Essjay

Final (68/1/1) ended 12:52 July 20 (UTC) Essjay has been very valuable in RC Patrol. Is a very kind user and a member of WP:WC. Trolls have attacked him. Always uses the preview button. Has over 2,000 edits. Sorry, Kate's tool is broken but you can do it the long way here: Contributions. Redwolf24 12:52, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply

I gladly accept Redwolf24’s nomination, and I look forward to the day I can nominate him. I’m excited by the prospect of being able to serve the community more.

I have one request: If someone votes oppose without comment, or you don’t agree with their reasons, please don’t jump on them. I hope my RfA will be able to proudly proclaim no editors were harmed in the production of this RfA. Thanks all, -- Essjay · Talk 13:01, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Support

1. Support. Can a nominating person vote? Ah well its just one vote :) Redwolf24 13:04, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
   • Yes, the first "free" vote of support is a customary bonus for being nominated by someone (the ego boost doesn't harm either :)) Thryduulf 11:51, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
2. Support. He does a good job doing RC patrol from what I've seen. NickBush24 13:08, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
3. Support, good job with RC patrol, and the admin tools will only help out. Y0u (Y0ur talk page) (Y0ur contributions) 13:20, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
4. Support - looks like a good candidate. Guettarda 13:47, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
5. Support. Good contributions, and clearly has the sort of diplomacy skills that I consider important in an admin. – Seancdaug 14:02, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
6. Support. Showed a good grasp of both Wikiquette and policy when dealing with an anon IP (he reverted the removal of talk page comments). -- Scimitar 15:00, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
7. Support. Regular contributor to article space as well as enthusiastic RC patroller. The mop and bucket should be 'no big deal' for this editor. TenOfAllTrades( talk) 15:28, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
8. Michael Snow 15:52, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
9. -- Kbdank71 16:21, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
10. Support Triddle 16:57, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
11. Support Sango 123 17:09, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
12. Gladly support. PedanticallySpeaking 17:22, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
13. From my observations, a hard-working and friendly editor who will be a fine admin. Jwrosenzweig 17:32, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
14. Support the admin tools will be useful for Essjay's RC patrolling and he (or she?) looks pretty dedicated to wikipedia to me! Stewart Adcock 18:16, 13 July 2005 (UTC) I'm a he ; - ) -- Essjay · Talk reply
15. Support would use admin tools wisely. Howabout1 ^{Talk to me!} 18:33, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
16. Support — would make a great admin. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 19:31, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
17. Support he's helped me out before now. Hiding 19:46, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
18. Support - from what I've seen, he's patient, friendly and diligent. Mopperiffic! FreplySpang (talk) 21:01, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
19. Support - the little that I have personally seen, Esjay has been very polite and helpful to new comers, and doesnt mind helping other users. Great work with the RC Patrol and rv'n vandalism. Would be a very helpful and useful admin. ∞ Who ?¿? 22:05, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
20. Unequivocally. El_C 23:40, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
21. Support 1001% - - he will be a super administrator who will continue to do good things for the community; a fair and friendly editor and an all around good egg. KHM03 00:25, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
22. Support. Helped me out very nicely at the Help Desk just a few days ago. :) TheCoffee 01:31, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
23. Evil Monkey∴ Hello 01:33, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
24. Support; excellent candidate, apt to be a fine admin. Antandrus (talk) 01:34, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
25. Support!! He's a member of the welcoming committe, is friendly to others (espetially the newbies), and has made valuable contributions. Exir Kamalabadi (Talk) (contribs) 02:20, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
