final (65/1/0) ending 23:59 17 September (UTC)

Bmicomp ( talk · contribs) – Although Bmicomp has only been here since June 30, he has made an astounding 4700+ edit with 600+ to the Wikipedia namespace, 1500+ (quite a lot) to the User Talk name space as he is constantly monitoring Wikipedia for vandals and warns them. The user definitely needs the rollback button as he is always out whacking vandals and it would also benefit the community if he were promoted to an admin. A great editor if I ever saw one. Sasquatch 讲 看 23:59, September 10, 2005 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

I graciously accept the nomination. -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 03:01, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply

Support

1. Support, of course. Sasquatch 讲 看 23:59, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
2. Agree Martin 00:10, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply
3. Support. YES!!! R e dwolf24 ( talk) 00:18, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply
4. This is ridiculous. BMI"HOWS MY DRIVING"Comp is not an admin? Doh. Full support.— encephalon έγκέφαλος  00:39:12, 2005-09-11 (UTC)
5. Support. A great RC patroller. -- Canderson 7 00:42, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
6. Support- would make great admin. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 00:58, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply
7. He's not? Oh my. Suppppppport. ~~ N ( t/ c) 01:06, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply
8. Support Great vandal fighter. Amren ^(talk) 02:16, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply
9. Ruairidi 02:49, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply
10. Support. Jaxl | talk 03:34, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply
11. Speeding ticket. Andre ( talk) 03:48, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
12. Hands Down-I have had the pleasure to work with him a lot in the past, and he is not only a devoted vandal fighter, but a great contributor, excellent photographer and an all-around good guy! -- Gpyoung  ^talk 04:00, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply

13. Journalist ^C./ ^{Holla @ me!}

14. Support because... well, because this is Bmicomp we're talking about. --  BD2412 ^talk 04:27, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply
15. Support, he will find good uses for admin powers. Christopher Parham (talk) 04:29, 2005 September 11 (UTC)
16. Support. Sooner == better. - Splash 04:51, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply
17. Support I thought he already was one! Cliched, I know... Pak aran 05:04, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply
18. Support Yep, I support. The Fascist Chicken 05:37, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply
19. SupportAnother dedicated vandal-fighter. Give him the rollback button!-- Exir Kamalabadi ^{Feel free to criticize me} 07:45, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
20. Support. A helpful user. Joyous (talk) 13:19, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
21. Support, a user who has shown by his actions that he would make a great sysop. Rje 18:48, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
22. Support, MOO. Jtkiefer ^{T | @ | C} ----- 22:14, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
23. Support Seen this user all over the place. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:48, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
24. Support. I didn't think he already was one. But he should be. Nufy8 01:00, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
25. Support. Not like it matters any more, but how can I not vote for such a great guy. - GregAsche (talk) 01:40, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
26. Support this excellent candidate. Likely to be an excellent admin. Antandrus (talk) 03:34, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
27. Support. Excellent hard worker. Sjakkalle (Check!) 06:18, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
28. Support. I hate to be clichê, but I honestly thought he was one until tonight. Fernando Rizo T/ C 07:45, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply

    "Hmm, it looks like he was an admin until tonight..."' =) — JIP | Talk 09:22, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply

