Mindmatrix (
talk·contribs) – (self-nomination) DEAR SIRS, First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this matter, by virtue of its importance. I am not a top official in my
homeland, which is currently experiencing political strife. I wish to salvage valuable and sensitive information and store it on your servers. To enable such a transaction, I require and request ADMINSHIP. You will find this venture mutually profitable, as I transfer numerous bits into your accounts in exchange for this access. As a sign of good faith, I have already made over
18,500 transfers to your system. Please note that this transaction is 100% safe. I am looking forward to doing business with you, and solicit your confidentiality. Yours faithfully,
Mindmatrix01:43, 27 November 2005 (UTC) (writing
Nigerian scam letters isn't easy :-)reply
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
Support. Oh dear. The letter had me going for awhile, until I saw your comment. I have to say, I'm very impressed with what I've seen you do on Wikipedia, so I'll be the first to throw my hat in the ring on your behalf, even if you're from the Barren Tundra to the North. :) --
Martin Osterman02:37, 27 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Neither Mindmatrix or I use a bot. The only bot in action at WP:WSS is run by Mairi. Sorry to disappoint you, but Mindmatrix and I do all our editing by hand.
Grutness...wha?06:07, 27 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Delete, nn Canadian spam-scam-artis-- huh, where am I? Oh yeah, support, another hard-working editor with whom I've had only good dealings. And sympathy over the Canadian spelling thing, which doubtless involves periodically getting it in the neck from the US- and the UK-style zealots.
Alai04:40, 27 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support, and my account number is 123-456-789, transit number 5542. If you run into any problems, I'll be glad to fly over to Nigeria without a visa. I trust you will take care of any difficulties I'll encounter. --
Deathphoenix08:14, 27 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support, clearly. (unsigned support vote left by
Nightstallion; please confirm by checking this page's edit history)
Support I want to send you my sincere thanks and gratitude for your kind offer. However, I am in business too, and I make my living transferring large sums of money from and to my friends, relatives, and associates in Nigeria. Therefore, I know that you would agree, that in order to participate in this wonderful opportunity, I must have an advance monetary commitment from you - a good faith gesture on your part - in order to proceed. Therefore, I ask that you deposit just $2,500,000 into my PayPal account as an indication that you truly are sincere.
KillerChihuahua19:22, 28 November 2005 (UTC)reply
I'm usually leery of supporting self-nominations, but I know and trust Mindmatrix's judgement. So I guess I'll support this.
Bearcat04:05, 29 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support Heh. I remember that time i blocked this guy. I just wonder if he'll speedy delete 100 pages in 5 minutes. That'd be useful, assuming "he" (or is it a bot!) can make judgement calls that fast. --
Phroziac. o º O (
mmmmm chocolate!)03:47, 30 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support: MM has done some superb writing; is community spirited, technically well-versed and has a keen sense of humour (note Canadian spelling). He will do credit to the term "Admin."
Sunray08:31, 2 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Support! Mindmatrix has been very helpfull in every aspect whenever I have the chance to work with him. He is also a very fast and assiduous worker.
Zhatt21:37, 2 December 2005 (UTC)reply
A. I'm actually requesting adminship because I am making changes to the functionality of some Canada-related discussion boards, and would like to be able to clean up any problems as I run into them. I'd also like to be able to revert vandalism more easily than I do now. I'm not very active on AfD, but I'd make an effort to close some debates. As for other admin duties, I'd probably dabble here and there as the fancy strikes me, primarily for page moves and merges.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. If anyone's interested in seeing my contributions, I maintain a somewhat out-of-date list of
articles I've created, my major
contributions, and other ways in which I
participate in Wikipedia. Those also explain my high edit count, and why it doesn't really matter. Most of my contributions have involved cleaning up various things, categorizing and stubbing, and generally working on geographical articles.
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. There have been two minor cases. The first involved the article
Canada (
talk), in which one user wanted to change the official name to Dominion of Canada. I was barely involved in the debate, only adding a few facts here and there (the user was subsequently banned for one year - see
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/ArmchairVexillologistDon). The second involved the article
Myocardial infarction (
talk), in which a user with no account, but using his real (?) name, felt that his edits were being censored. Me and another user explained our reasons why we felt the information should not be included, but eventually I filed an RfC. Unfortunately, nobody else contributed to the discussion. I have since dropped many medical articles from my watchlist, including this one. (It appears that after a month of quiet, the discussion has re-surfaced.)
I have also been called a Wiki Nazi Police for explaining to a user why some articles use Canadian spellings (see my
talk page, and that of user
68.96.225.178).
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.
