Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Drumguy8800


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

Drumguy8800
Final (10/16/7) ending 1:50, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
 * This nomination has been withdrawn by Drumguy8800.
 * .. will renominate once edit count surpasses 4,000 Edits. By then, the preceding 1,600 edits will have edit summaries, and that should be plenty.  drumguy 8800  - speak? 21:44, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Votes and answers to questions are still available for viewing here.

– I work hard to organize and standardize content and I feel that I am a significant contributor in terms of information, images, and projects here. I work heavily with the Dallas, Texas related articles. drumguy 8800 - speak? 00:32, 21 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: Self nomination (I accept) drumguy 8800  - speak? 01:56, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Support Oppose Neutral
 * 1) Support. I think this candidate deserves some support, after all, from what I can see, Drumguy spends time on building an encyclopedia, and appears to be a civil and responsible contributor. That should count more than a low number of edits in the Wikipedia namespace and a low usage of edit summaries. From the answer to Q1 I don't think Drumguy would be a particularily active admin however, the things he wants to do are things which can be carried out with the regular editting tools, so don't be discouraged if you don't gain adminship this time round. Sjakkalle (Check!)  07:20, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Support per Sjakkalle. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  14:35, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Support: Because admin should be no big deal right? &rArr;    SWAT Jester   [[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|18px|]]  Ready    Aim    Fire!  22:22, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Support per Sjakkalle. Hiding talk 19:29, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Support Mjal 21:18, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Support see voting rational --Edivorce 15:36, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) Support per Sjakkalle. SushiGeek 02:21, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) [[Image:Symbol support vote.png|15px]]! Strong Support - Drumguy8800 has skills, and he has proven his love for Wikipedia. I had the pleasure of meeting Drumguy on the Main Page redesign project, for which he created one of the drafts under consideration for replacing the current Main Page (competing with the draft I supported).  His draft is now available as a Main Page alternate, and can be seen here.  If you randomly sample his contributions, you will find that he has improved Wikipedia with the vast majority of his edits, and those that were mistakes, he has caught and corrected.  Drumguy is adept with page markup and javascripting, and would be a major asset as an administrator, as he could help on the more technical side of things.  And the fact that he has been involved almost entirely in the main namespace is a good thing.  We need more admins who spend most of their time in the encyclopedic content of Wikipedia, to improve this encyclopedia's vigilance against vandalism.  I feel we can trust him to ban the enemies of Wikipedia, and would be more at ease knowing there is another devoted Wikipedian with the power to do so. --Go for it! 12:55, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 9) Support Filmcom 14:45, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 10) SupportWow I can't believe all the oppose votes over edit summaries. It is not as though Drumguy8800 is refusing to use edit summaries.  Look at his contribs since he learned it was an issue.-- Birgitte§β  ʈ  Talk  19:50, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose few wikipedia namespace edits that are not WP:FPC, and I don't like the answer for question number 1, as they are not admin chores --Jaranda wat's sup 02:01, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose per Jaranda. Also, I'm concerned about the lack of edit summaries, although they are not the driving force behind my decision.  Nacon kantari   e |t||c|m 02:08, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose as above.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:05, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Oppose Very low (almost no) usage of edit summaries. User needs more time to become familiar with best editing practices. Xoloz 05:45, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Oppose nice editor I've seen around, but I must vote oppose due to the extreme lack of edit summaries, and "vandal-type chores" ¡Dustimagic!  ( T / C ) 06:13, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Oppose. As per above. Project space participation helps to give voters a better idea that you have a broad understanding of Wikipedia policies.  Also, edit summaries are a great benefit to people who are on RC patrol and are strongly encouraged.  However, I'd like to point out the number of great images you uploaded.  Keep up the good work and if you participate more in the project space, I'd definitely consider changing my vote.--PS2pcGAMER (talk) 06:53, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) Oppose Sorry  D a Gizza Chat  &#169; 08:42, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) Oppose per my criteria. I am likely to support after further Wikispace edits and an increased usage of edit summaries. Essexmutant 09:57, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 9) Oppose. Barely any edit summaries. You don't need to be an admin to do what you propose to do in Question 1. Sorry, it just doesn't seem like a good idea. Deskana (talk) 10:41, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 10) Sorry, but I do oppose when edit summaries are this low. Please start using them consistently and try again in a few months. Jonathunder 15:22, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 11) Oppose Per all the above oppose vote. M o e   ε  22:18, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 12) Oppose, not enoughy wikipedia space edits, user talks and lack of edit summaries--Ugur Basak 00:09, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 13) Oppose per Jaranda - doesn't seem to need admin powers Cynical 12:08, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 14) 'Oppose no edit summaries. EdwinHJ | Talk 00:33, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 15) oppose. none of these listed items require the mop. and not using edit summaries really pisses me off. ... aa:talk 08:47, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 16) Oppose as per reasons put forth by Xoloz.--Looper5920 11:09, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) I'm not going to vote either oppose or support, but I suggest a withdrawal untill you gain some more edits in the project space, and would actually like to do things that require admin-status. Kusonaga 09:12, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Neutral This is a fairly clear "Can't tell yet, wait until later" vote. Karm  a  fist  19:43, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Neutral I agree with the above. You may be a good potential admin, but get some more time under the belt. Everything else looks good; don't take it too seriously if you don't make it this time. --Shadow Puppet 21:50, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Leaning oppose but WP:SNOW - please withdraw. NSL E (T+C) at 05:07 UTC (2006-02-22)
 * 5) Neutral. Try again later. psch  e  mp  |  talk  05:22, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Neutral, lacks the use of edit summaries, and project space edits are mainly to FPC. --Ter e nce Ong 08:14, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) Neutral, I have to agree with Karmafist. Raven4x4x 00:00, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Comments


