RuneScape:Requests for adminship/Urbancowgurl777

Urbancowgurl777
In all my time I've spent editing and administrating the RS wiki, I've rarely seen a user more passionate and dedicated than Urbancowgurl777. With nearly ten thousand edits and climbing, Urbancowgurl777 is literally everywhere, doing everything. When a new piece of content is released, she helps create new articles about items, NPCs, locations, etc. She has uploaded hundreds of images, using her excellent OoO skills to improve many images of poor quality. She is often among the first, if not the first, to respond to new Yew Grove discussions. She is always polite and reasonable on peoples' talk pages, promptly responds to messages, and will cheerfully help anyone who needs it.

However, her most important activities with regards to this RfA are her countervandalism and maintenance work. Every day, she's at the forefront of Recent Changes, reverting (and warning!) vandals as quickly as they submit their edits. She works on standardizing some parts of the wiki that are somewhat chaotic, like file names. She is always bugging me on IRC or in-game about a vandal that needs blocking, a page that needs deleting or protecting, or a file that needs merging. If she can't reach me, I'm sure she's pestering someone else.

It was brought to my attention not long ago that we have been slacking a bit in the countervandalism department. I mostly agree; even I haven't watched Recent Changes as much, and we can't rely on suppa (who seems to do the majority of blocking) all the time. When I was asked if I knew of any potential candidates for administrators that specialize in countervandalism, Urbancowgurl777 immediately jumped to my mind. I think someone with her dedication and focus on the site could use a banhammer pretty effectively. At the very least, I would finally get some peace and quiet as she stops making me do stuff every few minutes.

Discuss. -- 20:42, June 13, 2011 (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 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,'' 00:31, June 14, 2011 (UTC).

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

Countervandalism and deletion maintenance. That is, reverting vandalism, blocking vandals, deleting pages, protecting pages, merging files, deleting files, protecting files... 00:31, June 14, 2011 (UTC)

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

I believe every positive edit is a great contribution, but if I were to pick my most constructive, it would probably be between my countervandalism, image work and helping out on new updates (creating new pages, reverting new update vandalism, etc). 00:31, June 14, 2011 (UTC)

'''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?'''

Nothing is notable really. I've been in a few arguments over differences in views, but I usually nip things like that in the bud, or agree to disagree. In the future I plan to do the same. 00:31, June 14, 2011 (UTC)

Additional questions (asked by the community if necessary)
I see you take a lot of decent images, and I do enjoy looking at them :) What do you think makes you stand out as the average user? 12:20, June 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, not only do I do image work, but also countervandalism, categorizing, templating, making new pages, helping out on talk pages, tagging, and general editing. The "average user" would do only one or two of what I mentioned above really - people seem to pick and choose how they edit. I'm more of an all-around user, and due to this, I could "use the tools" in multiple areas of the wiki. 17:59, June 22, 2011 (UTC)

Discussion

 * I don't even need to know whether or not the candidate accepts this to support. They have a clear need for the tools, and will use them well. 20:49, June 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * She told me that she would accept the nomination; she'll do so as soon as she's able to. -- 20:51, June 13, 2011 (UTC)

Support I think most of the blocks I have given in the last three months are based on edits I see Urban reverting, she knows whats what. (even if she does use a noob fm method )--Degenret01 05:52, June 14, 2011 (UTC)

Support - I'm not saying she don't have a use for the tools - she has a great use for the tools, which makes this even better - but sometimes what we need is not necessarily someone who edits a lot or has a use for the tools, but someone who is just calm, sensible, and neutral. I honestly believe Fergie is that person. 06:23, June 14, 2011 (UTC)

Support - *mummblegrummble*So when andorin suggests it she...*mummblegrummble* A perfect candidate for adminship in my opinion.
 * Sensible and calm
 * Active in the YG and other discussions
 * Very active antivandal
 * Demonstrates a clear need/use for the tools
 * Can be easily contacted via private message on the IRC
 * Knows when a username is extremely offensive... *looks at sentra*...
 * If you can find a good reason why she shouldn't have admin tools, do share... - 06:45, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey, I can't tell when a username is offensive either  06:47, June 14, 2011 (UTC)

Support - Shown an excellent need for "the tools" through her counter-vandalism efforts. 06:47, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * While she continues to show evidence of future use for "the tools"; after a discussion with a user on IRC, it appears that, based on evidence from chat logs, Urban is not as level-headed as I previously thought, I change to a weak oppose/neutral. 09:03, June 24, 2011 (UTC)

Support - Good person, and she obviously would use the tools, even if she can't stand the amount of testosterone in the #wikia-runescape channel. 15:21, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * After a discussion with a few users on IRC, it has been brought to my attention that she is not always as level headed and calm as she appears to be, evidence being in some chat logs I was shown of private messages between other users. 01:18, June 24, 2011 (UTC)

