RuneScape:User of the Month/October 2010

The October 2010 User of the Month is Swizzl3d, nominated by Haloolah123. The other candidates for that month were Merovingian, Psycho Robot and LordDarkPhantom, all of whom withdrew.

Merovingian
Merovingian was the one who started this wiki back on April 8, 2005. Without his hard work in the early stages of the wiki, we probably would not have what we have today. That alone is a huge achievement, and we should all be grateful for his efforts. That being said, I think it's past time we give recognition to such an important user on the wiki.

As a note about the activity requirements, Merovingian meets them. The requirement does not ban users who are already inactive from being nominated or becoming the UotM. It merely says that the user cannot fall inactive during the month of the nomination. That's a nonissue if Mero is already inactive. Now, besides that, I think we can use commmon sense in this case and bend the rules slightly for such a user. 01:38, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * User is not at present active, users "not leaving during the month" means they need to be active. This nomination is disqualified.--Degenret01 02:11, August 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * 1) As nominator.  01:38, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd say that we should bend the rules and say that this nomination is invalid. Or be allowed to oppose it. 01:53, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * You can try to oppose it, except that I'll remove the comments. My nomination follows the UOTM rules. Your potential oppose does not. 01:56, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * Would this better define it? RuneScape:Gaming the system? 01:59, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think Merovingian deserves to be recognized because he has contributed a considerable amount to the wiki. Is there something wrong with that? 02:01, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * No, not at all! But what I do mean is this
 * If they aren't allowed to leave during their month of nomination, why can they of left before it? 02:04, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ask the person who wrote the rules. Merovingian's contributions are significant enough to warrant overriding RS:GTS with RS:IAR/UCS. Whoever opposes this nomination is basically saying that he or she doesn't believe Merovingian was a good user. 02:06, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * No, anyone who opposes is saying that they don't want Merovingian to be user of the month. I believe he was a significant contributor, but common sense tells me that that is not applicable to become user of a month four years after he left the community. 02:11, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * Special:Contributions/Merovingian - Are we looking at the same contribs? Don't try to guilt trip people into this.  He founded the wiki, he's been credited for it.  Now we move on with life and realize that more likely than not he's not coming back.  (As shown over the past 4 years).  I've never met or talked to him, but I'm guessing from him being in the army he really doesn't care about some stupid award on a website just for founding it.  Maybe I'm wrong, but that's my best guess of his character.   04:34, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * The idea that opposition to him being UOTM equates to thinking he was a bad editor is ludicrous. I agree with Halo, he probably doesn't care.  Anyway, the rules are fairly clear that someone who has not been active in the past month (or the last 4 years, for that matter) can not be the UOTM.  If you really want to know if Ryan wants to be UOTM, you can ask him on Wikipedia.  Same username.  And even if he does want to, we shouldn't allow it.  We should focus on the current users, instead of those who haven't edited recently.   07:20, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * The idea that opposition to him being UOTM equates to thinking he was a bad editor is ludicrous. I agree with Halo, he probably doesn't care.  Anyway, the rules are fairly clear that someone who has not been active in the past month (or the last 4 years, for that matter) can not be the UOTM.  If you really want to know if Ryan wants to be UOTM, you can ask him on Wikipedia.  Same username.  And even if he does want to, we shouldn't allow it.  We should focus on the current users, instead of those who haven't edited recently.   07:20, September 1, 2010 (UTC)

To be honest guys - I don't think Ryan gives a shit about being user of the month. 04:13, August 31, 2010 (UTC)

I'd also like to point out that since he has retired there's no telling if he accepted the nomination or not which puts point 1 of "You should notify the user you have nominated them. They may not want to be nominated so it's good to let them know." into question. 08:57, August 31, 2010 (UTC)

Stopping by
Greetings, all! I don't particularly care about a user of the month nomination; that should be reserved for current contributors. I do appreciate the gesture, though. It just really impresses me that the wiki has taken off the way it has. I didn't want anybody thinking I didn't care about it... just not a big RS player anymore. I'm still always open for questions, etc., on my Wikipedia user page. Best regards and happy editing! --Merovingian 22:02, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll take that as declining the nomination. 22:10, September 2, 2010 (UTC)

LordDarkPhantom
LordDarkPhantom is, in my opinion, one of the best users on the wiki. He does nothing short of amazing image work. As a result of his dedication and hard work, the RuneScape Wiki has many good quality and visually appealing images that we would not otherwise have. In addition to all of this, he is also active in the community and provides helpful insight into various topics. Best of luck to you, sir. 03:03, August 31, 2010 (UTC)

Supporters: 11
 * 03:03, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Great image work.  09:01, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) --Coolnesse 13:20, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Your project yourface is very impressive.   07:50, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) -- 21:42, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Amazing image work, per my reasons last month. 01:56, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) Great work, keep it up. 01:20, September 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) Super duper. 22:22, September 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) Great user, amazing image work. :) 12:25, September 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) Lord of the Nubs. 05:30, September 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) I  Lord Phantom!!! 06:23, September 19, 2010 (UTC)

Withdrawn - (reasoning) 16:20, September 20, 2010 (UTC)

Swizzl3d
Swiz has been around for a long time. He's a great contributor (although he doesn't think so himself). He's really put a lot of work into relations with other clans and the clan events we have been doing. Oftentimes I see him take a stance that won't always be favored, but it's the right one to take, and I respect that as well. 04:23, August 31, 2010 (UTC)

Supporters: 18


 * 04:25, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Junior bearcat FTW.--Degenret01 04:28, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Support the streaking bearcat food.  08:57, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Frub 09:28, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) A worthy noob, gl 09:32, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Thanks for supporting my website! =)
 * 6) Extreme Bukkit Oppose - he says taht i smoek@@@ Good guy.  13:40, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) He seems to always be leading some community event. 16:58, August 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) Per everything above.  07:50, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) Swizzezima totally deserves it. Per liek everybody. And Avp, that sounds like bribery 0_o - 14:18, September 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) amg pedobear@@@@ he welcomed me to the wiki so i cant oppose =(  13:07, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * 22:46, September 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Runeman54 19:39, September 3, 2010 (UTC)  User has less than 50 mainspace edits --Coolnesse 20:14, September 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Wiki üzerinde büyük noob, Swiz gidin ve noobs, onların rol modeli olmak bir şans var kanıtlamak! - <3 Turkish. 12:57, September 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Swiz cheese is awesome 17:00, September 14, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Yippedee yay! 05:30, September 15, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Good luck! 14:08, September 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) Oh well, he can't not win. 06:14, September 23, 2010 (UTC)

Psycho Robot
Though this is a bit late, I do want to get this in here before the first week is over. Psycho has done quite a lot for the wiki during his tenure here, most prominently on the antivandalism front. To top it off, he has some wonderful work with images (such as the pet images that he recently took). Oh, and I forgot to mention his constant and untiring work making signatures for users who request them. I think that though this award is reserved for users, we can make an exception in this case, since 3i+1 has shown us that robots do qualify for UOTM. 21:16, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

Supporters: 7


 * 1) As nominator. 21:16, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) @@@@@@I was going to nomnomnom him next month!!! -- 21:41, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) -- 21:43, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) I thought he was one already... did not read the list very well >.< 21:46, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) How has he not already been one? 22:05, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * 22:09, September 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * 23:58, September 6, 2010 (UTC)

Withdrawn. 01:28, September 7, 2010 (UTC)