Call of Duty Wiki:Requests for Adminship/Mace170

I know I'm really taking a gamble here...but I nominate myself to be an admin. I know that I made some unnecessary topics in the War Rom, but, however, as stated by Smuff in WHISKEY35's request to become an admin, people CAN change. I would never abuse the tools given to me with adminship, and I'd really appreciate it if you read through my entire list. Thank you for reading this. It means alot to me and it took a LONG time to write. 05:26, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) I understand all of the policies.
 * 2) *Whenever a link to a policy is stated in an arguement, I always re-read it to "renew" it into my mind.
 * 3) I am fairly (Keyword:Fairly) good at coding. Yes, I know that I have made a few mistakes while formatting my signatures, but remember the keyword: fairly.
 * 4) *I created the "No Russian" speedy deletion template.
 * 5) *I have created signatures for two users: Homocide, and Sgt. Collins.
 * 6) I have rollback rights so I have obviously reverted many vandalism edits on the wiki.
 * 7) I am often creating quotes pages for characters that don't yet have them. Examples include:
 * 8) *Lev Kravchenko/Quotes
 * 9) *Nikita Dragovich/Quotes
 * 10) *Neitsch/Quotes
 * 11) *Frank Woods/Quotes
 * 12) *Alex Mason/Quotes
 * 13) *Many more!
 * 14) I am extremely active on this wiki, and I am on here everyday, and am constantly undoing bad edits and/or opinionated tips. Examples include:
 * 15) *http://callofduty.wikia.com/index.php?title=Hazard&diff=prev&oldid=1024090
 * 16) *http://callofduty.wikia.com/index.php?title=Vladimir_Makarov&action=historysubmit&diff=1023933&oldid=1023891
 * 17) *Many, many, many more!
 * 18) I have greeted several users on the wiki, including I Like Cake, Wuster1000, and Sgt. Collins.
 * 19) I have also gave tips to these and many more users, and basically created Wuster1000's userpage (under his command, of course).
 * 20) I have been on this very wiki, for almost two years now, so I know very much on how it runs, the policies, the admins, and the templates.
 * 21) I try to be as kind and polite as always possible. Please remind me of one time where I was "mean" to another user.
 * 22) I have never been banned or blocked once in my entire Wikia career. And I don't plan to, either. I have also never vandalised.
 * 23) There have been numerous times where I have had to ask an admin to make an edit on a page that was blocked. With these tools, i wouldn't have to.
 * 24) If you wanted me to, I could go on and on, but I won't...for your sake.

Neutral

 * 1) I'm not sure on this one. Because on one hand, you've done lots of counter-vandalism and made lots of edits, but on the other hand you've made lots of mistakes before. Plus, the quotes pages weren't major pages. So, I can't decide.  19:22, July 27, 2011 (UTC)

