Wookieepedia:Requests for user rights/RFA archive/Sentry

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The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful request for adminship. Please do not modify it.

Sentry (27 users+9 admins+1 bureaucrat/0/0)

Two week deadline from first request, voting ends 11 November 2006.

Support

  1. Same reason as RMF: for technical skills, especially templates. I was quite surprised that he wasn't an admin. If he is made one, he will probably be able to do twice as much as he can now. - Sikon 14:36, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  2. Knows so much about codes. A good contributor. Definitely worthy of Admin status. Chack Jadson 14:47, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  3. Excellent contributor. Adamwankenobi 21:48, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  4. SFH 21:51, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  5. Absolutely. -- Ozzel 21:58, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  6. Kuralyov 22:00, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  7. Definitely. - breathesgelatinTalk 22:04, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  8. Angel BlueHolocron-NEGWT(Holonet) 22:47, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  9. Very helpful. Jaina Solo(Goddess Stuff) 00:29, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  10. I hardly ever agree with him, but I respect him. .... 01:08, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  11. RC-1187 Helmet Comlink
  12. Definitely. Is very quick to help and curtious. Would be a great admin. --Eyrezer 01:14, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  13. Great help to the wiki, especially with templates. Seems very nice. --Xwing328(Talk) 01:59, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  14. Sure! Battle Surgeon talk
  15. Support. He's helpful, courteous, and a bad mamba jamba with Wikicode. jSarek 11:36, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  16. Strong support. He even had good answers for the trick questions. -- Darth Culator (Talk) 14:27, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  17. Strong Support per above. G.He(Talk!) 15:26, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  18. Strong support This is way overdue. Atarumaster88 Jedi Order (Audience Chamber) 15:47, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  19. Havac 18:06, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  20. Sentry is awesome!--Brain40 15:07, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  21. Definitely. Green Tentacle (Talk) 20:05, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  22. LtNOWIS 20:49, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  23. Jedi Dude 21:25, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  24. Cull Tremayne 23:45, 29 October 2006 (UTC). Absolutely.
  25. After reading the Q&A which I found most enlightening, here's a bureaucrat vote. (We need to consistently use this Q&A in the future.) -- Riffsyphon1024 00:09, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
    The admins who've already been promoted (myself included) may want to think about how we would've answered such questions...—Silly Dan (talk) 03:21, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
  26. Bub 00:33, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
  27. Sentry is awesome. He should be an admin because he knows what an admin should do.--SWME 01:45, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
  28. Imp 17:52, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
  29. RMF 00:56, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
  30. As he mentions below, he may have got a bit too heated during one edit dispute, but he did make a serious effort to calm the dispute down and call in advice from outside. So I think he'd do well. —Silly Dan (talk) 03:21, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
  31. Hell yes. Strong support. (Ulicus 17:51, 5 November 2006 (UTC))
  32. Supported. I find him knowledgable and professional, and he's corrected more than his share of my mistakes since I signed up. Master Kavar 00:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
  33. Even his name sounds like an admin to be -- Jabbathehuttgartogg(Rancor pit) GrappasTattoo-CrimsonEmpireII 04:14, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
  34. Yoshi626 21:00, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
  35. Absolutely.--Ol' Ben My Chambers 22:54, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
  36. Definitely. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) Imperial Emblem 23:28, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
  37. Another late nomination. Better late than never :-) --Azizlight 09:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
  38. SupportFatguy2006 00:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral/comments

Responses

G1 – Why do you want to become an administrator?

  • I had never actually considered becoming an administrator before being nominated. I can say that the idea of wielding the coveted "SysOp powers" has never really tempted me — with that access comes a great deal of responsibility. Becoming an admin requires a conscious commitment to the wiki and I take that sort of commitment quite seriously. Being a perfectionist, when I made the decision to accept the nomination, it meant that I willing to put in the time and effort to become the best SysOp that I can be.

G2 – In your opinion, what is the role of an administrator?

  • An administrator is not a supervisor, legislator, or dictator. An admin's role is to keep the wiki running smoothly by using their SysOp access in a fair and responsible manner.

G3 – In your view, do administrators hold a technical or political position?

  • Technical.

G4 – How do feel admins should use their power/stand in comparison with other users?

  • Administrators should only use their power to improve and maintain the wiki. They should NOT use it to give weight to their own opinions, push their personal agendas, or to enforce their will upon other users. SysOp powers should only be used with great care and forethought. Admins are volunteers just like everyone else. They have access to a few features of the MediaWiki software that are not available to everyone, but that in itself does not make them deserving of a higher status in the community.

