ESB:Requests for adminship/Golfpecks256

	Request for Adminship The following is an ongoing administrator request. Please feel free to voice your opinion, but be sure to follow the rules. You can use any of the following prior to your comments to show your opinion. {{Support}} - use this if you support the request. {{Neutral}} - use this if you are neutral to the request. {{Oppose}} - use this if you oppose the request.

Golfpecks256 (wall • contribs • 13,710)

a. Why do you believe you are qualified to be promoted to this position?
Well, I have to say I've been actively editing ESB for a year now and I do intent to stay on long-term. I'm mainly qualified as I've been a great assistant and those are some of the tools admin has. I've never powerabused and used my assistant tools to help users who need help on assistant-based tasks. I'm also qualified since I have a much better reputation than before, I've changed drastically since I first started actively editing here last August. I now follow the Manual of Style, I check and correct users' edits, I try and help solve disputes in the comments section of pages, I've been an avid fan of SpongeBob and still have the interest to edit every day, and in general, I haven't really done anything wrong in the past in terms of handling a position with great responsibility.

b. Have you had experience with this position before?
Yes, I've been a sysop on many fandom communities including some SpongeBobia network wikis and I'm well experienced in community management which will help me if I do earn this. I'm also admin on some sites outside of ESB such as discord servers and skype group chats. I've been assistant for four months, rollback for six. I'm also the ESB Instagram manager and discord admin.

c. What are your best contributions to Encyclopedia SpongeBobia and why?
Well, in general, I've made so many edits so I can't really specify a page. What I will say is that I've checked edits, fixed edits, reverted edits, and used my assistant tool wisely. I've never really had criticism of any abuse with the tools so I think personally that I'm doing fine at assistant. I've also done cleanups when I notice a page needs one. I've also done signature requests and helped with big projects such as discussing with Kocka and AMK about the chatbot returning as well as the chat revival and projects similar.

d. How do you plan to use your rights if your request is successful?
Well, basically, I'm going to pretty much use them like any admin would. I'd use the warning template, block users, ban users (from chat after warnings), respond to any reports, do a massive cleanup to the Data:Titlecards page (some of the images have names that do not follow the naming sheme so I plan to rename those images with appropriate names. I'll also update MediaWiki pages accordingly. I'll archive proposals and close chat and discussions moderator requests. I'm going to continue moderating if I get this like I did with edits as assistant. But I feel I could put the rights and tools that admin has to offer to great use.

e. Have you been in a situation in which you needed the user rights for this position at that moment but were unable to act?
Yes, sometimes I notice there are users who need to be warned but don't get the warning at the scene so I have to report to someone. Also, sometimes when I try and move an image, there are broken redirects which disallow me to so I'd need the abilities of an admin to remove those redirects.

f. Is there anything else you want to add?
Well, I gotta say, I've come a long way since my first ever contribution. This is definitely something I've thought about over the days and made my final decision to request after some input from the people I asked. I make mistakes sometimes but I learn from them to become a better person. I posted this request at the exact time and date as my first chat mod request last August. It's definitely been a great year. I've met new users and sad to let old users go. But I'd really like to take on this new opportunity and take on the challenges that come with it. You've all been great friends and I'm happy regardless of what you vote. Feedback and room for improvement is always there. I'm using my old and very first signature to remind me of the great memories I've had all year! Thanks for all the generosity and support I've received throughout my time here! That concludes my request and I wish you all a fantastic day! 👍
—-- Golfpecks256 Golfpecks256 17:29, August 1, 2018 (UTC)

Support

• Extremely Strong Support - you have been outstandingly diligent with reporting issues to me, and i know you will do well in this position. ѕqυι∂∂ℓєωαя∂ ^{❮мεssαgε ωαℓℓ ● cσηтяιвυтισηs ● ε∂ιтcσυηт❯ 19:48, August 1, 2018 (UTC)}
• Extremely Strong Support - You are an amazing user; always active, friendly, and helpful, not to mention all of your high-quality edits. You would make a great admin!  Figmeister ^(W•C•E)  19:53, August 1, 2018 (UTC) 
• Support - Lumoshi (t • c) 19:54, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
• Extremely Strong Support - you da bomb Mediocre Clarinet Player (talk) 19:55, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
• Extremely Strong Support - Per Squiddle, Golf is very on the ball with reporting issues and concerns on the wiki. Very active and polite - a very good candidate for the position. --Spongebob456 ^talk 19:58, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
• Support - At this point, everything's been said but all of it's true. Golf is active enough and very helpful across the wiki, especially with his edits, so I believe he is very much qualified for this position. --MRS CHANANDLER BONG 20:19, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
• Support -  SpongeBot678 ^(M•C•E)  20:23, August 1, 2018 (UTC) 
• Extremely Strong Support - Hellz yeah.  EmilyHarmonizer02 ^{(M•C•B•E)}  20:36, August 1, 2018 (UTC) 
• Support -Elite ANT Force Forever! 20:38, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Everything has been stated. Excellent person & editor • тυмвlrdeѕхх • <мeѕѕage wall>
• Extremely Strong Support - Heck yeah!  Tyler730 ^(M•C•E)  20:40, August 1, 2018 (UTC) 
• Extremely Strong Support - Golfpecks is an outstanding contributor.  AlternativeHuman93 ^(M•C•E)    
• Support - Per above. ThomasGaming64   ^{Wall Contribs}
• Extremely Strong Support - You deserve it.  Anthony2306 ^{(W•C•L•E)}  21:42, August 1, 2018 (UTC) 
• Support - ~JCM 21:47, August 1, 2018 (UTC)
• Support - TheKorraFanatic ^{(Talk Page) (Contributions) (Guestbook)}
• Support - — AMK152 (Wall • Contrib) 01:50, August 2, 2018 (UTC)
• Extremely Strong Support - Great Editor! Bigfatonionslice    ^{Wall Contribs}

Neutral

• Neutral - Personally, I think he should have waited only somewhat longer until requesting to become an admin. Great editor and fantastic contributor and user though, I might change my vote in the future or keep it as neutral for now. •кσσℓкιттү <мεssαgε ωαℓℓ> (=^ ◡ ^=)• 21:10, August 1, 2018 (UTC)

Oppose

• Weak Oppose - Somewhat unprofessional when dealing with issues, as shown by his administrating of a Discord server that many ESB users are part of. He has ignored community consensus several times on that server and abused his powers to keep users and rules that he liked, ignoring the interest of the users there. Before anyone brings up that “it’s outside of ESB, it doesn’t matter here,” 1) issues outside of the wiki have been the reason for many oppositions that prevented users from getting rights, 2) he mentioned it himself in the request, and 3) the server has almost identical guidelines and user conduct rules that ESB rules, meaning that it’s a similar type of situation (rather than a rules free chat). That all being said, he has improved over his time and could maybe be more ready once more time has passed. Definitely a future candidate.  DanzxvFan8275 (M•C•U•E)  20:44, August 1, 2018 (UTC) 
• Oppose - Per Dan. While I am proud of his development over time, as koolkitty stated above, I do wish he waited a bit longer as I think he could have used his Assistant powers more. I do trust him with his powers... though I don't believe he'd use them frequently. A superb editor, edits have improved greatly but when it comes to handling situations that's when things get a bit murky. I'd love to be proven wrong.  Rocky Lobster ^(M•C•E)