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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)

If all you want is the ability to do [rollback] and "automatically revert their edits" then why don't you get the Wikia Admin staff to grant you [rollback] status or fix the Special:Giverollback page? -- Esemono 01:33, 26 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)
11. Why not, Peace.--The Chazz025 and Clan 20:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
12. Master Gunnery Sergeant Hank J Wimbleton IV^COM 20:52, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
13. Mr. WOZ $ 20:52, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
14. He is a good admin on Gearspedia, I know he will be good here. Darth tader,Talk to the Tader,My work 20:55, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
15. Shoe shot 21:20, 25 March 2007 (UTC) Of course, RR pwns
16. Template:Signature/Grievous797
17. --John010117 23:42, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
18. Excuse me, did you think i wouldn't? Respect them Grunts, --Mouse File:Heroic.jpg ^{Squeak to meh.} _{See where I've eaten cheese.}
19. He saved me when I was new...OH, Wait, I still am! UP WITH RR!!! SPARTAN-118
20. SPARTAN-001 [_AI•^CSV] File:Spikers.jpg 14:15, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
21. I am definitely for RR becoming an admin. I won't list all of my reasons, but here are a few,

In my opinion RR is the most community minded user, personally welcoming as many people as he can, and making a new person feel welcome, and that he is an important part of the group.

His templates have become invaluable to the entire wiki, without them many of our articles would be messy, hard to read, and much longer than they need to.

Etc.

Now, many of those against RR have brought up some things,

First off, Dragonclaws has stated that RR is biased, because he might dislike Esemono. If this is so, this is not biase, this is an honest case of one user disliking another. There is nothing wrong with this. If one user has offended another, or even just annoyed for a really long time, it is perfectly clear that this user would not like the other. I know there are users on halopedia I do not really like (won't name any names) but only because, in my opinion, they earned it.

Ed had a good point, Edit counts don't mean anything. Um, exactly, I know I am not voting for RR for his edit count, I am voting for him for his contributions and community mindedness. Ed says he only has about 5000 edits. But in my opnion, they are good ones. Ed also said that if we were giving adminship to any user with that many edits we'd be overrun. But we are not just nominating RR for his edits, but for other things he has done (too much to name).

Thanks for your time, Dockman

Esemono brought up the point of the 5000 edits. To the point of adminship, Yes RelentlessRecusant has done many, many things for Halopedia, but, in my opinion, Donut THX 1138, Caboose, Manticore, Rot, Ryanngreenday and GPT have too. If this goes through, the same reasoning could be applied to admiship for them, and it could be easily said that they deserve it for the exact same reasons. We do not need a new admin, the way things are currently working, we have 3 admins who work closely together and get everything that needs doing done. -ED 21:09, 26 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)

RR helped me a lot and helps the Noobs. He ought to be an Admin and he WILL help a lot with the vandal problem. UP WITH RR!!! -- SPARTAN-118 02:15, 26 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)

He deserves it. Good luck, RR. Mr. WOZ $ 20:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

You deserve it, RR. Although I agree to somewhat what Dragonclaws said, I trust that you would do well, as long as it doesen't go to your head. Social Power can be good, if held by the right person who knows what they're doing with it. He would do well against vandals, which is why he is running. He seems to have what it must take to be an Admin. But, once again, I understand what Dragonclaws means. Many, icluding myself, have seen RR as an excelent candidate for adminship. Hopefully, if there still is a problem between Esemono and him, they will come closer by working together. I don't look at Edit count, I look at how helpful they are, which he has prooven to be quite helpful to pretty much everyone, except vandals. :P Good luck RR!--Gerzam File:Gerzam.jpg ^{[Communications] [Past Battles]} 21:06, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

RR, You deserve to be an admin here. I know you'll do a great job of fighting against vandals. RR ftw! --John010117 23:42, 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)

2)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)

3)It's true what Ryan has said about RR's edit count he has been told by the admin staff to stop inflating his edit count by refusing to use show preview button, but he has refused. Also a break down of his count shows that most of his edits are on User pages which means RR edits are mostly from adding FanFiction, now banned, on Halopedia via his FanFiction, RPGs and talking to other users.

If we are to subtract RRs FanFiction edits and his refusal to use the SHOW PREVIEW button I'd say his edits are around 5000. If we're to give everyone who has 5000 edits then we'll have over a hundred admins. Then Halopedia will become the classic example of to many cooks in the kitchen.

