User:Mark

Mark's been here since late 2001 (no, that's not a typo). He's a very familiar face on IRC, and he's been nominated here at least twice (that I know of) and he's turned both of them down. I asked him again if he wanted to be an admin, and this time he agreed. He's a hard worker and extremely trustworthy, and I have no doubts he'd make a fine admin. →Raul654 06:58, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)

Thank you. As Raul says, I finally agreed. I've been here a long time, but I haven't been an especially active user, and I don't expect to become incredibly active any time soon. The only sysop privleges I would use if I had access to them would probably be image deletion (getting rid of thumbnails obviated by the thumbnailer) and page deletion (for when the slightly smarter vandals create a new page of vandalism, rather than just editing an existing page). Anyway, only support my nomination if you feel I have the necessary experience and you trust me. - Mark 08:03, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Note for blankfaze: Yes I am Mark Ryan on both IRC and Meta. That used to be my username here on Wikipedia as well. - Mark 10:29, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Support

1. Support -- H. CHENEY 08:12, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
2. EddEdmondson 08:38, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
3. Mark Ryan? Of course I support. blankfaze | •• | •• 09:05, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
4. David Cannon 09:48, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
5. Of course. James F. (talk) 09:56, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
6. About time. Dori | Talk 13:15, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)
7. Acegikmo1 17:00, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
8. If Raul supports him... ;) Neutrality 18:16, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
9. Wow! 2001, I'm impressed. Merovingian✍ Talk 18:24, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)
10. David Gerard 21:38, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
11. Mark Ryan from IRC? Support, naturally! DO'Иeil 13:48, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
12. Hephaestos| § 04:05, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
13. Support. Tothebarricades.tk 08:46, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
14. Of course, though i am dismayed to hear that you let your studies and personal life take precedence. Danny 11:01, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
15. Warofdreams 18:25, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
16. MykReeve 19:02, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
17. Lst 27 22:47, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
18. ALargeElk | Talk 10:09, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
19. 172 13:04, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
20. Quadell (talk) 18:54, Jul 9, 2004 (UTC)
21. Dysprosia 04:14, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
22. Snowspinner 16:54, Jul 11, 2004 (UTC)
23. I'm supremely happy to see Mark has finally accepted a nomination, and for this opportunity to give my support. -- Hadal 02:04, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
24. Tεx τ urε 04:46, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Comments

• Mark has made 1540 edits. -- H. CHENEY 08:12, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
• Mark has the necessary experience, and I trust him, but this sort of emphasizes that we don't know how many admins we really have; active rather than honorary. Nothing at all personal to Mark; I'm not opposing him. -- Cecropia | Talk 15:04, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • By "not active", I mean I make sure my studies and personal life take precedence over time spent on Wikipedia (except during holidays). I'm not planning to go away for six months like I did in 2002. - Mark 02:40, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)

A few questions. (I know I've already voted here, but I still have some questions.)

1. In your opinion, what article have you contributed the most succesfully and helpfully to?

Well, probably Perth, Australia, of course. But that's just because I edit it so much.

2. In your opinion, what has your best contribution to the running and maintenance of Wikipedia been? (i.e., have you reverted a bad stretch of vandalism, done extensive work categorizing articles, helped mediate a dispute?)

Back when enrc reliably showed all new edits, I would spend hours checking every new anonymous edit for vandalism. That got very boring very quickly (and it annoyed me how anonymous users doing interwiki linking didn't use edit summaries to good effect). Other than that, I don't really have any redeeming achievements. I just sort of hang around like a bad smell, making a lot of noise but achieving very little. I made a logo they used for Meta for a while, though! Not exactly maintenance-related, but still a bit gratifying (even though it looks appalling in comparison to the swish logos we have today).

3. Of your Wikipedia edits and experiences thus far, what is your biggest regret? What do you wish you'd done differently?

I regret not sticking around for the long haul. When I left Wikipedia for those extended periods, I would come back like a completely new user, finding the site completely different and all the old users gone. I have missed huge leaps in its history, and that makes me sad.

Thanks. Snowspinner 03:17, Jul 11, 2004 (UTC)