WE DID IT!
The wikidot staff have turned over full control of the site to me. This means that we can finally move forward with several new additions as well as upgrading to a pro account, which will give us a LOT more space. I have also removed the ability for non admins and non-moderators to permanently delete pages and files. I did not mention this issue before for fear that the vandals would go into a feeding frenzy as a permanently deleted page cannot be recovered. It is 4:00AM and I have to be up in three hours for work. I will be putting up several features (first and foremost are forums and page discussions) over the next few days. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to start sending them my way! Thank you all VERY much for the assistance with moving this forward! I won't let you down!
All,
The admin of the site is absent at the moment, and no one seems able to contact him. I spoke with the staff here at wikidot and while they will not turn the site over to anyone else, they will promote someone to admin if the users and moderators are OK with it. I'd like to volunteer for that position as I spend a great deal of time on here (more than I do playing, actually …). With all the recent vandalism, we need someway to bring control and stability to the site. An active admin can also setup forums, as well as other options that we sorely need. If you are OK with my assuming an administrator role, please update the table below with preferably your wikidot ID. If you do not have one, than you can either register or provide your PSN ID and we'll see if that would be enough. If you are registered with Wikidot please try and provide your numeric ID as well as Username. You can find your numeric ID by clicking on your picture in the top right corner, then click on write private message (or hover over it); your numeric ID are the digits at the end of the URL. If you cannot find it, don't worry about it. Also, please join the site if you have not already done so. That will help with your vote as well. The password is kingsfield since no one can approve you at the moment.
At this point there has been a changing of the guard at wikidot and the person I spoke with about this issue is no longer in a position to assist us. I have sent a message to the person taking over for him and will let you know when I hear back from them. Please continue to vote as I imagine the more signatures we have, the more likely we are to get the assistance we need. Thanks everyone for your votes so far! I have no idea what it will take to get this resolved at this time.
Someone changed the title below to Vote for Anyone, instead of Vote for Stooge. That is fair enough, but if you do so, please create a separate section below. It will keep things tidier and easier for the wikidot owners to decide the course of action to take
As to why I feel you should vote for me, that is simple. I have been extremely active on this site, I have made numerous contributions, edits, grammar checks, format changes, etc. What I would like to do is get a pro membership for the site and add even more features, but I can't at this point because I am not the master administrator and I do not think they will pass that over to me. I created a mirror of this site, by hand, and I try to keep that mirror up to date, again by hand. I did this so that we won't lose any of the items we spent an incredible amount of time and energy building due solely to vandals who seek to only tear down what others have built.
More than all of that, I happen to care. I would like to add a lot of features to the site, that are just not available wtihout an administrator. I like building things and this has been a lot of fun. I saw a need, I took the initiative and I'm willing to do the work. I have been trying to accomplish this behind the scenes for two weeks by contacting the owner Pauley but was unable to do so. Neither moderator was successful either. So, anyone who wishes to nominate themselves, please do not let me stop you, I would not want to do that. Just do it in a separate section of the page, please. . Thanks for the votes so far. They are really appreciated!
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