Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Android79

Android79
Final (54/0/0) ending 12:45 12 September 2005 (UTC) - I think Android79 should be an admin. He is a very active and prominent Wikipedia editor and even has written his own criteria for admins (see user page). He has 3848 edits, which is enough by far. --&mdash; J I P | Talk 12:45, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I humbly accept the nomination. As JIP says, I have a set of guidelines that I judge others by when voting for administratorship on my user page. If you feel that I don't meet my own guidelines or yours, please let me know how I can improve. I will take all criticism to heart in order to improve as an editor. android  79  17:18, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Support Oppose
 * 1) Support obviously, as I'm the nominator. &mdash; J I P | Talk 12:45, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support. The man is ready, he merely needs a mop. Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 13:07, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Mad respect, nearly 2,000 Wikipedia namespace edits. - ulayiti (talk)   (my RfA)  13:25, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support, thought you were one. Jobe  6  [[Image:Peru flag large.png|20px]] 14:17, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support--MONGO 15:19, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support, you weren't? N (t/c) 15:45, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support, Andre ( talk ) 15:51, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support Martin - The non-blue non-moose 16:13, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support Dragons flight 16:18, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support. Jaxl | talk 17:00, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 11)  Journalist C./ Holla @ me! 
 * 12) Support Active in VFD AFD, new pages patrol, et al. and would benefit with all the admin tools. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 18:39, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) BRIAN 0918  &bull; 2005-09-5 18:54
 * 14) Support Banes 19:04, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Have seen him around, and just been talking to him. Very good man.— encephalon έγκέφαλος   19:51:56, 2005-09-05 (UTC)
 * 16) RFA cliché no. 1. Dmcdevit·t 20:27, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support. He already is one.  R  e  dwolf24  (talk) 22:34, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support notable "good egg". Hamster Sandwich 23:47, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Support Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:11, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support. Great user and will make a great admin =) Sasquatch &#35762; &#30475;  02:44, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support. Anyone who hangs around with Lucky and Klenk can't have too many screws loose.  (Tears up in laughter as the mental picture of an "android" with "loose screws" comes to mind) Actually, 'Droid. . . Your screws are just fine!  Your insightful responses to certain "loose screws" on the Wiki and the janitorial services already rendered give me much confidence my vote will be well-placed.  Give 'em the toolbox so he can "tighten up" the Wikivandals and keep the 'pedia clean!  Please promote to wikijanitor.  --avnative 03:15, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) As one of the aforementioned "loose screws," I have to say strongest possible support! (Just kidding about the screw part, Av.)  I simply cannot think of anyone more deserving of the tools to help maintain this site.  One of the very best! - Lucky 6.9 03:20, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Merovingian (t) (c) 06:13, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Support, with customary "he's not?" confusion. Flowerparty 06:18, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Support. An excellent contributor and a very sensible participant in debates. Sjakkalle (Check!)  07:35, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Support, what ^^they said. the wub  "?/!"  07:54, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Extra-strength support, for an allround good guy, especially at AfD, who helped me fix my user page. --Scimitar parley 13:50, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Support I see this name everywhere.  V. Molotov [[Image:Flag of California.svg|25px]]  15:17, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Support. I've seen him around and he does good work. &Euml;vilphoenix Burn! 15:35, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Support Friday (talk) 16:20, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Support Stewart Adcock 20:47, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Support. This is the droid we're looking for. — Phil Welch 21:03, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Support. Android is very dedicated to Wikipedia Policy and is not the least bit effected by trolls(an art which I am finally beginning to master). He has even changed my opinion about WP Policy enforcement. Definitely a solid admin choose.Voice of All(MTG) 21:18, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) Support. El_C 23:46, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 35) Support ITYWO Ryan Norton T 00:39, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 36) Support. Excellent user. All of these quality candidates this week are sucking half the fun out of RfA. Someone nominate Scott Norwood for balance. Fernando Rizo T/C 01:42, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 37) Support KHM03 11:48, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 38) Yup --Doc (?) 13:03, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 39) Strong Support for great work on VfD/AfD and related areas. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 13:09, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * 40) Support. - Mailer Diablo 21:21, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 41) Support! After all, the man is a machine... ;-) -- BD2412 talk 01:18, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Just so long as he doesn't run around... on wheels. Dragons flight 04:43, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Support - A worthy candidate who deserves the admin tools. Enjoy the mop :)   Ral  315  13:10, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support SchmuckyTheCat 19:48, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support Hand him the mop and bucket quick. I have seen a lot of android79's comments of AfD and they have built up my respect for him. Alf melmac 21:21, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Strong support. The only reason I'm not up there at #2 is waiting for my own RfA to finish. The sooner Android79 is an admin, the better for us all. -Splash 15:29, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support. Fire Star 20:32, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support Another goody. Grutness...  wha?  04:44, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 05:57, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support. Add me to the "I thought he already was one" list.  --Alan Au 06:46, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support ... me too! FreplySpang (talk) 14:38, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) &#8212;Charles P. (Mirv) 22:09, 10 September 2005 (UTC) (I especially admire his handling of the SamuraiClinton affair.)
