Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mtmelendez


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

Mtmelendez
Final (54/0/0); Ended 4:28, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

- It is of my utmost pleasure to nominate Marcos (Mtmelendez) for adminship. Editing since 3 May, 2006, he has been one of WikiProject Puerto Rico's most valued and active editors. He has been an excellent contributor to the mainspace, since he has created 30 articles, most of them of at least "Start" quality, including 4 GAs ( Compliance requirements, Single Audit,  Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico, and  Rail transport in Puerto Rico). He also helped get Ramón Emeterio Betances to FA quality. He also has something that's very rare; an excellent participation in the Portal namespace. He has greatly contributed to Portal:Puerto Rico, which he almost single-handedly has gotten to (almost) Featured Portal quality. He is also an active participant in XfDs. I believe Marcos will benefit the project grately if he is given the tools. Wikipedia community, I present you Marcos. --Ag ü eybaná  21:51, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * For me it is a privilege to co-nominiate User:Mtmelendez for adminship. Mtmelendez has been with us since May 3, 2006. During this time he has become a very dedicated editor whose excellent contributions are now part of our project. The thing that most impresses me about Mtmelendez is not so much his dedication and edit count but, the way he handles himself with others. He is a courteous well mannered people-person who is calm under fire while interacting with others. This trait is especially useful when he deals with newcomers. Instead of discouraging a person, he encourages them. Mtmelendez is an excellent wikipedian and an asset to the Pedia. I truly believe that he will make a great administrator. Tony the Marine 22:13, 24 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept the nomination. - Mtmelendez (Talk 04:08, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

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 admin work do you intend to take part in?
 * A: I tend to visit the various XfD projects daily, particularly WP:RFD and WP:AFD, taking note of the various discussions and analyzing the articles. So that will be my first and primary interest, especially at RfD. I'm a person who likes to provide constructive insight during discussions, researching page histories and logs to make sure all sides of the argument are considered. I'm a person who relies on consensus: even if I don't agree with the final result, I'm satisfied if the users involved considered my suggestions. I also browse through the various WP:PROD, reading the pages and either confirming or contesting the proposals, so I'll also dedicate time for those pages.


 * As for non-article cleanup, I dedicate time to add fair-use rationales to non-free images when I encounter them, unless they're a clear infringement. I have some experience on tagging for CSD because of this, and like I stated before, I always read its history and contact their uploader, usually in non-boilerplate messages, to figure out a solution.


 * I'm not a full-time vandal fighter, although I do tend to keep a significant amount of articles in my watchlist. In my time in Wikipedia (around 16 months), I've only submitted 1 AIV report, which was just 2 days ago. I've found that unless you encounter a frequent and abusive vandal, most users easily understand the real purpose of Wikipedia with a conversation at their talk page.


 * 2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
 * A: I've written quite a few articles, including some which, I was surprised to find, hadn't been created yet. Specifically, in Puerto Rico and Accounting and Auditing subjects. However, my proudest contributions are as follows:
 * My image contributions. I've visited various places around Puerto Rico just to take a picture and upload in Wikipedia.
 * Portal:Puerto Rico. I've dedicated almost 1 1/2 months to this page, adding significant content to bring it up to its current state. It took a lot of edits, including many frustrating trial-and-errors, but I think it turned up OK.
 * But by far, my proudest contribution has to be my first true contribution to Wikipedia, a compete rewrite of Cerro Maravilla Incident article. It's about one of the most controversial moments in Puerto Rico's political history. When I stumbled upon it there were serious disagreements between its previous editors, so I went bold, without knowing it, and started researching and adding references. In about 6 hours, I had written a reasonably neutral and comprehensive article, which was subsequently promoted to GA. After that, I decided to join Wikipedia full-time and never looked back.


 * 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: Actually, I don't think I've been in a serious conflict before (any users are fully welcome to correct me on this, if I have, I seriously can't remember). That doesn't mean I haven't encountered disagreements, but I've resolved them by talking it out. I did stop a tense discussion between various editors once, and the biggest conflict I've faced was about assessing articles for the Puerto Rico WikiProject about 6 months ago. But like I said, that was resolved with talking, a lot of it.

