Final (79/3/2); Originally scheduled to end 16:30, 30 August 2007 (UTC). Nomination successful. -- Deskana (apples) 16:57, 30 August 2007 (UTC) reply
Arkyan ( talk · contribs) - Since self-noms seem to be en vogue I figured I'd give it another go :) I'm a fairly low-profile editor who seems to take some amount of pleasure in rather menial and repetitive tasks, such as updating infoboxes and fixing double redirects and the like. I'm relatively active on various AfD and DRV discussions although I can be spotted in other areas. I've been known to do my fair share of non-admin closing of AfD discussions as well. I've been involved in some lenghtly discourse over policy and guidelines. I offer some time over at the Mediation Cabal and third opinions as I rather enjoy helping folks out. I run a manually-assisted bot ( ArkyBot) to help me out with some extremely repetitive edits, but also use it to help fulfill a request at BOTREQ.
I had a similar request several weeks ago (see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Arkyan) that failed to achieve consensus largely upon a fear that I have too strong a deletionist stance and the possibility I would wear out the delete button. While I have not removed the userbox on my page, I have written an essay that attempts to explain my Wikiphilosophy. Those with a lot of time on their hands might want to read it here, but for the rest of you, I'll summarize. Yes, I believe there is a lot of flotsam wandering about the 'pedia that is best handled by a quick trip to the deletion bin. However I do not believe that deletion is the first and only recourse when dealing with poor articles - there are a great many articles that are only waiting for an editor with a firm hand to come in and turn it from trash into treasure with a valuable rewrite. Furthermore, if entrusted with the mop, I can offer my assurances that I believe the highest and greatest authority on Wikipedia is not sysops, bureaucrats, ARBCOM or the foundation - it is the editors. Wikipedia was built on cooperation and consensus. Any administrative actions I take would be based on a very careful gathering of consensus, not my own whim or fancy. ɑʀк ʏɑɴ 16:11, 23 August 2007 (UTC) reply
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Final (79/3/2); Originally scheduled to end 16:30, 30 August 2007 (UTC). Nomination successful. -- Deskana (apples) 16:57, 30 August 2007 (UTC) reply
Arkyan ( talk · contribs) - Since self-noms seem to be en vogue I figured I'd give it another go :) I'm a fairly low-profile editor who seems to take some amount of pleasure in rather menial and repetitive tasks, such as updating infoboxes and fixing double redirects and the like. I'm relatively active on various AfD and DRV discussions although I can be spotted in other areas. I've been known to do my fair share of non-admin closing of AfD discussions as well. I've been involved in some lenghtly discourse over policy and guidelines. I offer some time over at the Mediation Cabal and third opinions as I rather enjoy helping folks out. I run a manually-assisted bot ( ArkyBot) to help me out with some extremely repetitive edits, but also use it to help fulfill a request at BOTREQ.
I had a similar request several weeks ago (see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Arkyan) that failed to achieve consensus largely upon a fear that I have too strong a deletionist stance and the possibility I would wear out the delete button. While I have not removed the userbox on my page, I have written an essay that attempts to explain my Wikiphilosophy. Those with a lot of time on their hands might want to read it here, but for the rest of you, I'll summarize. Yes, I believe there is a lot of flotsam wandering about the 'pedia that is best handled by a quick trip to the deletion bin. However I do not believe that deletion is the first and only recourse when dealing with poor articles - there are a great many articles that are only waiting for an editor with a firm hand to come in and turn it from trash into treasure with a valuable rewrite. Furthermore, if entrusted with the mop, I can offer my assurances that I believe the highest and greatest authority on Wikipedia is not sysops, bureaucrats, ARBCOM or the foundation - it is the editors. Wikipedia was built on cooperation and consensus. Any administrative actions I take would be based on a very careful gathering of consensus, not my own whim or fancy. ɑʀк ʏɑɴ 16:11, 23 August 2007 (UTC) reply
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