12-05-2023, 07:49 PM
I am not active on server, so feel free to take everything below with a grain of salt.
Also for context, I very strongly do not believe this has to be a competition between Icey and tiefling. If both are solid admin candidates, I think it would be a blessing for TTT to have four at least mostly active admins.
Icey, you're obviously a well known, friendly face in pretty much all areas of the community, so big plus on that front. You're familiar with the rules, reasonable and effective in enforcing them, etc. etc. etc.
That said, I pretty much agree exactly with what @bab said--your responses in tiefling's app, in this thread, and in your own app here really do leave a bad taste in my mouth, and for me bring into question your motivation in applying.
The primary reason you discredited tiefling as an admin candidate was not doing "a whole lot on the balancing or updates side of things". But then in your own application this suddenly isn't an important quality for an admin candidate. When pressed on this in another thread, you say "If I could go back and change some of my -1's, I would. Unfortunately, it wouldn't really accomplish anything." This comes across as disingenuous to me, as you absolutely can change at least one -1 you've given in recent past, especially if your thoughts on qualifications for a good admin have changed.
Note: this of course isn't to say you can't not support somebody for your own reasons--you're perfectly entitled to vehemently oppose tiefling as admin for whatever reasons you choose. But publicly giving a reason that you then go back on, without making any change to your response, comes across as you acting in bad faith.
On top of that, you neglected to respond to (and downrepped) both of the genuine -1s you received, both of which prompted you to respond and imo gave valid constructive feedback. If you're going to be admin, I don't think you should sweep criticism under the rug, rather address it and use it to improve.
All in all, I think you have a lot of the traits of a good admin, and your history with the community speaks for itself as far as your dedication to keeping things fun while also enforcing the rules. However, I think even more important from a prospective admin is acting honestly and in good faith within the community, and from your responses in these threads in the last week, I'm not super confident this is the case. -1 for now, but I'm open to supporting in the future.
Also for context, I very strongly do not believe this has to be a competition between Icey and tiefling. If both are solid admin candidates, I think it would be a blessing for TTT to have four at least mostly active admins.
Icey, you're obviously a well known, friendly face in pretty much all areas of the community, so big plus on that front. You're familiar with the rules, reasonable and effective in enforcing them, etc. etc. etc.
That said, I pretty much agree exactly with what @bab said--your responses in tiefling's app, in this thread, and in your own app here really do leave a bad taste in my mouth, and for me bring into question your motivation in applying.
The primary reason you discredited tiefling as an admin candidate was not doing "a whole lot on the balancing or updates side of things". But then in your own application this suddenly isn't an important quality for an admin candidate. When pressed on this in another thread, you say "If I could go back and change some of my -1's, I would. Unfortunately, it wouldn't really accomplish anything." This comes across as disingenuous to me, as you absolutely can change at least one -1 you've given in recent past, especially if your thoughts on qualifications for a good admin have changed.
Note: this of course isn't to say you can't not support somebody for your own reasons--you're perfectly entitled to vehemently oppose tiefling as admin for whatever reasons you choose. But publicly giving a reason that you then go back on, without making any change to your response, comes across as you acting in bad faith.
On top of that, you neglected to respond to (and downrepped) both of the genuine -1s you received, both of which prompted you to respond and imo gave valid constructive feedback. If you're going to be admin, I don't think you should sweep criticism under the rug, rather address it and use it to improve.
All in all, I think you have a lot of the traits of a good admin, and your history with the community speaks for itself as far as your dedication to keeping things fun while also enforcing the rules. However, I think even more important from a prospective admin is acting honestly and in good faith within the community, and from your responses in these threads in the last week, I'm not super confident this is the case. -1 for now, but I'm open to supporting in the future.
