final (112/0/0) ending 15:45
10 August2005 (UTC)Func (
talk·contribs) - I'm really happy that Func has relented and allowed me to nominate him for adminship. Func has been with us a year, first as
AdmN, then as
Func. Lately, he's been the scourge of the vandal crowd, all the while keeping up a goofy sense of humor. He's never too busy to answer a question or a request for help or assistance. He'll be a valuable addition to the admin ranks.
Joyous (talk) 15:48, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
Support absolutely. Although, together with
Malathion's RfA, this will reduce even further the entertainment available to me on NP/RC patrol! I'm just going to move to a different time-zone I think. -
Splash18:37, 3 August 2005 (UTC)reply
Obligatory support as a brainwashed member of his micronation. =)
Sasquatch (*OW*) 19:11, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
Strong Support. I can't wait to see him on RC patrol once he has admin powers, although he might put me out of a job :). --
Canderson7 19:21, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
Support; I sure thought he was one already when he explained to me how to deal with a dispute. And without a doubt the best answers to the standard questions I've ever read. --
Spangineer(háblame) 23:31, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
Strong support. I thought he was already an admin.
JtkieferT |
@ |
C ----- 03:36, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
Strong support. With the greatest of pleasure and a very big smile. I'm just distraught that I'm as far down as #39. I was a bit slow off the mark for you there, Func.
SlimVirgin(talk) 04:24, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
Support, unquestionably. Will make a great admin.
Rhobite 04:52, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
Anyone who survived Irismeister and Mr. Treason and remains a productive and pleasant human being deserves a much higher reward than this. :-) Wholeheartedly support.Jwrosenzweig04:57, 4 August 2005 (UTC)reply
Support ofcourse. -
JCarriker 06:02, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
Support CRAZY vandal fighter. Of course I think being an admin should be no big deal... at least I hope its not one of those who require 8 months and 10000 edits :\ --
RN06:32, 4 August 2005 (UTC)reply
101% Support *insert sheep vote here* No, but seriously, you answered the questions that way I wish most nominees would. And your sense of humor earns you a bonus point.
Ryan 16:36, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
Support. More than once have I been on RC patrol, ready to revert vandalism or slap a speedy delete tag on a page where I find that Func has beat me to it. Exactly the kind of admin we need.
Mr. Know-It-All01:07, 6 August 2005 (UTC)reply
Support -- Func has clearly made a positive impact on Wikipedia, and by his editing record, seems to be a good candidate. --
Mysidia18:37, 6 August 2005 (UTC)reply
Support 100%, by which I mean support. Let's get this over with so he can start blocking vandals. To be honest... I thought Func already was an admin! -
Ta bu shi da yu03:40, 9 August 2005 (UTC)reply
Nevermind, looks like the record is 107 net votes for, still, 111 votes for is still the record.. hmm... either way, he's going to come really close at this rate.
Sasquatch↔
讲↔
看 06:12, August 6, 2005 (UTC)
He beat the net vote record!!! Two more untill the total support record is broken.
FatherHowabout1Talk to me! 04:23, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
I would also like the ability to
protect articles that suddenly come under attack. It is often frustrating to see an article suddenly enter a meaningless vandalism-revert war for half an hour or more, and be more or less helpless to stop it, other than by placing notices on
WP:VIP,
Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts,
WP:AN/I, or
WP:AN, or running over to IRC. I don't believe any article should be protected for long, but protection is an important temporary tool in defending Wikipedia.
Toward that end, I would also like the ability to
block users engaged in repeated and unambiguous
Wikipedia:Vandalism. Also related: I have an extreme distaste for
spammers, who will often manage to hit upwards of 20 to 30 articles before their commercial-link insertion is identified and halted.
Finally, I like to participate at
WP:VFU, which is frustrating when you can't actually examine the history of the deleted articles under discussion.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
I am not a particularly gifted writer/researcher/archivist. It is unlikely that any article I start or contribute to will make it to
featured status with any more than ten percent contribution from me. I like to help where I can, when I can.
