User:Zsinj/RFA

Previous RfA from March 2006

questions
1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.


 * I am currently active at several admin-intensive areas of the project and they include WP:AIAV, WP:RFI, WP:OP, and WP:CSD. Looking at these four specifically, it could appear that what I do is noninclusive and deletionist, however I do not see my activities as such. Through these parts of the project, I preserve article integrity, resolve conflicts with other editors, preserve the integrity of anonymous contributors and maintain a quality baseline for the content we provide to all who wish to access it. By participating in these areas and more, I am already having to perform the actions that the public eye sees administrators do the most: civilly interact with others. In this stead, as an administrator, I will be getting back into areas in which written interaction with others is not far enough. I do not plan on straying far from where I cam active as far as the janitorial work of an admin, but I will be getting involved with more maintenance tasks such as CAT:NS, CAT:NL (which I created the shortcut for), and WP:OP (where admin tools are necessary). I will remain active in IRC and available to any editor that comes to me with a conflict.

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


 * All of my contributions to the project please me because they are all for the greater good of the project. (No I'm not sucking up to anyone in saying that, haha.) It takes a lot of effort to make Wikipedia tick and being able to contribute as much as I do is what I consider a privilege.


 * I know that someone will bring up the question of whether or not I have brought an article up to featured status and I would like to address that now before someone mauls me for it later. For an administrator to give such attention to one page as to bring it up to FA status as a result of their contributions I believe is out of the job description. The person who keeps an art gallery clean should not be going around and modifying the artwork to make it better. In fact, the word "better" is in itself part of why I disagree with those who desire this accomplishment of administrator candidates. It is an opinion. Don't get me wrong as we are all entitled to our own opinions, but just as much, I am entitled to mine in saying that there are editors worldwide who do this kind of work and enjoy it. Administrators should be the guiding hand to these contributors ensuring that their work is not obstructed by those who mean the project of theirs harm. As an administrator, I will be "particularly pleased" to be able to help those editors even more, for that is what I enjoy doing and will continue to do so long as there is a Wikipedia to contribute to.

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?


 * Fortunately, I have never been in a direct conflict with another contributor over any matter regarding the project. Instead, I have been in many situations where I have successfully mediated a conflict between other users. Working at Requests for Investigation, someone asking for help in a case where there is a disagreement (or sometimes just someone who has slipped through the cracks) will encounter someone such as myself who is willing to step in and see things from an outside perspective. Mediating such issues has never caused me stress, although it does do so for the users involved, but I am one who remains calm in times of conflict in order to keep a clear mind and open perspective to the involved parties.