Halopedia:Requests for adminship/Devout Atheist

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Request for adminship: Devout Atheist Submitted: January 1st, 2009, by CommanderTony Closed: February 25th, 2009 by CommanderTony Result: Passed

Devout Atheist

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Nomination

I, CommanderTony, nominate Devout Atheist for adminship at Halopedia.

I, Devout Atheist, accept this nomination.

Reason for nomination

In the past few months, 'Atheist has made some outstanding edits, received the Halopedian of the Month award for December, and has reverted countless vandalism edits. He's one of the best examples of good editors on Halopedia, and i'd be proud to serve beside him as an Administrator.

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File:United Nations logo.png|35px]]UoH|General]] Tony, Administrator of Halopedia^Talk 1/1/2009

Support (43/3) sysop

1. Support - UoH|General]] Tony, Administrator of Halopedia^Talk 1/1/2009
2. Support - As per CT Halopediaman
3. Support - As per all above. Bioniclepluslotr 00:33, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
4. Support - As per CT (You deserve this!) Subnova^Comm71_Intell 01:31, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
5. Support G35cpe 02:31, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
6. Support - BAM! User:GEARS OF WAR 2
7. Support - An excellent user of Halopedia, and a potentially prestigious admin. DevoutAtheist all the way! —əґыţєґιιбFile:Arbitereye.jpg|15px]]
8. Support You will be one of the best! —This unsigned comment was made by Pillar (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

   Less than 50 edits. — Manticore [ Admin • IRC • HOTM • Bot ] 09:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

9. Support - You will do well. — Lt. Commander Kouger 20:41, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
10. Support ("As per..." is not going to work today) I am here now for a two years. A couple days ago I saw DA's contributions. The man works very hard to enrich this wikia and reverts bad edits. DA isn't giving any chance to spammers, vandals and other bad people to succeed their goal. He is one of the best Halopedians we have here. I saw the questions he answered, I think there are to many "against" votes based on one bad question he answered. I believe that he will be a great admin in my eyes. Black Katana File:Chief & Earth.jpg|27px]] ^{My Talk}_{My Editcount}^{My Work} 20:35, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
11. Support - DA has been a hard worker at Halopedia for some time now. He's usually very active, has decent edits to his name, and has been a good role model to many new users, especially with his anti-vandalism work. He gets stuck into articles, making constructive edits to benefit the wiki. From what i've seen, he's been helpful to users, and I see DA as someone who would be a great addition to the administration. Tigerrrrr 20:46, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
12. Support Atheist is an anti-vandal machine! FishType1 21:11, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
13. Support - I may not know him well personally, but every edit I've seen of him has been to the highest standard, and his reports and reversions of vandalism and poor edits have been invaluable. --CoH|Councillor]] SpecopsUserWiki:Specops306|306]] - Qur'a 'Morhek 23:33, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
14. Support Go ahead, remember! Right click ban!User:GEARS OF WAR 2

    Please don't vote twice... Commander DA

15. Support - As per CT and DA has been a valuable and loyal friend to me User:S-058
16. Support I have known Devout Atheist personally and hes a great, loyal friend to me. Also I now see that some have been inactive and one more admin wouldn't hurt Halopedia one bit. You have my vote! User:Halo Scout
17. Support A good friend and an excellent contributor. CoH/Member List#Honor Guard Elites|Honor Guard]] Spartansniper450 03:09, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
18. Support A great contributor, he deserves the admin rights.--^{Odysseas-Spartan}53 11:21, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
19. Support As per CommanderTony, he explained everything. Devout Atheist will serve well as an Admin, I'm completely sure about it. Spirit of Fire 14:35, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
20. Support Devout has given me and many other rollbackers some serious help in anti-vandalism and other jobs. Cleanup jobs, of course. :P User:Nicmavr
21. Support--Andrew-996 File:Haloforgheisonvv4.gif|15px]] ^{"Radio Frequency 9.96"} _{"Confirmed Kills"} 17:27, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
22. Support - I think he will make a great admin User:Spartan of Death
23. Support - I always thought that you would do great as an administrator Devout...good luck on it!!!!!--Andromeda Vadum 21:33, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

