RuneScape:Requests for adminship/Matthew2602

Matthew2602
Hello there. My name is Matthew. Today, I am requesting adminship. There are multiple reasons behind this.

I have been with the wiki for just over a year and a half, and during this time I have made over 13,000 edits.

I feel that I have come a tremendous way since my past in multiple regards, not just those related to the wiki, and I have learnt so much. Since my past, I have become incredibly more experienced with the wiki, the community, it's polices, and editing in the general. Since my past, I have become extremely more mature and deep thinking than I previously was. And I personally feel that my experience, my maturity, my need and my possible active application of administrator rights has gotten to a point of which I feel is more than adequate to become an administrator. I personally feel that I am mature enough. I am experienced enough. I am sensible enough. And there more than enough times which I would use the rights for were I able to actively apply them. I also feel that from my observation of the behaviour of administrators and the status quo of their norms, that I would also be quite experienced.

Most of the time, we tend to tag sysops as either anti-vandal sysops or maintenance sysops. However, I would personally consider my self more somewhere in the middle of the two and that I would actively partake in both. I feel I am quite active in the regard of anti-vandalism. Usually when I'm on the wiki and not focusing on something else, I use Suppa's Recent Changes hybrid on the right and everything else on the left split screen. It's a great way to stalk vandals because it displays everything simply, with no clutter, and I can make it update every second. When I don't have that open and I am focusing on something, like the time I'm writing this, and even when I don't, I always have an RC tab open, and I'm always checking edits, even if it's a tad slower. I spend quite a bit of time with files and images. I've done quite a bit of work with templates in the past. I feel I am a big contributor to discussions and consensus. I spend quite a bit of time improving the mainspace, and I spend most of my time on the wiki also in Chat, where I am a chat moderator.

Do I have a need for the tools? Not an explicit one. However, I personally don't agree with the "need for the tools" argument as a general note. Just because someone doesn't particularly specialise in an area that has a heavy need for the tools, that doesn't mean that they wouldn't value the tools and apply them actively. One more can only benefit, especially taking into account other circumstances I will talk about below. As an admin, I'll do all the usual stuff, blocking, protecting, deleting. And also, watching the AbuseLog, which is an extremely useful tool for catching vandals before they vandalise, determining consensus and closing discussions, and pretty much anything else I can do to improve the wiki and help other users. I also intend to make a list of all the pages I can find which hold consensual discussions, and frequently check over them to see if consensus has been reached or they need to be closed for any other reason, and close the ones that do. I'll also frequently check the speedy deletion candidates, the CVU, the block appeals, even though there rarely ever are any, and last but probably not least, I'll check AR frequently. I am more than open to any other suggestions.

There are also a few other reasons behind this RFA.

Timezones. During a significant part of the day, when the US and the Europe editors are asleep, the wiki is quite dormant. When 1 page of the Recent Changes can last two and a half hours and nothing at all can happen for over twenty minutes. Unfortunately, this dormant period is also my prime editing time, and there have been times that vandals and trolls have been running a muck and I've had to look around wherever I could to try and find an admin. There was one time quite recently actually that comes to mind. There was one IP who was repeatedly vandalising articles with obscene content, abusing me on my talk page and on articles, and repeatedly and disruptively reporting users to the CVU. Un-able to take any action myself, I looked everywhere I could think of (chat and IRC) for admins. There were none. Zero. I had to report them to the CVU, hoping that an admin would come on soon enough and that someone would keep reverting them when I had to leave, which was quite soon after. Being stranded with vandals and trolls is not a new issue for me. I feel that access to the rights would be particularly useful during this time, as I would be able to take action when very little other admins, and sometimes no admins are available. I feel I would be a very valuable asset to the wiki during, but not at all limited to, this time.

Also, we haven't had any RFAs, successful or not, for 7 months. 7 months. The last RFA we had was in late June, and was Joey's, which was unsuccessful. The last RFA we had that was actually successful was Fergie's. That means that we haven't had any new administrators for 7 months. This will be the first ever observation of an on-going RFA for many users.

