Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/TomStar81


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

TomStar81
Note: I am exercising some discretion here and cautioning all involved users to think twice before posting anything relating to the situation regarding who nominated User:Oldwindybear for adminship. The situation has escalated beyond all control. Comments that are deemed to be personal attacks will be removed on sight. RfA is not a battleground. --Deskana (talk) 11:31, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

'''(26/14/7); Ended at 20:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC). Nomination withdrawn by user. --Deskana (talk) 20:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)'''

From the Desk of User:TomStar81: As most of you are no doubt wawre of, there has been an edit war between New England and oldwindybear over this rfa. I had held out high hopes that the two of them could come to an agreement over their differences of opinion, but I see that has not happened. Furthermore, I see that this edit war has driven both oldwindybear and Stillstudying to the brink of leaving Wikipedia as contributers. Two years ago, during the edit war on Iowa class battleship, I insisted on keeping one stupid line in and it cost the project a valued contributer. I absolutlely refuse to let that happen again; ever editer we lose is a loss for Wikipedia as whole. What does it profit this great encyclopedia if I recieve admin status at the cost of the perment retirement of two members of the community? We can not afford such a pyrrific vistory. To that end, I am announcing that I wihdraw my support of thenomination, and respectfully ask that it be closed. This should end the immdiate edit war problem that was plagued my rfa, and with any luck, the end of the edit war will cause Stillstudying and oldwindybear to reconsider their depature from the site. I am sorry to see that it has come to this, but I will not have another users departure rest on my concious; that number stands at one, and one is already more than I can bear. TomStar81 (Talk) 19:27, 16 July 2007 (UTC) - I wish to nominate TomStar81 for admin. This user has over 11,000 edits, including over 5,000 mainspace edits. He is unfailingly helpful, civil to all users, and a thoroughly and completely decent user who deserves adminship. He won't self nominate, and it is high time someone else nominated him, so I have done so because I truly believe he should be an admin. (And I understand his refusal to self nominate, I would not either, and that is not knocking those who self nominate, you just feel that when it is your time, someone will nominate you...) old windy bear 11:40, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I humbly accept this nomination for adminship!

I am honored to be nominated for adminiship, if I should attain the rank, I will endevor to learn how to properly use the powers granted to me.

Questions for the candidate
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. You may wish to answer the following optional questions to provide guidance for participants:
 * 1. What admin work do you intend to take part in?
 * A: To answer honestly I am not entirely sure. I know admins, endowed with the power to delete content, are expected to help with article, category, and image afd's, and I will certainly apply any delegated power to that end. I am certain that there are other responsibilities that come with a promotion like this as well, and I will mostly certainly look into how to apply such power to these other areas. Before I make any commitments I would have to do a little gumshoeing to determine what exactly admins do outside of afd and how they go about doing it.
 * I see that there is some suspicion among editors that I may have a lack of understanding to what a admin does. Allow me to state that I do know admins protect pages, delete articles, and conduct RC patrols (among other things), and I am more than prepared to use whatever admin tools granted to me (if so granted) to take on these roles. My above answer stems in part from my transition from anon to user: As we all recall there were new tabs with new buttons that we had not seen before, and most of us probably had to research a little do determine what exactly the new buttons were for and how the should be applied. I suspect that the leap from User to Admin will result in a similar situation: new buttons, new features, and new rules/guidelines to follow. As a former U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army brat used to change, I can say that I am more than confident in my ability to master any new powers delegated to me. If I am approved then I need to see what new powers come with the administership and practice using them to gain the experience necessary to put them to work for the good of Wikipedia and the projects I contribute to. I don't blame the community for being critical of an honest answer, in fact, I encourage you to be critical of it since we are talking about lending out a mop and bucket here. Lastly, I will take the opportunity to remind everyone to Assume good faith: we were all new to Wikipedia at some point or another, and we have worked long and hard on this encyclopedia to enlighten our guests, but in so doing we have also established a set of guiding principles that have allowed us to gain reputations as good contributers here. That some of us are unfimilar with the nature of the work that must be done in one specific area does not mean we are not qualified to handle the work, merely that we need familiarize ourselves with how we are expected to go about the nature of that work. TomStar81 (Talk) 03:54, 15 July 2007 (UTC)


