PFHLai

This user has made over 2,200 edits since April 2004, and has undertaken many housekeeping duties with a knack for neatness, such as updating Template:opentask. PFHLai seems to have a good grasp of the workings of wikipedia, has always been courteous on talk pages, and will surely put admin powers to good use. -- Jia ng 04:56, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thank you, Jiang, for the nomination. This is a pleasant surprise. Thank you. I accept the nomination.

I would like to thank all those who have already voted for me. -- PFHLai 18:14, 2004 Aug 23 (UTC)

Support:

1. Jia ng 04:57, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
2. Theresa Knott 05:03, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
3. Does plenty of necessary work with templates and project pages. Seems like he will treat the "keys to the mop closet" well. -- Slowking Man 07:25, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)
4. David Cannon 11:12, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC). A superb candidate. Anyone nominated by Jiang and supported by Theresa is 99 percent certain to get my vote, but I have good reasons of my own for supporting PFHLai, too. His work is always of a very high standard, and his commitment to the Wikipedia project is beyond question.
5. Conti| ✉ 11:56, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)
6. JFW |  T@lk 12:53, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC) PFHLai is a solid contributor with a lot of community sense; I wish he'd share some more of his molecular biology knowledge with us.
7. Of course. [[User:Neutrality| Neutrality ( talk)]] 14:36, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
8. Ah, Mr. Opentask is up here... I of course support. -- Grunt (talk) 14:55, 2004 Aug 22 (UTC)
9. 172 18:27, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
10. GeneralPatton 20:41, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
11. Ambi 12:38, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
12. Michael Snow 19:23, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
13. Strong support. • Benc  • 21:59, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
14. Danny 03:50, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
15. Merovingian✍ Talk 13:01, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
16. Jwrosenzweig 22:09, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
17. Andre 03:34, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
18. ffirehorse 01:26, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Oppose:

Comments:

User has 2293 edits as of August 22nd. -- Slowking Man 07:25, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters, if you would kindly respond:

1. Have you read the section on Administrators?

A. I just did. Will move on to various items on Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list soon.

2. Are you interested in, and do you think you'll have some time to perform, the chores that only sysops have access to do, to help keep Wikipedia up to date?

A. Sure, I like being a WikiJanitor.  :-) I might have to be completely off-line for a while to prepare for my PhD thesis defence later this year, though. Should be okay.

3. If you become a sysop, which sysop chore or chores ( WP:VFD, recent changes, watching for vandals and vandalism, responding to editor requests for assistance, any other) do you especially think you would be able to help with.

A. Funny that User:Grunt called me "Mr.Opentask"... :-) but yes, I can keep Template:Opentask neat and tidy and well stocked. I am also interested in contributing to the 'selected anniversaries' section on the MainPage. I will also handle vandalism and requests from fellow editors. I have been doing these things, anyway. One new thing that I am thinking of doing is to work on the "adoption" of orphaned pages.

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

A. Frankly, I have not been writing much. I am just a WikiJanitor most of the time, proofreading and wikifying. If I had to pick one article, I'd say Cluster of differentiation. After my expansion of this article, someone liked it enough to write at Talk:Cluster of differentiation to say "Yippee ....". :-) I look foward to writing more after I am done with my thesis.

5. 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?)

A. I have been managing the Template:Opentask, and polishing articles as they come off the Opentask. I'll keep doing it.

6. 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 will deal with it in the future?

A. I usually stay away from hot topics, so I don't get much nasty edit conflicts. But I do see many newbies at the Opentask (also at RC and on my Watchlist) messing things up. I usually just revert to undo/remove the damages. I used to be rather uncomfortable dealing with them, but it's getting better now. ... I think the best way to deal with conflicts over editing and the resulted stress is to avoid them, starting with being polite and reasonable on Talk pages. ... I have also learnt that trolls feed on our reactions. So, even if I get stressed out to the max, I would try not to show it.

Thanks and good luck!