Robot Wars Wiki:Requests for Promotion/Adster1005

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 * result=Candidate was promoted to rollback'r.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  01:37, October 26, 2016 (UTC)
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Rollback'r
''Has the power to quickly revert all consecutive edits by a user. Mostly used for fighting vandalism''. I am applying for the position of Rollback'r, because I think I would be great at fighting vandalism. I have over 300 edits on the wiki, and have a good knowledge of editing on wikis, and I'm really good at proofreading. Since I follow a lot of pages, and am on the wiki a lot, so I can frequently check recent changes, and get frequent emails when a page I follow has been changed. However, I have only been on this wiki 2 months and 3 days. I understand if you vote not yet, and I will accept it. Personally, I would use it for removing unwanted edits, if someone put something that was arguable, then I would take it to the corresponding talk page.

An example of when I could have used this was the other night, on the Titan page. I checked the Recent Changes pages, and saw Titan, I typically look at robots I haven't heard of. So I looked on and saw it had been vandalised. I was thinking of putting it back, I then saw Jimlaad43 revert it. So I thought about requesting for rollback'r then, but I left it. I finally decided today. Thanks for reading my request for promotion.

Support

 * Honestly, I trust anyone with basic knowledge of wikis to have rollback, as long as they have no history of vandalism, and don't abuse the tool. Seriously, if anyone else who frequents this wiki wants rollback, just give me a shout, you can have it (subject to change if the wiki decides not to promote Adster) Toast  Ultimatum  16:31, October 21, 2016 (UTC)
 * (Weak Support - Not quite yet), as correct as Toast's statement is, I think that users could almost automatically be given this power if they've earned Arena privileges and been active in the Arena for a month, just so we can see commitment. I don't have problems with people getting given this power, just not quite so soon into your time on the wiki. J  im laa  d4   3 (talk) 16:54, October 21, 2016 (UTC)
 * Support: I almost voted oppose, then I read Toast's and Jim's comments and it changed my mind. My only concern is perhaps lack of experience on the wiki, but I don't see it a potential problem.  S2  56   17:38, October 21, 2016 (UTC)
 * Sure. As a rollback'r myself I haven't had to use it much but it's nice to use when a vandal has been editing. With reverts, things can accidentally get changed if two users are trying to at the same time, but with rollback no such problem. You seem responsible, and TBH I think anyone over 300 edits should be eligible because theyve shown commitment, and it's not like its admin or anything, just a quicker way of dealing with vandalism. RelicRaider (talk) 11:39, October 22, 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm satisfied that there's no harm in awarding you this power. As I say to all users, though, please don't use it just for disagreements. Stick with the "undo" or talk page options, ones that provide an opportunity to explain why you are removing the content.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  01:37, October 26, 2016 (UTC)

Comments
I think rollback requires an understanding of when it should be used. Too often these promotions are given as rewards to good users rather than people who know how to use them. So Adster, rather than commenting on how you're a good user, I'd be interested in you writing a short bit about when you would use rollback, when you would undo and when you would take something to a talk page. If I'm satisfied with your answer you'll have my support.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  20:32, October 21, 2016 (UTC) }}