 * 2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
 * A: I consider my best contributions to Wikipedia to be the Featured Articles I either brought up to Featured Status, or the articles that I had the pleasure of returning to FA status after the bar for FA articles was raised. In particular, the battleships USS New Jersey (BB-62) & USS Wisconsin (BB-64) were fun to work with because I had the honor of doing nearly all the work to get them to FA status, while my other featured articles (USS Missouri (BB-63) and Iowa class battleship) were initially improvements to FA class articles that were lacking ciations. My updating of Iowa class battleship also produced a new article named Armament of the Iowa class battleship which went featured roughly a month after being created due in large part to the research I had done. Researching these articles is a joy similar to the old special projects I and my class mates used to do back at El Paso Country Day School: long hours sifting through research material, taking notes and writing reports, only presentation to the class here means presenting information to the world. I love it, I wouldn't trade that for the world.


 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * A: Unfortunetly, I have been involved in two big edit conflicts with users in the past. In both cases I feel that I was in fact in the wrong, although I am ashamed to say that being in the wrong didn't stop me from holding my ground and resisting attempts to change the articles for the better. The first was at the end of 2004 or 2005, when the main page featured article was Iowa class battleship; I had been the point man for bring the article up to FA status then and was rather proud of having done so, but I neglected to remove a POV line comparing the class to other battleships in other navies of the world, and that led to an edit war over whose ships should get mentioned. In the process of defending the line I do believe that I caused the User:MateoP to leave wikipedia, and that has at times made me feel bad. More recently, I attempted to expand Wikipedia's coverage of the PC game Command and Conquer by creating a butload of articles on and about the series and its spin offs, which led to a rather vicous altercation between me and Proto (now Neil). At the time was pissed about having the articles I worked so hard on come under the afd umbrella, and due to a combination of hurt pride and upcoming University final exams stress I really tore into him over the dletion of the articles. As time has passed I have come to see that Neil was only doing the right thing, and as an unintended bonus (if you want to call it that) the community as a whole has been cracking down on "gamecruft" pages here. In both cases putting some time and distance between the incedents has allowed me to mature a little, I see that I need to be more open to suggestions and more observant of Wikipedia's policies. I did eventually apologized to MateoP and Neil after backing off the computer and meditating on the points presented, and I have taken the points they offered to heart. For those of you who would like to take a closer look at the conflits I will provode the links to the pages: For the Iowa class battleship conflict and related talk page discussion(s), and the C&C article delete. Other pages are in their as well; if you go to User:Neil/gc and look for anything in red with a name including units/strucutures of the Chinese/USA/GLA/GDI/Nod, then click on it and you see the accompanying afd nom. On the afd pages you can scope out my complete (and dubious) war on policy here (the link I provided specifically is the most damning, the other not so much, so you can get a feel for the rest of the pages by checking out the linked one).

General comments

 * See TomStar81's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.


 * Links for TomStar81:

