Forum:Archived - Former Administrative Position Request (TopsyKretts3)

THIS VOTE SHALL RUN FROM 11:59AM EST ON THE 14TH OF MARCH, 2013, UNTIL 11:59PM EST ON THE 21ST OF MARCH, 2013.

Who Am I?
Who am I? I'm Jean Valjean! Well, in my head, at least...

Since the 8th of May, 2010, I have been known on the Combat Arms wiki as TopsyKretts3. In reality, though, that is only one of many online alias' that I use for myself. Who I really am is Trevor Alcove, and I am a Site and Chat moderator.

What Do I Do?
As a moderator it is my duty to enforce the rules. I remove vandalism from pages, and hand down the punishment to those who defy the rules. In addition I label and report pages which serve no purpose, or would be better suited as blogs. I am also active in renaming guides which do not have such indications in their titles.

Some of my more visible work comes from the GIFs you see on pages. Back in 2012 there were only GIFs on five or so pages, and the quality on them was very low. I looked at so many pages with images freeze-framed in the middle of an animation and thought to myself, "Why not more? The wiki deserves more." Since then I have added GIFs to many pages, and am often the first to GIF new GP guns. Today, I have been join in this by Blue August and ComradeJ.

My other visible contributions come from the main page. In addition to writing and archiving the polls every week, I also update the news and DYK sections of the main page at least once per month. I also have taken care of the 'Welcome to the Combat Arms Wiki' section when it was required of me.

However, my contribution which I am most proud of comes in the form of the Public Ruleboard and it's proposition. Prior to it, the closest thing the wiki had to a public ruleset was vague and uninformative. In addition to this, it was not the most accessible page to find. Then and there I wrote up a revised ruleset based off of the block reasons which are available to Moderators. I suggested it to the community, with the addition that a brief version of such rules appear directly on the front page of the wiki. Needless to say, it passed with a super-majority.

Notable Contributions

 *  Edits in my time on this Wiki.
 * Public Ruleboard - Pushing to have the rules clear, concise, and easily accessible.
 * CAWiki Pollster since April 2012.
 * Maintaining the front page of the Wiki.
 * Spearheading the movement to add GIFs to pages.
 * Active moderator since the 9th of May, 2011.

Closing Notes
As a final note I wish to point out my activity on the wiki. I log in and check up on the wiki multiple times during the day, even if I don't make any edits. Zero is a busy man and as such cannot maintain a very active presence on the wiki. This wasn't a problem in the past as the wiki had at least 5 active admins. Now Zero appears to be the most active admin.

There are pages on the wiki which are in need of administrative action, and if elected to the position I will take the necessary actions for the betterment of the wiki. Thank you for reading, and please take the time to vote.

However, do not let this be the deciding factor in your decision. If you do not feel that I would be qualified for this position then do not vote for me. But if you feel that I would be well suited for this position, then the green check is where your signature belongs.

Votes
If you are in favour of promoting TopsyKretts3 to the position of Admin, then vote in the yes section.

If you are against promoting TopsyKretts3 to the position of Admin, then vote in the no section.

If you are neutral, then do not vote. If you are undecided, then any issues, comments, or concerns you have will be answered in the comments section below.

Comments
Leave any comments or questions here and I will answer them all to the best of my ability as soon as is possible.