UDWiki:Administration/Promotions

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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.

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 6 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 is periodically purged on this wiki.

• Significant activity within the community.

We define this as at least 250 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 is 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).

If a user is highly exemplary in one criterion, a certain amount of leeway may be given with the 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 to allow all users an opportunity to voice their opinion regarding a candidate's qualifications for promotion. After two weeks, the Bureaucrats are responsible for announcing their decision within a reasonably short period of time. Users may continue to add their thoughts until the Bureaucrats announce their decision. The current amount of System Operators running should not influence your decisions when voicing your opinion.

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.

Example Application

Example User

• Example User (talk | contribs | UDWiki contribs | vndl data)

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)
• Question - I just want to know what you think about this subject? --Yet another user 21:26, 4 April 2013 (BST)

Candidates currently under community discussion

User:The General

• The General (talk | contribs | UDWiki contribs | vndl data)

Since he had badly going RE due to inactivity a year ago (which were only short-circuited due to self-requested demotion), he has made a great return and stemmed a lot of grunt work, including cleaning up various pages and detecting missed scheduled protections in the suggestions system. As for leadership roles, he has started the signature policy discussion, showing awareness of current issues on the opinion pages. I think he deserves a chance to show once more for some months if he can handle the job. -- Spiderzed█ 21:25, 4 May 2011 (BST)

Accepted.--The General ^{T U! P! F!} 23:04, 4 May 2011 (BST)

• Vouch - see bid. -- Spiderzed█ 21:25, 4 May 2011 (BST)
• Strong Vouch - The General has, imo, always been a strong member of the team. When I first came to the wiki, he was already quite inactive, but by his first evaluation, the few edits I'd seen him make won me over. Even when he was making relatively few edits, he was making fantastic ones. Now, he's making lots of edits. If he can keep it up without burning out again, then he'll be by far one of the greatest assets to the team.--Yonnua Koponen ^{T G P} ^^^ 21:41, 4 May 2011 (BST)

  Fantastic edits. EPIC, REVOLUTIONARY edits. The kind of edits that only come along once in a lifetime. Now...combine that with LOTS OF EDITS and you get, and I'm not ashamed to say it, THE greatest UD Wiki asset of all time.

  Holy shit, Yonnua, what is this crap? Some kind of mutual masturbation thing? Or do you just like having your head lodged in people's asses?--

  

  | T | BALLS! | 23:58 4 May 2011(UTC)

  --Yonnua Koponen ^{T G P} ^^^ 00:01, 5 May 2011 (BST)

  Oh stop. It'll be ok.--

  

  | T | BALLS! | 00:10 5 May 2011(UTC)

• Weak Against - Too soon. He's been here less than a month. Sure he's done more grunt work in that month than I generally do in a year, I applaud him for doing so but in that short time-span I can't say how long that will last, how he is in admin pages, I just barely know the guy and I'm not sure if he knows the community well enough himself. He's doing great now, so keep going. What's the rush? -- Thadeous Oakley Talk 21:45, 4 May 2011 (BST)
• Weak Vouch - 1) to counter Thad 2) He's a good contributor when he's active. --THE Godfather of Яesensitized, Anime Sucks ^{Yalk | W! U! WMM| CC CPFOAS LOE ZHU | Яezzens} 22:02, 4 May 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - Has enough technical knowledge of both the wiki and the internet. I appreciate when another user understands IPs enough that them having access to Special:Checkuser is actually useful. Not to mention he's always been willing to discuss his rulings and give users a chance when he's actually been around.--Karek^{maps 2.0?!} 22:37, 4 May 2011 (BST)
• Against - Sysop team doesn't need another mindless cypher that will only be another reinforcement vote for the herd mentality bloc. If he doesn't just fall off the face of the earth again after getting the feather in his cap.--
  
  | T | BALLS! | 22:41 4 May 2011(UTC)
• Very Strong Against - Guy went around correcting typos on 2-year-old postings just so he could get to 500 edits. No. No fucking way. That is not the action of someone who should be an admin. That is the action of a psychotic who should be as far removed from power as is humanly possible. So once again, no, a thousand times no, over my fucking dead body. --カシュー, ザ ゾンビ クィーン (ビープ ビープ) @ 22:51, 4 May 2011 (BST)

