final (22/1/1) ending 09:51 20 July 2005 (UTC)

I have been editing the 'pedia for 5 and a half months now, totalling 8067 edits. I think I have made valuable contributions to quite a few different areas, specifically; everything economics, the stub sorting project and the new WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles which I started a few weeks ago. Now I would like to do my bit in areas that require adminship, as explained further in my answers to the questions. thanks - Bluemoose 09:54, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept!

Support

1. Support! 8067 edits in 5.5 month! I'm getting a heart attack. (unsigned by User:Exir Kamalabadi)
2. Support. Lots of good contributions, good interactions, and no negative ones I saw. - Taxman ^Talk 12:40, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
3. Support. Ye gods! That's almost 50 edits a day. I'm suitably impressed, as I am with the overall quality of the noms contributions, and his involvement with the stub sorting project. – Seancdaug 13:55, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
4. Enthusiastic support. Absolutely no reason not to support. -- Scimitar 14:42, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
5. -- Kbdank71 16:24, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
6. Support Triddle 17:11, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
7. Yes, have had good experiences with this user and I trust xym with a mop. R adiant _>|< 21:26, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
8. Support 8000+ edits in less than 6 months?! Talk about dedicated! Columbia 04:55, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
9. Support. Plenty of good work. Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:01, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
10. Support. Most undoubtedly. -- brian0918 &#153; 15:20, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
11. Support - great editor. CDC (talk) 20:45, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
12. Merovingian (t) (c) 06:50, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
13. Support. This 'moose will be of use telling vandals to vamoose. Grutness... wha? 11:38, 15 July 2005 (UTC) reply
14. Support - no evidence he would go on a vandalism spree once promoted. Guettarda 13:13, 15 July 2005 (UTC) reply
15. Coool. JuntungWu 07:15, 16 July 2005 (UTC) reply
16. Support.  Grue  18:06, 17 July 2005 (UTC) reply
17. Mooo. Microtonal ^{(Put your head on my shoulder)} 06:16, 18 July 2005 (UTC) reply
18. Support wholeheartedly. Danny 23:07, 18 July 2005 (UTC) reply
19. Support Have a mop already. Stirling Newberry 05:27, 19 July 2005 (UTC) reply
20. Support off the back of excellent stuff I have seen Bluemoose do at the Missing Encyclopedia Topics project. Pcb21| Pete 07:14, 19 July 2005 (UTC) reply
21. Support - nothing but positive experiences, especially at WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles. OpenToppedBus - My Talk 09:01, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
22. Support Cyberjunkie | Talk 07:36, 20 July 2005 (UTC) reply

Oppose

1. -- Boothy443 | comhrÚ 22:16, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply

Neutral

1. Neutral. While your edit count may be high, you have still only been here for five and a half months, as you have stated. I cannot support your candidacy until you reach nine months of contributions. Denelson83 19:13, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply

Comments

• Question. I agree that's a massive number of edits, and anyone who works on the missing encyclopedia articles deserves all the recognition they recieve. My one question concerns talk pages- Despite over 8000 edits, Bluemoose has less than 150 to talk/user talk pages. Since communication is such a large part of adminship is communication, I wonder if Bluemoose could provide an example or two of helpful dialogue with another user, or on a project. If this could be done, I would enthusiastically support.-- Scimitar 14:38, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply

Well, I'll answer my own question. Wikipedia talk:2004 Encyclopedia topics is full of helpful dialogue and good teamwork. I'd recommend that anyone similarly concerned about Bluemoose's lack of talk edits check it out. -- Scimitar 14:42, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply

I've interacted with Bluemoose a fair bit and never seen any indication of any problem. Pcb21| Pete 07:14, 19 July 2005 (UTC) reply

Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)

A. I like to patrol the Newpages, so in the short term I would use my super powers to filter out the "dave is gay" and "wow i have made an article!" type articles (nothing controversial), rather than just tag them as speedies. In the medium term I would get more involved in vandalism fighting, something I only do in a passive way at the moment.

2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A. I did the vast majority of the work on the Red Arrows article, which I really like. I am pleased with loads of other economics articles too, but they are pretty boring!

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

A. My areas of knowledge are generally in the sciences, which tend to be less controversial, hence I have never been involved in an edit war. When I have had disagreements, I always take it to the talk page; Talk:Good (economics) for example.