SmashWiki:Requests for adminship/Disaster Flare

Disaster Flare (talk • contribs • edit count • RFA page)

Candidate, please summarize why you are running for adminship below.

Well...where do I begin? I may have only been on SmashWiki for a year, but this isn't my first wiki. The first one I joined was Bulbapedia under the name Pokedex493 (I still have the account, but I'm not as active on there anymore) back in 2011, around the time when Pokemon Black and White information was starting to be revealed. I had learned a lot in those years I spent on there, and when I joined SmashWiki in 2014, I took those skills with me, and did my best to apply it when needed. Additionally, I tried out to be a Junior Administrator on Bulbapedia back in 2012, and I had qualified for all categories except one: edit count. After I submitted my application, I worked hard and eventually did reach the edit count they required, but it was too late and that was the sole reason I wasn't accepted.

While I haven't made extremely large contributions to SmashWiki, some notable things I've done were add the trophy descriptions to all SSB4 Assist Trophy, Poke Ball summons, and plain character pages that still needed them. Personality-wise, I can be a very nice person, trying my best to be nice to everyone, no matter how disrespectful they're being, and if an argument were to take place, then I'm always willing to listen to both sides of an argument before I make a decision, and if I can't decide, then that's when I'd ask otherss for their opinions and figure it out from there.

I'm aware the most recent of people who tried out were mainly doing it for stopping vandals, but that's not what adminship is about, we can still stop them just fine with the tools we already have as it is. We choose to want to become admins (or at least I did) because I have faith in this community and I want to better help solve disputes, I want to make sure everyone feels safe on the wiki and I want to make sure that disputes/arguments don't ruin anyone's time on here. All of you have always been extremely helpful toward me, been there for me when I needed it, and I'm even making friends here, and I want to better help this community continue to grow, I want people to be encouraged to come to SmashWiki and look to us for the information they're searching for. If there's anything else you were expecting from this, hopefully you will find what you're looking for from my contributions and my edit count, and if you have any questions, please let me know and I'll answer as soon as possible. Thanks everyone for reading and I wish everyone the best of luck in their future contributions to the wiki. Disaster Flare (talk) 00:32, 26 October 2015 (EDT)

Support

Support. You are a good rollbacker from what I can tell, but why are you applying for adminship? Yes, I do think you will be a good (Not excellent) admin, that would be average with conflict resolution. INoMed ^{(Talk • Contribs)} 03:45, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Well, it's something I've wanted to try for a few years now. I wanted to try again on Bulbapedia, but they only let people try out when they have openings. I dunno, SmashWiki feels more open about it if you ask me, and I think I could learn a lot more in an admin position that I can't normally learn in my current state. Disaster Flare (talk) 03:53, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Very strong support. All who are saying they've only known him for a short time, remember Bulbaboy? He's Bulbaboy. So I feel confident that you can be a good admin. Ganonmew, The Evil Clone 05:45, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Yeah. I still remember the bulbaboy days of DF... INoMed ^{(Talk • Contribs)} 07:21, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Those were dark times...kidding, kidding. XD Really the way I see it, the name Bulbaboy was me as a child, and Disaster Flare is me growing up. Disaster Flare (talk) 12:59, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Support I...haven't got much to say, honestly. Aidan, Master of Speed and Aura 07:12, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Well do you have any ideas on how I can improve? I could really use the advice. Disaster Flare (talk) 20:13, 27 October 2015 (EDT)

