Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Keenan Pepper


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

Keenan Pepper
Final (77/0/0) ended 06:25, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

– Keenan has been a wikipedian for a year and a half, and very active for about 7 months. As of the last time Interiot's tool worked, Keenan's edit count was at a healthy 5127. Keenan is very active at all the Reference Desks, and is also an active participant at WikiProject Physics, and started and maintains a Wikiproject, WikiProject Tunings, Temperaments, and Scales. My personal experience with this editor hs been very positive: Keenan uses talk pages a lot and has always been courteous when disagreeing. I also appreciate Keenan's preference for using BJAODN for silliness, which I think indicates a good grasp of wikipedia culture and policy. Perusing Keenan's edit history, one sees a lot of janitorial work: reverting vandalism, marking images, getting people to adhere to policies, some welcoming of newbies and warning of vandals. Anyone with the natural inclination to janitorial work ought to be handed the mop and bucket in my opinion. -lethe talk [ +] 06:25, 23 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
 * I accept the nomination. —Keenan Pepper 17:53, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Support as nom. -lethe talk [ +] 06:26, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Considering your answers, I have no choice but to support. Roy  boy cr ash  fan  [[Image:Flag of Texas.svg|30px]] 18:12, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Support Very valuable contributor.  _-M      o      P-_   18:25, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Support ran into this person on Talk:Main Page the other day. Looks like a solid contributor who will make a superb admin. good luck.--Alhutch 18:29, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) [[Image:Symbol support vote.png|15px|Support]] Support. I agree with lethe.  J.Steinbock  (Talk)
 * 6) Support Nacon kantari   e |t||c|m 18:53, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) Support - from a look through his contributions. &mdash;Wh o  uk (talk) 19:23, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) Support - His contributions and his answers to the questions make him a trustable user. Afonso Silva 20:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 9) Support per nom -- Tawker 20:05, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 10) Support - well-balanced, active contributor. Amcfreely 21:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 11) Support - Based on an interaction on Polar Bear in December. Walter Siegmund (talk) 21:12, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 12) Support —Ruud 21:36, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 13) Support – I mostly recognize Keenan from the reference desk, but he's done good work in the article space too. Looking though his talk edits, I am impressed with his communication and experience. He admits to being stubborn, but it seems that he is not forceful, and that he's always willing to discuss issues of disagreement. ×Meegs 21:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 14) Support A trustable user. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  21:44, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 15) Support. Will make a great admin. DarthVad e r 23:12, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 16) Support. Great editor. E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 23:20, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 17) Support, naturally. Matt Yeager ♫ ( Talk? ) 23:50, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 18) Support. see no reason not to... --T-rex 23:54, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 19) Support. Per nom.  F e  tofs  Hello! 00:10, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 20) Good user. Nothing I see would suggest that he wouldn't be a good Admin.  Redux 00:40, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 21) Support  Joe I  00:45, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 22) Support - Richardcavell 00:49, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 23) Support: don't think he'll go crazy on us. -- Jjjsixsix (t)/(c) @ 01:04, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 24) support He is very trustworthy. Whopper 01:09, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 25) Support looks as if would make a good admin, from what I've seen. Colon el Tom 02:10, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 26) Support Despite his self-proclaimed "radical mergism", in my experience with him he always uses the talk and keeps a cool head- even when insulted. So i see no reason not to trust him with a mop and bucket.  -- He  ah?  02:31, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 27) Support. Looks good to me. Nephron T|C 02:58, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 28) Support Excellent user; the reference is an understaffed gem of Wikipedia's structure. Xoloz 02:59, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 29) Support due to sane edit history and activity correcting vandalism. --Christopher Thomas 03:11, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 30) Support per nom. Keep up the good work! Kimchi.sg | talk 03:29, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 31) Support per nom and good answers. -- SCZenz 03:40, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 32) Support seems like a good user from nom and answers to questions. VegaDark 04:17, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 33) Support, great editor with good responses to the given questions-- T B C [[Image:Confused-tpvgames.gif|18px|]] ???  ???   ??? 04:45, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 34) Support, of course. - Mailer Diablo 05:18, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 35) Support - good user. Grutness...wha?  05:30, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 36) Support Wholeheartedly, outstanding user. &rArr;    SWAT Jester    Ready    Aim    Fire!  05:58, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 37) Support. Awesome job. (^'-')^ Covington 06:41, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 38) Support excellent editor. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 07:53, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 39) Unlikely to abuse admin tools, quality article contributions. Christopher Parham (talk) 08:13, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 40) Support --Ter e nce Ong 09:52, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 41) Support An excellent editor (probably even better, if the edit couter was working), giving great contributions, and still having time for janitiorial chores, even if he's not an admin (yet) Primat e #101  11:14, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 42) Support will make a good admin. -- e ivindt@c 13:15, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 43) Support appears to be a strong editor.--MONGO 14:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 44) Support Burgwerworldz 17:44, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 45) Support. tools.wikimedia.de appears to be down, so I can't use Interiot's tool, but Keenan Pepper's nomination and what I've seen from his contributions look very pleasing. I trust he will make a good admin. J I P  | Talk 19:35, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 46) Support - of course! --HappyCamper 21:46, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 47) Support as a well-tempered user, and answers to questions below. Also helpful at the reference desk.  -- E lkman - (talk) 21:48, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 48) Support, per Xoloz. Tito xd (?!? - help us) 22:57, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 49) Support -- Actually wants to improve content! John Reid 02:24, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 50) Support.  Grue   14:00, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 51) Support--Jusjih 14:09, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 52) Support - Canderous 19:10, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 53) Support Good combinations of contributions and community interaction. Joelito 19:12, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 54) Support good contributions, and particularly good work on the reference desk. └ UkPaolo/talk┐ 20:42, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 55) Jaranda wat's sup 00:41, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 56) Support - good contributions and interaction from what I've seen. Avenue 04:14, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 57) More like this candidate, pleaseTM support + +Lar: t/c 04:15, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 58) Support -- Samuel Wantman 05:54, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 59) Support. A firm one. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 12:38, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 60) Support Computerjoe 's talk 16:01, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 61) Support Seems pretty dedicated, I see no problem here. Plenty of edits. Seems OK.--Andeee 16:41, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 62) Support. One of the best Reference Desk helpers available. Active, knowledgable, useful. Keenan has my vote of confidence. Isopropyl 01:30, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 63) Support - per above abakharev 03:57, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 64) Support. as per all of the above Anger22 11:36, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 65) Support: OK, fine. --Bhadani 13:04, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 66) Weak support. Never heard of him before, and it appears he spends a little too much time at the reference desk, but he definitely appears to meet my standards. — Apr. 27, '06 [22:34] <[ freakofnurxture]|[ talk]>
 * 67) Support -- Jay  (Reply)  02:07, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 68) Support. Yes. — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:13, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 69) Support from another physics student.ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 07:06, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 70) Support looks good to me. -- a.n.o.n.y.m  t 19:59, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 71) Support; I've been familiar with his work for a while now (tuning and intonation especially); everything looks good for giving him adminship. Antandrus  (talk) 01:29, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 72) Support Joelito (talk) 18:57, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
 * These votes were added after the RFA ended.
 * 1) Support I haven't interacted with this user myself, but from his contribs and answers, he seems ideal for an admin. Con  D  e  m Talk 14:06, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Support No reason why not. Davewild 17:19, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Quick support, before the time runs out! Good contributor, seen him around a lot of places. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kilo-Lima (talk • contribs) 18:17, 30 April 2006
 * 4) Support. Strong, level-headed editor. Kukin i 22:05, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Support trustworthy and level-headed editor. --Arnzy (Talk) 03:20, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral
 * I have to wait until the candidate answers my question before going either way. Redux 19:15, 23 April 2006 (UTC) Changing to support following satisfactory answer. Redux 00:40, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Comments


