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Contents 1 Guidelines for System Operator Requests 2 Example Application 2.1 Example User 3 Candidates still requiring vouches 4 Candidates currently under community discussion 4.1 User:Rosslessness 5 Archived Promotions

This page is for users to request System Operator status. The act of user promotion is restricted to those with bureaucrat status, and as such users will need to request user promotion here. System Operators and Bureaucrats cannot assign promotions unless the request has gone through this page.

[edit] Guidelines for System Operator Requests

Users who wish to request System Operator status (and users who wish to nominate other users for System Operator status) should note that before they can be considered the following guidelines should be met by the candidate:

• Significant time within the community.

We define this as at least 2 months since the candidate's first edit.

Note: looking in a User's User contributions might give false results for this criterion, as the edit history used to be periodically purged on this wiki.

• Significant activity within the community.

We define this as at least 500 edits in the past six months under the candidate's name.

Note: looking in a User's User contributions might give false results for this criterion, as the edit history used to be periodically purged on this wiki.

• Prior interest in maintaining the community.

We define this as clear evidence that the candidate is already performing maintenance tasks and taking leadership roles on the wiki.

• Desire to become a System Operator.

We define this simply as indicating in the candidate's request their desire for the position (Note that if a person is nominated by another user, the candidate in question should note their acceptance of the nomination).

• Indication of trust in the candidate.

We define this as a minimum of three other users (preferably users with at least 200 edits under their name and at least one System Operator), willing to vouch for the candidate's suitability for the role.

If a user is highly exemplary in one criterion, a certain level of give may be extended to other criteria.

Once the candidate satisfies these guidelines, the user is then subject to a community discussion. All users are asked to comment on the candidate in question, ask questions of the candidate, and discuss the candidate's suitability for becoming a System Operator. This is not a vote. It is instead merely a request for comments from the wiki community. This will continue for two weeks, as all users get a chance to air their opinions on the candidate.

Once the two weeks are up, the Bureaucrats will review the community discussion and make a decision based upon it. The user will be notified of the status of their request, and will be promoted should it appear that the community is willing to accept them as a System Operator.

[edit] Example Application

[edit] Example User

I've been around 3 months, and I've made to date 550 edits. As you can see [link here] and [link here], I've been in the leadership role attempting to create a new format for this page. I'd very much like to become a System Operator.

• Vouch - I am willing to vouch for this user. -- Voucher 03:41, 23 Jan 2006 (GMT)
• Against - Example User, I haven't seen any evidence of your work on the wiki. --Some user 19:01, 25 July 2006 (BST)
• Vouch - Example User is the most active guy here. --Another user 19:01, 25 July 2006 (BST)
• Abstain - I'm just not sure, but I don't want to say why for some reason. --Some other user 19:01, 25 July 2006 (BST)

[edit] Candidates still requiring vouches

Place all new promotion bids under this header

[edit] Candidates currently under community discussion

[edit] User:Rosslessness

To use the example bid above as a template.

I've been around for about 14 months, and I've made to date several billion edits (11000ish). As you can see from here and the 1000's of images ive sorted here, I've already done quite a lot of stuff to try and keep the wiki up to date. I am currently attempting to create a new format for Zombie skills pages as shown here (Sorry if the green burns your retinas). I've created quite a few pages in my time including (picks random examples) Dark, Creating a coherent back story for every location page in Vinetown and have generally been around Developing Suggestions.

I'd very much like to become a System Operator.

If however you have no idea who i am or what i do, you can trawl through some of my contributions,

http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Special:Contributions/Rosslessness

I would encourage all voters to ask questions, regardless of their vote. By all means ask me anything. I will endeavor to respond to all questions in the tone they are asked. Cheers. --Rosslessness ^{Join a Borehamwood Group?} 11:35, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

• Vouch - Does a lot of great work, cool-headed, and a nice guy. --ZsL 12:23, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
• Vouch - Understands wiki procedures, rules and does his share of the real work of the wiki -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 12:42 19 November 2008 (BST)

  Could do with some indent training though -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 07:52 20 November 2008 (BST)

  Sorry. Birthday. Am now sober. --Rosslessness ^{Join a Borehamwood Group?} 09:00, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

• Vouch - fo sho --HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS 12:45, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
• Strong Vouch - You have this done! --Hal-i-man-111 12:47, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

  Told you - Not a single against / abstain! --Hal-i-man-111 03:08, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

• Vouch - I like his work. He has done alot for this Wiki, and everyone seems to talk highly of him. That is WIN in my book. -- Ωmega360 ^{T | ZEMA} 13:05, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
• Vouch - Does a lot of good work. The kind of work that could well benefit from having sysop powers. As for a question; so you're a guy? Never been quite clear on that... --Midianian ^{Big Brother Diary Room: [513,19]} 13:09, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

  Yeah. Never noticed how all my characters were male? So do i join Karek on the list of people mistaken for girls?--Rosslessness ^{Join a Borehamwood Group?} 16:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

  Hey, two thirds of my active characters are female, but that doesn't make me one! --Midianian ^{Big Brother Diary Room: [522,19]} 22:16, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

• Strong Vouch - Ross is a very proactive contributor that isn't afraid of huge projects. He contributes to many areas and I have never seen him throw a hissy fit or be offensive to new users. (Maybe he isn't human...) I also think he would be smart enough to make well thought out decisions on A/VB issues. I think he will be a good choice.--– Nubis 13:10, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

  Human, indeed. Whenever i can help it (Other than Monroeville, but thats another story).--Rosslessness ^{Join a Borehamwood Group?} 16:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

• Strong Vouch - i wonder what took you so long to ask for this. --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{talk mod} 13:38, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

