Editing stats for Kotra at 00:46, 11 May 2009 (UTC):
General user info Username: Kotra User groups: rollbacker First edit: Nov 22, 2005 06:51:14 Unique articles edited: 2,079 Average edits per page: 3.28 Total edits (including deleted): 6,817 Deleted edits: 115 Live edits: 6,702 Namespace totals Article 3349 49.97% Talk 1246 18.59% User 165 2.46% User talk 1085 16.19% Wikipedia 576 8.59% Wikipedia talk 214 3.19% File 17 0.25% File talk 11 0.16% MediaWiki talk 4 0.06% Template 16 0.24% Template talk 14 0.21% Category 4 0.06% Category talk 1 0.01% Month counts 2005/11 28 2005/12 42 2006/01 62 2006/02 89 2006/03 66 2006/04 97 2006/05 99 2006/06 33 2006/07 39 2006/08 77 2006/09 25 2006/10 9 2006/11 16 2006/12 46 2007/01 42 2007/02 68 2007/03 47 2007/04 34 2007/05 66 2007/06 88 2007/07 112 2007/08 95 2007/09 83 2007/10 59 2007/11 115 2007/12 176 2008/01 135 2008/02 158 2008/03 239 2008/04 348 2008/05 271 2008/06 302 2008/07 253 2008/08 342 2008/09 351 2008/10 276 2008/11 191 2008/12 398 2009/01 417 2009/02 494 2009/03 388 2009/04 296 2009/05 130 Logs Pages moved: 36 Pages patrolled: 6 Files uploaded: 7 Top edited articles Article * 132 - Furcadia * 62 - Vegetarianism * 45 - Veganism * 40 - Protein_in_nutrition * 38 - Anthropomorphism * 36 - Furry_fandom * 33 - Allura_Red_AC * 31 - Jeffree_Star * 28 - Chickasaw * 26 - Largemouth_bass Talk * 69 - Furry_fandom * 60 - Vegetarianism * 52 - Lolicon * 52 - Furcadia * 49 - Veganism * 31 - 4chan * 31 - Anthropomorphism * 23 - Topfreedom * 19 - Geber * 18 - E.O._Green_School_shooting User * 98 - Kotra * 25 - Kotra/Sandbox * 6 - Kotra/Images * 6 - Ral315 * 5 - Kotra/RfA_review * 4 - Kotra/Sandbox2 * 2 - Kotra/User_SOAHN * 2 - Kotra/Todo * 2 - Kotra/monobook.css * 1 - Geniac User talk * 249 - Kotra * 56 - Caden * 19 - EVula/opining/RfA_overhaul * 14 - Bookkeeperoftheoccult * 11 - Realist2 * 10 - Clpda * 9 - ClueBot_Commons * 9 - Benjiboi * 7 - Kotra/Archive_WP_2 * 6 - SqueakBox/Archivehistory Wikipedia * 87 - Requests_for_comment/User_names * 86 - Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents * 33 - Sandbox/Word_Association * 24 - Requests_for_adminship/kotra * 19 - Protecting_BLP_articles_feeler_survey * 19 - Village_pump_(proposals) * 16 - Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism * 12 - Editor_assistance/Requests * 12 - Help_desk * 12 - Sandbox/Archive Wikipedia talk * 70 - WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors * 21 - Adopt-a-User * 17 - Captions * 13 - Today's_featured_article/April_1,_2009 * 10 - Requests_for_comment/User_names * 9 - WikiProject_Furry * 9 - Administrators * 6 - Removing_administrator_rights/Proposal_2 * 5 - Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics * 5 - Bureaucrats File * 6 - Chickasaw_seal.svg * 3 - George_Washington_Bush.jpg * 2 - Pomos_idol.jpg * 1 - Statue-with-jacket-lk.jpg * 1 - Enyaclannad.jpg * 1 - Quafe_bottle.jpg * 1 - Atlas_with_Wikified_Globe.png * 1 - 4chan_front_page_2009.png * 1 - Klamath_Lake_AFA_bloom.png File talk * 3 - Wikipedia_growth.png * 2 - Chickasaw_seal.svg * 2 - Web20buzz.svg * 1 - Musculus_frontalis.png * 1 - Office2007toolbar.png * 1 - LawrenceFobesKing.jpg * 1 - Ipu.png MediaWiki talk * 4 - Spam-blacklist Template * 2 - RFCUsername * 2 - 2008_Republican_presidential_primaries_delegate_co... * 1 - PACEdone * 1 - GOCE * 1 - Infobox_Library * 1 - Argive_genealogy_in_Greek_mythology * 1 - Wheat * 1 - GOCEinuse * 1 - User_wikipedia/AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD * 1 - Afro-American_Religions Template talk * 4 - Sex-stub * 2 - User-uaa * 2 - Infobox_Settlement * 2 - Afro-American_Religions * 1 - Africa-myth-stub * 1 - Infobox_Library * 1 - Ln * 1 - Paraphilia Category * 1 - Kemono * 1 - Furry_conventions * 1 - Wikipedia_articles_needing_copy_edit * 1 - Guild_of_Copy_Editors_templates Category talk * 1 - Stub-Class_LGBT_articles