 * 11) Ruairidi 03:02, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support I've seen Android79's work before so I support. The Fascist Chicken 05:42, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Yes support. --Bhadani 14:09, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments
 * "After all, the man is an machine..." ;-) So, BD, are you saying that he's like the Robot from Lost in Space who would issue warnings like "Danger, Will Robinson!"?  Keeping folks like the nefarious Dr. Smith at bay?  "Oh, the pain, the pain. . . oh, the pain!"  :-))  --avnative 02:32, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of a Cylon – snuffing out vandals instead of human beings, of course. :-) android  79  13:20, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * You mean a RickK 'droid? I fall down and "worship" you, o Imperious Leader!  --avnative 23:02, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Does make you wonder, tho, whether he dreams of electric sheep. -- BD2412 talk 03:12, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

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. I would continue to do what I've already been doing, but I would be able to take more decisive action as an administrator.
 * I have a large number of frequently-vandalized articles on my watchlist. As an administrator, I would be able to use rollback to revert vandalism more easily, and I would also be able to block persistant vandals.
 * I already participate frequently in AfD, both by discussing nominated articles, and by closing out some discussions, such as those that are obvious "Keep"s or those for articles that have already been speedied. As an administrator, I would be able to close discussions for articles with a consensus to delete or for those articles where the consensus is unclear.
 * I do new page patrol frequently, tagging for CSD or AfD, stubifying, wikifying, or tagging for cleanup as appropriate. As an administrator, I would be able to evaluate CSD tags placed by others and carry out speedy deletion when an article clearly meets the criteria.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I'm no great writer of featured articles, at least not yet. I feel that "janitorial" activities are very important to the success of Wikipedia, second only to writing good content. I've been very active on AfD, reverting vandalism, and new page patrol/random cleanup activities, and I feel those contributions have been very worthwhile and have increased the quality of the encyclopedia as a whole. That said, I have been attempting to get more involved in significant editing in article space, such as the baseball players WikiProject.
 * 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 try not to get too stressed out about editing, and if I do, I simply take a break for a while. I try to follow the 1RR (though sometimes that slips to 2RR) and always discuss disagreements on the talk page rather than reverting again, so as not to start a revert war. That said, there are some editors who have caused me great frustration in the past. For example, SamuraiClinton (also known as SuperDude115) had a habit of creating articles on extremely idiosyncratic topics, and after working with many other editors to try to convince him to alter his behavior, we decided to open up an RfC. Later it was revealed that SuperDude is autistic, a fact that I suspected, but decided not to act on, since I felt at the time it would be a gross violation of Wikiquette to essentially accuse someone of being autistic without any firm evidence. In retrospect, I wish I would have acted on my hunch, but it all worked out reasonably well in the end, with SuperDude becoming much less disruptive under the tutelage of Lucky 6.9.