GTA Wiki:Requests for Promotion

Welcome to GTA Wiki:Requests for Promotion.

You may apply for Rollback Rights or Administrator privileges on this noticeboard. To do so, you must meet the prerequisites, and then state what position you are looking for and why you think you need the rollback and/or administrator tools.

Requests for Oversight and Checkuser must be done at Wikia Central (and they'll probably be declined).

Rollback is a tool that allows users to quickly revert vandalism.

Administrators have the power to block and ban users, protect pages, move images, and delete pages and images, in addition to rollback.

To qualify for rollback rights, editors must have been active for two months with no rules violations. Rollbackers must receive a 60% 'yes' percentage to be promoted.

To qualify for administrator rights, editors must have been active for four months with no rules violations. Administrators must receive a 70% 'yes' percentage to be promoted. Those applying for adminship will likely be asked questions on how they deal with certain situations. This is to see if a user has the capabilities of being an administrator.

Editors with rollback and administrator experience on other wikis are encouraged to apply, and based on the editor in question exceptions may be made to the length of time editing required for promotion.

When applying for promotion, a community vote will take place. Voting lasts 7 days, although it may be allowed to run shorter (in the case of an obvious pass/fail) or longer (in the case of a very close vote) at sysop discretion.

Application users who are caught tampering with other users votes, such as changing a no to a yes, will have their request closed immediately.

Please submit your requests at the top of the "Active requests" page subsection.

Requests where the voting has finished can be found at


 * GTA Wiki:Requests for Promotion/Archived Requests 2011-12
 * GTA Wiki:Requests for Promotion/Archived Requests 2013

Dodo8 - Administrator
Hello, I'm Dodo8, and I'm a patroller on this wiki. I want to be promoted to Admin, so I can help improving the wiki. By improving, I mean: In the past, I had problems with my civility. I understand my mistakes now. Actually, I helped some people recently: I am good at creating templates. I can also call myself an expert in mobile phones, due to that my father's job is to fix electronics (mostly mobile phones). I am visiting the wiki everyday, before and after school hours. Altough I don't edit daily, I always check if there's something new on the wiki. I also have typos, but it happens when I write fast and I don't recheck the text, as when editing articles, I always make sure it's correct.
 * "Keeping an eye" on Vandals and blocking them if it is the case.
 * Adding templates and protecting their pages.
 * Continuing editing articles.
 * And most importantly, being a good friend to anyone is in need of help.
 * Enzo Matrix: I responded to one of his question blogs and helped him to understand.
 * Thomas: I noted he has incredible editing skills, and I encouraged him to request Patrollership.

Thank you.

Votes

 * No - VaultBoy Tom (Talk to me this way) 17:49, March 26, 2013 (UTC)
 * No - Messi1983 (talk) 18:12, March 26, 2013 (UTC)
 * Not Yet - Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 19:11, March 26, 2013 (UTC)

Comments
VaultBoy Tom (Talk to me this way) 17:49, March 26, 2013 (UTC) I understand, Dan. I should have waited a little bit longer. I'll leave the request opened to see what the other staff says.  Dodo8  Talk
 * I'm not sure. It seems you've put the civilty incident behind you but I'd like to see what the other guys say.
 * Glad you've put civility issue behind you, but this is too soon after your issues with another user for you to be promoted to administrator. Messi1983 (talk) 18:12, March 26, 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll agree with Dan, though I did like to see you leave that beef behind, I think there should be some more time to "heal" the situation. Over here, we say "Only the time heals (Apenas o tempo cura)" (except for some medical situations, but that's not the point) and I think you've got to give it a little more time, and while you're at it, try exercising your social side a little more, because you've got all the other skills. Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 19:11, March 26, 2013 (UTC)
 * I have decided to agree with Dan. VaultBoy Tom (Talk to me this way) 18:54, March 26, 2013 (UTC)

JBanton - Administrator
Well I've been around for a while and have the majority of my edits in the vehicles section, with a number of "heavy" (500+ or 1000+ character edits). I've been editing for a while and have also been protecting against vandals, either reporting them or rollbacking vandalism, examplesd can be found for the 22 crisis and Yemi last December.

