RuneScape:User of the Month

Some users have contributed a considerable amount to the wiki, both in article content and in discussions. If you think a user deserves to be recognised, you can nominate him or her to be User of the Month here.

Criteria
There are only a small number of rules that have to be followed:


 * You should notify the user you have nominated them. They may not want to be nominated so it's good to let them know.
 * Don't nominate anyone who has already been a user of the month.
 * Nomination starts the month prior to the designated featured user month (e.g. for March, nomination is in February). A user of the month is determined the day before the month is over.
 * Oppose votes are not acceptable. Please simply do not vote if you don't think that a candidate deserves to be user of the month.
 * If a candidate leaves the RuneScape Wiki during their month of nomination, they will be disqualified from that month.
 * Voters are required to have a minimum of 50 edits excluding edits from userpages, user talkpages, and the Sandbox - per this discussion
 * Candidates may not self-promote their own nominations, be it in their signatures, talk page, userbox, etc.
 * Candidates may not vote for their own nomination.
 * Users may vote for as many candidates as they wish but may only vote once per person. Votes may also be changed/modified before the end of the month.
 * Absolutely no in-game advertising about UotM by candidates, be it in PM, Clan Chat, etc. If this occurs, screenshots of chat may be used to provide grounds to disqualify the candidate.

For Administrators
Administrators, please follow the following steps when closing a User of the Month session:
 * 1) Confirm that the votes are counted correctly and make sure who has won.
 * 2) Edit the "Candidates" section on this page and cut (copy and delete) all the nominations and text under the title. Save.
 * 3) Create a new page with the name "RuneScape:User of the Month/month year", changing month and year to the month the user will be featured in, not the month the nominations/voting took place.
 * 4) Paste the old text onto the page, and place Template:Archive at the top of the page, and announce the nominations closed at the bottom with the winner. Save.
 * 5) Edit Template:Featureduser and follow the guidelines on that page. Add the winning user to the bottom of the page, removing the one at the top, and write a completely positive description of him/her. If you don't know what to write, ask another user who may know the winner better. Also, take some tips/ideas from what the nominator wrote. Preview, then save the page. (note that the user's description may not appear, as it is randomised).
 * 6) Congratulate the user on their talk page. It does not need to be too official or formal, just let them know they were successful!
 * 7) Double check the main page to see if the description appears right, and the process is completed.

''Note: If by the end of the month (not including votes after the deadline) there are two users whose votes are drawn, use the same process but add both users. DO NOT choose out of the 2 users by which one you like better.''

Past featured users
2007
 * March - Vimescarrot
 * April - Dtm142
 * May - Sacre Fi
 * June - Whiplash
 * July - Oddlyoko
 * August - Syugecin
 * September - Chrislee33
 * October - Tarikochi
 * November - Tesfan
 * December - Christine (Clv309)

2008
 * January - Atlandy
 * February - Gangsterls
 * March - Chiafriend12
 * April - Bob2006ty
 * May - Amaurice
 * June - Robert Horning
 * July - Ilyas
 * August - kytti khat
 * September - Leevclarke
 * October - Karlis
 * November - Azaz129
 * December - Buzz 9 1990

2009
 * January - C Teng & Morian Smith
 * February - Degenret01
 * March - Soldier 1033
 * April - Hurston
 * May - Dr5ag2on1
 * June - Bonziiznob
 * July - Calebchiam
 * August - Hapi007
 * September - Quarenon
 * October - Gaz Lloyd
 * November - Ruudvan10000 & Inelcirc
 * December - Horsehead

2010
 * January - Jack Spiral1
 * February- Evil yanks
 * March - Iiii I I I
 * April - Chicken7
 * May - Rwojy
 * June - Stelercus
 * July - Aburnett
 * August - Cook Me Plox
 * September - Ajraddatz

How to nominate a user
Simply create a level 3 headline (===) below the Candidates headline. A user will be chosen by the beginning of the new month.

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, some of which can be found here. 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: 7


 * 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)

Ssswizmig
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: 12


 * 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)

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)