Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/FireFox


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

FireFox
Final (96/2/0) end 07:09 8 November 2005 (UTC)

– Well, what can I say about FireFox (note the 2 capital "F"s)? Well, for you edit countitis sufferers, he's got over 3,000 edits and been here for 3 months. Most of this time has been spent fighting vandalism. He's a very active member of the Counter-vandalism unit, always on that revert button and often beats me (despite my having the real one) to the revert. He's also a highly civil and "nice" (for want of a better word) Wikipedian and could really do with (and will use) the powers bestowed unto him. I hope you can all look past "3 months" and give this well-deserved user a mop. --Cel e stianpower háblame 19:25, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

My Co-nomination I was planning to nominate him as well but Celestianpower beat me into it ;). Just about what main nom said. One of the most active vandal fighters in Wikipedia and a very nice and civil user as well. If there is a case for speedy promote let him be it. --JAranda &#124; watz sup 16:47, 31 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: Thank you both. I accept. Fir  e  Fo  x  17:17, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Support - I've always trusted the nominator. --Cel e stianpower háblame 19:32, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Strong Support as co-nom --JAranda &#124; watz sup 16:47, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Full MexiCabal support -- ( drini's vandalproof page  &#x260E;  ) 17:23, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Extreme Edit Conflicted Support Ac  e  tic  ' Acid  17:24, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) S'port (after another edit conflict) yes no worries with this one --Doc (?) 17:26, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Strong Support. Thought he was one. God, I need to study WP:LA.  Or an   e    (t)   (c)   (@)  17:30, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support. I also support the web browser. --GraemeL (talk) 17:32, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Extremely strong support. Make this guy an admin and quickly! &mdash; J I P | Talk 17:33, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support --pgk( talk ) 17:34, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Furry Alien Support yes siree, very polite and committed individual, deserves a mopping. Alf melmac 17:43, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Extreme FireFox 1.5 beta 2 Support seen him in action, good guy. Martin  17:50, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support per all of the above (and probably below, too). --JoanneB 18:01, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support. User is unlikely to abuse admin tools. Christopher Parham (talk) 18:38, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support. One of the top vandal-fighters around, possibly the fastest non-admin one. I'm not concerned with the three-month term; some people are faster learners than others, and FireFox has proven that in these three months he has become as familiar with WP policies and customs as editors who have spent twice as long here. Owen&times; &#9742;  18:42, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Need more RC patrol, less IRC filler. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2005-10-31 19:13
 * 16) Support. FireFox's contributions are more than apparent to me though I've not been around long. Conducts self in a professional manner, too, which is always important. Jacqui  ★ 19:15, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support. I have noticed his vandal-fighting efforts and appreciate his presence on WP. Ramallite (talk) 19:18, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support. We need more vandal-fighters. jni 20:00, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Support.  Rob e  rt  T 20:14, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support (He isn't an admin already?) -- a.n.o.n.y.m  t 20:21, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support How come everyone I think is an admin never is? Damn, I need to pay attention. Privat  e   Butcher  20:33, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Support MONGO 20:47, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Extreme IE 6.0.2900.2180 Support, he has a very quick vandal response time, and we could always need more vandal-whackers. Tito xd (?!?) 23:15, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Support &mdash;Wayward Talk 23:22, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Support An admin waiting to be. Does good work here. Marskell 23:25, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Fiery Support. And guess what browser I am using:)? Voice of All  Talk |@| Esperanza   23:29, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Support. I believe I was one of the first editors to interact with FireFox, and I do think that he is one of the good guys, but only three months of experience is not much to my liking. I support, nonetheless. --Sn0wflake 23:37, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) And he isn't already one? -- NS LE  ( Commu nicate! ) < Contribs > 23:57, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Support he deserves it. -Greg Asche (talk) 00:06, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Support. Extremely friendly fellow. I can't believe I havn't already added my support! -User:Mys e kurity|Mysekurity ]] additions | e-mail]]00:25, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Extreme-I-prefer-Safari-Support.--Sean Black | Talk 01:35, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Support. Nothing I can say that hasn't been said. R  e  dwolf24  (talk) 02:01, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Support. -- Pamri &bull; Talk 02:53, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) Support give him a mop already sheesh! :)  ALKIVAR &trade;Radioactivity symbol.png 04:33, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 35) Support. Due to his commitment to fighting vandalism, he deserves the proper tools to do so. – Axman ( ☏ ) 05:26, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 36) Support, great vandal fighter, sets foxes on fire. A winning combination. - C HAIRBOY  (☎) 06:06, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 37) Support. Plenty of excellent vandal hunting with fire in the eyes. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:10, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 38) Uber-Ultra-Mega-Support-of-Doom! IMO, he would make a GREAT admin! Very knowledgeable, friendly, smart, resourceful, who could ask for more? ;] --VileRage ( Talk |  Cont ) 09:30, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 39) Support. Yamaguchi先生 08:30, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 40) Support Extreme-no-witty-comment-forthcoming-Support.  Ban e  s  09:35, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 41) Esperanzan Support. - Darwinek 11:36, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 42) EXTREMELY EXTRA EXTRA STRONG SUPPORT * 1000 Removes vandalism great and would be good admin + A very fair user. -- &#9786; A dam1213&#9786; Talk+|WWW 12:12, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 43) Support +MATIA &#9742; 12:25, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 44) Support, Hey what are you looking at?! -- Cool Cat  Talk 13:07, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 45) He's NOT an admin already?! What is the world coming to?  --Merovingian (t) (c) (e) 14:05, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 46) Support. KHM03 14:31, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 47) Support does lots of good stuff, pleasant to deal with. chowells 14:41, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 48) Support, looks good. Silensor 15:16, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 49) Support, of course. - Mailer Diablo 16:22, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 50) Support Excellent editor. Very active in vandal fighting and would benefit with the rollback and block tools. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 16:37, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 51) Support We allways need new admins to help keep wikipedia running :D. Treacka (Talk) 17:13, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 52) Support. Great user. -- Essjay ·   Talk 17:21, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 53) Support - He's almost everywhere especially with his/her mop & bat -- Svest 17:42, 1 November 2005 (UTC) Wiki me up&#153;