  Maintenance work? On a wiki? My god man, we can't promote this guy!--Yonnua Koponen ^{T G P} ^^^ 23:01, 4 May 2011 (BST)

  Maintenance work purely for the purpose of gaining a position of power? On a wiki? First off, who the fuck cares about wikis that much? Second, still psychotic. Oh, and third, not a man. --カシュー, ザ ゾンビ クィーン (ビープ ビープ) @ 23:17, 4 May 2011 (BST)

  Touche.--Yonnua Koponen ^{T G P} ^^^ 23:33, 4 May 2011 (BST)

  I am currently running through Category:Locations, cleaning up the code and fixing typos along the way: I fail to see how this is a problem. If you have any problems with the content of my edits then please feel free to contact me.--The General ^{T U! P! F!} 23:04, 4 May 2011 (BST)

  The problem is the fact you're only doing it to get promoted, which is simultaneously pathetic and also a reason for you not to get promoted. --カシュー, ザ ゾンビ クィーン (ビープ ビープ) @ 23:17, 4 May 2011 (BST)

  No, I'm doing it to procrastinate from doing what I'm actually meant to be doing (I.e. Working) and because badly written pages irritate me. My question is: What am I supposed to be doing here if it's not the low-profile maintenance tasks that no one else has the time/inclination to do?--The General ^{T U! P! F!} 23:47, 4 May 2011 (BST)

• Very Strong Against - Anyone the rest of the sysops will vouch for is obviously unsuited for the spot. On the other hand resident aspy MisterGame is somewhat against and as he's completely unqualified for the spot, that might make this guy somewhat worthwhile. On the third hand, he's a useless fucking tool (see Against posts above) so fuck him --||||||||||||||||||||| 22:57, 4 May 2011 (BST)
• Normal Sized Against and this dead siggie code is getting out of hand.--    bitch  23:02, 4 May 2011 (utc)
• Against - Oh wow doing tons of janitorial work, organizing & reorganizing the wiki to get back in the clown car with the other clowns (sysops). I, for one, am easily impressed. Love, the Dead Siggie Code. --Rise|||||||||||||||||||||above 23:29, 4 May 2011 (BST)
• MAKE THIS SHIT NOT HAPPEN NO MORE. 23:38, 4 May 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - the goons are mass voting against him so he must be good.--^TCAPD(╯°□°)╯ ┻━┻ 00:28, 5 May 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - Prior experience.--ShadowScope^{'the true enemy'} 00:54, 5 May 2011 (BST)
• I don't think inactivity alone is a very good reason for disposing him. Also, ShadowScope.^--  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 01:12, 5 May 2011 (BST)
• Utterly Against - As above. --Papa Moloch 13:07, 5 May 2011 (BST)
• Questions:
  1. In what areas of the wiki do you most see yourself contributing as an op?
  2. What made you take a break from the wiki and what has changed since then? ~ _{14:30, 5 May 2011 (UTC)}
• Answers:
  1. In all honesty, the main thing for which I will be using the Sysop permission is in cleaning up all the broken links in the A/SD archives, ensuring the all scheduled protections and deletions have been fulfilled, and in tidying up the suggestions archives. To give an example of something where I could be useful: I recently put up a requestion for all pages in a category to be protected, which is naturally taking some time; I have script which could do this as a batch-run. Other than that, I would obviously be ruling on A/VB cases where necessary and fulling requests on the admin pages.
  2. I basically burnt out after spending 4 years as a sysop on the wiki, during much of which I wasn't actually playing the game: I progressively became less involved in actually contributing to the wiki until I was logging in purely to check the Administration pages. I never really made a concious decision to take a break from the wiki until my second A/RE, at which point I made the decision to leave as I was not longer really interested in the game of the wiki.
     Well, I've spent some time working on other projects (including spending some time on Wikipedia) and I think my judgement has improved significantly. I've taught myself a couple of programming languages (PHP, javascript and python), which I've used to write my bots and update UDTool. I've also started playing the game again as a member of Red Rum, so I actually have an interest in the wiki beyond merely maintaining it.--The General ^{T U! P! F!} 10:44, 7 May 2011 (BST)
• Vouch --^A_O^R_D^M_O^P_R^I _! ^T 21:20, 5 May 2011 (BST)
• Against As Thad. Asheets 21:51, 5 May 2011 (BST)
• Against - hahahahahahahaha 05:23, 6 May 2011 (BST)
• Strong Vouch - Thad is a nutcase --Karloth Vois ^¯\(°_o)/¯ 06:54, 6 May 2011 (BST)
• Against See above. -Colbear 07:34, 6 May 2011 (BST)
• Against I heard that he sips beer and reloads shotguns all day. -- LABIA on the INTERNET ^{Dunell Hills Corpseman} #24 - |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ^TMG 11:33, 6 May 2011 (BST)
• Against - Is this a joke? He's a trumped up copy editor. --Susan Bakersfield 17:24, 6 May 2011 (BST)