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Discussion


Support
 * 1) Extremely Strong Support He long since should have been an admin, I thought he was, and am now rectifying that oversight! A humble but very hard worker who adds greatly to the project and the community.  He more than deserves the mop. old windy bear 11:40, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support, assuming Tom doesn't decline the nomination, and assuming that spelling skills are not a qualification.  I've seen a lot of Tom's good work for WP:SHIPS and also know he has a sense of humor (who else awards a Spelling Award  to those who fix their spelling errors?), so concur with the nomination.--J Clear 13:06, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support.  Tom has shown exemplary diligence and dedication in his work on Wikipedia.  That he is not yet certain of where he will concentrate his usage of the tools is hardly a cause for concern; regardless of what he chooses to do with them, placing admin tools in the hands of such an outstanding editor can only be a net benefit to the project. Kirill 21:36, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Support, Good edits, long dedication. I think that he was good in answering Q#1 truthfully. -Lemon flash talk  23:51, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Support Dfrg.msc 00:09, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Support. A committed, hard-working, knowledgeable editor, and if there's one thing Wiki needs in new admins, it's his kindness, civility and consideration of fellow Wikipedians. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 00:20, 15 July 2007 (UTC) (I'm much less worried about a responsible candidate who doesn't know what he wants to do with the tools than some that do know what they want to do with them.)  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 00:23, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Support He is unlikely to abuse admin tools. A great editor. -- S iva1979 Talk to me 01:42, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) Support per no big deal. Some users get what they want at an RfA by having an editor who writes articles, but they still oppose. ~  Wi ki her mit  02:55, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) An ideal candidate. Not one who has been seeking the "role", but will merely accept extra duties to improve the encyclopedia further.  Daniel  04:07, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) Support - expanded answer to Q.1 banishes all doubt in my mind. Right on, for your honesty and candor.  --Haemo 06:36, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 11) Support Editor has a lot of experience within Wikipedia and will not abuse the tools. --Hdt83 Chat 06:43, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 12) Support. Switched from neutral. Expanded answer to question one not only resolves any doubts, but demonstrates considerable maturity. I'm sure you'll be an excellent administrator. Carom 07:06, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 13) Strong Support - clearly an active and hardworking contributor. I have no problem with his answer to Q1; he is refreshingly honest, and while he may not have a clear idea of what he will be doing as an admin, he clearly understands what admins do and is willing to learn. In response to some of the opposers, it's pointless IMO to be pedantic about whether the candidate "needs" the tools; they will come in useful from time to time, and this user can clearly be trusted with them. WaltonOne 11:28, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 14) Support Come on, adminship is no big deal. Sure, he's likely to make a few mistakes in his start... or he's probably not going to raze 20 backlogs as soon as he has the extra godly buttons, but adminship is about trust, and I trust Tom. Simple. — An as  talk? 12:47, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 15) Another no big deal support. Tom may not be entirely familiar with the territory, and this is a little worrying, and I'm not entirely sure about the George Washington reference below, but I feel that he won't abuse the tools, and so there is nothing to stop promoting him IMO. Tom, if you want any advice, my talk page is always open :). ck lostsword•T•C 17:19, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 16) Support, Has a fairly good record and is honest in his answers per above. I have read the oppositions and don't believe they are that severe. It may be true that this user doesn't have a high amount of administrator knowledge but that doesn't mean he would somehow abuse the tools of adminship. It's not like we have a limited amount of adminships to dispense and must choose only the super elite. This person, based on my viewing of his previous contributions, looks like he would make good contributions as an admin and does not look like he would abuse the tools or cause problems.  Wikidudeman  (talk) 18:43, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 17) Support I think that anything this user needs to learn about adminship will be learned quickly even if he does know little now. Captain panda  21:42, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 18) Support. Long-term editor with commitment to encyclopedia building. The expanded answer to Q1 answered my initial concern. Espresso Addict 00:45, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 19) Support. This editor can be trusted with administrative tools and his adminship will benefit this encyclopedia. --Dual Freq 01:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 20) Support maybe the answer to question #1 wasn't great, but at least he was honest, and I like honesty. If he gets the tools I am sure he'll quickly learn how to use them, and will use them efficiently. Acalamari 01:44, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 21) Support A.Z. 02:01, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Considering this is technically not a vote, would you like to elaborate on that point?  New England  02:25, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Looks Good! I can't see how the user would abuse the tools. --SXT4$\color{Red} \oplus$ 06:48, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Strong Support a very good user who deserves the promotion.Stillstudying 11:24, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support. I'm sorry to see that this RFA isn't going well so far, but I believe you'd use the tools well, and I also believe we need more admins who are dedicated editors, and not just people who've made 7000 vandalism reverts. TomTheHand 12:10, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Support - Long standing editor with an excellent history of collaborative work. I feel very confident that he will make good use of the tools.  --Kralizec! (talk) 16:57, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Support - I've seen you around and noticed your good contributions. In terms of the editing dispute that you cite, it doesn't raise any red flags for me. While you may not have a good grasp of the tools yet, I admire your honesty about it and willingness to learn about them. I support your candidacy, as I think you will make a fine admin. It sounds like some of the 'oppose' votes have got you down, so I'd also like to offer Moral Support and encourage you to try again if this RfA doesn't pass. Eliz81 18:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) Oppose Your answer to question one doesn't really show a firm grasp of what you want to do as an admin. There are numerous things an admin could do, but what do you want to do, and what will you do?  Jmlk  1  7  21:39, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think that addresses this issue pretty well  in discussing his rationale for closing Requests for adminship/LessHeard vanU, on its talk page: "No merit on the fact that the user does not need the tools. The user has requested access to the tools when necessary. As an editor-contributor, the tools do come in handy for tasks such as editing protected pages or speedy deletion for maintanence tasks."  Grace notes T § 23:20, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose The answer to question one pretty much says that you don't know what's involved in being an admin. It sounds like you're an asset to wikipedia, but you need to be familiar with the administrators' reading list, how-to guide, and guide to requests for adminship before you can become an admin.  Do some reading and get yourself nominated again in a few months.  --Hugh Charles Parker (talk - contribs) 22:06, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hard work, thats whats being an admin means. (PS: I have read through those before, more for understanding what admins I was working with could do. Now I intend to memorize them since I hope to be an admin by the end of the RFA)
 * 1) Oppose I am really sorry, and please feel free to answer this comment. How can you possibly allow yourself to be nominated for admin without knowing what the job entails, and indeed how can you have been here for so long without knowing this? I cannot possibly support an applicant who does not know what he is going to do with the tools. --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 23:11, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Being unfamilar with the terriroty doesn't mean unqualified. George Washington was the 1st President of the United States, and I garentee you that he had no idea how exactly the he was suppose to use the powers delegated to him by the consitution. He had guidelines and rules, but until you actually exercise such power you have no idea how exactly it is supposed to be used. I understand your concern, and I do believe I can meet the challenge, but I have no way of proving that to you. This is a situtation where trust is all that I have to offer, and I see that for you, in this case, trust simply isn't enough. TomStar81 (Talk) 04:56, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose Per Anthony.bradbury. Jh  fireboy  Talk  00:03, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose. You don't seem to have the right view of adminship. Admins are, as the saying goes, "regular wikipedians witha mop and bucket". There are no powers, there is no rank. There is more responsibilities, and, per your answer to Q1, you are not ready for them.  J- stan  <sup style="color:#808080;">Talk 02:00, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * But I do: Its the difference between a police officer and sherrifs deputy. Its the same turf, but rather than stopping at the city limits you can enforce laws within the county line. I call it a promotion only because one earns a promotion through his or her merit, and appearently my work here has earned me a shot at getting a mop and bucket. This is one of the few true joys I have left in life, and to me it means alot to be considered for adminiship. Thats all. TomStar81 (Talk) 05:02, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, first of all, if this is one of the few joys you have left in life, you really need to find yourself a girl. For further reading, please see What adminship is not. That's the basis for my arguments. It is not an entitlement, it is not a trophy.  J- stan  <sup style="color:#808080;">Talk 02:31, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I am aware of what adminship is not. I read that earlier today. TomStar81 (Talk) 02:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose If you don't know what admins do, how can we know what you'll do? Great mainspace work, keep that up!  Giggy  UCP 03:20, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * But I do know what admins do! Its how they go about doing it that I am unsure of, hence my answer for #1. Its not that I am clueless about admins, I just never viewed the account of an admin and don't know how much difference there will be between adminship and usership, thats all. TomStar81 (Talk) 05:02, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose due to answer to question 1. Also, it seems a little weird that Oldwindybear nominated you soon after you nominated him.   New England  03:35, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't read to much into it. I didn't ask him to nominate me, it came up unexpectedly when he discovered I wasn't already an admin. You can check his talk page to verifiy that, if you wish. TomStar81 (Talk) 03:55, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I should have made it clear that I'm not opposing because of the timing of the noms, I was just pointing it out as it is an unusual coincidence.  New England  04:00, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I know, I kinda laughed at that myself. I figured I give it a shot, after all the worst thing that can happen is to be turned down. Its not like the world will end if i fail to make admin the first time around (although I will confess that it will make me feel sad that the community doesn't trust me enough) :/ TomStar81 (Talk) 04:40, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Remainder of conversation moved to talk page  New England  19:52, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I simply note that I nominated oldwindybear. I am now off wikipedia, except for following through on this matter.  