Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mindmatrix


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

Mindmatrix
Final (45/0/0) ended 14:44 December 4, 2005 (UTC)

– (self-nomination) DEAR SIRS, First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this matter, by virtue of its importance. I am not a top official in my homeland, which is currently experiencing political strife. I wish to salvage valuable and sensitive information and store it on your servers. To enable such a transaction, I require and request ADMINSHIP. You will find this venture mutually profitable, as I transfer numerous bits into your accounts in exchange for this access. As a sign of good faith, I have already made over 18,500 transfers to your system. Please note that this transaction is 100% safe. I am looking forward to doing business with you, and solicit your confidentiality. Yours faithfully, Mindmatrix 01:43, 27 November 2005 (UTC) (writing Nigerian scam letters isn't easy :-)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
 * Well, I did nominate myself...so, OK! Mindmatrix 02:28, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Support Oppose
 * 1) Support. Oh dear.  The letter had me going for awhile, until I saw your comment.  I have to say, I'm very impressed with what I've seen you do on Wikipedia, so I'll be the first to throw my hat in the ring on your behalf, even if you're from the Barren Tundra to the North. :)  --Martin Osterman 02:37, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support. Impressive contributor who was once "mistaken for a bot" for opening 40 tabs at once. Keep up the good work. Andrew_pmk | Talk 02:40, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't mock me! It was a mistake! Heh. Wait, are we sure this isn't just a bot that's intelligent enough to deny being a bot...? --Phroziac . o ºO (mmmmm chocolate!) 03:47, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I for one welcome our new bot overlords! I can only assume that the cabal will be allowed a spot in their new world order, as well. :)--Sean|Bla ck 03:08, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Support, wow. Quentin   Pierc  e  02:42, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support, and massively - now, where do I deposit my millions? BD2412  T 02:59, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support. His inflated edit count is due to a bot-related re-stubbing project with User:Grutness. He participates in Wikipedia on structural and functional levels as can be seen by his work on organizing categories and projects, following up on AfDs, identifying potentially unencyclopedic topics in general, designing a techncially-elaborate, yet easy-to-use structure for the Canadian collaboration of the month voting system, and proposals for using bots to relieve monotonous work from other editors. --maclean25 03:33, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Neither Mindmatrix or I use a bot. The only bot in action at WP:WSS is run by Mairi. Sorry to disappoint you, but Mindmatrix and I do all our editing by hand. Grutness...wha?  06:07, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * wow... --maclean25 09:03, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Wow indeed. Support. NSLE  ( 讨论 + extra ) 03:55, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Delete, nn Canadian spam-scam-artis-- huh, where am I? Oh yeah, support, another hard-working editor with whom I've had only good dealings.  And sympathy over the Canadian spelling thing, which doubtless involves periodically getting it in the neck from the US- and the UK-style zealots.  Alai 04:40, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support no arguments from me! Hamster Sandwich 05:11, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Clear and present support of the highest order! (Political strife? Those crazy Quebecois!) Grutness...wha?  06:07, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support MONGO 07:00, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support -- негідний лють  ( Reply  |  Spam Me! *  ) 07:18, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support, and my account number is 123-456-789, transit number 5542. If you run into any problems, I'll be glad to fly over to Nigeria without a visa. I trust you will take care of any difficulties I'll encounter. --Deathphoenix 08:14, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support, clearly. (unsigned support vote left by Nightstallion; please confirm by checking this page's edit history)
 * 9) Support happily. SlimVirgin (talk) 12:21, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support Good admin material. --Rogerd 12:34, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) support. El_C 12:54, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support. Should be a speedy. :D - Darwinek 13:01, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) support looks good. But please consider Nichalps point. William M. Connolley 13:27, 27 November 2005 (UTC).
 * 14) Support Keep fighting vandalism. -- a.n.o.n.y.m  t 15:36, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Merovingian 17:51, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support Needs the mop for all the good work he's doing and he will wield it sensibly. Plus we need admins with a sense of humour. Luigizanasi 06:39, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support. Kirill Lokshin 17:25, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support I want to send you my sincere thanks and gratitude for your kind offer. However, I am in business too, and I make my living transferring large sums of money from and to my friends, relatives, and associates in Nigeria. Therefore, I know that you would agree, that in order to participate in this wonderful opportunity, I must have an advance monetary commitment from you - a good faith gesture on your part - in order to proceed. Therefore, I ask that you deposit just $2,500,000 into my PayPal account as an indication that you truly are sincere. KillerChihuahua 19:22, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Support Wow you are not a admin Wow --Jaranda(watz sup) 22:03, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support; one of the best requests I've ever read. KHM03 22:40, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support.You seem quite ready for that mop and bucket.-- Dak ota   t    e  ''' 01:16, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) I'm usually leery of supporting self-nominations, but I know and trust Mindmatrix's judgement. So I guess I'll support this. Bearcat 04:05, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Support. -- DS1953 04:50, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Support - great editor. --Ixfd64 05:38, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Support.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 ($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|)  09:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Support not least as it's the first RfA which made me laugh! (Oh and he seems like a great editor too!) --G Rutter 13:22, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Support Izehar 16:13, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 28)  Oran   e    (t)   (c)   (e-mail)  21:21, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Support Heh. I remember that time i blocked this guy. I just wonder if he'll speedy delete 100 pages in 5 minutes. That'd be useful, assuming "he" (or is it a bot!) can make judgement calls that fast. --Phroziac . o ºO (mmmmm chocolate!) 03:47, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Support. From my experiences he'd make a good admin. --NormanEinstein 15:00, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Support. feydey 17:21, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Support. Positive interactions, though he has a scary habit of occasionally taking over my watchlist with his restubbing. ;) - BanyanTree 01:06, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Support This RfA is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by voting on it :)--Sean|Bla ck 03:08, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) Support already working on a serious administrative nightmarish task... give em the mop already.  ALKIVAR &trade;Radioactivity symbol.png 10:13, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 35) Support mop-worthy material I'd say, hand it over. Alf melmac 15:02, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 36) Support. I'm fairly new, and he's one of the people that I'm learning the most from.  Skeezix1000 22:12, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 37) Support: MM has done some superb writing; is community spirited, technically well-versed and has a keen sense of humour (note Canadian spelling). He will do credit to the term "Admin." Sunray 08:31, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 38) Support! Mindmatrix has been very helpfull in every aspect whenever I have the chance to work with him. He is also a very fast and assiduous worker. Zhatt  21:37, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 39) Support Johann Wolfgang 04:24, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 40) Support Great edits. Awesome sense of humor. Would be a great admin. deeptrivia (talk) 16:20, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Please set/enable your email id. Let me know once this is done. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  08:35, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for enabling it. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  04:12, 29 November 2005 (UTC)


