Final (76/21/8); ended 23:01, 13 September 2011 (UTC) Maxim (talk) 23:01, 13 September 2011 (UTC) reply
Ks0stm ( talk · contribs) – Ks0stm is a fellow weather enthusiast, but with an advantage over me: he's currently taking his passion to the next level by choosing to study meteorology at a respected and celebrated atmospheric sciences college. Wikipedia has many excellent editors who contribute to the growing base of climate-related articles, and I've had the pleasure over the past several years of collaborating with several of them. Ks0stm, or Steve, was among them, although he and I worked in slightly different areas—I wrote more on tropical cyclones and nor'easters, while he remained focused on severe weather. Here's where Steve stood out. Most weather writers keep to themselves, although he learned more and more about how Wikipedia works from an internal perspective. He involved himself in several of the administrative pages and endeavors, including AfD and the not-infrequent reporting of vandals. Steve maintains a well-balanced edit regime, and his versatility in that respect means he can slave over an article one minute and help out a new user on one of the noticeboards the next... and, hey, how many young folks are into ham radio these days? My reason for nominating Ks0stm, and asking your approval for the certain pleasure to work alongside him as a fellow administrator, is multifaceted. His level of knowledge in an important and fairly extensive field of research, and one that he has put into use as an editor, will allow him to use the admin tools with a particular level of professionalism. He maintains a high level of decorum and maturity when dealing with colleagues, which is an excellent quality in a prospective admin. And finally, he understands how to put the project into perspective, with his studies taking precedence over this website we've all spent far too many evenings on. As my editing becomes increasingly refocused on meteorology articles after several years with my admin cap on, I've found myself working with (and around!) Ks0stm more and more, and I believe it would be for the benefit of the project to promote him. Juliancolton ( talk) 01:57, 2 September 2011 (UTC) reply
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I'd just like to give you my word that I've been quietly nudging Ks0stm to put his name in the rink for quite a while, as I've long felt he had the potential to be a fine admin. However, his answer was always that he didn't believe he had the experience or the time to apply, which shows he does have the maturity to understand the +sysop flag isn't an award of some type. This is just my impression in working with him for quite some time. Also, his editing pattern seems natural to me. I imagine college work is packing up for him, in addition to real-life work related to the recent active severe weather seasons this year. Juliancolton ( talk) 18:48, 12 September 2011 (UTC) reply
Final (76/21/8); ended 23:01, 13 September 2011 (UTC) Maxim (talk) 23:01, 13 September 2011 (UTC) reply
Ks0stm ( talk · contribs) – Ks0stm is a fellow weather enthusiast, but with an advantage over me: he's currently taking his passion to the next level by choosing to study meteorology at a respected and celebrated atmospheric sciences college. Wikipedia has many excellent editors who contribute to the growing base of climate-related articles, and I've had the pleasure over the past several years of collaborating with several of them. Ks0stm, or Steve, was among them, although he and I worked in slightly different areas—I wrote more on tropical cyclones and nor'easters, while he remained focused on severe weather. Here's where Steve stood out. Most weather writers keep to themselves, although he learned more and more about how Wikipedia works from an internal perspective. He involved himself in several of the administrative pages and endeavors, including AfD and the not-infrequent reporting of vandals. Steve maintains a well-balanced edit regime, and his versatility in that respect means he can slave over an article one minute and help out a new user on one of the noticeboards the next... and, hey, how many young folks are into ham radio these days? My reason for nominating Ks0stm, and asking your approval for the certain pleasure to work alongside him as a fellow administrator, is multifaceted. His level of knowledge in an important and fairly extensive field of research, and one that he has put into use as an editor, will allow him to use the admin tools with a particular level of professionalism. He maintains a high level of decorum and maturity when dealing with colleagues, which is an excellent quality in a prospective admin. And finally, he understands how to put the project into perspective, with his studies taking precedence over this website we've all spent far too many evenings on. As my editing becomes increasingly refocused on meteorology articles after several years with my admin cap on, I've found myself working with (and around!) Ks0stm more and more, and I believe it would be for the benefit of the project to promote him. Juliancolton ( talk) 01:57, 2 September 2011 (UTC) reply
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I'd just like to give you my word that I've been quietly nudging Ks0stm to put his name in the rink for quite a while, as I've long felt he had the potential to be a fine admin. However, his answer was always that he didn't believe he had the experience or the time to apply, which shows he does have the maturity to understand the +sysop flag isn't an award of some type. This is just my impression in working with him for quite some time. Also, his editing pattern seems natural to me. I imagine college work is packing up for him, in addition to real-life work related to the recent active severe weather seasons this year. Juliancolton ( talk) 18:48, 12 September 2011 (UTC) reply