General comments

 * See Mtmelendez's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.


 * Links for Mtmelendez:

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Discussion


Support
 * 1) Support looks good. T Rex  | talk  03:17, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support as co-nominator. Tony the Marine 03:42, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support - He single handely worked Puerto Rico's portal to FP quality, we just worked with 'this and that' but Marcos provided a huge chunk of the work, this and his job getting some articles to Good Article and FA as well as having great interaction with him in the past leave me with no reason in my mind to oppose such a great candidate. -  Ca ri bb e a  n ~ H. Q.  04:07, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Support good work at Rfd and can always use more multilingual admins. Buena suerte. Carlossuarez46 05:12, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Strong support  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:24, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Support. Even tho I haven't been lucky enough to directly interact with him, I've seen his dedication and efforts for a long time, and I've been seriously impressed by them. Plus, anyone with a recommendation from Tony has immediately a plus in my eyes! ;)  P h a e d r i e l  - 06:26, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Support. I always trust Tony the Marine's judgement. Antonio Martin 07:40, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) AfD - Good. RfD - Good.  AIV - It'll get there :) MfD - Good. Articles (not that an admin needs them) - Good. An all round big ✅ Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 07:52, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) Support It is time to give this user the mop. -- S iva1979 Talk to me 09:04, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) Support, very good contributions, experience and trustworthy. I do not see reasons to not support. Good luck. Carlosguitar 09:45, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 11) Support, no concerns. Neil   ム  11:02, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 12) Support. The candidate has a solid track record of creating and improving articles and appears to work well with others. Majoreditor 12:25, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 13) Support looks good. Cheers, :) Dloh cierekim  13:12, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 14) Support - just about ready to become an admin I think.  Lra drama 14:12, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Support No problems here. Hiberniantears 14:29, 25 September 2007 (UTC) Strike this, and go with my new support vote below. Must have spaced out when thinking this through and filed a support vote before I was ready! :-) Hiberniantears 15:40, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Support → Sounds good.  Snowolf How can I help? 15:01, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) I'm Mailer Diablo and I approve this message! - 15:32, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support - solid candidate. @pple complain 15:49, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Support - Onnaghar  talk ! ctrb 15:51, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Support I don't think I've ever noticed you before (unsurprising, since what I know about Puerto Rico could be written on the back of a stamp) but all the contribs I've dip-sampled look good. Is the sea in Puerto Rico really this colour? —  iride scent   (talk to me!)  16:26, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Puerto Rico's harbors usually have blue-green waters, but not as blue as those of Willemstad, Curaçao. :) - Mtmelendez (Talk 17:48, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) As well as being a good user, the candidate has decent nominators. No problems here. Acalamari 17:18, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) SupportAs per Caribbean H.Q. and while the edits show Puerto Rico bias they are really outstanding and shows a good editor. Track with over 6000 edits is very good.Pharaoh of the Wizards 19:29, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, since I've spent most of my life in Puerto Rico, I go with what I know. It's just easier for me and people like Caribbean H.Q. and Tony to find information and reliable sources about our country's topics, a fact that also applies to many users in respect to their own nationalities, or their profession, or their hobbies, etc. :) - Mtmelendez (Talk 19:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * "Puerto Rico bias"? I think you're a bit confused. We edit articles about our country because we're (probably) the most knowledgeable about it and the ones can help others understand it best. How is that a bias? What are we going to say next: "Doctors shouldn't edit Medicine-related articles 'cause they're biased"? --Ag ü <font color="Green">eybaná  20:36, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Support - Creo que es un usuario bueno. Su participación en el Wikiproyecto de Puerto Rico demuestra que el candidato sabe como colaborar con otros usuarios. Sorry about the poor Spanish, I'm a little out of practice. Extensive (and sensible) contribs to AfD and RfD discussions, as well as a variety of article contributions. WaltonOne 20:11, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) I can't believe I'm #24 :-) Support, per the co-nominators' excellent descriptions of this user and his work :-) --<font color="Green">Ag <font color="#1E90FF">ü <font color="Green">eybaná  21:07, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Thoroughly impressed with Mtm. ~ <font color="#002bb8">Sebi  <sub style="font-size:8pt;"> [talk]  22:13, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Support No problems. - Lemonflash (do something)  22:24, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Support - everything looks fine... WjBscribe 22:35, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Support Need I give a reason? —<tt><font color="#002BB8">Animum ''' | <font color="#5A3696">talk <tt>]]</tt> 23:04, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Support. More than qualified. -- Shark face  217  23:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) Support - Per Animum ;) . Cheers! IT'S DA... Ανέκδοτο 02:37, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) Support - per noms. nattan g 05:58, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) Support Jmlk  1  7  06:07, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Support Hopeshopes 17:39, 26 September 2007 (UTC) Note from EVula: User has been indefinitely blocked for vandalizing various RfAs. Striking comment. EVula // talk // &#9775;  // 18:55, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Support. While I've not encountered this user before, I am impressed by the sheer number of edits, and his creation of good articles. Bearian 17:49, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support Very strong, good edits. No reason for objection.  Crassic(talk) 21:39, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support. Fully qualified candidate, no concerns. Newyorkbrad 03:03, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Support - Took me a little while to review this editor, as I am previously unfamiliar with your work. Everything looks good to me, and I think you'll make a fine admin. Hiberniantears 14:55, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Support - Well duh. -- Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 22:20, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Support, per the usual. — <span style="font:bold 11px Arial;display:inline;border:#000066 1px solid;background-color:#ECF1F7;padding:0 4px 0 4px;">xDanielx T/C 03:01, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Support I've not interacted with this editor but a review of your last 1,500 contributions showed sheer commitment to the encyclopedia, policy knowledge and civility. Talk page looks fine, edit summary usage all okay, basically ticks the boxes and then some. Husond - another mop over here please! Pedro : Chat  07:37, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) Support per above. Murcielago 15:26, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]] Support - yup! Everything looks just fine - A<font color= "#FF7C0A">l<font color= "#FFB550">is o n  ❤ 21:15, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) Support - Looks fine.-- Sandahl  02:43, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 11) Support - Why should I oppose? --<font color="blue" face="Times new roman" size="3">Hirohisat <font color="green" face="Times new roman">Kiwi 17:37, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 12) Support - While I haven't encountered this editor before, after a review of 2000 or so of their contributions, I feel that they are a solid candidate with good edits and is more than qualified to be an admin. -- AngelOfSadness  talk  18:57, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 13) Pile-on support. I will support anyone with a minimum level of experience unless shown significant detractors. Stifle (talk) 12:08, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 14) Support - good experience and will be fine with a few extra buttons.  Ry an P os tl et hw ai te  16:59, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 15) Support - although I kind of have reservations about the images, since they can be transferred to Wikimedia Commons. Mirand  argh  20:15, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * (ec) You're right. I uploaded many images to Wikipedia during my first months in 2006 because I didn't know it existed. I've since uploaded all subsequent images to Commons. As for my first contributions, it's on my to-do list to transfer them. Thanks for the reminder. - Mtmelendez (Talk 20:30, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Support - Strong editor, will do good with the tools.  Lara  ❤  Love  02:41, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - Process of elimination. :) — <span style="font:bold 11px Arial;display:inline;border:#000066 1px solid;background-color:#ECF1F7;padding:0 4px 0 4px;">xDanielx T/C 04:03, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Indenting as you've commented twice. See support number 37.  W ODU P  06:07, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Oops, thanks for catching that. — <span style="font:bold 11px Arial;display:inline;border:#000066 1px solid;background-color:#ECF1F7;padding:0 4px 0 4px;">xDanielx T/C 15:25, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Support. Zaxem 05:27, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support. Excellent candidate. Axl 07:14, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support Per all of the above. Phgao 16:13, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Support per above comments. -- A. B. (talk) 16:28, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Support Better than many of the current admins. Uncle uncle uncle 23:55, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Support per above and obvious strengths. Pigman |undefined 01:02, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Support- Everything looks good to me. Dureo 02:00, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral
 * 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.
 * 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.