Final: (22/0/0) ended 18:30 December 5, 2005 (UTC)
Kbh3rd (
talk·contribs) – Self nominating – I have been editing Wikpedia since July, 2004, accumulating well over 4000 edits. I have started a moderate number of articles (listed on my
user page), and have submitted a large number of images, some of
my own, and many from
PD sources. I was very active in an earlier round of the
untagged images project in an effort to keep Wikipedia's content legitimate. To that same end I investigate and flag any articles I find that look like cut-and-paste copyvios. My philosophy has shifted from somewhat deletionary early on to much more inclusionary now. I am concerned about the overall quality of Wikipedia, and lately I have been spending a lot of time just patroling vandalism to the 766 articles on my watchlist.
Kbh3rd18:30, 28 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. Ah, the joy of a well-qualified self-nom! Everything looks wonderful. Hardly any experience of controversies, but I doubt that would change with adminship. —
David Remahl19:18, 28 November 2005 (UTC)reply
A. Though I've been active on Wikipedia for close to a year and a half, I've purposefully not sought the added responsibilities of adminship until now. It is the persistent and growing problem with vandalism that drives me to it. I find much of my time these days reverting. The possibility of being able to temporarily block obvious active vandals instead of just leaving warnings that I personally cannot act on is what brings me here. Over time I might feel comfortable exercising more admin "power", but I'm real leary about the ability to go overboard with it.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. As I mention on my user page, I'm particularly satisfied with
Ogallala Aquifer, specifically because it was a successful collaboration. I rewrote the original stub article from scratch as best I could, being an interested but non-professional geologist "wanna-be". I then found an active Wikipedian with the required expertise and invited him to fill in the details to really flesh it out. I also like the
Weaubleau-Osceola_structure and
Fort de Chartres articles, among others, having researched and written them from scratch and provided the images for them. Note the references sections.
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. Not too much. I fear that I may have caused others stress in some copyright reverts. Though they were clearly in the wrong, I think I could have been more sensitive to their attachement to their subject and been more inviting of them to contribute original content on the subject.
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.
Final: (22/0/0) ended 18:30 December 5, 2005 (UTC)
Kbh3rd (
talk·contribs) – Self nominating – I have been editing Wikpedia since July, 2004, accumulating well over 4000 edits. I have started a moderate number of articles (listed on my
user page), and have submitted a large number of images, some of
my own, and many from
PD sources. I was very active in an earlier round of the
untagged images project in an effort to keep Wikipedia's content legitimate. To that same end I investigate and flag any articles I find that look like cut-and-paste copyvios. My philosophy has shifted from somewhat deletionary early on to much more inclusionary now. I am concerned about the overall quality of Wikipedia, and lately I have been spending a lot of time just patroling vandalism to the 766 articles on my watchlist.
Kbh3rd18:30, 28 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. Ah, the joy of a well-qualified self-nom! Everything looks wonderful. Hardly any experience of controversies, but I doubt that would change with adminship. —
David Remahl19:18, 28 November 2005 (UTC)reply
A. Though I've been active on Wikipedia for close to a year and a half, I've purposefully not sought the added responsibilities of adminship until now. It is the persistent and growing problem with vandalism that drives me to it. I find much of my time these days reverting. The possibility of being able to temporarily block obvious active vandals instead of just leaving warnings that I personally cannot act on is what brings me here. Over time I might feel comfortable exercising more admin "power", but I'm real leary about the ability to go overboard with it.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. As I mention on my user page, I'm particularly satisfied with
Ogallala Aquifer, specifically because it was a successful collaboration. I rewrote the original stub article from scratch as best I could, being an interested but non-professional geologist "wanna-be". I then found an active Wikipedian with the required expertise and invited him to fill in the details to really flesh it out. I also like the
Weaubleau-Osceola_structure and
Fort de Chartres articles, among others, having researched and written them from scratch and provided the images for them. Note the references sections.
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. Not too much. I fear that I may have caused others stress in some copyright reverts. Though they were clearly in the wrong, I think I could have been more sensitive to their attachement to their subject and been more inviting of them to contribute original content on the subject.
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.