Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Darkest Hour


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

Darkest Hour
[ Final] (2/10/4); Ended Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:47:09 (UTC)

- I have about 1200 edits mainspace and 3400 edits total. I have had expericence in fighting vandals, marking pages for attention, helping other users and working out problems.  Darkest Hour  22:07, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept 

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 participants:
 * Questions for the candidate
 * 1. What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Administrative backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
 * A: I would delete pages that have been marked for deletion for a long while. I would also patrol a special page listing little to not watched pages for vandalism.


 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A: Yes, it was this. I created it from scratch reading up on how to get the coding right. And it works like a charm, marking orphaned articles as orphans.


 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * '''A: Yes, It was over my first article. [1] [2] Now that I read this I see that I was clearly in the wrong, I did copy the content from another website. Read up on policies & guidelines.


 * General comments


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


 * User check:

Please keep criticism constructive and polite.

Discussion



Support
 * 1) Support per criteria set out on my talkpage.Edivorce 19:22, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support Wikipedia needs more vandalfighters to help with the extra tools.--User: (talk • contribs) 23:09, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * You don't really need the mop to fight vandals. All you need is a quick link to AIV and RPP and popups or VS.  bibliomaniac 1  5  05:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) Oppose not overwhelmed by the answers and also you state you'll be closing out AFD's but I don't see any experience in that area. Also, patrolling pages for vandalism doesn't require the tools.  The Rambling Man 16:28, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose - I think you need more experience. I don't see many reports to AIV, and if you are tagging pages as speedy, it doesn't look like you are notifying the creators.  You seem active with helping new users which is good, but not really in anything that needs admin tools. &mdash;dgies tc 16:29, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose. I am sorry but you have not met the requirements, for me. You're not ready for these powers yet, so I have to oppose you in this position. Continue to do as you already are, and I think that you may be ready in, about, 1.6 thousand edits. -- Zazzer 16:31, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Oppose Weak answers to questions and lack of experience is another thing, good edit summary usage though but I'd suggest increasing your mainspace edits a little and gaining about another 3-4 months experience. Telly addict  17:02, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Oppose Should be closed per WP:SNOW.K. Scott Bailey 18:28, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Oppose Sorry, but neither your answers nor your involvement to date in WP:NAME generate enough confidence as to your ability to safely handle the tools at this time.--Anthony.bradbury 18:36, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Oppose per above. Michael 18:56, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) Oppose - well your contributions are really good but your answers above aint that pleasing i.e you neeed a bit more time on Wikipedia to get aquainted with the rules..-- Cometstyles 22:43, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) Oppose Need better nom and answers. Captain  panda   In   vino   veritas  23:11, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) Oppose To be blunt, you need more experience in almost all parts of Wikipedia. Your answers also could use a little work (we're very picky). However, later, I think you could become a worthy nomination. Gutworth 00:43, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Neutral
 * 1) Moral neutral. Not a snowball's chance in hell this is going to succeed, so why pile up oppose? —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 16:43, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Neutral needs more experience and participation in project-space. - An as Talk? 17:40, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Neutral - regretfully, I shall have to refrain from supporting this request for the extra buttons. However, rather than oppose, I'd like to offer my humble advice to the editor: (1) get in some deletion debate participation; (2) quit editing your user space (with particular emphasis your monobook.js) and get back onto the article editing that is visible at the start of your last five hundred contrib's ; (3) have a look at WP:RCP, and try to get in a few vandalism reverts a day. There is some great tools available, such as VandalProof or Lupin's Tool. Stick in there, and don't give up quite yet! / anthony cfc  [ talk] 21:09, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Moral neutral: You have so few reports to WP:AIV. Real96 22:43, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
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