Terraria Wiki:Administrator Nominations/Archive

This is an archive of discussions regarding promoting users to admins. For current discussions, see Terraria Wiki:Rights Nominations. =Nominations from November 2014=

TerrariamcSwaggins
Preliminary closing statement: Per general consensus, TerrariamcSwaggins has been promoted to admin. However, it has been decided that this nomination will remain open to comment for the foreseeable future due to unresolved concerns mentioned in the oppose and comments sections. When those concerns (in particular those brought up by Kida155) are fully discussed, this nomination will be re-reviewed accordingly. Oscuritaforze (talk) 04:11, November 28, 2014 (UTC)

Final closing statement: Considering the extended period given for 's reasons for the oppose vote, I think that we can safely assume this nomination closed in favor of (any further concern can be voiced on the forums or on my talk page). Again, congratulations on passing the nomination. :)

Support

 * 1) With activity by other admins (myself included, unfortunately) on the decline, I believe that it would be a good idea to think about who else would be suited to being an admin. To me, one of the users who comes readily to mind in consideration for this role is TerrariamcSwaggins. Over the past year, he has been active on an almost daily basis in improving/creating large numbers of articles and engaging with the wiki's community in the forums, blog comments, and the news blog which he has taken upon himself to maintain. His dedication to the wiki is readily apparent to those who have been here for any amount of time, and I thus nominate him to receive admin rights here. Oscuritaforze (talk) 01:44, November 18, 2014 (UTC)
 * 2) I think that having Swaggins as an administrator here will be a welcome addition to the wiki. He is very dedicated to actively contributing as much as he is able, and will offer some much needed support to the admin team. I have seen him grow significantly from his early days on the wiki, and it is my confident belief that he is ready for this role. SquazzilTalk 02:40, November 18, 2014 (UTC)
 * 3) Full support from myself regarding this promotion. TerrariamcSwaggins has been routinely and regularly helping improve the wiki, furthering the knowledge we share, and supporting the community as a whole (without any official request or mention, I might add &mdash; meaning this in the positive, initiative-related sense). I think we could only benefit from this going through, as both Oscuritaforze and myself have been less active than normal (more so lately than normal on my part, though I'm working on fixing that, pronto), both in editing and in presence; leaving the wiki basically admin-less more often than not. I've been looking at possible promotion nominations for a while now, and ol' mcSwaggins has caught my eye for the majority of that period of time.
 * 4) Swag's one of the best users I've ever met. Capable, efficient, passionate, friendly, he's got it all. This is finally here, and he's in his rightful place with it. Silver  (talk) 00:40, November 19, 2014 (UTC)
 * 5) I was waiting for this to happen, TerrariamcSwaggins has been giving his all for the wiki for so long that I don't even know why he wasn't made an admin earlier. This also fixes the problem that Forze and Pathos mentioned. Ratio et Veritas Hunited Talk page 03:59, November 19, 2014 (UTC)
 * 6) TerrariamcSwaggins is certainly one of the best users on this wiki, he helps out with the pages and helps with community, he definitely deserves the role of an Admin. Buggsy (talk) 07:13, November 19, 2014 (UTC)
 * 7) I give my full  on this since TerrariamcSwaggins since I know him, which is since he joined the wiki, has always tried his best to help out the wiki as best as he can. With this he runs the bugle, a great help to the wiki in both a fun and informative aspect. You can ask him about anything and he'll always be ready to help. He's fixed some quite big problems in the past, like the problem with Minearea as just an example. Slayer (talk) 17:40, November 20, 2014 (UTC)
 * 8)  TerrariamcSwaggins is nice so why not get him into admin ok look at how much I am support. Thiagovscoelho (talk) 01:49, November 21, 2014‎ (UTC)
 * 9)  Swaggins is a great admin on the TFI wiki, and he is always nice to people. I think he'd make a great admin. Arthurtilly (talk) 17:21, November 21, 2014 (UTC)
 * 10) Definately support. Every time I see Swaggins edition a page (and there's a LOT of that), it's either removing vandalism (good) or improving the page (also good). FragBombGaming (talk) 21:17, November 22, 2014 (UTC)
 * 11) Here I wondered why McSwag wasn't made an admin already, for all the reasons aforementioned. He has my support. Sank Ur Ship (talk) 01:28, November 24, 2014 (UTC)
 * 12) Swaggings has edited a lot of pages with adding/correcting/formatting or undo vandalism. He's a good guy to me and is also in my eyes one of the most active people here. The Terrarian Bugle was also great, as it gives a good summarize of recent updates/spoilers and feature of others. He really deserves my vote -ppowersteef AKA Steven.logghe.7 (talk) 16:56, November 28, 2014 (UTC)
 * 13) So what the heck, I figured I'd support. He can't be that bad, and he's better than most candidates. 652Graystripe Talk page Contributions Edit count 00:45, December 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * 14) Okay, of course I was going to vote for Swaggins, since I joined this wiki I have always seen him doing some editing or chatting and he has been a great person to meet, so really, I couldn't see any reason for him not to be an Admin. LightningChaser1997 (talk) 23:58, December 5, 2014 (UTC)‎

