Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Grunt

Grunt
In just a short time, Grunt has become an invaluable member of the Wikipedia community, helping with the cleanup and general maintenance and involving himself with policy discussions. With over 2,100 edits, he knows the 'pedia well, and will, I believe, be an excellent sysop. Danny 22:00, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * I accept. -- Grunt (talk) 23:52, 2004 Aug 21 (UTC)

Support:
 * 1) Danny 22:00, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Guanaco 22:02, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Andre 22:02, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Does lots of grunt work. - Fennec (&#12399;&#12373;&#12400;&#12367;&#12398;&#12365;&#12388;&#12397;) 22:03, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) Seen him in action.  Impressed.--Ëzhiki (erinaceus europeaus) 22:04, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Less lazy than I am. Also a superb contributor. As Grunt might say, "Grunt." --Slowking Man 22:27, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) Indeed. Rhymeless 23:08, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) Much valuable. User:Sverdrup 23:19, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) AAAAAAH! AWESOME!  ~* Blankfaze tnurGs  --  and supports!  blankfaze |  (&#1073;&#1077;&#1089;&#1077;&#1076;&#1072;!)  23:42, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) WHAT? Grunt is not already a sysop?! Along with mav, he's one of the hardest working users we have here. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 23:45, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) RickK 23:46, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I needed about a week to get that much votes. :-) Conti|&#9993; 23:52, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * 1) Definitely. A good person. Very even-handed. :) Node 01:16, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) * Specifically, chaotic good. ;) -- Grunt (talk) 01:30, 2004 Aug 22 (UTC)
 * 3) Definitely. -- orthogonal 01:30, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) I wholeheartedly support. Grunt has been an invaluable addition to Wikipedia.  I was incredibly suprised when I first saw his contributions, since I assumed that he had been here for much longer! However, regardless of his time at Wikipedia, he has proven to be a great asset. -Frazzydee 01:33, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) I too am quite impressed. chaotic good is the only way to be in life, LOL. Antandrus 01:37, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) tnurG.  Austin Hair 02:43, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) Zocky 09:49, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) 172 09:52, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) Dr Bug (Volodymyr V. Medeiko) 10:29, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) JFW | T@lk  12:53, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC) (Considering my comments on IRC prompted Danny to nominate Grunt, my vote will count double, won't it?) Grunt's RC Patrol and community work confirms he'll make a splendid admin.
 * 11) Highly deserving. He also passed my patented personality test. - Mark 14:02, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 12) Elf-friend 14:20, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) Chris 73 Talk 15:25, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) [[User:Ilyanep|Ilyanep]] 15:27, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC) Great editor
 * 15) That'll do, Grunt. That'll do. Mike H 18:31, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * 16) GeneralPatton 20:41, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Ha, I was going to nominate him this week myself after seeing his tireless RC patrol work, Danny beat me to it by a couple of days. &mdash;Stormie 01:20, Aug 23, 2004 (UTC)
 * 1) A thoroughly appropriate username nobody can object to. Like Stormie, I was looking forward to nominating him, though I was waiting until he'd at least been here three months. Still, has already done enough to show he would make a good admin. --Michael Snow 01:33, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Definitely. SWAdair | Talk  01:49, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Ambi 12:39, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Would make a fine admin, snort. Arminius 16:33, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) Adminship is way overdue. PFHLai 17:09, 2004 Aug 23 (UTC)
 * 6) * /me grunts. David Remahl 17:15, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 7)  &mdash; Kate | Talk 17:19, 2004 Aug 23 (UTC)
 * 8) Excellent contributor. Yelyos 17:52, Aug 23, 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) &bull; Benc &bull; 22:00, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) David Gerard 23:25, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) Cyrius|&#9998; 05:46, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 12) James F. (talk) 05:55, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) Strong support, based solely on seeing his speedy tags--one of the most prolific taggers, and they're always unquestionably deletable. When Grunt becomes an admin, the number of articles that I end up deleting will drop by close to half. Niteowlneils 11:55, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) Oogachaka.  -- Merovingian  &#9997;  Talk  13:04, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
 * 15) Iainscott 08:39, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 16) Adam Bishop 20:40, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 17) BCorr | &#1041;&#1088;&#1072;&#1081;&#1077;&#1085; 20:57, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 18) oh go on then ... sannse (talk) 22:27, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 19) A totally horrible 45th level thief mage with tailor made special items not found in the original Baldurs Gate.... Oh, yes.  By all means.  We need more grunts. Geogre 03:32, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Go, Grunt! Yeah! - Lucky 6.9 07:20, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 1) David Cannon 10:22, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC). Support.
 * 2) Yay! 50th vote! Erm.... flame bait ugen64 20:28, Aug 28, 2004 (UTC)

Oppose:

Comments:

I know I'll be asked these questions, so here are the answers before I get asked them ;)
 * 1. Have you read the section on Administrators?
 * A. Read through it as soon as I knew about it..
 * 2. Are you interested in, and do you think you'll have some time to perform, the chores that only sysops have access to do, to help keep Wikipedia up to date?
 * A. I'm here on a daily basis, and am already doing most of the things I'd be doing as a sysop (see below).
 * 3. If you become a sysop, which sysop chore or chores (WP:VFD, recent changes, watching for vandals and vandalism, responding to editor requests for assistance, any other) do you especially think you would be able to help with.
 * A. I'd be patrolling RC, making speedy deletions and reverting/blocking vandals as needed; I'd watch WP:RFPP and do something with that as well.
 * 4. In your opinion, what article have you contributed the most succesfully and helpfully to?
 * A. Probably C-Train and/or X-COM: UFO Defense.
 * 5. In your opinion, what has your best contribution to the running and maintenance of Wikipedia been? (i.e., have you reverted a bad stretch of vandalism, done extensive work categorizing articles, helped mediate a dispute?)
 * A. I'm a grunt worker. I do RC patrol already, marking SDCs and reverting/reporting vandals, and issuing welcomes to new users.
 * 6. 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. I discovered the mess at Azerbaijan, South Azerbaijan, History of Azerbaijan, et. al. and have been working to mediate disputes between the involved parties (at various points User:Amir1, User:Mani1, User:Roozbeh, etc.).


 * Thanks and good luck!

It has come to my attention that Grunt is incredibly smart. This leads me to question his suitability as an admin. If we promote him, will he attempt to take over the Wikipedia? Will this create tension with the rest of us admins, who will feel profoundly inferior? I don't know the answers to these questions. But seriously, congratulations must go to Grunt. :) - Mark 08:15, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)