Your lack of knowledge amuses me--^TCAPD(╯°□°)╯ ┻━┻ 17:29, 6 May 2011 (BST)

• Weak Against - Katthew raises a good point. General is in the same boat as Cheese was in a couple of months ago, doing good work but should really be waiting a month or so before trying to get back into the position after such prolonged inactivity. -- ϑ^anceϑ^anceℜ^evolution 11:21, 7 May 2011 (BST)
• AGAINST - This is the creep that kept trying to get a policy passed (common users have the right to move pages) and when it was voted down repeatedly kept putting it back up with minor minor changes until he finally put it up as "this is a policy to TRY OUT that policy" which is bullshit. STOP PROMOTING THE SAME FUCKTARDS ON THIS WIKI!-- #99 ^DCC 23:54, 7 May 2011 (BST)

  I don't remember doing that, could you give me links?--The General ^{T U! P! F!} 11:10, 8 May 2011 (BST)

Recently Concluded Bids

User:Karek

• Karek (talk | contribs | UDWiki contribs | vndl data)

Karek has been here, well, forever and has proved himself an excellent sysop in the past. His contributions rate has increased markedly of late, and doesn't show any signs of dropping off, and when asked on his talk page he showed a general interest in the idea -- boxy 03:58, 24 April 2011 (BST)

Yeah, I'm ok with this. --Karek^{maps 2.0?!} 04:42, 24 April 2011 (BST)

• Autovouch - Karek has a good technical knowledge, and understanding of the wiki and how it should work -- boxy 03:58, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - He voted against repealing my permaban, so he's probably right about a lot of other stuff, too.. -- Amazing?! 04:21, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - The thought of him with admin rights given his past performance makes me gloomy User:teehee mcgee 12:07, 24 April 2011 (PST)
• Against - this vote is a filibuster – Nubis ^NWO 04:29, 24 April 2011 (BST)

  also, WIKI LAW – Nubis ^NWO 04:50, 24 April 2011 (BST)

  thankfully it's not a vote. but you and your meatpuppets sure are adorable with ya matching templates--   bitch  12:20, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

  a bloo bloo bloo – Nubis ^NWO 12:45, 26 April 2011 (BST)

• Against - I am not confident in his ability to remain impartial and fair. Especially when taking into account the above vouch by amazing. -- DeRathi 1:30pm 24 April 2011 (AEST
• Against - For reasons which, in accordance with federal WIKI LAW, I am not allowed to discuss publicly.--ебут этом гомосексуальные земля́, ebut ėtom gomoseksual'nye zemlя́ ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||_{Retarded things go here -->} 2 3 4 User:MisterGame 04:38, 24 April 2011 (BST)

  I must admit, I'm horrible at WIKI LAW, I never autobanned goons. --Karek^{maps 2.0?!} 04:42, 24 April 2011 (BST)

  That won't win you points with the Old Boys' Club, given how all the other admin staff feel about goons around here. -- DeRathi 1:51pm 24 April 2011 (AEST)

  If anything he just proved that he doesn't deserve to be an enforcer of High-WIKI LAW. It's nothing personal, but some people just aren't cut out to sperg and enforce the WIKI LAW the best of them. You're still extremely ANIME uguuuuu~ though. So there's that.--ебут этом гомосексуальные земля́, ebut ėtom gomoseksual'nye zemlя́ ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||_{Retarded things go here -->} 2 3 4 User:MisterGame 05:00, 24 April 2011 (BST)

