RuneScape:Requests for adminship/InstantWinston

(RfA #1)

InstantWinston
InstantWinston has been a member of this wiki for exactly two years as of today. He has had several unsuccessful RfAs, but he has been a forum admin for several months and has not abused his powers at all. In fact, he has been a very helpful user that knows a great deal about the wiki and I feel that he would be able to benefit the wiki a great deal with sysop tools. 22:54, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

''I, InstantWinston, accept this nomination for adminship. I have read the policies concerning administrators. I realize that this nomination may fail. If I do get community consensus, I promise not to abuse my powers because I realize that this is a serious offence and if the community finds that I have done so, my powers will be revoked and in extreme cases I could be given a community ban. Signed,'' 22:59, 25 February 2009 (UTC).

Discussion
Support - as nominator. 22:56, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for nominating me, Soldier. I would like to direct people to the forums to show them how well I handle being a forumadmin. I could do the same on the wiki in vandal situations. 22:59, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Support - Instant has been a very helpful contributor, very kind to everyone, and would definatley greatly improve the wiki with admin powers. He would use them wisley and never abuse them. -- 23:02, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Pending - Here is my concern. Currently, you have 135 mainspace edits. To me, that means that you are not really reverting vandalism, and therefore are not really in need of admin tools. Also I would like to say that a users actions on the forms cannot be compared to their actions on the wiki, and vise-versa, so although you seem to be a good forum admin, I cant support you based solely on that. I want to see some more opinion on this matter before I make my decision.-- 23:06, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

I have marked a good number of junk pages for speedy deletion as well, and that isn't counted in my editcount. 23:09, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * "I've put things up for deletion plenty of times; you just haven't noticed because the pages I put the speedy deletion tags on have been deleted, along with my edit." - You used that excuse in your last RfA, and being totally honest, I'm not sure I totally buy that. Quite frankly, if all you're doing is putting articles up for speedy-d, then you don't really need sysop powers. -- 23:16, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I just like to stress that point that I do in fact stop vandalism in a way. Is it wrong of me to say it on 2 RFAs? 23:24, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * No, not at all, I am simply voicing my opinion. I do see how tagging pages is a form of counter-vandalism. --

Support - Instant has treated me and others very well, with the same fairness, and adds a lot to the Wikia community. As far as I'm concerned, a great guy who would be a fine admin. 23:19, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

 Pending  per Aburnett001 23:26, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Against. Aburnett, in response to your concerns, I went and poked through his deleted contributions. I did see a couple dozen old images that he had marked with speedy D, but only a couple dozen over the space of about six or seven months. I was not particularly impressed, neither by this nor by his edit count (62% of edits in userspace and only 13% in mainspace), nor by his RickRolling a wiki troll. InstantWinston, when I consider someone for administrator, I look first and foremost at their anti-vandalism actions. I see very little of that in your contributions. If and when you show more capability to deal with vandalism, you'll be much more suited for the post of sysop. Forum actions are not linked to wiki actions and vice-versa. -- 23:46, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Lol, I remember RickRolling that dude XD 23:54, 25 February 2009 (UTC) By the way, what's so bad about that? >_>

Pending leaning towards against - Per Andorin. He's a great person, and friendly on the forums. But you only have 135 mainspace edits. Thats much less than the typical admin. However, you are very trusted by me and your actions on the forums are by far very good. 23:57, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

What bad could come of me being admin if I don't have many edits? The question is: Will I abuse my power? The answer is no. I know much of the wiki trusts me, and knows I would never abuse my powers. The only thing that could be produced from my adminship could be good. 00:06, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It's actually words like that that make me doubtful of these circumstances. If someone wants to convince me that they're an able admin, they should do so with their actions, not words. Talk is cheap. Everyone, keep in mind that I'm not one of the people that knows this user, but a combination of elements (his edit count, lack of anti-vandalism work and some of the things he's been saying in this RfA) are leading me to oppose his sysopping. Also, about the RickRolling, it's unprofessional. -- 00:20, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Instant do you mind telling me what good (meaning what you would do if you were sysopped), would come from you being an admin? I don't mean to sound rude, I just want my vote to be knowledgeble.


 * Sure. I would check the recent changes for vandalism, put the CVU on my watchlist and deal with that stuff, and watch the speedy deletion candidates. Basically, I'd just be another person to do admin jobs, which can only make things more efficient to have another person on the job. 01:35, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * This is all well and good, but what evidence is there to show that you have anti-vandalism interests? You can patrol without being an admin, you know- using CVU, reporting users and vandalism in IRC, reverting/undoing bad edits, etc. If you have an interest in doing this now, why haven't you before? -- 01:37, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I just am the type of person who needs to directly get rid of the bad stuff I see, I don't like to mark things to be dealt with by someone else. I want to be that "someone else". Therefore, I haven't made an effort to patrol the wiki daily. Also, if there is anyone here thinking that I want to be an admin for personal gain, please don't think that. 03:11, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Then what am I supposed to think?-- 04:37, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Weak Support - You're trustworthy and very mature for someone of your age, and I know that you only have good intentions. However, I think your edit count is just a tad bit too low. Overall though, I think you'd make a good admin. 00:36, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Support per Soldier. You do frequently put on Template:D, you have been on the wiki for a long time, and I think you would be a good user of sysop powers. 01:15, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Pending - You know, considering I know how old you are, and please for all editors to not take offense to this is as I mean no bias behind it, you are a very well mannered and literate young guy. Been around for awhile, has contributed lots, but I find that you do have trouble dealing with criticism and administrative tools, as indicated by here, with Vhosythe42 (talk page) of late. With admin duties come people who will not always agree with you. Please tell me how you would change this in the future. Thanks 03:46, 26 February 2009 (UTC)