Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gatoclass 2


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

Gatoclass
Final: (112/2/1); Ended 10:07, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

- Gatoclass is a fine user that I am nominating for adminship. We first met when he kept preparing the next updates for DYK on Christmas Eve and Christmas (December 25 2007). I gave him a special one-of-a-kind barnstar because I was so impressed with his timeliness and perseverance. We ended up combining to do almost all eight updates on those two days. He has been one of the most productive contributors with loading the next update; he has probably prepared more updates than anyone else since December. He always has to find an admin to update the list on the main page. If this RFA is successful, we would use his experience to help with DYK updates. An extra pair of trustworthy admin hands is always sorely needed.

Gatoclass is one of the most productive DYK contributors; he has 76 DYK articles in his 12,000 edits. He has waited a self-imposed six months since his first self-nom RFA. I believe that he is a very solid candidate who should have been an admin a long time ago.  Royal broil  03:43, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Co-nom by Bencherlite. I entirely agree with Royalbroil and am delighted to put forward Gatoclass for the community's consideration. When I started helping out at DYK, I just assumed Gatoclass was an admin and was rather surprised to learn that he was unable to take the final step of loading the DYK selection onto the main page. DYK is Wikipedia's "shop window" for new articles: it is the section of the main page that is updated most frequently, it is the best chance that many contributors have of seeing their work highlighted on the main page, and the longer there is between updates, the fewer articles get picked. At present, Gatoclass has to make requests like this when DYK is overdue. His list of articles he has created comes to an impressive 183. His contributions to discussion at DYK are polite and well-considered: I've not seen him biting newbies, for example. His first attempt on RfA went a bit pear-shaped because of his phraseology about blocking, but he will have learned from that and the six months since then (NB admirable self-restraint: not one of those who pops up every month with a self-nom) have been spent in profitable editing. The East European articles incident that Gatoclass mentions below were clearly not his finest moment, but it was some months ago and he has clearly learnt from the experience.

Gatoclass will be a fine admin for DYK purposes alone; as he eases himself slowly into other areas of adminship, I'm confident he'll be an even greater asset to the project. BencherliteTalk 06:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:


 * Thanks RB and Bencherlite. I accept the nomination. Gatoclass (talk) 05:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I have been editing Wikipedia as a registered user for over two years now, prior to that I did occasional edits as an IP. I currently have over 12,000 edits. It was only in about September last year however that I created my first article and found it so much fun that I have since created almost 220 new articles, including 75 DYKs.
 * Candidate statement

I have been involved as a reviewer and updater with DYK for seven months now, and in that time I have been gratified to have a number of administrators ask me if I would be interested in standing as an admin myself, which has given me the confidence to try again. In the event however, I decided to stick with the original commitment made in my previous RFA to wait at least another six months. It's been six months now, and consequently Royalbroil has kindly stepped forward to nominate me. Gatoclass (talk) 05:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:
 * 1. What admin work do you intend to take part in?
 * A: I've been preparing updates for DYK now since December 5th last year, so I've been involved in that for just over six months now. On numerous occasions it has been frustrating to have prepared the update and then been unable to find an active DYK admin to post it to the mainpage. Just over this last week, there have been multiple occasions when I have prepared an update, only to see it sit there until it's five, six, seven hours overdue because there are no active DYK admins. Naturally if I had the tools myself this would not be occurring, and I would also be able to relieve the workload of other DYK admins who often have difficulty finding the time when they are requested to post the update.


 * So basically DYK is my main interest right now. However, in the event that I am granted the tools, I feel it will be incumbent upon me to learn all aspects of adminship and to contribute in as many areas as possible, and I look forward to doing so. I do expect however, to be easing my way very slowly into additional responsibilities as I will need to thoroughly familiarize myself with the technical and policy details of each aspect as I go. To that end, I will certainly be attending admin school, and probably seeking some admin coaching as well.


 * 2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
 * A: My primary interest in the encyclopedia is definitely new content creation, and as I said in my previous RFA, I like to think my best contributions are ahead of me :) My most comprehensive article to date is still Western Pipe and Steel Company, an article that was quite a challenge to put together and that I spent a lot of time on. I also enjoyed writing Joshua Hendy Iron Works because I found it such an interesting company, Creusot steam hammer was another enjoyable piece of industrial archaeology, and a recent creation, Casco class monitor, was fun to write (and hopefully, to read). But I have many more articles in the pipeline that I am looking forward to putting together.


