NSWiki:Admin nominations

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Most importantly, an admin should have thorough knowledge of NSwiki and should visit meta pages often. It is preferred if the admin has had a large amount of edits (In the top 20% of editors), and contributes on a relatively regular basis.

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Rules

Administrator status is granted to known and trusted members of the community who are familiar with NSwiki policies. Administrators have no special authority on NSwiki, but are held to higher standards, because they are perceived by many, particularly new, users as the official face of NSwiki. Therefore they should take care to be courteous, and exercise good judgment and patience in dealing with other users. Nominees should have been on NSwiki long enough for people to see whether they have these qualities.

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Nominations for sysopship

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Gruenberg2 (2/0/0)

Gruenberg2 has stepped in to fill the void left when RL demands slammed Goobergunch and NS Mod demands took Frisbeeteria away from NSwiki. He has been especially helpful in reverting vandalism and watching out for linkspammers. His edit history is not as extensive as some, but much of what he has done is devoted towards making the wiki better and safer. This should be a principal requirement for NSwiki sysops.

Many thanks Frisbeeteria. I accept the nomination.Gruen2alk 23:30, 30 October 2005 (GMT)

Support

1. Nominated. About time we give him the tools to do the job he's already doing. → Fris Θtalk 23:26, 30 October 2005 (GMT)
2. Full support --|Knoot|KNOOtalk 00:34, 31 October 2005 (GMT)

Oppose

Neutral

Comments/Questions

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with?

A. I spend a lot of time online, and I usually have a tab open on Special:Recentchanges. As such, I've recently been involved in quite a few reverts and reports of vandalism. If I am accepted by the NSwiki community as a sysop, I would be able and willing to go further in the pursuit of preventing vandalism. I would probably be less likely to contribute new Infoboxes or engage in anything particularly technical. I still believe a sysop is really no different to a 'normal' user, however, and intend on continuing to contribute to the best of my abilities regardless.

2. Of your articles or contributions to NSwiki, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A. Um...not really, actually. My pages are in bits and pieces, really. I don't tend to spend long pieces of time on particular pages; I prefer scanning around for where I can help. Gruenberg, Gruenberger species and Economy of Gruenberg are my most extensive works; both are dull and unfinished however. I enjoyed contributing pages such as 0 of 0, Avatars and Signature. I was also reasonably pleased with my contributions to Xanthal and Mirfakan. That said though, I would rather users looked to my reverts in recent instances of vandalism and linkspam, rather than what are at times far from exemplary articles I have created. NSwiki has many better pieces to offer, and I would not see myself as necessarily a 'sit down and write a Featured Article in 20 minutes' sort of contributor. That said, I am of course happy to start articles, work on clean-up, or add finishing touches.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

A. The obvious example here would be in the wake of the deletion of Hogsweat, when more than one person took it upon themselves to shamelessly vandalise the Wiki; this included some edits to my pages. I swiftly reverted the most offensive comments, but did my best to avoid getting into an edit war, as I felt that wiping out everything would only encourage them more: best to leave it until the fuss died down. I contacted the sysops via #nswiki and alerted them to the vandalism; they issued tempbans and deleted pages as appropriate. I later received an apology from one perpetrator.

I believe in the avoidance of edit wars, if only to save Goober's server, but also because rampaging ping pong should be left for the UN forum. It is not good for any Wiki to see constant revert-revert-revert, and I would rather an offensive page remained intact for 24 hours than was reverted 24 times. If I feel a situation is arising where I may get into an edit war, I would back out at the third revert. NOTE: this is a personal, and not an NSwiki-endorsed, policy. I am sure there will be future occurrences where my neutrality is questioned - and for the record I must mention my membership of the ADN and NSO - but this is the case with any NSwikian. If I feel it is inappropriate for me to edit or comment, I will step out and inform another sysop. That does of course not mean I intend on checking my editing habits: we should all strive for neutrality in any and every case.Gruen2alk 01:48, 31 October 2005 (GMT)

Also:

Articles I especially like: Knootoss, Rejistanian, UN Timeline

Pet peeves: Not using the 'Show Preview' button (3-5, fine; 15-30? uh-uh)

Nominations for bureaucratship