TheParanoidOne (
talk·contribs) – With 14,000+ edits (yes, you read that right) over the course of a little over a year, TPO has been a model Wikipedian. As you might expect with that edit count, there have been a large number of minor edits in there, but also a more than reasonable number of more major edits, and his words appear over a wide number of namespaces, as can be seen from
this editcount. Always courteous, and always with the best interests of Wikipedia in mind, I think TheParanoidOne would be an excellent admin.
Grutness...wha?00:35, 26 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
A. As time has passed, I have become increasingly aware of the unfortunate amount of vandalism that occurs here. I'm sure this is due to the greater visibility of WIkipedia now, as well as the fact that I have been looking at more areas of the project. I currently revert any vandalism that I encounter. The rollback feature would allow this to be done in a more efficient manner. The ability to temporarily block such troublesome editors would also aid in reducing the level of vandalism.
Regarding backlogs, I have used
AFD pages and know that they are very high volume. In the past I have noticed and commented on the backlog of items that have passed the discussion period and not been closed. The ability to delete items would mean that I could delete and close these off (assuming of course that the concensus was deletion), thereby reducing this backlog. I would also use the ability to delete items to help close off discussions at
WP:SFD (as mentioned in question 2).
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. There are no large articles that I have worked on because writing lengths of prose is not really my strong point. I'm more of a "fixer upper" as my contributions indicate. I am most active on the
Stub sorting Wikiproject as well as the associated
Stub types for deletion page. I am pleased by my contributions to these sections, where I have helped to make the stub concept more accessible to other editors. This has been done by whittling down formerly mammoth categories like
Category:Stubs and
Category:People stubs to usable sizes, as well as by helping to create a consistent hierarchy of stub types.
Other forms of maintenance I have been involved in are wikifiying (mostly
deadend pages), checking for copyvios, copyediting and new page patrolling which usually covers all of the above. I am pleased with my efforts in these areas as well, as this type of contribution helps to add an air of "polish" to the project.
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. I have not had any conflicts over editing nor been caused stress by other editors, and if all goes according to plan, I don't intend to. This is because I try to diffuse a situation before it can reach this level. The medium of text can be ambiguous and doesn't allways capture the nuances of human interaction. It is therefore best to be as clear as possible. If it seems that someone has misinterpreted something I have said and become annoyed by it, I will respond calmly and politely rather than in a manner that might be construed as antagonistic. This will hopefully lead to an atmosphere where all sides can reach understanding on the matter at hand.
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.
TheParanoidOne (
talk·contribs) – With 14,000+ edits (yes, you read that right) over the course of a little over a year, TPO has been a model Wikipedian. As you might expect with that edit count, there have been a large number of minor edits in there, but also a more than reasonable number of more major edits, and his words appear over a wide number of namespaces, as can be seen from
this editcount. Always courteous, and always with the best interests of Wikipedia in mind, I think TheParanoidOne would be an excellent admin.
Grutness...wha?00:35, 26 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
A. As time has passed, I have become increasingly aware of the unfortunate amount of vandalism that occurs here. I'm sure this is due to the greater visibility of WIkipedia now, as well as the fact that I have been looking at more areas of the project. I currently revert any vandalism that I encounter. The rollback feature would allow this to be done in a more efficient manner. The ability to temporarily block such troublesome editors would also aid in reducing the level of vandalism.
Regarding backlogs, I have used
AFD pages and know that they are very high volume. In the past I have noticed and commented on the backlog of items that have passed the discussion period and not been closed. The ability to delete items would mean that I could delete and close these off (assuming of course that the concensus was deletion), thereby reducing this backlog. I would also use the ability to delete items to help close off discussions at
WP:SFD (as mentioned in question 2).
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. There are no large articles that I have worked on because writing lengths of prose is not really my strong point. I'm more of a "fixer upper" as my contributions indicate. I am most active on the
Stub sorting Wikiproject as well as the associated
Stub types for deletion page. I am pleased by my contributions to these sections, where I have helped to make the stub concept more accessible to other editors. This has been done by whittling down formerly mammoth categories like
Category:Stubs and
Category:People stubs to usable sizes, as well as by helping to create a consistent hierarchy of stub types.
Other forms of maintenance I have been involved in are wikifiying (mostly
deadend pages), checking for copyvios, copyediting and new page patrolling which usually covers all of the above. I am pleased with my efforts in these areas as well, as this type of contribution helps to add an air of "polish" to the project.
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. I have not had any conflicts over editing nor been caused stress by other editors, and if all goes according to plan, I don't intend to. This is because I try to diffuse a situation before it can reach this level. The medium of text can be ambiguous and doesn't allways capture the nuances of human interaction. It is therefore best to be as clear as possible. If it seems that someone has misinterpreted something I have said and become annoyed by it, I will respond calmly and politely rather than in a manner that might be construed as antagonistic. This will hopefully lead to an atmosphere where all sides can reach understanding on the matter at hand.
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.