Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/FreplySpang

FreplySpang
[final (47/0/2) ending 00:10 May 31 2005 (UTC)

FreplySpang has been around for 3 months and has accumulated nearly 3000 edits. Everything suggests she would make a wonderful admin. Looking at her talk page, it's filled with praise Thanks for your swift response to his edits. (in response to a POV pusher), ''i was nearly put off... but you were so nice about it i think i'll stick around. :-) (in response to notification of posting copyvio material), and F*** off you motherf***ing douchebag'' (from a vandal). Her contributions cover a wide area and she's active in both the article space and the Wikipedia: space.  She's very active in vandal fighting and is always civil and courteous, even to the most offensive of vandals.  Additionally, on a personal note, she's been a lot of help in testing out my vandal fighting program and has given me lots of good feedback on it.  CryptoDerk 00:08, May 24, 2005 (UTC)


 * Candidate please indicate acceptance of the nomination here

(blush) I accept. Thanks, CryptoDerk! FreplySpang (talk) 00:12, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) CryptoDerk 00:08, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Definitely: trustworthy, reasonable, and would benefit from having the mop and bucket. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 00:17, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support. CryptoDerk basically explained my opinions about her. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:21, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support. --MarkSweep 00:22, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support --W(t) 00:33, 2005 May 24 (UTC)
 * 6) Support; gladly. Linuxbeak | Desk 00:46, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Only 3 months? Seems like FreplySpang's been around doing good wikiwork forever! A definite support. Grutness...  wha?  01:26, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support. No good reason why this editor shouldn't get to use the big mop. TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 01:48, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support. Congratulations on fulfilling the first (and only) requisite for joining teh sekret cebal: you were insulted by a vandal! :) – ugen64 02:18, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey! There is no cabal!  Turn in your membership card and remove your car from cabal parking. TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 02:41, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Hah! As if I would willingly park behind 400 other cabal members... take it from me by force! – ugen64 03:20, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Support Good job! Mike H 02:35, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support-Keep up the good work fighting vandals!!--Jondel 02:40, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support-gadfium 05:27, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) M e r o v i n g i a n  (t) (c) 05:32, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) El_C 08:22, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) I wholeheartedly agree. Radiant_* 10:00, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Thanks for using the edit summary field. Shanes 11:39, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Yes indeed. Sjakkalle 14:31, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Absolutly!!! Gkhan 15:46, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Oh yes. Rje 16:38, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support.  The more admins committed to fighting vandalism the better. --Canderson7 20:38, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support. Very useful contributor. Meelar (talk) 21:10, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support. RickK 22:30, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support of course -- AlexR 22:50, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support. JYolkowski // talk 22:59, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Strong support; truly impressed so far. I've noticed her extraordinary ability to be calm and civil with even the worst vandals. Antandrus  (talk)  23:02, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) David Gerard 23:22, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Not an admin already?  &rarr;I&ntilde;g&#333;lemo&larr;   talk  23:34, 2005 May 24 (UTC)
 * 19) Support, A vandal fighter? That's my kind of baby! Tony the Marine
 * 20) Support! -- Hoary 07:58, 2005 May 25 (UTC)
 * 21) Support. - JMBell° 11:00, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Cliche, I know. I thought he already was one.... Mgm|(talk) 12:37, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Blush? Blush?? Be bold! Bishonen | talk 18:45, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) SUPPORT. Kingturtle 02:40, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Support in brief contact, has been very helpful to myself and other newbies, very civil--Tznkai 03:58, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Neutralitytalk 04:00, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Everyking 05:11, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Guettarda 12:52, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Support. JuntungWu 15:07, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Support with pleasure. SlimVirgin (talk) 16:14, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Support. I've not had a huge amount of interaction, but this combined with looking at a random sample of the last 500 edits leads me to support wholeheartedly. Thryduulf 19:40, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Support. FreplySprang shows a remarkable maturity and calm when dealing with vandals... a trait that I myself have never quite cultivated. She would definitely wield a mop admirably. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 20:38, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Support Great editor Smoddy (Rabbit and pork) 13:32, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) Support --nixie 14:10, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Didn't I vote already? Smoddy (Rabbit and pork) 11:07, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * It would seem that I did... Smoddy (Rabbit and pork) 11:08, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Support -- a tireless and fair vandal fighter from what I've seen. (This is my first RfA vote, by the way, though I watch this page daily.) &middot; Katefan0(scribble) 15:11, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support. Fire Star 18:16, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support (not that it looks as though my vote's needed). Mel Etitis ( &Mu;&epsilon;&lambda; &Epsilon;&tau;&eta;&tau;&eta;&sigmaf; ) 19:08, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support for all the reasons above! --Dmcdevit 20:32, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral
 * 1) Seems like a good user and a lot of the voters are people I know and trust, but as I've not encountered the user, I must reluctantly vote neutral.  PedanticallySpeaking 19:22, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Same; I'm completely unfamiliar with this user (which of course is not necessarily a bad thing) and 3 months seems a little short. --Golbez 21:47, May 25, 2005 (UTC)

Comments

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. As CryptoDerk mentioned, I like to do RC patrol. Obviously being able to rollback user tests and vandalism would be very helpful for that. The ability to speedy-delete articles goes along with that. Also, it can be frustrating to see someone go on a blanking spree and not be able to block them.


 * These are the ways I anticipate using the mop&bucket in the short term, but I would be willing to pitch in on other projects as needed. Lately I have not been as active on VfD as I was a few weeks ago; as an admin I might contribute by deleting pages that have been through that process.


 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I haven't written any long articles yet. However, I am pleased that I have been able to rescue some articles from VfD or substub-itude. For instance, boundary element method showed up on VfD looking like someone pasted in his homework -- I read some related websites and came up with a decent stub. Concrete dome is a similar case. I do plan to put together some longer articles about key topics in feminist theory and some other areas I am interested in.


 * I am also proud of my vandal-fighting, as CryptoDerk mentioned. Notably, when a user started impersonating other users by creating similar accounts with ells and eyes switched (e.g. User:FrepIySpang), I noticed it early on and helped to raise the alarm.


 * 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 will deal with it in the future?
 * A. The biggest conflict I have been involved in was the one about Jeb Bush and User:SummerFR. I started to engage with her about the copyrighted images she uploaded as well as her POV issues. Unfortunately, I soon realized that it could take up all my time, and I had to back away to make sure my schoolwork would get done. This may have come across as disingenuous - in fact, I'm sure it did, from some of the things SummerFR said about me later. On the other hand, I got my schoolwork done and maintained my Wikistress at tolerable levels. Ideally, I might have learned more about Jeb Bush in order to contribute an NPOV voice to the article, but I think I did all right. I would say this incident taught me an important lesson about maintaining perspective. The issue has never been neatly resolved, but Wikipedia goes on.


 * In the future, I hope to keep a reasonable perspective on the importance of any particular conflict within the greater Wikipedia project, and of course to Assume Good Faith.