Oppose

 * 1)  It hurts to say this, but I'm going to have to oppose here. Swag is a great guy - he's a fine person, and dedicated - but he lacks diplomacy and tends to take a lot of control, often turning a wiki into something less free than it's really supposed to be. 652Graystripe Talk page Contributions Edit count 00:21, November 19, 2014 (UTC)
 * 2) I would also have to oppose this decision. There are plenty of admins, and they are still fairly active, so I don't see the need for this particular promotion. In the past, there have been a few instances of controlling/abusive behavior that have made me wary of the prospect of Swaggins ever becoming an admin. I wouldn't trust him to be in such a position, to be quite frank, and I know there are other users (fellow chat moderators) that have expressed similar concerns to me outside of the Wiki. I really hope this doesn't go through. Kida155 (talk) 23:45, November 19, 2014 (UTC)

Comments
Gray &mdash; Would I be correct in assuming that what you are describing took place off-wiki? If so, I believe this is one of the cases where, according to ADMIN, we need to determine whether this is "useful data in reviewing a potential admin" or "a biased and distorted view that shouldn't affect this wiki". With this in mind, might I ask for some additional context here? Oscuritaforze (talk) 01:04, November 19, 2014 (UTC)
 * Re to User:652Graystripe


 * I'd like to second that request; more context is definitely needed to see and judge the magnitude of the allegations made.


 * In response to the "more info" request:


 * Swaggins has a very strong tendency to want things exactly his way, often providing input with unnecessary force where I really don't want him to, chiefly in my personal business. In addition, it is his whim on the TFI Wiki that governs what happens to "bad" ideas. He also, like myself, does not know when to let something be. While I do trust him to try to do his job right, I don't think he'd do it right.


 * I appreciate the feedback, Gray. However, I do want to offer my defense, and make a claim regarding your vote. We'll start with my defense.


 * Do you mind offering evidence to support your first point? I think you are incorrect in assuming that I want to do things "exactly my way". Most especially when it comes to butting in someone's personal business. If I am, however, "butting" in your personal business, all you need to do is politely ask me not to; it's that simple. You aren't required to reply to my apparent "invasion of your personal space", which I highly doubt is the case.
 * You are incorrect in your second point. There is a deletion policy in place to help admins dictate whether or not an idea is bad. Now, since we're on the subject, we might as well discuss our method of deleting articles before the deletion policy. (The policy was only setup about a week or so ago.) Our current admin team there consists of, , and I. However, Silver has been dealing with a lot of stuff IRL, so he's been a bit busy; same goes for Hunt. So I'm pretty much the only admin running the place. Now, our deletion method before the policy was this: It is an Admin's mature discernment that dictates whether or not an idea is fixable. This was the "policy", you could say, that we had going up until the point that I, or Silver, would have time to work out a deletion policy. So it's not my "whim" nor am I the only one who went by that "policy"; Silver and Hunt thought it was fair, also. It was our way of keeping the wiki clean without causing an uproar over every individual deletion. Now we have a deletion policy in place, so that's no longer a problem, if it was even a problem in the first place.
 * Can you provide evidence for this, also? Sometime ago, this would have likely been a valid point; I used to be highly opinionated. I think that a lot have things have changed since then, though. I just want to see some current evidence to support that point.


 * Alright, I think that about wraps up my defense on those specific points, for now. I would like to make a claim, now. In essence, I think that Gray's vote may be biased based on his current circumstances. Here's the points I've compiled to support this.


 * Gray was just recently demoted on a fairly large wiki due to him sockpuppeting four different accounts. This is likely contributing to a lot of stress and rash decision making on his part, as I'd imagine that a lot of people were hurt by this.
 * What I believe to be the source of his bias is this: We had a fairly ground-breaking argument a few days ago, and have not been on very good terms ever since. He was saying something along the lines of, "I think the Admins on the Terraria Fan Ideas wiki have too much power when it comes to the deletion of articles". I rebutted by saying that our Admin team has the discernment to make a mature decision on whether or not an article is fixable. The argument went back and forth for a bit until we both decided to drop it. We then just went our own ways and now I firmly believe that he's spiteful towards me. Witnesses, if you will, to this argument include both and.


