SmashWiki:Requests for adminship

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This is the page for requesting adminship for SmashWiki.

Rules and regulations

• Only self-nominations are allowed. If you think that another member would make a good sysop, then you can convince them to nominate themselves. You cannot make a nomination on behalf of another user.
• After sufficient time has passed to allow all users who wish to express an opinion the chance to do so, a decision will be made based on community consensus as to whether or not the request will succeed. Once a decision has been made, the discussion will be archived.
• Selections of sysops are not a simple vote count, or majority opinion. Users who wish to be promoted should demonstrate a steady commitment to this wiki, and be able to point to reasons that the sysop tools would allow them to do better editing.
• Candidates should describe why the wiki should want them to be sysops, not why they want to be sysops on the wiki.
• When supporting or opposing a candidate, give good reasons. Comments that describe in detail why the candidate should/should not become a sysop carry far more weight than simple support/oppose.
• Rollback status is not required for a successful RfA, but is highly encouraged. Users who only want sysop tools for quick reverts of vandalism will be directed towards the appropriate request.
• Upon request, a prospective sysop may be given a scenario and asked his/her opinion on how s/he would handle it.
• Users that have been blocked in the past, or who have previously made an RfA and failed, are no less eligible for adminship. However, such users should be able to demonstrate how they have improved since the block/previous RfA, lest their RfA find serious opposition.

Past nominations

• For a list of all previous requests for adminship that ended with the candidate's promotion, please see this category.
• For a list of all previous requests for adminship wherein the candidate was not promoted, please see this category.

How to nominate

If you have not had a request for adminship page before, follow this two-step process.

1. Go to the end of the requests section below, and add the following text:
   {{{{subst:FULLPAGENAME}}/Username}} Where "Username" is the name of the user being nominated.
2. Click on the created red link, and add:
   {{subst:rfa|Username|reason for nomination}}

However, if you have had a previous request for adminship, follow this process instead.

1. Go to the end of the requests section below, and add the following text:
   {{{{subst:FULLPAGENAME}}/Username (#)}}
   Where "Username" is the name of the user being nominated, and where # is 2 for the second RfA, 3 for the third, and so on.
2. Click on the created red link, and add:
   {{subst:rfa|Username|reason for nomination}}

Current requests

The following discussion is an archived debate of the nomination of a user for adminship. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.

	This RfA was closed as successful.
	Reason:	Almost unanimous support and I feel that there is little doubt that Aidan would be able to effectively handle the admin position. Serpent  King 14:26, 29 July 2018 (EDT)

Aidanzapunk (talk • contribs • edit count • RFA page)

Candidate, please summarize why you are running for adminship below.
Alright, here goes nothing. This is something I have been tossing around in my head for a while, but I think that it's high time that I go through with it.

For those of you who do not know me, my name is Aidan, and I work under the username Aidanzapunk here on the SmashWiki. I've been an on and off user since mid-2013, and have seen this wiki grow during that time. I previously sent out a request for adminship almost three years ago, to no avail. In a bit of fairness and hindsight, it was admittedly rushed, and mostly put out due to a rise in vandals. It failed due to what I believe to be a lack of experience, as well as no need for another admin. This time is different: while, yes, vandals have been and will continue to be present, the issue raised this time around comes from the admins themselves, who have lamented on quite a few occasions about the lack of active admins. Three years may seem like a short time to some, but a lot can change during that period of time.

One of the bigger changes to emerge on the wiki during this three-year timespan was our jump from the IRC to Discord. It was quickly realized that there would need to be more than admins keeping everything in check, so the role of "Chat Operator" was created. Not only did my application successfully go through, but it was the first to do so; as such, I have been a successful moderator (so to speak) of the SmashWiki's Discord server for over a year now. Speaking from a personal viewpoint, I also feel as though I have changed as an editor and a community member over the past three years as well, as I have moderated (and even sometimes run) more personal wikis on my own spare time, and I believe that this time around, I am more suited for the administrator position.