The key aspect that makes me want to become an admin is that I am unique in specialising in automobiles and vehicles; seing as this is Grand Theft Auto, it would surely be a step in the right direction if the team at the top have someone that specialises in autos. I have also been visiting user talk pages for members such as NicoBellicsBoss and IW-33 to offer friendly encouragement, bringing the best of their vehicle interests and knowledge to our articles, which partly shows that I am a friendly wiki member on a normal basis.

One im that I have is to really drive forward the vehicles aspect of our wiki, especially with GTA V on its way. I have begun a bit by creating new templates that quickly and effectively give readers information, such as the quick performance stats box.

Admin qualities that I possess can be evidenced in situations here, here, here and also here, where I have maintained composure and handled situations that could quite easily have got out of hand.

Votes

 * No - Dodo8_logo.png Dodo8  Talk
 * Yes - Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 19:11, March 26, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes - VaultBoy Tom (Talk to me this way) 18:54, March 26, 2013 (UTC)

Comments

 * You're a very good editor, but my opinion is that is too soon after you've been promoted to patroller to request for adminship. Dodo8_logo.png Dodo8  Talk
 * JB is a major editor, especially in what it comes to vehicles, as he is completing vehicle pages all the time. He is active, has a good number of edits, could help with the vehicle pages...yeah, my vote is "Yes". But, Jonny, if you get promoted to admin, try editing more in "non-vehicle related" articles, ok? - Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 19:11, March 26, 2013 (UTC)
 * @Dodo8, actually, it has been pretty much over a month so I think it should be ok. We need an admin who specialises in different subjects, so where I specialise in grammar, JB specialises in vehicles. Hence why I have voted Yes. VaultBoy Tom (Talk to me this way) 18:54, March 26, 2013 (UTC)
 * Promoted in January 26th January) as a matter of fact, check through the relevant archive for confirmation. JBanton (Talk | Contribs) 19:12, March 26, 2013 (UTC)

White&Gold - Patroller

 * Closed, March 24, 2013 (UTC) as  Unsuccessful  - Messi1983 (talk) 09:41, March 24, 2013 (UTC)

Hi my name's Kenzie, I would like to apply to be a patroller, I'm an avid GTA fan, had at my old yard in my bedroom all of the posters that came with each game all over my walls (had three copies of all the games so I could have front saying which game it is and next to it the map of which game it was and the third one just stayed in the case) I would say and it's not a lie that I'm more for GTA 3's era more to the GTA 4 era, don't get me wrong I loved GTA 4 but to me I think its 'cause I was more brought up to GTA 3 with an elder brother who was 2 years older than me and he got me into the game, I recon I could complete GTA 3 within in 48 hours (If I had Sweet Female Attitude to do) and about less than a week for GTA 4, I think I could get people to join on GTA's wikia and I think I would make a good Pateroller, don't think I've ever been out of line on here on a page or to anyone, OK so if I upload a picture I'm nigh on getting another person to help me get the picture to how it should meet the standards but I think if someone tought me how to do it I think I could pass it on to another user. Don't know what else to add, would love to hear what the verdict was. White&Gold (talk) 21:08, March 23, 2013 (UTC)

Votes

 * No - Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 21:25, March 23, 2013 (UTC)
 * No - VaultBoy Tom (Talk to me this way) 21:38, March 23, 2013 (UTC)
 * No - --Thomas0802 (talk) 00:34, March 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * No - Boomer8 (talk) 03:26, March 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * No - Jeff (talk|stalk)
 * No (yet) - Sasquatch101 (talk) 04:21, March 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * No - Messi1983 (talk) 09:38, March 24, 2013 (UTC)

