SmashWiki:Requests for bureaucratship/Shadowcrest

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Candidate, please summarize why you are running for adminship below.

Since I'm running for bureaucrat- something only 3 users have done since my arrival for real- I'm going to bore you all with a wall of text explaining why I'm qualified and why I'm running.

To start, I want to help out the community. I do not mean to sound overly arrogant and self-important, but there aren't many people left who are viable candidates. Most of the current sysops either do not want to become bureaucrats or would not handle the role well. So in other words, I believe I am the best available candidate, offering at least a strong alternative to the few other possible candidates.

Something that I have to offer that other candidates don't is a different field of experience. Whereas others might know more about places like AllisBrawl and etc., I come from a background of other wikis. I've spent countless hours on multiple wikis, including GuildWiki, SmashWiki, Guild Wars Wiki and more recently DemiWiki- my second wiki-birthday is in 3 months. So I know how things work, and I know what's expected of me.

I also consider myself a good mediator/arbitrator. I have used my sysop tools when I have deemed it appropriate, but in general I have tried to resolve things via words or compromise if I feel the situation can be resolved in such a manner. So if you fear that I will become a dictator, as the joke goes, I don't think you have anything to worry about if you check through my contributions.

Speaking of contributions, I am quite proud of them. ~22/100 of all my contributions have been made in the SmashWiki/SmashWiki talk namespaces- about 3.3 times higher than C.Hawk, the next highest percentage from the active admins, and about 26.2 times higher than another admin from the active admins. I know I don't have one of the highest editcounts of the site, but the adage "quality, not quantity" is particularly apt here. I may not be very good at mainspace contributions, but mainspace isn't what you should be looking for in a bureaucrat- you should be looking at how they deal with policy matters and such. Seeing as policy was pretty much how I got into adminship (with handling user conflicts and dedication thrown in), it's pretty safe to say that if nothing else, I would excel in this field as a bureaucrat.

In terms of activity, I'd say I'm more active than every other admin except maybe Miles. Just throwing that out there :P

The only thing I can't say that I could on my RfA is that I've done this before. I've been a sysop for over a year, but I have not ever been a bureaucrat before. But I have had experience dealing with them- I frequently discussed bureaucratic actions with them, finding out why they did what they did, questioning them, etc. So saying I am inexperienced is only true via technicality.

The last reason I feel I would be able to benefit the community as a bureaucrat is because of the "one man show" effect. I have never felt this way, but I know that many users have felt like past bureaucratic actions were sometimes elitist, ignored the people, or were insider decisions. While I disagree with this sentiment on nearly all cases, having two bureaucrats would lessen the feelings that the community is being dictated by a lone bureaucrat.

To those of you that read the WoT, thanks for reading.

To everyone who tl;dr'd: Shadowcrest McSerious 4 bcratz --Shadowcrest 17:28, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Support

• Do want - Need I explain? He's enforced most of the wiki's policies, has proven to be capable of handling adminship, and is the most serious teenager on the internet. Blue Ninjakoopa 17:34, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
• WOW... - You like massive walls of text, dont'cha? Anyways, you are obviously capable of being one, so all votes on Shadowcrest! --~The Blue Blur~^{New main in training!} 17:41, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support You have shown that you are capable of quietly dealing with vandals and user conflicts, and I think you are experienced enough for bureaucratship. ClonedPickle 17:46, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
• SupportYou're a great admin and you do great work for the wiki.--Bek (talk) 18:08, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support Of course. (Doesn't this need to be transcluded onto SmashWiki:Requests for bureaucratship?) (Already done). GT5162 (talk) 18:15, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support. More than competent. – Defiant Elements +talk 19:44, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
• Yuh-huh. He said my name! *backtosrs* Rly, though, Shadowcrest knows wikis. He earns this. Miles (talk) 02:07, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support Shadowcretz noez his wiki tools. - Hatake91 (talk) 02:39, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
• SupportWell, Mr. Tin Plated Dictator with Delusions of Godhood, you've proven yourself capable at pretty much everything thaat a bureaucrat should be able to do.L33t Silvie ^{Your epidermis is showing.} 20:00, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

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Neutral

• Meh - I'm not sure how you would work with this tool to be honest. Blue Ninjakoopa 20:28, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
• Decidedly neutral (a) I don't think we need another bureaucrat (b) you have an errant definition of 'trolling' to include things that are definitely not, I think (c) you don't have the willingness to deal with certain vandals the way they ought to, and the way policy dictates (d) you've dealt with user conflict very well (e) you aren't an idiot, (f) you've used your sysop power fairly and accurately. I think I need to come down neutral on this one. Semicolon (talk) 22:00, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

• If you don't include being a jackass in the definition of trolling, then yes, you are correct that you're not a troll. If you do, however, you're dead wrong.
• "The way they ought to be dealt with" is a crap line, because it's entirely subjective. In my opinion, you're doing it wrong- if you're going to use it to oppose me then it might as well be factual. And by the way, if we're using that idiotic policy (that really ought to be deleted) as a way to dictate when and for how long users are banned, we're all in violation- especially you. "Try not to block ISP proxies since this would affect a wide number of users." Hmm, I wonder who took that side of the argument. I'll give you a hint- it wasn't you. Another side note- governing blocks and deletions with a policy is an extremely bad move.
• If all of the above weren't enough, then there's also the fact that these opposes have nothing to do with being a bureaucrat. The appropriate place to have put these comments would have been my RfA, but it's a little late for that. Remember what powers bureaucrats have and what they use them to do- and banning isn't in their list of tools. --Shadowcrest 22:31, 4 May 2009 (UTC)