Oppose

 * I was always told "Quality. And then, quanity.". 05:41, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Once again, adminship is not deserved Dr. Feelgood. WaW Perk Fastreload.png  NCD   [Talk] 06:14, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * As Fluttershy mentioned in his third (or fourth, not sure) and successful RfB, he had learned it's not a good idea to compare to other users in RfAs. Sure Joseph, Drk or AR would be good candidates, but the fact that they "deserve" it more and are not admins, doesn't mean Mace, or any other less deserving shouldn't get it. 09:26, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * This is true, you don't get adminship when you "derserve" it. I have been trying to say this alot to people who want to me to put up an RfA (Eventually someone did, but that failed massively).AdvancedRookieSig2.png 10:07, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) WaW Perk Fastreload.png  NCD   [Talk]  06:14, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2)  07:32, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * There's no need to be "old enough to be on the wiki", other than having to be at least 13 when signing up. 09:20, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * That's what I meant. He, at one point, said he was too young to be on the wiki. 18:14, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * 07:42, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Per all.  08:45, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Not yet You are a good user, but I have to say not yet. Be here for at least half a year, gain at least 3000 or so edits and do more anti-vandalism, then I'll gladly support. When you really feel you are ready for it, post a new request. 09:20, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3)  10:23, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4)  12:14, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * I hate immature people on IRC... ;) 12:17, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd like to say one thing after discussing this in IRC (asking if I wasn't mistaken etc): the things Mace done in "coding" is either very simple or just copypasta'd. Unless he can show me one example of advanced coding by him, or if he can explain(to show he unnderstands it) how certain wikicode features work to me in IRC (a live chat, which makes it impossible to use a guide while answering), I'm absolutely not convinced he knows more than just, and such basic wikicode things 12:26, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * }}
 * 18:25, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Do I see someone else saying you are not that good at coding actually? 19:23, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm talking about this.-19:29, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Your heart's in the right place and you're trying to improve the wiki, but you should settle for being a regular user for a while before you try to become an admin. BOofficialicon.jpg‎ Poketape Talk 23:07, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Later (Maybe) -- Mace, while it's obvious you're only trying to help the wiki, you really need to take a step back and look at what you're doing. I don't mean to offend you in any way, but you make frequent errors, especially with wikicoding. A lot of your edits are small and insignificant, and aren't exactly what I'd call top-calibre. You lack the experience that an administrator should have, experience that comes with not only time, but hard work. I'll be glad to help you along if you need it, but for now, I don't see how the wiki could benefit from your gain of sysop tools.  23:20, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Do I see someone else saying you are not that good at coding actually? 19:23, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm talking about this.-19:29, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) Your heart's in the right place and you're trying to improve the wiki, but you should settle for being a regular user for a while before you try to become an admin. BOofficialicon.jpg‎ Poketape Talk 23:07, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Later (Maybe) -- Mace, while it's obvious you're only trying to help the wiki, you really need to take a step back and look at what you're doing. I don't mean to offend you in any way, but you make frequent errors, especially with wikicoding. A lot of your edits are small and insignificant, and aren't exactly what I'd call top-calibre. You lack the experience that an administrator should have, experience that comes with not only time, but hard work. I'll be glad to help you along if you need it, but for now, I don't see how the wiki could benefit from your gain of sysop tools.  23:20, July 27, 2011 (UTC)

Comments/Questions
Let me say this: if you are proud of those things you have "coded", that shows you are not fairly good at coding, but you just know a few basic wikicodes. And ehm, there are enough users I know who have rollback but don't revert that much vandalism. The fact you have rollback rights does not immediately mean you revert a lot of vandalism. @#5, if those are the main examples you can come up with, you absolutely don't need to be admin. Admin tools, in case of antivandalism the block tool, should only be used for bad faith vandalism. Those 2 "main" examples show just a mistake and an attempt to contribute. Also, why do you mention "greeting users" for becoming admin at all? I've welcomed 2500 users on the runescape. Big deal? no. you don't need to be admin to welcome users, and since the Wikia bot took over that part, there is absolutely no reason why that argument would help you become admin at all. Also, you seem to find it "special" that you've never been banned/blocked, or have vandalised in your Wikia career. Why is that notable to mention at all? Oh and #12 looks very much like using "etc". If you do really have more examples, list them, else I'll just think you're in the red area of this image, and actually don't have anything useful left to say, so trying to mislead others. 12:00, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Just to back up a few of Joeytje's points - N7 and I both had substantial block records before we were voted to administrative positions. "Never being blocked" is not some sort of massive achievement and really does not have much of a bearing on how good of an admin you will be. I'm not calling myself "one of the best users" when I say this, but even the best users have bad days where they say something they shouldn't or do something they shouldn't. 12:20, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, take into account that Callofduty4 was perma-banned at one point and now he's a crat. Does any more need to be said? Mace your points aren't the most valid... 12:25, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * While it's true that admins have been blocked before, it's at least good that he hasn't been. BOofficialicon.jpg‎ Poketape Talk 23:07, July 27, 2011 (UTC)

A lot, and I mean a lot of you coding and sigs seem to be copied from other users stuff. This is a great example of where something was taken from Eltomo's page. I've also heard complaints from one user who said that you 'stole' his sig, as well as seeing sigs with the exact same coding base as some of my own. 20:37, July 27, 2011 (UTC)