Comments

 * Well, there are a lot of patrollers right now. Only if Vaultboy gets promoted there's gonna be place for one more patroller. But overall, my vote is not because I think you're a bad editor or anything like that, it's because your English needs some serious improvement and to be a patroller you need to speak English with fluency, so you can give the message the right way. Don't get me wrong, it's not like I'm telling you you won't ever be a patroller, just telling you that speaking (writing, as the case may be) English with some fluency would indeed give you more chances. But just for curiosity, what do you mean with getting people to join the wiki? If I understood what you mean, it could slightly contribute to changing my vote. - Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 21:25, March 23, 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree with everything Mikey said but I would also like to add that today is the first day you've edited since February 2nd. Basically, just be more active then try again.VaultBoy Tom (Talk to me this way) 21:38, March 23, 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree with Mikey, even if you get more edits, you don't have a class or a higher grammar level to become a patroller, this is a Wiki, were official documents and pages are published over the GTA Series in a proper grammar and even punctuation. Moreover, like me and the other patrollers, you need to make significant edits, it means : add content to the pages and more infos as possible. Keep doing a reasonable work and maybe you can get promoted if we have a free place. Thanks :) --Thomas0802 (talk) 00:40, March 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * If you improve your English, grammar, and be more active, I would be more inclined to vote yes. But there is a lot of patrollers currently, and if another one should be promoted, he should speak English and spell great. Boomer8 (talk) 03:26, March 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * We have a lot of staff, your English needs work, and you're not really active enough. Jeff (talk|stalk) 03:27, March 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * I voted no as we have too many patrollers as it is. In fact I think we have too much staff, and before we take on more, we need to at least promote another patroller to admin. Messi1983 (talk) 09:38, March 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * On that note and the fact this has seven votes off no in the space of 24 hours, I am closing this request. Messi1983 (talk) 09:41, March 24, 2013 (UTC)

LS11sVaultBoy - Admin

 * Closed 02:23, March 24, 2013 (UTC) as  SUCCESSFUL  - Jeff (talk|stalk)

Hi there. My name is Tom and I am a Patroller here on the GTA Wiki (You probably already know that). I am requesting Adminship here on the Wiki as I believe I have made a lot of edits, I have great grammar, punctuation and spelling qualities and I guess I'm a friendly guy. I've been editing here on the wiki almost every day since first joining, even if it was one edit the odd day. Please vote for me as I think I will be very helpful as an Admin and the increase in Patrollers means we may need to promote some of the Patrollers to get them out of the section.

Thanks,

VaultBoy Tom (Talk to me this way) 12:43, March 21, 2013 (UTC)

Votes

 * Yes - ILan ( XD &bull; Edits &bull; Home ) 18:06, March 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes - Ray boccino (talk) 22:47, March 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes - Messi1983 (talk) 03:32, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * No  - JBanton (Talk | Contribs) 07:59, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes - Dodo8 Talk
 * Yes - Thomas0802 (talk) 17:24, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes - Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 17:25, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes - istalo (Talk to me) 20:03. March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes - Mr. T. (talk) 21:51, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes - Boomer8 (talk) 02:36, March 23, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes - Sasquatch101 (talk) 03:03, March 23, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes - Jeff (talk|stalk) 02:20, March 24, 2013 (UTC)

