Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ixfd64

Ixfd64
[ Vote here]  (21/1/0) ended 09:06 21 September 2005 (UTC)

– I think Ixfd64 should be an admin. He is almost constantly fighting vandalism and adding warnings to talk pages of vandals. Wikipedia would benefit greatly if he were allowed to block vandals. This is really a user I can say I thought was already an admin. Kate's tool says he has 3317 edits, which is plenty enough. &mdash; J I P | Talk 09:06, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept the nomination. --Ixfd64 09:22, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Support as nominator. &mdash; J I P  | Talk 09:08, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support All over the place and doing a good job.--MONGO 09:38, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) BRIAN 0918  &bull; 2005-09-14 12:17
 * 4) Support - meets my standards and that's good enough for me. I'm also glad to see him improving in the area of edit summaries. --Celestianpower hab 15:17, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]] Extreme lesbian support! But, i would like to see more edit summaries. -- Phroziac (talk) 15:32, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support, a good vandal fighter. (I also agree with the others regarding summaries) Rje 17:12, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support. El_C 04:02, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support but please use edit summaries. Briangotts (talk) 18:34, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support. No argument. siafu 18:53, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 10)   Journalist C./ Holla @ me! 
 * 11) Support. Jonathunder 15:15, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support--Cyberjunkie | Talk 16:41, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support--Arabani 20:01, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support-- Worked with him before. Molotov (talk) [[Image:Flag of California.svg|25px]] 20:30, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support Sure. Bratsche talk 03:40, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support. Great contributions. Mwl 23:08, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support Stewart Adcock 15:33, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support - no reason to deny this editor the mop. -- BD2412 talk 20:37, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Yarr! Will make good use of the mop and shotgun cat o' nine tails. the wub  "yarr!"  21:38, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support No problem with Ix, has beaten me to rvv a number of times. Alf melmac 22:14, 19 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support. utcursch | talk 12:23, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Oppose
 * Oppose, but I would be happy to change my vote to support if he commits to trying to develop the habit of giving a summary for every edit in article space, since he appears to be ready otherwise. Jonathunder 15:59, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Neutral
 * 1) --Boothy443 | comhrá 05:19, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Could you please explain why you chose to make an oppose vote? Thanks. --Ixfd64 06:22, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * From what I've seen, Boothy443 opposes almost every RfA out of some kind of principle. It's nothing personal. &mdash; J I P | Talk 13:14, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I am sure all participants are aware of these directives “Please include a short explanation of your reasoning, particularly when opposing a nomination”. Expectation that participants would abide with guidelines is a very normal expectation. I do not believe that experienced users are not aware of such simple rules. --Bhadani 13:58, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Boothy has outlined his voting policy here gkhan 22:34, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Neutral; will consider changing. Agree about edit summaries. Also,3300 edits since 2002 is a bit low.    Journalist  C./ Holla @ me! 
 * 2) The bulk of this nominee's edits have come in the last 5 months; 2,474 edits since April 1st, 2005. This nominee is showing strong interest in Wikipedia now, at least by looking at edit counts anyways. I thought the same as you did when I saw the totals and initial sign up date, but looking at the entire body of edits shows heavy activity over the last half year. I don't think you should hold their 3,300 edit count over 3 years total against them. --Durin 20:39, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Ok, Thats fair enough. Thanks for guiding me towards the light :-) On second thought, I will support.  Journalist  C./ Holla @ me! 
 * Although I signed up for Wikipedia in December 2002 and have made some edits since, I wasn't extremely active until recently. I guess that I suddenly fell in love with Wikipedia. :) Even though college work can be cumbersome at times, I'm putting more of my free time into Wikipedia. :) --Ixfd64 22:50, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * It looks like this user makes very good contributions. The only caveat I can see is that Ixfd64 seems to make a lot of edits where he does not include any edit summary. Jacoplane 09:57, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I noticed this too, and did a quick analysis. In the first 500 edits by the nominee, their use of edit summaries was 39% of the time. Over the entire set of edits, it's 56%. For the last 500 edits, it's 74%. So, the nominee seems to be improving in this area. Still, I like to see >90%. --Durin 14:07, 14 September 2005 (UTC)


 * I will try to rememeber to use edit summaries. If I forget, feel free to yell at me! :) --Ixfd64 19:29, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

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. I will definately continue fighting vandals and answering people's questions. In addition to reverting vandalism and helping fellow users, I hope to make Wikipedia a more cleaner and friendlier place for everyone. I look forward to deleting inappropriate content quickly, as well as looking for "safe" pages to unprotect. I hope that I will never have to use the "block" button.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. Yes, I am glad to say that there are a few. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System article is one of them. In August 2004, my family took a trip to Alaska. With the new knowledge I learned about the pipeline, I was more than happy to contribute it to Wikipedia. Because I love natural places, I am proud of having started many state park stubs.
 * 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 how will you deal with it in the future?
 * A. I am happy to say that I have never been in a conflict with a fellow Wikipedian before. The only thing that causes me stress is when vandals deface pages faster than I can revert them.