Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Marcus Aurelius Antoninus


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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Withdrawn by candidate  at 0/8/1

Nomination
– I started in late December of 2008 just months after using it. At school I promote Wikipedia and even got a couple people editing part-time. I edit every day and have over 8,800 edits even though I have no home computer and have to walk 2 miles to get to a good library (which gives me unlimited computer time).


 * Edit style: Whenever I find a list I usually convert it to an article. I also like to take PD U.S. Military text for equipment articles and modify them for Wikipedia use.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (talk) 19:23, 20 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

Questions for the candidate
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:
 * 1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
 * A: Speedy deleting articles as a new page patroller. I watchlist ~800 pages so the block function will doubtlessly be used.


 * 2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
 * A: See:BCT Ground Combat Vehicle Program, Golf stroke mechanics, lots of clean-up on M1 Abrams and other US Millitary vehicles. Created lots of templates and am working on an infobox. Also uploaded hundreds of images on Wiki commons (as User:User name one).


 * 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: A couple repeat clashes with one editor. Kind of hard to avoid since we work on the same genre of articles.

Additional optional questions from NerdyScienceDude
 * 4. (stolen from Coffee) What is your opinion on the current BLP policy, and what work have you done (if any) with BLPs?
 * A: I don't have an answer for that yet since I rarely work on Biographies. I need to read up on this.


 * Additional optional questions from Taelus
 * 4. You say you edit from a public library, which could raise concerns about account security. Do you have a strong password, and do you change your password regularly? Additionally, have you considered attaching a method of identifying yourself to your account, in case of the circumstance where your account is compromised? (See Template:User committed identity for an example.)
 * A: I will consider getting user committed identity thingy as soon as I understand it and although I don't have a strong password I do change it often.

'Additional optional questions from  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers ''


 * 5. Could you explain what you learned from this thread on your talkpage?
 * A:Corenbot was in error. I think your talking about this not that


 * Question from  F ASTILY 
 * 6. Would you ever consider blocking a registered user without any prior notice or warning? If so, why?
 * A:Never, I've seen lots of vandals change their ways (though I would encourage them to get a new account rather than have a scar on their record). I do often use the 4im warning for first edit offenders.


 * Additional optional questions from   fetch  comms  ☛ 
 * 7. Please explain CSD criteria A1 and G2 in your own words, and give examples of both what would and would not fall under them.
 * A:


 * 8. Do you plan to close AfDs at all? If not, why?
 * A:

General comments

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 * Edit summary usage for Marcus Aurelius Antoninus can be found here.

''Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Marcus Aurelius Antoninus before commenting.''

Oppose
Withdraw, will expand knowledge of CSD's thru new page patrolling in the mean time. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (talk) 20:57, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose - Per terse nomination statement and strangely written non-answers to the questions. Also, you don't have enough project space experience in my opinion.  Wisdom89  ( T |undefined /  C ) 20:01, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose. Concerns with experience, breadth of exposure, judgement, policy knowledge (i.e. why are there so many warnings on your talk?), and skimpy/vague answers to questions. -  F ASTILYsock (T ALK ) 20:11, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose As Wisdom says, the nomination statement is very lacking and inspires no confidence whatsoever. I've not even hit the links to your contributions, talk etc. The nomination is enough to oppose out of hand. In particular "and even got a couple people" might be acceptable in America (where they use the bastardised "he wrote me" et.al.) but not to me I'm afraid. Sorry. Pedro :  Chat  20:19, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, we all know that sentence should read "even received a couple people". At least we Americans understand that a hospital is an object, and not a state of mind - even if a lot of us can barely afford to visit one... Badger Drink (talk) 20:26, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Not really, no. Pedro : Chat  20:46, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose. "I watchlist ~800 pages so the block function will doubtlessly be used"? I drank a Diet Coke so the post office I doubtlessly shall visit. Badger Drink (talk) 20:23, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) I watchlist 7,471 pages and don't feel the need for a block button, doubtlessly or not. Sorry, but from your (terse) statement and answers above, you give no impression that you know what a Wikipedia admin does, let alone make a case why you should be one. – iride  scent  20:31, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Looking at your userpage and the impressive stack of recent warnings for plagiarism, misuse of non-free images and uploading images without ;permission, escalating to strong oppose. – iride  scent  20:34, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose. You do some very good work with CSDs, which indicates you could have admin potential in the future. But at the moment, your experience is too narrow to be confident to give you the broad range of administrative tools. The questions bear this out: in my view, there will be times where a block without warning is warranted, such as for an obvious sock of a banned user or extreme BLP violations (Q6). I suggest you broaden your experience a bit: get involved in some XfDs and solid content creation. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:47, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose Not enough experience, yet. I'm sure you will make a good admin someday, but for now, I advise you to withdraw and come back when you have gained more experience. --The High Fin Sperm Whale 20:50, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Strong oppose even before my questions are answered. To number 4, if you still need to read up on something, maybe you should wait and fully understand everything before an RfA. To the (other?) number 4, you should already have a strong password regardless of how often you change it. Number 5, you didn't answer it anyways. Number 6 is outright wrong, you should always immediately block banned users' socks, etc. I'm not sure why, if you are not confident in your own abilities, that you require access to the tools.  fetch  comms  ☛ 20:54, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I did answer number five. What? Marcus   Qwertyus   03:20, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Neutral

 * 1) The candidate does look promising, but I don't think you're ready to be an admin. I don't see a lot of edits in the Wikipedia: namespace.  N ERDY S CIENCE D UDE  (✉ msg • changes) 20:22, 20 March 2010 (UTC)


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