Final (25/0/1) ending 16:01 September 12 2005 (UTC) Nv8200p ( talk · contribs) - Nv8200p is extraordinarily active on WP:IFD, dealing with many cases of obsolete, unsourced, and duplicate images daily. He's been at Wikipedia since August 2003 and has 8200+ edits, with about 1700 in the article space, 1800 in the Wikipedia space, and almost 3000 in the image space. He is interested and capable, and I believe he would be a great asset to our admin team. -- Andre ( talk) 16:01, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

I accept the nomination and thank Andre and MarkSweep for their kind words and encouragement.

Support

1. Enthusiastic support. Was about to nominate him myself; thanks for allowing me to cast the first support vote. Nv8200p has put tremendous effort into WP:IFD, listing dozens of images each day, and now we need his help dealing with the resulting backlog. ;-) I have reason to believe that has made a lot more than 3000 edits in the image namespace, since most of his recent edits in that namespace consist of adding {{ ifd}} tags to image pages, and those edits are lost and not counted when an image gets deleted. -- MarkSweep ✍ 16:23, 5 September 2005 (UTC) reply
2. Andre ( talk) 16:03, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
3. Support Martin - The non-blue non-moose 16:48, 5 September 2005 (UTC) reply

4. Journalist ^C./ ^{Holla @ me!}

5. Support. I see this username pop up often on IfD, doing the dirty work. Give him the mop. android 79 18:51, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
6. BRIAN 0918 • 2005-09-5 18:53
7. Support. Nv8200p's name is all over the IFD page. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 19:13, 5 September 2005 (UTC) reply
8. Support, another easy decision. Rje 19:16, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
9. Support. Thunderbrand 01:45, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
10. No question here, automatic support.   Denelson 83  04:06, 6 September 2005 (UTC) reply
11. Support. I'm just jumping on the bandwagon.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 ($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 04:37, 6 September 2005 (UTC) reply
12. Merovingian (t) (c) 06:14, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
13. Support, not come across him myself but seems like an excellent editor who will make good use of admin powers. the wub "?/!" 07:51, 6 September 2005 (UTC) reply
14. Support. He deserves the WikiPower :). - Darwinek 18:46, 6 September 2005 (UTC) reply
15. Support, good editor, seems strongly committed to janitorial tasks. 172.162.10.219 19:09, 6 September 2005 (UTC) reply

    IIRC, anonymous votes are not counted on RfA. Did you forget to log in? android 79 19:16, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

    Indeed, above vote is mine. Christopher Parham (talk) 19:18, 2005 September 6 (UTC)

16. Support. El_C 23:51, 6 September 2005 (UTC) reply
17. Support Um, yeah Ryan Norton ^{T | @ | C} 00:31, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
18. Yep, tireless image work. Support. -- Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 21:27, 7 September 2005 (UTC) reply
19. Support, sure. -- Sn0wflake 03:49, 8 September 2005 (UTC) reply
20. Support. Your help on WP:IFD will be appreciated. Just remember not to delete images you nominate. dbenbenn | talk 17:57, 9 September 2005 (UTC) reply
21. -- Boothy443 | comhrÚ 05:55, 10 September 2005 (UTC) reply
22. Support. -- Angr/ _{tɔk tə mi} 00:14, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply
23. Ruairidi 03:00, 11 September 2005 (UTC) reply
24. Support, looks like a worthy candidate. JYolkowski // talk 01:36, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply
25. Support; I really appreciate the people who take on the non-glamourous, tedious, dirty-work jobs. Very deserving candidate. Antandrus (talk) 03:41, 12 September 2005 (UTC) reply

Oppose

Neutral

1. Oppose - this vote demonstrates a current misunderstanding about VfD (Images should be deleted even if the VfD is a clear no-consensus even before it was nominated?) Neutral or perhapas it demonstrats a current misunderstanding about IfD, by me, though this is a policy to change - see my comments on the pump shortly. Hipocrite - «Talk» 12:41, 9 September 2005 (UTC) reply

   I'd interpret Nv8200p's comment to mean that if an article was nominated for deletion (per a VfD/AfD), and if an image associated exclusively with that article is up for deletion as well (on IfD), then that image should be deleted, pending the outcome of the VfD/AfD. This is entirely consistent with current IfD policies: if the result of the VfD is a consensus to delete, and the article is deleted, then the image is orphaned and it can potentially (depending on what it depicts) be considered as unencyclopedic. Those are two valid and very common reasons for listing an image on IfD, according to current policy and practice. Also keep in mind that this is just a vote: I don't see any evidence that Nv8200p would delete an image if the consensus was to keep. -- MarkSweep ✍ 12:05, 9 September 2005 (UTC) reply

Comments

Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)

I would be glad to help with maintenance on Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion and Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images and any other areas as needed..

2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

I'm most pleased with the articles Armadillo World Headquarters and Austin Aqua Festival. I spent a couple of hours researching each at the Austin History Center and I think the articles are well layed out and informative..

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?

I have not had any editing conflicts. Other users edits to articles I've worked on have been proper and useful. I have not received any great complaints about edits I have done, just occasional questions as to why I did what I did..