Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MZMcBride 4

MZMcBride

Voice your opinion on this candidate (talk page) (0/4/0); Scheduled to end 06:53, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Nomination

MZMcBride (talk · contribs) – I've been around a while. I have a few thousand edits and a few thousand more actions on the English Wikipedia. I'm a fairly active bot operator (see list here), an admin on several other Wikimedia wikis, I keep database reports up and running for the most part, and I'm very lightly involved in MediaWiki development. Just recently, I submitted my first patch! :-)

I've passed and failed RFA, twice and once respectively. I realize that it's perfectly possible (and sometimes even preferable) to be a user here without admin rights, but boy can they be useful sometimes. I'm not a threat to the wiki; I think most people realize that.

I'll answer the standard questions and leave the rest up to the community. Thanks, --MZMcBride (talk) 06:43, 24 August 2010 (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've maintained a "watchlist" for a few years. I'm not as active day-to-day as I once was. And honestly, that trend will probably continue. I do have spurts of energy and spare time, though, so it'd be nice to be able to contribute something.

2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?

A: I think it's database reports. Database reports help others help the wiki. And I've had the opportunity to learn a lot of new skills while making them.

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: I think I've mellowed out a bit. Some people might disagree. I've had some past conflict, but for me at least, it's all in the past. I hope it is for others, though sometimes it can be difficult to know for sure. Related reading, for those interested: here and here.

Additional optional question from User:Boing! said Zebedee

4. You haven't really said anything about your previous admin incarnations or why they came to an end, but I gather there was some ArbCom connection. Would you care to tell us what happened, give us a few relevant links, and explain why there won't be any problems this time?

A:

General comments

RfAs for this user:

• Requests for adminship/MZMcBride
• Requests for adminship/MZMcBride 2
• Requests for adminship/MZMcBride 3
• Requests for adminship/MZMcBride 4

• Links for MZMcBride: MZMcBride (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
• Edit summary usage for MZMcBride can be found here.

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Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review their contributions before commenting.

Discussion

Oppose

1. Learned my lesson after supporting the last one. Prodego ^talk 06:56, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
2. Too many chances given. In addition, most times that we have interacted, our encounters have been unpleasant. I am not sure that anything has changed since the last time he was desysopped and resysopped. (X! · talk)  · @333  ·  06:59, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
3. Oppose Twice abused his tools and resigned in the face of ArbCom sanctions. We don't need a third trip on this merry-go-round. Courcelles 07:00, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
4. Oppose. As much as I would like to say "third time lucky?", I don't think this would be appropriate. The reason you were desysopped the last time was enablement of BLP vandalism by a banned user. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:17, 24 August 2010 (UTC)