Comments

 * VaultBoy definitely deserves promotion. Did very helpful edits over the past days. -- ILan ( XD &bull; Edits &bull; Home ) 18:06, March 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * I think the same as ILan. Ray boccino (talk) 22:47, March 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes per Ilan and Ray. Messi1983 (talk) 03:32, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * I have based this vote on the same factor that I based the vote for Tony on; having a look through contibutions I cannot find any evidence of dealing with a dispute or acting under pressure, so I cannot give a straight yes vote. I did remember Dan and Jeff saying that these skills and more would be required to make any good admin. I have no problems with edit or personality, just key skills. JBanton (Talk | Contribs) 08:03, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * @JBanton, he told me, but mostly Tony, to calm down when we had that fight, you know. I appreciate him for this, he would make a good admin. About the edits, I see he is active at least a few times a day. I'll vote Yes. Dodo8 Talk
 * Of course, you Tom, you are and has been a perfect patroller, doing very helpful edits like I said, not only because of the work, and too because you got a nice personality, and thanks for the congrats for my 1000 edits (answering the talk message). And it will be very good as admin, thanks for working with me and the other patrollers, you're a very active user, I have no reasons to vote no. Congrats. Thomas0802 (talk) March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, Vaultboy is a really great contributor. His edits are good and he helped us with the "22" guy, particularly in an account of "22", "Rosebud22", which I found out and Ilan and Vaultboy took down. I think he has the skills to be an admin, and in my opinion, a good one. Perhaps, just some more edits, but the current number is enough, and it won't change my "Yes". - Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 17:34, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * VaultBoy is a good editor, and as Mikey commented, he helped us with the situation of the "22" guy, so I'm voting "Yes" too. istalo (Talk to me) 20:03, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * As per Dodo and Mikey K. Mr. T. (talk) 21:51, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * He has done a lot of edits here and have been on this wiki for a while. I think he would be a good admin, so thats why I voted "yes". Boomer8 (talk) 02:36, March 23, 2013 (UTC)
 * He has a lot of quality edits and is active almost everyday. Sasquatch101 (talk) 03:03, March 23, 2013 (UTC)
 * 10 yes to 1 no, wow, I think we have new admin here. I will leave the closing to Tom or Jeff. Messi1983 (talk) 10:22, March 23, 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm voting yes, obviously, because this RfA happened after I told VaultBoy that if he applied I'd vote yes. And the reason is because his contributions have always been solid, and I was quite impressed by his involvement in the Dodo/Sasquatch affair. He tried to tell Tony to relax and not get involved, and then he tried to get Dodo to calm down and to "just ignore it". And when neither of them responded he didn't keep pushing. A level head is a very important trait in an administrator, and that's why I endorse LSS11sVaultBoy for Administrator. Jeff (talk|stalk) 02:19, March 24, 2013 (UTC)

Demotion: Sasquatch101

 * Closed 02:21, March 24, 2013 (UTC). Sasquatch101 will not be demoted.

I presume anyone who'll be reading this noticeboard is already familiar with the situation between Dodo8 and Sasquatch101 that lead me to impose an interaction ban on them. While Dodo has stuck to the ban, Sasquatch doesn't seem to comprehend it. After acknowledging the ban, two edits later he insulted Dodo8 again, causing me to block him for a day. On returning from the block, he proclaimed that he has never done anything wrong and that he is an exemplary editor, and insulted Dodo8 again. Having witnessed this, I no longer believe Sasquatch has the maturity to handle a staff job, and am calling for a demotion.


 * Update - his response was to file a demotion request against Dodo8, yet again violating the interaction ban . Per my earlier explanation as to how violations of the ban would be treated, Sasquatch has been blocked for 3 days. Jeff (talk|stalk) 03:35, March 20, 2013 (UTC)


 * Further update - I have written a timeline of the entire Dodo/Sasquatch dispute, which can be found at User:McJeff/Dodo_Sasquatch_dispute_timeline.

Votes

 * Support (as nominator) Oppose per this - Jeff (talk|stalk) 02:50, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose- Boomer8 (talk) 04:40, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - JBanton (Talk | Contribs) 06:47, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * Support  Oppose - VaultBoy Tom (Talk to me this way) 12:42, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 15:09, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose - istalo (Talk to me) 18:38, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - Mr. T. (talk) 22:24, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Messi1983 (talk) 05:59, March 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose - ILan ( XD &bull; Edits &bull; Home ) 12:32, March 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Tom Talk 23:01, March 21, 2013 (UTC)