The record shows clearly I made the nomination, for what that is worth. Stillstudying 13:01, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose per Q1 answer, and candidate's reply to A. Bradbury. Role-model though he is, your George Washington analogy was fairly awful. You are not treading virgin territory here; 1,275 admins have gone before you, and will coexist with you. There are precedents established for admin behavior, and you should have a greater grasp of them than you do. Defiantly arguing the novelty of the task doesn't help your cause. Xoloz 15:01, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * And that is one of the reasons why the community as a whole is instructed not to bite the newcomers. 1,275 have gone before me, and were therefore new to the process at one just as I would be. (BTW, I typed out the George Washington reference at one in the morning, which explains in part why it was so poor. I don;t think hard after midnight; to much stress to sleep on you see, so my response sucked. Thought you might like to know :) TomStar81 (Talk) 19:15, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose Per answer to number 1. Politics rule 18:23, 15 July 2007 (UTC
 * 2) Oppose. Sorry, but I have to do this. Your answer to Q1 is not satisfactory - find some admin tasks, get involved in the non-admin side of things, and then decide what you want to do. If you can name to me 3 admin tasks you have participated in, and want to help in, I will consider changing this vote. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 00:55, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I've done RC patroling. I have also done a lot of work with regards to ensuring that images used here have a valid source and all relevant copyright infomation, and have informed users of inadequate or non-existant copyright tags on image pages. I have requested extra eyes for high vandalism pages, and once asked for a page protect to allow non-compliant fair use images to be removed from the page and deleted without incedent. I have also tried to reason with good contributers who were given a bad time here in an effort to keep them from leaving. I am fairly confident that this is not what your looking for, but its all that comes to mind off the top of my mind. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:16, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose at this time, answer to Q1, regarding admin powers, give it some time, more precisely decide what you actually need the adminship for and then come back and you'll have my support. Dureo 06:43, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your comment, and remember to sign your post! TomStar81 (Talk) 05:52, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * yep thanks for the heads up, got sent on a call and hit enter too soon. Dureo 06:43, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Weak Oppose It seems like you know that the tools exist, but...you don't know how and when to use the tools? Then ability is not the problem; judgment (or lack of) is. There is something called observational learning, you know. Gaining adminship tools is like learning to drive a car: you know the rules, you know the basics, you're given the car (figuratively), you have 1,275 driving instructors helping you lead the way, and off you go. You might hit a snag or two, get a berating from another user, have some middle fingers going your way every so often, etc., but that's part of the learning process. (Ok, bad analogy, but you do sort of learn how to drive a car by watching your parents) Your hesitant answer to question #1 makes me kind of afraid of what you're going to do with the tools once they're given to you. Also, your...eh...inability to think of such an obvious answer makes me afraid of how you're going to deal with conflicts that require split-second decisions and how you're going to make potentially controversial decisions (in XfD's for instance). Oh, and your somewhat combative attitude above isn't really helping matters. Just my perception. — Kurykh  06:11, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Addendum I do give credit for being honest, and I am open to persuasion. — Kurykh  06:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I do believe you have found the words I could not find to describe this situation, and for that I thank you. I'm sorry to hear that you are afraid of what I may do with the tools, I feel bad that I can't give you a more definitive answer without feeling like I am lying to myself and the community. If you are not entirely convinced that I am the best man for the job then I will not attempt to pursuade you otherwise, but I will thank you for taking the time to comment here. TomStar81 (Talk) 07:24, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose Quite shocked to see the answer for Q1. <font color="#0000FF">OhanaUnited  Talk page  13:17, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose, sorry but your answer to Q1 causes me to doubt that you really know what adminship is all about. I'm not saying you need to be 100% ready and should know the ins and outs to the letter--very few running RfA possibly can--but at least some grasp of what it entails would be nice. As other people said, get involved in some administration tasks (xFD, DRV, etc), and you'll get a better feel for what it involves. ^ demon [omg plz] <em style="font-size:10px;">13:32, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Neutral