To conclude, I have come an extremely long way during my time here on the wiki. I have learnt so much about the community and how the wiki works. I feel that this has gotten to the point to which I am experienced enough, mature enough, and have gotten to know the community enough to be an administrator, and that my editing would value the rights greatly. I feel that I would be a good asset to the wiki, particularly during times which the wiki is quite dormant. I feel that from my observation of the behaviour of administrators and the status quo of their norms, that I would also be quite experienced. Tied in with all of this, we haven't had any new administrators for a very significant amount of time, and we can't expect our sysops to be active forever.

Thank you, and cheers.

''I, Matthew2602, accept this nomination for adminship. I have read the policies concerning administrators. I realise that this nomination may fail. If I do get community consensus, I promise not to abuse my tools because I realise that this is a serious offence. If the community finds that I have done so, my tools will be revoked, and in extreme cases I could be given a community ban. Signed,'' 05:51, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Questions for the nominee
1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?

Most of the time, we tend to tag sysops as either anti-vandal sysops or maintenance sysops. However, I feel that I am more of an all rounder (see below) and that I will actively partake in both. Do I have a need for the tools? Not an explicit one. However, I personally don't agree with the "need for the tools" argument as a general note. Just because someone doesn't particularly specialise in an area that has a heavy need for the tools, that doesn't mean that they wouldn't value the tools and apply them actively. As an admin, I'll do all the usual stuff, blocking, protecting, deleting. And also, watching the AbuseLog, determining consensus and closing discussions, and pretty much anything else I can do to improve the wiki and help other users. I also intend to make a list of all the pages I can find which hold consensual discussions, and frequently check over them to see if consensus has been reached or they need to be closed for any other reason, and close the ones that do. I'll also frequently check the speedy deletion candidates, the CVU, the block appeals, even though there rarely ever are any, and last but probably not least, I'll check AR frequently. I am more than open to any other suggestions.

2. What are your best contributions to the RuneScape Wiki, and why?

I don't feel I have a "best contribution". I personally consider my self more of an "all-rounder". I consider myself a good anti-vandal. I've spent a lot of time with images, and I still do. I've done quite a bit of work with templates in the past. I feel I am a big contributor to discussions and consensus. I've spent a lot of time improving the mainspace, and I spend most of my time on the wiki also in Chat, where I am a chat moderator. Nothing stands out to me. I guess overall it's one great contribution?

'''3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?'''

Editing the wiki, it's kind of impossible not to. There will always be something that you've said or done that someone won't agree with. I feel that in my past I have made mistakes with the way I have dealt with other users, but that these are too far back in the past to be relevant. There's not really much else that I can remember in this regard. Occasionally you get into small disputes over something in the Yew Grove or somewhere else like it, and I feel that in those situations I have been calm, level-headed, and reasonable.

Discussion
Comment - I saw the recent vandalism that the candidate mentioned, and was the one left reverting the edits, even if I only reverted 2 edits after which the vandal gave up. 06:01, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Support - After taking a look at the candidate's contributions, I see that the tools would be needed in order to be able to go through on the warnings that he has given to vandals. I have not seen him lose his cool in any Yew Grove discussion as of yet. He also demonstrates a high degree of knowledge of the wiki, posting in requests for deletion and the like, which he could carry out as needed. He is also already trusted with the custodian and Special:Chat moderator rights, and I haven't seen anyone complain about this, nor do I have reason to complain about this either. 06:17, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Support - You have the potential to be a sysop, Matt. Your contributions to the wiki have been amazing while you have been here for almost 18 months (in around a week, too!) at the wiki. Also, as of now that admins can grant rollback/custodian rights, it would be great to see the time being cut for a request to be granted (or denied), as I noticed you said that your "peak hour" on the wiki is when US and UK is offline, and that is sweet, so this can be great for people who apply for those rights at that time. I would love to see a shiny green hilite linking to your userpage :D 07:01, January 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * Your work in chat as a chat moderator is great to watch, and having fun in there with you is great. The blocking tool could now extend your rights in chat, as you could then block IPs to prevent less spammers/vandals entering Chat.
 * Your work as a custodian taught me a lot about images, and my hope of becoming one soon. Having the right to delete files (and also pages) will shorten time when a is posted on a useless file.
 * Your work with the rollback tool has taught vandals what your made of :P. And if you didn't have that tool in the first place, well, let's just say there would be more tired users! If becoming an admin, you will get that right to block users, and I trust you will use that tool very well.