In terms of dispute handling, this is a bit of an odd case, I will admit: in a situation where something is brought up, I will tend to act calmly and try to follow protocol with how certain things are handled. In a typical debate between two users, however, I will admit that I tend to stay out of things for the most part, but still make sure that things don't go out of hand on the sidelines. This, however, can be chalked up to me being on the autism spectrum, which really helps in social situations like this. While I am prone to making myself clear in an argument I myself am in, that does not mean that I myself will go over the line, nor does it mean that I don't try to moderate the discussion itself to make sure it doesn't go out of hand. The opposite has held true in the past, but it was usually meant with no malicious intent, and I believe it has been remedied as time has gone on.

As stated previously, I (and plenty of others) have heard firsthand the complaints from the other admins about the lack of active staff, as there are currently only two active admins, and four semi-active admins who do not frequent the wiki as often. If this request were to go through, there would be another active admin to handle problems or other requests on the wiki, and arguably quicker than the others; I don't have a life am stuck in my room 24/7 am on the wiki more often than the other admins, and, at the present point in my life, have much less going on.

The only plausible drawback that I can see being an issue with my position as an administrator is me starting my freshman year of college in about a month (at the time of this writing). This would hinder my presence on the wiki as both a moderator and an editor, but I've found ways to work in free time and still complete studying in the past.

Thank you. Aidan, the College-Bound Rurouni 16:49, 15 July 2018 (EDT)

Support

1. Support I've gone through all of your talk page posts of 2018 and took a quick glance at your edit summaries in the other namespaces, and for the most part, what I found isn't all too concerning to me. I did catch the Bayonetta thing that Alex mentioned below before I saw his vote, and I do have to admit that it does bother me a bit. I agree that it was an all too quick jump to anger over a misunderstanding. I understand the frustration of dealing with someone who seemingly has no intention of listening to you but the thing is that being an admin is a frustrating job. You have to be able to deal with it professionally. Now as this is the only thing I found that seems amiss, I think the thing that is bothering me most is how recent it was...but it is something that I am willing to give you a second chance on.
   
   Overall, I think you are probably among the few editors here who would be qualified for the admin position. You've done exceptional work in keeping the discord server in line in times of need (and believe me I know what a headache that can be), and that alone proves to me that you have the ability to deal with the stress. You've been editing SmashWiki for longer than I have so there is really no question of experience, except maybe in templating/coding, but these are skills that you can learn as you go along: there's no immediate demand for them.
   
