Changes: RuneScape:User of the Month

Revision as of 01:47, 18 December 2011

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 on the first day of the month.
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.
Voters are required to have a minimum of 50 edits which exclude 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:

Confirm that the votes are counted correctly and make sure who has won.
Edit the "Candidates" section on this page and cut (copy and delete) all the nominations and text under the title. Save.
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.
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.
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).
Congratulate the user on their talk page. It does not need to be too official or formal, just let them know they were successful!
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

2008

2009

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

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.

Candidates

Evil1888

I think Evil is one of the most uncredited users in our wiki's history. He has been nominated three times for UOTM already! He has always been active in countervandalism and IRC. He also puts Evilbot to work there, as well as on-wiki.

Supporters: 8

As nominator. --クールネシ^トーク 00:11, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
Argeed - I wish I was Scuzzy Beta _{He's a lot cooler and also smells like flowers I hear} Ironman btw~~Oil4~~ I made this 14:56, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
Good editor overall. Smithing (talk | contribs) 23:05, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
sure Mainiacman 03:04, December 2, 2011 (UTC)
Yup King^TALKWer den König nicht ehrt, ist nicht Lebenswert. 21:34, December 3, 2011 (UTC)
Fsw e1 10:40, December 4, 2011 (UTC)
OBJECTION, I BRING FORTH TO THE COMMUNITY EXCLUSIVE EVIDENCE PROVING THAT EVIL IS NOT WHO HE SAYS HE IS. FOR THAT REASON I SUPPORT.
REDIRECT User:TyA/sig 05:34, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
Agreed. Teri (: 01:47, December 18, 2011 (UTC)

Flaysian

~~Flaysian~~ Kermit is very helpful in the Special:Chat, ensuring that the chat is moderated when I'm not looking. He's also very helpful within the clan chat, having risen from being a lurker to an admin in the space of 2 months.

Supporters: 15

As nominator Template:Signatures/Ciphrius Kane 14:23, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
Fayls deserves this. AnselaJonla 14:31, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
I've been thinking for a while that Flay should be UotM. He deserves this indeed. --Touhou FTW 19:52, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
Of course, the epic speaking Flay obviously deserves it. Feeshee ^yay!
both nominated candidates deserve it but i gots to go for flay Template:Signatures/KDanger100 22:43, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
Helpful user, has made some very nice edits. Smithing (talk | contribs) 23:05, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
Sentra246 02:56, December 2, 2011 (UTC)
Wow, both very good, but im with Flay CENSORED
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REDIRECT User:C886553/sig 16:14, December 2, 2011 (UTC)
And this month's UOTM award goes to... Bluefire2!!! Oh who am I kidding... come up and get it, Flay... I wish I was Scuzzy Beta _{He's a lot cooler and also smells like flowers I hear} Ironman btw~~Oil4~~ I made this 16:26, December 2, 2011 (UTC)
Silly nub. {{User:Hairrazerrr/User:Hairrazerrr/Theme/Signature}} 01:22, December 4, 2011 (UTC)
go for it! King^TALKWer den König nicht ehrt, ist nicht Lebenswert. 01:25, December 4, 2011 (UTC)
Great person. Fsw e1 10:40, December 4, 2011 (UTC)
Noob. --Liquid^Talk 05:43, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
Brilliant. Haidro ^(talk) 23:34, December 17, 2011 (UTC)

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 I think Evil is one of the most uncredited users in our wiki's history. He has been nominated three times for UOTM already! He has always been active in countervandalism and IRC. He also puts [[User:Evilbot|Evilbot]] to work there, as well as on-wiki.
-'''Supporters: 7'''
+'''Supporters: 8'''
 #As nominator. {{Signatures/Coolnesse}} 00:11, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
 #Argeed - {{Signatures/Bluefire2}} 14:56, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
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 #{{Signatures/Fswe1}} 10:40, December 4, 2011 (UTC)
 #OBJECTION, I BRING FORTH TO THE COMMUNITY EXCLUSIVE EVIDENCE PROVING THAT EVIL IS NOT WHO HE SAYS HE IS. FOR THAT REASON I SUPPORT. {{User:ZamorakO o/sig}} 05:34, December 15, 2011 (UTC)
+#Agreed. {{Signatures/Terimaree}} 01:47, December 18, 2011 (UTC)
 ===[[User:Flaysian|Flaysian]]===