 * In total, I think that Gray's vote is biased based upon the amount of stress that must have come from his demotion and the spitefulness from our argument. I'll go over a few points to support this, now.
 * Notice and 's support above, they both think that the nomination is a good thing. If anything, they're more active than Gray on the TFIW and likely more stable, stress-wise, at the moment, which would give them a better base to make assumptions like Gray did. Yet they didn't oppose, which I believe is further evidence regarding Gray's potential bias as they should have noticed what Gray noticed far earlier than Gray himself, if it was true.
 * An example I can provide of Gray seemingly opposing something related to me without an essentially solid reason is his opposition on this thread. His opposition is stated here and my counter to his opposition is found here. After I replied to him, he pretty much stopped responding to the thread, which leads me to think that his post there may also be biased, based on the circumstances mentioned above.
 * So, based on what I said above, I think I have some legitimate reasons as to Gray's bias. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻Swaggins ~ ( The Terrarian Bugle ) ~ ( Contact me )┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) ~ 20:27, November 21, 2014 (UTC)

Kida &mdash; I currently see only two admins around here these days; Path and Forze. Both of them honestly admit to being on the decline, activity wise. (See their comments above in the "Support" section.)
 * Re to User:Kida155

Regarding my apparent "controlling/abusive behavior", would you mind pointing out those instances? I'd like to have a chance to examine the incidents and defend myself against the said accusations. Also, I'm hoping that the said instances aren't from many months ago; that'd be pretty silly to bring up, in my opinion. I've grown a lot since those first few months of my activity around here.

As for these other chat moderators, almost all the chat moderators currently active on this wiki support the nomination, so are you speaking of the inactive chat moderators? A little transparency would be appreciated.

Gray &mdash; I'm waiting for you to respond to Forze's request for clarity before offering my defense. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻Swaggins ~ ( The Terrarian Bugle ) ~ ( Contact me )┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) ~ 02:07, November 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * Well, a lot of the time I am forced into agreeing with him because I don't want to argue and/or he has some logic in his arguments. However, he means them all for the good of the wiki. Silver  (talk) 19:55, November 21, 2014 (UTC)

I'like to touch on a few points here regarding admins and activity: I'm more than happy to hear about the other reasons that anyone might have about the considered promotion for TerrariamcSwaggins, but the activity of the "current" admins is there for all to see.
 * Dak47922 has also made less than 10 edits this year &mdash; more than 30% of which were only to his user page. (I do see Dak online quite often on Steam, only sometimes playing though.)
 * Dratini17 has made no changes since December 2012, I think we can safely assume inactivity at this time.
 * Dzylon I've only seen online on three occasions this year, making 21 changes on those occasions collectively. (Barely any activity visible on Steam as well. Which also saddens me, he is the only other current Bureaucrat aside from myself &mdash; Oscuritaforze being the primary admin at the current time.)
 * Kiruwagaka hasn't been online at all since December 2012.
 * Koggeh has made only 12 edits this year, I also rarely see him online. (I think this is because of his IRL status, if I recall correctly.)
 * Leet-Pete has made no changes since September last year &mdash; I think we can assume inactivity here too.
 * Mathmagician hasn't made an edit since December last year, so we can safely say he's inactive at this time. (I've seen even less activity from Math, which saddens me considerably, he does an amazing job as an admin, only slightly more thorough than TerrariamcSwaggins.
 * Port5 has made four edits this year in March, any previous to that were made in October 2013. He's barely seen online, therefore I think we can assume inactivity here too.
 * Zenofire has made no changes since 2011, it might be an idea to consider removing admin rights after this long &mdash; I do think he could be considered most inactive (at this time), for sure


 * Small correction here: I am actually not a bureaucrat on this wiki. Otherwise, all of what was said above regarding admins and their activity is correct. Oscuritaforze (talk) 21:57, November 21, 2014 (UTC)

I'm a little skeptical about some of the mentioned points, to be honest. I've heard of only one occasion (remember, what I've heard) where the "victim" was the infamous Nadie the vulkrie, which later turned out to be a good call on mcSwaggins' behalf. Just also pointing out; there are two admins currently (based on login date and edits made) here considered "active". I personally think that's too few as the new updates are hyping up. I'd like to request any evidence you may have regarding "past instances" as well, also factoring in that issues outside of this wiki are not usually taken into account for this type of discussion, except in rather drastic senses).


