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Request for Adminship: DavidJCobb Submitted: October 20th, 2009, by CommanderTony Closed: N/A Result: Ongoing

DavidJCobb

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Nomination

I, CommanderTony, nominate DavidJCobb for adminship at Halopedia.
Nominee, please accept or defer the above nomination below this line.
I, DavidJCobb, accept the nomination.

Reason for Nomination

Here's that time again, when we face a monumental task ahead of us. Within a year, more Halo material will be released than ever before, including the upcoming Halo Legends series and the prequel, Halo: Reach. As we've asked for a "different" types of admins in the past, whether their expertise is in community efforts, or their technical prowess, and today is nothing different. Right now, we have the community, and we definitely have the technical stuff down...so now we can shift to one of the most important things, writing skills.

DavidJCobb, like the others being nominated today, has proved himself worthy of donning the party helmets of the Halopedia Administration. He is one of our best writers today, likely remembering the entirety of the Manual of Style as entertainment while he re-writes some of our largest and most popular articles. In addition to his fantastic writing skills, David is one of our most gifted users when it comes to technical matters, a role we've needed filled for a long time.

Rawr,
Grizzlei ♥ ツ

Support (17/5) sysop

1. Support - As per my nomination above. Grizzlei ♥ ツ
2. Support - I don't feel I need to explain my support for DJC, simply because anybody that knows him will know why he deserves to be an administrator, especially after his attempts to make peace during a conflict and for preventing vandalism of the wiki. -DinoBenn says "Fight to the End, Never Give In" 19:59, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
3. Support - Incredibly dedicated user. Helpful, experienced and a decent guy! --   Wr1ghty    talk    contribs    email   20:37, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
4. Support - Experienced, and very good at rewriting pages. SNOR^{3} 20:50, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
5. Support - I have had a change of mind, both Tony's words and a review of his contributions have made it safe to say that David is Admin worthy. - Halo-343 (Talk) (Contribs) (Edits) 20:52, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
6. Support - One of the best editors I've seen around here, with the amount of work I feel he can do with adminship, he has my full support. - Nìcmávr ^(Tálk) 20:57, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
7. Support - As per CT's nomination. -- Administrator Specops306 - Qur'a 'Morhek 21:21, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
8. Support - As per CT's nomination. An obvious choice for adminship. --Jugus 21:25, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
9. Support - As per CT. Good answers and since many of the old Admins are now inactive, we need new ones. - Wing Commander Firestorm, Administrator 21:43, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
10. Support - He's a good kid. Regards - Template:SB44 sig
11. Support - Based on what I've seen, he's pretty awesome. Definitely support. --Dragonclaws^(talk) 23:51, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
12. Support - I highly enjoy all of the glitch articles. Any one can make them better has my vote. --POSTDRAMATIC 01:40, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
    1. Less than 50 edits. - Nìcmávr ^(Tálk) 01:46, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
13. Support I've seen what he does around here, and he's committed. Best of luck! GySgt. Gonzalez -Comm Open- -Body Count- 02:57, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
14. Support - Definitely administrator material. Smoke^{Sound off!} 03:09, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
15. Support - over 10K edits ? That's impressive. Galactic 09:54, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
16. Support - Of course... - JEA13 ^[iTalk] 13:19, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
17. Support - A highly active user. I've seen him everywhere on the recent changes page. --Blemo ^TALK • _{CONTRIBUTIONS} • _EMAIL • _CALENDER • _MESSAGE

Neutral (1/0) Sysop

1. Neutral - Sorry, I have nothing against you David, but I just don't think you're ready yet, not to say that you aren't the fantastic user that you are. - Halo-343 (Talk) (Contribs) (Edits) 20:00, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Honestly, if you've seen even a small fraction of his edits, you'd see that David has more skills and knowledge than many of our current admins. Hell, any person who has multiple edits over 10,000k in size can be an Admin anyday. Grizzlei ♥ ツ

1. Neutral - I'm not really sure... Kougermasters (Talk) (Contribs) (Edits) 23:53, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

1. Neutral - No offense, but I have not heard of you enough to support you. Captain6 23:57, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Against (3/0) Sysop

1. Oppose - Uh... Flood12345 Maybe one day, all of us will be free.
2. Oppose - We bending rules for admins now? No offense, but this is too early for me. And to be honest, aren't the main purposes of admins to be for antivandal use? From what I can tell, David really doesn't have that much antivandal history... --   General5 7    talk    contribs    email   01:22, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

The only rule I have seen that would normally disqualify him is the fact that he does not have Rollback Rights. Otherwise, he's more than qualified. Smoke^{Sound off!} 03:17, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