 * A secondary interest is dispute resolution, I can often see both sides of a content dispute which I like to think helps me find a middle ground between various POVs. I think I demonstrated my ability in that regard when I brokered the Joseph Stalin section which was a notorious battleground when I first came to it, the compromise edit I finally wrote back in 2006 has remarkably stood with barely a tweak for over two years now, which is pretty incredible considering what a battleground it was previously. Unfortunately, I have been too busy with content creation and DYK to contribute much recently in the area of dispute resolution, but I'm hoping to do more in the future.


 * 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, I have, as I have an interest in some politically contentious areas. However, as I stated in my previous RFA, the worst conflict I have had was with User:Philip Baird Shearer over content at the List of wars and disasters by death toll page, a page into which I had put a huge amount of work and which PBS then proceeded to basically gut with little consultation. He and I had diametrically opposing approaches, I was content to allow the page to evolve organically (as it had been doing in leaps and bounds), he wanted to legislate everything prior. Progress ground to a halt and after weeks of arm-wrestling I finally decided to ditch the page as it just wasn't worth the headaches. In spite of my frustrations however, at no stage did I descend into incivility.


 * More recently (in about January this year), I inadvertently stumbled upon the hornet's nest of East European articles when I attempted to place a neutrality tag on Denial of the Holodomor page, sparking a debacle which only ended when I and the half dozen editors who opposed me were all slapped with editing restriction notices. I still believe the notice was completely unjustified in my own case, but accepted it with little complaint as I believe it was imposed in good faith. I note that if the same were to occur today, the restriction could not have been imposed in my case since I had not been made aware of the general restriction before I made the one injudicious comment (in the face of a barrage of personal attacks) for which I was pinged.


 * At the end of the day I did accept some responsibility for the debacle, in that I accepted that I had behaved somewhat dickishly in putting the article up for AFD, but by and large I regard the whole incident as an unfortunate series of misunderstandings rather than a serious dispute. I have been engaged in no disputes since. Gatoclass (talk) 05:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

General comments

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


 * Links for Gatoclass:
 * Comment: responding to Yahel Guhan's vote, I paged through the talk page in question, and it seems that what you have said on that talk page is a bit strongly worded, and your description of Fox News struck me as slightly POV, but I also agree with the commentators that point out that it happened a whole year ago. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 02:42, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: responding to Yahel Guhan's vote, I paged through the talk page in question, and it seems that what you have said on that talk page is a bit strongly worded, and your description of Fox News struck me as slightly POV, but I also agree with the commentators that point out that it happened a whole year ago. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 02:42, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

''Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Gatoclass before commenting.''