• Against - Can't trust a guy who doesn't autoban goons. Or who does, I forget which. Either way WIKI LAW --Laughing Man 04:48, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - Wiki is bad enough without adding partisan admins --Pleads 04:53, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - WIKI LAW has spoken. --SprCobra 04:55, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - I am afraid I have to concede to the highest law in the land (it's WIKI LAW) and say no to this travesty of justice. --カシュー, ザ ゾンビ クィーン (ビープ ビープ) @ 05:02, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - "You have been warned for illegally striking votes on a discussion. Kindly refrain from doing so in future until there is a policy that permits it. Until then all peoples opinions are weighted equally and worthy of being heard." I must also concede to the law commemorated in bombastic black text. --Lex Lotor 05:14, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - Karek has been holding this internet browser game wiki back for too long. I think that it's time for him to step aside. --Anothergenericzombie 05:19, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• vouch - we had a rocky start but even if there was animosity between us it'd still be nullified by the amount of work he is doing and help he's doing. -- ϑ^anceϑ^anceℜ^evolution 05:33, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch no brainer. should almost have a perma sysop staus like boxy.--   bitch  05:54, 24 April 2011 (nyc rulez!)
• Vouch - Dude's been active and been a real help around the wiki for some months since becoming active again. ~ _{07:28, 24 April 2011}
• Against - We can't just let every Tetsuo, Daikatana and Sephiroth enter the highest ranks of leadership; the integrity of this wiki is too important for that. --甘いノーム愛感覚的の私の型板!!! 09:22, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - Concerns re: impartiality Less bad than the majority of sysops --عبد الريحم بن حسين بن عبد الرحمن العراقي المصري‎ 18:03, 5 May 2011 (BST)
• Against - You're a loose cannon, turn in your badge and submit to WIKI LAW. --Bender Bending Rodriguez 19:38, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - Just because you've been editing lots of pages doesn't mean that transgressions against WIKI LAW should be swept under the rug. --Djohariah 11:05, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - Always a great help back in the day, not afraid to offer opinions. If he's stupid enough (kidding!) to want to be a sysop again, why not? Linkthewindow  Talk  11:16, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - Yarp. -- Cheese 11:19, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - The WIKI LAW is too strong with this one. --Deadone 12:24, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - Good lord, the WIKI LAW. This won't do at all, no sir. --モッズはホモです 12:53, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Question - How do you respond to the above 'concerns' about your impartiality?--Yonnua Koponen ^{T G P} ^^^ 13:58, 24 April 2011 (BST)

  Since Karek doesn't seem to be able to answer a simple question, which he could have done by saying "I Don't Care what they think" then he clearly doesn't have the capacity to be a system operator. Against --Yonnua Koponen ^{T G P} ^^^ 15:25, 30 April 2011 (BST)

  Vouch - My question's been answered on Karke's talk page. I am most satisfied with the response.--Yonnua Koponen ^{T G P} ^^^ 14:50, 1 May 2011 (BST)

• Vouch - Who can say no to a man with bells. ♥ Moonie ^{Talk Testimonials} 14:08, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - If it means no more backseat sysoping from God's Gift To The Wiki, sure.--
  
