- The following discussion is an archived discussion. Please do not modify it.
- Candidate was not promoted. {{{sig}}}
What is your Wiki username? Raff2159
What is your Discord username? raff2159
What kind of user rights are you seeking? Admin
Have you been blocked before? If so, what was the reason? N/A
How active have you been on the wiki in past 30 days? 30 Days
Why do you want these user rights? Please explain: I have been a very active member of the community for a few years now and was able to be promoted to thread moderator and then content moderator because of that. I also respond to questions frequently on the discord and love to help people that request it. I have been available to fill out this application for many months and I had not done so until now because I never really felt like it was necessary. I wanted to be an admin, as I'm sure many do, but I did not feel it was a necessity for me to become admin, hence why I waited. The wiki was still in this transition period at the time where new admins were selected and that just left me, the single content moderator. Around late last year, we added another moderator to the team, but I felt that there was no reason for there to be three admins and one moderator. I felt that in some ways, that would not be any more productive. Luckily, in this time, I have been able to self-reflect and also read the ever growing Fandom blogs about what it means to be an admin. Now that there is yet another moderator and he has been settling in nicely, I think that it is my turn to try and take this next step forward.
As for why I think a third admin could be beneficial: A lot of my wiki time is spent prioritizing clean up such as monitoring the special pages. I do not really like to "boast" about my work, but I believe these examples to be necessary to show some of the many priorities I have. Over the years, I have cleaned up the candidates for deletion, unused files, uncategorized files, red links, wanted files, wanted categories, and many others. I also am many times a front runner in implementing new policies and changes to the wiki. I believe that having extra tools at my disposal could produce even more productivity, especially when I am often throwing around ideas with other staff members all the time, allowing growth in the wiki. I also have become very interested in the technological aspects like templates and other design tools which could really improve the wiki.
Around the time when I was first able to apply, I had conversations with others and realized that although it was never my intention, there were times that people thought I was being stern in my responses. I have worked on that a lot and have become way more open to other's ideas, allowing more thoughtful and productive conversations with peers. I believe, but also hope that many editors are very willing to contact me to questions or general discussions, which allows me to help even further as an admin who can give even more detailed responses.
Finally, I am a thread moderator as I explained above and I was active when a former admin was a thread moderator as well. Having an admin so close to the discussions area was very helpful when dealing with issues over there and I want to be able to be the guy that other thread moderators look to in those situations because I know my way around the discussions area and have enough experience with discussions users to judge accurately the correct outcome.
Staff Notes
Candidate is eligible. Discussions Post has been added to allow the community to decide. • MJLogan95 | Message Wall • Contributions 20:35, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
- Following a seven (7) day voting period, 17 eligible votes were cast, of which 10 opposed Raff's ascension to administrator while 7 were in support. Candidate would have required 80% of the vote to be in favor, with the final total only having 41.2% votes in favor. Candidate Raff2159 was therefore not be promoted to administrator. • MJLogan95 | Message Wall • Contributions 03:40, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
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