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Blake Firedancer

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Given the recent attack of the 3-headed spam hydra that was Foxtrot/Bada Bing/Gummy Bear, I'd like to put myself up for nomination.

I've made plenty of edits to the wiki, even helping out with the occasional VB case, but I think I could help out more as a SysOp. --Blake Firedancer ^{T E RNL? P.I.S.I.T.} 10:45, 28 May 2009 (BST)

• Against - I've always enjoyed watching your edits to the wiki, and I don't think I've ever met a user as positive as you always are, and given time, you could oneday become a sysop. However, at the moment, your edits aren't nearly prominent enough, you don't even pass Criterion 2. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 10:53, 28 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - Despite taking two attempts at basic editing, you still managed to lodge your own candidacy in the wrong section. Coupled with some of the stuff you come up with in the suggestions system convinces me that you have no clue about this game, let alone the wiki. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 11:07, 28 May 2009 (BST)

• Ah, yes. I was hoping you wouldn't notice that. I was unaware of the particular templates to use, and so 'copied' DDR's request. Unfortunately, I forgot I was editing the Passed section when I submitted. --Blake Firedancer ^{T E RNL? P.I.S.I.T.} 11:51, 28 May 2009 (BST)

• Against - You do not pass criterion 2. Try again later if you are still interested. - User:Whitehouse 11:26, 28 May 2009 (BST)

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DanceDanceRevolution

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Just so you know, this was planned, I didn't jump on Pestolence's bandwagon. I would like to put myself, once again, up for promotion.

My last promotion candidacy was two months ago. I encourage you to read it here.

Essentially, I come with the same message since my last bid. I've been here two years, and have made 3800+ edits in the last two months alone, and would like to be a sysop in order to help the community as best I can, through maintenaince and janitorial work, naturally. Other uses would primarily be streamlining mega editing tasks.

If there is one thing you decide upon when making your decision, I ask that it be whether you trust me as a user, and potentially as a sysop. If you have the confidence to trust me as both, then I ask you to consider this candidacy. If you don't, then I insist you to remain against this nomination.

Honesty and boldness is appreciated. Feel free to ask me questions of any nature. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 03:13, 12 May 2009 (BST)

• Vouch - From what I've seen, you seem up to the job. --Haliman - Talk 03:38, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - I saw a lot of edits from you so approved. --Dr Moulder 03:38, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - Thought I'd be seeing this again some time soon. Anyway, you've done a lot over the past couple of months, particularly the annoying maintenance tasks, and this time I can quite happily vouch for you. -- Cheese 08:45, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - asdfasdfasdfasdfasdf --Cyberbob 08:50, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - As regurgitator would say, you've sucked a lot of dick to get where you are. --xoxo 09:03, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - I hereby endorse this product and/or person.--Nallan (Talk) 10:00, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Question: Janitor or Drama-Lama duty? Which do you prefer, and excel in?--Thadeous Oakley 10:07, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  I prefer (and excel in) Janitor duty, because it is something I can do consistently on the wiki without the need for other users. Naturally, Drama duty is more interesting but the political atmosphere usually makes it more stressful and less accomplishing when compared to the former. Having said that, I have and will continue to deal with drama, but I don't pick fights and don't search for them either, and I know when something is over my head (don't expect any coups). D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 10:47, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Alright then.Vouch. Though watch out that drama doesn't get over your head aswell. Drama kills.--Thadeous Oakley 12:11, 12 May 2009 (BST)

• Against C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER! (Sorry. It's tradition) I mean Vouch. DDR has my full support. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 14:06, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  it is my solemn duty to inform you that you are not funny. --Cyberbob 14:29, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Thanks bob. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 14:55, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  It was aimed at me, and I loved it. And that's all that matters, right? D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 15:37, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Ummm, no! are you stupid? You just lost yourself a vouch. If you can't recognise that everything on the wiki exists for bobs personal pleasure then you could really screw things up around here with all those extra buttons...--xoxo 05:09, 13 May 2009 (BST)

  be thankful you still provide some small amusement, peon. --Cyberbob 11:28, 13 May 2009 (BST)

