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FrancisTyers

final (59/0/0) ending 23:53, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

FrancisTyers ( talk · contribs) – Francis is bilingual(French and English), founder of Wikiproject:Soviet Union, has been a party on a few rfcs/rfars, has experience with computer programming for potential future bots(Bachelor's Degree), and helped bring some peace to Western Sahara related things(oh, if the African Union could say the same.) I'm surpised he hasn't already been nominated, so i'm glad I got the chance. karmafist 23:11, 29 December 2005 (UTC) reply

And since Karmafist politely stole my nomination, I'd like to elaborate. FrancisTyers was going to be nominated by me, but karmafist couldn't stand me nominating. Do well, Francis. WikiFanatic 01:13, 1 January 2006 (UTC) reply

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: Accept gladly with thanks, (nb. bilingual with respect to translation only, i'm a horrible conversationalist) :) - FrancisTyers 23:15, 29 December 2005 (UTC) reply

Support

1. Strong support. Francis has been around for a while and I was surprised to learn he is already not an admin, as he is very reasonable, knowledgable and easy to work with. -- dcabrilo 23:41, 29 December 2005 (UTC) reply
2. Forgot to support support karmafist 23:51, 29 December 2005 (UTC) reply
3. King of All the Franks 00:10, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
4. Looks competent to me. R adiant _>|< 00:33, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
5. Support I see no reason to oppose this promotion-- MONGO 00:37, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
6. Unqualified, 'feck the border' support! Babajobu 00:39, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
7. Support. — Kirill Lokshin 00:41, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
8. ε γκυκλοπ αίδεια * 00:44, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
9. -- Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 00:48, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
10. Support, although he occasionally forgets to use edit summaries. And he's getting stronger support than I did. :( Hedley 01:19, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
11. Strong support - Francis is an ideal mediator. The best thing is that He never gives up!!! Moreover, his knowledge of French and computing is not only a bonus but a necessity for wikipedia. -- Szvest 01:32, 30 December 2005 (UTC) ^{Wiki me up&#153;} reply
12. Support - (comments provided in appropriate section) -- P.MacUidhir (t) (c) 01:34, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
13. Support Solid record, good contributor, will make fine admin. Xoloz 05:38, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
14. Support. Don't see any reason not to, will make very good use of admin tools. Nightstallion (?) 07:00, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
15. Support — Locke Cole • t • c 08:11, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
16. Support I believe in happy admins. - Darwinek 09:10, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
17. Support. Phaedriel 09:25, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
18. Strong Support ....and add one to the first tally! No explanation required; I feel the above points sum it up quite nicely! Look forward to seeing you made admin. -- Chazz88 12:12, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
19. Support. Good contributions to several articles. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE ( TALK) 13:01, Dec. 30, 2005
20. Strong Support I know Francis and I trust him. He was involved in Moldovan language edit war conflict and had a positive influence. I hope he will be a good Admin. Bonaparte talk 14:21, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
21. Support. Nice to have rational people around, other than that he is a cool dude ;) -- Just a tag 14:29, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
22. Support - My impression of Mr. Tyers is wholly positive, and I believe he will be a valuable addition to the Janitor Corps. Ξxtreme Unction| _{yakkity yak} 14:42, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
23. Support Cursory review of this editors' contribs reveals a good egg. Hamster Sandwich 15:14, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
24. Support see him around. Dlyons493 Talk 16:01, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
25. Support I've seen him making good edits in the past. Seems to be an able editor unlikely to abuse admin authority. Bkwillwm 17:03, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
26. Francis Tyers (aka "Franklin Gonzales", aka "spectie") has wilfully, and without any regard to common sense or the dignity of man, behaved as we would expect an admin to behave. Further, he has persistently, despite many requests, been level-headed, mature, and an all-around Top Bloke. If we can't cut him down in the street, we can at least promote him to adminship. Support the bugger. fuddlemark ( fuddle me!) 17:21, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
27. Support 172 23:59, 30 December 2005 (UTC) reply
28. Support -- Terence Ong ^Talk 04:20, 31 December 2005 (UTC) reply
29. Support. El_C 12:39, 31 December 2005 (UTC) reply
30. Support good editor -- rogerd 15:17, 31 December 2005 (UTC) reply
31. Support: -- Bhadani 16:18, 31 December 2005 (UTC) reply
32. Strong Support. Really Bonaparte, it's clear from your history that you absolutely hate his guts. But as anyone can see from your voting pattern on RfA, you seem to think that by voting "Support", you will automatically get an admin willing to do anything you want. -- Node 22:31, 31 December 2005 (UTC) reply
33. Strong Support. Will make a terrific admin. -- Dvyost 01:17, 1 January 2006 (UTC) reply
34. Wholeheartedly support. Will make a great admin. :) Ambi 14:12, 1 January 2006 (UTC) reply
35. Support. Great history and will make a good addition. -- Jbamb 17:41, 1 January 2006 (UTC) reply
36. Support. Will likely make good use of admin tools. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:02, 1 January 2006 (UTC) reply
37. Support yes -- a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 22:04, 1 January 2006 (UTC) reply
38. Support. Excellent editor! bogdan 00:29, 2 January 2006 (UTC) reply
39. Support. A fine admin candidate. — mark ✎ 08:46, 2 January 2006 (UTC) reply
40. Support. Good distributed contribs. -- ΜιĿː talk 08:48, 2 January 2006 (UTC) reply
41. Support, of course. - Mailer Diablo 18:29, 2 January 2006 (UTC) reply
42. Support. FreplySpang (talk) 23:17, 2 January 2006 (UTC) reply
43. Support per everyone else. -- Ghirla | talk 00:15, 3 January 2006 (UTC) reply
44. Support - a trustworthy, friendly user who has helped in a broad range of Wikipedia domains. Ronline ✉ 02:26, 3 January 2006 (UTC) reply
45. Guettarda 06:54, 3 January 2006 (UTC) reply
46. Support, doing a good job. - ulayiti (talk) 11:36, 3 January 2006 (UTC) reply
47. Support. Looks great. -- Kefalonia 14:56, 3 January 2006 (UTC) reply
48. Support. The only things I can say about Francis are positive ones.— Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 16:14, 3 January 2006 (UTC) reply
49. Support. Solid contributor. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 01:06, 4 January 2006 (UTC) reply
50. Late to the party support Francis is the first person I've ever offered to nominate, after I saw how he helped out a newbie user (the Cassiobury Park article author) in a most gracious and highly efficient way. He already had someone else lined up to nominate him, of course but I promised to heartily support his candidacy, so here I am, and sorry to be late! I think he's going to be an awesome admin. ++ Lar: t/ c 01:35, 4 January 2006 (UTC) reply
51. Support. warwick legit. Aaronbrick 05:35, 4 January 2006 (UTC) reply
52. Soutenir sans hesitation - cette editeur est un bon homme, et tres aidement. Je pense qu'il conviendrait de redefinir le role et les criteres d'un administrateur. Proto  t  c 12:20, 4 January 2006 (UTC) reply
53. Translating into English with my limited knowledge of French (smack me if I get anything wrong): Support without hesitation - this editor is a good guy and very helpful. I think he'll help (?) to redefine the role and criteria of an administrator. By the way, this counts as a support vote for the original nom from me as well. -- Cyde Weys _vote ^talk 07:00, 5 January 2006 (UTC) reply

