Board Thread:Requests for User Rights/@comment-26470588-20170420155119

note: if this is an hour or something early because of time zones, then whatever, close it for the extra time. Previous run: Rollback "A user with bad edits and bad forum posts who once got a warning for derailing, running for a staff job that they barely qualify for that already has too many people? Absolute Support!" Ok. I do realize that this is more opposable than Homo Sapiens Sapiens' thumbs, but still. Time to state my reasoning.

Requirements
I have over 500 edits (Peacekeeper badge). I have over 1000 I have been on the wiki for about a year, giving or taking. I have never been blocked or banned from chat. Up to you guys.
 * You must have at least 250 mainspace edits (Futuristic Fighter badge).
 * You must have at least 500 forum edits.
 * You must have been on the wiki for at least three months.
 * You must have not been blocked or banned from the chat more than one week for the past six months.
 * More than 60% of the votes must be supportive.

My Pros

 * I overmeet the requirement, although not very much or as much as, say, VeX..
 * I am very diligent about maintaining forum activity and cleanliness, as I now discourage derailing.
 * Since the day in which I first became eligible for voting, I believe I have never not voted on a new highlighted thread. While this isn't a huge plus, it highlights the fact that I will try to maintain my activity and be as active as possible.
 * I am usually friendly to other users, never bullying or harassing people.

Cons (and boy are there a lot that I can think of)
One time, I created a thread. I don't remember what it was about. I voted on it as well, then asked if I was allowed to vote on my own thread. Dat AWikiBoi responded: "Yeah, as long as it's not your own promotion thread." I responded by disqualifying my own vote because I didn't know what promotion threads were. But here's the thing. Like thread derailing, I don't do this anymore. I am educated about this wiki enough that I won't make these mistakes- and instead help other people who are making them. Not to be critical or anything, but that's the worst reason to oppose of all time. The more, the merrier.
 * I am a professional thread derailer. However, I would replace the word "am" with "was." I never derail threads anymore, instead actively discouraging it and the almost warning that Oreo gave me is, in my opinion, enough to stop that from me.
 * I used to make really dumb mistakes on forums. To give an example:
 * We have too many discussion mods.

Why am I running?
Even with the massive amounts of discussion mods, I see all the time people using templates wrong, making mistakes, or derailing threads that I wish I could just delete/edit them to benefit the thread itself. Malignant threads, as well, such as when Strawburst18 created a thread titled "changing kill to hug" which contained a bunch of relatively inane content mocking SuperGaming101's threads, are also a problem. BF10 eventually closed it, but I really wanted to close it on my own and I could've much quicker if something like that happens.

Final Thoughts
If When this thread doesn't pass, I'm not going to be surprised or anything. I think I'm still underqualified in mainspace as opposed to other runners who have practically 1000 edits over the requirement. Still, I'm hopeful. Anyway, vote away!

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