• Vouch - Regularly active and good in his janitorial duties. He's got my vote. --D.E.ATalk 16:49, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch I am not sure that I will be completely happy with your sysop powers being exercised in all areas of the wiki but you have certainly proved your desire to be useful and; more importantly; your ability to do just that. In any event if you step out of line I am pretty sure that Nubis and the others will squash you like a bug :) --Honestmistake 17:22, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Wow. Glad you think so highly of me.--– Nubis ^NWO 10:31, 13 May 2009 (BST)

  You annoy me and we often disagree.... that doesn't mean I don't think you do a (mostly) good job. I've always kinda considered it the job of the Sysops to balance each others flaws out ;) --Honestmistake 14:30, 13 May 2009 (BST)

• Vouch He's had a huge amount of activity lately and has been doing some good work in the process. --Johnny Bass 17:30, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch, but can I has my songs naw? ..On a serious note, he's been doing very well since he returned to the wiki. --Janus ^talk 21:04, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - I am pretty sure I said no last time. This time around, I am saying yes. --WanYao 22:03, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch Yes..New Blood is GOOD! And I supported DDR in the past..No matter who he hangs out with. Conndraka^{mod TAZM CFT} 22:47, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Abstain...For no apparent reason. Of course...I am open to negotiations... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} (status:‎Mudkip!) 00:51, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - Has good anticipation/uses for his sysops powers and shows promise. As Conndraka said, new blood is good. -- T^HEL^ORDG^UNS^LINGER 02:30, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - The work he's done on the Category:Disambiguation is not glamorous or fun. I appreciate the help and I doubt this place will fall apart if there is a sysop that brings Drama. --– Nubis ^NWO 10:31, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Against i said no once. and will continue to be against your promotion.----Sexualharrison 21:50, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - For the love of the crucified Jaysus avoid the awkward, compensating-for-lack-of-attention-in-RL drama, DDR. Other kinds of drama are okay. See page 267 of The Urban Dead Wiki Dungeon Master's Guide, version 6.66 for a complete breakdown. --Paddy Dignam^{IS DEAD} 23:13, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - My comments have already been said over and over. I think he deserves it. --Met Fan ^F 23:26, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• VAAAAAARRRCHH! - I choose you (too)! _■^■ 02:50, 14 May 2009 (BST)
• Strong Vouch --Pyrranha 18:40, 14 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - A rare breed these days, it seems. Highly active, I just hope you stay active in the same areas with Psyop. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 22:31, 15 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - Aidsburgers in paradise. Aidsburgers there I said it twice!--/~Rakuen~\^Talk I Still Love Grim 20:12, 16 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - DDR did a good job when he had sysop powers in the past. I still dont understand why he demoted self, but it doesnt matter... he cares for the wiki and will not abuse his powers, so there is no reason not to give him sysop powers again --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[talk] [wcdz]} 21:30, 16 May 2009 (BST)

Captain Obvious says DDR never had sysop powers :P Linkthewindow  Talk  03:26, 17 May 2009 (BST)

I must be smoking the same stuff that Hagnat is..because I could have sworn...Conndraka^{mod TAZM CFT} 06:46, 17 May 2009 (BST)

Wow man, that was some crasy shit... * passes the joint to conn * i could even sworn that he was a crat one day... but i might be mistaking DDR with Gnome... anyway, both guys are goood, mkay? --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[talk] [wcdz]} 02:34, 18 May 2009 (BST)

• vouch reason, faggot--CyberRead240 12:43, 18 May 2009 (BST)

  Faggot--/~Rakuen~\^Talk I Still Love Grim 23:34, 18 May 2009 (BST)

• It's a fairly major change of behaviour, let's see if it sticks -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 10:34 19 May 2009 (BST)

After discussion with SA, DDR has been promoted. Linkthewindow  Talk  07:58, 27 May 2009 (BST)

Pestolence

I've been around the wiki for seven months, since November 2008, and I have made almost 1,000 edits in that time. Among my more helpful work on the wiki has been joining Project Wiki Patrol, giving new users advice or help when they need it, and voting/commenting on the various administration pages. Recently, I have started an attempt to remove merged location pages (example: Dakerstown Hotels) from the wiki and replace them with individual location pages.

I would like to become a sysop for several reasons, primarily because the ability to delete pages will significantly speed up the removal of merged pages from the wiki, and because it will allow me to carry out routine tasks such as speedy deletion, page moving, and page protecting when I see that it needs to be done. I would not restrict my sysop activity to those pages specifically, but the majority of my activity would happen there.

