Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cbrown1023


 * The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful request for adminship. Please do not modify it .

Cbrown1023
Final (48/1/0); Ended 02:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

– I would like to nominate Cbrown1023 to become an administrator. Recently, I have been seeing him all over my watchlist, working on areas in the Films WikiProject, and his polite, civil behaviour is just what I expect in an admin (and I had to double check to make sure he wasn't an admin already). He does work in many admin areas – takes part in many deletion debates, which he can close if promoted; he's often commenting on the admin noticeboard, and from this I feel he knows what adminship is all about; and he also reverts vandalism, so could make use of the block button as well. A very worthy candidate, in my opinion. -- Majo  rly  00:38, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I humbly accept this nomination. :-) Cbrown1023 00:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia in this capacity. Please take the time to answer a few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * Questions for the candidate
 * 1. What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog and Category:Administrative backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
 * A: I hope to help with many sysop chores. I already have the administrative noticeboards on my watchlist and have contributed to some of the discussions when I could.  I have viewed what type of behavior is expected as an administrator and how they should handle themselves.  I would like to help with anything brought to the noticeboard by needy users.  I would also like to help with CSD.  This way, when on new page patrol, I can just speedy delete articles instead of tagging them and leaving them for an admin to "clean up" as I do right now.  Another thing that I believe I could help with is a crackdown on vandals.  Currently I patrol recent changes with VandalProof and just warn the vandals.  In the future, I could help at AIV (I just report there now) and assist with blocking heavily troublesome users to protect Wikipedia while on patrol.
 * I am greatly involved with the many deletion debates, frequently going there and voting in most of them, I'd like to help close the nominations and act accordingly based on the consensus reached.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A: I am quite pleased with my contributions to WikiProject Films, it's were I spend most of my time when not on RC/NP Patrol. I have assessed hundreds of articles and added the Film tag to many more.  I have always been available to answer questions relating to films on the project talk page and on my talk page.  Through the project, I have learned how to edit templates (I have added a lot to the project banner), create userboxes (here), and create barnstars (WP:FILMSTAR, with the help of Pegship, who graciously created an image for it :)).  I have created a sidebar for the project.  I also do many automated tasks for the project (using AWB): I notify users when the Cinema COTW has been chosen and I drop-off the monthly newsletter (which I write with the help of other editors) to name two.  I also welcome newcomers to the project.
 * WikiProject Films is not the only project that I help with, I am a member to many projects. I have added the project banners of WikiProjects Star Wars, Oz, and Middle Earth.  I have graded many WikiProject Horror articles, participated in WikiProject Biography discussions, and graded some Biography articles.
 * 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 have not had any major conflicts so far. I have had very small disputes, mostly with vandals.  An example of this is on V for Vendetta (film), a user kept trying to change the prose (of an FA article) to list and adding original research that was being discussed on the talk page.  Another user and I eventually got him to stop by notifying WP:AN/3.  The other ones were minor and you could not really consider them "disputes."  Any information you would like to see regarding these things could be found at my user page.
 * I have not had any stressful experiences either. Normally, I am not involved in disputes long in enough for them to get stressful.  They normally end or, in cases like RCP and NPP, I am not directly involved in them.
 * I dealt with all my disputes differently. If you look in my archives, you can see a difference in how I handled myself and how I have grown as a user.  In the past, I was a little sharper in my tone, but have learned to be careful of that.  I am know more aware of the many policies surrounding Wikipedia and can implement them in disputes when I am unsure of what to do.
 * In the future, I will be civil, assume good faith, and use administrative tools to protect Wikipedia from any harm.

Optional questions from 
 * 4. What do the policy of WP:IAR and the essay WP:SNOW mean to you and how would you apply them?
 * A: WP:IAR: In the case of others applying it, I understand. This policy allows user who do not understand any of our policies and wiki mark-up to contribute.  It is very similar to writing of articles, someone who does not know how to write wiki mark-up but can write very well can still contribute greatly by the use of the wikify template.  I think this is very useful in helping to expand our encyclopedia.  As an administrator, I would apply this to show kindness.  An example is a violation of 3RR or a genuine try to help by a user.  For a violation of 3RR, I would not necessarily block for the 4th reversion, but I would for the 5th and 6th; for the try, I would give them another chance if it was just a minor mistake that messed up everything (but they had a bad history).
 * WP:SNOW: Snow is also very useful. It let's us stop unrealistic proposals quickly.  An example of this is if someone submitted an AfD for Wikipedia or United States of America.  Articles like that should never be deleted.  Another one, the userbox brought up in the "Oppose" section, is one that should have been speedy kept because of WP:SNOW.  There is no way of deleting it without deleting evey other userbox in Wikipedia.  Also, everyone voted for keep except for the user.  I would apply it the same way, if there is no chance that an article would be deleted, then I would speedy keep it.  I would definately not apply this rule to items that could be controversial or have no clear consensus.  I would not let my opinion show and try to hide it with SNOW because, though sometimes annoying, process is important. Cbrown1023 23:54, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


 * 5. Is there ever a case where a punitive block should be applied?
 * A: No, there is no case where a punitive block should be applied. It's against policy. :)  That is exactly what you want me to say, but I'll explain further...  There are only two reasons to block someone: Blocks are used to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia. (from WP:BP)  Disruption goes hand-in-hand with breaking policy and damaging (policies are to keep WP safe and to get things done, or to remove disruption).  Some blocking reasons I can think of and what block for (and the reason): username violation (dirsruption/policy), 3RR (dirusption/policy), and destroying Wikipedia (protection).  The only possible reason to block someone on purely attitude would be "disruption". Furthermore, I would not block a user indefinately for attitude, normally, I would set the time for an hour to two days and possibly more depending on the severity of the offense. Cbrown1023 21:46, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


