The Pig Lover Admin War (In the perspective of Game Freakazoid)

Hi, I was a bit apprehensive about creating this, and that's why I have been putting this off for a long time. But since Sway did this, I'm going to do it as well. Just don't edit this or put your own opinions in the comments please.

Section 0.0: First Thoughts
I opposed against PL initially because when PL posted on BiggerNate's wall about his administrative aspirations, Swasimcool said something like this:

"What?? All of us admins have worked long and hard for our ranks and you're trying to get admin by being here for three months and having 1000 edits!"

And so, a strong PL opposer was born.

Section 1.0: What I regret not doing
I know many of the defense's arguments were very weak and the only one that actually supported PL being admin was the one that said that the poll had 75% of the community in favor of PL being admin. I did not know how to fight this, but in the coming weeks after the PL war, I realized that as the court thread became more popular, more and more users left PL's side.

The biggest problem was that the poll vote was getting in PL's head, and that was probably the one argument that kept his fire going. Us opposers weren't going to let some random newcomer take on an administrative role just because a few more newcomers say we should.

What I should've done was post a re-poll to represent a more accurate vote, because again, quite a few users who initially voted for PL left PL's side after seeing our arguments. I'm pretty sure PL would've seen things differently if I had just done that.

Section 1.1: What we should do for every mod or admin application
What usually happens if someone applies for a rank is that they say why they deserve the rank, and then they make a poll so users can vote on whether they will actually get the rank or not. This is not a good system, because a user will tend to list only the good things about them and there really isn't a way we can make users say bad things about themselves. It just isn't going to happen.

This was a huge problem especially with PL's application because true to form, he listed only good things about himself, which swayed users into voting for him. The initial vote only peaked at about 70% in favor (PL counted his vote when he said the poll was 75-25). However, once the opposition had something to say about that, the votes were brought down to 50% being in favor of PL, none of which were admins.

Before a poll is posted, anyone should be able to list their oppositions and say why they disagree with the person being promoted to their desired rank. That way, when users cast their ballots, they will know all the positives and negatives about the applicant; not just the positives.