 * 54) Support as per nomination. Carioca 20:29, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 55) Support RfA cliché #1: I thought you were already an admin! Great contributor and vandal fighter.  Will make a great admin.  -- Psy guy (talk) 21:53, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 56) Support load up the bandwagon! --Rogerd 23:18, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 57) Support.   [ +t, +c, +m,  +e  ] 23:54, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 58) Sure 'nuff. +sj  +  03:28, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 59) Support even though I object to people having user names the same as browsers. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 03:59, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 60) Support, admin tools would help this vandal fighter. -- M P er el ( talk 06:24, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 61) Support: I see real potential benefit to Wikipedia in giving this user a mop and bucket. --RobertG &#9836; talk 10:06, 2 November 2005 (UTC
 * 62) Support great vandal fighter. NSR (talk) 11:20, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 63) Support He has watched my back many times--Jcw69 18:01, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 64) I Use Opera But Support Anyway. What else can I say that hasn't been said in the four gazillion votes above me? Lord Bob 18:21, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 65) Support Johann Wolfgang 18:34, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 66) Support. He gave my first barnstar. :) howcheng   [ talk &#149; contribs &#149; web ] 23:34, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 67) Install extension Support v.105--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 23:41, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 68) Support! Would make an excellent admin. Sango  123   (talk)  23:54, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 69) Support. Reasons have all been stated above. --Briangotts (talk) 01:05, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 70) Support-Three months is usually not long enough for me to give out a support vote. However this is a special case. FireFox is truly an extraordinary editor and fully deserving of admin privileges. Just don't burn yourself out. :) Falphin 03:07, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 71) Support. The Minist  e  r of War (Peace)  07:26, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 72) Strong support - Highly deserving. &asymp; jossi fresco &asymp; t &bull; @ 12:07, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 73) support, keep up the good work --Isolani 12:09, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 74) Support - I see him all over... thought he already was.  Go for it. --NymphadoraTonks 12:43, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 75) Support from the non-existant MexiCabal. -- Rune Welsh | &tau;&alpha;&lambda;&kappa; |  Esperanza  14:42, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 76) Support. Is good stuff. -Splash talk 03:40, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 77) Flammable mammalian support. A great editor. Plus I just wanted to say that.  r  speer 05:52, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 78) Support. Hey, I think... I've seen you around here before... *hic!* --Andylkl (talk) 15:46, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 79) Strong SUPPORT  Molotov the Encyclopedist [[Image:Ankh.png|25px]]  01:05, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 80) Support. Does a good job at Wikipedia. *drew 02:13, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 81) Support    Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk   04:10, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 82) Cool. JuntungWu 04:31, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 83) Oooh, Fire-y... Support. --Fire Star 14:31, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 84) don't burn yourself out! --Yodakii 15:03, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 85) You must be joking me. You're not an admin already?! - Mailer Diablo 15:23, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 86) Great user - Mgm|(talk) 17:20, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 87) Support - that someone who can revert so fast isn't already an admin is a crime! ➨ ❝REDVERS</b>❞ 18:59, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 88) Support Go go request! Let's make it a record! Ashibaka (tock) 21:03, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 89) Support - Nevica 21:57, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 90) Support your local vandal whacker. -- DS1953 talk 06:01, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 91) Insert mop and flamethrower here. Edit conflicts on manual rollback (even with godmode-lite) are teh suck; having to chase after an admin when there's rapid mass vandalism around isn't easy. Alphax &tau;&epsilon;&chi; 13:47, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 92) Can we reach a hundred? Renata3 16:21, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 93) Support, Like this guy really needed my vote, however the Marine never fails to see great talent. Tony the Marine 07:21, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 94) Support: 94th is not the last! --Bhadani 13:09, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 95) Support: Piling on. Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 22:23, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 96) support. Yuckfoo 00:50, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Oppose
 * Everyone is supporting, I have to be a radical. -- Cool Cat Talk 12:58, 1 November 2005 (UTC) Ok that was fun. ;) -- Cool Cat  Talk 13:07, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Weak Oppose Hasn't really contributed in writting articles(which is very important for me), and never been involved in a conflict for me to judge how he'll handle it. I don't think I'll make a difference, but had he had many oppose votes, I'd probably vote neutral to not influence the result. Fadix 03:28, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose Can't understand why someone would see speedy deletes as a calling.--Silverback 17:05, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
 * "a calling"? Where do you see that?  He just considers it to be a necessary part of the job, which it is. Owen&times;  &#9742;  17:16, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Neutral
 * 1) works too hard! Take a break sometimes. --Yodakii 01:53, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Can't help it, I'm addicted!  Fir  e  Fo  x  (RFA) 17:26, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * Can't wait for a really good admin -- &#9786; A dam1213&#9786; Talk+|WWW 12:11, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * This RFA should not go through. I wanted to nominate firefox. -- &#9786; A dam1213&#9786; Talk+|WWW 05:48, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I hope that he atleast types Support for votes on RfA instead of just leaving his signature. I'm not voting as another support vote is not going to matter much. --Gurubrahma 07:29, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I guessed that it didn't matter what I put as long as it was in the right section but I will do in the future. Fir  e  Fo  x  (RFA) 17:26, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll quote ☺Adam1213☺: "A very fair user". +MATIA &#9742; 09:37, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