   So with all of that said, have a support from me, and I wish you good luck! Serpent  King 18:18, 15 July 2018 (EDT)
2. Support You have great mainspace edits. Aside from the user and user talk, I would say that you are helping the wiki to be up to date. George Jones 19:01, 15 July 2018 (EDT)
3. Support That Bayonetta hiccup does indeed concern me too, but it could happen to anyone, really. I still think you are ready. Black Vulpine of the Furry Nation. Furries make the internets go! :3 19:10, 15 July 2018 (EDT)
4. Support You're well known on this wiki and I believe you'd do good as admin. Awesomelink234, the Super Cool Sonic Fan Leave a message if needed 22:02, 15 July 2018 (EDT)
5. Support Not much else to say that hasn't already. VoqéoT 01:53, 16 July 2018 (EDT)
6. Support I haven't been here long, and we disagree on some minor stuff, but from what I've seen I think you deserve the role. Good luck bro! Dakota.952 04:08, 16 July 2018 (EDT)
7. Support In the same boat as Voqéo. You're honestly a great CO, and you'd make an even better admin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pokebub (talk • contribs) 04:48, July 16, 2018
8. Support Can't say I'm very active on the wiki itself anymore (where it seems you've kept up with your productive editing, save for the occasional aforementioned hiccup), but you've definitely been a good chat op on Discord for this past year-and-a-half or so, which shows me that you would be fairly capable in this position as well. That, and it can't hurt to have an extra helping hand around during this current shortage of administrators we seem to be having at present. BaconMastre 14:38, 17 July 2018 (EDT)
9. Before I begin, let me just say, yes, I’m still alive. I immensely regret my inactivity and I’m trying my hardest to return. Anyway, so Aidan. I’ll try my best to keep this from sounding biased, but Aidan was one of the first people on this site I considered a friend. I supported his first RfA (although now with a more mature and educated mindset, I honestly should’ve opposed it), but I’ll go ahead and say this one is a huge improvement to the original, and you yourself have also improved. As a partner for some of the personal wikis you’ve done, I can immediately jump in and say you handled them well (even if one of those wikis were admittedly a steaming pile of garbage that tore apart more friendships than Mario Party). Additionally, you’ve done well in helping manage not only SmashWiki’s Discord, but also a couple of my personal Discord servers. Before I prattle on, I’ll end this by saying I Support this RfA. If anyone should be getting promoted right now, it should be you. Disaster Flare (talk) 00:30, 19 July 2018 (EDT)
10. Support everyone have brought up some good points so far, and I don't think I can add any more based on what has already been said. A51 Trooper 15:46, 20 July 2018 (EDT)
11. Support Per everyone else. Easy answer. MintyGuy700 (talk) 21:38, 20 July 2018 (EDT)
12. Support since he's a good guy all around, a great contributor and very active user in the wiki, and I don't see him abusing his powers. -- Beep (talk) 19:58, 22 July 2018 (EDT)
13. Support Since the Wiki was red at the time of this RfA, I feel that we need more crowd control as in more admins. Also, I believe you're able to handle disputes. ZeldaStarfoxfan2164 (talk) is made in America 22:04, 22 July 2018 (EDT)
14. Support. I haven't been around lately but can say you've been a good user. I think you have earned it. MHStarCraft 15:36, 23 July 2018 (EDT)
15. Support Based on my experience with Aidan here and in other wikis he's administrated, as well as Discord, I can safely say he would be trustworthy as an admin. He's quick to reply and solve problems (befitting of a Sonic fan lol), I have never seen any alarming cases of him abusing his power, and usually he handles his temper well, despite some recent exceptions. He's also pretty active, which would help a lot now that the wiki is in red status and when Ultimate releases. DracoRex, Creator of the Land 14:01, 29 July 2018 (EDT)

Oppose

1. ...

Neutral

1. Neutral. I can see an argument both for and against you being an admin. On the plus side, you have been a chat op on the discord server for a long time, and (in my opinion) you are one of the most responsible and level-headed chat ops on the server. In addition, you have been a long time valuable contributor to the wiki, and could very well go on to serve the wiki even better as an admin. However, I haven't really seen any particularly compelling evidence on the wiki itself of your capability of fully handling the roles of an admin, nor have I really seen any enthusiasm or eagerness from you to do so. In addition, there exist some troubling and aggressive responses from you on talk pages, and an aggressive personality is something which could be very problematic for a prospective admin (which incidentally is a major reason why I opposed Vulpine's RfA, although I will say you are noticeably better than him in that regard).

   Overall, I could see both this request and your potential adminship going either way, hence why I am currently neutral on the matter. Alex the Jigglypuff trainer 17:03, 15 July 2018 (EDT)

   With the Bayonetta talk page thing, the only aggression that showed was due to what I perceived as a complete ignoring to what I was saying in the discussion, and instead focusing on another point altogether that was only vaguely similar to the point I was making. To be clear, I am not sure whether a resolution came about because of a misunderstanding between either party (as I admitted to not fully realizing something), or because one side wasn't clear to the other with what they were saying (as I will admit right now that both me not being clear and me not interpreting things correctly are a possibility, knowing myself as a person). Aidan, the College-Bound Rurouni 17:20, 15 July 2018 (EDT)

   Well, from looking at the discussion and the page edit history I think you were a little to quick to jump to anger and cursing, and it later turned out that you yourself had also made a misunderstanding. I only think this is a problem because admins essentially represent the site, and if it appears as though some admins are potentially irritable, then at best it could reflect badly on the wiki and at worst it could lead to potentially poor or rash decisions being made by said admins. As I stated though, this is not as bad as the case with Vulpine, and so I do not see it as grounds to outright oppose your proposal.Alex the Jigglypuff trainer 17:25, 15 July 2018 (EDT)

