Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dcoetzee

Dcoetzee
I'd like to nominate myself for adminship. I've made a large number of edits (according to List of Wikipedians by number of edits, 1364 or #340 ; current number is 1621) and written several large and detailed articles almost entirely by myself (see my user page), as well as contributed many images I either created myself or obtained permission for. I recently saved lookahead from being deleted. I haven't been very active in the "politics" of Wikipedia, and have never engaged in an edit war beyond a couple exchanges; I always try to respect others' content.

I want to use admin abilities mainly to write and perform SQL queries to locate pages that need correction, to help out with deleting and reverting pages and images, to make corrections on protected and MediaWiki pages, and so on.

Thanks for your support.

Self-nomination was at 20:16, 28 Apr 2004 according to page history.

Support
 * 1) Merovingian &#8597; Talk 21:53, Apr 28, 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Support. (Unrelated note - sysops are no longer allowed to perform SQL queries). Angela. 22:41, Apr 28, 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Maximus Rex 23:05, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Isomorphic 01:12, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) Meelar 02:15, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Danny 02:16, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) Your edits are of excellent quality. --H C HENEY  05:02, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) Cribcage 06:10, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) Chris 73 | (New) Talk 13:27, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) Michael Snow 15:02, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) Comrade Nick Another A+ user!!
 * 12) Support, even if Plato does too. -Fennec 05:22, May 1, 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) Yay. Seth Ilys 05:54, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) Guanaco 05:02, 3 May 2004 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) Not yet enough edits, IMHO. Kingturtle 01:03, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) *Can I ask what your requirements are, out of curiosity? ;)Meelar 01:05, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) **In my opinion, one should have at least 2 1/2 months here and over 3,000 edits (not including talk pages) in the last six months. I feel this gives enough breadth of a history to judge the person's capabilities and capacities. Kingturtle 17:08, 2 May 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) ***3,000!?! I expect to hit that number later this month, but only because I am currently unemployed, so I can spend 8-12 hours per DAY on WP. If I was working full time, it would take me many YEARs to reach 3,000 edits. Niteowlneils 20:19, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) ***Goodness, Kingturtle... no one can say you have low standards, I suppose. But have you ever wondered why some people think of the admins as a cabal? :) - Fennec 12:59, May 4, 2004 (UTC) (who has just now only reached edit 2352 or so)
 * 6) ***Also, FWIW, there are 216 listed active admins, even tho' as of 4/24 only 166 registered Wikipedians have over 3,000 edits. And, I average 20-30 edits/hr, because I mostly do RC patrol typos and rv's and dab projects--people doing actual content contributions wouldn't come close to that rate. Niteowlneils 21:24, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) ***Well that's harsh. I tend to believe someone should have a pulse, and have made it several months without displaying any severe emotional issues that cause them to make me want to murder them... Snowspinner 05:13, 5 May 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) *OK. Thanks very much.  Meelar 17:10, 2 May 2004 (UTC)

Comments
 * Sysop SQL queries are disabled at present and will probably remain so for a while.--Eloquence* 01:09, May 2, 2004 (UTC)