I am officially requesting administrative abilities for this wiki. It’s up to the community’s discretion to approve or disapprove me request, specifically the bureaucrats, and I ask that you please read the following in which I have spelled out why I feel it would be appropriate for me to become an administrator.
Intorduction
In the half of a year I’ve been here, I’ve made a total of 3,353 edits under the following users:
• 69.l25
• 69.125.134.190
• 68.197.229.108
I understand that some may find my editcount to be minor in comparison to our current admins; however, please understand that I have only been here for around six months; and, with that considered, I have made a vast contribution to this wiki in such a limited time. This time, however, should not discourage you from considering me as a possible administrator; we are at a time where we now have only eight admins, and out of all of them, only five have made an edit at least once this week. I also find that I have often reported a vandal in an edit summary, and this has gone completely unnoticed. I understand that our admins have very busy lives and can’t always be active on the wiki, but where they lack, I can fill in. Admittedly, no, I’m not always editing, but I am frequently checking the recent status and patrolling for vandals. I edit every day, at all times of the day, and I’m always open to discussion if one or more of my edits is/are questioned. I try to be fair and act according to out rules, and try to make new users aware if they break the rules; moreover, I think I have learned from the admins how and when to block and for how long per offence, and of course I’m open to learning more.
Contributions
Here, I have mainly corrected character data such as Karma, SPECIAL, skills, etc. My knowledge with the GECK gives me access to data that would have gone overlooked or otherwise ignored had I not brought it to attention. In the beginning, the changes I made were to major characters, and I was surprised that they had false information, so I took it upon myself to continuously check any data we have and any new data we receive with the GECK before making and reverting edits. Besides general corrections, I am also the project leader for the FO3 and New Vegas character stats project. Although it has been going slow recently, hopefully in the future all editors will be able learn the new infobox system and use it correctly. This is a project that requires extensive knowledge of the GECK and how NPC/creature data translated in-game, and although it is difficult to check all the infobox’s calculations in the GECK, it’s worth it to have correct information Recently, I have been more focused on patrolling data. While I might now always leave an edit summary when I revert edits I find to be problematic, I am always willing to explain my rationale behind each one. I think I have been bitter in some older debates over edits, but overall, I have always let anyone I disagree with voice their opinion so that we could discuss it. Lastly, I created a forum proposing additions to our character infobox. This won’t be nearly as complicated as the stats project, nor will it require a project, but it will require someone why knows in detail how the GECK works and can explain this to users. In preparation for these additions, I have already created pages on “Class” and explained how it works and its in game-effects. I will also be more than happy to create more pages for the additions and gather the necessary data from the GECK.
Goals
I’ve explained this in the introduction, but I’m more than happy to make a quick summary, as I wouldn’t expect someone to read through it all. Specifically, I aim to: 1.continue to patrol edits but with new administrative powers that enable me to be more independent, as I have proven myself to be able to, 2. serve as a mediator when needed; I feel I’ve shown myself to not hold grudges and be open to dialogue/discussion at all times 3. Remain an active presence on this wiki in a time of lesser activity and absences from many administrators but now primarily from my account.
Conclusion
My biggest problem is that I have only been here from half a year, and I know this will influence your discussion. But please refer to the users at the top of the page and read through my edits; you will find that I am here every day and I have added content this year that had been missing from this wiki for so long. This is content ranging from correcting information, GECK and character data, cut content and miscellaneous characters. Even though most other admins waited longer than I have, they did not have the same large amounts of edits by this time. Apart from this, my distance from the community may be a disadvantage, but please know that I have been here for all this time now, even if you weren’t aware that I was. I’ve spelled out exactly why I have made this request, and I encourage anyone to leave comments and questions below and I promise to answer and be active in any discussion. Thanks to everyone who votes; I know that I will learn for this, and I hope that I have made my case. 69.l25 (talk) 02:13, October 18, 2013 (UTC)
Vote
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Yes Votes
- His/her expertise alone calls for it. And I appreciate having him/her around.
02:32, October 18, 2013 (UTC)
No Votes
- Good editor and all, but what's the point if you're hardly logged in to use them? It would be an easy yes for me if you could only stay logged in. Hopefully someday you'll rectify this and have my full support. Cheers, - Chris
02:36, October 18, 2013 (UTC)
Neutral
- See Discussion/Questions section.
