Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MarkGallagher 2


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

MarkGallagher (fuddlemark)
Final (100/0/0) ended 15:56 25 November 2005 (UTC)

– This miscreant seems to have been around for ages. He seems like a good chap, but is always bothering me to do administrator stuff. I'm nominating the blighter to get him out of my hair. He refused a nomination by Phroziac last month. He's Australian and he often signs himself as "fuddlemark". What more is there to say? Tony Sidaway|Talk 15:54, 18 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: Oh, crikey. I accept. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 16:30, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Tony Sidaway|Talk 16:40, 18 November 2005 (UTC) Good chap, should be useful with the mop and broom.
 * 2) Fuddle Him. Immediately The Land 16:41, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) I can't believe Tony beat me to this nomination! Mark has good sense and would benefit from having admin tools; he's done good work in article space as well as helping clear up disputes. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 16:45, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support out of strong respect for nominator.Gator (talk) 16:46, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Strong support. Very impressed with his boldness when he first came here, and I'm certain he can be trusted with adminship. [[Image:Yemen flag large.png|24px]] CTOAGN (talk) 16:59, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support --Duk 17:11, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support  Grue   17:15, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Cuddle Fuddle. Bishonen|talk 17:25, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Strong support - who hasn't seen him about the place? --Cel e stianpower háblame 17:40, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support. I've seen him all over the place and I also trust Tony's judgement as nominator. Carbonite | Talk 17:46, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support - a conscientious editor who already shadows many administrative functions. His attitudes to cracking down on image misuse and copyright is commendable. Give this man a mop! Rob Church Talk 18:10, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support, I seriously need to go through WP:LA and figure out who is an admin and who isn't, because I seriously thought he was one. Tito xd (?!?) 18:12, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Need more admins. &mdash; BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2005-11-18 18:15
 * 14) Oppose &#8766; The ruddy blighter thwapped me in IRC. n00b support &#8766; Mark seems to be a good chap with a square head on his shoulders and a strong desire to improve Wikipedia. → Ξxtreme Unction  {yak ł blah } 18:18, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support. From what I've seen he merits it. Aabha (talk) 18:29, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support. He clearly knows the rules, and will use the admin tools wisely. Rje 18:35, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support. KHM03 18:46, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support. Even-headed, open to criticism, understands well the role of an admin. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 19:15, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Support per nominator and others who have yet to raise a single solitary objection.MONGO 19:16, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support Yes, without a doubt!  Ban e  s  20:20, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support Per all other folks, especally the bit about the square head...we need more of that. Rx StrangeLove 20:22, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Support. Passed lightning adminship-exam, and mindspillage showed me an example of conflict resolution here: . Kim Bruning 20:31, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Support per my reasoning on Ianblair's RfA. Youngamerican 20:44, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Support -- confident this user would not abuse admin tools. Christopher Parham (talk) 20:58, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Support: Astonishing: I was on IRC with him at the same time (rare for me to be there), and I never heard a peep about this. That's some good non-spamming. Geogre 21:20, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Support gladly. NatusRoma 21:26, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Support Good lord, you're not one? Ral315 (talk) 21:52, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Extreme support per all of the above (and the RFA cliché #1, but Ral already used that one). --JoanneB 22:33, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Support as per nominator. Hall Monitor 23:18, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Extreme fuddle. BD2412  T 23:58, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Support, good work, deserves the extra tools. feydey 00:10, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Always reminds me of Leroy Anderson's Fiddle Faddle (for the benefit of the musicabalists). --Michael Snow 00:13, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Extreme "Australia are going to the World Cup" support, heheh. NSLE  ( 讨论 + extra ) 00:28, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) Flcelloguy (A note? ) 00:29, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 35)  . Radiant_ &gt;|&lt;  00:33, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 36) Extreme I-welcomed-him support. R  e  dwolf24  (talk)  Attention Washingtonians!  00:55, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 37) Support. has a good history and needs the tools.-- Dak ota     t     e  ''' 02:19, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 38) Support. Aye. A good man. encephalon  02:42, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 39) Support. definitely a good user who would make good use of the mop and bucket. Jtkiefer T  04:12, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 40) Support --Rogerd 04:13, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 41) Strong Support for very funny man! Xoloz 06:55, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 42) He comes from a land down under. --Merovingian 08:06, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 43) Support. Good contributor. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:30, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 44) Support. Only know him from IRC, but he seems like he knows what the heck he's doing. ;-) --Woohookitty(cat scratches) 10:02, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 45) Support. A great guy who'd do a fine job. —DO&#39;Neil 11:39, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 46) Support. Now there's a bandwagon I'm willing to jump on. We need more admins! - Haukur Þorgeirsson 11:33, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 47) Support Answers to questions below are exactly right IMHO. ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 12:47, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 48) Support. Thunderbrand 14:56, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 49) Support. One of the most prolific users I've ever seen: I see him around here everyday.