Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Rx StrangeLove

Rx StrangeLove
[ Vote here] (30/0/0) ending 04:51 12 September 2005 (UTC) - Rx StrangeLove has been productively contributing to Wikipedia since February of this year, and has amassed | 2700 edits. During this time, Rx has reverted tons of vandalism, as one can see from his edit history, and the praise he has received on his talk page is as great of an indictation of his dedication to RC patrol as any. If anyone deserves the mop, it is this user. --Nufy8 04:51, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

I accept. I'm flattered, this came right of the blue. Thank you for the generous nomination! Rx StrangeLove 05:43, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Support Oppose
 * 1) Support, of course. Nufy8 04:53, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) A horse is a horse. BRIAN 0918 &bull; 2005-09-5 04:56
 * 3) Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:57, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support. Great vandal fighter. Rx has beaten me to the revert quite a few times, too. Jaxl | talk 05:00, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support, absolutely. I can't count the times I have gotten his name on that "rollback failed!" page.  Great vandal fighter; everything I've seen is good. Antandrus  (talk) 05:18, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 6)   Journalist C./ Holla @ me! 
 * 7) "It is not only possible, it is essential." --Merovingian (t) (c) 06:04, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support - one of the good guys. Grutness...  wha?  06:13, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 9)  Weak support. Rx Strangelove, please answer the candidate questions below. &mdash; J I P | Talk 06:19, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Vote changed to full support because Rx Strangelove has answered the questions. &mdash; J I P | Talk 05:58, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Support. As has been said, great vandal fighter. --Canderson7 15:25, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support, I would have nominated him myself. --Sn0wflake 15:44, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Suppppppport.' N (t/c) 15:47, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support. Andre ( talk ) 15:51, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support ITHAWO! Martin - The non-blue non-moose 16:19, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support.— encephalon έγκέφαλος   16:27:33, 2005-09-05 (UTC)
 * 7) Support This user would benefit with the admin tools. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 18:24, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support, I second what Zzyzx11 said. Rje 19:12, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support. Meets my guidelines. android  79  19:35, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support. Thunderbrand 01:47, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support. El_C 23:49, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support, Meets, and would definetly benefit from admin tools as suggested by Zzyzx11. Falphin 23:57, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support What's with all the good candidates lately? Yes :) Ryan Norton T 00:46, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support without the slightest doubt. Fernando Rizo T/C 01:28, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Sure. No doubt reading the comments and editors above – Bratsche talk 21:10, September 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support absolutely! Hamster Sandwich 02:46, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support Good focus on RC actions: newbies, edits, vandals + able to see the value of an article in AfD, even it is in a poor state, jump in and make it something worth keeping = priceless. Alf melmac 21:34, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support. Swift with RC patrol.  Friendly.  Helpful. An all-around good Wikipedian.  Joyous  (talk) 00:09, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Support: Great commitment to the quality and aims of the project. Geogre 02:14, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Ruairidi 03:04, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support, fighting vandalism is a chore that he does admirably. &asymp; jossi &asymp; 03:26, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments

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'll be continuing to do RC patrol which I enjoy. The extra tools will come in handy, as will the ability to backup final warnings. I look forward to helping with the Copyright problem backlog. I’ve been going though them seeing if there’s something a non-admin can do to help. I’ve been rewriting some, reverting others…I’m looking forward to being able to carry the process to completion. I’d also help with the other backlogs that exist. Though non-admins can help out with them at some point in the process, a lot of them need admin intervention at some point and I want to help with those as well.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A I think that of the contributions I’ve made I’m most pleased with are the articles I’ve saved from deletion by rewriting them. I regularly go through AfD and look for articles that look like they are headed for deletion when a rewrite would change peoples votes. I’ve had a fair amount of success doing that. As I’ve noted above I’m happy with the work I’ve done rewriting articles that have been listed on Copyright problems. Also, as I go through New pages I find articles where the subjects belong but whose writing is often very poor. There are some articles I’ve created about Twin City (Minnesota) institutions, the Guthrie Theater and Northeast Minneapolis for example, though those are older examples. I also was a determined stub sorter and helped out with updating Stub
 * 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 The only real conflicts I’ve had have been with vandals, but in the sense that the question was asked I haven’t had any real conflicts with other editors. Working as a general editor I usually state my objections or pose the objection as a question, and then tend to move on. Moving on won’t always be an option if I’m accepted but I really don’t anticipate any problems, I really believe in being civil and I think Civility and not turning conflicts personal goes a long way toward keeping them constructive.


 * The key for not getting stressed out is to keep to the point in conflicts and don't make it a personal conflict as I wrote above. Also, fight the feeling of having to respond to something right away. Taking a step away often does wonders in stress reduction. And finally make the goal consesus rather then clinging to a position without being flexable.


 * Sorry for the delay in answering these, the nomination came close to 11:00 pm so I thought I'd accept and work on them in the morning.


 * I'd be happy to answer any other questions people might have!