User:Brant/The Case for Penstubal

So we're having the first admin election in years, and I would like to state my support for User:Penstubal. While he is a good friend of mine, my support for him was not decided through that, but through long periods of observation and interaction with both him and the other candidate for admin, User:Chill57181. I have spent years interacting with both users on the wiki's IRC over a variety of issues, and as such, through long deliberation and pondering of their actions and words, I have decided that User:Penstubal will make the best choice for the next admin of this wiki.

Penstubal will be an impartial admin, showing neither any extra favor to the admins nor the users. I know this, because despite me being his friend, he is still willing to point out my errors when I do wrong. He has shown that he does not hesitate to speak up in any case of wrongdoing, whether it be by the users or the admins. This means, that as an admin, Penstubal would show impartiality in all cases, making him a fair and impartial judge when necessary, and maintaining a good relationship with both users and admins since he would show neither favor nor opposition to either side.

On the other hand, Chill has not shown himself to be impartial in such cases, refusing to ever point out when his friends have done wrong, even choosing to defend them instead, something he will continue to do even if said friends have been proven wrong. As such, as an admin, Chill would only favor his close friends in most if not all cases, making him a poor judge. He would likely be the cause or the cause of the worsening of multiple fights between users and admins due to his taking the side of whoever is his closest friend instead of being in the best interests of both.

This would be detrimental to the proper functioning of this wiki as a whole, as, due to Chill's biases, he would outright refuse to help someone if they needed help, possibly using an absurd excuse such as "you disrespected Kermit so I refuse to undo the vandal attack on your articles". Keep in mind that Chill was the one who pushed the "Kermit respect act", a law in incomplete violation of the right of a user to function. Chill shares no love for Kermit, but is merely using him in his quest to continually exert his and his friends' complete control over this wiki.

These acts would be amplified tenfold should Chill become an admin, as without any lack of power to slow down his quest for complete domination of the wiki and its users as a whole, there would be nothing stopping Chill from getting anything he wants, however way he wants it. Chill would continue to use a green cartoon frog as a mascot to hide his true intentions of domination, and possibly create more mascots to hide his true intentions as he continues to force more and more control onto the wiki. Meanwhile, there would be nothing stopping him from doing so as he would have total power.

Chill has also continuously trolled many people on IRC, then takes advantage of their following irrational decisions, which are the reaction to the hours of constant trolling, to forward his goals on Fanon. This has been repeated over the years to many different users, yet he has escaped any possible consequence due to his calculating beforehand to ensure he does not violate a single Fanon policy, and close friendship with the admins. This is no way that an admin should act and if elected, Chill will continue doing this at an even greater intensity as he would have immense power.

Meanwhile, Penstubal has not been involved in any trolling incident of another user with malicious intent, nor has he ever provoked a user and used their following reaction to obtain what he wants on the wiki. Unlike Chill, Penstubal is aware of when to stop joking with someone. As an admin, Penstubal would neither troll anyone with a malicious intent nor would be abuse his admin powers to get away with any negative consequences that malicious trolling might entail. Penstubal does not try to curry favor with the admins for the purpose of escaping punishment either.

Additionally, Penstubal has not been responsible for the creation of any law that violates the right of a user to be able to function as a productive user on this wiki, nor does he attempt to use a cartoon frog to exert his control over the users of the wiki. As an admin, Penstubal would act in a more libertarian way, giving the users more power to function as productive users, instead of passing new laws that would render users paralyzed and curtail their basic rights. Penstubal would refrain from interfering with users' work and personal affairs in general.

Chill is a close enough friend of the current admins that he managed to get promoted to the position of admin without any prior consultation from the rest of the users of the wiki, despite there being other users that were much more suitable for the job. Keep in mind that Chill's answer to the "What are your good qualities?:" question on the Rfa was "I memorized all the words to Take Me Home, Country Roads, you're welcome". This shows that he is completely unprepared for being an admin, as he either shows a lack of seriousness or a lack of good qualities, neither of which are good.

On the other hand, Penstubal has shown through the past year and before that he is suitable for the position of admin, through his demonstration of seriousness and maturity. Penstubal's response to the "What are your good qualities?:" question on the Rfa was "I have always been open to compromise no matter what issue it might be on and I believe that's what sets me apart from most other experienced users on the wiki - the fact that I believe I can compromise things in an effort to make everybody happy.", showing seriousness, maturity, and good qualities.

Now, as I end this long statement in support of Penstubal, I would like to reiterate that I sincerely support Penstubal, who has shown in the past year that he is suitable for the position of administrator. While many of you might be inclined to vote for Chill, whether you think he's funny or he's your friend, remember that being funny or being someone's friend are not required qualities to be administrator. I have nothing against Chill as a person, but I do not believe he is fit to be administrator of this wiki, whereas Penstubal is fit to be the next administrator. Thank you. --Brant (Talk) (Contributions) 23:24, 2 December 2018 (UTC)