If anyone needs more information to make up their mind on my bid, I invite you to look back through my user contributions, as well as this page which contains most of the major projects I've worked on, and my sandbox page, which includes my work on merged location pages. Anyone who would like to question me further about anything is welcome to do so, here or on my talk page. --Pestolence^(talk) 01:19, 12 May 2009 (BST)

• Hesitant Vouch You realize that you still have to go through deletion requests as a sysop right? And Speedy's still require someone other than you... Conndraka^{mod TAZM CFT} 01:35, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Yes, I realize that, and I will go through all the proper channels for deletions. --Pestolence^(talk) 02:12, 12 May 2009 (BST)

• Weak Vouch - As above. Needs more drama. --Haliman - Talk 01:39, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Weak Against - At the moment, I can't vouch you. Your heart's in the right place and you're definitely doing the right stuff (the behind-the-scenes maintenance is the hardest in my experience), but I would have wanted to see a months more work from you (and more so in A/VB) before I could vouch. Plus, I didn't appreciate the brain explosion you had last month. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 03:13, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Moving along a Very Weak Vouch after checking out your contributions. I still stand by the worries that I said earlier though. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 08:12, 12 May 2009 (BST)

• Against - I think you have done a lot to help out around the wiki but I feel you do need some more experience before you become a sysop. Just keep doing what you're doing now and branch out into areas such as Policy Discussion, etc and come back in a month or two. =) -- Cheese 08:47, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - Retard. --Cyberbob 08:50, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  :( Bureaucrats: please consider the source of this comment when evaluating my bid. --Pestolence^(talk) 20:06, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Good thing I'm not a retard. That could've been embarrassing. --Cyberbob 04:55, 13 May 2009 (BST)

• Weak against - I'm not so sure about you. Haven't seen you that much around.--Thadeous Oakley 10:10, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  I provided some links in my bid if you want to see what I've done lately. --Pestolence^(talk) 19:59, 12 May 2009 (BST)

• Vouch Pestolence is a contributer definately heading in the right direction. I'm not sure if the current bid will be successful, but if he carries on with the enormous amount of maintenence he currently does, I don't believe it will be too long before he gets his mop. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 13:58, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  hahaha it's always hilarious to see how people up for promotion suddenly pull out the ultra-mature card when voting on other people's bids --Cyberbob 16:08, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Thanks bob. And to think only one section above you called me not funny. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 16:26, 12 May 2009 (BST)

• Vouch Last months brainfart aside I think you would do a pretty decent job of this and if not, what I said in DDR's bid above will hold true and the rest of the Sysops can crush you :) --Honestmistake 17:26, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch He'd be good for it. --Johnny Bass 17:32, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - Brain explosions are good. You're a psychopath after all, amirite? :P But seriously, good contributions. --Janus ^talk 21:15, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against --WanYao 22:05, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Abstain - I would provide a reason, but I think these few lines from an old epsiode of Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged says it better: Yami - "Alright. But who are you?" Bakura - "I'm Bakura." Yami - "Never heard of you." --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} (status:‎Mudkip!) 00:49, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - Easy to get along with, and a person who is open to discussion would be a great addition to the Sysop team. Always nice to have a clean wiki too. -- T^HEL^ORDG^UNS^LINGER 02:31, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Meh - Which I guess is an abstain. But it's a strong Meh. --– Nubis ^NWO 10:32, 13 May 2009 (BST)

  What? A strong abstain... ok then. --Pestolence^(talk) 12:23, 13 May 2009 (BST)

• against who the fuck are you?... yeah i know it's been said before. but it really works well.----Sexualharrison 21:52, 13 May 2009 (BST)

  I could say the same to you, seeing as how you've only made 10 edits since February. I've been around; seems like you're the one who hasn't. --Pestolence^(talk) 21:57, 13 May 2009 (BST)

  But to answer your question, I became active only in the last few months, when you weren't around. I don't know if you were actually looking for an answer, but I gave it anyway. Stay classy, --Pestolence^(talk) 22:23, 13 May 2009 (BST)