  I was going to apply on october the 9th. Unfortunately when I logged on, someone (who shall remain grimless) had other ideas about the role of sysops, since then people kept on applying and I thought I'd see how their bids played out. --Rosslessness ^{Join a Borehamwood Group?} 16:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

• Vouch though as you want questions I would like to know your opinion on Sysop performance reviews and whether the promotion should automatically come with a term of service or be a job for life?--Honestmistake 13:56, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

  It's a tricky one. I try and enter all debates about such stuff, but somethings like UDWiki:Open Discussion/System Operators, which ones do you trust I feel are just a way of justifying actions (No one's heard of Thari lets get rid of him). Sysops are people. You can't compare the actions of say Swiers with Boxy, as their contributions have had a different focus. In all honesty I would back a basic report card on sysops after their first month. But in terms of demotions and the like we already have misconduct and vandal banning and inactive sysops policy. It's not easy to become a sysop. We've had, what 2 successful promotions in the last 2 weeks, but the previous one was in January. --Rosslessness ^{Join a Borehamwood Group?} 16:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

• Vouch-o-rama what they said.--Anime Sucks supports Hagnat for Crat! 18:22, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
• Vouch - a most helpful, diligent, and hard-working member of the community. --Pedentic 19:34, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
• Strong Vouch - the most helpful user here. As every other user so far, but I'll leave this edit as testimony to Ross's helpfulness. Oh, and a quick question-will you still continue to contribute on the "regular" wiki if your promotion request passes? I don't want another sysop lurking on the admin pages. Linkthewindow ^{Talk MCM} 20:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

  Yep. But in all honesty the best thing a sysop (or any user can do) is to pass on the regular wiki skills knowledge to the next generation. Keep up the good work! --Rosslessness ^{Join a Borehamwood Group?} 23:45, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

• Vouch - Very helpful and dedicated to the wiki.--Nick? Support Project CP KTHXBYE 22:11, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
• Vouch - Seems to me a very trustable person/user. --Janus Abernathy 22:32, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
• Vouch about damn time! Conndraka^{mod TAZM CFT} 23:07, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
• Vouch - Hell yes! With AHLG stepping down and unbalancing everything and people in a general upset, we're going to need more strong minds on the sysop team!--SirArgo ^{Talk | Projects | 10/9: A day to remember} 23:52, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

  That made me laugh. --Rosslessness ^{Join a Borehamwood Group?} 23:54, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

  In a good or bad way?--SirArgo ^{Talk | Projects | 10/9: A day to remember} 07:29, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

• Vouch - He's polite which is an important component of professionalism, and he did a lot of image categorisation. --Toejam 03:03, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
• Vouch - come join me ross ;) seriously though you're awesome...question: have you got an alt around penny heights??--J3D 03:20, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

  Ive got a dead survivor alt who's been idled out for about a month there. Borehamwood and all that. Why? --Rosslessness ^{Join a Borehamwood Group?} 09:00, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

  I thought i'd seen you around there awhile ago, and i'm in the area...--J3D 23:41, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

• Vouch --WanYao 11:54, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
• Vouch you and your edits do not annoy me.----Sexualharrison 14:22, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
• Vouch You are win and awesome. Your good around the wiki, too. Rorybob^CP! -17:13, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

• Vouch He plays the game, contributes on the wiki, and is an overall good person. Would be an awesome addition -- and that's saying a lot since I usually go against people who self-nominate. Asheets 18:01, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

  I've always been of the opposite opinion. I someone wants to be promoted, they should table the bid. If someone thinks a user would make a good sysop, they should suggest it on their talk page. Hows the Big Prick Going? --Rosslessness ^{Join a Borehamwood Group?} 20:08, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

  Haven't you heard? He is running for 'crat? He has 14 votes man.--MichaelRead The Coordinates of the Big Brother House are 599 - 97 which is in Southeast Borehamwood ^{الله من الخدمة ALiM Project CP} 07:47, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

• Vouch - Immensely helpful, a great contributor, coolheaded. _■^■ 01:06, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
• Vouch Definitely. Amazingly dedicated and would be a great addition to the team. --Scurley7 05:52, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
• Vouch good contributor, good dude. Helped out ALiM, which means he doesn't roll with the box man too hard.--MichaelRead The Coordinates of the Big Brother House are 599 - 97 which is in Southeast Borehamwood ^{الله من الخدمة ALiM Project CP} 07:47, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
• Against - C-C-C-C-Combo breaker! _DANCE_DANCE_REVOLUTION _{(TALK | CONTRIBS)} 09:13, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

  Balls. --Rosslessness ^{Join a Borehamwood Group?} 09:21, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

• Strong Vouch - He helped me out a lot with my templated signature when I first joined, and looking through his contributions and projects that he's undertaken, I think he would be a great mod (or SysOp, whatever they're called. =]) --Pestolence: Chase me, ladies, I'm the cavalry. 20:21, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
• Vouch -- He's made a gazillion helpful contributions all over the wiki, including tackling some major "clean-up" projects. And he's got a level head. *thumbs up* --Jen 21:26, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

  Thanks Jen. Keep up those extreme repairs! --Rosslessness ^{Join a Borehamwood Group?} 21:49, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

• Vouch - this is one of those "he isn't a sysop already?" moments. Damn, there's so much level-headed common sense oozing from his pores, he should be a 'Crat. --Funt Solo ^QT 17:18, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
• Now why would I not Vouch for a wiki friend? --Axe Hack is Against the New Facebook 00:11, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Archived Promotions

• Complete list of Promotion Requests
• Successful Promotions Candidacies
• Unsuccessful Promotions Candidacies
• Unaccepted Nominations
• Withdrawn Promotions Candidacies