 * Edit summary usage: 1% for major edits and 7% for minor edits. Based on the last 150 major and 150 minor edits outside the Wikipedia, User, Image, and all Talk namespaces. Mathbot 02:03, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * See Drumguy8800's edit count and contribution tree with Interiot's tool.
 * I had no idea it was such a big deal to use edit summaries.. anyway, I've used edit summaries on all my recent edits. Something like 50, not sure the exact count.  Nice now that there's a little popup ('would you like to place an edit summary?')  drumguy 8800  - speak? 05:13, 23 February 2006 (UTC)



Questions for the candidate

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:
 * 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 love making things uniform, so I'm very good about "upgrading pages" to include templates, locations, external links, references, categories.. etc. I'm also obsessive-compulsive about links going directly to the article page instead of a redirect page.. and am the same way about disambiguation pages.  If I find a link that does it,  I will go through and click the 'what links here' to resolve all the other links that are erred.
 * Addition: I do control vandalism rather frequently, and one thing I can't do now that I would really appreciate the ability to do is a one-button rollback. Typically I either just do it w/o a summary or I'll go through the process of copying over the text, replacing usernames, etc.. its quite a hassle.  Of course if I saw a page or picture that needed deleting or locking, I would do so.. but those don't exactly come around on a regular basis for me.  drumguy 8800  - speak? 17:23, 21 February 2006 (UTC)


 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I'm very pleased with the mapping system implemented at Downtown Dallas (it is a template and I am currently building them for the entire city of Dallas) and I'm very pleased with the work I've done with the Dallas, Texas article. I can't find the page I read it at once, but I believe I had the highest number of edit counts for that article.. not like that matters though ;).  I created probably 3/4 of the Dallas neighborhood articles and I've significantly improved the previously-existing ones.. along with suburbs and things about the city.  I've also uploaded a significant number of images and I have a featured picture in the stock.  I've made over 2400 edits, 1500 towards articles.. I was a big contributor to the main page draft team thing, but I got tired of the bickering and left them to their devices.. I also spend time searching for "ambiguous" links, or whatever you call them, links that send people to disambig pages.. and I fix them.  I also have a problem with redirect pages, so I edit wikilinks to go directly to the main article, unless that just isn't logical.


 * 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've been in a slight conflict with the boundaries of Dallas districts.. but that's been resolved. It was resolved by simply working with the man and asking him to not be so hasty in editing.. and also asking for further assistance and checking my work for error.


 * The above 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.