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[edit] Natl1's RFA

Hello Maxim/archives/feb07, thank you for the recent support in my recent RFA. However, even with your generous support the RFA did not succeed. I still hope to become a sysop in the future and have compiled a list of things to do before having another RFA.

1. Use edit summaries (I have enabled edit summary warnings) Grandmasterka, Jhfireboy

2. Mark edits as minor Jhfireboy

3. Not enough (2,000) edits for adminship Anthony.bradbury

4. 6 months of experience needed to become an admin. Nishkid64

5. Try more Wikipedia mainspace edits, policy edits, and Wikipedia article edits. Darthgriz98

6. Do not use fair use images in user namespace (sandboxes). MECU
Natl1 (Talk Page) (Contribs) 13:12, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Barnstar

Thanks for the Barnstar. Hasek is the best 15:44, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Deryck Chan 2

I just left a comment concerning your oppose vote in Deryck Chan rfa, which isn't fair at all. I strongly urge you to reconsider. Thanks Jaranda wat's sup 23:11, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Evilclown,
For the record, I understood your point about believing an editor's English should be good to become an administrator on the English language edition. I agree it's important. I don't believe Jaranda made a personal attack, as he was specifically commenting on your contribution, not on a contributor, per WP:NPA. If it eases your mind any, in the little over a month that I have known Deryck, I haven't had any problem understanding his English, and I wouldn't have suspected he was a non-native speaker if he hadn't told me, and if he hadn't had the template. I've got eng-3 on my userpage, and I've been administrating (hopefully successfully) for a half a year. Deryck has successfully helped bring several articles up to Featured status, and the folks at WP:FAC are very stringent when it comes to English, so his level of English doesn't concern me. Anyway, just wanted to explain my view, as the nominator. Best wishes and happy editing, :) Firsfron of Ronchester 17:26, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you for posting a comment on my talk page. I hope I didn't misinterpret your meaning too far, and wish we can work well together if I turn sysop. A big thanks for your comment on my RFA which revealed a concern about my image on Wikipedia which I've never thought of. --Deryck C. 08:12, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Five Barnstars at a time - I'm in awe at your dedication!

Er... thanks, I guess! Though I fear you may be de-valuing the Barnstar somewhat! Nice to know my work is appreciated, anyway. (Seventeen hours? Which day was that?) – Qxz 22:22, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I miscounted a bit. Today, you edited for about 15 hours, getting between 1000 and 1500 edits (maybe around 1250). The Barnstars aren't being devalued - you are devaluing every editor on Wikipedia there is. If you go at this rate for a year and half (I think that is the average time until a succesful RFA), you'd have 50000 edits. So, are you interested in be a sysop? When you reach 3 months ,maybe, you'll pass the RFA. The Evil Clown 22:29, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Hmmm... well, I wasn't actually editing the whole time... I took quite a few breaks to, well, do stuff. Anyway, I won't have nearly this much time in March or indeed for most of the rest of the year. I'm not particularly interested in becoming an administrator, certainly not at the moment; while that may change over the next few months, I think it's unlikely – Qxz 22:34, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Qxz! It's fully OK to not wan't to be a sysop, but when I do RC patrol, I'm beaten by you at least a tenth of the time. The only reason people haven't come to you is because of time. I honestly believe, after being beaten so constantly, you would pass right now. The Evil Clown 22:38, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
I am pretty sure there is more to being an administrator than how fast you can revert vandalism. There's certainly more than that involved in passing an adminship request, a quick look at the requests page tells you that – Qxz 22:42, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
I know, it is relatively tough, but I believed you were a sysop until I saw your page, and newcomer barnstar. That was one of the biggest surprises I encountered on Wikipedia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Evilclown93 (talk • contribs) 22:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC).
Then you should look more carefully! If I was an administrator, my reverts would have the special edit summary that their "rollback" thingy makes. And I wouldn't be reporting users to AIV, I'd be blocking them. :) – Qxz 22:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC)