Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ssd

Ssd
Let me introduce you to this great user, Ssd. He has over 6200 contributions and has edited Wikipedia since February 21. He has put in a lot of work concerning our categorization system and CSS styles, which I have no clue about (I&#8217;m still using the classic skin). Anyway, Ssd has expressed some concerns on helping out more with the maintenance of our encyclopedia. I think we should give him this chance. - Merovingian  &#9997;  Talk  20:58, Jul 17, 2004 (UTC)


 * I accept nomination. I can't take credit for much CSS stuff; while I understand it, I probably didn't spend more than 10 wikiminutes on that.  Please understand that I'm still balancing looming wikiholism with other things, so what I do with the adminship will be limited to what I have time for after doing other wiki-stuff I want to get done.  Right now, my primary task is cleaning up categories, and admin will probably help with that a bit, especially with cleaning of Categories for deletion.  The rest is listed on my user page.

Support
 * 1) Merovingian  &#9997;  Talk  20:58, Jul 17, 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Neutrality 22:35, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Lst27 00:41, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Spectatrix 06:39, 2004 Jul 18 (UTC)
 * 5) V V 07:20, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 6)  Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason   07:25, 2004 Jul 18 (UTC)
 * 7) David Remahl 09:09, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) EddEdmondson 10:22, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) Dysprosia 13:02, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) Michael Snow 16:16, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) Danny 16:17, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 12) &#8212;No-One Jones 16:19, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) 172 05:51, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) Cribcage 05:59, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 15) jengod 03:08, Jul 20, 2004 (UTC)
 * 16) GeneralPatton 04:38, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 17) Support. --H. C HENEY 16:08, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 18) older &ne; wiser 13:09, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * 19) A reasonable and pragmatic contributor, amenable to discussion. -- Heron 08:33, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Comment
 * 1) Just one niggle: when you become an admin, ssd, you should probably refrain from deleting stuff from Talk pages - not that I mind, because I can see that your intentions are honest and you are just trying to save space, but it sets a bad example for others. :-) -- Heron 08:33, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * That was a special case. I've never done it that way before, it just seemed appropriate and was the best way to keep the discussion from folding under its own weight.  (Essentialy, I deleted all the points we agreed on (including my own replies) and then started adding comments from there, and mentioned so.  If the discussion had been more complex, I would have left a link to the previous version.) --ssd 11:23, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters, if you care to respond:
 * 1. Have you read the section on Administrators?
 * A. Can't remember which I've read, but I did look into the administrator stuff. I've read everything I could find on categories, category deletion, and deletion in general.  (I have not restricted myself to reading in these areas of course.)  If I decide to persue other admin responsibilities, I will be sure to read up on it fully before doing it.


 * 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. As stated in my acceptance, I will do what I have time for with priority to what I am already doing. I make occasional ventures into VfD, recent changes, vandalism watch, etc., but don't expect me to frequent those areas (except randomly) until I've got categories under control.


 * 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. I could help with any or all of those, but will only have time to do so randomly until I have completed other things I am already doing. (In a pinch, I'll help if I can.)


 * 4. In your opinion, what article have you contributed the most succesfully and helpfully to?
 * A. Probably Antenna (electronics), which parallels my recent entry into another hobby. But a lesser contribution to UFS, which is a piece of filesystem and unix info that I will continue to contribute other articles to as I have time.


 * 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've done a very little bit of vandalism reversion, but mostly lately I have been working on categorization. Probably 80% of my edits in the last month have been about categories, with a reduction in other areas I will eventually get back to.


 * 6. Of your Wikipedia edits and experiences thus far, what is your biggest regret? What do you wish you'd done differently?
 * A. I nearly always regret hitting save page instead of show preview, but that's easily fixed after the fact. I regret creating Category:Science fiction authors which will (I hope) eventually be renamed to Category:Science fiction writers. (Right now, it's hopeless without a bot, perhaps I'll write one later.) --ssd 21:37, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * Thanks and good luck! -- Cecropia | Talk 21:05, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)