Demi (
talk·contribs) – I have been here for a little over a year, editing with varying degrees of activity. Once or twice people have offered to nominate me for adminship (probably to stop me bugging them to perform admin tasks), but as I recently encountered a few situations where admin privileges would have been useful, I thought I would do it myself.
DemiT/C15:17, 17 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. Looks like a valuable admin. Arguably we're under-represented with admins who want to use their powers to restore articles with value and unblock accidentally blocked users.
The Land16:13, 17 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support, will be an invaluable addition to the <censored>. Always glad to support someone who will really benefit from the tools.
Rje00:34, 18 November 2005 (UTC)reply
n00b support ∾ Mrs. Kutchner has been extremely helpful to me as I slowly begin to navigate my way through the underbelly of Wikipedia, and is a very level-headed individual to boot. →
ΞxtremeUnction {yakłblah}
02:11, 18 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Undelete, this article was improperly speedied, clearly asserts notability, and is identified as one of the essential subjects of Wikipedia by the
WP:1.0 team. Huh? Oh, shoot, this is RfA... Support, same reasons: clearly notable, as I see him often in Wikipedia, and has been identified as an essentially good editor by everyone above and me.
Titoxd(
?!?)18:17, 18 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. People like Demi make me wonder if we should have a
WP:CSD-esque speedying for noms, he absolutely deserves it, he's helped me several times after asking on IRC. And oh yeah, his helpfulness that i've seen waives
my opinion of the negative aspect of self-noms here.
Karmafist22:45, 18 November 2005 (UTC)reply
I would like it known that I was the fifty first person to vote in support of Demi. I would also like an explanation why this did not happen months ago?!
Thryduulf08:30, 22 November 2005 (UTC)reply
I am a he, and I recognize that my feminine username will lead folks the other way--but no worries, I've never minded much about the pronouns. I don't mind being called he, she, or, as you have it, "he/she" (grin). The genesis of my username is too desperately geeky to explain, but it's not related to the name Demi.
DemiT/C09:11, 19 November 2005 (UTC)reply
It can't be that geeky considering that we have rabid Star Wars fans, rabid Star Trek fans (careful they bite), and that's only two categories of users.
JtkieferT |
C |
@ ----
04:12, 20 November 2005 (UTC)reply
I don't think sex, gender, race, or anything else like that matters. Demi could be a cute little literate chipmunk from Alpha Centauri, a genetically engineered clone of Shakespeare&Einstein&Newton&Socrates, or something inbetween, and it doesn't matter. What matters is the text we see, and this text doesn't have any sex or gender associated with it, nor does it matter. --
Durin14:22, 22 November 2005 (UTC)reply
A) "25" had nothing to do with who I would vote for, it had to do with who I would nominate. B) It is no longer a standard of mine. But, I guess we're not allowed to evolve, eh? I admitted my error and moved on. I guess you're not willing to move on. Oh well. --
Durin15:40, 22 November 2005 (UTC)reply
I just wanted to say to everyone how gratified and appreciative I am to their participation and support. Thank you all so much!
DemiT/C16:48, 24 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Questions for the candidate A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
A. Well, a lot of my editing has been done in association with cleaning out the
Wikipedia cleanup categories, so it's fair to say I'm attracted to backlogs, and I would take turns at those associated with
WP:CP and the various deletion pages. A few times I have noticed articles like
Witty worm,
The Boatniks and
Bobinogs get speedied, it would be nice in those cases to be able to view the deleted page to see if real articles can be made from them. I have helped revise blocks for legitimate users caught by autoblocks or IP blocks, and it would be nice to be more responsive in this area. I've also tackled the occasional technical and formatting task, so it would be useful to correct edits in the interface if necessary.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. I would say I'm pleased with
my overall contributions more than any particular piece, though I find turning deleted or otherwise "hopeless" substubs into real articles, such as with
Witty worm, very satisfying. I'm happy about cases where I've been able to "unbite" a newbie or otherwise help out a fellow Wikipedian, even if it's a
one-character edit. I believe in the "free" aspect of Wikipedia, so am pleased with having generated free media such as
spoken Wikipedia articles and
photographs.
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. Yes, I have edited contentious articles such as those related to
Adolf Hitler, and conflicts have arisen over the proper usage of the {{
Spoken Wikipedia}} template. My first and default reaction in almost any kind of conflict is to gather the opinions of other participants--I figure the more people looking at an issue and offering input, the better.
Civility is very important to me, and if I feel myself getting upset about things, a break is in order.
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.
