The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful request for adminship. Please do not modify it.

the wub

FINAL (61/2/0) ending 20:07 24/10/05 (UTC)

the wub ( talk · contribs) – I've been around since March 2005, and think I am ready for the mop. I've been doing quite a bit of vandalism reversion recently using CDVF and Sam Hocevar's god-mode lite script. Plus I read and contribute on AN fairly often, since I find it a great source of information. I've also been described as a "VFD fanatic" (back when it was called that), though I consider myself neither a deletionist nor an inclusionist. For those who are interested I have 2781 edits, more details here. the wub "?!" 20:07, 17 October 2005 (UTC) reply

For the above reasons, I have nominated myself for adminship.

Support

1. Support! User:Zirka 12:22, 19 October 2005 (CDT) He focuses his attention not just on the larger, more widely supported pages, or the lightly supported pages, but both. I also approve of his stance on deletion.
2. Good editor Martin 20:41, 17 October 2005 (UTC) reply
3. Extreme Non-Inclusionist Support. Good editor - why not support? -- WikiFanatic ^{Talk Contribs 15:48, 17 October 2005 (CDT)}
4. Andre ( talk) 20:48, 17 October 2005 (UTC) reply
5. Support good editor, and even reverted vandalism on my userpage once. Privat e Butcher 20:50, 17 October 2005 (UTC) reply
6. Support he deserves it. - Greg Asche (talk) 21:10, 17 October 2005 (UTC) reply
7. Support Good editor and vandal fighter. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 21:30, 17 October 2005 (UTC) reply
8. Michael Snow 21:47, 17 October 2005 (UTC) reply
9. Support Good Vandal Fighter -- JAranda | watz sup 21:51, 17 October 2005 (UTC) reply
10. Support - after my extensive positive experiences with this user, I see no option but to support. -- Cel e stianpower ^hablamé 22:11, 17 October 2005 (UTC) reply
11. Support. Very active and productive, from what I've seen.  BD2412 ^talk 22:12, 17 October 2005 (UTC) reply
12. Full, unequivocal, and unconditional support. -- Essjay · Talk 22:28, 17 October 2005 (UTC) reply
13. Supportate. ~~ N ( t/ c) 23:24, 17 October 2005 (UTC) reply
14. Keep and expand the wub's wikipowers by granting admin status. Grutness... wha? 23:40, 17 October 2005 (UTC) reply
15. Support, impressive record. Christopher Parham (talk) 00:31, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
16. I Love the Wub (Strikes Back) This user is the voice of reason in our community! Ac e tic ' ^Acid 01:07, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
17. You weren't? Ral 315 W_S 01:15, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
18. Merovingian (t) (c) (e) 02:13, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
19. I thought you were already one ≈ jossi fresco ≈ t • @ 02:13, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
20. Support. Active, knowledgeable, good. - Splash ^talk 02:34, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
21. Support. I've seen him around more than a few times, which is good enough for me. -[[ User:Mys e kurity| Mysekurity]] ^{[[ additions | e-mail]]} _{03:28, 18 October 2005 (UTC)} reply
22. Oran e (t) (c) (@) 04:17, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
23. Support good contribution list -DDerby- (talk) 04:29, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
24. Support. Fine user. Sjakkalle (Check!) 06:10, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
25. Whaaaat? You mean the wub wasn't an admin already? Quick, we need more wubs as admins. — JIP | Talk 06:39, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
26. Support the General Secretary of the meta:AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD. Alphax  ^{τ ε χ} 07:32, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
27. Support my mighty m:AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD overlord. Proto  t  c 12:51, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
28. Support. I would have nominated him myself, if I'd known he wasn't a sysop.-- Scimitar ^parley 14:44, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
29. FULL MEXICABAL SUPPORT -- ( drini's page| ☎) 16:40, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
30. Support come across him often. Dlyons493 Talk 19:42, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
31. Support if and only if you come back to The Signpost... :-) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk | W _S 20:57, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
32. Wubport. R adiant _>|< 21:39, 18 October 2005 (UTC) reply
33. Good VFD participation. freestylefrappe 00:40, 19 October 2005 (UTC) reply
34. R e dwolf24 ( talk) 02:06, 19 October 2005 (UTC) Would have been willing to nominate him myself... reply
35. Support -- MONGO 02:52, 19 October 2005 (UTC) reply
36. Support I wub this user! -- Cyberjunkie | Talk 05:55, 19 October 2005 (UTC) reply
37. Support me too. enceph alon 13:58, 19 October 2005 (UTC) reply
38. EXTREME DISK SUPPORT WITH EXTRA KILOBYTES!! Ryan Norton ^{T | @ | C} 00:02, 20 October 2005 (UTC) reply
39. Support— Gaff ^ταλκ 02:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC) reply
40. Fir e Fo x 08:12, 20 October 2005 (UTC) reply
41. Support. The Minister of War 10:30, 20 October 2005 (UTC) reply
42. Support. Thunderbrand 13:07, 20 October 2005 (UTC) reply
43. Support. Sebastian Kessel ^Talk 20:11, 20 October 2005 (UTC) reply
44. Give-Him-The- Mop-And-The- Flamethrower Support. Tito xd^{( ?!?)} 21:33, 20 October 2005 (UTC) reply
45. Support without reservations. Hall Monitor 22:35, 20 October 2005 (UTC) reply
46. Support Pilatus 23:58, 20 October 2005 (UTC) reply
47. Support Good egg. Hamster Sandwich 19:24, 21 October 2005 (UTC) reply

