Forum:Adminship Request - Aiden4017

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Hi, if you don't know me I'm Aiden, one of the patrollers, and I'd like to apply to be an administrator.

Contributions

I have been a patroller since August 2019, and am also active in the wiki discussion section, but I am not part of the wiki Discord. I don't have many big ticket works on the wiki that come to mind, but I have made over 5000 edits since joining the wiki with a actual account. These edits have included rewrites, article talk pages, user talk pages, page clean ups, overview and disambiguation pages, fixing edits from new users and clearing up after vandals. Some of my major works include;

• Being part of the clean up of The Pitt (city) last year with DirtyBlue929 and others, and writing the then new section on Wernher's uprising.
• Created page "The Scorch", which was the original page of the Scorched Plague before the official name was known.
• Created overview pages for some chems, including Calmex and X-cell.
• Created overview page for Chinese officer's sword.
• Was involved with the creation of the Chinese pistol overview page with Scribe-Howard.
• Created pages for Sierra Madre security, Saturnite artillery shell, C-23 Megaton, Monday, Jacob Lerner, Last President of the United States, and others.
• After much trial and error created navboxes for Fallout: New Vegas highways and seperate navboxes for Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 perk magazines.

I do feel like I'm skipping a step here, by applying directly for adminship and not a moderator position first, but after reading the wiki policy I do technically qualify for both positions, and believe I can do more for the wiki as an admin.

Poll

Poll finished on 8:26 am May 1, 2021 (UTC).

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Voting

Yes

1. Geomodelrailroader (talk)
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No

1. FalloutofStarWars2077(talk) Sorry man, you seem like a nice guy, but I’m going to have to say no considering I’ve rarely heard anything about you. There’s a process to follow, and although it sounds like you would be a good admin, I think the process needs to be followed. Have a good one! FalloutofStarWars2077 (talk)

Neutral

1. TheEpicOshawott (talk)
2. Sorry man, I had came across your edits and pages before but I'm new Nukapedian. Maybe I'll say yes when I know you better, please understand me. -User:Iantheboi ^(talk) 01:36, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Excluded votes

1. Alconeduae talk 16:44, April 24, 2021 (UTC) User does not meet requirements for voting (no edits or /d posts prior to vote).

Comments

Hi Aiden, great contributions. Just have a few questions. I think that co-mod is an important step to experience first before admin, at least it really was for me. That few months can really make a big difference in preparing you for the responsibilities, progressive roles and all, as well as additional tools. Do you have plans to become active on Discord? What experience do you have in the social aspect (dealing with conflict, etc.) And what do you mean by do more for the wiki as admin than comod? Let me know your thoughts when you have a chance. --kdarrow ^{take her for a spin!} 09:45, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

I haven't really talked with other users about the differences between admin and moderator, and from reading the policy, it seemed to me that the roles were very similar. But I'm not quite certain. To be honest, the more I think about the application, the less sure of it I am. Aiden4017 (talk) 10:17, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

I don't want to discourage you or reduce your confidence or anything. You are a solid staff member that I respect a great deal, and the policies don't go into too much detail of inner workings, so please don't feel bad for not knowing. The admin role is just a little more involved, with a significant social component that you may want to experience for a short time Discord-side, getting to know the members of the community you would be serving. I only wanted to let you know because I believe the time I spent as co-mod was really beneficial for preparing me for admin. Of course everyone is different, so I will also add that you have my support in any and all applications :) --kdarrow ^{take her for a spin!} 21:02, 24 April 2021 (UTC)