Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-265341-20150613182449/@comment-265341-20150614170720

@SuperWarrior5000: I have not had very many interactions with you. I have had a bunch of interactions with SforHope, and always found him to be a very pleasant person. I don't know if I would describe us as 'friends' because I've spoken to him probably less than 10 times total. I do like him though, and that was part of why I nominated him. The other 75% is that I think he's a really strong editor, and he's one of the best synopsis writers we've ever had. He's shown a lot of passion for and dedication to the site.

To answer your question though, getting along well with the admins absolutely improves someone's chances of getting nominated. It's not that we want people to brown-nose (we don't). It's just that we're usually not interested in promoting new admins who don't get along well with the existing admins. The site does better when all of the admins get along, and have a good working relationship together. Again, this doesn't mean that we only promote suck-ups... it means that proving you have the ability to work and be social with admins is an important part of being an admin.

If your problem is that you think other people should be nominated instead, you should know that we have an open nomination system. If somebody meets the criteria, anybody (who has been active for at least a year) can nominate them as long as they follow the rules.