It looks like Paul Simon has been at it again. The vandal account and its IP has now been blocked, and I'll be working on clearing up the mess he made. Sorry to anyone who's been affected; things will be back to normal in a bit.
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Sorry I wasn't online either. The Dracul article appears fine to me now. If anybody notices anything which needs to be fixed (although the Fandom staff seem to have done a great job; I can't find anything in the vandal accounts Contributions which is still in place) please let me know.
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I think we have enough admins as it is, to be honest. There isn't really a set application process; since myself, Sabovia, Luxor et al took over from Deutchlandkaiser there hasn't been a need to appoint anybody else.
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My sincere apologies for the recent disruption.
A new admin turned out to be a sockpuppet for "Paul Simon", and chaos ensued. Fandom bots seem to have restored all the articles that were deleted, and I will unblock any accounts that were banned by the admin-vandal, but please let me know if there's anything else which needs doing.
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You hadn't edited it in over seven months, it was full of red links, and contained blatant falsehoods such as claiming to have a million citizens and an army of five thousand. That's hardly "no reason"; it actually qualifies it for speedy deletion.
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The vote has now concluded. After a week of voting, eight votes have been cast in support and two in opposition.
With the support of the userbase, the name of the site will therefore be changed from MicroWiki to MicroNations Fandom, and FANDOM have been contacted to make the change official.
Thank you all for taking part in this important decision!
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We shan't be keeping the wikia.com domain. Putting it in the URL will still redirect to this site, but it will change to fandom.com and that's not something we can really do anything about.
In response to President Hill and Rooztr, "MicroNations Fandom" should be interpreted as "MicroNations [at] Fandom", as in, we are based on the Fandom (formerly Wikia) wiki host. It's not saying the community is just a "fandom for micronations". All the other wikis hosted by Wikia are likewise being changed to the Fandom brand.
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Myself and other admins have decided that the time has come for a decision to be made in regards to the name of the site.
The official name of this website is "MicroWiki", but as you all know there has often been confusion and even conflict due to there being another, larger website of the same name, and so most of the micronational community refer to this site as "MicroWikia".
I would also like to inform those who are unaware that Wikia are in the process of renaming themselves to FANDOM and early next year ".wikia" will no longer be in the website's URL.
I therefore propose that the official name of this website be changed from MicroWiki to MicroNations Fandom.
This new name has already been on the Main Page for some weeks now, and we even have a snazzy new logo up. All we need is community support to show to Wikia/Fandom so they can change the name completely.
This vote will be up for one week.
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I'm closing the election a few days early, as the last vote was cast three days ago and I think we've reached consensus.
Abstentions being discounted, the results are as follows:
- LurkSAR: SUPPORT 11
- Sabovia: SUPPORT 6, OPPOSE 3
- Eno of Laurencia: SUPPORT 9, OPPOSE 2
- Suzukiano: SUPPORT 4, OPPOSE 1
All nominations are therefore confirmed effective immediately. Thank you all for voting!
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Lovely as it is to hold near-unlimited power over the wiki, it's not exactly fair for me to carry on indefinitely as the sole admin and bureaucrat on the site.
Therefore, I hereby make the following nominations:
- User:LurkSAR as admin and bureaucrat. LurkSAR has nearly 9,000 edits (the most of any user I've seen on the site), has been in this position before, and has been around since the site was brought back to activity in 2012. He has a lot of experience (and also serves as a tech admin on the other wiki, being very skilled at coding and the like) and I literally cannot think of anybody more qualified for the job.
- User:Sabovia as admin. I know he said that he wasn't looking to become admin again, but he is a familiar face that most of us trust and he has said that he is happy to help with things such as the design of the website.
- User:Eno of Laurencia as admin. A relative newcomer, but a very active user and a content moderator under Deutchlandkaiser.
- User:Suzukiano as admin. A member of the site since 2015; a mature and sensible user who I trust to serve well as an admin, and who will be online a lot more if appointed as such.
I ask that users vote to SUPPORT or OPPOSE these nominations. The vote will be up for a week. If, once appointed, an admin does a disappointing job, they can be removed from office by another vote. If I or LurkSAR resign as bureaucrats, Sabovia will be "next in line" to be promoted.
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Indeed, Wikia Fandom staff have already removed him, and as such this thread should have been (and now will be) closed. Good to know there was further support for the decision.
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Greetings!
Wikia Fandom Staff have removed Deutschlandkaiser from power in accordance with the result of the vote.
This leaves me in charge of the wiki, having first joined almost a decade ago. Since 2014 I've administered micronations.wiki (the "other" MicroWiki to which the original community of this website moved in 2010), and I think most would agree that I'm a fair and experienced admin.
I promise to you all that I will be open to criticism and allow open discussion and debate, and that nobody will be banned, blocked or silenced for voicing their opinion so long as the rules are followed.
So, basically, "keep calm and carry on". Not much is really going to change with me in charge, and I trust the userbase to function without me being too heavy-handed.
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As the other two have stated, this is a place for voting, not discussion or debate; that can take place on the threads which have already been made for this dispute. I'll be deleting any further comments which aren't a simple vote. I'll start us off: ABSTAIN
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Due to my position, I feel I have to abstain. However, as the recently promoted second bureaucrat of the site, I can guarantee that this vote will not be closed and that nobody will face any penalties due to the way in which they vote.
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At the end of the day, who is or isn't an admin should be up to the userbase. There's no rush - let's all maybe take a day off to calm this situation down - but I'd suggest a vote be held, properly, according to the Wikia procedures for such a thing, with each side able to put forward their own position without fear of being blocked or silenced.
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I said at the time that you should be informed before the vote came to an end, and I can only apologise that I didn't inform you myself.
In light of the allegations of sexual impropriety, I think it may be an idea to hold a vote on Deutschlandkaiser's adminship, with all proper procedures undertaken this time. There needs to be accountability somewhere down the line.
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