GuildWiki talk:Requests for adminship/M.mendel

Clarfication
Auron is indicating in the irc channel topic (Mendel - Did you accept that rfa or not? -Auron) that my candidate statement lacks clarity. That is because it attempts to answer two questions diferently that are usually rolled into one and answered the same. As usual, Auron doesn't tip his hand indicating what he's planning that makes the answer to his question relevant at this time, considering that RfAs can be open for months. --◄mendel► 09:11, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Can I see myself as an admin? Yes.
 * 2) Do I think that I should be promoted today? No.
 * 3) Well, when is the time to promote me? My crystal ball is a bit cloudy on that.
 * We didn't have an active 'crat at that time Random Time  10:22, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Frankly, I was not 100% clear what you meant with your statement(s) until you wrote an explanation here. So maybe you are reading into it a bit too much. [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 08:00, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Closing
I'm in favor of closing this RfA as not accepted. The points made in oppose outweigh the points made in support, and indeed, many of the oppose votes shed light on what I don't want to see in sysop activities. He's done some weird things in the past (anonymous pages, for example) and his being a sysop would not only condone that type of project, but make it harder to challenge. I don't trust his judgment. Reading his arguments across the wiki, and most recently on my talk page, I don't feel comfortable putting someone that thinks Felix was justified in unblocking himself (an action that, combined with his posts/attitude problem, got him demoted) in a position of power. He also holds very odd views on blocking and deletion, and since we trust admins to go with what is generally accepted, I don't believe he would be able to live up to the currently accepted standards for sysop tool use since he doesn't agree with them in the first place. The benefits he he can bring to the wiki can still be brought as a non-sysop user, and indeed are probably better pitched from that position (a la Dirigible). Pan/Jedi, comments? - Auron 14:38, 2 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I do *not* think Felix was justified in unblocking himself. I pretty much agree with what PanSola wrote to both of you. You have a hard time understanding what I'm getting at, Auron, and I can't even begin to speculate why that is. --◄mendel► 03:08, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * On this topic, mendel, I find there has been quite a number of occasions where your articulation failed to convey your ideas until 5~7 replies later to finally get things clarified. You kind of stood out amongst the GuildWiki users in that aspect.  -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 22:47, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd be interested to find out why that is. On some discussions, my position shifts as a result of the discussion (it's called "learning", I believe), and on others, people take issues with things I write that weren't the core thrust of my original statement (maybe because I don't realise that these details are important to you), so of course I hadn't originally spent any energy clarifying that, and in these cases there's usually a bit of confusion until I notice that the discussion isn't about what I intended to say.
 * But perhaps you can clarify for me how this implies that I think Felix was justified in unbanning himself. --◄mendel► 23:58, 9 September 2008 (UTC)