I would recommend a reason why you support his RfA personally. Dots (talk) The Falcon 20:16, 27 October 2015 (EDT)
Good point, that would be recommended for a reason. If he doesn't reply, I have his email so I'll ask him to reply to this with a reason so that way his vote'll count. Disaster Flare (talk) 22:08, 27 October 2015 (EDT)
The reason I "don't really have much to say" is because what needs to be said has kinda already been said. Aidan, Master of Speed and Aura 15:56, 28 October 2015 (EDT)
Full support Most certainly. You're saying you can use the admin tools and abilities effectively, and coupled with your experience, I have no idea why not. Drill Blaster Mark 2 (talk) 07:59, 27 October 2015 (EDT)
Full Support Like you, I've only been here a short while. On the whole, you sound like a good guy. A really good guy. User:ThePikaPlayer 3:44 29 October 2015 (EDT)
I try my best, and I hope you enjoy being on the wiki so far. :D Disaster Flare (talk) 16:42, 29 October 2015 (EDT)
Support. You've recently proven multiple times you know how to settle disputes, and you have experience with wikis. Good luck! John PK SMAAAASH!! 16:40, 30 October 2015 (EDT)
Thanks, good look on your future edits. :D Disaster Flare (talk) 18:11, 30 October 2015 (EDT)
Weak support. Really becoming more active in the wiki, and participating in major projects (like depreciating the Smasher pages.) Nyargleblargle Let's go Mets! (Talk · Contribs) 10:48, 1 November 2015 (EST)
Trust me, it won't end there. I have some big plans for the Tripping and Pokémon Universe page. :D Disaster Flare (talk) 21:53, 1 November 2015 (EST)

Oppose

Oppose. Not on account of you doing anything wrong per se, but on account of not having seen enough of you total to make the judgment that you're ready for the job. Miles (talk) 15:43, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
This dude's been renamed from bulbaboy. So yeah, this dude's been on longer than you think. INoMed ^{(Talk • Contribs)} 15:45, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
That doesn't change the fact that his edit count is below 1000. Serpent∞King (talk) 15:49, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
While I do see your point, I have been trying to be more active on the mainspace, and I plan on reaching 1000 soon. Disaster Flare (talk) 15:54, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Update: Just to keep everyone up to speed, in total edit count, I just reached 1000 today. Disaster Flare (talk) 14:38, 28 October 2015 (EDT)

Neutral

Already? I have no opinion as of yet, waiting for other inputs, so I will be Neutral for now. DekZek, The creature of your nightmares 00:36, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Not a problem, again, I don't mind if I fail. If I do I'll at least have come out of it knowing what I need to improve upon. Disaster Flare (talk) 00:37, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
That didn't go so well for me, lol. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by BOO! Or maybe Nutta. 02:36, 27 October 2015 (EDT)
~~Neutral leaning to oppose~~: The honest truth? I have only seen you active recently. Your edit count is below 1000, and I have yet to see dispute handling skills from you. This was too soon, become a more active part of our wiki then try again. Now, this vote can be swayed either direction. Start participating in and resolving disputes, make more substantial edits, and keep up your good work with rollback and I may consider changing to support. Ignoring this will most likely result in my moving to oppose in the long run. Serpent∞King (talk) 00:44, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Yeah, that's what I've trying to do the last week. I perfectly see your point though, and I will try my best to become a bigger part of the wiki, regardless of whether this succeeds or fails. Disaster Flare (talk) 00:47, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Changing to Neutral because you handled this (among other recent disputes) perfectly. Serpent∞King (talk) 01:14, 29 October 2015 (EDT)
His edit count is now above 1000 and he also fixed the deprecated code of all Smasher pages (well not without me doing a lot too but..). He also added trophy descriptions for the majority of items. Ganonmew, The Thankful Evil Clone 15:32, 2 November 2015 (EST)
Correction, all of them (at least to my knowledge). I've also been the sole contributor to the list of tripping attacks from SSB4, added trophy info for Poké Ball Pokémon and Assist Trophies, and I'm currently checking prerelease images. Disaster Flare (talk) 15:35, 2 November 2015 (EST)
Neutral leaning towards oppose. Only ever seen you until now, and you don't seem very active either. F0rZ3r0F0r (talk) 02:47, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
On the contrary, I do try to get on every day now for the past month, but noted regardless. Disaster Flare (talk) 03:06, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Oppositionally neutral. You do a lot. Do more. You're a vertebrate. Show us your backbone. Repeat. Keep repeating for a long time. Then apply again. Aardvarkian (Talk • Contributions) 04:30, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
That's what I'll do, but I'd like to see how this turns out first before I go thinking about applying again. Disaster Flare (talk) 12:59, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Ok. Sorry if that was unhelpful. Of all the users that have requested last week, I will say that I oppose yours the least, due to the fact that you've made some good and sensible edits. Adminship may or may not be in your sight, but just keep it up for now and see where it takes you. Aardvarkian (Talk • Contributions) 22:26, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
That's what I'm doing, thank you for the advice. It helps more than you may think. Disaster Flare (talk) 22:47, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Cool man. Aardvarkian (Talk • Contributions) 23:07, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Neutral. You'd be great with dealing with vandalism and decent with disputes judging from thus far, but I'd like to see more mainspace edits. Nyargleblargle Let's go Mets! (Talk · Contribs) 07:03, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
That's the plan Nyargle. As the days go by I find more and more ways I can contribute, so it's no longer a matter of "what am I supposed to edit." Disaster Flare (talk) 12:59, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
I'll probably revisit in a couple weeks, then. Nyargleblargle Let's go Mets! (Talk · Contribs) 13:48, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
I'll be looking forward to it. Disaster Flare (talk) 15:15, 26 October 2015 (EDT)

