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DDR says he wants to step down after his 'crat term expires, to ensure he has no excuse we need at least another sysop so he can't renege on his word again.

Aichon does stuff. He speaks computer. And he'll be a more tyrannical overlord than Grim ever was. Vouch for him or your names will be added to the guest list for the new regime's holiday camps in Poland.

He'll be along shortly to confirm all this himself.... maybe.... -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 02:49, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

I'll accept the nomination, but, in the interest of complete honesty, I want to make a few things clear. I may be killing any chances I have, but I don't mind, because...

1. I'm not nominating myself, nor did I ask for this.
2. I intend to perform pretty much the same way I do now, though I'll chip in a bit with the admin chores.

Basically, if I'm promoted, you can expect more of the same from me. I'm just a guy helping out around here for fun, and that's not gonna change. Real life keeps me busy quite often, but I have no issues with helping out on sysop stuff when I can. To be clear though, I'm not interested in having this become a major, time-sucking obligation, nor am I interested in having the things I've been doing out of good will until now suddenly become things that are demanded and expected of me regularly, if that makes sense. I'm also not interested in getting caught up in whatever politics are going on here. I think for myself and speak for myself alone.

I don't want people to go into this with unreasonable expectations of me, but, if everyone is okay with the stuff I've said, then great. If not, I'll be happy to answer questions, and I won't take the "against" votes personally, since I wasn't looking for the promotion in the first place. —Aichon— 03:36, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Objection, your honour! The candidate is reading from a prepared statement. Such things are against the rules of this kangaroo court, just not cricket and seriously reduce the potential mirth. I move that the statement be stricken and that the candidate be forced to make a new statement entirely in Death Rattle. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 03:39, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Objection! This objection was clearly planned in advance in the event that Aichon had prepared an objectable speech in acceptance of the vote for wiki sysop. Objecting to objections might serve no object purpose, but my objection objects to a clearly objectable objection which might convince others to object to this clearly non-objectionable vote. Object object object.--Shank Case 03:42, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Objection, your honour! Shank smells funny. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 03:44, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Odour! Odour in the court! 03:46, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Shit was SO cash.--Shank Case 00:20, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

• Vouch - RARGH ACORN SMASH. 02:51, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Badger - badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 02:55, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  Snaaaake it's a snaaaaaaaaake 02:57, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

• Vouch - ok Cyberbob  Talk  03:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Sure. -Goribus 03:06, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Not a vandal. That is the main criteria for me. John Ibans 03:09, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - DAMMIT JOHN YOU MESSED UP MY EDIT IT WAS GOING TO BE ARTISTIC AND SHIT --Shank Case 03:11, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Aichon needs more work. -- Papa Jadkor ^{(RRF) (MotA) (MT11)} 03:15, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Make that man a wiki slave!!! --Technerd ^{CFT U!} 03:19, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Against - Universal healthcare is evil. --Sonny Corleone ^{DORIS I jizzed in my pants pr0n} 03:20, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  Why do you hate people, I thought that catholics felt compassion for their fellow man --Shank Case 03:21, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  I thought faggots are supposed to be sucking cock. Get the fuck off the internet you queer. --Sonny Corleone ^{DORIS I jizzed in my pants pr0n} 22:51, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

  I agree. It is evil. Just like various vegetables and people who insist in pursuing miming as a profession. —Aichon— 03:46, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  I find your 13 yr old girl type humor disturbing. Also, Macs are gay. Fag. --Sonny Corleone ^{DORIS I jizzed in my pants pr0n} 22:51, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

• Assuming he accepts, I approve. Consistently helpful, high level of proficiency with all things wiki and familiarity with the operations of UD Wiki in particular – plus he's a good guy. User:Revenant declines to disclose whether he was paid for this endorsement. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 03:22, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Against - Uses a mac, also likes animu --/~Rakuen~\^Talk I Still Love Grim 03:23, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  Says the guy who goes by a name that means "paradise" in Japanese and was a word that played prominently in the Wolf's Rain anime series. But still, there's no arguing with facts, and if you object on that basis, I have no problems with that. But I'll laugh at you when you're not looking. —Aichon— 03:46, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  I slept with your mother Trebek! --/~Rakuen~\^Talk I Still Love Grim 04:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  Also, the only good animu was Rurouni Kenshin. If you disagree then I'll double against you.--/~Rakuen~\^Talk I Still Love Grim 04:10, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  Kenshin is on my to-do list. And if you want to see how I rate various movies and series, check here. —Aichon— 04:21, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

