Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Rick Block

Rick Block
final (72/0/0) ending 19:10 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Rick Block (talk &bull; contribs &bull; count ) - This is a co-nomination by Essjay and SamuelWantman.

Essjay's nomination statement: Rick has been with us since February 20, 2004. He has an amazing 12736 edits! I see his name running across CDVF all the time on RC Patrol. He's an excellent user, a champion vandalfighter, and deserves to be given the mop. As I've said before, and I'm sure will say again, this one is "no big deal" if any ever were. -- Essjay ·  Talk 19:10, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

SamuelWantman's nomination statement: This is my first nomination. I've had the pleasure to work with Rick on several collaborations, and have always found him to be insightful, fair, helpful, and a model of civility. I've noticed that many people assume he is already an admin, and call on him for advice and assistance, so in many ways he is already an admin. Samuel Wantman 19:18, 14 August 2005 (UTC)


 * I accept. -- Rick Block (talk) 21:07, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Support -- Samuel Wantman 19:20, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Unconditionally. Rick has been here too long and done too much to not be deserving of the mop. -- Essjay ·  Talk 19:16, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support, obviously. -Splash 19:14, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Most certainly. Howabout1 Talk to me! 19:24, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) He wasn't already an admin? Support. Denelson83 19:28, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support. About time. Dmcdevit·t 20:00, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support; absolutely. Antandrus (talk) 20:03, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support. What can I say, other than lots of edits, not an admin.... ;-) Func( t, c, e, ) 20:11, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support, I definitely see some good work from the candidate's part. --Sn0wflake 21:01, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Unconditional Support. I was about to nominate him.  Redux 22:46, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support Martin - The non-blue non-moose 23:10, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support. Another one of my rare RFA votes, but someone who certainly deserves it. Blank Verse   &empty;  23:29, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Very much. &mdash; Dan | Talk 23:45, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Hard working, pleasant in discussion, gets involved in the stuff admins should. Harro5 23:51, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support It's a cliche, but its true- I thought he was one. Y0u (Y0ur talk page) (Y0ur contributions) 02:29, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support Well-written answers + archives talk page + over 1000 edits + over three months experience + nomination from Essjay = Shoe-In Ryan 03:55, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support. Excellent contributor and long overdue to be an admin. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:01, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support. Thunderbrand 04:03, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) I usually only vote on the nominations of candidates whom I've had some form of interaction with or at least whose work I'm familiar with, which isn't the case with RB, but looking it over, this candidate's record is impressive. Support. Fire Star 04:10, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support.Jondel 04:20, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Yep. Does good work and has earned a ringing endorsement from a trustworthy nominator. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 05:50, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Support. Time for another . --Deathphoenix 06:35, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Support. Do I need give my reasons.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91  ($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|)  07:11, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Support. if ever there was a possible case for speedy admining, this would be it. Ho w come no-one spotted that he wasn't one before? Grutness...  wha?  09:42, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Let Rick Block vandals. Let Rick Protect the wiki. Radiant_ &gt;|&lt; 10:26, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Oh Yeaahh! the wub  "?/!"  11:02, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) David Gerard 11:27, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Support. Hiding talk 11:38, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Support. Plenty of good work. Sjakkalle (Check!)  11:54, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Support. --Kbdank71 13:15, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Support. Seen nothing but helpful contributions, and lots of them. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 13:39, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Support on condition the sun rises in the east tomorrow. Thryduulf 14:36, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Support Stewart Adcock 15:12, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) Without hesitation. BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2005-08-15 15:43
 * 35) Merovingian (t) (c) 16:32, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 36) Support! -- BD2412 talk 20:51, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 37) Certainly... Sietse 21:09, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 38) Shanes 23:22, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 39) Support, an outstanding candidate. Rje 23:50, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * 40) Support Hes not one already? Hard work should be rewarded. Hamster Sandwich 23:53, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 41) Support Sure. --Chris 01:14, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 42) support of course. --Irpen 01:37, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 43) Support Again, I thought he was one already. D. J. Bracey (talk) [[Image:Flag of California.svg|25px]] 01:42, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 44) Support; absolutely. &infin; Who ? &iquest; ?  02:08, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 45) Maurreen (talk) 02:30, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 46) Support a friend of Essjay is a friend of Redwolf24! Redwolf24 03:22, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 47) Support -- Longhair | Talk 04:08, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 48) El_C 04:18, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 49) --Jusjih 05:18, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 50) Support, though he hardly needs my vote. Susvolans (pigs can fly) 10:17, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 51) Support Lectonar 10:24, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 52) Support David | Talk 11:11, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 53) Strong Support. utcursch | talk 11:18, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * 54) Support, yes I am feeling great to record my vote. --Bhadani 14:38, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 55) Support, I wouldn't want to miss this opportunity to vote. hydnjo talk 18:47, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 56) Support. A wonderful contributor to Wikipedia.  Hall Monitor 21:04, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 57) Support- you mean he's not one already?!! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:19, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 58) Support, of course. His name has been around the wiki a lot lately, and always doing good things. Isomorphic 05:29, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 59) Support. Pavel Vozenilek 21:51, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 60) Support. Essjay's nomination weighs heavily and you have some real heavy hitters in your corner! - Lucky 6.9 22:32, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 61) what Flcelloguy said.  ALKIVAR &trade;[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 23:53, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 62) Support -Loren 01:14, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 63) Support Essjay said it all, but this list says even more -- it's like a who's who list of the hard workers here on Wikipedia. Now all we need is boothby to give him support and I think it's safe to say that we could nominate Rick for wiki-emperor if Jimbo ever gets tired of the job...Karmafist 01:39, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 64) Guettarda 04:18, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 65) Support, without a doubt. -- DS1953 04:19, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * 66) Support - Jmabel | Talk 16:21, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * 67) Support - Rick will definitely make an excellent admin! &mdash; Stevey7788 (talk) 22:53, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 68) --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 09:06, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 69) * Shock! Horror!  Boothy443, you sellout! Aquillion 07:06, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 70) Support The JPS 15:24, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 71) Support, good user. JYolkowski // talk 21:39, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 72) Support for his kindness to newbies and all inclusive demeanor. &asymp; jossi &asymp; 22:39, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * 73) Cool. --JuntungWu 08:51, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Comments
 * Comment. We wish to comment. We can't quite make up our mind as to whether to append this comment to our Support, Oppose, or Neutral vote. So, we'll just let it hang here twisting in the wind and let you folks ponder its inner meaning.
 * Originally posted under "Neutral": We definetely do NOT oppose this nomimation. We in fact SUPPORT Rick's promotion to be a first class administrator. Our vote in this section is so that this section not be devoid of comment lest some future reseacher think that there was no such section. So, this section does in fact exist but wasn't used very much. Although this comment was posted in this section, the context of this posting should in no way effect the s/o/n/c tally as we have already voted to support. hydnjo talk 05:46, 21 August 2005 (UTC)


