Call of Duty Wiki:Requests for Adminship/Smuff

Smuff^{Talk • Contribs • Edit count}

Hi all, I'm going to nominate Smuff for adminship. Smuff has been a valued member of the community for over a year^{[citation needed]} and is not afraid to help out the community. He has made it his natural habitat in the the forums (where he has many contributions and has established himself as a very intelligent user), the mainspace (where of which over 2/3 edits are to), and on blogs (where he usually provides news to the community). While Smuff only has an editcount of over 3000, over 2000 of those edits are to the main space. That's a considerable ratio between the two. And while Smuff has many fails, there is no doubt in my mind that he could handle the responsibilities of an administrator.

:D Smuff^{[citation provided]} 00:00, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Support

Strong Support — as nominator. -- <choose><option>azuris_</option><option> Azuris^talk</option> 23:54, February 13, 2011 (UTC)

Support — He has proven to do a good job, and sometimes we can be short of ops on the IRC channel. I don't see anything holding Smuff back. --Callofduty4 23:57, February 13, 2011 (UTC)

Support — Per all. -- Senior Sammich Omnomnom Kartoffeln? 23:58, February 13, 2011 (UTC)

Support — Per all. RC™ 00:04, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Support — Per CoD4. Cpl.Bohater

Strong Support — Great editor who keeps the wiki looking as good as it does. Sp3c^Schneller 00:19, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Strong Support — Per allDiegox223 ^Talk 01:22, February 14, 2011 (UTC) User lacks required mainspace edits. Cpl.Bohater

Thank you, but this is Smuff's RfA, not mine. -- <choose><option>azuris_</option><option> Azuris^talk</option> 00:24, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

I think you have been gravely mistaken. So much, that an invisible grave has popped up in the vicinity of your living quarters.Senior Sammich Omnomnom Kartoffeln? 00:28, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Strong Support — He has always been very helpful and kind to me. He treats everyone on here nicely and he has many quality edits --http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a163/1upblackbalmung/AUG_HBAR.png Shaniqua69 http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a163/1upblackbalmung/Perk_flak_jacket_256_pro.png 13:08, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Strong Support — Smuff has shown plenty of the qualities needed in an admin. He's always on IRC, in the War Room, and any other important place to be. He's calm, he's cool, he's intelligent, and he's every other damn adjective in the book. He has my full support. --ukimies {talk | irc | administration} 14:36, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Support — Per above, but please remember that [rollback] is for any obvious vandalism, not just multiple edits. Ajraddatz 14:39, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, someone agrees with me on that! Sp3c^Schneller 22:35, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Support — Per Above, and also: in the short time I've been on this Wiki, Smuff has been one of the users who's usefulness has impressed me the most. Major Blackout 16:52, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Support — Per Ukimies elmo's ramblings 17:58, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Strong Support — Per ukimies and nomination. HeatedPete_ - 18:00, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Extremely Strong Support — Smuff has been a valuable asset to the wiki. He is helpful and friendly, and is always active, whether it be in the War Room, reverting vandalism, improving articles, or just hanging out on IRC. Smuffin would be a great addition to the administrative team. Template:Signatures/Sactage 20:15, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Support — Per all Supporters, the user will definitely bring added support to the wiki! File:20PX SIG.gif Talk 22:54, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Support — Cpl. Dunn^(Talk) 23:13, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Neutral

Neutral — Yeah, he's a great editor and all. I'm not sure if we need another administrator yet. -- Rambo362 01:15, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

There is no "need" for administrators. There can be no limit to users who will benefit with these flags. -- <choose><option>azuris_</option><option> Azuris^talk</option> 01:17, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Per Azuris. Also, we haven't had a successful RfA since October, and since then, we lost about three active Sysops. Cpl.Bohater

Neutral leaning towards Support — Per all Supporting, but per my own reasoning below. Shotrocket6 ^Talk 19:28, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Comments

Comment — Smuff's arguments rarely make any sense to me and usually lack any cold cut facts. It seems like he should learn some more in the way of presenting an argument before becoming an administrator. Some examples include:

And although everyone is suggesting cleanups, we did two of those last year. They do nothing.