    User lacks required tenure. Ghost sangheili

24. Support - Great user, love to see him as an admin. D1134 21:54, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
25. Support - Has done a lot for Halopedia. I fully trust them with their powers and that they won't abuse them, not to mention Halopedia is always in need of new sysops. Chiafriend12 22:13, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
26. Support - As per CT,i also believe that DA will do a great job as admin! Omega117 22:16, 11 January 2009 (UTC)#
27. Support - Devout Atheist is an excellent user and has my support all the way. GOOD LUCK! File:1230514612-GENERAL SYMBOL.jpg|35px]]SLAYERHALO3 23:02, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
28. Support - We're going to need some more admins soon, with Halo Wars and all that, and Devout Atheist is a great guy. GySgt. Gonzalez Image:7thODSTunitpatch.png|20px 05:57, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
29. Support - Devout Atheist is a very fluent user on Halopedia, active, and very kind to me and many others. If you ask a favor from him, he'll give back far more, if you need help, he'll lend a hand. When playing Live, he's very awesome to get to know.. though when we run into illiterate infidels on Live along with Halopedia, he handles them in a good and proper way. I'll be honored and glad if he becomes an Administrator, with this, he can become very useful... no matter how many Administrators there are.... or just making one mistake in a word in "Question number 7".... (Pretty pathetic for the responses on that....). Just look at his edits, very good, even though he met opposition in the past my some users, he manages himself. He won Novembers HoTM, now if he was nominated for this type of job, particular by a "Titan" user.. yeah I believe it was for a really good reason. Hope this RFA pass with great approval, good luck Devout Atheist. -- Colonel File:1228183099 MARINERAIDERS.png|20px]] Comm| Mission| Papers| Commendations| UserWiki:Spirit-of-HALO|H.Q.]] 05:51, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
30. Support - I support Devout Atheist. He has demonstrated, not only good editing ability, but a willingness to become friends with the people that he works with. I believe that those qualities and the way that he exercised them show that he is worthy and capable of adminship. -LethalHughJass 14 January, 2009 1:46 a.m.
31. Support - i've een away from a while since now but i think he could make a good admin CF^{0UoH/A Company|0]]1} 02:42, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
32. Support - As per above Halopedians. They've said all I wanted to say.Admiral Hess 07:33, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
33. Support-All of aboveOggespartan117 10:03, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
34. Support-Go for it!--GeneralKits34 21:05, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
35. Support- New views are always good!--User:Death Rider 19:43, 14 January 2009 {UTC}
36. Support- I think Devout Atheist is the example of how a halopedian must be, he has lately done many edits and stopped vandalism.Kurt Ambross (Talk) 22:23, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
37. Support- Even thought he hasn't been here as long as other users i really think he is setting a standard for what a halopedian should be.Snore 22:50, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

    Less than 50 edits. - Μητσάρας κι όποιος αντέξει File:1229655910-Th_master.jpg|20px]] 11:39, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

38. Support - A great halopedian deserves to be an admin. SPARTAN LASER||Radio|| My work|| My page 19:08, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

    User lacks required tenure Ghost sangheili

39. Support - I support this. Yeah! User:Flood12345.
40. Support - I support in Devout being an Admin. i have seen what good he has done and i think he deserve to be an admin. Rikimaru Tsuki
41. Support - I was originally Neutral, but after viewing his page & reading the above comments, I have changed my mind. Devout Atheist can, & already has, help out Halopedia. -- User:Mechanical-Menace
42. Support - Although this may seem contrary to my previous characteristic and experiences, I throw my full-fledged support to DA, one of our most vital memebers of the community. Even when he and I engaged in a "civil" discussion a few months back, he always maintained a cool head, thus allowing me to gain respect for his ability to simply sit down and have some tea discuss the differences between friction between any two parties. In addition to his plethora of beneficial edits, he sedulously keeps the site clean. Thus, I see no problem with handing him the mop. In regard to the opposes/neutrals below, is there anything wrong with having "too" many administrators? The only fault I see is having not enough; it's better to overdo something than to half-heartedly underdo it. For Q7, DA, might want to read no big deal. Best of luck, —This unsigned comment was made by ImperatorExercitus (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with ~~~~
43. Support - As per all above. Rivenwraith 20:34, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

