Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Danny

Danny
I've been a sysop for a long time and time quite a few other things. I would like to help out whenever and wherever I can, and this seems like a good opportunity. I generally support sysophood for people, since I believe that having more sysops demystifies the idea of having sysops at all.

Support
 * 1) Originally I boycotted voting on this new status because I was opposed to an additional level of hierarchy within Wikipedia, but since it is now established I might as give my support to the people I respect. -- Viajero 08:31, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Secretlondon 08:43, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) David Gerard 09:41, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Fredrik | talk 09:55, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) Johnleemk | Talk 09:58, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) --Woggly 12:19, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) Mais oui, d'accord! BCorr | &#1041;&#1088;&#1072;&#1081;&#1077;&#1085; 12:43, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) T&#949;x  &#964;  ur&#949;  14:37, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) Of course. &#8212;No-One Jones 18:08, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) 172 18:59, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) blankfaze | &#8226;ï¿½&#8226; 19:09, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 12) Lst27 20:30, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) "I generally support sysophood for people, since I believe that having more sysops demystifies the idea of having sysops at all." I very strongly agree with this statement. --"D ICK " C HENEY  20:36, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) john k 22:37, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 15) Merovingian  &#9997; Talk 23:10, Jun 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * 16) Cecropia | Talk 00:22, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC) Support, based on Danny's clarification.
 * 17) Angela. 00:33, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 18) older &ne; wiser 00:42, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 19) Warofdreams 13:24, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 20) Jwrosenzweig 15:49, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 21) Michael Snow 00:11, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 22) Kingturtle 01:55, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 23) Guanaco 01:56, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 24) James F. (talk) 03:37, 25 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 25) KIZU 10:11, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Oppose
 * 1) Impolite. Sam [Spade] 18:11, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) VV 09:58, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)  More than impolite, downright abusive.

Comments
 * Danny, I know you're a very long-time and active member of the community, and I agree with your general sentiment on more sysops are better than fewer. As a bureaucrat, would you tend to use guidelines more or less the way I outlined below, or what would be your policy? Thanks! -- Cecropia | Talk 14:28, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)


 * Cecropia, I would use the guidelines to a great degree as you outlined below. If someone had 80 percent of the vote, I would not hesitate to make that person a sysop. If, however, we were in a grey area (say 70-80 percent), I would discuss it with other bureaucrats first and hope that we could make a joint decision. In fact, that is one of the reasons that I would want to see more bureaucrats--to expand the discussion. At the same time, I am convinced that the role of the bureaucrat (and sysop) is nothing more than that of a servant of the community, committed to acting solely on its behalf. Danny 23:46, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)