Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/JoanneB


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

JoanneB
Final (87/0/1) ended 00:56 19 November 2005 (UTC)

– She's a very respectful user who has been here since mid-August, but in that brief time she's become an extremely active RC Patroller, with almost 6,700 edits. She's also active in AFD, and overall, uses speedy tags well. Every encounter I've had with her has been very courteous, and there is no doubt in my mind she'll make an excellent admin. Tito xd (?!?) 01:25, 12 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept the nomination! --JoanneB 10:25, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Extreme Mexican Nominator Support! Titoxd (?!?) 01:26, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) *I take offense to this vote, both as a supporter, and as an extremist. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2005-11-16 06:30
 * 3) ** Whaaaa? Tito xd (?!?) 07:01, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Extreme Speedy Support Excellent User --JAranda'' | watz sup 02:01, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Very strong support, 300%  R  e  dwolf24  (talk) 02:04, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Strong Support Johann Wolfgang 02:06, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support.  Rob e  rt  T 02:07, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Extreme-beat-the-nominee-to-her-own-nomination support — MC MasterChef :: Leave a tip — 05:41, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Extra☺rdinary IRC anti-vandalism supp☻rt!!! → RoyBoy 800 07:46, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Strong Support!!! Always been level-headed, fair, smart, quick, would make a GREAT admin!!! --VileRage (  Talk  |  Cont  )  07:51, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Extreme "sorry for being late" support - amazing vandalwhacker and Wikipedian. Needs the powers and would use them to great effect. Go JoanneB! --Cel e stianpower háblame 09:28, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support See above, not much more to add --pgk( talk ) 09:35, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support. Absolutely one of the most dedicated RC patrollers I have ever seen. Sjakkalle (Check!)  11:22, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support as above. NSLE ( 讨论 ) \< extra > 11:30, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support, if nothing else it will stop me having to block for her. Actually, this is not just another one of the CVU RCP's wanting admin - JoanneB has being doing far more than that - she's done all sorts of thankless grunt work since she arrived, with a high degree of civility and competency.Doc ask? 11:33, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support obviously.  Grue  12:13, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Everyking 12:26, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Strong Support This user is fair helpful and will make a very good admin. -- A dam1213  Talk +  12:30, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Damn-it-I-had-exams Support, I was going to wait a bit longer, but I think she's ready for it. Very level headed, will make an excellent admin, plus her email is set and she's often on IRC. Alphax &tau;&epsilon;&chi; 12:48, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support Professional, smart, thoughtful and kind, she consistently writes good edit summaries. -Walter Siegmund (talk) 12:52, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support. Based upon her valuable contributions, this user will certainly be a good Admin. --Smiley77 13:02, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Strong Support. I see her on RC patrol all the time. Canderson7 13:47, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Support Tintin 13:59, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Already preforms admin tasks. He marked hundered pages with cvio and nonsense templates and those got deleted as a result. If he had the power to go ahead and deleted them it would save other wikipedia admins great time, also I am well aware of the level of vandal reverting this user does. -- Cool Cat Talk 14:02, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Orange Furry Alien Support Hell yeah. Make with the mop guys. Alf melmac 14:09, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Support More polite vandal-fighters. Xoloz 14:25, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Support, does much work in wikipedia. --Kefalonia 14:27, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Support we need more admins like this user.Gator(talk) 14:29, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Support Very good, very proactive editor. Other users thinking about admin-ship would do well to look at the type of work JoanneB does. Rx StrangeLove 14:31, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Support We need more good admins like her. --Rogerd 14:52, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Oppose, needs more cowbell Strong SUPPORT! of course! Welcome! Alex Schenck (that's Linuxbeak to you) 14:58, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Acetic Acid expects that every man do his duty and vote for this fabulous candidate. Ac  e  tic  ' Acid  15:13, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Support- always seems to be vandal-fighting (and doing it well), painful without the buttons. Has also been helpful in CVU IRC. jnothman talk
