Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Sam 1123

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[edit] Sam 1123

Final (0/5/6) ended 15:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Sam 1123 (talk · contribs) - I am nominating myself for adminship. Although i have not made many edits (only 344), I am a trustworthy and dedicated editor and think that I should be given sysop abilities. this would benifit the wikipedia community for it would allow me to fight vandalism more effecively. I have never vandalised pages myself, and express no desire to do so, although I do not deny making any hasty and not well thought through edits. I hope that people feel I would make a good admin. Thanks!Sam 1123Talk to me! 19:21, 9 May 2007 (UTC) I I

[edit] 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: Mainly structural work (templates) and anti-vandalism
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
A: Although I have not made many large edits, I believe that there have been many minor edits (spelling corrections, etc.) that I have made. I have also created many good articles.
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: No, I can't ssay that I have
Optional questions
4. What policies do you think are particularly relevant to adminship? Could you explain in what ways admins have to be responsible that regular users aren't? --ais523 09:34, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] General comments

Please keep criticism constructive and polite. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Sam 1123 before commenting.

[edit] Discussion

Support

Oppose

  1. Oppose wth moral support, you don't have the experience yet. Also, your answer to Q1: you can do all of that without being an administrator (and I encourage you to!), except for edits to protected templates, but you can still make requests for those with {{editprotected}}. Mangojuicetalk 11:13, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  2. Oppose. You are a good editor, but not yet experienced enough to become an admin. Most successful admin candidates have made at least 2,000 - 3,000 edits, and have a solid track record as a consistent, positive contrubutor. You have currently made just over 350 edits, and prior to March you'd never made more than 35 edits a month. You also need more experience with editing in the Wikipedia space (which builds experience and familiarlity with the type of processes and policies that admin are expected to deal with), which you've currently edited in less than 20 times. Right now, keep editing because you don't need to be an admin to be a postive contributor. Good luck if you decide to apply for adminship again in the future when you've gained more experience. Zaxem 11:32, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  3. Oppose You do not yet have the experience required to be an administrator. On May 8, you made this edit requesting that a page you created as a redirect be deleted. I take this to mean that you are either not aware of, or do not know how to use, the criteria for speedy deletion, which allow you to tag pages that can be speedy deleted by admins with an applicable reason. In this case, you could have used {{db-r1}} (for a redirect to a page that doesn't exist) or {{db-author}} (for a page that you created, are the only contributor, and wish to have deleted). The backlog at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion is a very common place for administrators to help. Try to familiarize yourself with some of the activities that adiminstrators are expected to handle. Leebo T/C 13:11, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  4. Oppose. Please come back in a few months with a broader understanding of the 'pedia and I'm sure you'll get the tools. We appreciate your offer. JodyB talk 13:16, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  5. Oppose More experience required in all of the major spaces. Try forcing edit summaries in your users preferences, linked at the top of the page. Admin-related tasks in which you can participate are new page/recent change patrols; vandal reverts and warnings; reporting to WP:AIV or other appropriate noticeboard; XfD discussions where you can demonstrate a knowledge of policies and guidelines in relation to the encyclopedic and notable nature of articles. Try again in six months with this and other experience under your belt and you'll be a fine candidate for the admin tools. (aeropagitica) 15:13, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Neutral

  1. Moral neutral, well done for being bold and applying with your brief experience of Wikipedia. However, I'm afraid I can't support your application at this time because I'm not sure your level of experience is sufficient to trust you with the tools, and your answer to question 1 demonstrated that you don't need the tools at this time. You can work on templates and anti-vandalism quite easily without being an admin. Get some more experience and try again, good luck! The Rambling Man 08:18, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
    I would also suggest you use edit summaries as well since it's considered an essential tool in allowing other editors to see what you've done. The Rambling Man 08:20, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  2. Neutral I concur with the Rambling Man. Spend a few more months around and get some experience and I might support. —Anas talk? 09:44, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  3. Neutral, lacks of experience and edits. Concentrate on the duties usually done by an admin, and as what The Rambling Man said, vandal fighting and templates can be done without the tools. These days there are scripts like popups and Twinkle to help you revert. Terence 11:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  4. Neutral As per all the above oppose and neutral votes. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 13:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  5. Neutral You don't yet know how much you don't know about this place. (After a while, you'll understand that sentence. :) KrakatoaKatie 13:44, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
  6. Neutral to avoid a pile-on. I'd recommend you enable the item in your preferences which alerts you when you've forgotten to leave an edit summary, as having less than 25% edit summary usage for both major and minor edits is a deal-breaker for some. Keep plugging away at the encyclopedia and when you've gained some more experience, I'm sure you'll get better results. Cheers, Lanky ○ Yell ○ 14:04, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
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