Wikipedia:Editor review/Froth

User:Froth
I've been around since summer of '05. I have a somewhat embarrasingly low mainspace edit count but have been pretty actively engaged in meta work. I've done a bit of work with vandalproof but other than that I basically only casually edit the actual encyclopedia. As I go about the daily wikipedia chores I'm frustrated by the constant need to ask an admin to do something for me. Today I was working on a header that appeared on a protected page and I had to wait for an administrator to make the change for me- I've also put in for a few speedy deletions lately that it would have been much easier to just delete. So I'm interested in admin privileges to make my work easier, but that doesn't seem to be what RfA is looking for. What is the metapedian to do when he needs admin power the most, but is least likely to get it? ⁪froth T C  07:59, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

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 * Hi, Froth. You are probably very aquainted with policy and processes, as gathered from your edits. You have a rather low mainspace edit count, as you said, but this can be neatly remedied by vandal fighting or the like. I would encourage you to look at RFAs and to expand your reach out of the software genre. That way, you'll be able to gain some more mainspace edits. I also understand your frustration about having an admin problem. If you participate more in Meta, then I suggest that you become a Meta admin, and then progress to Wikipedia. You might have a better chance of becoming an admin. Keep up the good work.  bibliomaniac 1  5  04:27, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

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it I was happy to work with an admin to delete some of the remnants of my implementation that had escaped notice.
 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * As my edit summary clearly shows, I've contributed extensively to the wikipedia reference desks and I especially like answering questions on the Computing desk. My essays are all over the exhaustive talk pages for the reference desks (which will relate to my next answer). I've also contributed for awhile to most of the featured picture nominations which is a lot of fun. Since the featured picture nominations are closely tied to the front page, admin power would sure be useful.
 * 1) 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?
 * The only real conflict of interest I've had is over the reference desks. A couple of admins (one of which got a lot of flak for this) were surprised at the informality of the reference desks and began enforcing stricter policy with reverts and blocks. The issue escalated into many pages of debate and several respected users were blocked for losing their cool. I proposed several solutions to determine the needs of our users and present encyclopedic-quality content and remained involved throughout the process. As for stress, I'm not stressed by wikipedia at all and I wouldn't think of getting mad at someone over the internet. For example, one of my ideas was implemented and a few weeks later disappeared. It turned out that a major component of my solution had reached consensus for deletion and I was never notified. However upon discovering
 * The only real conflict of interest I've had is over the reference desks. A couple of admins (one of which got a lot of flak for this) were surprised at the informality of the reference desks and began enforcing stricter policy with reverts and blocks. The issue escalated into many pages of debate and several respected users were blocked for losing their cool. I proposed several solutions to determine the needs of our users and present encyclopedic-quality content and remained involved throughout the process. As for stress, I'm not stressed by wikipedia at all and I wouldn't think of getting mad at someone over the internet. For example, one of my ideas was implemented and a few weeks later disappeared. It turned out that a major component of my solution had reached consensus for deletion and I was never notified. However upon discovering