SmashWiki:Requests for adminship/Disaster Flare (2): Difference between revisions

=== [[User:Disaster Flare|Disaster Flare]] ([[User talk:Disaster Flare|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Disaster Flare|contribs]] • [[Special:Editcount/Disaster Flare|edit count]] • [[SmashWiki:Requests for adminship/Disaster Flare (2)|RFA page]]) ===

''Candidate, please summarize why you are running for adminship below.''<br>

==== Support ====

#'''Support'''. Despite the recent blocking of a dangerous enough IP from which came several vandalism, I feel we could use another admin, knowing DF is almost always active (though rarely past midnight) and that there are times only SK is active, other times only Miles, and others times, but very rarely, Nyargle and OT. DF is also wise, dedicated and professional enough to fill for the job. --[[File:BeepYouSignature.png|50px]] [[User:BeepYou|<font color="Black">'''BeepYou'''</font>]], '''a user with no grammar at all :v''' [[User talk:BeepYou|<font color="Black">'''(talk)'''</font>]] 10:53, 4 March 2016 (EST)

#'''Support'''. I'm not sure if we ''need'' more admins, but the number of admins should not be a deterrent for an RFA. In the months since his last RFA, DF has proven to be an active, knowledgeable, and helpful user who is capable of handling disputes, the major testing point for any potential admin. We may have a lot of admins, but you can never have too many. We would certainly be better off with DF as an admin than without. <b>[[User:john3637881|<span style="color: black;">John</span>]]</b> [[File:John3637881 Signature.png|20px]] <b>[[User talk:John3637881|<span style="color: red;">PK SMAAAASH!!</span>]]</b> 12:16, 4 March 2016 (EST)

#'''Support''' Echoing BeepYou. [[File:AidanzapunkSig1.png|20px]][[User:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: blue;">'''Aidan'''</span>]], [[User talk:Aidanzapunk|<span style="color: blue;">'''the Wandering Dragon Warrior'''</span>]][[File:AidanzapunkSig2.png|20px]] 14:45, 4 March 2016 (EST)

#'''Wombo Combo Level Support'''. I voted for him last time, so it doesn't make any sense not to this time. Plus, an extra admin would be better. [[File:PikachuMS.png|20px]][[User:ThePikaPlayer|<span style="color: gold;">'''Pika,'''</span>]] [[User Talk:ThePikaPlayer|<span style="color: magenta;">'''Poyo poyo poyo'''</span>]] 19:15, 4 March 2016 (EST)

#'''Support''': In his first RfA, Flare was definitely a semi-acceptable candidate, mostly because of his general lack of experience. We noted then his supreme dispute handling skills, which as far as I can tell, have not diminished significantly, strike a few minor incidents. Back then, I worried that the lack of general experience would be detrimental towards his abilities as an admin. I no longer have this fear, as since then, he has participated in several large projects around the wiki. Also, something that I notice in contrast with the last RfA is that you are no longer trying to "impress" us via a lot of contributions around the time of the RfA, which is a good thing. Now, this RfA. I found it to be a bit lackluster, if not for the qualifications page (which I'll get to in a minute). It addresses briefly his strong points and puts a lot of attention on achievements, something that should be opposite in an RfA. There isn't anything that I necessarily disagree with in it, but the presentation could have been better. Now for his saving grace: the qualifications page. I was pleasantly impressed with his responses. He asserts that blocking is a tool not to be used lightly, which is something that I like. Blocking is not a black and white procedure, and he seems to understand that, as evidenced by [[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki/Archive19#How do I report a rogue IP/user?|this discussion]]. Back on the topic of Flare's dispute handling skills, I would argue that they've grown if anything, as evidenced by discussions like [[Talk:Super Smash Bros. 4#Unfitting Name?|this]] and [[Talk:Kirby_(SSB4)#To_Aardvarkian|this]]. In conclusion, I would say that Flare has grown significantly, both in dispute handling and general experience. To Flare: cheers to you and good luck. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">'''King'''</span></span>]] 20:26, 4 March 2016 (EST)

#:It's a valid argument, it's just not exactly true. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">'''King'''</span></span>]] 20:55, 4 March 2016 (EST)

#::Fair enough. [[User:BaconMaster|<span style="color: Lime;">'''Bacon'''</span>]][[User talk:BaconMaster|<span style="color: ForestGreen;">'''Master'''</span>]][[File:BaconMasterPatSig.png|16px|link=]]<span style="color: Chartreuse;">'''Luck o' the Irish.'''</span> 21:00, 4 March 2016 (EST)

#'''Support''' He maybe inexperienced or troubled at times but he knows his way around. I would definitely give credit to his active participation and his positive growth within the wiki. Honestly Disaster Flare had the right stuff to become an admin in his first RfA in the first place. [[User:Dots|<font color="red">'''D'''</font><font color="green">'''o'''</font><font color="blue">'''t'''</font><font color="purple">'''s'''</font>]] ([[User talk:Dots|talk]]) [[File:Mega Man X SNES sprite.png|19px]] The Violin 21:57, 4 March 2016 (EST)

