conflicts--Caboose File:Caboose.jpg ^{Orange Juice and Cookies} 19:34, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

1. I don't want to get in trouble with the users that are Against and the users that are With RR. I'd rather stay friends to all of you! =D

Terror File:Halo2emblem.ashx.jpg ^{(Talkie Talkie)(Workie Workie)}

Against

1. NO, I have almost 3000 edits and as Esemono onece said to me, Rlentess Does NOT ues the preview button and that i probly had more edits then him. I Created/edited my fair share of articles to, mostly all the ranks and also made afew templates. I mad tons of userboxes and fought of many many vandels, I stay up very late on haloepdia so i to am on more then all the admits too, and on more then one time stayed up all night with out sleep on halopedia fighting vandels and making userboxes. I was the second halopedian of the month, so if he can be an admit i think i could be to.--ME The Great 18:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh and we started at almost the same time on halopedia.--ME The Great 18:42, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment: Everyone makes a small spelling error every once now and then. But I think that perhaps that's not so bad thing. And rarely a wiki is democratic. It's majority what counts. If a majority of users wants RR to be admin - fair. If the majority of users doesn't want Ryanngreenday to become an admin - fair. And there's a reason why Wikia has an IRC channel and an IRC client aswell. It's so that you can alert staff about vandalism, as there's no point of losing your sleep over Wikia. Yes, Wikia can be addictive, but you need to learn when things are going too far. --Jack Phoenix _(Contact) 19:15, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

No NO, he never used it, he saves the pages checks it over then edits it agian and keeps doing that several times, the admits told him to stop but he wouldnt.--ME The Great 19:24, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, can you say that you do that better? I don't think so, as your messages are full of spelling errors. A wiki is not an IRC channel. --Jack Phoenix _(Contact) 19:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

2. Yeah if Relentless becomes an admin, then so should Ryan. That would be fair.-- Joshua 029 19:00, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I have my concerns about RR becoming an admin do to his apparent biases. While he claims not to have anything against Esemono, I still have my doubts based on the kinds of things he posts. When I specifically brought it up not to long ago, he was quick to deny it and not long after posted on Esemono's talk page a long list of people he thought were posting false votes against Esemono's competitor Forerunner in HotM. I have to wonder if he knew about them beforehand but didn't say anything until he had an interest in looking friendly toward Esemono. RR carries a lot of social power on Halopedia, and were he to be put in a position of authority this would greatly increase. Fine if he were wholy rational and good-natured, but I have reason to be afraid that Halopedia may become a place where minority viewpoints (ie. people who don't agree with RR) are suppressed in favor of RR-led majority.

I'm sorry if I've offended you, RR. That is not my wish at all. I just feel that if we are to discuss whether or not RR should be made an admin that I cannot remain silent on my opinions regarding this matter. --Dragonclaws^(talk) 20:24, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments

It seems that the reason for the current oppositions is that Ryanngreenday should also become an admin. In that case, instead of opposing RR's nomination, you should probably start another nomination for Ryanngreenday, and see what others think of it. G.He_(Talk!) 19:29, 25 March 2007 (UTC)