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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 Being Discussed

Example User

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

Guy has been on his promotion bid since the system was created, it's time to give User:Example User his just deserved promotion! --hagnat 19:37, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes He is an example for this community! --hagnat 19:37, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Yes Example has been an inspiration since the beginning, and provided me so much guidance over the years. Truly deserving of the role. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 19:40, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Who? -- AHLG T G THE END IS ACTUALLY NIGH! 03:55, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Hagnat

Hagnat (talk | contribs | UDWiki contribs | vndl data)

You know me! You all know what i am about to do! Ignore the rules, and let the party begin :D --hagnat 19:38, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes. It would be hypocrisy for me to vote otherwise. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 20:10, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Yea. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 11:56, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
Yes. As more or less "the founding father of Arbitration"—after all, you wrote its guidelines—you need to pay for your sins. —Aich on— 20:37, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
Yes --Dijon Sanders Talk 20:33, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Axe Hack

Axe Hack (talk | contribs | UDWiki contribs | vndl data)

Forget the process. The plug is getting pulled. Let's Op up the old team members who are still around, and let's clean this wiki up as much as we can before it's put on Read Only! --Axe Hack Talk 19:47, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes Hop in :D --hagnat 19:50, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Yes. It would be hypocrisy for me to vote otherwise. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 20:11, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Yea. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 11:56, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
Why the hell not? - One last hurrah. —Aich on— 20:37, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
Yes --Dijon Sanders Talk 20:33, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Bob Moncrief

Bob Moncrief (talk | contribs | UDWiki contribs | vndl data)

Ok, I'll bite. Inspired by some conversation over on the wiki discord, I'd love the buttons back for the last few days. I mostly want to do a final cycling of the various admin archives, sysop archives, templates etc. which require The Buttons to edit. I'd also love to be available for any vandalism reversion or similar that may happen over the last few days if there's a sudden re-influx of users.

I understand that the main barrier is that Sysop voting usually requires two weeks, and the wiki goes read-only in roughly 11 days, so any rapid approval would violate that. To whichever crat expedites the process, know that I will vote to give you only the gentlest slap on the wrist in any resulting misconduct case, and will treat your Sysop Archive with the tenderest care.

I also know that I definitely don't meet the activity requirements for promotion, having been on extended hiatus since my demotion in 2021. I would hold up my past stints as both an active user and sysop in 2012-14 and 2015-21, and the fact I've had bursts of activity before, that I would be a good upholder of the sysop mantle during the few days left. I've also been a consistent lurker during the last few years over at the UDWiki Discord, so haven't been fully out of the UD loop during my hiatus.

Oh, also, the prophecy foretells that I must fight Ross "on a mountaintop for the right to be the last sysop of udwiki", and I can't do that if I'm not a sysop, can I?

I gladly await any questions you may have. Whatever the outcome, I love this wiki & always will. Cheers, Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 20:09, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

A heads up that the 'crats have rapid-promoted me (and others! Aichon you can never escape!) but I'm still taking questions here for old times sake. At least until I cycle these final bids into the Archives. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 13:05, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes ofc i am going to support your bid. But if you are no longer a sysop and Ross is, doesnt this mean he already won ? --hagnat 20:25, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
No Bob is an insufferable power tripping control freak. Help cure him of his addiction and just say no. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ZPatriot (talk • contribs) 08:30, 4 March 2025 (UTC).
Yes, though it doesn’t need to be said at this point. ;) Even so, let’s fix some things up. —Aich on— 08:36, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
Yea. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 11:56, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
Yes, someone has to keep the generator running. --Dijon Sanders Talk 20:33, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Spiderzed

Spiderzed (talk | contribs | UDWiki contribs | vndl data)

I honstely won't have much time in the last 1.5 weeks that Urban Dead and the wiki are still running, but it is better if someone with my experience is around and not needed, than the other way around. -- Spiderzed ▋ 18:18, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes, agreed. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 19:23, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
Yes. Known quantity. Wants to work. Let him at it. —Aich on— 20:32, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
Yes --Dijon Sanders Talk 20:33, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Aichon

Aichon (talk | contribs | UDWiki contribs | vndl data)

Just to make it official, I volunteered as well. While my time is very limited, if there's anything I can do to assist in UD's final days, I'd like to at least try. If anyone has questions or whatnot, you know what to do. —Aich on— 20:33, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes --Dijon Sanders Talk 20:33, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
I must confess, I still pronounce your name "acorn" sometimes. -- AHLG T G THE END IS ACTUALLY NIGH! 02:50, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

You’ll always be unpronounceable to me. :) —Aich on— 06:27, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

I've always pronounced it 'Ey-Chee-On. --Axe Hack Talk 20:25, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

With all the pronunciations out there, it's a good thing I have a versatile sig. —Eychee on— 20:32, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes. ~~Might as well have both my wiki profiles as sops simultaneously one last time.~~ Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 12:34, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

Red Hawk One

Red Hawk One (talk | contribs | UDWiki contribs | vndl data)

Long time no see! Thought I'd drop one last time by and help clean up before we turn off the lights. ~ Red Hawk One ^{Talk | Thanks for the memories} 20:22, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes - It's RHO! —Aich on— 20:30, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
Vouch - That's not a time I expected to see again in 2025, but you are all the more welcome. -- Spiderzed ▋ 20:41, 10 March 2025 (UTC)