SmashWiki:Requests for adminship/Shadowcrest

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Candidate, please summarize why you are running for adminship below. Before I say anything else, I want to say that having a comparatively low editcount doesn't relate to adminship and my comparatively little age here is outweighed by my experience elsewhere. Since this is possibly the only part of this speech you will read/remember, I just thought I'd put that out there.
...but since I know everyone will check anyway, there's links in the title. Or check Special:Contributions/Shadowcrest and/or Special:Editcount/Shadowcrest, if it's easier for you to access from here.

I've held a sysop position elsewhere since March 27, 2008, and I have relatively excelled at the position for some time. So I think it's fair to say I know how wikis work.

Up until recently, I'd have been very confident that I'd be able to field virtually any user conflict that I saw. But my approval rating appears to have dropped, and I know I've come off as an asshole way more than I intended recently. But I'd like everyone to know I'm working on it, and I think I'll be able to pull it off eventually. Opposes based on my personality aren't inherently invalid, but I'd appreciate any good faith.

I'm active enough, and I'd be able to delete spam, ban vandals, and all that other explicitly defined stuff in the job description.

In short: I'm willing and more than capable. --Shadowcrest 18:20, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Support

• Strong support, Shadowcrest know what he's doing and is responsible. Im Alex25, King of Randomness! Say Hi to me! Random stuff! 18:53, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
• Strong Support. Shadowcrest is knowledgeable, competent, and smart. As, or perhaps more, importantly, he has "Admin-like" edits (see my "vote" on Oxico's RfA) in spades, and I have complete faith in him to "mediate user disputes, arbitrate users, and interpret policy during times of argument" and he has consistently displayed a dedication to this wiki that goes well-above and beyond the call of duty. – Defiant Elements 19:27, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
• Support Shadowcrest is a knowledgeable user who has worked hard on this and other wikis to make them effective encyclopedias. His attitude is not something that terribly concerns me. It is generally only directed at solving problems. Clarinet Hawk (talk · contributions) 00:29, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Oppose

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Neutral

• Well, while I can see you being a good sysop, I think you don't have enough experience here. I haven't really seen you try to handle user problems, instead just picking a side, or pointing to one of your created policies. I haven't really seen you compromise, and, as I said earlier, I feel you don't have enough experience here. Feel free to counter my pont, or point me to a policy.O, Mighty Smoreking 19:34, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

• If it's not an issue that needs concensus (like most user conflicts not related to content), then picking a side is fine. If it is an issue that needs concensus (like ones related to content), then I don't have to do anything but argue for the side I believe in. I don't understand what you're getting at.
• Why do I need an excessive amount of experience here when I've gained more than enough elsewhere? Ofc, I need some experience here so that I actually know stuff about the users and the culture etc., but that's really it once the basics have been covered.
• You want me to point you to a policy, but you list that as one of my faults above? I'm confused :/ --Shadowcrest 20:08, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

• Neutral with slight opposition. You often seem to be a negative person, short on temper and quick to get insulted or get angry. You're a great mainspace editor, but I don't think I can trust you as an admin to solve user-related problems. Miles (talk - contribs) 23:47, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm a terrible mainspace editor, what are you talking about :p

Actually, in recent memory, I've gotten angry once. And what resulted from it was, ironically, a self-ban, because I knew I lost my temper and my replies became increasingly unacceptable. I am generally aware of how I'm acting, so losing my temper and going outside the bounds of good taste is unlikely. However, I acknowledge your opposition, and since I lack fact to refute it, ok. --Shadowcrest 00:36, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

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