29. Support Stewart Adcock 10:45, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
30. Support. In the rare cases where Bmicomp does something controversial, he'll explain his reasoning and try to work out a compromise--a true sign of a good sysop. Owen× ☎ 14:00, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
31. Support. Friday (talk) 18:35, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
32. Support. Thanks for working so hard to be a great editor; I'm sure you'll work equally hard to be a great admin. Nandesuka 18:54, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
33. Support. With much edits in a very short time that are very varied and of course because of your nature to combat vandalism and the mastering of the Spanish language (that can be useful if you would help in translations), I have no doubts about my vote. -- Svest 18:58, September 12, 2005 (UTC) ^{Wiki me up™}
34. Support. Curious about the choice of username. JFW |  T@lk 19:35, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
35. Serport. No Big Deal. -- Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 21:06, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
36. Support Molotov (talk) 22:35, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
37. Support Sebastian Kessel ^Talk 22:59, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
38. Support -- Chris S. 23:31, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
39. Support Only reason it took me so long was I thought I already had! Hamster Sandwich 02:37, 13 September 2005 (UTC) reply
40. Support. I guess this is evidence of the IRC (Cabal) effect: if you see the person around in the channel, you are more likely to notice that user's edits in recent changes. As a result, assuming the user is a good user, then you are more likely to trust the user to use admin powers wisely. - Mark 03:58, 13 September 2005 (UTC) reply
41. -- Jusjih 07:23, 13 September 2005 (UTC) reply
42. Support. Lookin' good there.... too bad this RfA is so close.... -[[ User:Mys e kurity| Mysekurity]] ^{[[ additions | e-mail]]} _{11:07, 13 September 2005 (UTC)} reply
43. Cool. -- JuntungWu 13:23, 13 September 2005 (UTC) reply
44. Support - Definitely. -- Phroziac ^{( talk)} 15:04, 13 September 2005 (UTC) reply
45. Support with the usual cliche... -- Alan Au 17:31, 13 September 2005 (UTC) reply
46. Support in full. Hall Monitor 18:42, 13 September 2005 (UTC) reply
47. Support I thought you were one. Ryan Norton ^{T | @ | C} 19:57, 13 September 2005 (UTC) reply
48. Support. Sweet Mother of Jimbo, BMI isn't one already? (Had to drop in, even if I am on break, to say that.) -- Essjay · Talk 01:01, 14 September 2005 (UTC) reply
49. Support - I have seen BMICOMP around, and have interacted with him. Meets my criteria. Rob Church ^{Talk | Desk} 01:06, 14 September 2005 (UTC) reply
50. Support -- Saluyot 01:13, 14 September 2005 (UTC) reply
51. BRIAN 0918 • 2005-09-14 02:48
52. Whack-a-Vandal Support. Who can say "rollback failed" with me now? Bratsche ^{talk | Esperanza} 03:18, 14 September 2005 (UTC) reply
53. Support-- MONGO 09:35, 14 September 2005 (UTC) reply
54. Support. Why not? Jonathunder 16:41, 14 September 2005 (UTC) reply
55. To support or to support, that is the question. -- Cool Cat ^Talk 17:42, 14 September 2005 (UTC) reply
56. Support Obviously -- Ryan Delaney ^talk 23:17, 14 September 2005 (UTC) reply
57. Support - excellent editor. -- Ixfd64 00:48, 15 September 2005 (UTC) reply
58. Support. El_C 04:03, 15 September 2005 (UTC) reply
59. Support-- Doc (?) 20:53, 15 September 2005 (UTC) reply
60. Support As long as you don't take a right on red. Acetic ' ^Acid 07:08, 16 September 2005 (UTC) reply
61. Honk, honk, here comes the Support-mobile. sɪzlæk [ +t, +c, +m ] 11:46, 16 September 2005 (UTC) reply
62. Support -- has sense of humor. — Xiong 熊 talk * 14:52, 16 September 2005 (UTC) reply
63. Support impressive amount of quality edits in a fairly short time. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:56, 16 September 2005 (UTC) reply
64. Support. No reason for concern. Jayjg ^(talk) 18:27, 16 September 2005 (UTC) reply
65. Support, per Coolcat. :-) Bishonen | talk 01:03, 17 September 2005 (UTC) reply

Oppose

1. Oppose. Insufficient time. siafu 19:01, 15 September 2005 (UTC) reply

Neutral

Comments

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.)

I would continue to RC patrol as well as deal with articles that are CSD, close out AfDs and block vandals (it'd be nice to not have to bother admins with this anymore).

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

I don't have one article I'm particularly proud of, although I am proud of the RC patrolling I've done. To some it may seem sort of trivial, dealing with vandals all day, but somebody has to do it. Also, I put a bit of work into Chicago and related articles.

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?

I was involved in a tame edit conflict early on. I put the dispute into perspective, and realized that Wikipedia is nothing to get upset about. I was fighting to keep what I saw as a misrepresentation out of the article (using citations, I might add), but I took a step back and realized that a misrepresenation in an article doesn't matter. I mean, I should work to make articles neutral, but it's nothing to get upset over. After all, there are methods to deal with edit disputes and there is no instant necessity to fix an article.