Demi (
talk·contribs) – I have been here for a little over a year, editing with varying degrees of activity. Once or twice people have offered to nominate me for adminship (probably to stop me bugging them to perform admin tasks), but as I recently encountered a few situations where admin privileges would have been useful, I thought I would do it myself.
DemiT/C15:17, 17 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. Looks like a valuable admin. Arguably we're under-represented with admins who want to use their powers to restore articles with value and unblock accidentally blocked users.
The Land16:13, 17 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support, will be an invaluable addition to the <censored>. Always glad to support someone who will really benefit from the tools.
Rje00:34, 18 November 2005 (UTC)reply
n00b support ∾ Mrs. Kutchner has been extremely helpful to me as I slowly begin to navigate my way through the underbelly of Wikipedia, and is a very level-headed individual to boot. →
ΞxtremeUnction {yakłblah}
02:11, 18 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Undelete, this article was improperly speedied, clearly asserts notability, and is identified as one of the essential subjects of Wikipedia by the
WP:1.0 team. Huh? Oh, shoot, this is RfA... Support, same reasons: clearly notable, as I see him often in Wikipedia, and has been identified as an essentially good editor by everyone above and me.
Titoxd(
?!?)18:17, 18 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. People like Demi make me wonder if we should have a
WP:CSD-esque speedying for noms, he absolutely deserves it, he's helped me several times after asking on IRC. And oh yeah, his helpfulness that i've seen waives
my opinion of the negative aspect of self-noms here.
Karmafist22:45, 18 November 2005 (UTC)reply
I would like it known that I was the fifty first person to vote in support of Demi. I would also like an explanation why this did not happen months ago?!
Thryduulf08:30, 22 November 2005 (UTC)reply
I am a he, and I recognize that my feminine username will lead folks the other way--but no worries, I've never minded much about the pronouns. I don't mind being called he, she, or, as you have it, "he/she" (grin). The genesis of my username is too desperately geeky to explain, but it's not related to the name Demi.
DemiT/C09:11, 19 November 2005 (UTC)reply
It can't be that geeky considering that we have rabid Star Wars fans, rabid Star Trek fans (careful they bite), and that's only two categories of users.
JtkieferT |
C |
@ ----
04:12, 20 November 2005 (UTC)reply
I don't think sex, gender, race, or anything else like that matters. Demi could be a cute little literate chipmunk from Alpha Centauri, a genetically engineered clone of Shakespeare&Einstein&Newton&Socrates, or something inbetween, and it doesn't matter. What matters is the text we see, and this text doesn't have any sex or gender associated with it, nor does it matter. --
Durin14:22, 22 November 2005 (UTC)reply
A) "25" had nothing to do with who I would vote for, it had to do with who I would nominate. B) It is no longer a standard of mine. But, I guess we're not allowed to evolve, eh? I admitted my error and moved on. I guess you're not willing to move on. Oh well. --
Durin15:40, 22 November 2005 (UTC)reply
I just wanted to say to everyone how gratified and appreciative I am to their participation and support. Thank you all so much!
DemiT/C16:48, 24 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Questions for the candidate A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
A. Well, a lot of my editing has been done in association with cleaning out the
Wikipedia cleanup categories, so it's fair to say I'm attracted to backlogs, and I would take turns at those associated with
WP:CP and the various deletion pages. A few times I have noticed articles like
Witty worm,
The Boatniks and
Bobinogs get speedied, it would be nice in those cases to be able to view the deleted page to see if real articles can be made from them. I have helped revise blocks for legitimate users caught by autoblocks or IP blocks, and it would be nice to be more responsive in this area. I've also tackled the occasional technical and formatting task, so it would be useful to correct edits in the interface if necessary.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. I would say I'm pleased with
my overall contributions more than any particular piece, though I find turning deleted or otherwise "hopeless" substubs into real articles, such as with
Witty worm, very satisfying. I'm happy about cases where I've been able to "unbite" a newbie or otherwise help out a fellow Wikipedian, even if it's a
one-character edit. I believe in the "free" aspect of Wikipedia, so am pleased with having generated free media such as
spoken Wikipedia articles and
photographs.
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. Yes, I have edited contentious articles such as those related to
Adolf Hitler, and conflicts have arisen over the proper usage of the {{
Spoken Wikipedia}} template. My first and default reaction in almost any kind of conflict is to gather the opinions of other participants--I figure the more people looking at an issue and offering input, the better.
Civility is very important to me, and if I feel myself getting upset about things, a break is in order.
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.