    - User lacks required tenure. Tigerrrrr 20:37, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

44. Support - Devout Atheist is a good halopedian and I believe he should become an admin because of all the hard work he's done on halopedia, I think he deserves to be an admin. User:Avejim

    - User lacks 50 edits --Andrew-996 File:Haloforgheisonvv4.gif|15px]] ^{"Radio Frequency 9.96"} _{"Confirmed Kills"} 23:53, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

45. Support - I think that Devout Atheist should get the adminship for all the he has done to help. Fied 'raschee elite ship master File:42461994-Full.jpg|24px]] ("TALK PAGE")
46. Support - Always one to get back to you with the help info you need! Cheerz! MarineSpartan117 08:45, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

    Lacks time tenure. Justine 19:46, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

47. Support - XtremeSpartan117
48. Support I really think that he has done a great job here. Of all the people who've been nominated recently, he's the most qualified. In my opinion. ~Epeu
49. Support Awsome leadership skills a great friend and a true Halopedian. ZodiacReborn
50. SupportGraveith 02:17, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

    Less than 50 edits. — Manticore [ Admin • IRC • HOTM • Bot ] 02:55, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

51. Support-Even though DA hasn't been with Halopedia long, he has remained active within and without the community. He has started the Halopedian Facebook group, and he makes many efforts to connect with his fellow Halopedians. I believe he will be a good addition to the ranks of leadership. —This unsigned comment was made by Adam-117 (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with ~~~~
52. Support I think that he will make a great admin for halopedia.Snore 22:49, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Neutral (12/3) Sysop

1. Neutral - I don't think that another Administrator would be useful. The current ones are very good at their jobs, and the rollbackers (such as Devout) in theirs. So, it would be useless. I'm not against Devout. He deserves it, I want him to become an Admin, and he will if things continue like this. But it's useless. - Μητσάρας κι όποιος αντέξει File:1229655910-Th_master.jpg|20px]] 09:52, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

   If you want him to become an admin, why did you vote neutral? And I don't think extra admins would do any harm. BananaCat File:1213452567 Cat-facts.jpg|20px]] ^{Message Me}_Edits ^Stats 11:21, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

   Beacuse he is going to become an Admin, so I felt free to express my opinion about the site being "overwhelmed" with Admins. But if the RfA went bad for him, I would support him. - Μητσάρας κι όποιος αντέξει File:1229655910-Th_master.jpg|20px]] 11:34, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

   There are never any guarantees in life. — Manticore [ Admin • IRC • HOTM • Bot ] 12:40, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

   Per Manticore, well said. --Councilor Εw C 'Dnaudee ^{Battle Net} _{My Editcount} Administrators 10:56, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

2. Neutral I have conflicting thoughts regarding question seven. For now I will hold off from voting one way or the other. --Dragonclaws^(talk) 12:22, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

   What's in the content of question seven that's caused conflicting thoughts? Tigerrrrr 20:38, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

3. Neutral I haven't been on Halopedia for some time, and it's very hard for me to decide whether or not I should vote for him, and yet I lack confidence in him after observing to how he answer to some of the questions. MasterChiefPettyOfficer_{Spartan Contribution} 14:20, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

   Could you elaborate on this a bit further? It would be better for everyone. Also, I would like to remind everyone that there are no right or wrong answers to the questions below. Tigerrrrr 20:41, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

   I haven't been around Halopedia for a bit and haven't been catching up with things lately, I can't make a fair decision on whether or not to support him. I have nothing against him, yet I'm sure that his answers to some of the questions, or particular question, I find myself agreeing with Manticore and DragonClaws. MasterChiefPettyOfficer_{Spartan Contribution} 03:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

