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.
 * Candidates need to be active throughout the whole month of their nomination.
 * Voters are required to have a minimum of 50 edits which 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 - Laser Dragon
 * June - Bonziiznob
 * July - Calebchiam
 * August - Hapi007
 * September - Quarenon
 * October - Gaz Lloyd
 * November - Ruud10K & 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
 * October - Swizzl3d
 * November - Haloolah123 & LordDarkPhantom
 * December - ZamorakO_o

2011
 * January - AndorinKato

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.

Evil1888
He's a good guy. He does quite a bit of maintenance work around here. I think that the UOTM process has been neglecting the maintenance aspects a bit, since the past slew of UOTM's were mostly countervandalism oriented. 21:29, January 1, 2011 (UTC)

Supporters: 13


 * 1) As nominator. 21:29, January 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) -- 00:03, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) Great guy 00:10, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 01:00, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 01:06, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Answered sooo many questions. 05:27, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Does good work. -- 20:05, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) What can I say... he welcomed me. 10:40, January 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) He's the user friendly user/guy/dude who is still evil anyway! 01:46, January 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * 5) PIE! 17:40, January 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * 6) nub. - 12:41, January 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * 7) whenever you ask somebody to do something for you,he jumps onto it immediately. 23:03, January 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * 8) Evil's a good editor, he knows what he's doing and he deserves this.  03:32, January 11, 2011 (UTC)

Parsonsda
If I had nominated Parsons this time last year, I would of been ridiculed. However Parsons has undergone a huge change in character, no longer is he the user with "big news" but the user always looking to make positive contributions and top class images which can be seen in his MyFace Project. In all my time editing this Wiki I've never seen a user so excited about their work nor a user more underrated than Parsonsda. You deserve it mate.

Supporters: 8


 * 1) As nom 22:51, January 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) I was going to nominate him! 00:10, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) Tireless editor 17:33, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * hm? 13:06, January 10, 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) No other person has this much dedication. 10:54, January 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) While he can sometimes be annoying, he is the most hardworking wikian I know. 17:47, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) Nice finds on FU. 17:40, January 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) I chose to wait a while on this one, but I have to say Swiz is right. Parsons has really shown dedication and that is something worthy of respect.   03:34, January 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * 5) I must agree with chess because last year he was one of the most annoying editors (no offense) I knew of but he has changed ALOT and when I say that, I mean it so yeah.... I 100% Support this! :) 18:14, January 13, 2011 (UTC)

Ryan PM
Ryan is one of our older, dedicated users definitely worthy to be recognised for his achievements. Experienced in many varied areas of the wiki, from image work to coding CSS and JS, he is active, his edits are extremely significant towards the wiki's bright future, etc. I was actually surprised to not see his name on the list of Users of the Month. He is obviously worthy of it (and probably has been for a while).

Supporters: 14


 * 1) As nominator 00:00, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) -- 00:03, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) He taught me to make animations. 00:10, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 01:00, January 2, 2011 (UTC) BTW joey, that makes no sense
 * 1) Thanks for all the JS 01:05, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Great animations. 05:27, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) Super helpful bro. 04:08, January 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) Just because people think we're the same person. 07:44, January 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * 5) Very helpful, nice animations. 10:54, January 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * 6) Innovative. Awesome.  Enough said.   20:43, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 7) Someone I completely approve of. 23:26, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 8) caek 23:28, January 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * 9) Great animations. 17:40, January 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * 10) Thank you. You're an amazing contributor, and your knowledge of the Wiki and Wikia is invaluable. 04:49, January 9, 2011 (UTC)