 * I'd imagine that Kida still wants to respond to this discussion, but has been kept from it by goings-on in real life. So, in light of this, a question to ask would be: how much longer do you suppose we should wait before this nomination is closed? Oscuritaforze (talk) 04:26, November 27, 2014 (UTC)

=Nominations from July 2013=

Oscuritaforze

 * Please vote or comment below on this nomination. Everyone and anyone is welcome to participate in the discussion.

Closing statement: Since everyone commenting supports the nomination, no-one has any particular objections, and requisite amount of time for discussion/voting has passed, I will go ahead and close this nomination successfully. Congratulations to Oscuritaforze on becoming an admin on the Terraria Wiki!

Support

 * 1) I would like to nominate Oscuritaforze to be an admin for the Terraria Wiki. In recent months, he has been an outstanding editor and helped out a lot with cleaning up spam and reporting vandalism, being active on an almost daily basis. In addition, with less active administrators lately &mdash; that includes me too :( &mdash; I think the wiki would benefit from having an extra capable admin, and I think Oscuritaforze would be quite capable in this role.
 * 2) Definite support here. As Math said, most administrators have been rather inactive lately &mdash; myself especially. However, I am still here; I do still come on and I've seen the work he's put into improving and maintaining the wiki. The fact that his activity is high is a definite plus as well, it'd be good to have admins on more often.
 * 3) I'd support this just because the fact I know he'd be a good admin because of all the great stuff he did during the time on this wiki. Support.  1337yeah (talk) 18:50, July 11, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) Support here too, because I'm still relatively new and the amount of work they've done made me think they were actually already an admin! If they aren't, then they should be. Blokeymon
 * 5) Oscuritaforze is an outstanding editor and has the potential to be an outstanding administrator. Full support.

Comments
Question: Oscuritaforze, have you been an admin on another wiki before? Just wanted to get a sense of how much experience you have with the admin tools on wikis. (If you've never used them before, don't worry &mdash; it's not too hard.)
 * Re to User:Oscuritaforze


 * I have not &#8212; this is the first wiki I've been active on in any significant capacity. Oscuritaforze (talk) 05:15, July 13, 2013 (UTC)

=Nominations from October 2012=

Koggeh
Closing statement: Koggeh's nomination has been open for twelve days. It has received five votes of support, zero neutral votes, and zero negative votes. I am closing the nomination as successful. Congratulations, Koggeh!

Support

 * 1) Koggeh joined the wiki on December 13, 2011, and has made 1,190 edits since then (32.4% in the Main namespace). On January 28, he was promoted to chatmod; on March 8, he was promoted to rollback user. I believe he's used these rights splendidly in fighting vandalism. He still hangs around in chat frequently, monitoring it, and he's used his rollback ability frequently to revert malicious edits. He's also used a forum post to notify existing admins when users make vandalous or questionable edits. Koggeh's only ever acted to improve the wiki, and I believe he's very deserving of admin rights.
 * 2) Koggeh has always been a dedicated member of the community around here, and as Dzylon has mentioned; he has a considerable amount of edits to his name, many of which were concentrated on the correction of vandalism. He has never used his given powers for any questionable reasons, and I do believe that it will remain that way. I also believe that he is very deserving of administrator rights.
 * 3) Per above. Koggeh's vandalism reports have been quite helpful. He also asked about receiving admin rights in the past. While I didn't feel confident nominating Koggeh at the time, to his credit he was patient and not upset by this, continuing to help out in other capacities. I think Koggeh is trustworthy and would use admin rights responsibly to help out the wiki, just like always, so I support the nomination.
 * 4) Sorry for being late to the discussion. Working at an airport in winter keeps me more than busy! Now then, taking into account everything mentioned above there is not much more I can add. My experience with Koggeh has been quite pleasant. He is very social-able and is very friendly. (this is evident by how much he is in chat!) He is very vigilant when it comes to removing vandalism and I think he has the skill-set to be a good admin. Dak47922  Talk  08:08, October 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Koggeh is a really good guy, and I believe that he does an amazing job at his chat moderation right now. I am fully supporting his admin nomination. I also agree with everyone below. Keep up the good work! Hellexarus (talk) 20:45, October 25, 2012 (UTC)

Comments
This seems to have been open for a week with no further comments yet. If nobody else is going to vote or comment, I think we can close this discussion after another day or two. I'll leave that up to you, Dzy :)
 * Re to User:Dzylon


 * I (foolishly) neglected to leave Dak and Leet a talk page message. I'd like to give them a chance to respond first - my apologies.


