SmashWiki:Requests for adminship/VinLAURiA

VinLAURiA (talk • contribs • edit count • RFA page)

Candidate, please summarize why you are running for adminship below.
I try to do a fair bit of organizational and behind-the-scenes work on the wiki, and I feel like admin abilities would help me do that job more efficiently (ideally, I'd actually prefer just being a junior admin as is currently being discussed, as I don't feel I qualify for access to things like the YouTube or email.) I currently have no means of tidying up prose or organization in locked articles, and as noted in the recent Kongo Jungle move thing, I've been running to problems like trying to move a page to an already-existing name, and it's preventing me from being as proactive as I'd like to be with organizing things. For instance, I've been planning to take a look at many of the screenshot file names and put them into a more consistent naming format like I did with the universe page titles a while back, and I'd like to be able to get that done without running into any name-conflict snags. I've also done some template work like creating the Symbol template and the new SSB4 stage table and would like to see if I can tighten up many of the templates around the site if possible.

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1. Neutral leaning to oppose. While I can tell it is well-intentioned, you are often far too quick to decide your own preference is the best way of doing things without even asking for some sort of discussion. It's quite frustrating. On top of that, your frequent misuse of {{d}} to mean "thing I don't think we need" instead of "thing that obviously 100% needs deletion" isn't exactly helping your case. Miles (talk) 12:02, 20 November 2014 (EST)

   If you don't mind me saying, Miles, the feeling of frustration is somewhat mutual, and I'd actually been meaning to bring this up on your talk page. You're often quick to challenge a lot of things I do, and though I understand prior discussion should be had for particularly huge changes and that I may have acted too rashly in the past on certain issues, at times it almost feels like you won't approve any of my changes that are even moderately conspicuous unless it's run by you first and I can convince you to let it pass; a Riker and Shelby scenario, if you will. I don't want to make any assumptions or accusations, but I feel like you don't trust me; that you're constantly breathing down my neck and that anything I do has to be weighed with "What problem will Miles have with it this time?" While I understand you're not the only one who's disagreed with me on things, it seems you're often the first, if not only one to do so, and for even fairly innocuous changes that I don't think would otherwise be contested. I imagine this is due to my being a relatively new editor here, and admittedly a small part of my motivation for applying is a hope that having a higher user ranking would alleviate that. VinLAURiA (talk) 18:56, 20 November 2014 (EST)

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I've been bugged by this question but, have you ever shown anything about handling user disputes? ZeldaStarfoxfan2164 (talk) is made in America 11:37, 20 November 2014 (EST)

Have I shown anything? Not that I can remember, but you can always present me with a hypothetical scenario similar to the one you yourself were presented with recently. VinLAURiA (talk) 18:17, 20 November 2014 (EST)

May you explain exactly what you would do different if you were an admin than what you do now? Rtzxy Reflect! 19:09, 20 November 2014 (EST)

Well, one example is how I attempted to move the "Congo Jungle" entry over to "Kongo Jungle (SSB)" after I felt consensus was reached for the move, although as the destination page already existed as a redirect from the last time this was brought up, I couldn't do a proper move and instead (and I admit this was in error) just did a full-content copy. With adminsistrative abilities, I would've been able to do a proper overwrite and move, leaving the page history intact as required by wiki policy. Due to this, I was told I should "wait for admin to take action" on issues instead of trying to handle it myself; as an admin, I would have that agency. I don't consider myself wrong in attempting the move in the first place (though my method may have been), as I believe consensus was reached with a 7:2 vote and a decline in active discussion on the issue. Was I wrong in that conclusion? VinLAURiA (talk) 19:25, 20 November 2014 (EST)

You are not wrong about that conclusion, but would you know how to move it in that situation? In fact, do you know (at least a little) on some admin tools? Just wondering, though the answer will probably be "no." If it's not, then there's that. Rtzxy Reflect! 19:33, 20 November 2014 (EST)

I have a local MySQL server with a private MediaWiki installation set up on my own computer for use as a journal (needlessly convoluted, I know; I've since resorted to just using Google Drive like a sane person), so I'm not unfamiliar with the admin controls. Trying to move something to a page already in use brings up a prompt that asks you whether you want to delete what's already there. At least, that's the case on my installation, running MediaWiki 1.17.0 (I haven't touched the thing in a while.) I imagine the process hasn't changed, though I don't actively keep up with MediaWiki's change logs. Of course, if there's some better method - something involving the command prompt, for instance - I don't know that. VinLAURiA (talk) 20:50, 20 November 2014 (EST)

All right, you know some admin tools, but (and sorry for the stupid question, but I'm curious) do you know how to actually use those tools? Rtzxy Reflect! 21:06, 20 November 2014 (EST)

That's a pretty vague question. VinLAURiA (talk) 21:09, 20 November 2014 (EST)

All right, how about a less vague question: which admin tools do you know how to use? Rtzxy Reflect! 21:13, 20 November 2014 (EST)

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