Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hypernovean

Hypernovean
Nearly 2000 edits since 20 December 2003. Excellent user. Handles disagreements well, and has done extensive work, particularly on Australia-related articles.


 * I accept the nomination. What I'm currently focusing on edit-wise is the Australia and Melbourne related articles and page-series, especially within the Melbourne WikiProj. Although as I'm migrating piecemeal to a new computer, (among other things), I haven't been able to do as much as I would have liked to by now. Still, I'm trying to do things like categorization, filling in infoboxes (that's one hell of a task in some places!), and uploading images and diagram series when I can. When it comes to maintainence-type tasks, I've been here-and-thering with welcome messages, VFD discussion, RP watch and the like. All of this I'd like to do more often, and if everything falls into place, I'll be able to finish off my looming to-do list. I'd particularly like to do more welcoming and watching anon users on RC. (Also, for the record, I've got a name-change request in the works from Hypernovean to TPK). TPK 13:40, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Ambivalenthysteria 12:55, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Well deserved :) Chuq 13:58, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) EddEdmondson 15:53, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Danny 16:18, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) &#8212;No-One Jones 16:19, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Merovingian  &#9997;  Talk  19:05, Jul 18, 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) Lst27 23:58, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) 172 05:49, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) Cribcage 06:00, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) Spectatrix 03:08, 2004 Jul 20 (UTC)
 * 11) GeneralPatton 04:36, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC) Great contributor.
 * 12) Geoff/Gsl 05:03, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) Mark 05:28, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) Support. --H. C HENEY 16:08, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 15) Neutrality 23:06, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 16) Arminius 03:34, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 17) Chris 73 | Talk 07:27, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 18) Woggly 07:36, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Comment
 * "Handles disagreements well." &mdash; Any examples in particular? I looked at Hypernovean's talk page and couldn't spot any disagreements. (I think that is a good thing, btw). &mdash; David Remahl 14:01, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate
 * A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters, if you care to respond:
 * 1. Have you read the section on Administrators?
 * A. ...Wait... just a second... Done. Sure have!
 * 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. Definitely, and I'll make sure I scrounge up the time to do them in.
 * 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. RC-watch and things like reverting vandalism and CSDing, as well as welcoming new users (although not specifically a sysop task, I want to do more of it). And if anyone needs assistance, I'll help if it's within my knowledge to do so, of course.
 * 4. In your opinion, what article have you contributed the most succesfully and helpfully to?
 * A. (Excluding a few lists); probably the City Loop, Melbourne page. If you do want to count lists, then List of Melbourne railway stations would be in there.
 * 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 can't really say that I've done life-saving reversions or categorizing, but bits and pieces; although I did categorize a lot of public transport for Melbourne, that's sort of a niche area. Mostly I've been just editing, like any good Wikipedian.
 * 6. Of your Wikipedia edits and experiences thus far, what is your biggest regret? What do you wish you'd done differently?
 * A. Creating the godforsaken adjaceny table for the Melbourne suburbs, and hoping they would sort themselves out... Not only are there a few hundred empty tables floating around, most of them have dummy "To North", "To South" links which have shown up right at the top of the Offline reports/This is a most wanted article. It's my top priority for fixn'.
 * Thanks and good luck! -- Cecropia | Talk 19:09, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Thankyou all for the support. TPK 06:05, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)