Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Shallot

Shallot (Joy)
Shallot made his first contribution here all the way back in 2002, and (see comments) has well over 8000 contributions since August 2003. He's done especially good work in improving our articles related to Central Europe and the Balkans, and even though these subjects are sometimes contentious, has managed not to provoke serious disputes. I think his even temperament, good sense, and demonstrated skill at reducing conflict would make him an excellent administrator. Shallot has said he's always been able to find other admins to help delete pages or revert vandalism, but making him an admin would let him take care of things just that much quicker. Anyway, I believe this is a case where the community needs him as an admin more than him needing admin status for any kind of personal validation and ego boost. --Michael Snow 17:03, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Michael Snow 17:03, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Absolutely. Shallot will make a first-rate admin. &#8212;No-One Jones 17:12, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Jwrosenzweig 17:39, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC) Shallot is certainly well qualified, in my opinion, and Michael's confidence in him is the clincher, for me.
 * 4) blankfaze |  (&#1073;&#1077;&#1089;&#1077;&#1076;&#1072;!)  19:25, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) Elf-friend 20:45, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Jiang 21:18, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) 172 21:51, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) Good work.--Neutrality 22:28, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) V V 00:06, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC) Has he accepted?
 * 10) Everyking 01:13, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) A reasonable contributor. Dr Bug (Volodymyr V. Medeiko) 08:27, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 12) Merovingian  &#9997;  Talk  10:59, Aug 6, 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) Ambi 11:07, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) Asim Led 14:35, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 15) Salasks 19:33, Aug 6, 2004 (UTC)
 * 16) Danny 23:12, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 17) Geogre 00:48, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC) Shallot has been with us for a very long time, has never thrust himself/herself forward, and is dedicated to the project.
 * 18) SWAdair | Talk  10:59, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 19) Good contributor, also diplomatic. GeneralPatton 13:09, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 20) Of course! He has been here for a really long time, he should have been an administrator 3 months ago. --Lst27 23:21, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 21) David Gerard 23:43, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 22) Gzornenplatz 00:29, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC)
 * 23) Austin Hair 03:08, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC)  I've been acquainted with Joy for a number of years, having served with him on OFTC staff, and wholeheartedly support him as an all-around stand-up guy.
 * 24) [[User:Avala|Avala| &#9733; ]] 13:58, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC) Agree completely. Even though we had a dispute or two, I think he is a great contributor.
 * 25) Zocky 14:29, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC): Shallot has been a voice of reason on many potentially controversial issues about the countries of ex-Yugoslavia.
 * 26) -- orthogonal 14:33, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * 27) Andris 14:43, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC)
 * 28) Strongly agree with Zocky's opinion already stated above. --Romanm 16:03, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral


 * 1) I'm neutral because this voting is becoming a xerox of Enver Hoxa's/Hafez al Assad's elections with 100% approval. Mir Harven 18:31, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * LOL! Thanks, my head was going to explode, too :) --Joy &#91;shallot&#93;

Comments

Actually, those things dated 2002 on my contributions page are a result of the fact that the date on newly moved pages doesn't change after the move, so it appears as if the new page was created back when the old one was. This behaviour makes sense in page histories, but it's not exactly intuitive in the lists of contributions. Anyway. --Shallot

Questions for the candidate

Yeah. :) It'd be nice, but note what Michael and myself have written on his and my talk pages. Nota bene, I've recently requested a change in username to Joy which may get fulfilled in the meantime, but this discussion should be titled shallot because the Wikipedians know me by that handle. Thank you again. --Shallot 17:14, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I should also mention that I've read a lot of the docs related to the topic and that I promise I won't use any new feature without reading up on it again. In fact I don't really plan to use the new features if I am chosen as admin, at least while I'm fresh... Also I can't honestly remember the complete list of noteworthy contributions :), and I have also read a lot of the docs related to the topic of how to handle various conflicts that arise in editing and practiced a lot of it. --Shallot 17:34, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)