Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Sewing

Sewing
I nominate Sewing for adminship. Sewing has been with Wikipedia since March, apart from an extended wikiholiday in June and July. Without his efforts, Korea-related material on Wikipedia wouldn't be worth speaking of. Nearly everything to do with Korea has been edited, expanded, categorized, and organized by Sewing. I cannot think of a better candidate for adminship. David Cannon 10:59, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * note: sewing has over 3840 contribs, beginning properly on 25th Sept 2003 -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 15:40, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * I am suprised and honoured that I have been nominated. After considering the responsibilities that come with the position, I humbly accept the nomination.  --Sewing 12:45, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * P.S.: I don't know if it's proper Witiquette, but I've asked contributors on East Asian topics&mdash;some of whom I've had disagreements with in the past&mdash;to add their opinions to this page.


 * P.P.S.: I have made the full case for myself&mdash;including how I would handle debates&mdash;under "Questions for the candidate" below.

Support:
 * 1) David Cannon 10:59, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Merovingian  &#9997;  Talk  11:13, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Kokiri 12:11, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Neutrality 16:04, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) The mere fact that David Cannon is responsible for the nomination lends credence to the user. Reviewed, and this seems like a very nice user. David Remahl 18:21, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Of course! I've come across he's works quite often and saw only patience and the ability to keep cool even in the midst of heat. I remember when he first came aboard WP, he was surprisingly receptive to advices and suggestions. He still is very amicable. In addition to his good rapport with the community, he offers us with the excellent and much-needed English info on the wonderful Korean culture, history, and geography (basically, him and Kokiri are the only people working on that subject now). And, the nominator, David, is somebody whose opinion I trust, since I supported him myself as an admin.  --Menchi 20:03, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) Fuzheado | Talk 03:02, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC), good contributor. Sewing, you can always hold admin privs in reserve. No obligations or responsibilities.
 * 8) I'm not familiar with Sewing, but David Cannon's nomination, Menchi's comments on his demeanor, and Sewing's own actions in notifying users who might oppose his nomination all speak very highly of Sewing. Anyone that honorable has my trust.  SWAdair | Talk  04:05, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) Markalexander100 05:53, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) Ambi 09:39, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) Andre 14:10, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 12) 172 19:56, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) Jiang 22:34, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) GeneralPatton 20:41, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 15) WhisperToMe 04:01, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 16) I say no more. After reading, I am convinced. I support the nomination. -- Taku 05:24, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
 * Hi, Taku:
 * 1) *It was very generous of you to change your vote. You must have thought about it a lot to change your mind, and I will not let you down.  Thank you.  Domo arigato gozaimasu.  -&#23665;&#36947;&#23376; (Sewing) - talk 16:56, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Jwrosenzweig 21:44, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Oppose: enchi: Taku seems to argue that those who edit contraversial issues should not be given admin powers. Taku: You'll probably that Sewing no longer edits such articles (see his user page for why). Kokiri 09:15, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 1) I praise his contributions. It is true that he made great contributions as far as I know. But I don't think he needs an admin power. He could ask any admin any time. While he is not a bad contributor even in a slightest sense, it is better those who edits controversial issues remain non-admin. -- Taku 02:23, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) * And, Mr. Murata, your reason for opposition is...? --Menchi 02:31, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 1) ** Just to make it clear, if someone asked me to act as an admin in, say, a Japan-Korea debate, I would refuse to get involved&mdash;like any responsible administrator&mdash;since I have a personal interest in the issue, and people on the other side would rightly not trust my judgement as an admin. On the other hand, if there were an edit war involving, say, France and Germany, and someone asked me to help out as an admin, then I might help out, since I could be fairly dispassionate about it.  --Sewing 16:08, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Comments:

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters, if you would kindly respond:
 * 1. Have you read the section on Administrators?
 * A.  Yes.
 * 2. Are you interested in, and do you think you'll have some time to perform, the chores that only sysops have access to do, to help keep Wikipedia up to date?
 * A.  Just maintaining the Korea-related topics is a major task; deciding what additional responsibilities I can take on is the main factor I have to mull over right now....
 * 3. If you become a sysop, which sysop chore or chores (WP:VFD, recent changes, watching for vandals and vandalism, responding to editor requests for assistance, any other) do you especially think you would be able to help with.
 * A.  The more people from around the world are actively involved in Wikipedia, the better.  Greeting and offering assistance to new users would be high on my list of desired tasks.  Also VFD, to help with deleting pages created by mistake, since I know from personal experience that legitimate users often need pages deleted not because of controversial content, etc., but simply to make a page move easier, or because the page title was mistyped, or what have you.
 * 4. In your opinion, what article have you contributed the most succesfully and helpfully to?
 * A. List of Korea-related topics and its sister page, Naming conventions (Korean), with help on both especially from Kokiri.
 * 5. In your opinion, what has your best contribution to the running and maintenance of Wikipedia been? (i.e., have you reverted a bad stretch of vandalism, done extensive work categorizing articles, helped mediate a dispute?)
 * A. I have systematically updated, expanded, rearranged, culled Wikipedia for articles for List of Korea-related topics.  Just yesterday, I added colour-coded boxes to help in cross-referencing romanized spellings and grouping common topics together.  I have helped to somewhat standardize Korean naming conventions.  Recently, I have begun adding Korean name tables to articles, which have helped to clean up all the variant spellings of Korean proper names in different writing systems.  And I have added or expanded reams of new articles of varying lengths, not just on Korean topics, but on Vancouver SkyTrain and Taxicabs, for instance.
 * 6. 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.  I used to have tangles with Nanshu (who has tangles with many users&mdash;especially Jiang these days&mdash;and whom I have notified regarding my nomination), but I learned to avoid as much as possible touching articles that involve conflicting Chinese, Japanese, and Korean points of view, since these articles usually attract strong opinions on all sides, and it's often very difficult to even establish an NPOV that all sides are happy with.  (Sometimes I'll add alternate spellings and pronunciations of key names or words in such articles, though, when the names are frequently used in 2 or more languages, in order to make the articles more inclusive.)  As an admin, I would not allow myself to adjudicate in any disputes concerning this heady world of contemporary East Asian politics (Japan vs. South Korea vs. North Korea vs. China vs. Taiwan), and those who were nice enough to nominate me probably know that I would not do that.