  I don't suppose that will influence your input in any way, will it? --Pestolence^(talk) 00:10, 14 May 2009 (BST)

  excuse me for sometimes having a life.. Also I'm not the one who is up for a sysop. so the amount of my edits is meaningless. and yes this does effect my vote. now i dislike you even MOAR! haha.. no really. from the little i've now looked up on you. (nothing really) and from your vouch votes from some of the people I like on this wiki. is a pretty good sign your not a total douchebag but still I've never heard of you until today. get some more time in and get on the radar.. twist bobs nipples. tell izzy to shut the fuck up.. you know fun stuff. my vote stands. and i can't belive i'm agreeing with whats his face.. NEEDS MORE DRAMA----Sexualharrison 01:32, 14 May 2009 (BST)

  Fair enough. --Pestolence^(talk) 02:40, 14 May 2009 (BST)

• 2/3 Varch 1/3 Other - A HARD MEH. No really, It's a varch. _■^■ 02:48, 14 May 2009 (BST)
• Abstain - Have never heard of this person before. --Pyrranha 18:42, 14 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - i trust pestolence not to fuck with sysop powers. --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[talk] [wcdz]} 21:31, 16 May 2009 (BST)
• Question: Would your promotion result in you dedicating more time to this wiki? - User:Whitehouse 23:42, 16 May 2009 (BST)

  If I was promoted, then yes, I would spend more time on the wiki. --Pestolence^(talk) 14:58, 17 May 2009 (BST)

  Hopefully that will mean that you'll have time for non-sysop stuff too. Vouch. - User:Whitehouse 22:26, 17 May 2009 (BST)

• Question: Will you put gold in the basket?-- Adward  14:06, 17 May 2009 (BST)

  Of course! --Pestolence^(talk) 14:58, 17 May 2009 (BST)

  Hamters are worth moar.--Mr. Angel, Help needed? 01:27, 18 May 2009 (BST)

  Hamters? _{and keep the mudkips off my promotion bid} --Pestolence^(talk) 01:32, 18 May 2009 (BST)

  Vouch Provided the gold stays in the basket, and he carries on how he has been.-- Adward  22:01, 18 May 2009 (BST)

	Hamters in the Basket Supporter
	This user believes that if Pestolence does in fact put the hamters in the basket that this situation can be resolved.

--Mr. Angel, Help needed? 02:33, 18 May 2009 (BST)

• Okay then. *puts hamters in basket* --Pestolence^(talk) 12:06, 18 May 2009 (BST)

• against reason, total faggot--CyberRead240 12:43, 18 May 2009 (BST)

  Thank you for your input. --Pestolence^(talk) 19:53, 18 May 2009 (BST)

• He usually makes good edits, although I do wonder WTF this incident was all about. p.s. I survived :P -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 10:37 19 May 2009 (BST)

  I always knew you were immortal. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 16:21, 19 May 2009 (BST)

Sorry Pest, but this is a tad too soon :(. You've done some great work in more general areas of the wiki (and the help is as, always, appreciated,) but this is a tad too soon. You'll make a good sysop (IMO, of course,) just give it a few months. Linkthewindow  Talk  07:58, 27 May 2009 (BST)

Rosslessness

Rosslessness (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Hello Again. Anyway, degree ends for the year on monday, so I thought I'd throw myself back into the sysop arena.

Lets see. What have I done since my last sysop bid?

• Been cycling pretty much everything on Developing Suggestions.
• Discovered 9 of Borehamwood's 11 phone masts and updated the wiki accordingly.
• Reviewed all of the MFD's suburb listings and trimmed over 20 after discussion with the group.
• Tried to get involved with the new Community Portal.
• Helped design the new Main Page

Enough?

Last time I was a sysop, I was pretty active, and spent a lot of my time categorising and moving pages to their proper Borehamwood and Monroeville Namespaces. You can check my logs, I've handily popped the vandal template at the top of this bid, so you can look at my logged activity, talk page, contributions etc.

As last time I encourage all voters to ask questions, even if you decide to vote for me.