Comments

 * While I actually like the user and believes he cares for the wiki, he has shown an inability to follow simple instructions. But my main problem is him having a grudge against another staff member, who clearly has a grudge against him, but followed the instruction not to interact. GTA Wiki Staff are a team of users who work together to make sure that this wiki runs smoothly. Sure we have disagreements, but the reason we all work well together is that we've never held grudges. Messi1983 (talk) 04:21, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * I've reviewed the situation and I dont think this is worthy of a demotion. He is a great editor here, and has made alot of contributions. I don't think he should be demoted over a stupid, petty arguement. I think he's been punished enough with the block Jeff gave him, and has learned his lessson. I'd give him a second chance, because he is a good editor and I believe he truly wants to do good here.  Boomer8 (talk) 04:40, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * I have no problem with editing abilities but staff should have the ability to remain composed for community activity. While the main purpose of the wiki isn't the community aspect it does play a signifcant role in its operation and such behaviour should not be tolerated. I'm in support here with the hope that we don't get repeats of this situation in the future. JBanton (Talk | Contribs) 06:50, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * As much as I like Sasquatch I'm afraid I'm going to have to agree with this. It is inacceptable and I think he should be demoted. VaultBoy Tom (Talk to me this way) 12:42, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * I am not sure. I have to think a little more about this. But my first opinion is that if one's getting demoted, so should the other. But, as Dodo has cleaned up his act, and Sasquatch hasn't yet let go of that grievance, I'll think and write a decisive opinion soon. Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 15:14, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * Why should Dodo8 get demoted when it's only Sasquatch who's continuing to fight and violating the interaction ban? Jeff (talk|stalk) 18:17, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * ...Not sure if he deserves it, anyway, I've been following the situation, and his fight with Dodo8 is getting annoying as I would say, anyway Dodo is keeping his mouth shut about Sasquatch, so I'll make my choice later. istalo (Talk to me) 18:38, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * This is a bit off-topic, but why do we allow "undecided" votes? I mean they take up extra space for relatively little progress. JBanton (Talk | Contribs) 21:47, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * So people can participate in the discussion without leaping to one side or another. If the voting period expires while they're undecided, I don't include "undecided" (or any variation thereof) votes in the total at all. Jeff (talk|stalk) 00:01, March 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey Jonny, don't worry, I already changed it, I was just saying that I still hadn't made my mind up, at the time. - Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 17:48, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * As per Mikey and Istalo, Sasquatch hasn't put this behind. I, myself, have put this behind and I assume Dodo has, but Sasquatch keeps on bringing this conflict up. It's really getting annoying and this childish way of gossiping about he "got wrongfully blocked" to myself and others and breaking his Interaction Ban, it would be in my interest to support of Sasquatch's demotion. Mr. T. (talk) 22:24, March 20, 2013 (UTC)
 * User has apologised on his talkpage and I believe  it is sincere. Plus he knows he is on his last legs with me, as I gave him a firm final warning. I am now opposing his demotion. Messi1983 (talk) 05:59, March 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * Changed to oppose per Sasquatch's apology on his talk page. Jeff (talk|stalk) 06:23, March 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * I've decided to go with "oppose". Personally, I think he and Dodo are good editors, but, then again, this has nothing to do with their edits, but with their attitude towards each other,. Basically, I checked the conflict's timeline, and read his apology, and, for the time being, I believe both Sasquatch and Dodo can continue their work here as Patrollers.-- ILan ( XD &bull; Edits &bull; Home ) 12:32, March 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * Same as Jeff. Tom Talk 23:01, March 21, 2013 (UTC)
 * I've decided to oppose on this after learning of his apology, but if it happens again then I will have no choice but to vote Support. VaultBoy Tom (Talk to me this way) 12:59, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * Besides Sasquatch's apology, I think he deserves a little faith. I myself was childish once (right, Jeff?), but was given a vote of faith and look at where I am now. But, as per Vaultboy, another one of these cheesy little grievances will result in a supportive vote for demotion. - Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 17:48, March 22, 2013 (UTC)
 * Made my decision, Sasquatch's apologized, so... I'm opposing to the demotion. istalo (Talk to me) 20:03, March 22, 2013 (UTC)