Final (47/1/0); Originally scheduled to end 07:05, 2 November 2007 (UTC). Nominion successful. -- Deskana (talk) 10:23, 2 November 2007 (UTC) reply
Accounting4Taste ( talk · contribs) - Fellow editors, I am proud to offer up for adminship Accounting4Taste hereafter known as A4T. Originally joining us back in April, A4T has amassed well over 5,000 edits (for those who like to count 'em!) that are nicely spread across the project. A review of his contributions should show the following;
Article Work
Speedy Deletion Work
WP:AFD Work
Housekeeping Items
All, I firmly believe A4T is a polite, modest and dedicated editor. His generous commitment here can only be furthered by allowing him access to administrative tools, and I hope that the community will find themselves in agreeance with this course of action. Pedro : Chat 07:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC) reply
I accept this nomination with pleasure. Accounting4Taste 04:46, 26 October 2007 (UTC) reply
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:
I can definitely say that I intend to be a very cautious administrator while I learn the ropes. I will not be handing out blocks or deleting new pages willy-nilly; having the privileges of the mop will make me more determined to make sure that whatever I do reflects well on Wikipedia.
I haven’t learned enough about other areas to contribute yet, but I’m interested in improving some Wikipedia policies that I don’t think are sufficiently detailed, such as WP:MOVIE and WP:PORNBIO. I’m also interested in helping new users create articles using article templates -- I think, for instance, new users need a template to help them create articles about fictional characters that span multiple media platforms. I’m also interested in Wikipedia:Third opinion and similar functions because I found that one helpful as a newbie.
As I’ve done backstage tasks around Wikipedia, I have gleaned a couple of basic principles that seem worthwhile tenets: they are (1) the bottom line is improving Wikipedia, and (2) work to retain every editor who cares to contribute. So in one sense, I do my best work when I keep those principles at the front of my mind. When I first encountered AfD, for instance, I thought the best way to contribute was to ruthlessly delete almost everything. Since then, I’ve taken pleasure in saving some articles from deletion by researching them and contributing citations, etc., to them... perhaps I started as a stern deletionist, but over time I have become more and more inclusionist. Principle (1) tells me to get rid of crap quickly, but also to improve articles that are worth saving. Principle (2) tells me to get rid of incorrigible vandals quickly, but also welcome people who might start out by introducing some nonsense words to an article, just to see how it works, because they may stay and contribute. I was very impressed by the statistic that most of the basic work of creating new pages is done by new editors, and I want to facilitate that. So some of the best work I’ve done for Wikipedia is in connection with explaining Wikipedia policy to newbies; some stay, some don’t.
Just recently I had a conflict with a fairly new editor who has had an intermittent and contentious history with Wikipedia. I had made quite a few contributions to Philo Vance and when it showed up on my watchlist as having been blanked without an edit summary, I restored it and, noticing that the editor had started on Wikipedia about the same time as I had, gave him the benefit of the doubt and left him a message that assumed that it had been an accident. When he blanked it twice more in the next five minutes, I actually thought his account had been hijacked, and when he replaced the entire article with his own creation (in need of serious wikification, with all the exterior references removed and the links broken, no edit summary and quite a bit of original research by synthesis, IMHO) I freaked out for a few minutes and left him a note that was, in retrospect, angrier than it should have been. Then I took a few deep breaths and realized that this editor wanted to contribute, thought he WAS contributing, and decided to do two things -- back away, and indicate that I wanted to cooperate to make the article better. I also had to let go of any lingering feeling that it was somehow “my” article, because there’s no such thing. I may not be able to help that particular editor contribute, but now I know how to deal with that situation.
I figure if I get stressed about what I’m doing here in the future, I just have to reorient myself to those two principles and the right path will sort itself out, which will relieve my stress. If it doesn’t, I’ve learned that there are a few friendly editors here who can lend a hand if I find myself confused. And if nothing else works, I can always take a wiki-break.
Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Accounting4Taste before commenting.
