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Red Hawk One

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Hello,

I have actively contributed to the wiki since July 2009, and have worked intermittently since early 2009. In this time I was the driving force behind completing the BIC (as documented here and in my contributions), and partially behind the recent revival in demerging locations pages (as evidenced in the prior link, as well as the previous three month's A/SD records). I often follow A/SD, A/PT, and A/MR, although as a regular user I am currently unable to really do anything on those pages. So far as I can tell, I have made no enemies, and am polite and professional in my conduct with other users. For these reasons, I wish to run for sysop, in order to better maintain the wiki as an information source for the game.

Thank you,

--~ Red Hawk One ^{Talk | space for lease} 05:15, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

• Vouch - Demonstrates an interest in the wiki and how it works. Shows no issues with drama or poor handling of drama. A good janitor. The more of these users we have, the better. --DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION-- 06:06, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
• Vouch --Bob Boberton ^{TF / DW} 07:10, 31 October 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - Beep boop Cyberbob  Talk  07:29, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
• Against - No involvement in administrative or policy pages. There's no need for you to have sysop powers in order to remain a valuable contributor to the wiki. --WanYao 08:19, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
• Like I said, I'd need to know how you react in a hostile situation before I could approve of you. We've always had too many strictly janitor sysops and not enough judges to judge the damned and stuff. Fuck I'm not even sure what I was going to say anymore.-- SA 09:02, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
• Against - Unless he stays away from the drama sections. --Thadeous Oakley 09:35, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
• Vouch however, Question. What would you do with your sysops powers, and why do you need them? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:41, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

  Question answered on my talk page if anyone wants to read the response. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 12:01, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

• Abstain - I'd vouch you straight out of the gate, but you need more drama experience. Argh, why are all the people I want as sysops runnign at the same time!--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 11:35, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
• Against If Sysop status just gave you the ability to tidy things up easier I would vouch. It doesn't though, it also calls upon you to make fine judgements about vandals, misconduct etc... and for that people should have at least some evidence of how you would exercise that judgement. In otherwords.... get some experience in the areas that show your judgemnt. --Honestmistake 11:45, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
• Exremely Weak Vouch - You've done ALOT of work for this wiki, but if you want to get strong supports, you should get on more admin pages. --Haliman - Talk 13:04, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
• Abstain - While doing a lot for the wiki, i must agree with Honestmistake about vandals, and misconduct. I will say i log in a lot and on Recent Changes you have done quiet a bit of work. -- 
  •   Timmah!  
  •   Talk  
  14:32, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
• Vouch--Winman1 21:09, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
• Abstain - Who? Also, what's with all the sudden flood of Sysop bids? Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 04:49, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

  They all felt like now would be the best time to run. It's not like the amount should change your opinion of whether someone deserves 'ops or not.-- SA 04:50, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

  I abstained because I've never met the guy and know nothing about him, and am therefore unqualified to judge his character or usefulness as a sysop. It is wierd that there are so many bids though. Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 18:39, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

• No' who the fuck are you even, I dont even know even what are you right? So bad.--CyberRead240 05:01, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
• Vouch - Knows what he's doing, has made plenty of good contributions and is able to be critical without being a douche. Great user and would make a great sysop.--_GANG Giles Sednik _CAPD 14:18, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
• Against - You don't need extra buttons to do what you do. You don't need extra buttons to improve the wiki. I don't want you to have extra buttons because I have no idea of how you're going to act when you get on A/VB or A/M. This notion that people who implement new systems and templates on the wiki will make good sysops is simply idiotic, they either make a mess of rulings or they just stick their heads in the sand and ignore these pages even when they are required. We already have two drama adverse sysops simply taking up space on the roster, I don't want more that will leave ruling in the hands of a small group. We need sysops that can rule based on understanding this community, its precedents and policies. They can then be taught to move/delete/restore pages far quicker than we can teach you what you need to know about vandalism, misconduct and good faith. Also, messing up a move isn't serious, causing a ruling to go the wrong way because you want to be nice can have much more serious consequences for this community. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 19:48, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
• Against - As WanYao and (surprisingly) Iscariot. --Private Mark 22:02, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
• Abstain - I've seen your edits and agree that you're a valuable contributor, but I don't feel that I have a grasp of how you would handle certain situations that sysops must face. —Aichon— 00:16, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
• Yawn, nahhh - charlie does everything janitorish about 5 minutes before its due to be done and so as iscariot, well his first sentence - i assume the rest is in a similar vein. xoxo 06:57, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
• Vouch - in soviet russia, promotions vouchs you --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[talk] [wcdz]} 14:36, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
• against needs moar drama... tell iscariot to shut the fuck up a lot more. that would swing my vote.----Sexualharrison 17:36, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
• against -- In the past I have generally voted against people who nominate themselves. All the candidates I've ever voted for had somebody else nominate him/her. I sense a pattern... Asheets 18:45, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
• Vouch -Good contributor; liked his answer on Rosslessness' talk page. --Janus ^talk 14:34, 14 November 2009 (UTC)Response after input period closed struck -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 14:57, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

:'( --Janus ^talk 16:02, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

You're comment is valid, Janus, donut worry! --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 17:20, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

We iz profesionls! --Janus ^talk 23:48, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Shush up, I've had a bad day with spellinga nd ragmmar. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 00:11, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

This is not a voting process, all vouches are valid while the bureaucrat team does not reach a decision. Vouch unstruck --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[talk] [wcdz]} 17:36, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Leave it striken, it's ok and it's still readable. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 17:51, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Result

Alright, might as well get this on the road. I consider Red Hawk One a user trustworthy user when it comes to keeping his mind on his job and not getting carried away in activities he considers unnecessary on the wiki, ie. drama. There are an interesting number of againsts made critiquing Red Hawk One, not based on his experience or past work, but lack of such in drama fields such as A/VB, A/M and A/PD. There have been sysops who notoriously avoid these areas (ie. Rooster and Link) and stick to gnoming duties, and we consider them to be good sysops; and we should have more of these. I think we should all work towards being accepting towards these types of users as potential sysops, not because we should be obliged to, but because sysops with no drama aspirations and a hard-working attitude are ideal in no-nonsense, helpful operators.

To be able to promote a user under these circumstances, you have to trust the budding sysop to be capable of choosing to avoid the drama fields once the buttons are given, and Boxy and I trust Red Hawk One. Promoted. --DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION-- 00:12, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

more discussion on the talk page, made at the time of promotion. --DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION-- 23:34, 18 November 2009 (UTC)