 * Thanks for giving me the message! Dak47922 Talk  08:08, October 24, 2012 (UTC)

=Nominations from April 2012=

The Pathogen

 * Please remember to sign your signature using four tildes (~­­~). You are encouraged to post detailed reasoning as to how you feel about The Pathogen's candidacy, and his eligibility for adminship. Note that Pathogen's previous nomination is archived here.

Closing statement: This nomination has been closed with staff approval, congratulations to The Pathogen on becoming an admin on the Terraria Wiki! — Mathmagician talk ♥ blog 02:52, May 4, 2012 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) As the time required by Sannse has passed, I would like to again nominate The Pathogen for adminship. He has displayed an increase in restraint while dealing with users, as well as possessed a polite aura during his interactions. Of course, everything I mentioned in my last nomination still applies; he is quite knowledgeable in wiki markup as well as the game itself. In this nomination, he has my support.
 * 2) i would like to nominate pathogen for adminship because he has high experience not only dealing with users, but also helping with the wiki, he has a great knowledge on the wiki, so he has my support too Twistedmetaleor 00:34, April 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Seeing as though a month or so has passed since his last nomination and his mentioned faults, I again agree that The Pathogen will be a great admin here on the wiki. He posseses a great knowledge of templates and such and he will be an even greater help being an admin and I think that he will have learned from his past mistake(s). LumpZ 10:01, April 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) This is my first time nominating someone for admin or bureaucrat, so please excuse the anxiety in the typing. Path has been, my best friend pretty much, on the wiki. He's been helping out at an alarming rate, and I believe that he knows much about templates and stuff, as I don't know any of that stuff. He's by far nominated for admin by me. Good luck Path! Hellexarus 13:40, April 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) I have nothing to say as it has been said already. Koggeh
 * 6) To add to what has already been said, Pathogen is helping out on the Terraria Fanon wiki, which hopefully can be built up into another awesome Terraria site. In his previous nomination, he was criticized for being 1) a little overbearing towards others and 2) making improper test edits to templates. Since that time, there has been noticeable improvement in communication regarding edits to templates, and he's been helping others both in-game and with editing. There was one run-in with User:Yes hi I am a vandal in which I would have preferred Pathogen to handle the situation a bit differently, but the end result was that this person was not behaving civilly and likely would have argued with whoever the first person to talk to them was -- it just happened to be Pathogen. He acted with the intention of preventing vandalism, and there is no wrongdoing in that. Overall, Pathogen has done a lot for this wiki and I would be very happy to see him become the next administrator here. It is long overdue. — Mathmagician talk ♥ blog 00:56, April 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) I am pretty sure this is my first time nominating somebody too. In my opinion, The Pathogen would make a stupendous administrator. If you need help wondering why, talk to him, look at his edits and his constant activity. I like these kinds of people, kind, helpful and enthusiastic. Look above, many other people feel this way. He has done a TON of work and put loads of effort into this wiki. It is my honor to recommend The Pathogen as an administrator. Good luck! --Dratini17 19:24, April 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) I'm kinda adding my thoughts a little late by the looks of it. I support this nomination because pathogen is always around and helping out. All of his edits that I have seen have been helpful and constructive. I would be happy to see pathogen become an administrator. I also think the wiki will benefit. Dak47922  Talk  14:42, April 30, 2012 (UTC)

Comments
I am greatly honoured to see that my nomination has been met with such a positive front this time around. I am surely doing my best as a contributor here on the wiki, and I intend to continue to do so. Thank you for all of your support so far, and I hope you will continue to support me throughout the nomination process and beyond! Per the temporary provision in our policy, we cannot promote Pathogen to administrator without staff approval. On Wednesday, May 2nd, I'll send an email so Sannse / the community team can check in with us (the nomination must remain open for at least 1 week). — Mathmagician talk ♥ blog 01:04, April 29, 2012 (UTC)

=Nominations from March 2012=

Dzylon

 * Please remember to sign your signature using four tildes (~­­~). You are encouraged to post detailed reasoning as to how you feel about Dzylon's candidacy, and his eligibility for adminship.

