Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Tkinias

Tkinias
final (18/0/0) ending 03:21, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I have been a Wikipedia contributor since April 2003 (user number 9855), although I have gone for periods of time without activity until recently. Beyond normal copyediting and NPOV policing, I am working on starting Wikipedia:WikiProject Fishes to clean up and standardize ichthyological articles; I am also working on biographical articles for modern French "notables" (primarily aristocracy and political figures), which is allied to my professional field. I also try to keep an eye out for potentially unfree images and work to bring the ones I find into compliance or to have them removed. &#8212;Tkinias 03:33, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Support Oppose
 * 1) A cursory scan of his/her edits seems to indicate a good user. Support. ugen64 04:58, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Strong support. 172 08:42, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Everyking 12:55, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Support.  It's important that admins have aproject they work on regularly, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Fishes -- and also important for admins to be able to work calmly in the midst of controvers: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Binational_solution for an example of his style in a conroversial discussion Pedant 02:18, 2004 Dec 7 (UTC)
 * 5) Support. Danny 03:37, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Support. Edwin 09:31, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) Support. Keeps a cool head under duress Micahmn 09:56, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) Support. He's been working with me to resolve our differences over citation formats in the fish articles.  The very fact that he references his work should mean something! -- Ram-Man (comment| talk) 17:50, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) I'll support this. Andre ( talk )A| 17:55, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) Lst27 ( t a l k )  23:46, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) Looks good to me. Deb 17:53, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 12) Strong support, Good editor and a nice guy. GeneralPatton 06:27, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) What General Patton said. Arminius 06:34, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) Support. Jayjg 18:14, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 15) Cribcage 21:58, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 16) Support. ffirehorse 01:26, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 17) A. D. Hair 02:05, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
 * 18) [[User:Aranel|Aranel (" Sarah  ")]] 20:00, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments
 * User has 1885 edits as of 04:58, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC), for those who care. ugen64 04:58, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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. Of course, I would continue to work to fight vandalism and similar problems, for which sysop rights would be helpful. I could also help with the task of deleting unfree images and with category cleanup; my contributions are limited now to nomination and discussion.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I'm pleased with the work I've done on organizing some aristocratic families (the ducs de Noailles and de Broglie), and with what I've done on Wikipedia:WikiProject Fishes, although the last is still embryonic.
 * 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 will deal with it in the future?
 * A. I would like to mention two examples, one of which I am pleased with and one not.
 * I responded in anger to Neutrality when he reverted a page move of mine, calling it "ridiculous"; I have been was for some time unable to get him to discuss the disagreement. I regret that I was not more diplomatic from the outset and also that we have been unable to resolve the disagreement, but I have left his revert to stand for now rather than getting into a move war.
 * On the other hand, I have been working with Ram-Man to resolve our differences over citation format for FishBase and ITIS references in fish articles. I took the initiative of creating templates for the citations so that I can continue to work on the articles in question while we find a compromise citation format, which can then be applied uniformly by editing the template.
 * I highly value civility in discourse, and I intend not to allow myself to respond in anger in the future.