 * 6. What would your thought process be to determine that a business article should be deleted using CSD:G11?
 * A: From WP:CSD:
 * "Blatant advertising. Pages which exclusively promote a company, product, group or service and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Note that simply having a company, product, group or service as its subject does not qualify an article for this criterion."
 * Note: These answers relate to if this article has been tagged for speedy deletion by another user or was found by some type of patrol (new pages/recent changes). First, I'd look to see if any POV statements like our company is the best were there. Next, I would see if there was anything in it that could be kept and rewritten to produce a good article.  If there is no possibility that the article could be re-written (or a very slim one), then I would delete the article.  If any of the above conditions are not met, then I would remove the speedy tag and leave a note on the talk page explaining my actions. Cbrown1023 21:33, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


 * 7. What is your age?
 * A: I am a teenage adolescent. Cbrown1023 21:33, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


 * General comments


 * See Cbrown1023's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.



Discussion



Support
 * 1) Support as per my nom :) -- Majo  rly  00:49, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Support. Everything looks good here. =)  Nish kid 64  01:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Support A worthy, thoughtful editor. м info 01:15, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Weak support per lots of AWB/VP/whatever edits. No big worries. -Amarkov blahedits 02:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Support Everything seems in order. James086Talk 03:48, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Support I just had to check your user rights log! riana_dzasta 04:24, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) Support Looks good. (aeropagitica) 05:48, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 09:31, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 9) Support - fantastic workrate. Seen around a lot. Bubba hotep 15:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 10) Support - I've seen this user around, and seen him improve. Lots of AWB edits, but is helpful and participates in AfD discussions. No reason to think he can't be trusted with the tools. Only one worry: would like to see more evidence of contributions to articles. Carcharoth 15:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 11) - crz crztalk 17:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 12) Support - An asset to the films WikiProject, will make a good sysop!! --SunStar Nettalk 17:38, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 13) Versatile user, I c no problem here. ( Radiant ) 17:48, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 14) Support No problems here. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  18:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 15) Rettetast 20:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 16) Support looks alright to me.-- danntm T C 20:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 17) Support will make a good admin. -- S onicChao talk 22:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 18) Support. Why not-great choice. -- t e  h   tennis  man  22:15, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 19) Support a good candidate --Steve (Slf67)talk 23:22, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 20) Suport. Great user, very civil and experienced.-- TBC Φ  talk?  02:17, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 21) Support Amazing. Alex43223Talk 02:49, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 22) Support. Khoikhoi 04:02, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 23) Support - an excellent candidate who would make for a great administrator. I have worked with him on film assessment and other WP:Films related articles, and always found him to be polite, knowledgeable, and dedicated to the project. I believe he will get to know how to use the admin tools very quickly to continue to support and improve Wikipedia. --Nehrams2020 08:50, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 24) Support Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim  15:35, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 25) Support. I see no problems with him as an admin. -- Wizardman 19:50, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 26) Support. No concerns here. Kind Regards -  Heligoland  |   Talk  |   Contribs  21:49, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 27) Support. Prolific and professional editor. Mirror, Mirror, on the wall... 04:11, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 28) I'm Mailer Diablo and I approve this message! - 05:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 29) Support, looks good. Ter e nce Ong 06:28, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 30) Support. Errabee 07:31, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 31) Support. Has the right traits to become a good admin. Hoverfish 08:12, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 32) Support Keeps cool, is civil, and no problems. --Arnzy (talk • contribs) 15:37, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 33) Good answers, no red flags. Þicaroon 03:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 34) Support no problems here. ← A NAS  Talk? 07:52, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 35) Support. Fantastic user.  Personally welcomed me to WikiProject Films and I have had very positive interactions with him. Green451 22:26, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 36) Support.  s d 3 1 4 1 5   final  exams!  01:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 37) Support no problems. Sarah Ewart 17:25, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 38) Support, per nom. --Carioca 19:19, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 39) Support A good editor overall. | A ndonic O Talk 19:38, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 40) Support. Looks absolutely fine.- WJBscribe (WJB talk) 19:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 41) Support. Looks fine. - Yaf 21:25, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 42) Support. No problems. Sharkface217 03:25, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 43) Support - why not? Insanephantom 12:23, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 44) Support- Per a good editor. --Natl1 13:16, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 45) Support. No worries. yandman  13:35, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 46) Support. Michael 20:41, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 47) Suppport Delta Tango • Talk 21:25, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 48) Strong Support Is fully deservuing of the admin tools. King Toadsworth The Princess is in another Castle! 01:28, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) Because of partisan political user boxes like this: Bubba ditto 18:51, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Just to note the result of that MfC was speedy keep, and Cbrown1023 was just one of all the users who voted keep. -- Majo  rly  19:11, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry you feel that way (:, but userboxes like that are allowed. (WP:USERBOX)  That was also the consensus, not just my opinion.  It says no political campaigning, that userbox was just showing a poliical alignment, not campaign.  It is field of view/philosophy. Cbrown1023 21:32, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Neutral


 * The above adminship discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the talk page of either this nomination or the nominated user). No further edits should be made to this page.