 * 1) Neutral - That old windy bear nominated is a big plus. Your long time here and obvious dedication is a big plus. Your article writing, maintenance and vandal fighting is a big plus. Your WP:AFD and image work is a big plus. Your spelling is a non issue. Your fairly poor edit summary use is a minor niggle. Your answer to Q1 is a major negative and your repeated references to power and promotion push me neutral at this time, as I see no evidence of knowledge about what adminship really means and why you need the buttons. Sorry. Pedro | Chat  20:12, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That bothered me a bit, too, but I think it has more to do with him being green to the concept of adminship as it's often discussed at RFA (he's only participated in this RFA and Oldwindybear's). His honesty in expressing himself bolsters the credibility of his promises to learn about adminship and gumshoe for a bit if he becomes an administrator. For those reasons, I don't think calling it a promotion or rank is indicative of future risk. Pedro's comment, and the probable future comments of others here, will likely change Tom's conception of what an admin is.--Chaser - T 20:44, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * TomStar81 makes references to power, but it doesn't seem that he equates technical power (which admins do have, whether we like to call it that or not) with social authority (which no one but Jimbo, ArbCom, and the community has). Which is a good thing, because adminship is no big deal. Grace notes T <span title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/TomStar81">§ 21:34, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Pedro | Chat  HI Pedro, and thank you for the kind thought.  I really think Tom's references concerning power are more a natural response to being green, as Chaser said, and I honestly believe he will do as I am doing - ask for help from established admins and other knowledgable users - rather than leap in before he knows what he is doing.  Adminship carries potential for being a lot more useful to the community, and from what he has said to me in discussions, he wants to learn, and be even more of an asset than he is now.  I really think he would be a great asset as an admin.  Thanks again for your kind thought about me!  I won't let you down!old windy bear 22:41, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Neutral Your answer to question one shows that you have no clear idea about the uses to which you would choose to put the admin tools. This makes me wonder what the motivation is for this RfA.  Until you offer a clear explanation as to  your intentions as an admin then I can only choose to be non-committal at this time. I would suggest that you read Wikipedia:Administrators and also dedicate some of your editing time to new page/recent change patrolling; vandal reversion and the associated userpage warnings and also participation in the policy space, such as XfD discussions and Talk pages such as the RfA page and Admins noticeboard.  This should give you an idea regarding the desire for and usefulness of the tools in your Wiki career.  There are many other options available to you to practice being an admin, my suggestions are only the tip of the iceberg. (aeropagitica) 21:31, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Neutral - There certainly are a decent number of pluses. However there are also some things that make me concerned. In your favor, you have been with wikipedia for quite a bit of time. Second, you have done a goodly share of actual encyclopedia contributing, unlike many candidates. Third you were actually nommed by someone; the fact that this is not a self nom shows that you are certainly trusted by some users. On the other hand the fact that you don't quite understand what a admin does shows some lack of real understanding of wikipedia's functionings. I know that that is only one real negative, but it is a big one. So for now, I'm going to have to !vote, neutral. --<font face="Perpetua" size="3"><font color="Blue">Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (<font color="Black">ταlκ )  21:49, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Neutral - both the s and o sections contain good points. -- Anonymous Dissident  Talk 02:37, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral for now. I'd like to see a clearer understanding of what administrator actually does. My previous interactions with this user leave me no doubt that they would be capable, but I would be more comfortable if the user could be a little clearer on what they intend to do with the tools. Carom 02:44, 15 July 2007 (UTC) Switched to support, following expanded answer to question one. Carom 07:06, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Neutral Sorry you look like a good user but every one has a lot of good points try again some time in the future when you done some reading. --<font color="#B22222"><font color="#B44444">C<font color="#B66666">h<font color="#B88888">r i s  g 03:11, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Neutral This is an editor whose heart is, without a doubt, in the right place. I think that he is going to make an extraordinary admin...but not quite yet. He seems to have a very vague idea of what he intends to do as an admin, or even what admins do at all. If he comes back well informed a month from now, I will have no problem with supporting. Trusilver 04:21, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Netural I think it's obvious that your original answer to Q1 threw a lot of people for a loop: although you were honest (which is always a good thing), it's not what people expect to read. (Imagine that you were conducting a job interview, you ask the interviewee "So why do you want this job", & that person responds "I'm not entirely sure.") While I see no reason not to trust you with the Admin bit, I suggest that you withdraw your nomination, spend a few weeks learning just what the job involves, then try again. I do not consider withdrawing a nomination for that reason something to hold against a person in a future request; if anything, it shows a maturity by admitting one needs to learn a little more -- then doing so. It also shows that you are more interested in preserving a productive atmosphere at Wikipedia than the Admin bit -- which I believe all Admins should put first. I'd be willing to help you with understanding the job, if you were to do that, since I do have some experience with it & experience seems to be the only important objection anyone has raised. -- llywrch 20:33, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I have some experience with admin powers since I was one fo the first registered Users at the gundam wikicities site. I got familiar with the admin powers there, but at the time the site was new enough that we didn't have any protection/deletion policies, nor did we have any guidelines for the use of administrative power. To me it felt wrong using the admin powers without some sort of boundry set up, so I never really exercised any authority with that power their. Mind you, we are talking about two seperate websites, but if the admin fuctions are essentially the same then I think I will have no problem getting the hang of it. I will take you offer to help me under advisement, but so far all the admin reading I have been doing here the last few days has been pretty self explanitory. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:38, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
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