Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jrockley

Jrockley

Voice your opinion (2/0/1); Scheduled to end 01:30, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Jrockley (talk · contribs) - Hi, My name is Jack, and I've been editing since 22 October 2005. Racking up just under 5000 edits (3489 in the main namespace), I've gained a good understanding of the rules and regulations that govern the site. Occasionally I get accused of something horrid (don't we all?), but I do my best to diffuse it with guidance, civility and the knowledge that no-one's really evil. I mainly cleanup references, correct small errors, stub-sort, dabble in WP:FPC, as well as full-time looking after a select few articles, such as Vitamin C, ASIMO and Nottingham, among others. I almost always use edit summaries, and I mostly deal with science related articles, but I know enough to correct errors across a wide variety of articles. Recently working on WP:GAC, I've had a few successful noms, as well as a bunch of featured picture finds under my belt. I've worked with the prolific Essjay, on Wikipedia:User access levels, none the less. I have an account at commons, and I love playing with images, considering them a very important part of an article. I'm not sure if it's a faux pas to nominate yourself, and I hope it won't dent my chances! — Jack · talk · 01:35, Wednesday, 4 April 2007

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

Accept — Jack · talk · 01:35, Wednesday, 4 April 2007

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia in this capacity. Please take the time to answer a few generic questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with?

A: Mainly, I just look forward to being able to edit protected pages without having to request permission. I plan to be bold, but not rash. Also, I'm sure I'll put the extra buttons to use — activities I intend to do (more) include: advising newbies, helping with protecting/unprotecting on (sensible) request, and helping with reversion of vandalism. Also, as a stub sorter I come across a lot of articles that earn a {{notability}} tag, and as an admin, I'd be very happy to use sysop tools to close discussions at WP:AFD (or any other WP:XFD). And should a rainy day come, the backlog offers plenty to do!

2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A: Quite a lot, really. Erm, getting Vitamin C to good article status, or fixing all the references in an article where they were pretty messed up. Mostly stupid lil stuff. I really like the template {{fusion power}}, which I mostly made myself. Oh, and recently initiating a successful sidebar redesign was just a bit awesome!

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: My very first problem arose over non-specific info in the ITER article, which is (rather poorly) documented here. As you can see, I dealt with it rather badly, with a rebuttal verging on a personal attack. Also, I totally violated WP:OR and WP:OWN with my article Yukaysh, which was eventually deleted (though in my defence I intended it to be eventually deleted, and was nothing more than an experiment in how Wikipedia finds and deals with new articles that clearly don't fit). However, this was all a long time ago, and since then I've vastly matured, and a more recent conflict is documented here, where I advised a newbie on the difficult task of maintaining neutrality. As I did there, in the future I plan to disperse hostility with civility, and a fine acquired knowledge of the rules.

General comments

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

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Please keep criticism constructive and polite.

Discussion

• In defence of me longing to be "able to edit protected pages", I sincerely promise I will not do anything too extreme (like deleting the main page), and most of my edits will be minor and wikifairy-esque. The most extreme example I can remember is when I totally overhauled commons:Template:Delete, a high-use and high-importance, which is for some reason not protected. I doubt I will do anything like that in a rush, but if I deem an edit necessary, I shall not see it pass undone. — Jack · talk · 02:52, Wednesday, 4 April 2007

Support

1. Suppport checked his records and contributions, he has done a lot in different areas, and the mistake in Q3 is long time ago. So I support. Wooyi 01:44, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
2. Weak Support You look like a good user to me, but I have one concern. In Q1 you talk about wanting to edit protected pages. Though this is a noble goal, the purpose of a protection is to prevent edits. This suggests to me that you want the tools to get around protections. Though I suppose I am not following WP:AGF, that being your main reason for adminship really makes me wonder... Captain panda 02:30, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose - Due to your answer to question 1--$UIT 03:43, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Neutral

1. Neutral leaning towards Oppose. The answer to Q1 is very weak, not demonstrating the need for sysop tools. Xiner (talk) 03:13, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
2. Answer to Q1 doesn't exactly inspire any confidence in the candidate. Neutral for now, leaning oppose. – Chacor 03:55, 4 April 2007 (UTC)