Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cleared as filed


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

Cleared as filed
Final (36/0/2) ended 00:56 19 November 2005 (UTC)

– I'm nominating myself for adminship. I've been an editor on Wikipedia since July and I have almost 3,000 edits. I enjoy writing and cleaning up articles (especially in the fields of aviation, baseball, and history) and I've been doing RC patrol (especially New Pages patrol) since I first started editing. I am interested in becoming an admin because I think that I'm ready to take on the additional responsibilities and challenges it presents, and I think I'm ready to handle the extra tools to help in my RC patrolling. I also think that I am pragmatic and reasonable, and will exercise good judgment when it comes to helping with edit disputes and the like. Thanks for your consideration. —Cleared as filed. 20:37, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Support Great Editor I could have nominated him if I knew he wanted to be a admin --JAranda'' | watz sup 20:58, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support because it's windy here again. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 21:19, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support How many transportation geeks can this place have? :) Contrib log checks out and the answers to the questions are reasonable. See no reason to deny him tools that will make him more effective. - Haukur Þorgeirsson 22:16, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support per Aranda.Gator(talk) 23:26, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 5)  Or an   e   (t)  (c)   (@)  23:56, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) High Flying Support how can I not support someone who likes aviation, baseball, and history! --Rogerd 00:31, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support NSLE ( 讨论 ) \< extra > 00:58, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support - I feel that Cleared as filed will make a great admin -- Ianblair23 (talk) 01:13, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support, a good Wikipedian and an excellent answer to question 4. Thryduulf 01:30, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Merovingian (t) (c) (e) 01:33, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Maaad phat support, yo. Very active, conscientious, admin-worthy. BD2412  T 01:39, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Troppus Emertxe looks good... best of luck to you.  ALKIVAR &trade;Radioactivity symbol.png 02:29, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support. Kirill Lokshin 03:24, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support.--Sean|Bla ck 04:06, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support Based upon answers to questions and contribution log. Knowledge Of Self | talk . 04:24, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support, unlikely to abuse administrative tools. Christopher Parham (talk) 07:01, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support seems good.  Grue  07:56, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Cleared for adminship as filed. &mdash; J I P | Talk 08:16, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Fine editor. Quite satisfied with response. Xoloz 14:19, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support common sense rules. Alf melmac 14:52, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support per answers, contributions, and being beat to repairs of vandalism a few times. :) --Syrthiss 16:04, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Support Johann Wolfgang 17:57, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Support. I can't see anything really wrong here.  This user looks like they are willing, able, and have the necessary mindset to be an Admin. --Martin Osterman 18:06, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Support - looks level-headed to me. --  ☺ Cel  e  stian  "Hey look at me, I'm important"  power ☺   20:41, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Please note that the above signature is the only time I will use it, just as a joke - before I get hundered of complaints flooding to my talkpage. Thank you. --Cel e stianpower háblame 20:41, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Support F.Ad (ix) 21:24, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Privat  e   Butcher  00:52, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) n00b Support &#8766; Cleared-as-filed has been helpful and informative to this Wikin00b, and I believe he would make a fine addition to the admin staff. → Ξxtreme Unction  {<font face="arial, helvetica" size=0>yak <font face="arial, helvetica">ł <font face="arial, helvetica" size=0>blah } 13:57, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support. See no reason for concern. Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 18:17, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support.-- The Minister of War 08:03, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support, You're cleared and filed and HIRED:>--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 10:31, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support. utcursch | talk 06:17, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support- and all the best. --Bhadani 16:12, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Certainly, and extra bishpoints for the selfnomination. (Those mean that this counts as 2 1/2 support. :-)) Bishonen|talk 22:35, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support. Come across this user many times, never had a problem with their editing or judgement. Turnstep 14:21, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support Always see this user doing good work. I say yes!--Alhutch 19:04, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) All clear to take off! (and file too...) I happily await working with you on AfD. - Mys  e  ku rity  02:56, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral
 * Xoloz 21:25, 11 November 2005 (UTC) Pending answer to new question below. Xoloz 21:25, 11 November 2005 (UTC)


 * 1) My interpretation of WP:IAR is that administrators should be using common sense to control their actions.
 * Please use logic and reasoning rather than "common sense". -- red stucco 09:02, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Neutral E Pluribus Anthony 04:59, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * What does "Cleared as filed" mean? =Nichalp   «Talk»=  08:20, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * As a pilot, when you file an IFR flight plan, you have to specify a desired routing from your departure point to your destination. The air traffic controllers near your departure point examine your routing and determine if it fits into the current air traffic control picture.  If it does, and they don't need to make any changes to your routing, they tell you that you are cleared as filed when they give you your clearance.  Check out my user page for an example clearance.  —Cleared as filed. 11:36, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  11:52, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * So the case shall be clear soon (smiles), and shall be filed too in the wiki-archives. --Bhadani 16:10, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters (I'd also be happy to answer any other specific questions anyone has):
 * 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.
 * A. I anticipate helping to close out Articles (and others) for Deletion, taking care of Copyright problems, rolling back vandalism and linkspam, and watching for vandalism in progress and helping out there as necessary (blocking vandals, protecting pages). I'll also continue with RC Patrol and help to speedy-delete nonsense and other speediable articles.


 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I'm pleased with my contributions to cleaning up aviation articles especially, and I have also enjoyed sorting through the New Articles and wikifying, cleaning them up, finding categories, etc. I've also enjoyed taking photographs of nearby places and putting them in the appropriate articles, something I plan to do more.


 * 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 haven't been in many conflicts; the few that I've been involved in, when it becomes obvious that things might get heated, I've taken myself out of the discussion until things cool down. I have no problem helping out with others' edit disputes, but I don't want to get too heavily involved in my own because these things have a tendency to become personal and I figure the healthiest way to deal with it is to contribute to other articles for a while.  In the future, I'll continue to behave this way when it comes to disputes that I am involved in.  I am all for finding common ground with other editors, but when it becomes a struggle of your way vs. my way with no negotiation, I figure there are 815,000+ other articles for me to work on.


 * 4. In what ways do you believe WP:IAR should apply to administrative actions?
 * A. My interpretation of WP:IAR is that administrators should be using common sense to control their actions.  Obviously we shouldn't be ignoring rules without a good reason to do so, and preferably a consensus to do so, but I have no interest in becoming an admin so that I can help create more red tape.  The rules and policies of Wikipedia were all created for a reason, but the community couldn't forsee everything that might come under the purview of those rules, and I think obeying the spirit of the policy is more important than obeying the letter of the policy.


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