    Yes, that's about right. Tres bien! Proto  t  c 10:16, 5 January 2006 (UTC) reply

54. SUPPORT support number 50 I believe you would do fine to be an admin. You are a well respected member of the community Link9er 14:05, 4 January 2006 (UTC) reply
55. Support. FrancisTyers will be useful to the project. Kingturtle 21:24, 4 January 2006 (UTC) reply
56. Support. Valmi ✒ 01:23, 5 January 2006 (UTC) reply
57. Support Donar Reiskoffer 13:14, 5 January 2006 (UTC) reply
58. Support. -- DS1953 ^talk 16:32, 5 January 2006 (UTC) reply
59. Support -- We've only just met, but I find this editor to be most pleasant, aware of policy, and calm in a crisis. -- Longhair 22:24, 5 January 2006 (UTC) reply

Oppose

Neutral

Comments

• Edit summary usage: 81% for major edits and 36% for minor edits. Based on the last 100 major and and 38 minor edits outside the Wikipedia, User, Image, and Talk namespaces.

• Aside from the positive points made by others here, Francis' work with Cassiobury Park pleased me. He edits articles for content as well as mopping up small errors. Wikipedia:WikiProject Soviet Union is another matter to consider. It is turning out rather well, both in interest as well as concentrating the efforts of interested parties. I see that his contributions already show that he would be able to use Admin tools rather well, and sensibly. Two thumbs up. *-- P.MacUidhir (t) (c) 01:34, 30 December 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 check out Category:Wikipedia backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.

A. There is always a backlog at AfD, CSD and CfD, I hope to help reduce that. I can't help but cleanup articles when I find it within my grasp and have been going through some editing for tone. When RC patrolling I revert vandalism and sometimes come across persistent vandals and have to ask on irc for an admin to block them. It would be great to be able to do that myself. I'd also like to help out at requested moves.

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

A. Contributions wise I've been pretty happy with my work at Leprechaun, although I have by no means finished. I've been pleased with the results of resolving the dispute and averting an edit war at Template:Politics of Western Sahara. I'm hoping to branch out the Wikilove that into other articles relating Western Sahara. I'm really pleased with the response I got from helping out a newbie at Cassiobury Park and with the work we've been doing at WPSU, not exactly rapid industralisation, but I hope we're getting somewhere. I've also done some translation work at Maria Sibylla Merian.

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. I was in a dispute with Cool Cat over at Kurdistan Workers Party, the dispute was never resolved per se, I just gave up after a while of deadlock. I keep meaning to return. I'm sure I've been sarcastic and even caustic in the past. I haven't recently been rude towards anyone and have been trying to keep a level head, thinking carefully before I write something. For the record, I'm currently a party in the deeceevoice RfAr. I worked with her on Cultural appropriation and Dreadlocks. I also had a but of a run in with Just a tag on Moldovan language, but with that one I managed to keep my head.

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