Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Canderson7

Canderson7
final (20/0/1) ending 16:28 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Looking through Canderson's edit history, I see:
 * polite and courteous discussion on talk
 * Lots of work on stub-sorting and other janitorial tasks
 * Hundreds upon hundreds of vandalism reverts

I'm sure he's gotten sick of typing out "rv to last edit by foo" at this point--a rollback button would enhance the work of a great vandal fighter. Canderson has been here for 5 months now, and according to Kate's tool has 1678 edits, 1078 to articles, 34 to talk, the bulk of the rest to User talk and Wikipedia namespaces. He's been polite and courteous when interacting with me, and his edit history shows a truly impressive dedication to improving the 'pedia, by doing some of the most strenuous tasks we have to offer. This would help make his life a little easier. Meelar (talk) 16:29, July 23, 2005 (UTC)


 * I gratefully accept this nomination. Thank you. --Canderson7 19:46, July 23, 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Cool. I trust Meelar's judgment. JuntungWu 19:54, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Could use a mop. Howabout1 Talk to me! 22:47, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support Another person that is a good vandal fighter.--Exir Kamalabadi | Contributions 04:54, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support Canderson7 has a good post history and has been hear a good length of time. I also trust the other voters judgement. Osu8907 06:23, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support, I trust the nominator's judgement. --Sn0wflake 06:32, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support - Sango  123  22:30, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support - fast and diligent at reverting vandalism. Kaibabsquirrel 04:38, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support Have seen the name once or twice, and Meelar's nomination counts for a lot. [[smoddy ]] 09:03, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Michael Snow 19:01, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support Returning the favo u r. Redwolf24 21:10, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support A good RC patroller, and I think he'd make a good administrator. -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 23:16, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support. Good RC patrolling and VfD contribution. android  79  01:48, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) I see him all the time catching the vandalism before I do, and without the aid of rollback (yet). Everyking 04:46, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support. Excellent vandalfighter. Sjakkalle (Check!)  13:27, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support. I echo a comment above- I also often see his reverts of vandalism appear just as I am about to fix it myself. I think he would make a good administrator.  Gblaz 15:17, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) User:Merovingian (t) (c) 16:56, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support. You may label vandals with bit more often. Pavel Vozenilek 18:40, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support - good contributor. Redux 05:32, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Support Francs2000 | Talk [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px| ]] 20:50, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support, excellent contributor/patroller. Hall Monitor 21:42, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral
 * 1) Neutral. I doubt if he has sufficient experience to get that delete button. Nevertheless, he has still managed to leave a good-natured impression on me, which is why I'm not opposing him. Denelson83 15:27, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * Support "We were editing the 'IRA' entry at the same time! excellent work on your part! You have may vote." - 28th July 2005 – 80.42.175.50 (talk &bull; contribs)
 * I have moved this vote from the support section. I appreciate the praise, but anonymous users are not allowed to vote on RFAs. --Canderson7 23:40, July 28, 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. As Meelar stated above the majority of my contributions involves dealing with vandalism. My main use for admin powers would be to ease this task.  The rollback button will certainly be handy in cases of blatant vandalism, for indeed I am getting sick of typing “rv to last version by foo”.  Even more appealing is the ability to block persistent vandals (example), instead of having to follow them around Wikipedia reverting their vandalism while I wait for administrator intervention.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. As most of my contributions relate to maintenance tasks it is not a few, but rather the whole that pleases me. For instance I am very pleased with my anti-vandalism efforts.  I pride myself on a good record of dealing with vandalism quickly and accurately.  Sometimes I also make more substantive changes to an article, usually in the form of cleanup, and it always pleases me to see a previously convoluted article put in good order (example).
 * 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. Dealing with vandals can certainly be stressful work at times. By definition it brings the editor into conflict with the vandal, and to say that vandals lack civility puts it mildly.  My user page has been vandalized over twenty times and I have even had pages created in my honor from time to time .  However it's easy enough to disregard these petty insults, and on the rare occasion when the stress becomes too much I simply step away from the project for a time and take a breather.  I've even been known to go a whole day without editing Wikipedia, gasp!