Support

 * 1) Support. I've seen Gatoclass editing for a long time. He's done a lot of good work, is careful about what he says and does, and in all likelihood the extra power will only make him more careful. (Would have nommed him myself.)  So here's my glob of vaseline.John Z (talk) 05:42, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) Beat the other co-nom support. BencherliteTalk 07:22, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) I have seen Gatoclass around a lot. He is a regular at DYK, and extra hands are much needed there. I am confident he will do very well as an administrator.-- Anonymous Dissident  Talk 07:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) Support. BorgQueen (talk) 08:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) Support I've gone back to January reviewing contributions and it all looks good stunning. Clearly you need the tools for T:DYK - as well as your prolific creation of articles and DYK hooks your desire to help at this often overdue page is admirable. In addition allthough I saw some talk page comments that made me pause, in reality you responded calmly and rationally. Occasional input at project areas like AN and RFA are sound. Informative edit summaries when making changes other than tweaks. Also constant reference to policies in these edit summaries, or when delaing with (for example) tricky BLP issues on DYK hooks. Very much a net positive to the project without the tools, and can only help further with the bit. Best Wishes. Pedro : Chat  08:18, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 6) Support hardworking editors usually make good admins Alex Bakharev (talk) 08:30, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 7) Strong support  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 08:36, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 8) Support thought you were one already, with the amount of work you do at DYK. Thank you for telling me when I messed up the ref at Tourism in Kenya! Editorofthewikireview my edits here! 10:11, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 9) Support - No problems here. asenine say what?  10:17, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 10) FINALLY! dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 10:25, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 11) Support: It's only worth opposing if there's something major to fault, but I can't find anything standing out. Great user, working in an area suited to administrators, so the tools will come in very handy for this user.  Good luck!   weburiedoursecrets  inthegarden  10:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 12) Support - My trust meter is pegged to the limit here. Excellent article work in the mainspace. DYKs. Wow. Your intentions seem quite solid, and adminship will suite you just fine in those aspects. You have my support. Wisdom89  ( T |undefined /  C ) 10:53, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 13) Support, yes. - Bobet 11:18, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 14) Support, after a bit of a look I don't see anything worrying. No evidence this candidate would abuse the tools.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 11:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC).
 * 15) VERY Strong Support : Excellant contributor, Amazing history of DYKs and currently helping the admins with the Next Update Page of DYKs. Surely will never allow the timer of Main Page DYK page go beyond 6hours deadline if made an admin . Best of luck --<em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#6699FF"> ₮inucherian  (Talk) - 11:30, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 16) KillerChihuahua?!? 11:31, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 17) Support – The opening remarks by  Royal  say it all. Good Luck to you. ShoesssS Talk 11:36, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 18) Support - trustworthy editor. PhilKnight (talk) 11:39, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 19) Support as nom I was sleeping. We all need sleep, although I sometimes wonder if Gatoglass does!  Royal broil  11:56, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 20) Support. No problem here.  Malinaccier Public (talk) 12:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 21) Strong Support - I was planning on nom'ing Gatoclass myself, telling him that whenever he was willing to go through the Proctology exam that is RfA, I'd nominate him. Another set of hands working at DYK is always a plus.-- Bedford  12:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 22) I support this content creating editor getting the tools. Dan Beale-Cocks  12:39, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 23) Only if he promises to stop asking me to do the DYK update, because I always botch it. :) ++Lar: t/c 12:53, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 24) support I see no reason not to.  ·Add§hore·  <sup style="color:blue;">T alk /<sub style="color:blue;">C ont 12:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 25) SupportDlohcierekim&#39;s sock (talk) 13:13, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 26) Support - Cant imagine this user will abuse the extra buttons.  Queerbubbles  | <sup style="color:MidnightBlue;">Leave me Some Love   13:27, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 27) Support My experience with Gatoclass has proven that he is fair, neutral, and tries to go out of his way to help the project. This alone would make a good admin. Ottava Rima (talk) 13:29, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 28) Support No problems here. -- S iva1979 <sup style="background:yellow;">Talk to me 13:38, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 29) Support Looks great to me. --CapitalR (talk) 13:51, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 30) Support Bumped into a lot and I see no problems. Great experience. Woody (talk) 14:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 31) Support, user seems polite, an incredible contributer to the encyclopedia, and will benefit DYK greatly by having the admin tools. -- Nataly a 14:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 32) Support This candidate seems to have gotten through the bumpy road from his first Rfa, and I can see no potential problems. ArcAngel (talk) (Review) 14:41, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 33) Yup. No hesitation, excellent candidate.  <font color="#21421E" face="comic sans ms">Keeper   |  <font color="#CC7722" face="Papyrus">76   |  <font color="#ff0000"> Disclaimer  15:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 34) I think this user would help the encyclopedia with the tools provided administrators. --Ali&#39;i 15:01, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 35) Support - too active around DYK to not need the tools - I confused him with an admin once. Sceptre (talk) 15:11, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 36) Support Enthusiastic and strong support, is already very helpful at DYK and with the tools will be a strong asset. Davewild (talk) 15:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 37) Support I am comfortable that this user has the judgment necessary to be an admin, and can be trusted with the tools. -- Avi (talk) 15:53, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 38) DYK support. Rudget   (Help?) 15:56, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 39) Support ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 16:42, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 40) Support - I supported last time, and nothing has changed except for Gatoclass getting even more experience. Just go to WP:NAS before using the tools. -MBK004 16:46, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 41) I'm disappointed. How did you slip through me while I was looking for potential admins? :P Strong support, will be a huge asset as an admin. Wizardman  16:48, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 42)  Support - Diligent Terrier  (and friends) 17:01, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 43) Support No issues that I can see. I can't understand why he has gone this long without being nominated. I went back as far as the end of last year and all of his edits look exemplary. He will be a great asset. Trusilver  17:05, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 44) Support Great editor, with clear need for the tools. Parsecboy (talk) 17:35, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 45) Support There are never too many article building admins. SWik78 (talk • contribs) 17:38, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 46) Strong support I have worked with Gatoclass some helping at DYK and he is very responsible and desrving of the mop Ruhrfisch <sub style="color:green;">&gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 18:42, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 47) Support. Ashton1983 (talk) 19:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 48) Support. He's competent and trustworthy, no problems here. <font color="#2A8B31">Anthøny 21:13, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 49) Unnecessary, Pile-on Support DYK could use more admins. You definitely deserve the mop. Paragon12321 (talk) 21:37, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 50) Support per Paragon. <font face="Bauhaus 93" size="2.0" color="#002649"> STORMTRACKER  <font face="Times New Roman" size="2.3" color="#DAA520"> 94  Go Irish! 22:09, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 51) Obivious support! User is doing a super great job! Keep it up! -- Crea <font color="#000080">m <font color= "#808000">y! Talk 22:20, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 52) Support with pleasure. SlimVirgin  talk| edits 22:21, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 53) Support based on candidate's valuable participation in one area that needs tools. A micro comment, I didn't take too kindly to an 11th hour comment at DYK--for a minute I wondered if the reviewer's comprehension was turned up all the way but then decided that is just me in a crunch with a nom about to expire. Also maybe it should be mentioned that when a DYK update is late which can happen on occasion, asking admins to do the update is a way to say one needs tools (just between you and me I expected to see an RfA real soon now, oh here it is! ;-). That said, support and I think the candidate means well, has contributed mighty well and will do a good job. Good luck. —SusanLesch (talk) 22:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately almost all comments at DYK end up being "11th hour" because we just don't have the resources to do otherwise. However, things are never as "11th hour" as they might appear. Noms that have technically expired are promoted all the time, and any user who responds positively to a query can be assured that I will work with them to ensure the hook is promoted if possible, regardless of whether that means a hook is a few days late. And I do that precisely because comments are often "11th" hour and would otherwise give nominators little time to respond.
 * As for the comment about alleged "prompting" for adminship I concede it might look that way but I think if you went back through my diffs you'd find I have prompted admins right from the start of my association with DYK - in fact I used to take the problem to AN/I, until there were grumbles about the appropriateness of doing so. My routine since is simply to go through the list of DYK admins, find two or three with recent contributions, and notify them the update is ready, but even doing that we've had numerous very late updates recently. But even when the update is not late, there is another reason to "prompt", and that is that I like to do as much as possible when I have available time and if the update is not posted I cannot do the notifications, clear the page and start the new update. Which means more work for someone else down the track. So prompting the admins is not nearly so gratuitous an exercise as you might think :) Gatoclass (talk) 00:55, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Hello, Gatoclass. Thanks for your reply. Wikipedia is a collaboration, so nobody knows who will clear expired noms or when. As long as the rules say five days, I'm afraid that giving nominators an expectation that "a few days late" is okay may sometimes result in disappointment for them. It is great that DYK is able to be so flexible and always in my experience wonderfully accommodating. Again good luck! —SusanLesch (talk) 07:20, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Support- Good candidate, quality contributions, no reason to oppose. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy" color="blue">Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 23:25, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) Support. The candidate is a good contributor and keeps his cool in diffcult circumstances. Seems trustworthy. Majoreditor (talk) 23:29, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Support absolutely. Trustworthy editor - net positive to admin his account. Valtoras (talk) 00:02, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) Support – Seems like a great user; I can't see any reason not to support giving him the tools. He seems to be very responsible and knows about the processes and policies of Wikipedia, especially DYK. There's always a need for another admin doing the DYK updates, which he has considerable experience in; and I don't doubt that he would do it well. While he may not have as much experience in some other areas, I don't see this as a problem, per the answer to Q1. Overall, I have a good impression of him as a very careful, trustworthy user. --<font face="Bradley Hand ITC" size="3px" color="green">Jamie <font face="Bradley Hand ITC" size="2px" color="blue">S93  04:02, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) Support. Previous RFA bugs seem to have been worked out. Good editor, likely good admin material. Firsfron of Ronchester  04:20, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 6) Support Looks great! Best of luck. :) GlassCobra 05:55, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 7) Support Net positive :) Happy administrating.. Regards, <font face="Tahoma" size="2px">CycloneNimrod Talk? 11:46, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 8) Support good 'pedia builder. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:58, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 9) Length and Reference verified. « <font color="#9696A0" face="Tahoma">Milk's Favorite <font color="#4D0100">Cookie  ( <font color="#4D0100">talk  / <font color="#4D0100">contribs ) 14:37, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 10) Support I've seen this user work at the Template talk:DYK and on articles. I was actually going to ask when this user would try the RFA, and I just noticed this. This user is trusted user and good article writer/improver and I trust this user with the tools. Cheers. -- <font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">RyRy5 (<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">talk  ♠ <font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">Review ) 14:47, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 11) Strong support - Excellent candidate. Widely experienced in a whole range of areas. Will be a fine admin. :-) <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS,sans-serif"> Lra drama 15:08, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 12) Support I thought he was an administrator given his extensive work at T:DYK. Vishnava (talk) 16:15, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 13) Support - Good candidate, very helpful at DYK. No problems here. JungleCat    Shiny! / Oohhh!  16:28, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 14) Support His past 2000 or so contribs give evidence that he has a grasp of policy and the temperament to make a good admin. Raymond Arritt (talk) 17:36, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 15) Support; No problems here. Antandrus  (talk) 17:44, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 16) Support Great user that would not abuse the tools. Spencer  T♦C 18:52, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 17) Support I encountered this user at DYK, where he took the time to read the nominated article, Pont Notre-Dame, AND the sources. He also spent time with me verifying the information to ensure that the article was as accurate as possible, see here. Throughout, he was civil and courteous. This user will make a superb admin, in my opinion. Lazulilasher (talk) 19:19, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 18) Support Seems unlikely to run amok with the mop, and will hopefully keep up the recent 100% edit summary record. LessHeard vanU (talk) 20:26, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 19) Support at least per comments above.Ferrylodge (talk) 21:36, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 20) Support Per contributions <b style="color:blue;">Alex</b><b style="color:red;">fusco</b><sup style="color:green;">5 23:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 21) Support Seems fine, as long as he remembers to go very slow for a while with deleting and blocking. Epbr123 (talk) 00:25, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * That's great advise for all new admins!  Royal broil  03:15, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Support someone I can trust. Gnangarra 12:51, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) What? He isn't one? <font color="#B38F00">henrik  •<font color="#AFA29F">talk  15:37, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Support I believe that this user has been extremely careful in all of his interactions on this site and I believe that it would be a disservice not to have him have the tools. As he stated in his answer to Q1: It is very frustrating to have to find a DYK admin, only to not have any online.  Also, given the fact that he has prepared for a single thing for 6 months, that just goes to prove that he will be careful with the tools.  Good luck in the future, <b style="color:#6cf">Raz</b><b style="color:#6cc">or</b><b style="color:#6c9">fl</b><b style="color:#6c6">am</b><b style="color:#6c3">e</b> Report false positives 18:29, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) Support - Mop is waiting. -- Sharkface T/C 19:33, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) Support I see no reason to oppose. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 06:22, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 6) Support. Hemmingsen 12:26, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 7) Support, valuable contributor who can make use of the tools. -- M P er el 18:18, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 8) Support Could use more Project space edits, though.-- Koji †  Dude  (C) 19:41, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 9) SupportTotally! Why not?-- B a r k j o n 23:26, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 10) Support. He's a fixture at DYK; tireless and trustworthy. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:32, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 11) Support. Looks like a solid personality.--TheNautilus (talk) 11:09, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 12) Absolutely. Offered to nominate him myself, a few months back, but he wanted to wait - another plus point. ~ Riana ⁂ 16:07, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 13) Support - clear need for the tools, a good, careful editor, I can't see any problems, plus I like the fact he waited 6 months. NSH001 (talk) 18:17, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 14) Support: Certainly. No risk of tool abuse.  —Wknight94 (talk) 19:20, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 15) Support Looks good. <font face="times new roman"> hmwith τ   22:18, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 16) Support - All looks good here, it is nice to finaly see a a candidate with something other than anti-vandalism work to bring to the table. Overall he will be an asset to the project. Tiptoety  talk 22:30, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 17) support no possible reasons not to. DGG (talk) 23:20, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 18) Support - Any issues that would have prevented me from supporting last time were resolved long ago, and I now feel quite confident that Gatoclass will make an excellent admin! --Kralizec! (talk) 00:57, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 19) Support A "He isn't already?" vote. Besides which, he does great work on DYK and the tools (and editing access to T:DYK will only help that. Daniel Case (talk) 02:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 20) Support Of course. Proven track record and will speed up DYK work. RsfAis suddenly getting so many good candidates!Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 03:57, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 21) Support All looks great; especially the DYK work. Midorihana ~いいですね?  はい! 06:20, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 22) Support would be a very good DYK admin.-- Lenticel ( talk ) 09:42, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 23) Support seen him around, looks like one of the good guys. --Dweller (talk) 12:06, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 24) Support Guess I'll pile on. I thought you already were an admin... J.d ela noy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  16:39, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 25) Support Definitely. I've seen a lot of good work from this editor. Kafka Liz (talk) 16:53, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 26) WP:100 support - fantastic work at DYK. EJF (talk) 17:23, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 27) I gave Gatoclass rollback, and there haven't been any problems with that. Acalamari 18:50, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 28) Support Trustworthy of a user. Z enlax  T C S 19:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 29) Support. SynergeticMaggot (talk) 21:10, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 30) Support outstanding contributer. Good spell checker too. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:06, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 31) Support, seems fine to me. Stifle (talk) 11:46, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 32) Support yep. —αἰτίας •'discussion'• 11:59, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 33) Support yeps.--Dacium (talk) 12:05, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 34) Strong support - far exceeds my standards, no concerns. Bearian (talk) 14:19, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 35) Support reliable user. <font face="Arial"> <font color="#900020">Speed CG Talk 16:08, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 36) Support. Great work with WP:DYK, and per and .  Cirt (talk) 18:06, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 37) Support I'm teaching myself how to DYK updates, and it seems like I spend as much time reading Gato's edits as the project pages. Impressive work. Olaf Davis | Talk 20:01, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 38) Support. Without question. Kafziel Complaint Department 06:26, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) because of your willingness to call | an extremist a reliable source.  Yahel  Guhan  04:51, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Your link contains talk page edits from April 2007. 13 months ago.  Anything more recent than that, YG?  <font color="#21421E" face="comic sans ms">Keeper   |  <font color="#CC7722" face="Papyrus">76   |  <font color="#ff0000"> Disclaimer  17:40, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, is there anything more recent? I reviewed up until a few months back on his contribs, and found nothing like that. <font face="Trebuchet MS"><FONT COLOR="#4682b4">a</FONT><FONT COLOR="#5c9cc7">s</FONT><FONT COLOR="#72b5d9">e</FONT><FONT COLOR="#87ceeb">nine</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#72b5d9">say what?</FONT>  22:47, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) I believe that non-self nomination increase the cabalism of Wikipedia. Zginder 2008-05-13T00:53Z (UTC)
 * Read WP:POINT. Sounds like this is a result of Kurt opposing your RfA. Wizardman  00:56, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * How like Kurt, opposing based on nomination status. Have you read WP:POINT? <font face="Trebuchet MS"><FONT COLOR="#4682b4">a</FONT><FONT COLOR="#5c9cc7">s</FONT><FONT COLOR="#72b5d9">e</FONT><FONT COLOR="#87ceeb">nine</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#72b5d9">say what?</FONT>  17:43, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, I do not believe that any editor can be, so good as to get only support. Zginder 2008-05-15T12:24Z (UTC)
 * Oppose candidate is an editor, therefore can't support.  Al Tally  (talk) 22:55, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You have posted this same input on other RfA's as well. Just to clarify, do you mean you would rather this user keep editing (better suited to editing) rather than performing sysop duties?  JungleCat    Shiny! / Oohhh!  23:13, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Vote striken out. The user is parody of User:Kmweber; WP:POINT troll. Icewedge (talk) 23:52, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * !vote unstricken. Long standing precedents state that even pointy votes are not stricken unless the !voter is shown to be a vandal or blocked.Balloonman (talk) 00:00, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Stricken per [this[[User:Balloonman|Balloonman]] (talk) 00:05, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Neutral

 * 1) Neutral section looked empty -- Gurchzilla (talk) 09:47, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The neutral section is often empty. What's your rationale?  Royal broil  13:47, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I think the above was his rationale ;) Nothing to be worried about, such neutral votes are par for the course;, , EJF (talk) 17:35, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
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