Cheers, --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 14:21, 12 May 2009 (BST)

• Question: Didn't you request a self-ban or something? Didn't you undo your own sysops status?--Thadeous Oakley 14:25, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Nope. I put in a request on Demotions. Cheese did the demoting. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 14:38, 12 May 2009 (BST)

• Nice, long-term, courteous wiki user. We need moar of them. Strong Vouch. Linkthewindow  Talk  14:26, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - Downer. --Cyberbob 14:27, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  As in I bring people down, or I've got Down's syndrome? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 14:38, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Syndrome i'd say.--xoxo 09:27, 15 May 2009 (BST)

• Vouch From what wiki trawling I have done, Rosslessness has been a competent and courteous wiki user. --Megameh 14:48, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch as long as you demote yourself again for exam season... --Honestmistake 17:10, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch For the same reasons that he gave in his bid. --Johnny Bass 17:33, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch Yarp. -- Cheese 17:58, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Strong Vouch - Competent, courteous and hard-working. He definitely deserves it. --Pestolence^(talk) 20:01, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Strong Vouch --Janus ^talk 20:56, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Strong Vouch --Haliman - Talk 20:59, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Yep --WanYao 11:16, 13 May 2009 (BST)

  Please sign your post, then unstrike it. --Pestolence^(talk) 00:40, 13 May 2009 (BST)

• Vouch Gold is in the basket!Conndraka^{mod TAZM CFT} 22:47, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against- C-C-Combo Brea- I'm going to stop this before it gets too stale. Vouch- You have great perceptiveness and are a hard worker- just get rid of that message at the top of your talk page! D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 00:05, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - Helpful, literate, and not an asshole. Sounds like a hat trick to me. --Paddy Dignam^{IS DEAD} 00:50, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Abstain...For no apparent reason. Of course, I am open to negotiations... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} (status:‎Mudkip!) 00:54, 13 May 2009 (BST)

  I'm fine with your abstention Axe. Is it because I ate you in Monroeville? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 15:38, 13 May 2009 (BST)

  Did you? I don't even remember that. But no, that's not it. I'm just trying out a new policy of "abstain friends/acquaintances running for a promo". --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} (status:‎Mudkip!) 00:40, 14 May 2009 (BST)

  Wow. So you only vote for people you don't know/like? (Looks at the other promotion bids currently under discussion).--Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 20:41, 14 May 2009 (BST)

  No, he abstained from mine specifically because he didn't know me... I think he just abstains from every bid, like a religious principle or something. --Pestolence^(talk) 21:24, 14 May 2009 (BST)

  Not so. I've been abstaining people I don't know since forever. I just decided to throw in the abstain those that I know stuff just recently. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} (status:‎Mudkip!) 00:31, 15 May 2009 (BST)

• Eh? - I don't pay much attention to this old place these days but i thought you were an op...what happened?--xoxo 05:03, 13 May 2009 (BST)

  I started the third year of my degree course and didn't have the time, so I asked for a demotion, besides its always good for sops to run for re -election every now and then. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 15:38, 13 May 2009 (BST)

• Vouch - We let bad sysops have a revolving door we should let good ones have one, too. Don't break my heart again by leaving so soon. --– Nubis ^NWO 10:28, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch -- Yea, he's a keeper Asheets 16:17, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch <3 --Fiffy 19:00, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch funny I thought you were a sysop already. hah.----Sexualharrison 21:48, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - Give him my vote! --Met Fan ^F 23:26, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Strung Varch - Indeed. _■^■ 01:12, 14 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - Seems up to it. --Papa Moloch 01:56, 14 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch -Pyrranha 18:38, 14 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - Hey, I remember this guy! --Bob Boberton ^{TF / DW} 20:47, 14 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - Reasonable.--Nallan (Talk) 10:05, 16 May 2009 (BST)
• Abstain - for great justice--/~Rakuen~\^Talk I Still Love Grim 20:06, 16 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - why was he demoted in the first place ? --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[talk] [wcdz]} 21:20, 16 May 2009 (BST)

  Because he asked for it you silly fool. :) --Mr. Angel, Help needed? 01:04, 17 May 2009 (BST)

• Vouch - What little dealings I've had have been positive, has already done the job before, good enough for me. Informant 03:07, 18 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - reason, faggot--CyberRead240 12:43, 18 May 2009 (BST)

  sigh. And after all that time i spent trying to make some of the ALiM pages amusing. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 20:42, 18 May 2009 (BST)

  Don't worry, he used that "reason" on every bid on this page. --Pestolence^(talk) 20:52, 18 May 2009 (BST)

• Ross did a good job when he last held the position, and giving it up when he went less active shows respect to the rest of the wiki -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 10:29 19 May 2009 (BST)

Ross has always done a good job - both prevoiusly as a sysop and as a regular user. There's consensus with SA here, so Ross has been promoted. Linkthewindow  Talk  12:59, 26 May 2009 (BST)

Haliman111

Boy, this is gonna look bad.

