final (6/4/2) ending 09:16 30 March 2005 (UTC)
I am nominating myself for admin - something which I never really wanted until recently. I have been editing and contributing to Wikipedia since February 2004 and am one of the top 1000 editors. Please go to my userpage and you will see that I have created a fair amount of articles, and many articles of great detail.
Writing and editing has been my major work here. However, quite recently, I have had to deal with a user who has made veiled threats against me and was subsequently banned for his actions. Now he is back - why? I have no idea (I thought he had been banned but has managed to turn up again). Moreover, I have seen a few ordinary contributors having to deal with unreasonable and rude people, and who feel like quitting as a result. This should not happen. With my contacts at Wikipedia, I should be able to help anyone with these problems, rather than sit back and wait for a sysop to magically appear.
If you look at all the edits that I have done, as well as the debates I have engaged in, you will find that I am generally fair, respectful and more than willing to change my mind if proved wrong. Like all of us, I sometimes fail to treat others properly, but I am usually more than happy to eat my words if I've done the wrong thing.
Like everyone, I have my own biases and beliefs. A cursory look at my contributions will reveal that I am an Evangelical Christian who is highly critical of the Pentecostal and Charismatic movement. But if you look at the content of what I have written, you will find that I always try to write in an NPOV manner, and always try to back up any arguments with external links. Obviously my criticism of the P/C movement results in my own study of certain aspects of the movement, including simple historical, theological and sociological facts. All these I have used to create articles. Please feel free to check them out.
-- One Salient Oversight 09:16, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Please find below examples of what happens when I am in debate with people over articles. Note that some of these things show how imperfect I can be! Some also show me changing my mind.
-- One Salient Oversight 12:30, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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final (6/4/2) ending 09:16 30 March 2005 (UTC)
I am nominating myself for admin - something which I never really wanted until recently. I have been editing and contributing to Wikipedia since February 2004 and am one of the top 1000 editors. Please go to my userpage and you will see that I have created a fair amount of articles, and many articles of great detail.
Writing and editing has been my major work here. However, quite recently, I have had to deal with a user who has made veiled threats against me and was subsequently banned for his actions. Now he is back - why? I have no idea (I thought he had been banned but has managed to turn up again). Moreover, I have seen a few ordinary contributors having to deal with unreasonable and rude people, and who feel like quitting as a result. This should not happen. With my contacts at Wikipedia, I should be able to help anyone with these problems, rather than sit back and wait for a sysop to magically appear.
If you look at all the edits that I have done, as well as the debates I have engaged in, you will find that I am generally fair, respectful and more than willing to change my mind if proved wrong. Like all of us, I sometimes fail to treat others properly, but I am usually more than happy to eat my words if I've done the wrong thing.
Like everyone, I have my own biases and beliefs. A cursory look at my contributions will reveal that I am an Evangelical Christian who is highly critical of the Pentecostal and Charismatic movement. But if you look at the content of what I have written, you will find that I always try to write in an NPOV manner, and always try to back up any arguments with external links. Obviously my criticism of the P/C movement results in my own study of certain aspects of the movement, including simple historical, theological and sociological facts. All these I have used to create articles. Please feel free to check them out.
-- One Salient Oversight 09:16, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Please find below examples of what happens when I am in debate with people over articles. Note that some of these things show how imperfect I can be! Some also show me changing my mind.
-- One Salient Oversight 12:30, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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