Board Thread:Petitions/@comment-28083312-20180322210100/@comment-29771477-20180412121559

Captain Hayden wrote: That still doesn't excuse the fact about personally knowing them. Unlike many of the voters (actually pretty much all of them), I have worked with both of them on a personal basis here, on other wikis, through many eras and other scenarios. I am a unique user because I have been around the wiki for the third longest (Behind Zathsu and Grudgeholderr) so I have experienced every era firsthand. I've been on here and know who I am working with when I see Banana and Patrik. Both have done quite amazing things and are virtually the same candidate in every possible way. The only thing that seperates them is their tenure, which everyone keeps attacking. My point is, get to know who you are voting for. It's not right to come on a wiki with no experience and debunk Patrik's work, even just by looking at his contributions. Matter of fact, I really see it as unfair that you even get a say (no offense) because you barely made the cut for voting. All I am going to say is that the best way to get to know someone is direct communication and on that retrospect, you cannot assess someone strictly on their contributions. Also, isn't being a grammar nazi good? Because that shows how he CARES about page quality and proper information. I rest my case

Even though me and Hayden are on ooposite sides in this debate, I agree with almost every word of this (I really feel like you don't know them if you call them the same candidate in every way). Although I'm pretty unique too, because I ALMOST survived the Dark Era purges to become a Senior Mod (and then maybe a community mod), my mental illness(es) just kept me from that, and I am also a quite longstanding member who was here back when diep.io had no motherships ;)

Anyways, here's how you get to know a candidate (or ANYONE, for that matter) on this wiki. You go to their message wall, and you say "Hiya! I'm a pretty new person, so tell me about yourself! What are some of your hobbies?". Boom. You did it. Congratulations. Pat yourself on the back.