RuneScape:Requests for adminship/Skill

Skill
We've had some good discussions in recent requests for bureaucrat, and that's a good sign. It's good for us to take our time, to be careful and deliberate about important decisions. It raises the credibility of our decision making, and goes a long way to solidifying the professionalism of the Wiki.

We have, however, failed to produce a new bureaucrat. I believe as much as ever that we need at least two active bureaucrats; both to cover each others' absences and to keep each other accountable. It is for this reason that I am nominating Skill for bureaucrat. I was planning on doing this a couple of weeks ago, but I felt it was important to only have one RfB on the go at a time.

When I was searching the list of administrators to see who would serve as a good bureaucrat, Skill instantly took my eye. For me, he is the obvious choice. Skill has continually been a source of fair judgment and neutrality. He takes an extremely active stance on administrative affairs (community processes, Mediawiki, etc), and is graced with quite an impressive technical know-how. I can honestly say that I have never seen another user take exception with anything Skill has either said or done, neither on the Wiki nor on IRC. He respects all users, knows when to lead, and knows when to be passive.

I appreciate your work here Skill, and I know others do as well. Good luck! 02:21, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

''I, Skill, 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, Skill, 02:42, 22 May 2008 (UTC).

Discussion
I'll obviously support for the reasons I gave above. 03:10, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

About a month ago, I realized the dire need that existed to have another bureaucrat. To quote part of my nomination speech: "Of course since we are nominating a bureaucrat and not an administrator, there is a second factor we must consider: the need for one. Of the nine people who have bureaucrat status, only three remain and only one still contributes regularly. If something were to happen to Dtm142, we would be be in trouble if something happens here that would require the urgent need of a bureaucrat. Moreover, the Runescape wiki and its community has grown much since the last time a bureaucrat has been named seven [now eight] months ago. I think it's time for a new one..." The only thing that has changed since then is the size of this place. Of course my nominee declined the position but he has palliated this by nominating another person of outstanding accomplishments. A few days ago on the chat, I kept mentionning the large number of IPs that needed blocking throughout the night in the presence of several administrators however for whatever reasons, none of them did. When Skill came on, I noted this problem as well as a few other things that needed to be taken care of— not only did he immediately take care of all these problems but he went beyond what I asked and kept cleaning up other categories. This is but one example of what Skill does every day: find problems, gaps, errors and corrects them. Though he is an exemplary administrator, his eponym goes beyond that and indicate a perfect specimen for the position of bureaucrat. Skill continues to think of, and develop policies tailor-made for this Wikia to stop any conflicts before they may even start to germinate. As someone who has seen how our incomplete policies can cause problems, the insight to actually look at this easily ignored cornerstone of the wiki and the foresight to make policy before it is needed indicated the kind of rational thinking needed as a bureaucrat. Finally, one of the more important factors of becoming a bureaucrat is maturity, not of age but of intellect and emotion. If the RuneScape wikia is to be honest with itself, this game is targeted to the young and consequently, a large majority of the people here, from IPs to Admins are also young and do not have the comportment or entre-gens to deal with difficult situations or abusive people. It is paramount that someone with the power to give and take away user rights is not someone who's emotional fragility may lead to them abusing these powers for indeed at its worst, this could spell the end of this wikipedia as we know it. And so this is yet another argument that buttresses the idea of why Skill is deserving of this altering of status. He is a clear-headed thinker that does not get upset or abusive to others who may not reciprocate and demonstrates civility and deference even in more settings and the ideal person to become our newest bureaucrat. So if you did not guess by now, I am voicing a strong support for this candidate.-- 03:50, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Support Skills contributions show a person dedicated to the overall improvement of this wiki in every aspect. Clear and reasoned thinking are behind his decisions. I can not find a single instance of anyone legitimately having a problem with anything he has done. He works for the spirit of the wiki, something I find to be very important. He is right for the job.--Degenret01 06:11, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Strong Support As I have never seen any bias on any of his decisions, I can't even find a reason to question my support. On top of that, Skill has shown that he can put his personal opinions of people behind, and do what is best for the wiki. What else is there to say, other than what the people above me have said? Skill is nearly the perfect candidate. 14:33, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Strong Support Skill is a great contributor to the wiki, and he handles situations very professionally. He deserves this more than anyone. Kevin-020 22:00, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Support I have watched Skill from his start here at the wiki..he does an amazing job, not only with the wiki as a whole, but his temperment is just was is needed by a crat Cheers! Atlandy 00:27, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Support Skill knows how to block my socks real well. don't say my vote doesnt count cuz my original account, thisguyown, had a reasonable number of edits. Jaghater15 01:39, 25 May 2008 (UTC)