The Sims Wiki:Requests for administratorship/C.Syde65 (June 2014)

The '''request for administratorship for User:C.Syde65.

Application
I, C.Syde would like to nominate myself for administrator-ship on the Sims wiki. I have been an active contributor to the wiki for seven months and I have been a rollback for five of those months. In that time I have proven myself to be a very strong and very capable editor.
 * I have been patrolling recent changes on a regular basis, issuing level 1 and 2 warnings to users who are clearly acting in bad faith, reverting bad faith edits, and have also reported vandalism here on at least two occasions.
 * I have made many contributions in a short period of time, and have excelled not only in quantity but quality as well. I have also made several templates on the wiki.
 * I have participated in several community discussions, and have given my opinions about more sensitive things like on this page and that page.
 * Naturally I have also understood the more "sensitive" situations which I will be held responsible for being an admin. I know how to partake in sensitive discussions which is important for any admin.
 * It would be great to receive some more tools that I could benefit from.

As an administrator, I'll be starting small - more or less like I did when I first became a rollback - until I get used to being an administrator. But before I can get used to being one, first I need to become one. The benefits I feel I will receive will be:


 * Deleting obviously unneeded files / pages.
 * Blocking obvious vandals, trolls and sockpuppets.
 * Deleting comments from fanon pages by (e.g. myself).
 * Moving pages to their rightful places without leaving re-directs.
 * Locking pages (only for the correct circumstances).
 * Issuing level 3 warnings (I accidentally used one in the past but I reverted it).

If my request for administrator-ship does fall through, I promise I won't abuse my new tools. I will act like a regular rollbacker, and only live up to my title as administrator when necessary. The administrators are not here to be lorded over others, they are here to help.

If my request doesn't fall through, then no matter. I've already received positive feedback, and I already have a good editing history, which will be a huge advantage, if ever I wish to nominate myself (or be nominated) again.

--  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 05:42, June 19, 2014 (UTC)
 * You're eligible to request administratorship. Your request will be handled when the current request is dealt with. --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 05:47, June 19, 2014 (UTC)

Discussion
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Sorry C.Syde. You're a good editor, your heart is definitely in the right place, you're ambitious and I certainly see a lot of potential in you, but you really need to take a step back and think a little bit deeper about what you're doing. You often make avoidable mistakes when editing and while some of them may be just that, others are unexplainable. You've also made assumptions regarding a certain user and their sockpuppets without fully researching the issue at hand, in that Ilovesims3 is an account from 2010, as well as your over-eagerness to handle strictly administrative tasks, of which was discussed with you (your side of that linked for arguments sake), of which I won't go too much into but it has proven to be an issue. I know that you're trying to help but I really can't be here to revert any avoidable mistakes you might make with the administrator tools should your RfA pass. The bottom line is that you're still learning the ropes and you still have some way to go. Everybody should go at their own pace and nobody is expecting you to take all of this into account immediately, so don't be disheartened by this. Just acknowledge your mistakes, observe what's going on with administrative issues, rather than attempt to jump straight into them, and don't be afraid to ask another editor if you're not sure. Take all of this into account and I'll be happy to support you next time around, but unfortunately I can't do so right now. 21:00, June 24, 2014 (UTC)