Anyways, I've been thinking for a while now. I have interest in becoming a sysop. First off, my VB record is clean. No vandalism for me. Second, I try to keep a level head (and, in most situations, succeed). This is my first promotion bid.

I am willing, wanting, and able to spend my time trying to improve this community. I'm here to keep things running smoothly, clean up via janitor work, and help with general work. A/MR, A/VB, A/D and A/SD will be bookmarked. Promise :).

I have ~2000 recorded edits, have been around since early August of 08', founded TSR (which has been halted lately because of internet problems. I plan to fix that), and am trusted (and, I'll admit, distrusted) by many.

I have made mistakes in the past, but like everyone on the wiki should, I am learning from said mistakes. Feel free to ask any questions. --Haliman - Talk 03:37, 12 May 2009 (BST)

• Vouch - Haliman is reliable enough to leave power in his hands. --Dr Moulder 15:54:01, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
• Vouch - Deathwire has monitored Haliman from time to time and Haliman seems to be competent enough to perform any required duties given to him. -Deathwire 03:57, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - I've come to know Haliman and find him to be mature and dedicated; he'd be a welcome addition to any endeavor --Amanda Hugenkiss 04:10, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - I've known Haliman for a long time now and feel he can be trusted with a position of power. --Dwight easlebrough 04:24, 12 May 2009 (GMT)
• Vouch - For all the time I've spent over the past few weeks as a cadet I've found Haliman to be an upright and good man, he can be trusted with anything of importance without a doubt. Zhekarius 04:29, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - While I have seen you using the Admin pages, I don't think you have enough experience to become a sysop. Just looking through your contributions about 2/3rds of the last 500 edits (going back to February) have been to your own group pages, the rest to other pages with a small minority being the admin ones. I think it would also be of benefit for you to get involved with Policy Discussion as I don't think I've ever seen you on there. I'm not against because I dislike you, rather I feel that you need a bit more experience on the wiki (particularly on the admin areas) before you become a sysop. -- Cheese 08:41, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - Retard, also gets his friends to dogpile his bid. --Cyberbob 08:49, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - I'm sorry I can't return the favour, Haliman, but I noticed the same as Cheese when I checked your contribs. You're primarily focussed on your group (which, of course, isn't a bad thing) but generally it isn't demonstrative of sysop material. You have plenty of time ahead of you to jump in those Admin tasks though, so don't be disheartened. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 08:55, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch - I was gonna have to go against, then i saw he got all his friends to vouch, and i just went nawww.--xoxo 09:02, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - The shit that was pulled at the beginning of the year speaks volumes. --SirArgo ^Talk 09:13, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - Ignoring any personal history, and it would still be no. Simply because you have not enough experience. And you are blowing this up yourself by trying to meatpuppet, or whatever it is called. The first 5 vouches are all from people in your group, and most of them have no particular contributions other then these ones. It's painfully obvious.--Thadeous Oakley 09:34, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Also, your opening line suggest you don't even have faith in your own candidacy. If you think yourself that it looks bad, then why bother in the first place.--Thadeous Oakley 10:16, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  You do realise he's referring to the fact that he was the third applicant in as many hours? Seems like that personal history might still be clouding your judgment...--xoxo 05:07, 13 May 2009 (BST)

• Against - Umbrella relations fiasco. Also, the friend vouch thing doesn't matter because...