 * No vote. We never did quite understand this section. Is it like "I'm not going to vote and I want to let everyone know that I'm not going to vote. I'm sure that it is very interesting that I am not going to vote so I will announce it here. In case you missed it, I'm not going to vote. hydnjo talk 05:46, 21 August 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 read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
 * I view adminship as more of a chore than anything else. I've been here long enough that it seems it's well past my turn to do some of the work.  Things I'd like to help with include RC patrol, CFD closures, and general requests at WP:AN.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * In no particular order:
 * I successfully shepherded Monty Hall problem through WP:FAC and spent a lot of time trying to help a variety of folks understand the answer. This was my first featured article.
 * I had a part in the creation ofTemplate:CategoryTOC, which was a great wikicollaboration and is now nearly a de facto standard addition to large categories.
 * Starting with approximately this edit, I've been on a personal Please do not bite the newcomers crusade attempting to change the tone toward newcomers at wikipedia's help pages. I've apparently failed at my attempts to help Rich Wannen figure out how to cope here, but I'm very glad I've made the effort.
 * Template:YearsInCentury and its cousins Template:BirthsInCentury and Template:DeathsInCentury, used in nth century categories (e.g. category:20th century). My first attempt at "complex" templates.
 * Creating and populating the Japanese location categories (Category:Cities in xxx Prefecture, Category:Towns in xxx Prefecture, and Category:Villages in xxx Prefecture) for all the prefectures. This was a tremendous amount of work and led me to an area of wikipedia still needing a great deal of attention.
 * user:Rick Block/WP600 not admins - seems like there are more than a few folks who've been around plenty long enough to be admins, would like to be, and aren't. I'm not sure, but I think creating this list has instigated a reasonable number of RFAs in the past couple of months for some long overdue folks.
 * 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?
 * I always try to assume good faith - and can't remember being involved in any serious conflict. I annoyed someone quite a while ago who was insistently adding childish nonsense, who ended  up vandalizing my user page.  I think s/he ended up getting blocked.