I've done a fair amount of
wikification and
cleanup; though with my typing and spelling skills, I may be doing more harm than good. ;-)
I am proud of contributions I have made to the very few subjects in which I can claim any expertise, especially those involving
scripting languages. However, I would have to say that my finest contributions to the project were possibly those I made to
User:Theresa knott/Those who disagree with Angela must not sign their comments. I am actively working towards bringing this article to Semi-Featured status. ;-)
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?
Stress? Hmm...well, let's see now: there was the anti-circumcision POV warriors who accused me of supporting the molestation and rape of circumcised infants;
User:Mr Vandal placing pictures of
zebras all over the place; my occasional run in with the stalker and quack doctor
User:Irismeister; oh, and then there was the charming
User:Mr. Treason, (I am still waiting for him to SUE me IN A NEWARK COURT OF LAW). ;-)
More or less, I have managed to avoid any serious conflicts, and to stay out of trouble. How I have handled content disputes in the past is exactly the same way I intend to handle them in the future. Where I am actively involved in a dispute over an article, I ask other Wikipedians not involved in the article to comment upon the matter. This happened in the case of
Jeffrey MacDonald, where I was becoming frustrated with an editor whose extreme POV and (initial) failure to communicate on the talk page was disconcerting to me. I requested
User:Rhobite to evaluate the matter, (an admin whose commitment to NPOV I highly respect), and he was able to assist in working the article toward a better state...(darn, I've just now reread the article and it is still in a pitiful POV state...I gotta get on that). When I found that my manner had been too abrupt in dealing with the anon, I posted an
apology.
Of course, the above isn't particularly relevent to this RfA, since I would never use adminship powers in a content dispute where I was actively involved.
Summation:
I hope this isn't interpreted in the wrong way, but I personally believe that adminship is a big deal. It is an important responsibility, not one to be taken lightly. It is all about trust, understanding
consensus, remembering to
assume good faith, always striving to maintain
NPOV, and keeping the whole canon upon which Wikipedia is founded on in mind, including
WP:TRI,
WP:IAR, and
WP:BEANS. ;-)
If a point were to come where I felt the community had lost trust in my actions, I would unquestionably repeat
Seth Ilys's noble
experiment.
final (112/0/0) ending 15:45
10 August2005 (UTC)Func (
talk·contribs) - I'm really happy that Func has relented and allowed me to nominate him for adminship. Func has been with us a year, first as
AdmN, then as
Func. Lately, he's been the scourge of the vandal crowd, all the while keeping up a goofy sense of humor. He's never too busy to answer a question or a request for help or assistance. He'll be a valuable addition to the admin ranks.
Joyous (talk) 15:48, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
Support absolutely. Although, together with
Malathion's RfA, this will reduce even further the entertainment available to me on NP/RC patrol! I'm just going to move to a different time-zone I think. -
Splash18:37, 3 August 2005 (UTC)reply
Obligatory support as a brainwashed member of his micronation. =)
Sasquatch (*OW*) 19:11, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
Strong Support. I can't wait to see him on RC patrol once he has admin powers, although he might put me out of a job :). --
Canderson7 19:21, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
Support; I sure thought he was one already when he explained to me how to deal with a dispute. And without a doubt the best answers to the standard questions I've ever read. --
Spangineer(háblame) 23:31, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
Strong support. I thought he was already an admin.
JtkieferT |
@ |
C ----- 03:36, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
Strong support. With the greatest of pleasure and a very big smile. I'm just distraught that I'm as far down as #39. I was a bit slow off the mark for you there, Func.
SlimVirgin(talk) 04:24, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
Support, unquestionably. Will make a great admin.
Rhobite 04:52, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
Anyone who survived Irismeister and Mr. Treason and remains a productive and pleasant human being deserves a much higher reward than this. :-) Wholeheartedly support.Jwrosenzweig04:57, 4 August 2005 (UTC)reply
Support ofcourse. -
JCarriker 06:02, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
Support CRAZY vandal fighter. Of course I think being an admin should be no big deal... at least I hope its not one of those who require 8 months and 10000 edits :\ --
RN06:32, 4 August 2005 (UTC)reply
101% Support *insert sheep vote here* No, but seriously, you answered the questions that way I wish most nominees would. And your sense of humor earns you a bonus point.
