Wookieepedia:Requests for user rights/RFB archive/Darth Culator

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The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a request for bureaucratship that was unsuccessful. Please do not modify it.

Darth Culator (8 users + 5 admins + 1 bureaucrat/2 users + 3 admins + 1 bureaucrat/0)

Two week deadline from first request, voting ends 12/23/2005 00:44 UTC.

Support

  1. See above. Sikon 00:44, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
  2.  G.He(Talk!) 00:46, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
  3. Hell yeah!--Lord OblivionSith holocronSith Emblem 00:46, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
  4. Yoshi626 00:49, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
  5. When I was a newbie here, I mistook him for a bureaucrat. BubTalk 00:51, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
  6. You know the world's coming to an end when this happens...but I say let it end! —Jaymach Ral'Tir (talk) 00:53, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
  7. He has a sense of humor :P And I've never had any problems —Xwing328(Talk) 03:56, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
  8. Definitely. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) Imperial Emblem 21:13, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
  9. While very opinionated, I think he does a good job of not letting that carry over to his administrative actions. —Silly Dan (talk) 21:38, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
  10. I thought he was already an admin.... well, I hope he will be. KEJ 21:52, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
    He is an admin, just not a bureaucrat. —Silly Dan (talk) 21:54, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
    I just found out, well, then I hope he'll be a bureaucrat. My vote still stands. KEJ 00:07, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
  11. Kuralyov 21:56, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
  12. Imp 22:05, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
  13. SFH 00:06, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
  14. Cull Tremayne 00:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
  15. Chack Jadson 21:26, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. This vote isn't really against Darth Culator, but against having more bureaucrats in general. I really don't see the need for more. Don't forget, under the current system, bureaucrats have "veto" power in important votes. I don't think such powers should be handed out so lightly. Looks like I'll be in the vast minority, but that's my 2 creds anyway. --Azizlight 23:43, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
  2. Yeah, I tend to agree. While I think Culator would make a great bureaucrat, I don't think we need to hand out veto power (which is all this really is) willy-nilly. Additionally, while I still think there's nothing about Culator that would make him a bad bureaucrat, the number is so limited that I feel we need to make sure that our bureaucrats are the absolute best they can be, and I'm not sure that there aren't other options that should be explored rather than endorsing the first two picks made by another bureaucrat. Havac 23:53, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
  3. Per Aziz and Havac. --Imp 23:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
  4. Same as above.–SentryTalk 00:03, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
  5. Per Aziz, though there have been a select few occasions where I've thought his conduct a tad inappropriate for a BC. :-P And There Is No Cabal. Atarumaster88 Jedi Order (Audience Chamber) 01:13, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
  6. Same. WhiteBoy 22:26, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Neutral

Optional candidate Q&A

Hmm..... Hmmmmmmmm..... These are tough.

  • S1 How do you see the difference between an admin and a bureaucrat?
It's a minor technical distinction, really. Just like being an admin but with an extra button. Or a few more extra buttons, if the Wikia guys ever give us new features. An admin is just a user who can lock and delete stuff. A bureaucrat is just an admin who can make more admins. There's not much else to it.
  • S2 What will you use your new status for if your nomination succeeds?
Not a whole heck of a lot. I'd exercise the will of the people if there's an RFA, or exercise a veto if I really feel it's necessary. And that's pretty much it.
  • S3 How many admins do you think we need?
42. http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/9.gif
No, really, we need as many as we need. There's no way to be more specific. I think we need whichever people will be good at adminish stuff. I feel like we should set some maximum number derived from a ratio based on the size of the userbase or the database, but I haven't given it nearly enough thought.
  • S4 How many bureaucrats do you think we need?
A round number. It has to be odd. 5 is good. Or 9. But not 6 or 8 because they're even. And not 7 because it's too hard and angular.
  • S5 How often do you think bureaucrats should use their veto power on RFA?
More often than never and less often than always.
I'd really only feel the need if I had a really bad gut feeling about a person (which hasn't happened on any RFA to date, as far as I can remember), or if I felt the nomination was due to popularity rather than suitability or skill. I don't much care about people's opinions, as long as they abide by our policies where applicable. And I would always abide by the will of the Cabal, if it existed (but it doesn't). http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/3.gif -- Darth Culator (Talk)(Kills) 03:47, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Comments

  • Um, seriously? I think a lot of people will consider me too opinionated to be promoted. -- Darth Culator (Talk)(Kills) 00:52, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Don't think like that. (Gets ready to change vote) :) One or both of you will probably get the bureaucratic veto anyway.--Lord OblivionSith holocronSith Emblem 01:35, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
      • From whom? MWAHAHAHAHA! Well, it's possible, but I wouldn't say "probably" so soon. It's up to Riff, really. - Sikon 01:40, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
  • To be completely honest, I'm not sure I'd vote for me. I'm pleased to accept the nomination, and if elected I would be honored to serve. But I don't need to be a bureaucrat. And while I think Wookieepedia needs more bureaucrats, Wookieepedia doesn't need *me* to be a bureaucrat. If someone who behaved exactly like me but wasn't actually me was up for bureaucratship, I'd probably oppose or abstain. So whatever the community decides is fine with me either way. -- Darth Culator (Talk)(Kills) 13:49, 13 December 2006 (UTC)