  | T | BALLS! | 14:16 24 April 2011(UTC)
• Vouch Sure. Smyg 14:17, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - In accordance with the prophecy --THE Godfather of Яesensitized, Anime Sucks ^{Yalk | W! U! WMM| CC CPFOAS LOE ZHU | Яezzens} 15:50, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - Karek is a secret member of our ruin the wiki club. --Karloth Vois ^¯\(°_o)/¯ 16:15, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - The jingle of a dog's collar would be good right here. --Akbar 16:33, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - because I'm tired of doing all the deleting, moving and other admin stuff he constantly requests myself :P Seriously, though, Karek's not just extremely tech-savvy, he also has made a strong return with a lot of behind-the-background gnomeing. As an additional (though weaker) plus, he also isn't afraid to have an unpopular stance and stick with it on the opinion pages. -- Spiderzed█ 16:38, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - Cause someone with that much un-support must me good--^TCAPD(╯°□°)╯ ┻━┻ 17:16, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - Good technical user. Reasonable. Kinda has an odd writing style. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 17:19, 24 April 2011 (BST)
• <math>*Against - This man does not approve of the Shotokan arts, I am thus unable to support him.</math> User:Ryu
• Vouch - Three cheers for Karek! --Desyana 06:29, 25 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - As Moonie --Fiffy ^{404 ♥ OBR ♥ RRF} 06:40, 25 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - No Go, Houston we have a problem, we have a failure in WIKI LAW unit 3 --Vaporware 15:34, 25 April 2011 (BST).
• Vouch - --^A_O^R_D^M_O^P_R^I _! ^T 16:33, 25 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - Questionable conduct. --Susan Bakersfield 18:34, 25 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - WIKI LAW oh lookie, am i doing it right ? --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[talk] [wcdz]} 20:20, 25 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - He has a VERY strong technical background, and, in IRC conversations with him, I've seen that he's over my head on some or a lot of the technical know-how related to the wiki (which is kinda nice, since Rooster was the last regular who frequently did technical things I didn't always understand at a glance). He's not afraid to disagree when it needs to be done, but he doesn't do it just for the sake of doing it. I have a few things I'm not sure about, but none so worrying that they would lessen the strength of my vouch. Adding him to the team would be a good thing. —Aichon— 21:07, 25 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - Vouch by Amazing says it all really. - Rotting TRex 04:50, 26 April 2011 (BST)
• Against The WIKI LAW has spoken. - ShufflesMcgee 04:57, 26 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - Questionable impartiality. --Polymphus 06:50, 26 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - I've been looking through his past edits and I'm not at all happy about his work. --Fartibartslart 07:49, 26 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - Karak has been found barricaded inside a building that was too heavily barricaded for the local barricade policy in effect. If this sort of oversight is how he operates inside Malton then I think it reflects poorly on his suitability for being an administrator on Malton's favourite wiki. --Blagomatic 07:59, 26 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - Someone's got to put this dog down. --MrGreenshirt 08:13, 26 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - WIKI LAW is no toy. --Kruger 08:40, 26 April 2011 (BST)
• Against WIKI LAW} --Colbear 10:26, 26 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - I'm actually for Karek. I got along with him fine when I was DCC the first time and when I was Nubis. He was the voice of reason when Grim ranted on and I think he was against the nailgun, too. That's enough for me! -- #99 ^DCC 13:44, 26 April 2011 (BST)
• Something about laws and wikis.--If my name was MisterGame AKA Thadeous Oakley, I would be a massive flaming faggot. >:| 10:19, 27 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch – Former sysop, knows his shit; let him back in. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 13:13, 27 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - Competent. Garum 21:24, 27 April 2011 (BST)
• Against - I would be mortally offended if this person was to be promoted. WIKI LAW --Capt Schwartz 00:33, 28 April 2011 (BST) (FIRST CLASS)
• Vouch - --Ash  ^{|  T  |  яя  |} 02:59, 28 April 2011 (BST)
• Question - What's the most important issue on this wiki right now and how does it need to be addressed, in your opinion? -- Thadeous Oakley Talk 15:29, 30 April 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - While I don't always agree with him, I respect his opinion and technical ability; he can be trusted with the tools.--The General ^{T Sys U! P! F!} 12:34, 1 May 2011 (BST)
• Abstain This would be a VOUCH except that I doubt his sanity in wanting to come back. --Honestmistake 15:02, 1 May 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - As Michaleson. --Johncleese 20:25, 1 May 2011 (BST)
• Vouch - Is at least waaaaay less of a clown than the clowns currently doing the job. --Rise||||||||||||||||above 03:39, 2 May 2011 (BST)
• Vouch I recognize my own bias, but considering that he was the first and only person to speak up and directly contest my hastily executed infinite ban, he seems to be a pretty awesome guy. --Deadman Walken 07:41, 3 May 2011 (BST)
• Vouch Previous experience.--ShadowScope^{'the true enemy'} 00:55, 5 May 2011 (BST)

  Vouch - when did he got demoted ? --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[talk] [wcdz]} 14:01, 5 May 2011 (BST) vote struck. you can't vote vouch twice hagz! --    bitch  15:00, 5 May 2011 (utc)

• Vouch I'm for anyone who hates nailguns. -- LABIA on the INTERNET ^{Dunell Hills Corpseman} #24 - |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ^TMG 11:37, 6 May 2011 (BST)

Promoted. -- ϑ^anceϑ^anceℜ^evolution 12:26, 8 May 2011 (BST)

Bouse--^TCAPD(╯°□°)╯ ┻━┻ 15:13, 8 May 2011 (BST)

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