 * 34) Support. Absolutely. No questions asked. Ann Heneghan (talk) 15:36, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 35) Support. Believe she will use the admin options with wisdom and restraint. - Haukur Þorgeirsson 15:42, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 36) Support because I missed this last night and I just got up. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 16:18, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 37) Unprecedented level of support. Is there any way we can bypass the seven days on this one? BD2412  T 16:20, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 38) Speedy promote! :) - Haukur Þorgeirsson 17:13, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 39) Extreme-how-can-this-many-people-have-beaten-me-to-voting support! Fir  e  Fo  x  -CVU- 17:45, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 40) Support. Joanne, nice name. I wonder how you look like... - Darwinek 18:03, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 41) Support. Despite the length, the user has shown a level of dedication to Wiki that I wish I could emulate. LOL. --Martin Osterman 18:10, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 42) Support --Ilario 18:41, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 43) Support. Christopher Parham (talk) 18:45, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 44) Support --Ryan Delaney talk 20:32, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 45) Support Great user. -Greg Asche (talk) 22:00, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 46) Support. User very active and needs more tools.-- Dak ota   t    e  ''' 22:03, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 47) Support. KHM03 23:25, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 48) Support Privat  e   Butcher  00:51, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 49) Support - I'm surprised that this user isn't an admin. --Ixfd64 01:07, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 50) Extreme I-See-What-You-Did-There Support --Merovingian (t) (c) (e) 01:09, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 51) Support. Is the voting process even necessary? &mdash; <b style="color:black;">BRIAN</b> 0918 &bull; 2005-11-13 07:04
 * 52) Extreme "I was supposed to nominate her!" support! I've been waiting for weeks for JoanneB to be nominated for adminship. She's been ready for it for at least a month. Give her AdministrativePower®, and quickly! &mdash; J I P | Talk 07:54, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 53) Support, of course. --GraemeL (talk) 12:53, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 54) Support, RC soldier. --Vsion 13:58, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 55) Bovine Support, An excellent vandalism fighter. Cowman 14:38, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 56) Suppport - We need more female admins to push my agenda...err...oops...TINC.... Seriously though, vandal fighters are exactly the type of admins we need. Editors don't need admin privileges as much as people who work behind the scenes do. And lets not forget that this project wouldn't work if it wasn't for all of us. Even the trolls and vandals are useful. (they keep us on our toes and give us something to laugh about later) --Phroziac(talk)[[Image:Flag_of_Phyzech_Republic.svg|25px]] 15:57, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 57) Support! A top-notch vandal-fighter. I love her use of edit-summaries; her style should become our new standard! Owen&times; &#9742;  16:06, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 58) Of course! -- ( drini's vandalproof page  &#x260E;  ) 18:37, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 59) Strong Support. Seen this user around.  Or <font color=0000CC>an   e   <font color=0066FF>(t)  <font color=#5CB3FF>(c)   (@)  21:12, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 60) Support. A true force in RC patrol. PJM 02:36, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 61) Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:18, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 62) Extreme "damnit I wanted to nominate her" support! Excellent user, excellent vandalfighter, excellent ... um ... edit summariser?  Uh. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 06:01, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 63) Support MONGO 06:17, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 64) Support. --Alan Au 06:20, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 65) Support. Wow. encephalon  08:06, 14 November 2005 (UTC)</i>
 * 66) Support Lectonar 10:25, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 67) Support. - Mailer Diablo 10:46, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 68) Support. An excellent vandal fighter. Mushroom 11:36, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 69) Support. Ucucha (talk)  17:05, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 70) Strongest support. Joanne is not only one of the nicest editors around, but she is proficienty on WP policy and active in may aspects of the community. Well deserving of mop and bucket. Give her the key to the janitor;s cupboard! &asymp; jossi fresco &asymp; t &bull; @ 17:28, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 71) Support. Already doing good admin work, now just needs the tools. Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 18:20, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 72) Support, as one of the nicest Wikipedians I've met. PeruvianLlama(spit) 22:39, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 73) Support a nice person and a nice RC patroller. (And I echo the praise of your edit summaries!) Mindspillage (spill yours?) 04:31, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 74) Support. Whats the record on total support votes anyway? -- The Minister of War 08:31, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Func with 112 supports according to User:Zzyzx11/RFA nomination records. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:35, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I boil when I read such comments, or when someone makes jokes like why voting? This is highly disrespectable of the democractic values instored in Wikipedia. When I read such things, I'll just refrain voting. Fad (ix) 00:00, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I understand and I fully agree, Fadix. I appreciate the amount of support (although I have to admit I'm still very much suprised by it), but I feel very uncomfortable with the constant referrals to any record whatsoever. That's not what an RFA should be about... --JoanneB 11:47, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * In case you are wondering, I created User:Zzyzx11/RFA nomination records back in May 2005 in the first place for my amusement only. It was not meant in anyway to influence voting here on RFA. In fact, I may add another disclaimer on there too mentioning this. