Guild Wars Wiki talk:Elections/2010-10 bureaucrat election/Pling

This is normally something I would do and I had been thinking about candidates, but I am pretty happy with the current list. Good luck Pling, whatever your goals are. Misery  21:14, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Aw, I was looking forward to a head-to-head race. -- Konig / talk 05:11, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Question for you Plingaling
If I recall correctly you resigned as a sysop. What prompted the return to the scene, as it were? Shadow Runner  19:05, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Sysop != bureaucrat. poke | talk 19:12, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Yup. However, I view sysop and b-crat as similar and was just wondering. I just couldn't find a better way to phrase it. Shadow Runner  19:17, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Before I resigned, I nominated myself for bureaucratship because I felt it was a step back from day-to-day sysopping. People joke that being a bureaucrat is like taking a holiday, but it's partially true in that it isn't as much to take on as being a sysop. In that sense, it's not really a return to the scene.
 * And yeah, I thought the candidate list could do with a little widening, regardless of the outcome. (I think Rainith would be best for the position.) -- pling User Pling sig.png 20:11, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Opposition conspiracy
Yeah, just to clear things up a bit: I think Rainith is the best candidate for the position. Before voting started, I wasn't sure he'd win because he's relatively less well-known/popular than Jon; essentially, it looked to be a foregone conclusion. Adding a few more candidates would thus open the election up a bit.

What I wasn't expecting was that Rainith would be close to winning and I'd be ± 1 within his count. I made a few comments in IRC regarding this and how a couple more oppose votes would mean the better candidate wins. I'm not sure whether I should withdraw because it'd go against that concept of including more candidates in this election, and also that it would feel like I'm making the decision to lose rather the people. (If we're going for democracy, do it properly. Right? Right?) I think that explains some of the switching of votes from support to oppose. -- pling 20:50, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * You could've at least made up a convincing lie, Pling. &mdash;  Raine Valen  [[Image:User_Raine_R.gif|19px]]  21:10, 29 Oct 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not on the IRC channel so this is the first I've heard of this. I'd prefer you stay in Pling and if you win, you win.  I dislike the idea of "backdoor dealings" to take a buzzword from the current US elections (at least in my area) and would like to win or lose without anything of the sort.  --Rainith 21:13, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh no, there's no actual conspiracy here (the name of the section is supposed to be ironic/sarcastic/stupid). I'm not telling anyone to vote one way or another, and there's no collective will determined to thrust you towards victory. If I win, I win. I'd just rather you did instead. -- pling User Pling sig.png 21:27, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * By the way, the inability to get my proper point/intent across in the opening comment displays one of my faults. (It also shows a weakness in the election system if one actually were intending to affect the outcome.) -- pling User Pling sig.png 21:37, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, since you were my #2 anyway, and I aim to please... ;) &mdash; Why [[Image:User Why s.png|User talk:Why]] 21:40, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Making yourself eligible for the spot just to expand the amount of candidates led me to believe your heart was not truly in it. If there are only 2 people are deemed (or deem themselves) suitable for the spot, I would say "so be it".  Koda  [[Image:User_Koda_Kumi_UT.jpeg‎|19px]]  Kumi  22:04, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * This looks like rigging the votes, whatever the reason. Just sayin', not that I care much. :P RazoR 39999 09:46, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Expressing (in public) a preference isn't really vote-rigging. What other users did of their own accord was similar to how you used support and oppose votes to maximise your input, as you explained on Rainith's candidacy talk. -- pling User Pling sig.png 23:11, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I realize that the original intent was good, I don't think you should have run with the intent of "make sure Rainith wins, but be unwilling to win yourself". --JonTheMon 23:16, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * When I thought Rainith wouldn't win (i.e. when I nominated myself), I was willing to win. -- pling User Pling sig.png 23:21, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I see right through you. Gares and you are both plotting to bring me down come next election. So be it. Blood will wet the fields of the next election, less than a third of it will be mine. Misery  23:23, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Damn right you are.  Koda  [[Image:User_Koda_Kumi_UT.jpeg‎|19px]]  Kumi  23:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I would call for the bureaucrat elections to be restarted if bureaucrats actually did anything here. As it is, lolgww. [[Image:User_Felix_Omni_Signature.png]]elix Omni 23:30, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Please Koda Kumi, no personal attacks. Misery  23:30, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with you for once and yet you treat me like this? Your throne is already unstable! 82.217.189.101 16:35, 1 November 2010 (UTC)