Closing statement: No objections from staff, congratulations Dzylon :) -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 20:26, March 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * Alright, seeing as the nomination has been open for the required period of time, and there was sufficient support and no objections--either from editors or staff--it's time to wrap this one up. Congrats on your nomination, Dzylon, I'll give you the rights. — Mathmagician talk ♥ blog 22:51, March 21, 2012 (UTC)

Support
Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 18:55, March 11, 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Dzylon has been editing around here for few months now, helping out with writing articles, providing images from the game files, filling out infoboxes, and undoing vandalism as a rollback member. He's always been a responsible editor, and he has a passion for editing this wiki, almost on a daily basis. He also communicates with others quite frequently, and has helped a number of people (including myself) with various things. I think that he will make a good admin, and I support his nomination. As admin, one of the things I would like to see him do is play a huge roll in helping out with managing images on this site.
 * 1) INDEED! I agree with Math! Dzylon needs to be an admin! Koggeh
 * 2) I agree 100%!!! Dyzlon puts loads of effort into this wiki and he is willing to help out someone he doesn't know to a great exent (me :D)!!! If anyone deserves to be admin its dyzlon! Good luck :D Furiion52
 * 3) Dzylon has been a great help to the wiki during updates (and more recently, mods) he has uploaded alot of source sprite images for infoboxes and currently holds rollback privileges. Everything he does would make him a good choice for becomming an admin. Dak47922  Talk  14:52, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) I think Dzylon should be an admin. I would type more, but I think Dzylon's good points are pretty much summed up in the previous points. LumpZ 14:57, March 16, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) My own support for Dzylon's becoming an admin has been shown before, but I definitely feel I should show it again. Dzylon is a very dedicated and experienced member of the Wikia community, especially the Terraria Wiki community. He's shown advanced knowledge with CSS, Wiki Markup, and formatting in general. He is always a level-headed individual, never "losing his cool" regardless of the situation. If anyone's to become an admin this March, I think it should be Dzy.

Comments
=Nominations from February 2012=

Dak47922
Closing statement: The consensus is clearly in favour of Dak47922 becoming an admin, and staff have no objections. Congratulations Dak! -- sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:40, March 6, 2012 (UTC)

Support
Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 04:11, February 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Dak47922 is an active veteran member of the community with his first edit being on 9/22/2011 (September 22, 2011). He helps remove vandalism & has been given rollback in which he has had for some time now. He acts as admins should, as he is polite & well mannered. He has some skills that may be very valuable to the admin team, in particular, if you check his blog, you'll see that he's developing an android app about Terraria. As well as being the creator of http://terrariacreations.yolasite.com/. Koggeh
 * 2) I'm going to add my support here for Dak's nomination. In all my communications with him, Dak has been quite friendly, and seems to be the kind of person who listens and is very receiving of feedback. I think that the fact that Dak is able to create a website and develop an Android App speaks miles about his skills and knowledge. While Dak may or may not currently possess all the knowledge needed to administrate a wiki, I have confidence in his technical capabilities and I admire his personal qualities. I think that he will be able to learn anything he needs to know in order to serve as an admin here and that he would be a good addition to the admin team.
 * 1) Well, I may not know him very well, but if he's proven himself a valuable member in the eyes of the community, then I suppose that I'll cast my support for him. Perhaps the position of an admin would be a fine test to see if he's really worthy of these kinds of responsibilities. Shadow Wolf TJC 08:54, March 1, 2012 (UTC)

Comments
Hey Koggeh, thanks for adding your nomination. I know I asked this of you in chat, but I just wanted to publicly add here that I've asked you to expand your nomination a bit. One sentence leaves something to be desired. A full paragraph is needed to explain to readers what Dak has done to help the wiki and why he is being nominated for admin. Please expand your nomination as soon as you are able to. Thanks! Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 20:02, February 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * Re to User:Koggeh

