DKWiki:Requests for adminship/PeanutPopgun998


 * The following project page is an archived discussion regarding a user who requested adminship. Please do not edit it. No further modifications should be made to this page.

''Result: Closed. User has withdrawn request. Mega Tron1   20:42, 21 February 2013 (EST)

Hi. I really think that I deserve to receive a promotion on DK Wiki, as I have sufficient knowledge on the Donkey Kong games, and have shown that in my endless list of contributions.

These are some of the deeds I have performed here through the period of time ever since I joined the website last year...
 * Expanded many stubs.
 * Created multiple wanted articles, (including some that were not on the list, but still important. e.g. Barrel Jet, and Super Diddy Kong).
 * Minorly edited some completed pages.
 * Tagged many pages with needed templates.

For all of these reasons, I wish to become a sysop for DK Wiki, and with my new abilities, I will make the wiki one of NIWA's best!!!

PeanutPopgun998 (talk) 18:30, 19 February 2013 (EST)

Support:

 * 1) PeanutPopgun998 has been one of the very contributional user in DK wiki. I think he will do a good job as a sysop. The Awesome   Awesomesig.png 17:49, 20 February 2013 (EST)

Oppose:

 * 1) I don't see a single reason why the f you need adminship. You have a few hours to provide a legit reason before this is closed. Mega  Tron1  Decepticon.png 23:49, 19 February 2013 (EST)
 * 2) Listen mate. You've been pretty helpful on this wiki, making articles to a pretty good standard. Problem is, we all remember those policies you suggested here and on SmashWiki. Even when we shot you down however many times on IRC and the wiki itself, you were still convinced they would work. Not only does that show you don't pay attention to advice, if you were an admin, you might just go ahead and employ these policies without discussion. The other thing, that comes from knowing you on IRC and wikis, is that you're probably not mature enough for this role. You make good articles, yes, but if there was some kind of dispute on the wiki, you stand no chance of sorting it out. Likewise, if there's a debate on something, Mega's proved he can trump you in an argument every time, and if you can't argue to enough of a standard, you shouldn't have such an influential role. I could stop here, but I've just got to drop one last thing in; how does the wiki benefit from promoting you? Havoc and Mega have the place pretty much under control for blocking, deleting and the like, while users like you and me can still undo vandalous edits and tag false pages. If Donkey Kong Wiki had rollbackers or patrollers, I'd happily see you with that, but adminship is a step too far. Toast  Ultimatum  11:17, 20 February 2013 (EST)
 * 3) I don't see a particular reason to promote you -- expanding stubs, creating articles and such are standard and expected from all users. DKWiki is pretty much under control at the moment.  --HavocReaper 48  16:44, 20 February 2013 (EST)
 * 4) I can't give you an exact good thing why you should be admin. While you may have been good here, your probably not ready yet. ..... (talk) 19:41, 20 February 2013 (EST)

Comments:
Well, I don't wanna look back at those old policies, (which I admit aren't the best, despite my arguments about them in the past), and you guys may be right about me being a patroller instead of an admin. But part of the reason I started this was because a wiki can NEVER have too many sysops. In addition, I also want some more experience on wiki-authority, so I can be more of a help here, besides excesively contributing to articles. And I think I COULD possibly sort out dispute here, as I have experience of being an administrator outside of the NIWA wikis. PeanutPopgun998 (talk) 17:12, 20 February 2013 (EST)
 * If you have an example of sorting a dispute on a wiki, by all means provide. Toast  Ultimatum  17:29, 20 February 2013 (EST)
 * Well, some user came onto the wiki with an inappropriate username about something sexual, and after I banned him for it, he sockpuppeted at least 3 times, and all 3 of those alternate accounts started trolling me, accusing me of "banning their friend". Then I had to permaban all of the sockpuppets and disable account creation on his IP, which I should've done from the start. PeanutPopgun998 (talk) 17:40, 20 February 2013 (EST)
 * That's not a dispute at all, that's just a case in which you should have known how to block people. In addition, having too many sysops doesn't work out well if the sysop isn't good. If the others aren't online at the moment for whatever reason, a bad sysop can screw a lot of things up on Wiki and on the NIWA forums without our knowledge. If you want some freaking experience on wiki-authority, just watch the wiki-authority to start with. There is also no need for another admin, which means that you can just barely contribute to articles with your complete lack of wiki experience to start with. In addition, being an admin somewhere else when we haven't seen how you acted as admin does not help. Don't use Wikia has an example of how you're a good admin, place has become nothing more than a place of 4chan users and little kids trying to vandalize places. If you don't have actual wiki experience or never handled an actual user dispute, you aren't going to become admin. Mega  Tron1  Decepticon.png 18:35, 20 February 2013 (EST)
 * Well, I did not just block people over there. I also helped in making templates and protecting heavily vandalised articles. In addition, I do not want adminship just to block people and all that, I want to be more of assistance, besides just making articles. I know many of the rules and heaps of advice thanks to you admins, and if I become an admin, I will give that advice to others. MY motto is: "If you need advice, ask an admin." Also, it was not Wikia I was on. I don't remember the wiki's name, since it was years ago, but I remember being a highly respected sysop. I was close to becoming a bureaucrat, but then my computer broke down, and when we got a replacement, I no longer had an account. :( PeanutPopgun998 (talk) 21:45, 20 February 2013 (EST)
 * Non admins can make templates, protecting heavily vandalized articles is a janitorial reason to be admin. Link a dispute, rather than saying that you'll use X to help the Wiki. If you have no dispute handling skills, you are nothing more than a janitorial admin that we might not even be able to trust, which we do not need. In addition, shit communities can mean easy adminship. If you don't even remember the name of the Wiki, it is safe to assume that it is a low ranking Wiki with no importance. Mega  Tron1  Decepticon.png 22:09, 20 February 2013 (EST)
 * Well, as I mentioned, I do not want adminship just for the janitorial and superior abilities of it. I mainly want to be a sysop so I can be more of a help besides contributing to articles. I have talked to admins here, and thanks to them, I know a whole lot about how the wiki works. I want to help make sure that others get that support too. It never hurts to have lots of administrators you can talk to if you need advice! PeanutPopgun998 (talk) 23:04, 20 February 2013 (EST)
 * And like I said, how are you going to help with adminship outside of being a janitor. Settle disputes? Haven't even provided a link of a dispute. Lead the Wiki with great ideas? Your policy ideas have been terrible. In addition, a regular user can get that support and to be frank, you don't know much about the Wiki at all. Administrators are not tutors, they are simply there with tools to do things that can be dangerous in the wrong hands. Any user can teach, several can lead, few are trusted with powers not necessary for either of the two. Mega  Tron1  Decepticon.png 23:23, 20 February 2013 (EST)
 * OK, administrators indeed AREN'T simply tutors. But some of the words from the mouths of them I have heard have helped me here. I do not wish to do a bunch of blocking and such. But to conclude this, even if I don't get a promotion, (which I kinda' thought I deserved thanks to my usefulness on this wiki), I will still do all in my abilities to work the wiki into becoming one of NIWA's best. And maybe, just maybe, I can work my way into actually BECOMING an admin. Farewell, maybe next time. :D PeanutPopgun998 (talk) 15:20, 21 February 2013 (EST)