I feel like whenever someone says "Do more" or "Contribute more", it always seems like one of these three: redundanf, inconsistent, and/or vague. Ganonmew, The Evil Clone 16:16, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Neutral, leaning towards support I think you'd be a better admin than Aidan (no offense Aidan), and I believe that we need another admin, I just don't feel like I know you well enough to truthfully say either way, y'know? ---Preceding unsigned comment added by BOO! Or maybe Nutta. 19:35, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Understandable, I was the same way about your admin attempt, no offense. Disaster Flare (talk) 19:42, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
Neutral, slightly towards support Not sure if you deserved to pass and become an admin in my eyes. But recently, I see you working hard diligently. You went from being questionable candidate to more of the better admin candidates I seen before. Should you keep it up and show more of what you are capable of? I will change my opinion. Luigi540 (talk) 00:54, 31 October 2015 (EDT)
I will try my very best (I'll try not to overwork myself though, that wouldn't be good). :D Disaster Flare (talk) 00:57, 31 October 2015 (EDT)

Comments

Say you're an admin and you get into a dispute with an experienced user. You are 100% sure about your side of the debate. Say, then, other users enter the debate against you. What do you do? Serpent∞King (talk) 00:54, 26 October 2015 (EDT)

It depends, there's the question that needs to be considered of "If we were to go with their side, would it make the page better or worse if it involves a page?" (Since most disputes on SmashWiki usually involve pages, we'll use this as an example) I like to experiment, especially with pages, and if an event like this were to happen, then I'd take what they're so insistent on and experiment the change (using the preview button in order to do so mind you.) If it somehow improves the page, then it definitely needs to be approved, if I'm still not sure however, I'd most likely screencap it and post it as a user image and ask those who think it'd make it better what they think. Disaster Flare (talk) 00:59, 26 October 2015 (EDT)

Would you mind linking to attempts at conflict resolution? Nyargleblargle Let's go Mets! (Talk · Contribs) 06:08, 26 October 2015 (EDT)

I'm not DF, but here and here. Ganonmew, The Evil Clone 06:29, 26 October 2015 (EDT)

I'd like to say though that the first one may not be the best example of how I'd deal with a dispute, that's just me though. Disaster Flare (talk) 12:59, 26 October 2015 (EDT)

I'd like to point out this recent fight too. Disaster Flare (talk) 01:22, 28 October 2015 (EDT)

Guys, do keep in mind that just because someone has a low edit count and not being here long enough doesn't mean that they aren't already denied for a successful RfA; although I would admit that yes, some of his contributions may not be so much admin-quality but he still did make some good overall quality edits too. Dots (talk) The G-Man 22:03, 26 October 2015 (EDT)

Excellent point Dots, yes, while I may not have the most edits out of anyone on the wiki, keep in mind I am a veteran of Bulbapedia, and I'd be willing to show my contributions there if it's needed. I doubt it will be, but the option's there just in case. Disaster Flare (talk) 22:47, 26 October 2015 (EDT)