• Against - I descriminate against Mac users. --TripleU 03:28, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  I'm an equal opportunity computer user. I give PCs every opportunity to perform, and they consistently fail to do so. :P

  In all seriousness though, I'm actually posting this from my Mac...booted into my copy of Windows 7 Pro. What can I say? Steam rocks. —Aichon— 03:46, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  And another job done well, by yours truly. Converting a mac fag into using windows for steam! \o/ --Big Cat 02:21, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

  Though, since Steam, Portal, L4D2, HL2, TF2, and some of Valve's other titles are coming out for Mac next month, along with Portal 2 on the same launch day as for PC, you won't have your hooks in me for long... —Aichon— 06:32, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

  DON'T MAKE ME DEFRIEND YOU ON STEAM. >:| --Big Cat 08:06, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

• vouch - so what if he uses a mac? -- 
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  03:38, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch-I'm hoping that vouching for him will cause him to consider helping me make my user-page wicked stylish, and assist me if I ever find myself facing the wrathful scorn of Iscariot. And he seems to know how to shape the internet and cause it to do his bidding. Although, he hasn't played the original Fallout's. I'm really not aware of the scope of a sysop's responsibilities, I might as well be vouching for the Belmullet sheep commissioner. --MikhailKalashnikov 04:41, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Good with code, comes across as a polite and efficient user.--~ Red Hawk One ^{Talk | space for lease} 04:45, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Nice enough guy, reasonably active, doesn't do stupid things. --Enigma^talk 05:23, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - And may whatever gods you pray to protect your soul from this wiki. --Maverick ^{Talk - OBR 404} 06:27, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch MAC THIS (grabs balls and squeezes) --C Whitty 07:44, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch Sure, why not. It's almost impossible to be worse then DDR anyway, so give it a try. --Thadeous Oakley 07:56, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  And yet you're the only thing that makes the inclusion of the word almost utterly and emphatically correct. --

   

   

   

   

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  boy howdy that there is one fine sense of humour Cyberbob  Talk  08:49, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  Haw haw haw likewise --

   

   

   

   

  08:52, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  Don't flatter yourself. Not even on my worst days can I ever fit below the standards you set for yourself. --Thadeous Oakley 14:54, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  Ah, fuck it, I'll just voice "against" you when the time comes, I'm not going to have yet another retarded discussion with you just because of your insecurity. --Thadeous Oakley 16:01, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  Oh ouch, you start it then can't stand by your own convictions and I'm the one that insecure, but of course. --

   

   

   

   

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• Vouch - <kool-aid> OH YEAH ! </kool-aid> Chief Seagull talk 09:12, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

• Question Because I always do. Which area of the wiki do you feel needs most improvement? Oh and Universal Healthcare is pure win. As is the idea of Obama hunting down old people with a helicopter and snipering them in the face. Which I believe is some peoples definition of universal healthcare. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:13, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  Honestly, I think a big issue right now is that a lot of information is scattered around a million different places, some of which is up to date but much of which is not (there's also a related issue of important information being in difficult to find locations). It's confusing for newcomers and confusing for many veterans of the wiki as well, from what I've seen. While I'm not promising to go through and clean all of them up, I do think that working on centralizing various pieces of information using templates that can be included wherever applicable may be something that needs to be done eventually. —Aichon— 20:49, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  Question give me a couple of real life examples and you'll get my vouch. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 22:32, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