   Being the person some of that conversation was directed to (not the original post but the edits made later on), I found the outburst to be uncalled for as well, however I will agree that other than that in the short time I've been on this wiki editing instead of lurking I see little to no other problems. Their edits are usually clean and concise and they settle most disagreements besides the Bayonetta exception well. Shimesa (talk) 18:05, 16 July 2018 (EDT)

1. Neutral, leaning very slightly towards oppose. Alex summarized my thoughts pretty well (except for the chat thing, I haven't been on there so I wouldn't know). My first thought was a full oppose; but, seeing as how every single one of our regular admins is currently "semi-active", it probably would be nice to have a fully active one so that the 'crats don't have to handle everything. And of the most active and reliable editors currently on the wiki who I could see applying for adminship, you're probably the only one I would be most okay with. That said, I am still a bit concerned about your attitude, although it's based mainly on past experience and not recent experience as I haven't been paying as much attention to the minute interactions between users. I'll try to focus a bit more on that over the next couple of days and might change my vote based on that. TheNuttyOne 18:52, 15 July 2018 (EDT)

Comments

Iron Warrior sends you his regards and wishes you the best of luck. Black Vulpine of the Furry Nation. Furries make the internets go! :3 03:53, 16 July 2018 (EDT)

Aidan, I am going to give you a few scenarios, and I want you to tell me how you would resolve them. Keep in mind that "do nothing" is not always an incorrect answer.

1. Long time user gets in a content dispute with an IP. The IP is obviously wrong, but the user begins to needlessly berate the IP until they get frustrated too, and an edit war breaks out.
2. Flare and I have a civilized disagreement on how to display a piece of information.
3. Same as above, but I call Flare a poo poo head.
4. 2 longstanding users have a personal user dispute that spirals out of control and results in personal attacks. Warnings have been issued, but the problem shows no sign of resolving.
5. User misuses rollback and ignores warnings.

Serpent  King 20:07, 22 July 2018 (EDT)

1. Instigate a warning to the user about personal attacks and edit warring, and probably throw in some "there's no need to overreact" bits too.
2. If it's civilized, then, knowing the two of you, I personally don't think it'd be out of place to do nothing, but I would still keep an eye on the off-chance that things do take a turn for the worst. This is specifically talking about the two of you, however; if given two other admins (or any two users, for that matter), then I would probably be a bit more active in the discussion to make sure things go smoothly.
3. See above, but with an added "watch it" specifically being said.
4. If there is a situation where two users have created a dispute that has gone completely off the rails, then, calmly but firmly, I would likely put banning one or both of them for disruption at stake unless they can shape up. (Wouldn't be the first time that that would be used to handle something.)
5. If they're ignoring warnings, then I would probably take away their rollback (that's a thing, right?), and give them another chance to reapply should they show that they're capable of handling it. If that fails, then a minor ban would probably have to be done.

Aidan, the College-Bound Rurouni 20:37, 22 July 2018 (EDT)

Only thing I am seeing wrong with this is that you as an admin cannot give or take rollback privs. That's crat only. Serpent  King 20:41, 22 July 2018 (EDT)

I wasn't sure of that, thanks for the clarification. Still, misuse of rollback is a valid reason for a small ban, right? Aidan, the College-Bound Rurouni 20:46, 22 July 2018 (EDT)

Depends on the situation, but I'd most likely just take the rights. Serpent  King 21:01, 22 July 2018 (EDT)

Well, you're a crat, so you can do that. :P Aidan, the College-Bound Rurouni 21:04, 22 July 2018 (EDT)

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the nomination of a user for adminship. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.

	This RfA was closed as failed.
	Reason:	User withdraws. Serpent  King 17:58, 16 July 2018 (EDT)

Black Vulpine (talk • contribs • edit count • RFA page)

Candidate, please summarize why you are running for adminship below.
So, it's been 7 months since I last applied. After being left with little to no support from my last application, I ended up going on a rollercoaster ride as part of my journey to figure out what went wrong. Yes, it hasn't been very long, and there was much that needed to be fixed. However, the intense amount of activity that has been generated on the wiki since Ultimate's announcement has provided me with a ton of opportunities to fix these issues.

