Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Harryboyles


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

Harryboyles
Final (25/1/2); Ended 3:20, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

- I joined Wikipedia in January 2006 after coming across an article for CityRail. A spelling fix here, a full stop missing over there, a whole set of articles about what I really liked that were yearning for some attention, and I was hooked. There was just something about a collaborative effort to make an encyclopedia that appealed to me as an intellectual. Since then, I've learnt much about the world of the Wikipedia, and done much as well. As I look back over my time here, I feel proud at how much I've done, how much everyone's done. Then I look forward to what we still have to do and I realise just how much I want to help Wikipedia. I believe that these admin tools will only make me achieve more as a person and as a Wikipedian. - Harryboyles 1:45, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept. Harryboyles 01:46, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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 participants:
 * Questions for the candidate
 * 1. What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog and Category:Administrative backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
 * A: Over my time here, I've discovered the WikiGnome in me. Typo fixing, disambiguation pages with links, userboxes on userpages per the Userbox migration solution and reviewing Articles for creation submissions have all been tasks that I've helped perform on a fairly regular basis. AFC in particular has given me a degree of experience with the content submission guidelines, I believe. I would like to help with the constant battle against the Criteria for Speedy Deletion backlog. I'd also like to dip my hand into the Images on Wikimedia Commons backlog. After I get settled, then I'd consider other backlogs.


 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A: I'm not a confessed article writer, so I don't have any pet articles in my care. I do get a funny feeling in my stomach when I convert a poorly written stub into a decent one . However my most satisfying contributions were when I added the infobox to 300 odd CityRail station articles and again when a new alternate version was developed. It was tiring, I must say, but the satisfaction of getting the job done at the end was tremendous.


 * 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: While I have been involved with a number of content disputes (especially one where an anonymous IP added misleading information to articles about Sydney railway stations and claiming he was right because he "lived there"), my most "prolific" incident was one where a student at my high school created, among others, an article about another student, personally attacking them and claiming that they were a terrorist. While I nominated it for speedy deletion and it was deleted "by the book", the fact that I was seen to be involved, meant that I had to deal with a lot of uncivil behaviour from students on the various sides of the incident. While it was tiring to have to explain the policies and procedures of Wikipedia to these students, I kept my cool, knowing that if they understood what I was explaining, that would be another person better educated. Behaving civilly has been somewhat a moral trait of mine, and I find that often when I get stressed, a cup of tea, a round of Call of Duty, or a bout of typo fixing can ease the pressure.


 * General comments


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



Please keep criticism constructive and polite.

Discussion



Support
 * 1) Support Sounds good to me. Captain panda   In   vino   veritas  01:58, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support. JoshuaZ 02:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support John254 03:40, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Support per experiance. BuickCenturyDriver (Honk, odometer) 03:51, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Support I'm just a tad puzzled about the need for the tools in this case except for the speedy deletions. Still, good contribs and wikignoming is after my own heart's desire. Plus an obviously sincere effort to improve the project. I trust.  Pig manTalk to me 06:41, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Support qualified and experienced user. Not likely to abuse the tools. -  A nas   Talk? 12:02, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Support sure, your statement persuaded me enough. You seem to be a decent editor.  Majorly  (o rly?) 15:12, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) Terence Ong 恭喜发财 15:20, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) Support Looks like a good user.--Natl1 (Talk Page) (Contribs) 16:53, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) I'm Mailer Diablo and I approve this candidate! - 16:54, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 11) Support - BJ Talk 17:05, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 12) Support - Good judgment at AFC and that is much the same skills as needed for XfD and CSD. &mdash;Dgiest c 02:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 13) Support, no reason not to. Proto   ►  15:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 14) Support looks alright.-- danntm T C 17:14, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 15) Support seems fine. --W.marsh 04:30, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 16) Support Looks a good editor; I think he can be trusted to keep calm when using the tools. TheOne00 19:37, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 17) Support, seems level headed and would be good with the tools. Dragomiloff 01:57, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 18) Support. Decent answers, so I can't see any reason not to support. Angus McLellan  (Talk) 21:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 19) Support a good candidate --Steve (Slf67)talk 00:34, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 20) Support. PeaceNT 16:28, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 21) Support- Has been around for 14 Months, a very experienced Editor-- Cometstyles 14:13, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 22) Support This is the type of admin wikipedia needs.Crested Penguin 03:46, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 23) Support, looks good. Trebor 15:56, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 24) Support I really like your willingess to contribute and your wanting to help out with the backlogs (although the lack of XfD participation/high level fo userspace contributions upsets me a little). Cbrown1023 talk 18:07, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 25) Support. Can't find anything wrong. Would like more XfD participation, but he never says he's doing to just go head on into XfD closing, so we can give him the tools.-- Wizardman 00:49, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral
 * 1) Oppose. Nearly 8,000 edits but very little work in XfD discussions. Also has nearly twice as many edits to his userspace as he does to project space. His project discussion participation is also alarmingly low for such an active editor, 0.013% of his total edits. NeoFreak 08:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * If you are referring to the Wikipedia talk namespace, that actually represents 1.3% of his total edits, not 0.013%. --Metropolitan90 16:54, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, most of his edits to the User namespace are userbox migration edits. They are not anywhere close to 1400 edits of his own user space. Leebo 86 20:35, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) You have hardly any experience in Xfd discussions, and obviously I can't tell whether you have much experience in tagging articles for speedy deletion. You've done lots of good work and I don't really see any problems in your contrib history, and your experience at articles for creation shows that you have quite a bit of knowledge of policy. I'll see what others have to say before deciding whether to support or remain neutral. --- RockMFR 02:29, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Neutral: I thought i would support you but you focus twice as much on your userspace than on projectspace; however, i cannot obviously oppose on you. As of right now, i am stable (neutral).  Mete oroid » 03:55, 3 March 2007 (UTC)


 * The above adminship 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.