Some Assembly Required! 02:29, October 18, 2013 (UTC)
Discussion/Questions
You have become a very prominent editor here at Nukapedia, and even when you are an anon, we have come to rely on you for expertise and innovation. I think you easily have what it takes to become an Administrator here. However, there are a few things I'd like to bring up before I can bring myself to make an official vote:
- 83% of the time, you have remained anonymous. While the other prominent editors around here are quite familiar with you, you have remained largely inconspicuous amongst the rest of our community. How are you going to rectify this? As an Administrator, you will be expected to have a face around here. But before you can represent Nukapedia, the community as a whole needs to be able to trust you.
- I've noticed some of your dealings with other users. With the Administrative tools, a new personality will set in with the responsibilities and I have no doubt you will learn how to address other users. But I know it's always a bit concerning at the beginning to see when promising editors are struggling in their understanding of how to adapt to other editors' personalities to get the best responses and results from them.
- I would like to hear in your words what you can bring to the table as your specialty. I believe that every leader should have a unique skill that sets them apart from the others. I would like to see what you consider your unique specialty, and how it can help innovate Nukapedia for the better. Some Assembly Required! 02:29, October 18, 2013 (UTC)
- To response to each of your points... (I hope you don't mind if I flip the order)
- My specialty is the GECK really. There's no other admin that has the same knowledge and resources that I do with it; this is especially useful now as I have proposed new additions to the infobox and someone needs to go through the GECK and get down every combat style, faction, class, etc., and that's something I can do. We're still missing out on a lot of data for FNV and FO3 characters, and that's something that can be worked on before the release of a new game
- I understand that recently, my conduct with other editors has been dull and somewhat condescending. That's something that I need to work on, but when I'm focused solely on adding in new content such as what I'll have to do for the new infobox additions, this isn't a problem. I've really only been bitter when I see users blatantly violating the rules, having never even reviewed them at all.
- Of course I can represent the community; I just prefer to focus on perfecting and adding content rather than jumping into chat of commenting on the latest forum. I'm probably going to receive a lot of votes from people who haven't made more than 100 mainspace edits, but at the end of the day, I'm doing this to better the wiki, and if people are going to oppose me because they have been too busy in chat to see the content I have been adding, then they're missing out on the chance to have someone that has made so many edits in such little time, corrected endless amounts of false info, and added content what hasn't been seen in years in such a time of low activity 69.l25 (talk) 02:44, October 18, 2013 (UTC)
You're one helluva editor sir. But I feel inclined to make a request of you before I say yes.
- Thank you for the responses. I wanted you to have the chance to explain this more in-depth so those reading can make an entirely informed approach towards their vote for you.
- As for your dealings with other users, I trust that you will learn in time, and I know for myself personally, I'm willing to overlook that fault seeing your passion and ability to hold your ground while giving ground as necessary at the same time.
- I know that the chat and blogs aren't that important considering the wiki. I'm a perfect example. I never once used the chat feature until after I became an Administrator. However, an Administrator works for the community and not just for themselves, and as a personal suggestion, getting to know the people that will possibly begin relying and looking up to you will help your endeavors here as well as your ability to improve Nukapedia.
- Again, thank you for your responses. I'm going to wait and see how this vote moves forwards first, and I will see about making an official vote a tad further down the road. Some Assembly Required! 02:52, October 18, 2013 (UTC)
- Would you kindly use an account of your preference and converse with us on chat?
Ordinarily I'd require more from someone who also received C-mod rights but I feel disinclined to deny you tools that you can definitely make use of for the betterment of this wiki.
That, and I hardly think you're unbecoming of a chat-monger given what I have seen from ya. Best wishes! --The Ever Ruler (talk) 02:34, October 18, 2013 (UTC)
In response to what Chris said, I'm the same person whether I'm logged on or not; at the end of the day I'm still spending hours collecting data from the GECK and trying to add in new content. In fact, many of the pages I added were done anonymously, but does that somehow discredit them? 69.l25 (talk) 02:47, October 18, 2013 (UTC)