  Sure. The big one that stood out to me immediately (simply because it's very important to newbies and has major issues) was search rates, since they are scattered all over, though templates are probably not the answer for them, so much as simply centralizing the efforts and standardizing the output in some manner. Policy and guideline documentation could use work, since some guidelines are only ever stated in a notification box on a single page, while others are stated in multiple places that don't always state things in plain English or even in a consistent manner. In terms of things that might be helped by templates a bit more than those examples, it might be possible to include building statuses in the various maps that are around and simplify the suggestion process (it's a mess right now). I'm sure there are plenty of other ways to improve things, but I'm speaking off-the-cuff here. —Aichon— 00:17, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

  Big Vouch --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:31, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

• Vouch - I really can't think of someone I'd rather have as a sysop. Good stuff buddy!--_GANG Giles Sednik _CAPD 09:22, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - No need for comment.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 13:13, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - A solid candidate with only a few flaws... his acception speech won me over. --Honestmistake 13:51, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - I don't see why not. --Bob Boberton ^{TF / DW} 16:06, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Bandwagon --^TCAPD(╯°□°)╯ ┻━┻ 16:51, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Against - Fucking Mac users --Arthur Dent BIN LADEN IS DEAD!!!!! 17:42, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Insert witty comment here. --^A_O^R_D^M_O^P_R^I _! ^T 21:18, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - While perusing the wiki to check the extent of current drama I stumbled upon this promotion. While reading it, I clicked on the link up yonder that Aichon posted about anime and it lead me to something I have been direly searching for, for a very long while. Therefore I figured as a thanks I would give him my completely worthless vouch for his sysop bid. And may I say, you really should watch FLCL as soon as you can. I don't think you will regret it one bit.--SirArgo ^Talk 22:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Yep! That's a thumbs up! --Jack Officer 23:37, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Because he said this: "I'm also not interested in getting caught up in whatever politics are going on here." and because he should be punished for owning an iProduct. --Grogh 00:23, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Does good work, and needs MOAR! --KyleStyle 00:57, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Seems like a moderately average kinda guy who will do some moderately average stuff to better the wiki. But he doesn't seem to be influenced by anyone else, and doesn't want to be pulled into politics. So he's got my vote. μ_nholy®_eign 11:55, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - As Grogh. --Papa Johnny 15:30, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - <3 -- Adward  15:51, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Cool guy ;D, Also. Whats with all the trolls?--Suff-TMS- <-- Killin' zombies!
• Vouch - mostly because he uses a mac.. unlike the rest of you poor homeless losers.----sexualharrison ¯\()/¯ 03:05, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

  Hey, harrison, take your high paying job and shove it >:|. Also, macs aren't inherently better at everything, me and ich already had this discussion, multiple times.

• Vouch - One of the few people I trust to actually, you know, be impartial and unbiased with the job.--Big Cat 02:25, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

  You think Aichon could become a new Swiers? --Thadeous Oakley 11:35, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

  Sadly enough, no one could match seb's fuck-win level of inactivity. :( --Big Cat 18:34, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

• Vouch - No qualms with that. --Alcatraz311^T|ACC|A45 17:43, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - As above. I have no problems with him. -- Cheese 22:06, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
• Vouch - Helpful.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Monkey See monkey Do (talk • contribs) at an unknown time.
• Vouch - No problems, great potential :) --Haliman - Talk 03:21, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
• Against - not active enough, barely seen him around. xoxo 04:53, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
• Abstain - The world always needs "janitors" :) and you seem like a decent choice, but I need to know whether you intend to be active in admin and policy areas (as much as you're able) and get a sense of how you'll approach these things before I can vouch. Thanks. --WanYao 00:14, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

  As I am able, I do intend to participate in those areas, and don't intend to operate purely as a janitor. I'm not sure how active I'll be around those parts, but I do not intend to be a no-show, just to be clear. As for how I intend to approach them, I'd say that I value consistency in application, common sense, and logic (i.e. apply precedents that are based on sound reasoning the same to everyone, follow the spirit of the law rather than trying to parse words, and work with my head rather than my gut). Also, I'm man enough to own up to my mistakes when I realize them or am called on them, so when/if I do mess up, you can expect a minimum of fuss from me. Of course, words alone aren't nearly as good as action to back them up, and since I don't have a history of regularly commenting on or diving into the drama, I fully understand where you're coming from with your abstention. —Aichon— 06:33, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

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