Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Thelb4


 * ''The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a request for adminship that did not succeed. Please do not modify it.

Thelb4
final (7/10/4) ended 08:25, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

– I have been editing Wikipedia since 19 August 2005 - about 4 months ago. This edit is my 1632nd (see Kate's tool). I do a variety of things on Wikipedia: categorising articles in Category:Stubs, typos, and other things. I think that administrator tools would be useful in reverting lesser articles that I have contributed to heavily. Thelb 4 21:19, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: After thinking long and hard, I have decided to accept this nomination from myself. Thelb 4  21:28, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Go on then... I would have hoped for more detailed answers to the questions but still, good editor. Fir  e  Fox  21:54, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support, unlikely to abuse admin tools. Not sure where Svest's questions are going, the answers seem pretty obvious. Christopher Parham (talk) 04:37, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support Good editor. This user is unlikely to abuse admin tools --rogerd 21:27, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Benefit of doubt support, good enough. [[Image:Flag_of_Europe_and_Austria.svg|20px]] Nightstallion ✉ 12:06, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support. Good editor whom I think will not abuse the tools. -- DS1953 talk  06:47, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support Clearly does a beneficial job for Wikipedia, and an efficient one. I am only bothering to add my positive vote, though, in order to attempt to cancel out the arrogance which can be seen below me in the form of the opposing voters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ejm546 (talk • contribs) 11:46, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support - It's painful on the fence and I've occasionally run into this user and found them amiable - no reason to assume that they'd abuse AdminPowersTM. --Cel e stianpower háblame 20:48, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) Objection, lack of experience. Radiant_ &gt;|&lt; 23:27, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose. I'm not really sure that the motivation given in the answers below makes the grade for a self-nom. Anyone can get rollback button by installing godmode lite. There are only a couple of hundred Project: space edits (so count the edits, see if I care) and very very few Talk and User_talk: edits. Edits in those latter two are especially important since a demonstrated ability to reliably interact carefully is important. I think I slightly wider experience base is a good thing to seek from a would-be admin, and that will also reveal to the candidate the lack of depth in his answers to the questions. -Splash talk 23:51, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose per Splash and his accepting his own self-nom shows his inexperience. freestylefrappe 00:12, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Accepting his own self-nom? What a n00b! Please, that was a blatant joke, not a sign of inexperience. Redwolf24  (talk) 05:45, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * freestylefrappe, it was just a joke! Thelb 4  07:28, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Even if it wasn't a joke, accepting a self-nomination is meant to happen. As Jitse Niesen pointed out in the RfA of SoothingR, the policy in the nomination procedure says that a person who self-nominates should accept the nomination. freestylefrappe must only be opposing as per Splash. DarthVader 00:01, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose per above and his answers to the question. Olorin28 00:52, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose Lack of wiki namespace and talk edits. --Jaranda wat's sup 01:39, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose. An acceptable number of edits, but that's never definitive. Get a little more experience and you'll pass for sure. enochlau (talk) 02:28, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Oppose per Splash. Gain more experience, return in six months or so. Xoloz 14:14, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Oppose FSF's sense of humor aside, I don't think lb4 understands the whole score yet in regards to being an admin. Head over to WikiFanatic, he likes to help with building up experience and understanding for rfas. karmafist 17:51, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Oppose, you've done a lot of good work but adminship is a big responsibility and it's for more than just reverting. Ashibaka tock 03:42, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Oppose -- please set/enable your email id.  =Nichalp   «Talk»=  06:43, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Neutral
 * 1) Neutal. I'm on the fence here, still considering, Would like to see more interaction with other users (User_talk)and more work on Project Talks. xaosflux  Talk  / CVU  02:24, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) I'm sittin' on the fence, and its a givin me splinters Sceptre  ( Talk  ) 13:56, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Neutral. Good user but he states he wants the tools to be able to revert. There are plug-ins like popup-assisted reversions (which I don't use personally, but still) which can give him this capability without being an admin. I hardly ever use the rollback button either. You can help out on AfD without being an admin, too. No problems with user but maybe needs more experience with the processes that we need admins for at the moment. Admins beating you to the revert button isn't a bad thing. Hedley 20:17, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) King of All the Franks 06:40, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

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 check out Category:Wikipedia backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
 * A. I would like to use the rollback button, as I have many pages on my watchlist; and I check my watchlist to find vandalism in an article. I go to revert it, but an administrator has already reverted it. I vote in AfD quite regularly, so would be able to use the delete feature to help out.


 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I am proud of Dave Walker which I cleaned up a lot and Pop (television channel) which I have helped a lot with.


 * 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. I don't remember any and I would remember any significant conflicts. I have not been stressed with Wikipedia at all.

Voters questions:
 * I have 2 simple questions before voting:


 * I see that when you edited your first edit you used the edit summary. Were you aware of the guidelines of Wikipedia at that time? If yes, can you explain how? . (Well answered).
 * Well, basically, all I did was see the edit summary box, put two and two together, and filled it in. Also note that before I started editing as Thelb4, I was 86.129.218.316, and I used edit summaries twice as that IP address.
 * You say above (replying to question 1): ...I go to revert it, but an administrator has already reverted it. What does that mean? -- Svest 21:50, 21 December 2005 (UTC) Wiki me up&#153;
 * I don't really understand your question. The reverted thing in question is just any vandalism that I may happen to notice in my watchlist.
 * I am sorry but I meant that I also did not understand what you mean. Cheers -- Svest 01:20, 23 December 2005 (UTC) Wiki me up&#153;
 * My question on that score is, why is it important that you get there first? Isn't more important that you catch vandalism that existing admins don't catch? --Calton | Talk 07:47, 22 December 2005 (UTC)


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