Dak, I'd like to ask you a few questions, please reply to them when you can. (Some of this information is related to things I've seen written on your profile page, but I want this to be discussed here on this page as part of your nomination.) Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 20:02, February 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * Re to User:Dak47922
 * 1) Why do you have interest in being an admin on this wiki?
 * 2) What kinds of edits have you most enjoyed making here on the wiki, and would you expect to continue making these kinds of contributions as an admin?
 * 3) What role do you play in the Terraria community outside of this wiki? I have heard that you are the creator of a Terraria website and are developing an Android App! Can you explain a little further?
 * 4) Can you explain briefly what specific skills you have that may be valuable to the admin team?
 * I have had some time to think about your questions and below are my answers:
 * I am interested in becoming an admin because I could offer a lot to this wiki and I feel the community in time would come to appreciate my contributions. As an admin the additional power I would receive would be put towards making this wiki the best I can possibly be.
 * The kind of edits I enjoy making the most are edits against vandalism. Preventing vandalism ensures that the information on this wiki is accurate and will ultimately inform visitors and readers. I also like edits that I am semi-unfamiliar with. For example a while ago I changed the Bats page into a disambiguation page. After learning how to do this I am now able to do it just by memory. If I become an admin I am certain that I will continue to make such edits.
 * This one is a tough one! As stated above I am the creator of Terraria Creations. The aim of of this site is to provide a place where people can share some of the their creations that they made in Terraria whether it be a building, pixel art, or whatever you can think of! I am also in the process of compiling a list of guides on my website from various sources around the internet. I have also developed a toolbar that will keep my users up to date when ever they browse the web. As stated I have been developing an android app that allows users to view news, videos and more all from one convenient place. All of this has been done for non-profit. I don't earn anything from these.
 * The skills that I think will be the most useful will be my knowledge of HTML, XHTML, PHP, and JS. Also my love for Terraria in general will help a aswell. Once I set my mind to something I see it through to the end. Also I have experience in basic graphic design which might come in handy.
 * Dak47922 talk contrib count 01:19, February 28, 2012 (UTC)

The Pathogen

 * Please remember to sign your signature using four tildes (~­­~). You are encouraged to post detailed reasoning as to how you feel about The Pathogen's candidacy, and his eligibility for adminship.

Closing statement: For this first round of nominations with the new process, we really need people who are as uncontroversial as possible. The Pathogen, I see that you have done a great deal of good work on the wiki, which is a massive plus towards you being an admin in the future - so although I'm going to veto your nomination in this round, let's keep your name in the hat for next time :) - sannse http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 03:22, February 28, 2012 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) I'd like to extend my nomination of The Pathogen for adminship. He's been consistently active for months, and has made thousands of valuable edits, not to mention the countless changes he's made in the template namespace. He has counteracted vandalism with a passion, and has been nothing but helpful to users in his comments. Having been promised promotion to administrator twice in the past months, he has displayed no impatience, nor has he faltered in dedication. He possesses advanced knowledge of wiki markup, and has proven himself to be reasonably proficient in HTML. I see no reason why he shouldn't be promoted.


 * 1) I've seen The Pathogen around for the longest time, and he's very active. After reading the Admin and Bureaucrat Policy, I think The Pathogen just about meets the criteria perfectly. LumpZ 09:01, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) The terraria helper2 07:16, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) I as well see Path as a grand choice. Koggeh
 * 4) So Pathogen, do you feel like you're ready for these kinds of responsibilities? Now, there's not much that I know about you since I don't think that we've interacted with eachother alot, though I'm willing to support you since you seem to be a valued contributor here. Shadow Wolf TJC 08:45, March 1, 2012 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) The Pathogen doesn't seem to have the ability to stay impartial and isn't willing to try and find out about it before holding it against someone. Therefore a oppose this, little more detail below in my neutral section. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 07:26, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

Neutral

 * 1)  I feel this user would make a good canidate but many of the things they have done causes me to quetion how they will function as an admin on the wiki. Such as i have seen the pathogen making test edits to widely used templates that caused the template stop showing all infomation, he has also added things that make no sense and i'm assuming has forgotten to remove them. I also don't like how he reacts to vandals and people who complain, telling people to GTFO is not something an admin should say to anyone. That said if the user is willing to think about what they are doing a bit more like with the test edits and if they are willing to take the time to learn more about media wiki software i will support this. Pathogen i have nothing agaisnt you, you have always been a great help its just the very occasional questionable edits that concerns me. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 08:05, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) If you want to be nominated, people are expected to bring up your flaws. Also don't bring up things hero came up with, you never even asked me about that. I think that clearly shows you don't listen to both sides before making a decision, not a good trait for an admin to have. I presented you with a clear diff that shows you completely disabled all parameters for the template, that is a crazy edit that does a lot of damage to all pages the template is on. Trying to claim i have done the same is a lie. The switch function you added to the monsters infobox is completely wrong, that isn't how the switch function works and what you have added, i can't get to do anything. You shouldn't be making these little test edits to templates on the wiki, if you have to run off IRL thats your problem and the wiki shouldn't have to suffer since you were to lazy to do the work else where then copy over a 100% correct edit. If you read my first message you will see i clearly stated i would be willing to support, i just wanted you to realize what your doing a bit more and to think about it. The fact you choose not to even ask me about that picture and yet you hold it against me shows you aren't a candidate who can be impartial and therefore wouldn't make a good admin. I am changing my vote to oppose as the user clearly can't be impartial and isn't willing to get both sides of a story. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 07:24, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