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|)  15:06, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 50) Support. Shimgray | talk | 16:22, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 51) Support: I am sure real miscreants shall run away for cover seeing this "miscreant". --Bhadani 16:26, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 52) Support see him round often. Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk  17:21, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 53) Fuddle. &mdash; J I P  | Talk 18:28, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 54) Support Ann Heneghan (talk) 19:01, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 55) Support pgk( talk ) 19:11, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 56) Strong support. Blackcap (talk) 20:51, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 57) Support ² --FireFox   ™  21:30, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 58) Fuddled Alien Support will use the tools well. Alf melmac 21:32, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 59) Elmer Fudd support. ;) [[Image:Flag of Austria.svg|15px]] ナイトスタリオン ✉ 23:12, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 60) Support. El_C 23:41, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 61) Support. Absolutely. SlimVirgin (talk) 02:38, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 62) Support, oh my goodness me, yes. -Splash talk 03:18, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 63) Strewth!, give this chap a mop.--cj | talk 12:20, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 64) Support. Will make a good admin. Jayjg (talk) 20:24, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 65) Hell yeah. Martin 20:39, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 66) Of course. David Gerard 23:29, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 67) Support; obvious one.  Good work, good user, will be good admin.  Antandrus  (talk) 23:43, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 68) Strong support. Always turning up on my watchlist. Plus I like the term "fuddle me", it sounds rude :D lol.  Oran   e    (t)   (c)   (e-mail)  Make Céline Dion a FA! 00:54, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 69) Strong Support should have voted a long time ago, despite the immenent landslide. Wikipedia needs more fuddlemarks. Karmafist 04:43, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 70) Support. It's starting to get a lil tight up here on the bandwagon. Harro5 04:50, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 71) Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:53, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 72) Holy mackrel anoint him now Support great Wikipedian, great guy, Fuddle will truly be an admin among admins. Babajobu 04:53, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 73) Support. What more can I add? IceKarma&#x0950; 04:55, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 74) Support. I almost didn't bother checking out the RfA for a Mark Gallagher, who I had never heard of but luckily I did, for Mark is fuddlemark in disguise.  Whatever name he uses, he is a fine Wikipedian and deserves to enter the pantheon of admins.  --Roisterer 04:59, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 75) I'm tempted to oppose simply because he told me that he wouldn't run for admin until January when I wanted to nominate him. But I won't.  I'll find some other way to get even with him (evil laugh).  Kelly Martin (talk) 05:00, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 76) Support - has made valuable contributions as a user and I'm sure he will make a fine admin. Capitalistroadster 11:09, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 77) He isn't an admin? Well I'll be fuddled! I'll add my support - despite him being an Aussie ;) - for three reasons: 1) Mark's a great wikipedian; 2) he'll make a great admin; 3) Tony's refreshingly honest nomination! Grutness...wha?  13:48, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 78) Speedy Support Of course Outstanding User --Jaranda(watz sup) 16:53, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 79) Support this is going to pass, I'm just doing it for more edits....Mwahahahahahahaha!!!!! Okay, maybe I just want to support, or do I? Fahrenheit   Royal  e  17:08, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 80) Support. A solid non-fool; well deserved. PJM 19:03, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 81) Strong Support - This fine Australian editor has done wonders for this project and I'm extremely happy to support his nomination. Cheers -- Ianblair23 (talk) 23:19, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 82) Hah he said Crickey whoops! Should that have been bolded? Anyways, good user and total support. &mdash;  Il&gamma;&alpha;&eta;&epsilon;&rho;   (T&alpha;l&kappa;)  03:37, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 83) Support. Did I miss a memo? Is it Long Overdue Nomination Week? --MarkSweep (call me collect) 05:56, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 84) I'll 84th that! -- DS1953 06:02, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 85) Support Would be a valuable addition to the admin team ;] --VileRage ( Talk | Cont ) 06:07, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 86) Extreme fuddlecycle on wheels support.  &mdash;RaD Man (talk) 06:37, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 87) Speedy support That's right, just close this now and promote him. Proto t c 10:06, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 88) Support. Excellent contributer. Would have voted sooner, but I decided not to vote during my own RFA. --GraemeL (talk) 16:43, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 89) Support, of course. - Mailer Diablo 23:51, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 90) Strewth, I know some say that he doesn't know Christmas from Bourke Street, but I reckon and he's cunning as a dunny rat and he'll be flat out like a lizard drinking clearing out admin backlogs, plus has Buckley's chance of abusing his powers. -  brenneman (t) (c)  00:23, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 91) Strong Support' Johann Wolfgang 00:35, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 92) Sheep Support Baaaa... Borisblue 00:45, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 93) Support (just in case) Doc ask? 01:15, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 94) Fuddling him &asymp; jossi fresco &asymp; t &bull; @ 15:36, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 95) Support Sarah Ewart 03:18, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 96) w00t. Jacqui ★ 16:01, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 97) Support Izehar 19:36, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 98) Someone set up us the support  ALKIVAR &trade;Radioactivity symbol.png 07:44, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 99) Extreme fuddle duddle support. --Deathphoenix 13:22, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 100) Extreme 100 GET support -- grm_wnr Esc  14:08, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Oppose Neutral Comments Questions for the candidate
 * Oppose section moved to BJAODN. R  e  dwolf24  (talk)  Attention Washingtonians!  00:31, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Comments section moved to BJAODN. R  e  dwolf24  (talk)  Attention Washingtonians!  00:31, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