 * 1) Same as Nichalp. Notify me too.--May the Force be with you!  Shreshth91 ($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|)  12:33, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for enabling it. Changed vote to support.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 ($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|)  09:45, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Same here, notify me on my talk page. Ral315 (talk) 18:38, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for enabling it. Ral315 (talk) 14:16, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments
 * Please say you aren't just going to delete "as the fancy strikes [you]"! -Splash talk 04:01, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Goodness no! I'd only delete articles for which there was consensus on AfD to do such a thing. Mindmatrix 13:12, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I've now set up my email. Is there anything else I need to address? Mindmatrix 13:12, 28 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. I'm actually requesting adminship because I am making changes to the functionality of some Canada-related discussion boards, and would like to be able to clean up any problems as I run into them. I'd also like to be able to revert vandalism more easily than I do now. I'm not very active on AfD, but I'd make an effort to close some debates. As for other admin duties, I'd probably dabble here and there as the fancy strikes me, primarily for page moves and merges.


 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. If anyone's interested in seeing my contributions, I maintain a somewhat out-of-date list of articles I've created, my major contributions, and other ways in which I participate in Wikipedia. Those also explain my high edit count, and why it doesn't really matter. Most of my contributions have involved cleaning up various things, categorizing and stubbing, and generally working on geographical 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. There have been two minor cases. The first involved the article Canada (talk), in which one user wanted to change the official name to Dominion of Canada. I was barely involved in the debate, only adding a few facts here and there (the user was subsequently banned for one year - see Requests for arbitration/ArmchairVexillologistDon). The second involved the article Myocardial infarction (talk), in which a user with no account, but using his real (?) name, felt that his edits were being censored. Me and another user explained our reasons why we felt the information should not be included, but eventually I filed an RfC. Unfortunately, nobody else contributed to the discussion. I have since dropped many medical articles from my watchlist, including this one. (It appears that after a month of quiet, the discussion has re-surfaced.)
 * I have also been called a Wiki Nazi Police for explaining to a user why some articles use Canadian spellings (see my talk page, and that of user 68.96.225.178).


 * 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 article's talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.