==== Oppose ====

#:I'll be more specific about some flaws you've shown. First, judging from the examples you've shown on your qualification page, it seems that you have no problem sticking your oar in, even when the discussion doesn't get very hostile. In the end, the situations seemed to turn out well, but it seems you need a better gauge of when something is going to turn nasty or not. Second, the Dragon Lunge thing. You removed a tag calling for the need of an image on the basis of the word of someone else. You don't do that, if you're going to do that, you actually should know it yourself and not just go by the word of someone else. Maybe the person was trustworthy, but in case you didn't know Fire Emblem, there is a good possibility that you will never see an aerial Dragon Lunge in ''Fates''. Maybe that was the fault of my tagging of it (though the game has been out for a while in Japan and it was explained in the origin, there was no source put). Knowing things is up to you to research and find yourself; it's fundamental. You don't seem to have played the game in the first place, or have enough knowledge of it. It also seems that you have a good deal of time on your hands, why not use it to research things yourself? I'm not saying you're a bad user, as you're a rather good user, it's just that you've shown some slight yet telling flaws demonstrating a lack of understanding in certain fundamentals of how things work. Yet even with that, you can still recognize that and strive to get better. So, that's my advice if you decide to stick with this. Honestly I think you have more potential than being an admin on a wiki site, but who am I to tell you what to do with your life/self. [[User:MuteSpittah|MuteSpittah]] ([[User talk:MuteSpittah|talk]]) 05:07, 4 March 2016 (EST)</s>

#::Most of your oppose reasons seem rather minor, and what the user could do with his/her life/self is completely irrelevant here. Also "''In the end, the situations seemed to turn out well, but it seems you need a better gauge of when something is going to turn nasty or not.''". Admins need to be willing to "stick the oar in" to any discussion that seems like it might fly off the rails, whether it gets nasty or not. <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:12pt">[[User:Serpent King|<span style="color:#083; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #0b7">'''Serpent'''</span>]] [[File:SKSig.png|16px|link=]] [[User talk:Serpent King|<span style="color:#ed0; text-shadow:0px 0px 3px #fd0">'''King'''</span></span>]] 10:40, 4 March 2016 (EST)

==== Neutral ====

#'''Neutral, leaning very very slightly towards oppose''' Your answer to my question only confirmed what I suspected - you really don't add anything. Your answer was almost completely unrelated to what I said, and your final claim was that you could do everything the current team did as well if not better, but I see no reason to have one admin that does everything everyone else already does when we already have five people handling that fine (even with OT being all-but inactive, we have non-admins handling that perfectly fine and adminship won't benefit them any, and with Nyargle and Toomai being spotty we have Serpent backing Nyargle up and the fact that there's rarely a huge conflict that we can't handle ourselves keeping us from really needing Toomai that often). I see no reason why you need admin except to prove the (certainly impressive) improvements you have been making on yourself, and you obviously don't need adminship for that. <small>---Preceding unsigned comment added by [[Special:MyPage|you]]. Or maybe [[User:DatNuttyKid|DatNuttyKid]].</small>  16:22, 4 March 2016 (EST)

#'''As neutral as it gets:''' We already have four reasonably active admins (plus one that shows up infrequently), which I think is enough for the time being (as well as for a wiki of this size). However, you do strike me as an exceptional candidate, so if this passes, who am I to stand in the way? --[[User:MeatBall104|<span style="color: red">'''''Meat'''''</span>]][[User talk:MeatBall104|<span style="color: orange">'''''Ball'''''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/MeatBall104|<span style="color:Gold">'''''104'''''</span>]] [[File:MB104Pic2.jpg|20px]] 16:38, 4 March 2016 (EST)

==== Comments ====

My only question: What do you think you add to the admin team? Right now we have a pretty balanced team - Miles has the seniority and wiki knowledge, Serpent King and Nyargle share "charismatic idea man", OT has the competitive knowledge, and Toomai has the strange ability to keep everyone under control and working together. What makes you think you could add something to this team to make it better? <small>---Preceding unsigned comment added by [[Special:MyPage|you]]. Or maybe [[User:DatNuttyKid|DatNuttyKid]].</small>  15:33, 4 March 2016 (EST)

:Well firstly, my communication skills are typically really good, especially in debates and towards newer users. Granted, I will admit I've had some slipups, particularly in some of our spats (which I do apologize for letting my feelings take control in those situations). If I'm being honest, at the moment out of all the active admins, Serpent has the best communication skills, and even he himself has said mine are much better. Beyond that, I'm kinda like the "all colors of the rainbow" kind of aspect, when looking back at my history on the wiki. My competitive knowledge has been improving, my wiki markup and coding skills in general are pretty good these days, and I may be somewhat inaccurate here, but I've had history on not just SmashWiki, but also on three other wikis I can recall off the top of my head, so I'd like to say my wiki knowledge is about on par with Miles, maybe a bit less. Basically, in a nutshell, if there's a new obstacle, I'm willing to overcome it and take it to improve myself not just as a user, but as a person as well. I want to be able to help better the wiki in every way possible, not just in one category. Hope this helps. [[User:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:Green; text-shadow: 0px 0px 3px green">'''Disaster'''</span> <span style="color:Blue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px blue">'''Flare'''</span>]] [[File:Disaster Flare signature image.png|20px]] ''[[User talk:Disaster Flare|<span style="color:SkyBlue;text-shadow:0px 0px 3px skyblue">(talk)</span>]]'' 15:43, 4 March 2016 (EST)

:Give this guy a shining star. --[[File:BeepYouSignature.png|50px]] [[User:BeepYou|<font color="Black">'''BeepYou'''</font>]], '''a user with no grammar at all :v''' [[User talk:BeepYou|<font color="Black">'''(talk)'''</font>]] 21:13, 4 March 2016 (EST)

::Also, to add on to Serpent's point, see my vote on the support side. [[User:Penro|'''Penro''']] [[User talk:Penro|...that's all.]] [[File:PenroDarkPitHead.png|19px]] [[File:PenroZSSHead.png|19px]] 07:25, 5 March 2016 (EST)

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