Comments
Pathogen, regarding your nomination, I wanted to ask you a few questions and invite you to reply to them. I will of course have more to say soon, but for now I wanted to hear more from you. Mathmagician ( talk ♥ blog ) 20:02, February 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * Re to User:The Pathogen
 * 1) What is your favorite type of edit that you like to make on the wiki? As an admin, would you expect to continue playing a huge role in making contributions of this nature?
 * 2) Do you play any roles in the Terraria community outside of this wiki that might be relevant to your nomination?
 * 3) (Related to Gracey's claims that you are sometimes rude to other users or sometimes do not act with impartiality) How do you view yourself as a conflict mediator?
 * 4) Regarding the point of test edits, templates may sometimes take hours or even a day to update across the site when multiple edits are made--longer for some users due to caching. Making a test edit (even if reverted immediately) to a template can adversely affect dozens or hundreds of pages across the wiki, and these pages can be viewed by thousands of people before the reversion goes live. Do you understand that test edits to high use templates are not acceptable? Also, this concept applies to MediaWiki files, scripts, the abuse filter etc. across the site--features that you will have access to as an admin. Improper edits to these kinds of things can adversely affect the wiki--even if one's intentions were good. Test edits must always be made in an appropriate test environment, and if you are not sure what that environment is, you should ask ^^. Is this agreeable to you going forward? (I'm not trying to say anything about the past, I'm just talking about how you will act as an admin.)


 * I fear it may be too late to successfully reply to these now, but I shall do so anyway, so that my intentions may be made public.


 * My favorite type of edit would likely be Template reformats, or grammatical restructures, such as full sentence/paragraph rewrites. As an admin, I would definitely see myself continuing to make those sorts of edits, as well as all the others I make.
 * I do sometimes offer my aid to members of the Terraria community who need help both in-game and out of game (while still in relation to Terraria). Though I play no big part on TerrariaOnline, nor in the modding community of Terraria.
 * In the case that a conflict arises, I'd consider myself quite well-suited to the task of resolving it. I regularly solve fights and conflicts IRL, as well as on forums around the web. I'm usually an impartial person, regardless of the circumstances, but because of the accusations I've had against me, I temporarily lost my composure. This will not happen again.
 * I made those edits with the knowledge that they may affect users across the wiki community, that I will not deny. Now, however; I use the ForTesting wiki to make my test edits. In addition, I'd also like to say that some of the site-wide problems that have been caused by my edits were because of partially-completed sub-templates, such as an improperly closed bracket in a coin template (one example that I recall), those were fixed as soon as they were noticed. I'm glad I was asked this, as I wanted to put forward my thoughts and evidence about and on the matter.

That edit was made a long time ago, Gracey. Long before I gained the knowledge of templates I now have. Also, changing your vote to opposed is simply because of the reason I stated on your talk page. I'm not impartial in this matter, as you aren't either. I heard both sides before making my decision, and as I said before, you can ask Math or Dzy about it to confirm it. I actually have small problems in the family that require fixing from time to time, thank you. I'd appreciate it if you respected that rather than trying to make a joke out of it. Again, I'm quite offended by what you're saying here, and I won't tolerate such judgement. You're doubly making a point that isn't true, because I knew both sides of the story before I decided on my PoV. I never once sided with Hero, nor with you, I chose my own point of view, which I still sit at.
 * Re to User:Gracey91


 * I changed to oppose since you can't get over the past and choose to bring it up for nothing. Your further words have reinforced that decision on my part. "I chose not to ask you anything because I didn't judge it worth my time. I know you have a problem with me, it's blatantly obvious, it's a lot easier if you just admit it, too." Is this how you plan to act as an admin too? Will you judge it worth your time to do your job and resolve issues or will you just ignore them and bring them up against the users when you need? I didn't make any jokes, if you did it in a sandbox it wouldn't be an issue as you could do what ever you need to do when ever with it causing issues on the wiki, thats what i meant. Gracey91 (talk • contribs • count) 13:01, February 27, 2012 (UTC)


 * I take your statement of "if you have to run off IRL thats your problem and the wiki shouldn't have to suffer since you were to lazy to do the work else where then copy over a 100% correct edit" as a bit of an insult and joke on my own family problems. If anyone can't get over the past, it's yourself. You brought up the dispute you had with Hero, despite the fact that I did not take a side in the matter. My evidence on that fact can be simply found here. The reason I didn't ask you anything was because I knew I'd get a biased answer. I would only ask if I was certain to receive an unbiased answer.