Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Wcreed88


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Wcreed88
Final (0/11/1); Originally scheduled to end 18:12, 19 February 2011 (UTC); closed early per WP:NOTNOW by Courcelles at 20:31, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Nomination
– I am admittedly not even close to being the world's most well-versed Wikipedia editor. That being said, there are several pages which I edit a lot (Template: Missouri Mavericks roster, Missouri Mavericks, Template:Bloomington PrairieThunder roster, Template:Arizona Sundogs Roster - you can tell that I am an Ice Hockey fan) and am essentially the only editor of, so I don't like the feeling that I leave lots of old revisions sitting on the system which I feel should be deleted. I would like to be an Administrator so I can delete all of my old unnecessary revisions; call me selfish, but I feel like I am doing Wikipedia a service by freeing up server space. Thank you so much for your consideration.Wcreed88 (talk) 02:06, 30 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

Questions for the candidate
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. Please answer these questions to provide guidance for participants:
 * 1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
 * A: I want to delete all of my old revisions of Central Hockey League-related articles which I edit frequently (Template: Missouri Mavericks roster, Missouri Mavericks, Template:Bloomington PrairieThunder roster, Template:Arizona Sundogs Roster). Call me selfish for asking for an administrator position to delete my articles, but I feel that I am doing a service to Wikipedia by freeing up memory space.
 * 2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
 * A: I value the importance of updated information on pages regarding topics I care about.


 * 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: Early in my editing the above articles (Fall 2010), I had an authority run-in with User:Ilamb94, who created the pages. We had generated a gentleman's agreement that I would edit some of the pages he built and he would edit the others, as I wanted to take part in helping him do his work to edit Central Hockey League-related articles.  I snapped at him when he edited a page that I thought that we agreed that I would edit, but we resolved the issue within a day through an e-mail exchange by exchanging apologies and clarifying our agreement. Given that we made amends, User:Ilamb94 to this day still coordinate our efforts.

General comments

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Oppose

 * 1) Oppose. Bad reason for wanting to be an admin, sorry - old revisions of articles should generally not be deleted. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 18:23, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Sorry, but your answer to question one is concerning. Revision deletion, commonly referred to as RevDel, is normally used for these purposes. It can also be used on large page histories. However, the articles which you wish to perform RevDel on do not have large page histories or any content that meets the RevDel criteria. This misunderstanding of policy places me here. Please take this comment only as constructive criticism, and feel free to run again in the future. The Utahraptor Talk/Contribs 18:24, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) Having numerous revisions on a page isn't necessarily a bad thing, and it certainly isn't something to be embarrassed of. If you really need something deleted, you could consult an editor who already has administrator rights (although in the instances you've specified, I couldn't see an administrator following through with it). I doubt you'd abuse the privilege of adminship were it granted to you, but I think it would be best if you held off on requesting for it until you've become more integrated into the Wikipedia community and have gained more experience in administrative areas (eg. deletion discussions, anti-vandalism, etc). I think you'll be ready for it at some point &mdash; I could easily see somebody like you being suited for the position with experience &mdash; but just not at the moment. Good luck!  Master&amp;  Expert ( Talk ) 18:26, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) It's no worry if you have bad revisions in the past, nobody will hold it against you or something. Adminship is for much more then just deleting your own revisions though-- I'm sure in the future there'll be a time where you'll feel more qualified for it. Until then, good luck and go ice hockey. Nomader  ( Talk ) 18:38, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 5) Oppose WP:NOTNOW. You lack experience in most area of Wikipedia and have only ten edits in the project namespace. The answers to the questions are bothering. There is no problem with an article having many revisions, contrary it shows how article evolved over the time. Armbrust  Talk  Contribs  18:45, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 6) Oppose I am sorry, but not now. The answers are not only tiny, but not really important for RfA. -- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 18:48, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 7) Oppose. Sorry, but now now, not yet. You have been in Wikipedia for long, but you haven't got a very extensive edit history yet, to prove your knowledge of general guidelines and experience around here. Otherwise, I see nothing wrong in you as a candidate, I'd gladly support you at a later date when you have gathered some more experience and contributions. DARTH SIDIOUS 2 (Contact) 18:53, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 8) Oppose Not enough experience. As a side note, when revisions are deleted by an admin, they are not actually deleted, just hidden from non-admins and can actually be undeleted later on, so deleting does not free up any space. -- WOSlinker (talk) 18:55, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 9) Oppose Sorry -- you're just not ready yet. T ofutwitch11  (T ALK ) 19:30, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 10) Oppose According to your answer to Q1, I don't think adminship is necessary here. I'd probably consider a request for oversight permission in this situation. Using the rev-delete to remove your own revisions will not only be invisible to you, but to the public as well. As a community we'd like to keep as many revisions as possible, unless they meet the redaction criteria. Minima  c  ( talk ) 19:49, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
 * 11) Deleting revisions will, in general, not remove them from the database. Nakon  19:58, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Neutral

 * 1) Not now - The admin tools are not for deleting old revisions of articles. Disk space isn't an issue. Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:01, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
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