Overall, there were six issues brought up across the board in the first RfA, with Serpent King highlighting all of them in detail. The biggest ones were my emotions and ability to manage conflicts, but allow me to go through all of them now.

Conflict moderation

Since this was the biggest problem, let's start here. Part of the problem is that I sold myself short, as I indeed already had a perfect example of me coming between two users to stop trouble, but it was also early days for me back then, and I didn't have much else to show anyway. However, I am now confident that I can handle this area effectively, as moments like this and also my posts on this talk page demonstrate. The latter example at the very least demonstrates my knowledge of conduct as an admin, and where the standard needs to be. Which brings me to...

My temperament and attitude in dealing with users

This section covers two issues from my previous RfA, the former of which was the other biggie. I now have learned to recognise when my temper is going to rise and more importantly, keep it under control during a critical moment. I know it was a problem, and even now, I have to remain conscious of it at all times. However it's precisely because of that that makes me feel better about this. I know that seems weak, but this is sort of a 'live and learn' argument. Most telling is that I went on a hiatus (albeit brief) 4 months ago, and there hasn't been a single rage-related incident from me since then.

As for my attitude, it was said that this was already on the way to improvement way back when. In general, my attitude when communicating with other users is almost always an attempt to remain friendly, even when the wrong thing has been done. My threshold on determining bad faith has also increased, to the point of assuming good faith on edits that the average user might not necessarily consider good faith.

Assuming bad faith

Shouldn't be a problem now. Before, I was deemed to be too quick to assume bad faith for some situations but since then my threshold has... wait a minute, wasn't I literally just talking about this? Let's just move along...

Decision making

Serpent King raised the issue that I might ask other admins for help more often than I probably need to be. Given what I wrote before, that's a fair point. I feel like my decision-making ability has improved since then. Not so much that I'm completely independent, but enough that I should be able to make basic decisions without asking for help.

CheckUser

SK also raised the issue (minorly) that I might use CheckUser whenever I have so much as an inkling when something is up. That's also fair. Most discussion about this has since been in the Discord, but I reasonably believe that my threshold on this has increased. A lot of the most recent incidences of me detecting sockpuppetry have been spot on, so maybe I have a sense for this or something? (God, I sound so freaking arrogant there, don't I?)

With the increase of activity on the wiki, having an effective staff is more important than ever, so for me to become an admin now, I understand that I will absolutely need to be at the top of my game here. One helping factor is that I'm usually available in the hours that other admins are not, but I do recognise that means I might be overwhelmed with all sorts of requests for help. I believe I can handle this though, especially since I have had a few people asking me for help with issues lately, some of which I've even had to turn down because I needed to be an admin to pull it off. I am sure that I've proved beyond a shadow of a doubt how strong my commitment to the wiki is, but the level of trust? That is for you to demonstrate to me. Black Vulpine of the Furry Nation. Furries make the internets go! :3 19:12, 15 July 2018 (EDT)

Support

1. ...

Oppose

1. Oppose. In my limited experience with you, you come across as very self-centered and unwilling to admit your mistakes. You tend to carry yourself as though you have the right to make the final decision anyway and I'm honestly concerned that, given the power of adminship, it could go from just giving an impression to being a legitimate problem. Most of my interactions with you have been decidedly negative in ways that no one in a position of power should act (and I'm speaking for both of us on that -- I have treated and reacted to you in ways that would be inappropriate, as well).

   Secondly, I don't really see a reason why you would need adminship. The duties you are most skilled in completing don't require adminship to be done well. I don't think you've been active during any vandal strikes I've seen, so you wouldn't be a significant boon in handling them quicker. In conflict, you become very opinionated -- this is far from a negative trait, as opinionated users are very important, but it means that your best skill in conflict is to strongly defend one side of the argument, and adminship isn't necessary for that. Any user can participate in a well-reasoned debate.