• 1. They don't have too many edits all in all, let alone in admin sections so they probably don't even know if you'd be capable to handle it or not.
  2. They're your friends and don't say anything other than "He's a good guy and doesn't afraid of anything". No citing of example or anything.
  3. Large amounts of vouches don't work because this isn't a vote.--Mr. Angel, Help needed? 11:06, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Moved to talk page -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 03:57 14 May 2009 (BST)

• It's completely pointless to express a preference now that a 'crat that will still be serving come decision time has said he's against your candidacy. Promotions cannot occur on a deadlocked decision, so the most you can get is one 'crat for and one against which is no promotion. This is now taking up space. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 11:44, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Moved to talk page -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 03:57 14 May 2009 (BST)

• Hugely weak against. I believe Haliman is learning from his mistakes, and that should be encouraged. Put in more time on votings and you may gain my (I know it's not a vote) vote. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 14:00, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against. I've nothing against Hal and I believe he'd make a good sysop.... one day. But I agree with Cheese in that he'd do well with having a bit more experience on the wiki. --D.E.ATalk 16:41, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against From what I have seen Haliman is enthusiastic and really would like to help out, I'm just not sure that I trust his judgment enough though and would like to see him more active in the Admin sections before I would swith to a vouch, --Honestmistake 17:16, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against Too many dramafests in the past. He's definitely been active on the wiki and in the community in general, but I just can't vouch for him at this time. Maybe after more time has passed. --Johnny Bass 17:28, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - Need a bit more time after that Umbrella fiasco.-- Adward  17:29, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - As Drawde. --Pestolence^(talk) 19:57, 12 May 2009 (BST)

Alright, thanks to everyone who gave... Err... structured criticism. I'll be making my way around the Admin pages more now. --Haliman - Talk 20:50, 12 May 2009 (BST)

I was about to "vote", then I saw this comment. You're withdrawing your bid? --Janus ^talk 21:17, 12 May 2009 (BST)

I'll come back next time. What's that, three months? I'll be on the admin pages a lot more. I wanna help out. --Haliman - Talk 21:24, 12 May 2009 (BST)

Ok. :) Waiting for your next bid then. --Janus ^talk 21:44, 12 May 2009 (BST)

• strongly against --WanYao 21:55, 12 May 2009 (BST)
• Vouch Yes..New Blood is GOOD! and I think we've had people with more Drama in the past get ptomoted and do good things.Conndraka^{mod TAZM CFT} 22:47, 12 May 2009 (BST)

  Those people were (vaguely) intelligent. Haliman is not. "New blood" for the sake of "new blood" is an incredibly shitty reason to vouch for someone. --Cyberbob 04:50, 13 May 2009 (BST)

  But with the vouch I can accomplish something more without having to resort to a wall of text. hmmm? Conndraka^{mod TAZM CFT} 22:13, 13 May 2009 (BST)

  alas..I see sarcasm is a lost art...and since the W.o.T. was moved to talk....against Conndraka^{mod TAZM CFT} 02:27, 17 May 2009 (BST)

• Against - Needs more useful contributions. Or rather....Needs more existing contributions... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} (status:‎Mudkip!) 00:52, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - No, Sir. I don't like it. Not willing to deal with your kind of drama. --– Nubis ^NWO 10:31, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Against hell no. ----Sexualharrison 21:49, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - I am one of his friends, and I'm voting no. I don't think he's ready to help me or anyone else out in the manner that a sysop must. Maybe next time. --Met Fan ^F 23:26, 13 May 2009 (BST)
• Rise Against - This is a nay. As Above. As Cheese, SA, Drawde, Iscariot, Argo & a Nubis. _■^■ 01:14, 14 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - Not even remotely equipped for the job, I fear. --Papa Moloch 01:58, 14 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - I have seen no evidence of this user's worthiness to wield the sword of Cain. Or whatever it is they wield. --Pyrranha 18:40, 14 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - As Cheese. --Bob Boberton ^{TF / DW} 20:46, 14 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - halliman is NOT new blood. He is part of this community for a long time already. I only know this guy because of his antics in Arbitration, and nothing that i saw there amused me and/or gave me reasons to ever trust his judgment. The wiki might need some new sysops, but halliman is NOT a good candidate for it --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[talk] [wcdz]} 21:28, 16 May 2009 (BST)
• Abstain I think you need to give it some more time, then come back. - User:Whitehouse 01:09, 18 May 2009 (BST)
• Against - reason, faggot--CyberRead240 12:43, 18 May 2009 (BST)
• I see Haliman as too partisan, and his vandal history to fresh, to want him as a sysop -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 10:31 19 May 2009 (BST)

Haliman needs more experience in the admin pages and is too inexpereienced to be promoted for now. He also doesn't seem confident in his own ablity to do the job. Linkthewindow  Talk  12:59, 26 May 2009 (BST)

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