Support - Despite my slight inactivity (kinda) on this wiki, I have seen plenty of her work. She is a well-rounded user and would use the tools well. 15:29, June 14, 2011 (UTC)

support -- 15:43, June 14, 2011 (UTC)

Support - Wait a minute, I thought you were already an admin  21:02, June 15, 2011 (UTC)

Strong Support - Since Urban performs so many helpful maintenance tasks each day for the Wiki, I can't believe that she isn't already an admin. We need to fix this immediately, methinks. 17:29, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

Support - Urban has shown considerable maturity, excellent communication skills, sound judgement, and a distinct use for the tools. The wiki will benefit with her as an administrator. -- 00:12, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

Strong support - Fridge is a top-tier user who knows what's good for the wiki. 17:57, June 17, 2011 (UTC)

Support - Fergie is a great candidate for an admin: she is mature, level-headed, quick at counter-vandalism, and a nice person to talk to. She also has a constant use for the tools. she should join the IRC though ;) 17:13, June 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * i c wat u did thar, and I agree. ^_^ 10:39, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

Support - Although I would rather be neutral, there's too much on the support side of the scale for me to say so or to oppose at all. While I'm not sure if you're fully ready for adminship, there's no reason not to oppose or stay neutral that I can think of. 15:36, June 19, 2011 (UTC)
 * So your reasoning for supporting is that other people are supporting? That makes no sense. 17:12, June 19, 2011 (UTC)
 * Peer pressure 17:19, June 19, 2011 (UTC)
 * I could be saying the same thing to your statement, chess. I was origionally going to quote what Liquid said on Rsa's RFA, but I felt more strongly to support. But in essence, it's how I feel. 17:26, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

Support - You've really improved in recent months. Not 100% sure if you're ready but we won't know unless we let you try 17:19, June 19, 2011 (UTC)

Support - Active antivandal, and a nice person overall. I think Fergie would be a good admin, and make good use of the tools. 11:20, June 22, 2011 (UTC)

Support - Urban does work diligently to cleanse the wiki just as those of yesteryear did previously. As much as I don't think we need another counter-vandal administrator, if what the above stays true, then I would plan on seeing Urban overtake those like Suppa for the block log in the weeks to come. Not that I am against the removal of counter-vandalism, but one would like to see more editors that know how to work in the MediaWiki namespace. 13:29, June 22, 2011 (UTC)

Neutral - Yes, Fergie has a high edit count, she's a really cheerful person, she's been lurking around here for a long time, and she would benefit from accessing the blocking tool, but I have slight doubts over whether she needs tools besides that. I do think she's a great countervandal, but I don't think that's quite enough to merit a sysopping. 16:14, June 22, 2011 (UTC)

Strong oppose - She indeed could use the tools as mentioned multiple times above, but I do not trust her with the tools. Unlike other people above, I disagree that she is mature, as I've seen her turn a simple disagreement into ad hominem before. That certainly does not show maturity. She also can sometimes get too emotional with things, which also does not show maturity. I oppose, as lack of maturity and an antivandal sysop make a horrible combination. 16:33, June 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Let's have some evidence, because the person you're describing isn't the person I know. 17:43, June 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Links or it never happened bro 06:55, June 23, 2011 (UTC)

Strong Support - Fergie is hands down the most hardworking, calm, and mature person I have encountered on this wiki. There is nobody else on this wiki I would trust with sysop tools as much as I would with Fergles. 17:50, June 22, 2011 (UTC)

Comment - I'm withdrawing my comments. 22:06, June 23, 2011 (UTC)

Oppose - I can't believe I'm writing this about Fergie. Fergie has always been so sensible. So calm. So mature. And she's always had such a good use for the tools. I'm not ashamed to say that I used to look up to Fergie. When I saw this rfa, I jumped in and supported right off the bat.

But alas, there was so little I actually knew.

I have seen various logs of discussions with Fergie in the IRC. I was shocked by her behaviour in comparison to what I previously knew of her. I wholeheartedly agree with the points Chess has made and I commend him for making them in the first place.

In one log I saw, she was going off about Rsa's RFA. She said that she had been here longer and had more edits than Rsa, and was practically raging about Rsa getting nommed and not her.

Another log I saw was getting upset about how she had a couple of opposes and that it's "not perfect" and that she was unliked. She was over-exageerating this completely.

I have not seen much more, but I find it easily possible for other incidents that Chess touched on to have arised.

Fergie is a great editor. She does practically everything I can think of, from general editing to counter-vandalism to image making and she's great at it, but I do believe that her personality and maturity does have problems. What I have seen is absolutely not the behaviour I want to see from an administrator.

Based on these points, I'm opposing.

09:07, June 24, 2011 (UTC)