4. Neutral After some thought I'm agreeing with DragonClaws. Gunnery Sergeant File:Rank_6.jpg|25px]] McCallan 14:41, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
5. Neutral While Devout Atheist would make a great Adminship, we do also have many others. But, it think this website is turning into a little Beauracracy. Those don't exactly work in the best of ways. —This unsigned comment was made by Lt. Cronin (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with ~~~~
6. Neutral No position as of now.5ub7ank^(7alk) 20:21, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
7. Neutral Same as Sub. ChurchReborn 21:34, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
8. Neutral As Jimmy was saying why have another administrator? I think the ones we have now are doing fine, another admin would just be another name to the list... No offense. Elite007 13:43, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
9. Neutral As per previous neutral voters. --User:Blemo/Sig
10. Neutral I have various conflicting thoughts at the moment based on how much I know about this user and how well he has answered questions regarding Adminship. Until I am confident in my decision I will remain neutral. --Councilor Εw C 'Dnaudee ^{Battle Net} _{My Editcount} Administrators 19:58, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

    Changed Vote --Councilor Εw C 'Dnaudee ^{Battle Net} _{My Editcount} Administration 19:06, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

11. Neutral To be honest, there are enough Administrators for now. No offence. - Shirdel, 21:29 12 January 2009 (GMT)

    Not enough edits. Justine 21:43, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

12. NeutralWell, I don't know Devout that well, but I know he has been fighting vandals and spammers on Halopedia with effort. Unfortunately, I feel he still lacks of experience as he only started an account here few months ago. So I am going to remain neutral. :) Dark Neptune 03:29, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
13. NeutralAs per everyone else who is neutral.-Thegoodone 05:34, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
14. Neutral - I don't know Devout Atheist very well, so I'm gonna stay neutral on this one. -- User:Mechanical-Menace

    Changed to Support. -- User:Mechanical-Menace

15. Neutral - I just don't know you well so I'm nuetral, --Coltonace File:1232144783-Rvb.jpg|15px]] ^{"Coltonace Chat"} _{"Cyan N' Red Wine"} 22:10, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

    Sorry, not enough edits. Commander DA 22:12, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

16. Neutral - I don't have any experience with the user to cast a vote. It would seem that I'm not the only admin with this view. Δ UserWiki:Simon_rjh|simon]] rjh Δ 22:37, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Against (11/2) Sysop

1. Oppose - Poor response to question 7. — Manticore [ Admin • IRC • HOTM • Bot ] 09:24, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
2. Oppose - Per Manticore & I have seen no demonstration of leadership or moderation from this user, and I see those aspects as the most important part of being an administrator. Ghost sangheili
3. Oppose- Aggered with the ones above me. I also believe that he isn't ready as his file is only 2 months older than mine and I think we have enough Admins. Happy hobo -117
4. Oppose - Agree with the above, plus Devout's focus seems to be on spam and vandals, which is policed by all users anyway to some extent, through corrections and improvements of articles so I don't really see the point of a spam administrator. —This unsigned comment was made by Georgiastrings (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with ~~~~

   Less than 50 edits. 5ub7ank^(7alk) 15:29, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

5. Oppose - As per Manticore and Ghost Sangheili, I've seen no acts of leadership, and i don't believe he is ready for administratorship just yet. 1st UserWiki:ONI recon 111|Class]] Cadet ONI recon 111 | File:1227612553 First3.jpg|30px]] 18:26, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
6. Oppose - Sorry per question seven as well, I'm not sure you know what adminship is really about. Whispering 07:02, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
7. Oppose Per question seven and per the way I haven't seen this user do anything I'd class as worthy of administrator-ship. --Darth tom (talk)
8. Oppose Devout Atheist of course has helped Halopedia a lot. I, a long with many others, have also helped Halopedia. Of course DA helped more, but frankly, I just don't think he's ready. Dima110 05:39, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
9. Oppose - Per Manticore downwards. Sorry DA, you're a nice user and everything, but you just haven't been here as long as all other Amins. Oppose.PK Fire!PK Thunder!PK Freeze!UserWiki:Thunderstream328|PK Flash!]]PK STAAAAAAARRSTOOOORM!! 18:57, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

   You do know time has nothing to do with skill right? Justine 21:35, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