Ryan 16:36, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
Support. More than once have I been on RC patrol, ready to revert vandalism or slap a speedy delete tag on a page where I find that Func has beat me to it. Exactly the kind of admin we need.
Mr. Know-It-All01:07, 6 August 2005 (UTC)reply
Support -- Func has clearly made a positive impact on Wikipedia, and by his editing record, seems to be a good candidate. --
Mysidia18:37, 6 August 2005 (UTC)reply
Support 100%, by which I mean support. Let's get this over with so he can start blocking vandals. To be honest... I thought Func already was an admin! -
Ta bu shi da yu03:40, 9 August 2005 (UTC)reply
Nevermind, looks like the record is 107 net votes for, still, 111 votes for is still the record.. hmm... either way, he's going to come really close at this rate.
Sasquatch↔
讲↔
看 06:12, August 6, 2005 (UTC)
He beat the net vote record!!! Two more untill the total support record is broken.
FatherHowabout1Talk to me! 04:23, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
I would also like the ability to
protect articles that suddenly come under attack. It is often frustrating to see an article suddenly enter a meaningless vandalism-revert war for half an hour or more, and be more or less helpless to stop it, other than by placing notices on
WP:VIP,
Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts,
WP:AN/I, or
WP:AN, or running over to IRC. I don't believe any article should be protected for long, but protection is an important temporary tool in defending Wikipedia.
Toward that end, I would also like the ability to
block users engaged in repeated and unambiguous
Wikipedia:Vandalism. Also related: I have an extreme distaste for
spammers, who will often manage to hit upwards of 20 to 30 articles before their commercial-link insertion is identified and halted.
Finally, I like to participate at
WP:VFU, which is frustrating when you can't actually examine the history of the deleted articles under discussion.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
I am not a particularly gifted writer/researcher/archivist. It is unlikely that any article I start or contribute to will make it to
featured status with any more than ten percent contribution from me. I like to help where I can, when I can.
I've done a fair amount of
wikification and
cleanup; though with my typing and spelling skills, I may be doing more harm than good. ;-)
I am proud of contributions I have made to the very few subjects in which I can claim any expertise, especially those involving
scripting languages. However, I would have to say that my finest contributions to the project were possibly those I made to
User:Theresa knott/Those who disagree with Angela must not sign their comments. I am actively working towards bringing this article to Semi-Featured status. ;-)
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?
Stress? Hmm...well, let's see now: there was the anti-circumcision POV warriors who accused me of supporting the molestation and rape of circumcised infants;
User:Mr Vandal placing pictures of
zebras all over the place; my occasional run in with the stalker and quack doctor
User:Irismeister; oh, and then there was the charming
User:Mr. Treason, (I am still waiting for him to SUE me IN A NEWARK COURT OF LAW). ;-)
More or less, I have managed to avoid any serious conflicts, and to stay out of trouble. How I have handled content disputes in the past is exactly the same way I intend to handle them in the future. Where I am actively involved in a dispute over an article, I ask other Wikipedians not involved in the article to comment upon the matter. This happened in the case of
Jeffrey MacDonald, where I was becoming frustrated with an editor whose extreme POV and (initial) failure to communicate on the talk page was disconcerting to me. I requested
User:Rhobite to evaluate the matter, (an admin whose commitment to NPOV I highly respect), and he was able to assist in working the article toward a better state...(darn, I've just now reread the article and it is still in a pitiful POV state...I gotta get on that). When I found that my manner had been too abrupt in dealing with the anon, I posted an
apology.
Of course, the above isn't particularly relevent to this RfA, since I would never use adminship powers in a content dispute where I was actively involved.
Summation:
I hope this isn't interpreted in the wrong way, but I personally believe that adminship is a big deal. It is an important responsibility, not one to be taken lightly. It is all about trust, understanding
consensus, remembering to
assume good faith, always striving to maintain
NPOV, and keeping the whole canon upon which Wikipedia is founded on in mind, including
WP:TRI,
WP:IAR, and
WP:BEANS. ;-)
If a point were to come where I felt the community had lost trust in my actions, I would unquestionably repeat
Seth Ilys's noble
experiment.