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

:There's actually a lot of intentions that go behind why I want to be an admin. Yes, I see it as an accomplishment, I see it as a very large responsibility, a milestone, a way to help the wiki, an authoritative position, a title, etc. Granted, yes, it can be a position of power, a conduit of control, and an apparatus for access to tools, but unless you phrased them wrong, those reasons almost sounds like you just want power, which is not what I want. Yes, if I succeed, I would be getting power, but I plan to use that power to help the wiki for the better. Look at the things to do tab for starters. It has greatly increased over time, and why? Because no one's doing them. I have been one of the bigger contributors to that to keep it down as much as I can, but I believe I can do even better at that job in the position of adminship. From what I've seen (and this is not to hate, this is a general statement and I'd prefer this to be considered a neutral statement), Serpent's really the only admin actually doing anything right now. Yeah, Miles and Nyargle have helped with tagging things and the occasional vandal, but OT's basically absent 90% of the time and the other admins have been inactive for years. I can recount a number of big projects Serpent has taken part in over the past few months, and as I've said before, my biggest goal is to take some of that weight off his chest, since he can only be on for so long while I'm on pretty much all day, and if there were something I can't do to help the wiki, I can always ask the other admins for help and their words of wisdom. I know adminship will be a new learning experience, I know it's a big responsibility, but I'm fully ready and willing to accept that responsibility if I am to be promoted, no matter how difficult the obstacle. [[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>]]'' 22:57, 18 March 2016 (EDT)

::You answered part of the question as I hoped and part of the question as I suspected. Yes, adminship is pretty much all those things. The thing that's missing is that the only real reason you give for SW to want you to be admin is to pick up the slack of the other admins. Granted, what's the situation? Smash 4 is done with development, hence the activity here is dwindling to a degree. I can see why admins won't have much incentive to invest their valuable time here, even if they do have a responsibility. If someone like you is qualified and really wants this and desires to cover the times when there is some slack or dry period, which is now, then I don't see a reason to oppose. I'm still a bit wary, but I appreciate the answer. [[User:MuteSpittah|MuteSpittah]] ([[User talk:MuteSpittah|talk]]) 07:43, 19 March 2016 (EDT)

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