Final (47/1/0); Originally scheduled to end 07:05, 2 November 2007 (UTC). Nominion successful. -- Deskana (talk) 10:23, 2 November 2007 (UTC) reply
Accounting4Taste ( talk · contribs) - Fellow editors, I am proud to offer up for adminship Accounting4Taste hereafter known as A4T. Originally joining us back in April, A4T has amassed well over 5,000 edits (for those who like to count 'em!) that are nicely spread across the project. A review of his contributions should show the following;
Article Work
Speedy Deletion Work
WP:AFD Work
Housekeeping Items
All, I firmly believe A4T is a polite, modest and dedicated editor. His generous commitment here can only be furthered by allowing him access to administrative tools, and I hope that the community will find themselves in agreeance with this course of action. Pedro : Chat 07:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC) reply
I accept this nomination with pleasure. Accounting4Taste 04:46, 26 October 2007 (UTC) reply
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:
I can definitely say that I intend to be a very cautious administrator while I learn the ropes. I will not be handing out blocks or deleting new pages willy-nilly; having the privileges of the mop will make me more determined to make sure that whatever I do reflects well on Wikipedia.
I haven’t learned enough about other areas to contribute yet, but I’m interested in improving some Wikipedia policies that I don’t think are sufficiently detailed, such as WP:MOVIE and WP:PORNBIO. I’m also interested in helping new users create articles using article templates -- I think, for instance, new users need a template to help them create articles about fictional characters that span multiple media platforms. I’m also interested in Wikipedia:Third opinion and similar functions because I found that one helpful as a newbie.
As I’ve done backstage tasks around Wikipedia, I have gleaned a couple of basic principles that seem worthwhile tenets: they are (1) the bottom line is improving Wikipedia, and (2) work to retain every editor who cares to contribute. So in one sense, I do my best work when I keep those principles at the front of my mind. When I first encountered AfD, for instance, I thought the best way to contribute was to ruthlessly delete almost everything. Since then, I’ve taken pleasure in saving some articles from deletion by researching them and contributing citations, etc., to them... perhaps I started as a stern deletionist, but over time I have become more and more inclusionist. Principle (1) tells me to get rid of crap quickly, but also to improve articles that are worth saving. Principle (2) tells me to get rid of incorrigible vandals quickly, but also welcome people who might start out by introducing some nonsense words to an article, just to see how it works, because they may stay and contribute. I was very impressed by the statistic that most of the basic work of creating new pages is done by new editors, and I want to facilitate that. So some of the best work I’ve done for Wikipedia is in connection with explaining Wikipedia policy to newbies; some stay, some don’t.
Just recently I had a conflict with a fairly new editor who has had an intermittent and contentious history with Wikipedia. I had made quite a few contributions to Philo Vance and when it showed up on my watchlist as having been blanked without an edit summary, I restored it and, noticing that the editor had started on Wikipedia about the same time as I had, gave him the benefit of the doubt and left him a message that assumed that it had been an accident. When he blanked it twice more in the next five minutes, I actually thought his account had been hijacked, and when he replaced the entire article with his own creation (in need of serious wikification, with all the exterior references removed and the links broken, no edit summary and quite a bit of original research by synthesis, IMHO) I freaked out for a few minutes and left him a note that was, in retrospect, angrier than it should have been. Then I took a few deep breaths and realized that this editor wanted to contribute, thought he WAS contributing, and decided to do two things -- back away, and indicate that I wanted to cooperate to make the article better. I also had to let go of any lingering feeling that it was somehow “my” article, because there’s no such thing. I may not be able to help that particular editor contribute, but now I know how to deal with that situation.
I figure if I get stressed about what I’m doing here in the future, I just have to reorient myself to those two principles and the right path will sort itself out, which will relieve my stress. If it doesn’t, I’ve learned that there are a few friendly editors here who can lend a hand if I find myself confused. And if nothing else works, I can always take a wiki-break.
Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Accounting4Taste before commenting.