As per Smoke., but also General, being an admin is far less about reverting edits that is thought to be or actually is vandalism, and more about maintaining stability. Needless to say, that is far more work, and exactly the reason DJC is qualified. Nonetheless, I respect your opinion. -DinoBenn says "Fight to the End, Never Give In" 08:53, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

1. Oppose - As per above. Kougermasters (Talk) (Contribs) (Edits) 01:30, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
2. Oppose - As Per General.A figment of your imagination and then some! (Holonet) 02:10, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Comments

Oh. Mah. Goad. Thanks for the nomination! :D I was just editing a page, and right at the top, I see this in the header... epic! :D DavidJCobb  20:08, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

No problem Dave, just don't forget to accept the nomination and fill out the questions at the bottom if you want to become an Admin! Grizzlei ♥ ツ

I accept this nomination, and the questionnaire has been completed. (That's all I have to do, right? Just post that I accept?) :D DavidJCobb  20:33, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Above my "reason for nomination" there is a place where you formally accept the nomination and post your signature. Grizzlei ♥ ツ

Cooleo! Congrats on getting nominated. This is great, maybe now glitches in halo 1 will finally start getting some of the attention they deserve! :D Matortheeternal 23:50, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Been watching your conversations for several weeks now... returns to the darkness known as The Dream.- 5əb'7aŋk^(7alk) 00:01, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

I did vote for him and he totally deserves it but aren't Admins supposed to have "2,000 edits, 1,000 of which much be mainspace"? He only has around 890 mainspace. - ShadowBroker44 ^{(TALK) (CONTRIBS)} 01:20, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Ooh... Yeah, I just checked -- seems I also don't have Rollback rights, though I'm not sure how one would acquire such rights. As General5_7 also pointed out, it does seem like some of the rules are being bent. I was nominated by an admin, and admins have the final say in this, so I guess an admin'll sort it out. :P Still hope I win, but even if I lose (or am ineligible), I'm still happy just to be nominated. DavidJCobb  02:19, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia has a guideline like "if the rules keep you from getting the job done, ignore all rules". I'd say this applies to the general sentiment. --Dragonclaws^(talk) 05:23, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Somehow, that also applies to vandals. :O - 5əb'7aŋk^(7alk) 09:21, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Questions

Nominee, if you accept the nomination, please answer the following questions. It is advised that voters check the nominee's responses before voting.

1. When did you join Halopedia?

   May 12th, 2009.

2. What do you believe are your most valued contributions to Halopedia?

   I've rewritten a lot of articles, but most of my better rewrites are on glitch articles.

3. What do you believe are your most valued technical contributions to Halopedia?

   I guess it'd be my explaining glitches, and some of the templates I've made.

4. What do you believe are your most valued contributions to the community?

   My edits to the wiki, I'd suppose, and what social interaction occurs on profile and talk pages. Honestly, I'm not too active on the Forums, the IRC, etc.

5. If you are administrated, what changes do you propose?

   Off the top of my head? Perhaps a Manual of Style for glitch articles... I'm also working with Matortheeternal to see how we can improve the article on Stunts.

6. To the best of your understanding, what does administratorship entail?

   Technical skill at operating the wiki; an understanding of policies; vigilance, and the removal of vandalism; and patience, when dealing with new users who are unfamiliar with the rules and policies. There's also the obvious one: I have to be trustworthy, since adminship generally comes with a banhammer.

7. To the best of your understanding, when will you be able to check Halopedia after you are administrated, in the event that you are?

   I'm usually on every day, or close to that.

8. What communities are you associated with online, Halo and otherwise?

   deviantART, though I haven't checked that in a while; StarEdit.net, a community for StarCraft mapmakers; and a friend recently brought me to Book of THoTH, a forum about various things involving the mind (ranging from philosophy to morality to conspiracy theories, though I personally don't believe in the latter).

9. What is your familiarity with the Halo universe?

   I've played and beaten Halo 3; I've played some Halo PC and Halo Custom Edition multiplayer; I'm loosely familiar with the H1 and H2 plots, and quite familiar with that of H3.

10. What is your familiarity with Wikia and Halopedia policies?

    I'm quite familiar with the policies as well as numerous best practices (as seen on Wikipedia).

11. What is your relationship with the Halopedia community and current administration?

    Far as I can tell, it's quite cordial. I get along with the current admins and friends with several non-admins.

12. How may users contact you?

    I have a Gmail account that I check regularly. Not gonna post it here where spambots can get it, but I will give it out on request. Shouldn't be necessary, though: every time I log on to my home computer, I open five to seven sites, one of which is always Halopedia.

    EDIT: I just realized that there's an e-mail feature here. Just enabled it; the e-mail link above oughta work now.