RuneScape:Requests for adminship/Haloolah123

Haloolah123
First RfA

I realize that Halo's last nomination was a little over a month ago. I believe that during that time he has done a lot of maturing and he has also made a lot of excellent contributions to this wiki. As most of you probably already know, he has been working very hard to improve AEAE and has also been very active in several other key Yew Grove discussions over the past few weeks. I have not seen him lose his cool, he isn't afraid to speak his mind, and he has done his fair share of anti vandal work (I haven't seen him misuse the rollback tool either). I was really confident last month that he would be a great admin. Well, take that confidence and double it now. Someone that has done this much for the community is my definition of an excellent admin candidate. Wouldn't you all agree? 05:40, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

''I 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 powers because I realise 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,'' 05:45, July 5, 2010 (UTC).

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

I would participate in a bit of everything. I check speedy d/m quite a bit, as well as CVU. I also check category:images a lot (because people fail to read the thing that says don't put images here, but in the appropriate subcategory.) Many of the incoming images have date names, so with sysop tools I could move them while I am categorizing them. Another nice tool would be adding protection for closing yew grove threads, because I really like participating there.

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

Making an actual summoning training guide. Proposing the user requests page, which lead to the user help page. Significant work on dungeoneering pages of all types, especially the skill pages. I've also worked on reforming policies and minor changes to make them clearer. Currently I'm trying to find something that will communicate the spirit of AEAE, but keep everyone happy and the policy being used correctly.

'''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?'''

I have had a few conflicts. I had a rather nasty one with Ajr, and I was a complete moron. It was my fault entirely, and I take full responsibility. I originally took it kind of badly, because I was thinking very egocentrically. I later realized how much of a dick I had been. I apologized to him, and we moved on, and now I believe we are friends. It was a very valuable lesson for me, as it taught me to not be so stringent and just take it easier. It helped me to realize that there are a lot of people in this community who know way more than me about some things, and to respect that and be grateful that they are here. I believe that in the future I will be able to handle conflicts better because I will be able to think back to this one and how idiotic I was throughout it.

Additional questions (asked by the community if necessary)
 Question - How have you changed and matured since your last RfA, and why should people who opposed you before, support you now? -- 05:57, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Well one change is...I found this handy guide on RfAs. (Actually I found that during my last one-much to my dismay.) I've read that and learned a few important things. I believe I've matured much due to the fact that I've gone from being really annoyed with Ajr and being a complete jerk about that to quite the opposite direction. Now I have him on my RS friends list and I believe he considers me a friend. He was the bigger man in that argument, and through that I kind of realized that I had to ease off and cool down. I've just tried to relax a bit with wiki stuff and I think it's worked out well and I've matured. Many people who opposed me before, opposed me to do the argument that has been mentioned multiple times already. Hopefully they see that I have done all that I can to make amends to that and tried to move on a become a better editor/person from that experience. I believe the majority of all the other opposes had to do with me not having a clear understanding of AEAE. The evidence being that I commonly used quick chat to say my combat level and used that as an argument of why I was right. I'm pretty sure I've cut that down to almost nothing. I believe most people would agree that I have an adequate, if not exceptional understanding of AEAE, one of the major reasons I'm working on amending it right now, so that it still serves it purpose, but not other things that we don't want it to be working towards.

Discussion
Support - as nominator. 05:40, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Support - I supported him in his last RfA, but it seems that he's matured greatly since then. I believe he's ready for the responsibility and will make good use of the tools he will have at his disposal. 05:48, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Pending - He didn't answer the questions! I simply cannot vote for a known KKK member unless he explains himself. For all I know he could institute a racially intolerant policy to ban all trolls from the Wiki, and then where will I be? 05:50, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Lol... 05:52, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * He's in the middle of a dungeon atm and he said he'll answer them after that. 05:56, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * All done for now. 06:42, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Support - Now that it has been sometime since his last confrontation I believe he would be an amazing admin, best of luck. 07:02, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Support - I believe Haloolah is a great candidate for Adminship. Not only is he a helpful and friendly guy in the Clan Chat, but he also seems to have a lot of new ideas for our Wiki. He's constantly coming up with ways to make improvements and that's something that makes him a prime choice for Admin. in my opinion. 

07:07, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Oppose - I always thought that people were exaggerating when they said that you acted like an elitist, and I'm simply disappointed with the way you acted in the cc few days ago. Sorry, but I don't think I want an immature sysop. 07:14, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Could you elaborate? While I'd rather this didn't turn into something that focuses on one little thing, I'd like to know what you're talking about. 07:47, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * * Wishes he had taken a screenie* Well, he first joined the cc and said that I was making him angry by opposing him on yg, then he talked about why I should support to aeae, and I responded his arguments. After that, he started to be a jerk, and simply was attacking me. Because of that, I said that I wouldn't take part in the discussion in the cc anymore, then he started baiting, and said things like "You stopped discussing, because you can't find valid points" etc. Someone in the cc even suggested that I should kick him if he continues. (Although I wasn't going to do that, he did deserve it.) 07:58, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * So him telling you what's up in an argument makes him an immature jerk that doesnt deserve adminship? Well what about all the admins/ranks in cc that are elitist jerks? 09:08, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ranks in the cc are not elitist jerks, and even if they are, that's completely irrelevant. And what exactly do you mean by telling öe what's up? 09:13, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I find it very unfortunate that you are letting one minor incident in the clan chat that could have easily been a misunderstanding influence your opinion so much. 17:05, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * On one hand, Soldier, its kinda hard to be sure that his reaction is unjustified when we don't know exactly what was said. Or do you? Anyways, on the other, everyone gets emotional sometimes. I've seen some of the most level-headed admins I know get into kind of a bad temper from time to time, but they never let that influence them into misusing their tools. Why does this one incident lead you to believe that Halo would misuse his tools? 19:01, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Per what Psycho said, we are all human. We need to look at the big picture when judging someone for adminship, not isolated incidences. 19:08, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Support - You have defiantly become a lot more mature since your last rfa and i think you could really use the tools. 07:30, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Support! - Hal is a face I have seen often in the community. He is helpful to those who need help and knows how to solve problems with simple, straightforward changes. Although he may seem brash at some instances, I am sure that he doesn't mean to hurt anyone, but is a very clear in his communication and isn't afraid to speak his opinion. I can trust Haloohah as an admin  14:20, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Support - I trust you to use these well, just please do use them :) 15:20, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Oppose His last RFA is less than a month closed (closed on June 8) and now since he hasn't "lost his cool" in a few weeks he should now be an admin? I would like to see a prolonged time frame of maturity before anyone becomes a sysop. 18:35, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Oppose - As per the other opposers, you argue way too much and I've noticed this during a bunch of Yew Grove threads, still not ready for the job. Atlandy took the words out of my mouth, a few weeks doesn't fix anything. 19:12, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * You do realize that debating is supposed to happen on the Yew Grove, don't you...? Lol 20:33, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm fully aware of this, except he "Overkills" the matter so much... Usually ending in tempers being lost 21:00, July 5, 2010 (UTC)

Support - 1. He has cooled down. 2. What's wrong with debating. 3. He'll do great. 20:36, July 5, 2010 (UTC)