I think there is some misunderstanding about my answers to Q1 and Q8. When I say things like "I want to get a better feel for underlying policies and guidelines before I use the tools", I am not saying I don't currently understand the policies or what the tools are for. I merely am saying that whenever I use such potentially damaging tools as admin tools, I want to be absolutely sure it's right; so I will double check that I know all the nuances of policy and practice before I start hitting buttons. There are many different areas admins are needed (article deletion, miscellany for deletion, username changing,(
[1]) username blocks, vandalism blocks, requested moves, wikiquette enforcement, arbcom enforcement, page protection, sockpuppet investigation assistance, blacklist maintenance, just to name a few), and it's impossible for anyone, even the most active and experienced admin, to have comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of all the nuances of all of them, especially when they're just starting out as an admin. That is all I meant: I want to make sure I have comprehensive understanding in a given area before I use admin tools in that area.
If anyone is worried about my policy knowledge or participation in administrator areas, they are welcome to ask me questions or look over my contributions at WP:RFCN, WP:ANI, WP:AIV, WP:AFD, etc.
I don't want to badger opposers with this explanation, and I don't think it's appropriate to change my answer at this point, so I've placed the explanation here... hope that's kosher. - kotra ( talk) 06:31, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
My thanks to everyone who participated. I will do my best to use the tools responsibly, as promised. I was surprised at the relative lack of the drama I had come to expect from the RfA process. I won't be giving out thankspam, but I sincerely appreciate the time the community spent evaluating my candidacy. Thanks again. - kotra ( talk) 03:15, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
Editing stats for Kotra at 00:46, 11 May 2009 (UTC):
General user info Username: Kotra User groups: rollbacker First edit: Nov 22, 2005 06:51:14 Unique articles edited: 2,079 Average edits per page: 3.28 Total edits (including deleted): 6,817 Deleted edits: 115 Live edits: 6,702 Namespace totals Article 3349 49.97% Talk 1246 18.59% User 165 2.46% User talk 1085 16.19% Wikipedia 576 8.59% Wikipedia talk 214 3.19% File 17 0.25% File talk 11 0.16% MediaWiki talk 4 0.06% Template 16 0.24% Template talk 14 0.21% Category 4 0.06% Category talk 1 0.01% Month counts 2005/11 28 2005/12 42 2006/01 62 2006/02 89 2006/03 66 2006/04 97 2006/05 99 2006/06 33 2006/07 39 2006/08 77 2006/09 25 2006/10 9 2006/11 16 2006/12 46 2007/01 42 2007/02 68 2007/03 47 2007/04 34 2007/05 66 2007/06 88 2007/07 112 2007/08 95 2007/09 83 2007/10 59 2007/11 115 2007/12 176 2008/01 135 2008/02 158 2008/03 239 2008/04 348 2008/05 271 2008/06 302 2008/07 253 2008/08 342 2008/09 351 2008/10 276 2008/11 191 2008/12 398 2009/01 417 2009/02 494 2009/03 388 2009/04 296 2009/05 130 Logs Pages moved: 36 Pages patrolled: 6 Files uploaded: 7 Top edited articles Article * 132 - Furcadia * 62 - Vegetarianism * 45 - Veganism * 40 - Protein_in_nutrition * 38 - Anthropomorphism * 36 - Furry_fandom * 33 - Allura_Red_AC * 31 - Jeffree_Star * 28 - Chickasaw * 26 - Largemouth_bass Talk * 69 - Furry_fandom * 60 - Vegetarianism * 52 - Lolicon * 52 - Furcadia * 49 - Veganism * 31 - 4chan * 31 - Anthropomorphism * 23 - Topfreedom * 19 - Geber * 18 - E.O._Green_School_shooting User * 98 - Kotra * 25 - Kotra/Sandbox * 6 - Kotra/Images * 6 - Ral315 * 5 - Kotra/RfA_review * 4 - Kotra/Sandbox2 * 2 - Kotra/User_SOAHN * 2 - Kotra/Todo * 2 - Kotra/monobook.css * 1 - Geniac User talk * 249 - Kotra * 56 - Caden * 19 - EVula/opining/RfA_overhaul * 14 - Bookkeeperoftheoccult * 11 - Realist2 * 10 - Clpda * 9 - ClueBot_Commons * 9 - Benjiboi * 7 - Kotra/Archive_WP_2 * 6 - SqueakBox/Archivehistory Wikipedia * 87 - Requests_for_comment/User_names * 86 - Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents * 33 - Sandbox/Word_Association * 24 - Requests_for_adminship/kotra * 19 - Protecting_BLP_articles_feeler_survey * 19 - Village_pump_(proposals) * 16 - Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism * 12 - Editor_assistance/Requests * 12 - Help_desk * 12 - Sandbox/Archive Wikipedia talk * 70 - WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors * 21 - Adopt-a-User * 17 - Captions * 13 - Today's_featured_article/April_1,_2009 * 10 - Requests_for_comment/User_names * 9 - WikiProject_Furry * 9 - Administrators * 6 - Removing_administrator_rights/Proposal_2 * 5 - Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics * 5 - Bureaucrats File * 6 - Chickasaw_seal.svg * 3 - George_Washington_Bush.jpg * 2 - Pomos_idol.jpg * 1 - Statue-with-jacket-lk.jpg * 1 - Enyaclannad.jpg * 1 - Quafe_bottle.jpg * 1 - Atlas_with_Wikified_Globe.png * 1 - 4chan_front_page_2009.png * 1 - Klamath_Lake_AFA_bloom.png File talk * 3 - Wikipedia_growth.png * 2 - Chickasaw_seal.svg * 2 - Web20buzz.svg * 1 - Musculus_frontalis.png * 1 - Office2007toolbar.png * 1 - LawrenceFobesKing.jpg * 1 - Ipu.png MediaWiki talk * 4 - Spam-blacklist Template * 2 - RFCUsername * 2 - 2008_Republican_presidential_primaries_delegate_co... * 1 - PACEdone * 1 - GOCE * 1 - Infobox_Library * 1 - Argive_genealogy_in_Greek_mythology * 1 - Wheat * 1 - GOCEinuse * 1 - User_wikipedia/AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD * 1 - Afro-American_Religions Template talk * 4 - Sex-stub * 2 - User-uaa * 2 - Infobox_Settlement * 2 - Afro-American_Religions * 1 - Africa-myth-stub * 1 - Infobox_Library * 1 - Ln * 1 - Paraphilia Category * 1 - Kemono * 1 - Furry_conventions * 1 - Wikipedia_articles_needing_copy_edit * 1 - Guild_of_Copy_Editors_templates Category talk * 1 - Stub-Class_LGBT_articles
I think there is some misunderstanding about my answers to Q1 and Q8. When I say things like "I want to get a better feel for underlying policies and guidelines before I use the tools", I am not saying I don't currently understand the policies or what the tools are for. I merely am saying that whenever I use such potentially damaging tools as admin tools, I want to be absolutely sure it's right; so I will double check that I know all the nuances of policy and practice before I start hitting buttons. There are many different areas admins are needed (article deletion, miscellany for deletion, username changing,(
[1]) username blocks, vandalism blocks, requested moves, wikiquette enforcement, arbcom enforcement, page protection, sockpuppet investigation assistance, blacklist maintenance, just to name a few), and it's impossible for anyone, even the most active and experienced admin, to have comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of all the nuances of all of them, especially when they're just starting out as an admin. That is all I meant: I want to make sure I have comprehensive understanding in a given area before I use admin tools in that area.
If anyone is worried about my policy knowledge or participation in administrator areas, they are welcome to ask me questions or look over my contributions at WP:RFCN, WP:ANI, WP:AIV, WP:AFD, etc.
I don't want to badger opposers with this explanation, and I don't think it's appropriate to change my answer at this point, so I've placed the explanation here... hope that's kosher. - kotra ( talk) 06:31, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
My thanks to everyone who participated. I will do my best to use the tools responsibly, as promised. I was surprised at the relative lack of the drama I had come to expect from the RfA process. I won't be giving out thankspam, but I sincerely appreciate the time the community spent evaluating my candidacy. Thanks again. - kotra ( talk) 03:15, 18 May 2009 (UTC)