Mindmatrix (
talk·contribs) – (self-nomination) DEAR SIRS, First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this matter, by virtue of its importance. I am not a top official in my
homeland, which is currently experiencing political strife. I wish to salvage valuable and sensitive information and store it on your servers. To enable such a transaction, I require and request ADMINSHIP. You will find this venture mutually profitable, as I transfer numerous bits into your accounts in exchange for this access. As a sign of good faith, I have already made over
18,500 transfers to your system. Please note that this transaction is 100% safe. I am looking forward to doing business with you, and solicit your confidentiality. Yours faithfully,
Mindmatrix01:43, 27 November 2005 (UTC) (writing
Nigerian scam letters isn't easy :-)reply
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
Support. Oh dear. The letter had me going for awhile, until I saw your comment. I have to say, I'm very impressed with what I've seen you do on Wikipedia, so I'll be the first to throw my hat in the ring on your behalf, even if you're from the Barren Tundra to the North. :) --
Martin Osterman02:37, 27 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Neither Mindmatrix or I use a bot. The only bot in action at WP:WSS is run by Mairi. Sorry to disappoint you, but Mindmatrix and I do all our editing by hand.
Grutness...wha?06:07, 27 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Delete, nn Canadian spam-scam-artis-- huh, where am I? Oh yeah, support, another hard-working editor with whom I've had only good dealings. And sympathy over the Canadian spelling thing, which doubtless involves periodically getting it in the neck from the US- and the UK-style zealots.
Alai04:40, 27 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support, and my account number is 123-456-789, transit number 5542. If you run into any problems, I'll be glad to fly over to Nigeria without a visa. I trust you will take care of any difficulties I'll encounter. --
Deathphoenix08:14, 27 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support, clearly. (unsigned support vote left by
Nightstallion; please confirm by checking this page's edit history)
Support I want to send you my sincere thanks and gratitude for your kind offer. However, I am in business too, and I make my living transferring large sums of money from and to my friends, relatives, and associates in Nigeria. Therefore, I know that you would agree, that in order to participate in this wonderful opportunity, I must have an advance monetary commitment from you - a good faith gesture on your part - in order to proceed. Therefore, I ask that you deposit just $2,500,000 into my PayPal account as an indication that you truly are sincere.
KillerChihuahua19:22, 28 November 2005 (UTC)reply
I'm usually leery of supporting self-nominations, but I know and trust Mindmatrix's judgement. So I guess I'll support this.
Bearcat04:05, 29 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support Heh. I remember that time i blocked this guy. I just wonder if he'll speedy delete 100 pages in 5 minutes. That'd be useful, assuming "he" (or is it a bot!) can make judgement calls that fast. --
Phroziac. o º O (
mmmmm chocolate!)03:47, 30 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support: MM has done some superb writing; is community spirited, technically well-versed and has a keen sense of humour (note Canadian spelling). He will do credit to the term "Admin."
Sunray08:31, 2 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Support! Mindmatrix has been very helpfull in every aspect whenever I have the chance to work with him. He is also a very fast and assiduous worker.
Zhatt21:37, 2 December 2005 (UTC)reply
A. I'm actually requesting adminship because I am making changes to the functionality of some Canada-related discussion boards, and would like to be able to clean up any problems as I run into them. I'd also like to be able to revert vandalism more easily than I do now. I'm not very active on AfD, but I'd make an effort to close some debates. As for other admin duties, I'd probably dabble here and there as the fancy strikes me, primarily for page moves and merges.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. If anyone's interested in seeing my contributions, I maintain a somewhat out-of-date list of
articles I've created, my major
contributions, and other ways in which I
participate in Wikipedia. Those also explain my high edit count, and why it doesn't really matter. Most of my contributions have involved cleaning up various things, categorizing and stubbing, and generally working on geographical articles.
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. There have been two minor cases. The first involved the article
Canada (
talk), in which one user wanted to change the official name to Dominion of Canada. I was barely involved in the debate, only adding a few facts here and there (the user was subsequently banned for one year - see
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/ArmchairVexillologistDon). The second involved the article
Myocardial infarction (
talk), in which a user with no account, but using his real (?) name, felt that his edits were being censored. Me and another user explained our reasons why we felt the information should not be included, but eventually I filed an RfC. Unfortunately, nobody else contributed to the discussion. I have since dropped many medical articles from my watchlist, including this one. (It appears that after a month of quiet, the discussion has re-surfaced.)
I have also been called a Wiki Nazi Police for explaining to a user why some articles use Canadian spellings (see my
talk page, and that of user
68.96.225.178).
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.