26. Support S.J. is the first theologist I ever get to know. He is not dull, and he is friendly to newcomers. He taught me how to sign my talk. Alas, I must've been so daft. MarkBeer 03:19, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
27. Support, seems like a good user and would make a great admin. Columbia 04:46, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
28. Support. Though I'm unfamiliar with Essjay's work, any potential trollslayer backed by some top editors is good enough for me. - Lucky 6.9 06:04, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
29. Support I'm sure he'll be agood admin. To Essjay:I should probably be named Essjay too. I was named after St. Jean Baptiste De La Salle.-- Jondel 07:30, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
30. Support. Brilliant RC patroller. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:57, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
31. support, a conscientious Wikipedian. Thryduulf 11:51, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
32. Support, Has helped me when asked and even welcomed me 5 minutes after I registered! Will make a good admin. Nick_C · Talk 14:20, July 14, 2005 (BST)
33. Support, positive contributor. Bluemoose 13:37, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
34. Support, a good person when it comes to resolving POV disputes. Flex 13:49, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
35. Support: diligent, intelligent, and helpful; evident sense of humor a nice bonus. :-) Mindspillage (spill yours?) 14:42, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
36. Support, no question. -- RobertG ♬ talk 18:24, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
37. Support - all the best, in advance. -- Bhadani 18:57, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
38. Support happily. -- Dmcdevit· t 20:38, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
39. Support -- Phroziac ( talk) 20:56, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
40. Support!! Deryck C. 05:20, 15 July 2005 (UTC) reply
41. Merovingian (t) (c) 06:43, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
42. Made some excellent contributions and does RC patrol. violet/riga (t) 11:05, 15 July 2005 (UTC) reply
43. As an anonymous troll, Essjay is damn good at what he does, I keep vandalizing Quadell's page and he's quick to revert! 64.12.116.133 13:30, 15 July 2005 (UTC) reply
44. Support! MicahMN | Talk 18:58, 15 July 2005 (UTC) reply
45. Support - doing an excellent job welcoming new users, a dedicated Wikipedian :) -- Dave ^(talk) 19:08, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
46. Support NoSeptember ^{- 21:04, 15 July 2005 (UTC)} reply
47. Yes, yes, yes! Will be a good admin. Bratsche ^{talk 5 pillars} 00:21, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
48. Support. Doing a fine job. -- DS1953 03:01, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
49. Cool. JuntungWu 04:08, 16 July 2005 (UTC) reply
50. Support 50 to 1? Sounds fair :-) Karmafist 04:12, 16 July 2005 (UTC) reply
51. Support -- Tagishsimon (talk)
52. Support. I haven't been around very long, but all of my experiences with Essjay have been positive. Great candidate for adminship. -- Blu Aardvark | ^{(talk) | (contribs)} 11:47, 16 July 2005 (UTC) reply
53. Support -- the wub "?/!" 11:50, 16 July 2005 (UTC) reply
54. Support -- Paul E 11:58, 2005 July 16 (UTC)
55. smoddy 12:01, 16 July 2005 (UTC) reply
56. Support EdwinHJ | Talk 00:05, 17 July 2005 (UTC) reply
57. Support I've decided after a lot of thought, that Essjay is good enough for adminship, and I support this because I think Essjay deserves it now, before I really had no true reason to not I was just angry at myself. Iamzodyourzodeveryzod 02:48, 17 July 2005 (UTC) reply
58. Support older≠ wiser 21:35, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
59. Support. Greets a lot of new users and works hard on the RC patrol. — Stevey7788 ( talk) 21:37, 17 July 2005 (UTC) reply
60. support, obviously. dab (ᛏ) 22:29, 17 July 2005 (UTC) reply
61. Support Very active doing RC patrol and would benefit with the admin tools. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:43, 18 July 2005 (UTC) reply
62. Support Good active user...Why not? ;) — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 04:30, 18 July 2005 (UTC) reply
63. Support completely - a positive contribution to the admin community JoJan 08:01, 18 July 2005 (UTC) reply
64. Support I hope Essjay will continue to support newbies in general - and me in particular. I much appreciate his tolerant, easy-going clarity and dedication. Jeffrey Newman 17:06, 18 July 2005 (UTC) reply
65. Support He's a good guy to have on our side! Apwoolrich 19:28, 19 July 2005 (UTC) reply
66. Support Cyberjunkie | Talk 07:18, 20 July 2005 (UTC) reply
67. Support HappyCamper 10:22, 20 July 2005 (UTC) reply
68. Support. From what I've seen, a trustworthy editor. AиDя01D TALK EMAIL 13:23, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

