Final (1/10/2) Withdrawn by user at 15:38, 26 November 2009 (UTC). Regards So Why 15:46, 26 November 2009 (UTC) reply
RadioFan ( talk · contribs) – Self nomination RadioFan ( talk) 13:29, 26 November 2009 (UTC) reply
I would like to nominate myself for adminship. I am very active in new page patrolling, have done a bit of work controlling vandalism of existing articles and actively edit in a number of areas. I was allowed use of rollback long ago and was granted auto review status several months ago. I have also been granted access to AutoWikiBrowser which I use to assist in a variety of bulk editing tasks as well as huggle which I've used for vandal cleanup. I believe I have used these privileged well. Like any editor, I've had my disagreements with other editors, particularly about what is notable and what isn't, but I've tried to learn from each discussion. If granted adminship, I plan to be far more conservative in my actions based on what I've learned from the prods and XFDs that have been declined by admins in the past.
As you might tell from my username, my passion is radio. I've been actively involved
Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations and of course in editing radio station pages. Many of you may have seen my many radio station stub articles. I've helped, along with other volunteers, craft the WPRS guidelines to create what is now a very strong standard for the information included on articles covering radio station in the United States and beyond. The focus has been not just on creating articles but making other editors aware of reliable sources that are available to assist in making those articles better. I've created a script which is in use by other WPRS volunteer editors for creating quality stub article for radio stations that incorporates references from government database resources (such as the FCC and FAA) and reliable sources such as Arbitron and Radio and Records magazine (until it stopped production) to create solid, well referenced articles which conform to the article naming standards which have been molded over the years by WPRS volunteers, all through consensus. I'm proud to say these articles have been expanded on by many editors in many cases since.
Human space travel is another interest of mine and I edit articles relating to NASA, particularly space shuttle missions. I created a template there to standardize information included in all shuttle mission as well as earlier programs and encourage linking within that information as well as automate referencing of that information from NASA sources.
I've also created a couple of essays that have been well received by other editors, particulary those volunteering to patrol new pages.
WP:MINDREADER is useful in explaining to editors, especially new ones, why their article was tagged so quickly. It provides guidance to help communicate to other editors, particularly new page patrollers, that an article is unfinished and shouldn't be tagged for deletion yet. I also created
WP:MISSION to help better describe a pet peave of mine, vague mission statements included in articles that do nothing to describe the organization. I have also contributed to the
Wikipedia:Existence ≠ Notability essay.
You'll find that my edits are split pretty evenly between article and user talk spaces. This is largely due to new page patrolling. When the situation merits it, and its become clear that what appeared to be cruft added by a vandal is merely a new editor who is rushing into article creation, I'll spend some time helping them out. Pulling the CSD or PROD tags off the article, Wikifying it, moving external links interspersed in the article into {{
cite}} tags.
I joined Wikipedia under the username
rtphokie (
talk ·
contribs) (you may also find the username
RadioFan2 (
talk ·
contribs) that was used briefly while admins verified that my current username could be usurped without conflict). Please note that the block of rtphokie occurred after I changed my username. I dont know if this is procedural or if it was usurped after I stopped using it but the blocking was not due to my actions.
I'd like to withdraw this request as it's pretty clear I've got some work to do, particularly are speed in tagging and with avoiding controversial XFD and PRODs. I'm going to continue my patrolling efforts and continue to learn more.-- RadioFan ( talk) 15:38, 26 November 2009 (UTC) reply
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:
Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/RadioFan before commenting.
RfA/RfB toolbox | |
---|---|
Counters | |
Analysis | |
Cross-wiki |
#Strong Support. RadioFan is a courteous, respectful regular at XFD and I have only seen good things from him. He will make a very good admin.
ceran
thor 13:31, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
reply
Final (1/10/2) Withdrawn by user at 15:38, 26 November 2009 (UTC). Regards So Why 15:46, 26 November 2009 (UTC) reply
RadioFan ( talk · contribs) – Self nomination RadioFan ( talk) 13:29, 26 November 2009 (UTC) reply
I would like to nominate myself for adminship. I am very active in new page patrolling, have done a bit of work controlling vandalism of existing articles and actively edit in a number of areas. I was allowed use of rollback long ago and was granted auto review status several months ago. I have also been granted access to AutoWikiBrowser which I use to assist in a variety of bulk editing tasks as well as huggle which I've used for vandal cleanup. I believe I have used these privileged well. Like any editor, I've had my disagreements with other editors, particularly about what is notable and what isn't, but I've tried to learn from each discussion. If granted adminship, I plan to be far more conservative in my actions based on what I've learned from the prods and XFDs that have been declined by admins in the past.
As you might tell from my username, my passion is radio. I've been actively involved
Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations and of course in editing radio station pages. Many of you may have seen my many radio station stub articles. I've helped, along with other volunteers, craft the WPRS guidelines to create what is now a very strong standard for the information included on articles covering radio station in the United States and beyond. The focus has been not just on creating articles but making other editors aware of reliable sources that are available to assist in making those articles better. I've created a script which is in use by other WPRS volunteer editors for creating quality stub article for radio stations that incorporates references from government database resources (such as the FCC and FAA) and reliable sources such as Arbitron and Radio and Records magazine (until it stopped production) to create solid, well referenced articles which conform to the article naming standards which have been molded over the years by WPRS volunteers, all through consensus. I'm proud to say these articles have been expanded on by many editors in many cases since.
Human space travel is another interest of mine and I edit articles relating to NASA, particularly space shuttle missions. I created a template there to standardize information included in all shuttle mission as well as earlier programs and encourage linking within that information as well as automate referencing of that information from NASA sources.
I've also created a couple of essays that have been well received by other editors, particulary those volunteering to patrol new pages.
WP:MINDREADER is useful in explaining to editors, especially new ones, why their article was tagged so quickly. It provides guidance to help communicate to other editors, particularly new page patrollers, that an article is unfinished and shouldn't be tagged for deletion yet. I also created
WP:MISSION to help better describe a pet peave of mine, vague mission statements included in articles that do nothing to describe the organization. I have also contributed to the
Wikipedia:Existence ≠ Notability essay.
You'll find that my edits are split pretty evenly between article and user talk spaces. This is largely due to new page patrolling. When the situation merits it, and its become clear that what appeared to be cruft added by a vandal is merely a new editor who is rushing into article creation, I'll spend some time helping them out. Pulling the CSD or PROD tags off the article, Wikifying it, moving external links interspersed in the article into {{
cite}} tags.
I joined Wikipedia under the username
rtphokie (
talk ·
contribs) (you may also find the username
RadioFan2 (
talk ·
contribs) that was used briefly while admins verified that my current username could be usurped without conflict). Please note that the block of rtphokie occurred after I changed my username. I dont know if this is procedural or if it was usurped after I stopped using it but the blocking was not due to my actions.
I'd like to withdraw this request as it's pretty clear I've got some work to do, particularly are speed in tagging and with avoiding controversial XFD and PRODs. I'm going to continue my patrolling efforts and continue to learn more.-- RadioFan ( talk) 15:38, 26 November 2009 (UTC) reply
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:
Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/RadioFan before commenting.
RfA/RfB toolbox | |
---|---|
Counters | |
Analysis | |
Cross-wiki |
#Strong Support. RadioFan is a courteous, respectful regular at XFD and I have only seen good things from him. He will make a very good admin.
ceran
thor 13:31, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
reply