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Vapor

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Proficient, prolific, and probably not secretly a rapist. You knows he knows what he's doing, and I'd like to see him given the keys that he's suited for (acception willing of course). 23:29, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Misanthropy asked a few months ago if I wanted a promotion to sop status. At that time I told him I didn't think I was ready. Honestly I wasn't. I toyed with the idea, tried to decide if it was something I really wanted to do. I delved into wiki policy, admin pages, open discussion and tried to improve my overall contributions to the community.

He asked again today if I was ready. The truthful answer: not completely. But if anyone waited until they were completely ready for something, they would likely not do anything new. So I told Misanthropy that I would accept. And I hope that you the community will do the same.

You can expect that I will continue to contribute more or less the same as I have throughout my time here so far. In addition, I will take on other admin tasks. You can also expect that I will weigh in on issues more often, staying fair and just in my decisions.

I know that I am a newcomer in the eyes of many. I hope that you can see past my short tenure on the wiki and let me show you that I can overcome that fault (if it can be called that). Please feel free to ask questions and I'll answer honestly. ~ 00:12, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

• Question any previous sop experience? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 23:31, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

  Re: - No, I do not have prior sop experience. I'm actually fairly new to this wiki. ~ 00:12, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

• Question - Can you list your "qualifications" as it were?--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 23:43, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

  Re: - I've spent the last several months reviewing policy. Getting to know the wiki, the users, and the sysop team. As far as personal qualification, I'm a Database admin for the company I work for, so at least my boss thinks I can be trusted not to fuck stuff up. ~ 00:12, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

  I've looked at your admin page contributions, and, in all honesty, I think you should wait a bit longer. Just last month you mistakenly ruled on VB cases despite the fact that you're a normal user, and today you accidentally WNed a vandal. I think you need a little more time to grow before you have a sysop position, particularly in the drama areas where you have little experience.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 08:52, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

• Q - If you do obtain the status of SysOps, what do you see yourself doing that will/will not benefit the community? --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 23:50, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

  Re: - I think Admin pages could be cycled more often. It's a rather gnomish job but I'm kind of into that. I'll also weigh in more on issues affecting policy. I will definitely express my opinions more often. ~ 00:15, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

  But (as you have probably seen me do for the past few months) you can cycle the Admin pages without the need for a promotion of SysOps. Also, you can already voice your opinions without the need for SysOps powers. So why do you need SysOps powers if what all you're going to do can already be done as a regular user? --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 00:19, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

  I won't be just cycling admin pages, that was just one thing that came to mind since it had been brought up when I first considered the position. I'll take on all the regular tasks of admin. There are fewer now and I know you guys could use the help. I'm not planning on re-inventing the wheel, just be more helpful and weigh in more on issues. ~ 00:34, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

• Vouch - Vapor might be relatively new, but I see him actively gnomeing, performing janitorial tasks and voicing his opinion on the recent policy discussions. I think he'd do a decent enough job as a sysop to grant him the chance to try his hands at it. -- Spiderzed▋ 00:32, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
• Vouch - I'm tempted to say "Who?" just to bug him, but I won't. Vapor, honestly, reminds me a lot of myself in terms of how I see him sysopping around here. He's technically competent, seems rational, is learning quickly, and has slowly been expanding the areas that he's helping with. He may be new, but I have little doubt that he'd be a good fit for the team. —Aichon— 01:44, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
• Vouch - Model user and will probably be a model sysop. -MHSstaff 03:43, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
• Vouch - I have no reason to doubt his 'sopping credentials. ~~ Chief Seagull ~~ ^talk 09:06, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
• Weak Against - He's a great janitor, but I see very little in the more dramatic sections. Yes, it's the age-old argument of needing moar drama, one that has been said countless times I know. The fact that you tried to rule on an A/VB case as a regular user doesn't help this. I would advise holding back from rulings, and follow the more experienced sysops leads, until you're experienced enough to handle yourself in said drama sections. --Thadeous Oakley Talk 09:25, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

  Re: - That indecent was rather embarrassing but I'm honestly glad it happened. Otherwise I may have gone on thinking A/VB was open to voting by the public. IMO, it isn't 100% clear that public voting is not allowed. It certainly isn't in the vandalism policy. The only clue that its disallowed is in the form of an the vandal banning notices on the page (or possibly in some buried policy discussion which I haven't found yet). I admit, I should have read the page more thoroughly, though. ~ 20:51, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

• Vouch - tbh, I used to think that Vapor was already a sysop... You never looked like a new user to me. -- †  talk ? f.u. 12:41, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
• Very, very reluctant against. He's very good at the gnome tasks (that should be the bulk of a prospective sysop's edits,) but he's made a few blunders, and doesn't seem to have a complete and total understanding of the rules yet, something which only really comes with time. If he's back in a couple of months, I'll happily vouch for him. Moar dramas would be nice too (but by no means necessary,) especially since as the wiki's population of sysops shrinks, sysops will have to be relied on to do everything. Linkthewindow  Talk  13:35, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

• Question What area of the wiki do you feel you can contribute to the most? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 13:53, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

  Re: - This came on somewhat suddenly so I haven't formulated exactly where I will contribute the most. The general idea is that I would speak with the current sysop team and find out where help is most needed. I would likely pick a few admin tasks which I would perform consistently and timely. Once I had my sysop feet beneath me I would likely find a reasonable project where I could use the tools given to me (reasonable in that it would be to the benefit to the wiki I would gather feedback before starting). ~ 20:04, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

• Vouch - I hadn't really seen much of Red Hawk, Yon or Mis when I vouched for them and they all turned out fine. From what I can see Vapor seems more level headed than the last two guys, kinda like Aichon. I just hope the wiki doesn't grind his soul into powder along the way. =) --_GANG Giles Sednik _CAPD 14:17, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
• againist----sexualharrison ¯\()/¯ 22:02, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
• Vouch --^A_O^R_D^M_O^P_R^I _! ^T 22:56, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
• Abstain - but pretty much mimicking Link. -- LEMON #1 07:23, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
• Vouch - I am the corporeal extension of Misanthropy (not a penis). --Karloth Vois ^¯\(°_o)/¯ 11:07, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

  This is a lie. Karl is my penis. 12:43, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

• Vouch --THE Godfather of Яesensitized, Anime Sucks ^{Yalk | W! U! WMM| CC CPFOAS LOE ZHU | Яezzens} 16:37, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

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