1. -- Boothy443 | comhrÚ 22:12, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply

   --I am a troll so I must say 'NO! 152.163.100.133 20:50, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply

Neutral

1. Neutral. In actually looking through his contributions, Essjay seems like a very enthusiastic person, so I will not oppose his candidacy. But since he is below my personal threshold of nine months of contributions, I cannot give him a support vote at this time either. Denelson83 19:23, 13 July 2005 (UTC) (Comment from Redwolf24- I just would like to say that how long you've been contributing to Wikipedia shouldn't be a factor, because I could of signed up in 2002 and not done a thing til now, now couldn't I have?) reply

   You don't need to make your text small -- you can be as open in your thoughts as you wish. As for why I have this personal policy, there is a comment on my user page that explains why I devised it. Also, I prefer being consistent. Denelson83 00:30, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply

Comments

• Kate's tool is broken at the moment, but Redwolf24 counted my edits and informs me they are 2001 as of his nomination. - Essjay
• Essjay has been a logged-in contributor since February 2005, and a frequent editor since early May. TenOfAllTrades( talk) 15:28, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
• Kate's Tool is running again! Click here to see the full summary; approximately 1500 edits. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 19:29, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply
• Actually, it's still broken; 1515 was my total on Sunday afternoon, about 2:00 EDT. (I know because Redwolf24 & I were celebrating his 1000th and my 1500th) I'm at 2146 now. (Check Special:Contributions/Essjay and have it list by 500; you'll get four pages of 500 (2000) plus one page of 100 (2100) plus two pages of twenty (2140) plus one page with six edits (2146) by my count.) -- Essjay · Talk 20:38, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Oops, sorry! I was wondering why my edit count was at the same number... what's wrong with the tool? Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:47, 13 July 2005 (UTC) reply

I'm not sure; I hunted down an email addy for "Kate" (from the Kate's tool site) and emailed her him earlier in the week, but I haven't heard back. -- Essjay · Talk 23:24, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Kate is a he, I believe. El_C 11:11, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply

Oops, I guess I won't be getting his vote then... : - ) -- Essjay · Talk 11:28, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

• Anyways, I think it's running now! (I hope this time I'm correct, he he) See here; approximately 2400 edits. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:55, 14 July 2005 (UTC) reply
  • Yep, 2387 sounds right to me; Jesus, I put in 400 edits yesterday, perhaps I need to consider a 12 step program! -- Essjay · Talk 03:24, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

• I am not a registered user on Wikipedia; however, I do use the site as a research tool. I am generally shy about contributed to things online, but I really wanted to contribute to this request for adminship. I have read several of Essjay's article on Catholicism and I am very impressed with how thorough and clear they are. Many scholars try to be "thick" in their language, but not Dr. Essjay. As a practicing Catholic, I try to study all that I can on the Church. Essjay's contributions have been very helpful. Also, I identify well with Essjay, for I too am from the Campbell-Stone tradition (I am a convert!). I find it interesting to find a fellow CS with a passion for Catholicism. I just wanted to take this opportunity to tell the Wiki community what I think of the individual. nd

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 do a fair bit of RC Patrol, particularly in the early morning hours (Eastern US); the rollback and block functions would be especially helpful, as it’s sometimes difficult to find admins at 3:00 AM EDT. Page protection could also be useful, as there have been some recent bouts of vandals targeting specific articles repeatedly ( George W. Bush and Dick Cheney come to mind); I believe that if you can stop them from vandalizing for long enough (even if it’s just an hour) they’ll get bored and move on to some other site. I’m not particularly interested in becoming one of the VfD closers, but having the delete power would be good for CSD articles, as I run across a good number of those doing RC patrol. (I mean ones that have already been tagged as speedies, or are obvious vandalism; I wouldn’t speedy an article that wasn’t already tagged or obvious vandalism.)

Also, I tend to be around a lot, so I would be easily available to the larger community. (It’s sometimes difficult to find an admin who is around when you are.)

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

Most of my edits have been to theology related articles; I am a theology scholar after all. I’ve added a good bit of material to articles, particularly material related to Roman Catholicism. The only two articles I’ve created from scratch are Cathedral of the Assumption (Louisville) of which I’m rather proud, and Archdiocese of Louisville.

For the most part, I prefer to do peer review and/or add RC sections to existing articles. I’ve de-stubbed a few, expanded a lot, and created a pair; I feel well rounded. A list of my significant contributions is here. Also, I use the preview function extensively and I maintain several sandboxes where I prepare large edits; my article space edits are deflated (and my userspace edits are inflated) dramatically by this practice. I would estimate that if I didn't do revisions in my sandboxes or use the preview button, I'd have somewhere over 750 articlespace edits.

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’ve never been in a revert war, although I’ve been accused of it once (I thought I was reverting vandalism; darn those tricky vandals!) That particular situation upset me quite a bit, as I’d never been accused of any such thing in over 1300 edits. I’ve challenged a few anons to cite their sources, and I’m more than happy to provide mine. When I’ve been wrong, I’ve said so. I have a pretty tough skin when it comes to vandals and hostile editors; what upsets me is when an established user is uncivil or downright mean. I think that sometimes the long-established editors forget that there are newbies underfoot. My personal mantra is Don’t bite newbies, ever! and I am very protective when it comes to new editors.

I love being at Wikipedia; I’d like to be of more use to the community. I would never use admin powers in any situation where I wasn’t sure of what I was doing. I’m continually learning about the site, and I look forward to doing more in the future.