   And.....I hadn't been here as long as the other admins when I got adminship. Does that mean I shouldn't have become an admin? Tigerrrrr 19:06, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

10. Oppose - Lack of experience in adminship and leadership, not very community centric, plenty of admins as it is and I can think of a aweful lot of people more applicable for adminship Ajax 013 22:29, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
11. Oppose - Let's see.....1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...Oh, right, can't count GPT...That leaves us with a whopping Eight Administrators. Sorry, no, DA, we already have too many as it is. BlacKarnagEnigmA 01:22, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

    8 admins, with half of them inactive. We need more active ones. And besides, there's no such thing as too many admins. The more, the better. Nicmavr File:Energy sword.jpg|17px]] 17:31, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

12. Oppose I am sorry DA, but I just do not think you are ready. We have enough regulation at the present and you haven't shown a lot of leadership in the Community to date. Sorry man, --Councilor Εw C 'Dnaudee ^{Battle Net} _{My Editcount} Administration 19:12, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Questions

Nominee, if you accept the nomination, please answer the following questions. It is advised that voters check the nominee's responses before voting.

1. When did you join Halopedia? - I joined Halopedia on May 25, 2008
2. What do you believe are your most valued contributions to Halopedia? - I do my best to maintain the consistency of Halopedia articles by reconfiguring pages, renaming sections; I also work hard to correct grammar and spelling errors on Halopedia pages. I also remove spam and personal opinion whenever I find it.
3. What do you believe are your most valued technical contributions to Halopedia? - Unfortunately, I have not made technical contributions to Halopedia, I have mainly focused on editing.
4. What do you believe are your most valued contributions to the community? - I created a Facebook group for Halopedians, in effort to connect halo.wikia users all over the Internet, and am hoping to start more groups on different social networks. I also do my best to welcome and help new Halopedians as to ease their transition into this community. I also do my best to welcome and befriend recruits, answering any questions they have.
5. Do you administrate any other Wikia? If so, which? - I do not administrate any other Wikia.
6. If you are administrated, what changes do you propose? - I honestly do not see any real problems that can be fixed, my main concerns are spam and vandalism, and these come from users, not the site itself. If I do become elected, I will look for ways to better fight vandals and prevent spam.
7. To the best of your understanding, what does administratorship entail? - Well I read over the other RfA responses to this question, as my answer (which I admit was a hurried and unthought-out one) caused a lot of opposition. So from what I've seen here on Halopedia, an administrator's job is to keep this wikia up to shape, accurate and professional. This is carried out by rights granted to admins: blocking/banning vandals/spammers (registered and anonymous), protecting articles of conflict, reverting non-contributive edits, or appointing other users rights of which can be used to better help this community (such as Rollback Rights and Administratorship). I know it may be too late to have changed my answer, but if my RfA fails, I don't want it to be because I answered a question foolishly.
8. To the best of your understanding, when will you be able to check Halopedia after you are administrated, in the event that you are? - I do my best to get on the site daily and dedicate at least one hour to this site on school days. Over the summer and on weekends, I will be able to dedicate 2-3 hours of patrolling this wikia.
9. What communities are you associated with online, Halo and otherwise? - I go on the Bungie forums occasionally, and have spoken to Bungie about some of my concerns with Halo 3. I also go on ZBTZ forums, a site for managing forum sites. I'm also planning to attempt to go professional in Halo 3 (MLG), so I'm on a lot of tournament forums (such as Halo3Tourney (H3T), and generally chatting with Halo gamers online.
10. What is your familiarity with the Halo universe? - I am an avid player of the Halo Trilogy games, and I have read several books, including Halo: Fall Of Reach.
11. What is your familiarity with Wikia and Halopedia policies? - I am aware and understand Halopedia's policies and rules, and Wikia standards in general.
12. What is your relationship with the Halopedia community and current administration? - I keep in contact with most of the Admins, and whenever I have a problem, question or just to report vandals, I don't hesitate asking or notifying them.
13. How may users contact you? - I keep in touch with most of my friends here on Halopedia (over 500 now), and am always quick to respond to messages of any kind.