I'll be the first to say RR is a nice guy, while I understand that most users like him because he is the first person they talk to I also ask them to look to the past. RR has a history of unstable behavior that I fear he would use to attack other users that disagree with him. One only has to look at when angry about an issue RR erased his account and in a over dramitic scene told everyone he was never coming back. We don't admins who will strike in anger or run away in protest. We need calm rational admins to do things for the good of Halopedia not someone who wants more power. Do you want an Admin who forced their way into power? -- Esemono 01:09, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

4)I'm going to have to agree with Ryanngreenday. Edit counts do not mean anything, and there are many easy ways to inflate one's edit count, intentionally or unintentionally. I also disagree with this idea for the following reasons:

1. Contrary to what you all think, the 3 current admins are on Halopedia a lot, almost every day and frankly, Vandalism is nothing that is out of control. I think things are fine as they are, vandals never get too far without being blocked. We don't need a topheavy organization with too many admins and power games.
2. I have considered suggesting we grant rollback privledges to users with a certain number of main page edits for this reason. Frankly, it is a stupid idea to antagonize vandals, because it gives them attention. Case study: User IPs that are sent a bunch of messages are much more likely to come back the day their ban expires, as opposed to the vandals who get bored because no one gives them any attention.
3. The current reasoning of the "for" votes above is "sure, why not?" while the "against" votes raise some very strong points. I am of the opinion that in AgentSeethroo's absence/possible death, Dragonclaws is the head Admin here, and the issue of more admins should be his decision alone. That RelentlessRecusant chose to not even ask Dragonclaws for sysop rights and drag the Wikia admins into this issue is, frankly, a waste of their time. If I were in Dragonclaws' position, I would be insulted.
4. RelentlessRecusant/RelentlessRogue has made several controversial actions in the past, some of which former users considered vandalism and had to be cleaned up during his absence from Halopedia last year. His record also includes a handful of questionable contributions both to old.halopeduia and this one.
5. The current reasoning will create a gateway for a dozen other users to be admins.

Obviously, I think RelentlessRecusant is a good person and an exceptional user, but I will give the most honest critique of all users who apply for adminship that I can. I'm not dead set on my ways, so if I can be convinced that it is a good idea, I won't have a problem with it. -ED 02:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments

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)

Like Ryan said its not about spelling. You can alway check your spelling with the SHOW PREVIEW button but RR has refused to use this even though he has been warned by the Halopedia Admin staff. Plus there is the issue of how most of his edits almost a third are due to, RR writing of FanFiction on Halopedia something that is now banned. RR is a great guy and a nice greeter to all new users. By going everyones head he is able to force his way into Admin status then I can't do anything but work with him -- Esemono 01:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

It should be known here: Halopedia, like all wikis, is not a democracy. Things are determined by discussion, not "voting" because of the anonymous nature of the internet. We vote for some issues, but the bigger decisions are not up to vote. -ED 01:48, 26 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)

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)

This is what I'm afraid of. If RR is able to force his way in then everyone who added a lot of FanFiction onto halopedia will be able to get an Admin spot. -- Esemono 01:14, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

• So if I understand Ryanngreenday's argument correctly, he is saying that he is against RR being an admin because he isn't being considered for the position? Don't you have to apply for the position, because if so, it just means RR took the initiative where Ryan didn't. Ryan, if you want to be an admin, apply.

--Master Gunnery Sergeant Hank J Wimbleton IV^COM 20:54, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Funny how you're all of a sudden quiet about users going over people's heads. Hypocrite? Those in glass houses... -- Esemono 01:09, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

• Well i cant sat my real argumnet because i promised i wouldnt, but I am applying as of now, i'd be just as good as relentless but im not able to do any of the fancy forum page thingys or something because im indisposed at this curnet time.--ME The Great 21:01, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

• Dear Dragonclaws - actually, I haven't tried to deny tensions with Esemono in the past, even messaging him asking if there was anything I could change to solve it - "...is there any way I could change my personality...?" However, I believe that after this whole thing with the CoH triumvirate voting thing settled, that our relation has calmed a lot, and anyways, if I get administrative access, the current three have bureaucratic access, if you're concerned about power struggles.

Also, Dragonclaws, no offense taken. =D

Cheers,

Rainbow Six Vegas File:R6V 1.jpg ^{-[[Frag 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 2.jpg ^{-[[Smoke 'n Clear]]-} File:R6V 3.jpg ^{-[[Suppressors On]]-} 21:11, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

As an outsider, I'm good at commenting these things. So, I think that admins/bureaucrats are forgetting one thing: admins are not "GodKings" or above normal users in any way. This, from an outsiders point of view, seems cabalistic. RelentlessRecusant is a devoted member of your community. He seems to be a very good contributor. The community consensus is very clear, in my opinion. 19 people have voted for on RR's adminship.

And it would be good if every user would use the preview button, yes. But what kind of a wiki is a wiki where you can't edit a page more than once? I tell you, it might be a website, but not a wiki.

From w:Common mistakes:

Even if you requested the wiki be created, you do not own it. The wikis are owned by the communities, not by any one user.

I'd suggest that everybody reads through w:Ownership and w:Common mistakes. w:Help:User access levels is also a helpful help page.

Summa summarum: If the community has decided that an user should be made an admin of the site, current buraucrats(/admins) can't ignore the community consensus just because they don't like the consensus.

After all, if a user later turns out to be irresponsible with the admin access, it may be removed by staff at any time.

Thank you. --Jack Phoenix _(Contact) 14:15, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

The chief difference here being that the user in question had made several questionable actions in the past, which are plainly laid out here and need to be resolved. Some of the items in question date before many of the "yes" voting users were part of Halopedia, and the concerns of the four "no" voters (who are four of the oldest community members) have not been dealt with. -ED 21:13, 26 March 2007 (UTC)