   In summary, you're doing just fine as a normal user and, given my concerns with your attitude, I personally don't believe we need new admins badly enough to justify promoting you. I mean no offense in any of this and I don't doubt that you could probably handle it if it were necessary, but it's far from necessary right now. TheNuttyOne 19:56, 15 July 2018 (EDT)

   Alright, I do feel there are a few points you have missed. You admitted that your experience with me is limited, so there is that.

   • Being self-centred and unwilling to admit mistakes is actually the complete opposite of what I've been doing as of late. I feel like I made a massive transformation in the last 7 months, although most of the changes happened in the last 4.
   • You don't think I've been active during vandal strikes that you've seen. That's fair. But the key words there are 'that you have seen'. As quite a few people in the Discord will attest, there's been plenty of incidents I have been present for, that I've had to just work on rollbacking and not much else because no admins were available at the time. Remember, I'm most active when most of the wiki is asleep, so actually, as far as countering vandals goes, lack of response has been a source of frustration for me.
   • It seems that every time there's an RfA, someone brings it up, and today it's you: 'We have too many admins' is a bad reason to oppose. While you bring up some other points that might be worth considering, your reasons for opposal should be solely based on your assessment of the applicant, not on the status of the wiki.

   Black Vulpine of the Furry Nation. Furries make the internets go! :3 20:20, 15 July 2018 (EDT)

   2 things. 1, That BV hasn't been involved in kicking out vandals is false. 2, Nutta wasn't saying the wiki didn't need another admin, but rather that your typical patterns on here do not necessitate admin powers, which is an entirely valid point (whether or not it's true remains to be seen). Serpent  King 20:27, 15 July 2018 (EDT)

   Having too many admins wasn't my sole reason, hence why I didn't outright oppose Aidan's -- I actually think we could use another admin. I just don't think we need an admin badly enough to justify ignoring my misgivings about you, which is an assessment of you relative to the state of the wiki, which is arguably even more important than an assessment of you alone.

   Again, I'm speaking mainly from my personal experience with you. I've tried to stay out of conflicts that I have no stake in because I know I can get too hotheaded for no reason, so I'll admit I haven't been observing every single one of your recent attempted conflict resolutions. However, the conflict resolution you cited as proof above honestly doesn't give me more faith in your abilities. Your messages on Torey's talk page were, in my opinion, unnecessarily blunt and didn't make enough of an effort to help him understand why he was wrong, just telling him he was. You pushed him to start discussing on the talk page if he disagreed with other users but made little effort to do so yourself; you took the conversation to his personal talk page rather than the page's talk page and gave your logic as an end-all-be-all "this is how it is", pushing him to start the actual proper conversation on the page's talk, then proceeded to revert his edit yet again without waiting for his response or any other users' opinions. I'm also inclined to say this edit could be an improper use of rollback, as his edits were entirely in good faith. Your compromise post being captioned "Happy?" also comes across as very passive-aggressive and sarcastic; however, as someone who is often sarcastic on accident, I could let that slide if not for the rest of the interaction being mostly unnecessary.

   The vandal thing is fair, and I did specify that I personally hadn't seen it, leaving it open that I may have just not noticed/not been online. However, if your sole rebuttal (barring the ones I re-rebutted above, which you are of course free to re-re-rebutt) to my logic is that you can handle vandals (hey that rhymed) that are active when few other users are, graveyard shift janitorial services doesn't really qualify you for adminship. TheNuttyOne 21:37, 15 July 2018 (EDT)

2. Oppose, unfortunately, I really haven't seen any indication that you have improved at all since your previous application. In fact, between then and now you actually got demoted from chat op on the Discord for using anger and aggression to moderate, which is exactly what I was afraid you would do as an admin when I opposed you last time. Alex the Jigglypuff trainer 03:59, 16 July 2018 (EDT)
3. I now oppose for Alex's reasons. Awesomelink234, the Super Cool Sonic Fan Leave a message if needed 04:06, 16 July 2018 (EDT)
4. Oppose, I'm gonna unfortunately have to oppose here. The main reason for me opposing is that you just can't seem to handle conflicts easily and hold a grudge against people that pissed you off. The most notable examples are with Ac2k and Brian. You just can't seem to keep yourself in check for too long before becoming angry. I've especially noticed you holding a grudge against Brian, which definitely isn't my idea of a good admin. Even times when he's legitimately trying to help you, you just outright deny his help and become noticeably upset and/or angry. This leads me to my next point, you honestly do seem a bit self-centered. I mean, maybe not completely self-centered, but I do notice certain self-centered vibes whenever I see you talk on Discord sometimes. Anyways, that's my two cents on you becoming admin. I obviously did not mean to sound rude nor do I personally dislike you at all, I'm just noticing some things that need to be fixed before you can become admin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pokebub (talk • contribs) 04:40, 16 July 2018 (EDT)