Support - You have shown you are active and mature enough to get these tools. You would probably also need them in some situations like the one you described, where there are no other admins active. Because you are so active in antivandalism, I do think you actually would have need for the tools. In your time on the wiki, you've shown you can be trusted, and I'd like to see you get administrator tools. 09:37, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Question - Are you ever active in the IRC? If so, what is your nick in there? (Since a good chunk of my judgement comes from past conversations on there.) 09:54, January 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm in there right now, as matter of fact. It's Matthew2602.  09:55, January 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * Just making sure, since some people use nicknames that are not even close to who they are on the wiki :X 09:58, January 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * Support - Never seen him cause trouble in the IRC or on the wiki. Good trustworthy person and capable of using the tools for the good of the wiki. 09:58, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Support - Matt has shown himself to be a responsible and mature editor, and I think that is the most important thing in a prospective administrator. Hardcoring requests for speedy deletes and stalking anonymous editors endlessly are not what makes a good sysop, or even any editor. I also agree that he's active all-round; a bit of everything is useful when you've only got another one or two sysops in this time zone. 11:32, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Support' - I'm certain he will be able to handle himself as an administrator. 16:57, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Question - Do you want to stick on CC admin/IRC op/the works into this request? 18:53, January 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter if he wants to add it to the request. Any user who has passed an RfA can simply request it. 21:47, January 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * CC admin, no. 21:53, January 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * Nevermind. 21:54, January 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd have to pass on the CC. I rarely ever go in there anyway, and even when I do I don't say anything. But I would like IRC op, thanks. 22:34, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Support - Could make use of the tools. Just a couple of things: 1. Your comment about this being the first RfA in 7 months is both inaccurate and irrelevent, and makes it seem like you are running for adminship for the sake of having a RfA, 2. Vulpes Twigy in August (listed under Man Tag1 in the archives) was the last RfA, back in August 19:26, January 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * My aplogies. When I was looking through the archives, I was going down the page instead of looking at multiple RFAs from other candidates. I don't see 1 month making a large difference, however. 22:34, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Support - Mattchew is doing an awesome job as Chat Mod and I think he'd make a fantastic admin due to his number of edits within a somewhat short period of time. He's also a really nice guy. *Om nom Mattchew* 20:28, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Support - I can't see a reason not to support. His request here proved to me how mature he has become, which is great. I'm sure he would use the tools if he was given them, as he already makes enough requests. He is easy to talk to and I'm sure anyone would be able to approach him to request him to do things. 22:20, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Support - You are always the first one to vandalism and would be useful with the tools. You doing a great job as a chat moderator, and even though you are a noob, I shall support. 23:57, January 12, 2012 (UTC)

Support - I would trust matt with the tools, and would think that he would use them in a suitable manner. As such i have no reason to even think of opposing 00:51, January 13, 2012 (UTC)

Support - Wow, where do I begin, Matt? Matthew is a fantastic editor (13,000 in less time than I've been here), trustworthy, active, friendly, could use the tools, and is overall everything I'd look for in a sysop. Without needing to get into multiple paragraphs, Matthew will make a great sysop (nuff said). 01:45, January 13, 2012 (UTC)

Support - Nothing wrong here. I think you'll make a fine sysop, and it's always good to give another one of our top countervandals access to more tools. 02:25, January 13, 2012 (UTC)

Support. Despite our track record of aussie sysops going inactive (D), this candidate has given me every indication of competence. He is active in countervandalism, and his comments on various forums give me the impression that he knows the wiki's policies well enough to know how to act appropriately within them. 02:54, January 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * nou 04:13, January 13, 2012 (UTC)

Support - I looked at Matthew's contributions and I must say I was fairly impressed. I like the work that he does. (Though I must second the rabbit's proposition that you stick around longer than Evil Yanks, Chicken, Glenn, and 222 did. ) 05:12, January 13, 2012 (UTC)