Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Paul August

Paul August
final (38/0/0) 22:17, 2005 May 31 (UTC)

This user has good statistics (see below), but more importantly, he has good administration skills. This includes his people skills, which are outstanding &mdash; at least for a mathematician. ;-) (I became aware of him through his levelheaded conflict handling in a recent case.)

Statistics: Sebastian (talk) 22:17, 2005 May 24 (UTC)
 * 8482 edits
 * 10 months of editing
 * 840 edits/month
 * Thanks, I accept. Paul August &#9742; 00:17, May 25, 2005 (UTC)

Support Oppose
 * 1) support, of course. &mdash; Sebastian (talk) 22:44, 2005 May 24 (UTC)
 * 2) Strong support. Paul has been doing great work, has a featured article, a medal for janitorial work, is good at conflict resolution, and has good sense of humor and social skills. Oleg Alexandrov 22:27, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Great wikipedian and contributor. Shanes 22:46, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support, a solid contributor and janitor; what more can you ask for in a candidate? Rje 23:07, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) &#8212;Charles P. (Mirv) 23:14, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support. My turn for the stock phrase ("I thought he already was one!"), especially seeing his deft hand on math-related articles. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 03:43, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) 'Support. I'm very impressed with your resume. Tony the Marine
 * 8) El_C 07:45, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support. 8492 edits in ten months? What took us so long to nominate him? Here's a Bud to you, Pablo. Antonio Caramelate Martin
 * 10) Support. Great user. Sjakkalle 14:50, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) support --MarSch 14:59, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support Zzyzx11 (Talk) 18:04, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support. PedanticallySpeaking 19:11, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support. A mathematician! A glance at this user's contributions shows beyond doubt that he can be trusted with administrator privileges.   Phils 19:49, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support. Charles Matthews 19:51, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support Grutness...  wha?  21:19, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support Good editor, courteous, always uses talk pages, doesn't shy away from grunt work, and he's of my WP:PMEX homies. CryptoDerk 21:45, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) support. Kingturtle 02:32, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Support. Sietse 11:32, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support. For all the excellent reasons given above. --Theo  (Talk) 13:39, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support Flcelloguy 14:42, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Support. Everything I can remember about his edits and interactions with me and others is good. A great record. This one is easy. - Taxman 15:00, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Support. JuntungWu 15:05, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Andre ( talk ) 18:16, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Support. Excellent candidate. Antandrus  (talk)  20:47, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Support. Fropuff 21:22, 2005 May 27 (UTC)
 * 27) Support. MathMartin 10:37, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Support. Gladly! Linuxbeak | Desk 02:47, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Support. A level head is only a good thing. Fire Star 18:11, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Support. Mel Etitis ( &Mu;&epsilon;&lambda; &Epsilon;&tau;&eta;&tau;&eta;&sigmaf; ) 18:30, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Support. An excellent contibuter Falphin 02:31, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Support. Filiocht | Blarneyman 08:40, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Still time left to squeeze in another support vote. Everyking 09:47, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) Impressive, both by contributions and by Erdos number, so Support. Radiant_* 12:04, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * 35) Support. utcursch | talk 13:25, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * 36) Support. I haven't seen the user before, but I'm fairly new, so that's meaningless. Looks like a strong candidate. --Scimitar 14:29, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 37) Support Nice contributions, should be helpful admin. EdwinHJ | Talk 17:31, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 38) Support, obviously a wikipediholic, though. Not sure if this is the humane thing to do. Bishonen | talk 20:23, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments
 * Firstly, Sebastian seems to have signed the nomination from the future. Secondly, Paul hasn't accepted. Third, and I'd just like a quick answer, what is the (top) thing about? Thanks in advance. Harro5 00:15, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * (1) Oops, this was just a mistake. I changed the date according to the instructions, but mistakenly changed the wrong occurrence. Sorry about this, this was the first time I ever did this. (3) See Top rate. Please keep the discussion of that proposal on that page. That proposed criterion is independent from and not endorsed by the candidate. &mdash; Sebastian (talk) 00:35, 2005 May 25 (UTC)
 * Never mind! I deleted the top rate from this page. &mdash; Sebastian (talk) 03:37, 2005 May 25 (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 read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. I would try to help out with VfD and speedy deletion maintenance, etc. I already do a fair amount of vandalism reversion, I have nearly 1000 pages on my watchlist, and I've tried to add pages that have a high rate of vandalism. I've spent a fair amount of time on RC patrol, less so lately, but would probably do more with access to the "rollback" feature. I am on WP for many hours each day, and I would be happy to respond to requests for admin help.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. Some articles I've made significant contributions to, which I'm fond of, include: Attalus I (featured article),Phocaea, Zeno of Elea, Demetrius of Pharos, First Macedonian War, Set, Algebra of sets, Constant function and Integer. I'm an active participant in the WikiProject Mathematics, and one of the founding members of, and contributer to, the PlanetMath Exchange Project. I've also, now and then, spend time on WP:FAC, helping articles like Battle of Alesia become featured. I helped to create the archive processing on the Village Pump, and was, for a few months the principal archivist. I'm also honored to have received a WikiMedal for Janitorial Services for work on "This page contains a link that might be mis-punctuated" (fun to do while you watch TV).
 * 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 will deal with it in the future?
 * A. Nothing particularly significant that I can think of. No edit wars. Less than a handful of edit disputes. No stress.