Well Mason saying "I just keep hearing the fucking numbers!" does say a good deal about him.

I don't think there's any editors out there who have the time or drive to do that.

Doing that would just cause a headache, I don't know anyone who calls it the MP-44.

I know the Rollback thing was silly, I just wanted to put myself in something.

I don't mind if the blog is related to CoD, it's when people completely change the subject.

All I want to see is a Home page with actual edits in it.

Blogging is a luxary we can't seem to afford anymore, not a right.

This is a wiki, NOT a forum. (I'm not convinced the user knows the difference)

The way I see it, unless we come up with a sensible solution we'll just ave to stop the whole thing. Shotrocket6 ^Talk 11:57, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Smuff didn't write this. Rambo362 11:43, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Firstly, the majority of those are from Forum:Blogging solutions back in September, which was 5 months ago. In my opinion only 2 of the above are actually relevant. Secondly, the majority of those comments are from a larger comment, while you seem to have just simply gone for a small section of it. When you put those quotes down you didn't mention the context of the quotation; "I don't think there's any editors out there who have the time or drive to do that." was in response to a forum suggesting we get the firing sounds of guns, which would take a fair amount of effort to get given the amount of people who play on console rather than PC, while, "Well Mason saying "I just keep hearing the fucking numbers!" does say a good deal about him," was in response to S.S. coming up with another more "descriptive" quote for Alex Mason in Forum:A note about quotations. Smuff^{[citation provided]} 12:06, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Oh yes, "And although everyone is suggesting cleanups, we did two of those last year. They do nothing." was in part of a much larger comment when I stated afterward that the reason they don't work is because people will still add and re-add their own points, which we did see during the last cleanup. Smuff^{[citation provided]} 12:19, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

It would've been a mess to include the entire comment in the quote, which is why I linked each quote to their respective articles: so the voters could themselves decide what to make of them. Shotrocket6 ^Talk 19:24, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Comment — @Shotrocket6 - just because his arguments make no sense to you doesn't mean they don't make sense to everyone else. I myself have never had any problem with anything Smuff has done in forums. Also, why do arguments in the War Room even come into this? Who said that participation in forums had any bearing on whether the candidate at hand was the right choice? Smuff might want these tools to help out with antivandalism, and he doesn't need to have any "qualifications" in forum participation to do that. The two are unlinked. I'm not happy that you came up with a list of Smuff's arguments that probably only you did not understand. --Callofduty4 13:37, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

I didn't say that was everybody's opinion. I was pointing out some of the flaws that all voters should be aware of when choosing their side. Shotrocket6 ^Talk 19:24, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Comment — I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right numbers, but Smuff's editcount is over 4000, with 50% of those being mainspace. Not that the proportion of edits matters past a certain point. --Scottie theNerd 12:33, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

He still has a considerable amount of mainspace edits compared to others who spend all day spamming blogs with dozens of useless comments. elmo's ramblings 18:03, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Per your reasoning, it's not the amount of mainspace edits that matters, but his overall contribution to the wiki. It's not fair to point at a number and use it as an arbitrary indicator of someone's time on the wiki. --Scottie theNerd 20:24, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

Comment — Please be aware that I was in no way trying to change anybody's mind or the like; as I have stated above, I simply wish to make sure everybody that votes completely understands the circumstances of the user's potential adminship. Shotrocket6 ^Talk 19:24, February 14, 2011 (UTC)

That's more or less self-contradictory. "Making sure everyone understands" and not "trying to change anybody's mind" is political and bureaucratic spin; we all post in RfAs for the same reason. --Scottie theNerd 20:24, February 14, 2011 (UTC)