I suggest we try and make this page as short as possible so we don't make the Wiki a lag sandbox. User:ThePikaPlayer 3:8, 29 October 2015 (EDT)

...What? ---Preceding unsigned comment added by BOO! Or maybe Nutta. 15:53, 29 October 2015 (EDT)

Not really gonna happen Pika. Admin applications are very high-profile, and they kinda need to be long so that way everyone can state their honest opinions before Toomai makes a decision. Disaster Flare (talk) 17:20, 29 October 2015 (EDT)

Oh, OK. Hope I didn't mess up. I'm just trying to make this a better place. User:ThePikaPlayer 5:26, 29 October 2015 (EDT)

It's perfectly fine, I understand you're new here and don't quite have the ropes yet. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask someone and we'll do our best to help if we can. Disaster Flare (talk) 17:27, 29 October 2015 (EDT)

Let's just hope it doesn't get more than 90KB big like ToastUltimatum's second one did. That one was overdone with backlash from OT, even as someone who probably admires him more than anyone on the wiki (no offense). Ganonmew, The Evil Clone 17:39, 29 October 2015 (EDT)

I'm not sure what to say, but it's somewhere along the lines of "I think that's what I said earlier." Pika, Wild Turkey appeared! Talkz 19:17, 3 November 2015 (EST)

(reset indent) Eh I doubt that'll happen anyway. I have no quarrel with anyone on the site and as far as I know, nobody has anything bad against me, though it sucks that not a lot of people are voting, I could really use some advice if I'm doing something wrong, y'know? Disaster Flare (talk) 19:34, 3 November 2015 (EST)

I'm not sure what to do with this at the moment, and am mostly commenting as an indicator that I'm not ignoring it. The main roadblock currently is that I honestly don't know who you are. Despite seeing you make a bunch of edits recently, I don't recognize your username at all, and it's spooking me out. I'm going to have to research your edit history or something. Toomai Glittershine The Orchestral 11:35, 1 November 2015 (EST)

ahem. Also the fact that an unfamiliar usename spooks you out made my day. Ganonmew, The Thankful Evil Clone 11:39, 1 November 2015 (EST)

Probably because he doesn't know Flare from Bublbaboy. But then again, nobody knows anybody old who changed their username. Pika, Wild Turkey appeared! Talkz 11:09, 4 November 2015 (EST)

Already taken care of. I messaged him on his talk page telling him how he'd know me. Disaster Flare (talk) 12:50, 4 November 2015 (EST)

Ok, I'm gonna say this: this is taking way too long. Fortunately, Disaster Flare has a ton of perseverance, but we need to come to some sort of consensus. Let's hope that it arrives before the sun gets so hot Earth becomes Venus. Ganonmew, The Thankful Evil Clone 22:00, 6 November 2015 (EST)

It's only been just over a week... ---Preceding unsigned comment added by a turkey! Or maybe DatNuttyKid. 22:03, 6 November 2015 (EST)

Yeah, if it were 6 months, then that'd be a problem... o_o Disaster Flare (talk) 22:04, 6 November 2015 (EST)

From my experience, these normally last 1-2 months. DekZek 22:08, 6 November 2015 (EST)

@YouNuttyChild (;-)), SERIOUSLY?! It's felt like forever. Geez, wow... Ganonmew, The Thankful Evil Clone 22:12, 6 November 2015 (EST)

Well...mine took 3 months...so... Serpent King 22:18, 6 November 2015 (EST)

Its also been less than two weeks since this started. With dispute stalemates like these, discussions could take a ton of time to resolve. :P Dots (talk)

The Captain 00:05, 7 November 2015 (EST)

For me, it's like Ganonmew said, "It's felt like forever." Pika, Wild Turkey appeared! Talk 09:23, 7 November 2015 (EST)

I am going to give you a chance to get me in support:

Say there is a newer user who is not quite familiar with our policies yet. Now say someone corrects their edits and leaves messages on their talk page, but they are a bit...overboard ("OMG will you PLEASE use the preview button? You're so annoying..." etc). The new user continues to violate the policy. How do you resolve the situation? Serpent King 01:30, 9 November 2015 (EST)