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. I do RC patrol from time-to-time (whenever I'm bored, really), and it would be nice to be able to stop bugging admins (except Tony_Sidaway, who's fun to bug) to do admin stuff for me. I have worked on copyright problems, and have been active in AfD (if not a constant presence), and clearing up CP backlogs and closing AfDs is an obvious extension of this.


 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I'm one of those terribly immodest people with a "brag list" on my userpage. 'Course, what I consider brag-worthy might be just routine edits for most users.  Pride of place is Lang Hancock, which was rescued from cleanup.  I'm also rather fond of the major copyedits I made to Manchester United F.C. and softball (in fact, softball was my first logged-in contrib).  I'm also proud of DeForest Richards, which was a rewrite of a copyvio.  The stuff I prefer doing most is writing or copyediting – RC patrol is enjoyable enough in its way, but I get restless if I go too long without adding or editing actual content.


 * 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 haven't been involved in that many conflicts; most of those I have have been resolved by talking about them on talkpages or IRC. I've recently been trying, like User:Aaron Brenneman and User:Geogre, to push up the quality of nominations and votes on AfD.  Sometimes it's worked, sometimes it hasn't, sometimes it's led to conflict.  One incident that occurred a few weeks ago was a slow-motion "war", of sorts, with a user who insisted on adding irrelevant trivia to Chalmette, Louisiana.  I am not all that happy with how I handled it – I should have taken it to the talkpage, or asked for an admin to help me – but I like to think I learned something about how to deal with conflict from the episode, and from discussions on IRC afterwards.


 * 4 Are you Lir? Please provide evidence stating otherwise. R  e  dwolf24  (talk)  Attention Washingtonians!  05:55, 24 November 2005 (UTC)


 * The above adminship 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.