    # Ryan Norton ^{T | @ | C} 21:06, 21 October 2005 (UTC) Thanks but you voted twice :-) the wub "?!" 16:06, 22 October 2005 (UTC) reply

48. Furry Alien Support No doubt about it - seen lots of this editor's work, will be fine admin. Alf ^melmac 08:35, 22 October 2005 (UTC) reply
49. Support - I wub lub to hub him as wub-ministrator.-- Jondel 13:43, 22 October 2005 (UTC) reply
50. S'port Doc (?) 18:09, 22 October 2005 (UTC) reply
51. Support. -- tomf688^{{ talk}} 21:57, 22 October 2005 (UTC) reply
52. Support - a great editor! Pasboudin 22:23, 22 October 2005 (UTC) reply
53. Yes. I've liked everything I've seen. Ann Heneghan ^(talk) 02:21, 23 October 2005 (UTC) reply
54. Support. Comments (esp. reasons for self-nom) really earned my vote. -- NSLE _{( Communicate!)} ^{< Contribs>} 07:33, 23 October 2005 (UTC) reply
55. Wubbish Support His edits and communications with other editors are very nice. Bratsche ^{talk | Esperanza} 18:10, 23 October 2005 (UTC) reply
56. Support Molotov (talk) 03:53, 24 October 2005 (UTC) reply
57. Support, Sure! I can show some lub for the wub...if it's not too late :>-- R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 10:07, 24 October 2005 (UTC) reply
58. Support. - Mailer Diablo 13:44, 24 October 2005 (UTC) reply
59. Support - wtf? He's not an admin? -- Phroziac^{( talk)} 18:14, 24 October 2005 (UTC) reply
60. Overwhelming support -- Francs 2000 21:34, 24 October 2005 (UTC) reply
61. He's our family... El_C 21:40, 24 October 2005 (UTC) reply

Oppose

1. -- Boothy443 | comhrá 21:03, 21 October 2005 (UTC) reply

   File:Pikachu2.gif. Ëvilphoenix ^Burn! 20:11, 22 October 2005 (UTC) reply

2. I don't like his aggressive attitude -- Kafuffle 22:53, 24 October 2005 (UTC) reply

I find it very hard to assume good faith with Boothy's oppositions. Opposing nearly all potential admins. without explanation is essentially incivil, and without such explanation, in fact, he is not abiding by WikiGuidelines. Furthermore, I believe that these oppositions are a result of simple malice. I noticed that Boothy has 16,000 edits, but is not an adm - perhaps he is trying to hold others back. His contributions reflect a tendency of anger when people have only asked a simple question [1] or he is excessivley sarcastic [2]. I request that medition or arbitration be considered against this user. Him abusing the rights of RfA is harmful to the Wiki in my opinion - trolls, vandals and spammers are not allowed to continue in bad faith - so this user should also comport himself in a civil manner on these RfAs. He is abusing his rights here - and he is apparently making no attempts to stop. He has the right to vote, sure, but all the other Wikipedians have the right to a fair RfA. Something needs to happen! Molotov (talk) 03:51, 24 October 2005 (UTC) reply

Neutral

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.)

A. Vandal fighting and newbie test reverting, which I do quite a bit of already. Actually being able to block the vandals, and delete the most obvious junk pages would be a great help. I also think I will close quite a few AfDs, I have plenty of experience in voting on them and have already done a few obvious keeps. Also keeping the Main Page up to date and fixing errors on it that are pointed out by non-admins.

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

A. I think my recent rescue of DJ Quietstorm from its AfD was one of my best achievements. I also did some work on List of Family Guy episodes and am hoping to get it up to featured list status soon after having taken a bit of a break from it.

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 come into conflict with Mike Garcia a few times in the past, which did cause me quite a bit of stress (though we were by no means the only participants in any of the conflicts). I tried to help resolve the situations through the talk pages. Otherwise I have only earned the ire of vandals that I can recall. In future I would remain civil, and ask for help from other uninvolved admins if needed.

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