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:53, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) That's hot. Mike H (Talking is hot) 09:25, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Extraneous, blatant, unneeded Support But sincere--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 10:39, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Off-the-wall, foaming-at-the-mouth, please-calm-down-Babajobu support, because Joanne is the most dedicated vandal fighter I've ever met and a generally wonderful person to boot. Babajobu 13:21, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Strong-but-irrelevant-at-this-point Support. Kunal 14:13, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Absolutely no doubt in my mind. -- Essjay ·  &#91;&#91;User_talk:Essjay&#124; Talk]] 21:24, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support. Actually thought she was an admin already. :/ --Syrthiss 21:28, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support. By all means deserving. Ramallite <sup style="color:DarkBlue;">(talk) 22:42, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support; a great RC patroller, and good person. Would have nominated myself.  Ral315 (talk) 02:28, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support. utcursch | talk 06:12, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support lets push for another support record.  ALKIVAR &trade;Radioactivity symbol.png 06:18, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Your vote is appreciated, of course, but please see my response to vote #71. --JoanneB 11:52, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) support --Isolani 16:19, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support the wub "?!"  21:12, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support Per all of the above, and per comments on vote num. 71. <font color="#151B8D">Knowledge <font color="#C11B17">Of <font color="#C11B17">Self | <font color="#461B7E">talk . 00:11, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support. Sarge Baldy 03:12, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) '''Support per above. Briangotts &#91;&#91;User Talk:Briangotts&#124;(talk)]] 14:35, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support. Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk  21:26, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Oppose
 * Only 6707 edits -- Cool Cat Talk 13:59, 12 November 2005 (UTC) Just mocking editcountis freaks ;) -- Cool Cat  Talk 14:02, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Oppose Fad (ix) 21:30, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * May I ask why? Ac  e  tic  ' <sup style="color:#FF8247;">Acid  21:33, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Answers to question 2 and 3. Fad (ix) 21:53, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Neutral
 * 1) Neutral. Absolutely amazing worker. If anything her only drawback is that she has only been editing for 3 months.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91  ($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|)  11:56, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * Can the candidate give examples of articles she has expended and that she is pleased with? Fad (ix) 22:04, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
 * It's hard to find them amidst of the other edits, since I don't have a lot of time right now, but here are some diffs:, and . I can't say I'm really 'pleased' with those, I think I'm better at 'protecting' the work of others. Regards, Joann e B 09:44, 13 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I think JoanneB might have pointed to User_talk:JoanneB/Archive2005/October as an example where she worked with another editor to improve an article. Moreover, she gave me most of the credit. However, it would have turned out nearly as well without her involvement. I suspect that many interactions of this sort contribute to the support this RfA is receiving. Walter Siegmund (talk) 17:21, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * It's worth pointing out that I contacted Joanne some time ago as I was working on an article on ergative verbs and wanted some examples in other languages. She was very helpful, which I appreciated all the more as I had not had any prior contact with her and have no reason to think she's particularly interested in linguistics. However, I got a bit caught up with other articles, so I haven't yet added the examples to the ergative verb article. (She had said she'd post them on the talk page rather than directly into the article, as she didn't have experience of that particular subject, and would be more confident if I added them.) So that's one example of an article that would have been improved thanks to her. That it hasn't improved yet is my fault, not hers. Hey, I've just realized, while writing this – "improve" is an ergative verb! Ann Heneghan (talk) 21:33, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Satisfies me. Fad (ix) 22:31, 13 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I think that just about everyone wanted to nominate JoanneB A very small bit of the list -- <font color="#FF9900">A dam1213  Talk +  07:43, 14 November 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 check out Category:Wikipedia backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
 * A. When on RC Patrol, I run into lots of things that require admin attention: vandals that need to be blocked, copy-paste moves, attack or nonsense pages that need to be speedied. I now tag or report those things, but it would be nice to be able to take care of them without adding it to the workload of others. I would also help out reduce the backlog where needed, like for copyvio issues.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. There are no specific articles that I'm most proud of, yet. Most of my contributions are 'behind the scenes': reverting vandalism, disambiguation, participation in things like AfD. Although edits like that are not very visible, I believe they do contribute to the readability and usability of the encyclopedia. I have also expanded and wikified articles and stubs that I ran across (especially those found on Special:Deadend pages) and translated articles from Dutch.
 * 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. Until now, I have not been in any real conflict with other users (with the exception of some vandals, but I guess that's part of the job). As in real life, I find that WP:AGF is often the right attitude to avoid problems. However, I do realise that conflicts cannot always be avoided, but I'm pretty confident that I'll manage not to let them escalate.


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