   I was advised not to bring those issues up unless someone else did. I didn’t want to, but I took that advice anyway and now I’m regretting it. Anyway, let me go after those issues now.

   I reckon if Ac2k got wind of me getting demoted as CO, I would never have heard the end of it. As it is, things were taken to the extreme, to the point of him eventually getting banned for harassment, but obviously that’s not the issue being had here. While being harassed, I handled it poorly, and was driven into depression, and eventually my 3-day hiatus, during which I was left to think about how I could handle issues better. My hiatus would have been longer, but Ultimate’s announcement caused me to cut that short. After taking time to quietly observe the responses to various issues by other admins, including upon Ac2k, it became clear to me what I should have done from the beginning. This same mentality could have and should have been applied to Brian. Instead I let the anger and frustration take over, and ended up losing my badge because of it. I was however able to get a chance to put what I learned to the test, as about a week before the ban, Ac2k came after me again over a content dispute, and was refusing to back down and wait for a response, which I needed to discuss with Discord before providing. You can look at my talk page to see this.

   I don’t hold grudges, and I certainly don’t blame Brian or Ac2k for what has happened, as much as I’d like to. It’s easy to blame others, but in the end it comes down to how you deal with it. I know that now, and I thought I might have adequately proved that with my current talk page. I have made my improvements, but my greatest fear is that nobody will want to trust me ever again because I’ve had these massive failures, and that’s how it looks to me right now. Black Vulpine of the Furry Nation. Furries make the internets go! :3 05:11, 16 July 2018 (EDT)

5. Minor oppose. This is mostly a quick and under-researched opinion, so it may change, but here's my sense: You want this too badly. You talk constantly about your desire for adminship on the Discord as if it's the main reason you're on-wiki. You act as if you feel you deserve it, rather than that you've earned it, and that's the wrong viewpoint to have. Toomai Glittershine The Non-Toxic 07:18, 16 July 2018 (EDT)
6. Somewhere in the middle between a slight oppose and a full oppose. With all due respect, I'm kinda in the same boat as Toomai. Nearly any time an issue is brought up in regards to the wiki on Discord (be it a vandal, a user who means well but clearly isn't following the rules, or anything else), you subtly drop your wish to be an admin, and it kinda does give off a vibe that I don't think you want to give. Additionally, I also personally think that just over half a year isn't a long enough time between one's first request and one's second, because not as much can happen in that amount of time, but that's more of a personal opinion. Aidan, the College-Bound Rurouni 14:31, 16 July 2018 (EDT)

Neutral

1. Neutral, leaning towards support You've only been on here for just over a year. However, in that time, unlike myself, when I applied back a year after I joined and didn't have much experience and wasn't well known, you're pretty well known on this wiki and know how things work around here. Awesomelink234, the Super Cool Sonic Fan Leave a message if needed 22:08, 15 July 2018 (EDT)

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I think for the sake of convenience, I need to link to my previous RfA somewhere on this page. So, here it is. Black Vulpine of the Furry Nation. Furries make the internets go! :3 22:14, 15 July 2018 (EDT)

Right, I give up. I thought I might have been able to get somewhere this time but the impression is strong that a bridge has been burned and I frankly do not see a way out of this. If the power of wishful thinking counts for anything, there'll be a way forward for me someday, but for now, the game's over. Black Vulpine of the Furry Nation. Furries make the internets go! :3 17:49, 16 July 2018 (EDT)

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