(sighs)

"Everyone vote, We have a record almost broken (I think what is the record)"


 * This isn't a competition, this is us deciding whether this person understands important policies; understands what consensus is, etc. And trawling for votes is not going to get them easily. Please don't. Rob Church Talk 02:03, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

sorry about saying that I have removed that. -- &#9786; A dam1213&#9786; Talk+|WWW 02:08, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd like FireFox's talk page to be 800x600 friendly. - RoyBoy 800 23:46, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * My talk page is now 800x600 friendly. Fir  e  Fo  x  12:14, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. Well, firstly the new block tool may become especially handy for my vandal-whacking efforts, instead of me having to ask an administrator everytime a vandal has reached his four warnings! Secondly, I would like to help out with speedy deletions and closing AfD's. I find myself as a friendly and approachable person who any user in need of an admin (or indeed anyone at all) can turn to.


 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I am particularly pleased with my school's article, Maidstone Grammar School, which I brought up from a stub to a very respectable article. I am also pleased with my many Big Brother UK series 6 edits from a couple of months ago, and still patrol the Big Brother pages for errors and vandalism. Finally, I enjoy working on both Pages needing translation into English and Esperanza and feel that I do a lot of contributing to those two causes.


 * 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 don't think I have been involved in any conflicts yet. However if I were to have one, I would stay calm and before things get out of hand, take a short break from the computer and then use the proper channels (requests for mediation, requests for comment) to sort the situation out if necessary.


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