 * See Keenan Pepper's edit count and contribution tree with Interiot's tool and the edit summary usage with Mathbot's tool.


 * Keenan, when you say I often get into conflicts (answer to Q3), what exactly did you mean? Heated discussions?  That you often have to deal with differences of opinion?  Can you clarify that?  Redux 19:16, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I often have to deal with differences of opinion which I try to keep from getting ugly, but sometimes it's hard to understand other people's points of view. Sometimes I get a little exasperated by the apparent futility of trying to reconcile different philosophies (for example the people who want to use IPA because it's an international standard and the people who want to invent systems like Pronunciation respelling key because it's easier for English speakers to understand), but I just take a break and cool off, and when I come back I'm more agreeable. —Keenan Pepper 19:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you for addressing my comment. You have my support.  Redux 00:40, 24 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Why are there two end times? -- Jjjsixsix (t)/(c) @ 01:04, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Indeed. How did we all miss that??  Well, since the difference was very small (just 2 minutes), I was conservative and left the later time (6:25).  If the nominator (who set up the RfA) disagrees, please do change it to the other option (6:23).  Redux 01:14, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I guess that was me, but I have no idea how I managed to do that. Weird. -lethe talk [ +] 07:56, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Gosh, no one's going to vote against me? I was kinda hoping this would be a little more controversial. —Keenan Pepper 17:58, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * You're criticizing voters on your RfA? That's one way to generate opposition ;) ×Meegs 18:16, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 100% Support!? Looks like someones on their way to being admin. :-) Hehe. Any opposers or neutrals must have a good reason if there's going to be any!--Andeee 16:03, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * We've got a weak support now. It's the beginning of the end for Keenan. :-) -lethe talk [ +] 22:51, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * He's going to be proud when this is over, heh. Keenan should probably put a link to this on his userpage when it's over! :)--Andeee 11:59, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot for your support, everyone! And a special "weak thanks" to Freakofnurture. =P —Keenan Pepper 19:07, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

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 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: Sometimes I think an article should obviously be moved, but the destination page has a redirect or something that prevents me from moving it. If I were an admin I could move it anyway and still preserve the history. (Of course I wouldn't abuse my power and I would ask on the talk page if it might be controversial.) Also, I would be able to fix trivial errors in protected pages imediately, for example the other day when I spotted a grammar error in DYK. And it goes without saying that the rollback button would let me deal with vandalism more efficiently.


 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A: I regret that I haven't been heavily involved with any articles that became featured, and in the future I'll try to focus more on individual articles to improve them to featured status. Still, I'm pleased with some articles I started or wrote most of: Kotekan, Beleganjur, Harry Partch's 43-tone scale, Otonality and utonality, Adriaan Fokker, Amorphous ice, Liquid mirror telescope, Polyyne (to which V8rik added a lot of cool stuff)... I'm sure I could find some more, but I don't keep a list because I don't think of them as "my" articles.


 * 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 often get into conflicts because of my somewhat-radical mergist philosophy. For example, I thought Alkene and Olefin should be merged because they're synonyms, but V8rik disagreed. I was rude to V8rik and I regret it. (If you're reading this, do you forgive me?) Although I'm stubborn, I am capable of letting others have their way, for example ericg made a really good case for Rutan Quickie and Quickie Aircraft being separate articles, so I withdrew my merge suggestion. I always try to keep in mind that the other person has a valid POV and to control my temper. —Keenan Pepper 17:53, 23 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The above 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.