G5 – Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

  • I haven't been involved in very many scuffles with other users. The only time that I really lost my patience was during a heated debate recorded on the Malachor V talk page. I finally had to ask Silly Dan to moderate the discussion because it was getting out of hand. I will openly admit that I was acting like an ass on that particular occasion and I apologized. That event was rather embarrassing to me and I do not envision it happening again.

G6 – Of your articles or contributions to Wookieepedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?

  • Being a computer geek, templates are always fun to play with, but I am most happy with my rewrites of the Jedi Civil War and Mandalorian Wars articles. I think that they required more research, time, and effort than anything else that I have contributed to the wiki…

G7 – What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with?

G8 – How important is it for you to be involved in things such as CT, IDrive, FA, and other community-centered items that involve discussion and voting?

G9 – Do you think admins performing actions (I.e. deletions, blocks, etc.) for reasons not covered on policy should be sanctioned/punished? If so, how?

  • That is a very complicated question. In general, I think that it is a bad idea for administrators to step outside the bounds of established policy without at least discussing the issue with another admin. Having said that, our policies simply do not cover every eventuality. At some point or another, every admin is going to have to respond to situations that require a degree of personal judgment. An administrator should only be punished for his/her actions if they are deemed to be malicious in nature. If such actions are repeated, the admin should face the possibility of losing their SysOp access.

G10 – What is your policy, if any, of welcoming new users? Should you welcome a new user, do you look at his/her contributions beforehand? What about anonymous IPs?

  • I have not been a terribly consistent greeter, but in general, I try to welcome every user, anon or not, regardless of their edit count or past history.

G11 – How would you react if someone undeleted an article you'd mistakenly speedied? Under what circumstances would you consider it appropriate to undelete an article mistakenly speedied by another administrator, if any, and how would you approach this task?

  • If another administrator undeleted an article that I had accidentally speedy deleted, I would thank them for saving me some time, but on principle, I personally wouldn't touch an article deleted or undeleted by another admin without discussing the matter with them beforehand.

G12 – How would you react if your user page was vandalized? Under what circumstances would you block the offender? Is there anything else that you would do in this situation?

  • I wouldn't block a user who vandalized just my user page. I would give such a vandal a warning. If they persisted, I would protect the page. If the same user vandalized multiple other pages, I would have no problem blocking them.

G13 – Under what circumstances would you consider blocking an established user?

  • I would, of course, handle such a touchy situations on a case by case basis. If the offense was mild, I would query the established user before taking any action. In the case of obvious and repeated vandalism, they would have to be treated just like any other user.

G14 – If you could change any one thing about Wookieepedia, what would it be?

  • I think that if I had a magic wand, I would zap all of us Wookieepedians to make us all a little more polite to each other, but sadly, I am not Harry Potter.

C1 – Do you feel the current blocking policy is too restrictive, not restrictive enough, or OK as it is?

  • I am happy with the current policy.

C2 – Have you ever considered becoming a regular visitor to the Wookieepedia IRC chat?

  • I show up once in a blue moon, but I have never really enjoyed chatting online and quite often when I do join the IRC server, no one else is active.

C3 – How do you feel about people who already have some influence on other Star Wars communities (TheForce.Net, StarWars.com) trying to change policies here?

  • Honestly, that just isn't a subject that I feel very strongly about. Wookieepedia has its own rules and its own identity. I don't think that we need to feel threatened by other Star Wars websites. The only thing that really bothers me is when members from other sites attempt to hijack our voting process, but happily, that does not occur very often.

C4 – How many clones do you think fought in the Clone Wars? (Note: You are wrong no matter what answer you give.)

  • None, they were all CGI. :)

C5 – Who is the most awesome Jedi of all time? (Note: The only correct answer is Kyle Katarn.)

K1 – Are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?

I1 – What's more important to you: consensus or policy?

  • I sense a trick question. Consensus is usually needed in order to create policy. Policy is required in order to determine when a consensus is reached. They are both important and I value them equally. I believe that current policy should be enforced and should not be overridden on a page-by-page basis just because the majority of the users who contribute to a certain article just happen to dislike the policy.

–SentryTalk 11:40, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Accepted?
  • Just was wondering: has he actually agreed to accept this? I notice his userpage says he's on vacation. Kuralyov 00:21, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
    • He is contemplating on it at the moment. --Imp 00:24, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
  • And where is the notice? I didn't see one. -- SFH 00:25, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
    • It was recently removed. [1] G.He(Talk!) 00:27, 29 October 2006 (UTC)