User blog:Sonasaurus/The Administration Team of Halo Fanon

As per request by LOMI, I'm going to be doing a blog on the high-and-mighty administrators that we have on this wiki. If you find any of the statements I make below to be false or offensive, just ask me to revise or remove it.

Rotartilbo is one of the earliest appointed administrators of Halo Fanon, and currently the longest-running one. I don't know him very well, and haven't so much as exchanged two words with him, but I can tell that he's a very dedicated bureaucrat by looking at all the maintenance he does and the way people talk about him. He may not be a very active user right now, but back in the day, it was easy to tell that he had quite the presence. As of today, he spends a lot of his time on Halo Fanon performing cleanup tasks for others such as organizing disambiguation pages and fixing redirects. It's not the most enjoyable task for the average person, and I'm glad that Rotaretilbo cares more about keeping our wiki in good quality than having other people read his articles and telling him how good he is at writing them.

Moving on to Spartan-091. Now he's the kind of admin that Halo Fanon needs more of: keeping things in line while making users feel welcome on this site. That's not to say that 091 is soft or something; trust me, you do not want this guy pissed off at you. He does take a severe line on those who break rules and act despondent to the rest of the community. But he's (usually) sure of the right decisions, and I admire him for his initiative and his insight. The advice he gave me for getting AAO somewhere proved to be very helpful, and he doesn't hesitate to step up and tell say something that needs to be said. It's probably why he's one of Halo Fanon's bureaucrats, and an indisputably exceptional administrator.

I knew Subtank way-back-when ever since I joined Halopedia three years ago, and there's quite a bit to say about her. She's the person that everyone knows, loves, and respects, by just being herself. Very charismatic and helpful, it's no surprise that she's also an administrator on Halopedia. Subtank is one of the users who takes an interest in the expansion of canon material on Halo Fanon, which is a very good thing because everyone else is so indulged in their own creations that they're beginning to forget the essence of our imagination. And the fact that she not only brings the good name of canon onto our severely imbalanced wiki, she has a good eye for using just the right images, fonts, and colours to make them much more professional than the average article you find here.

Like Rot, I'm not exactly on speaking terms with Dragonclaws. From the looks of his contributions, he puts quality above quantity, and I am talking of course, about the legendary Halo 3: Ascension. If you haven't read this, then I suggest you do so; Dragonclaws can practically replace Joseph Staten as Bungie's story writer. He has a great understanding of the story of Halo, and portray the characters and events in a realistic way that's not overdone. He, like Subtank, works with canon and polishes it until it shines in a manner that rivals Green Day's feverish passion with their political views. Although a lot of his fanon works are incomplete, I look forward to seeing what he makes of them in the future.

Ajax 013. Sinister. The feared one. God of insanity. We all have our names for him. But regardless of whether you like him or not, you can't deny that Ajax is a good writer. It's a well-known fact that he's the creator of the Necros era, which makes up a large part of Halo Fanon's universe and has a reputation that I for one envy. Although some people criticize it for being un-Haloish, you certainly have to give him credit for his creativity, and the numerous awards that he's won agrees. Once you really read between the lines on his articles, you can see just how well it all fits into Halo canon. Just about everyone on Halo Fanon knows him, but not quite in the way that everyone knows Subtank. And if you don't know a lot of things about him, watch out. You're in for a surprise.

Lordofmonsterisland is to say the least, omnipresent. His articles are long and detailed, and you can tell that he puts his heart and soul into it. To put it simply, if the Halo universe was a long hallway with a few open doors and a lot of locked ones, he's the one who opens them all up. From my early days on Halo Fanon to even now, some of my articles were written on inspiration from LOMI's material. And I'm sure that many other users have too. I don't keep in regular contact with him, but rather I observe his works and learn from him. He's good at changing his style while maintaining the quality. How does he do it? Because he knows where his foundation is. There are a lot of people on Halo Fanon who try a variety of different things, a lot of which end disastrously because they mess around rather than write in an honest manner (We have a few words for it; unrealism, plagiarism, non-canon friendly-ism, you name it). Not LOMI. He's an all-around writer knows what he's doing and how he's going to do it. The man with the plan.

I've known CommanderTony on Halopedia like I've known Subtank. He's an admin there too, and was one of three users to rise to power on Halo Fanon a few months ago. CT is probably the most hard-core admin I know on any wiki. You can see his knowledge of military material in his writing, and his long-time experience on Halo Fanon has given him quite a reputation. He also has a keen eye for the flaws we have, and makes very thorough and agreeable proposals to improve said flaws. But military stuff aside, Tony is a pretty funny guy too. Although his trolling on the irk can be, well, irksome at times (and sometimes misinterpreted as actual offence) he really has a knack for pulling the most unexpected jokes when people least expect it. In fact, he only becomes the stereotypically strict and humourless admin when either someone really irritates him, or an issue arises that he would be willing to deal with. So yeah, a lot of fun to be around, but also more than competent at stepping in when necessary.

"117649AnnihilativeRepentance " is quite a mouthful, or a handful, when you're typing it out. That's why just about everyone calls him AR. He's also one of Halo Fanon's senior users, and only decided recently that he wanted to become an administrator. In fact, I'm a bit surprised that it took the community this long to recognize his presence. A very responsible user, and a very serious writer, to say the least. His forté in military content bears a striking resemblance to one I often see in CT. He doesn't hesiate to give help when someone asks for it, and although he can be a bit condescending at times, it's really more of a personality than a problem. His unbiased and (mostly) fair judgement is something many admins share but particularly stands out in AR, just look at his talk page to see all the messages with requests for advice, collaboration , or just someone to talk to. And I can honestly say that from when he joined Halo Fanon three years ago, to now, to the distant future, AR had, has, and will have a lot to be proud of.

Last but not least, there's Maslab. He's the only one on this list that I didn't need to research up on for this blog. He's probably the person I know best on Halo Fanon, and it's not because he's won a lot of awards, or because he's an admin. Ever since he helped me write an article on one of my characters more than a year ago, we've worked together extensively on a project that's still expanding today. Since then, I've gotten to know him very well. Maslab is one of the two co-creators of Against All Odds (the other is me). Basically, he's the genius mastermind behind our whole universe. He doesn't write all our stories, or provide all his ideas for us, but he's got a knack for being creative and more often than not unpredictable. As you may have known, he's the writer of the long story series, Flight of the Phoenix . And I'll tell you, there's a whole bunch of things in there that even Bungie certainly wouldn't have thought to make. And guess what? It all fits. Don't be terrified of him just because he's an admin. Although you may be a bit put out sometimes by his tendency to be brutally honest, you should know that he's not trying to bring you down. And you have to admit that he gets you places. I must say, without him, I don't think we could've gotten AAO off the ground.

So there you go, LOMI. A long and (hopefully not) tedious blog on the administration team of Halo Fanon. And to everyone else reading this, I hope you liked this as well. Please share your thoughts on this post in the comment section below, but please for the love of all things decent, don't put up any spam or useless comments (I'm talking to you, Stel). Have a nice day :)