Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Adriaan 1

Adriaan_1

Voice your opinion. (0/2/0) Ending 17:33, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Adriaan_1 (talk · contribs) – A South African interested in creating articles relating to South Africa and improving those already in existence. Scotteh 19:33, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

I accept.

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 voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.

A: I would like to improve and create articles relating to South Africa.

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

A: Not really, I'm pleased with all in the same way.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

A: I have created an article about a band and it was deleted. There was some slight misunderstandings but the result was that the article was deleted.

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Oppose

1. Answers indicate no need for tools, userpage blatantly advertises RFA? – Chacor 18:00, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

   I never knew I was not allowed to. I shall remove it then. --Scotteh 18:03, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

   Make this STRONG OPPOSE. I don't usually bold my "!votes" nowadays, but accusations of racism, as per below, no-no. WP:NPA, WP:CIV. – Chacor 18:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

   So in cases of racism should I just shut up and eat the white man's rudeness in stead of politely indicating that he could remove his race bias? --Scotteh 18:19, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

2. Oppose Sorry, you seem like a find editor, but you have fewer than 600 edits to Wikipedia which means there just isn't enough evidence available to support you. You can create and improve articles related to any subject without the admin tools - your nomination and answers to the standard questions should explain why you want them. Come back when you've got a few thousand more edits and have contributed to activities such as recent changes patrol and articles for deletion debates. Good luck, Gwernol 18:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

   Also comments like this one are inappropriate for any user, let alone an admin. Gwernol 18:05, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

   Why is it inappropriate? This is starting to sound racist. Are you biased because I live in Africa? --Scotteh 18:13, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

3. Oppose: Please come back after you meet over half our required standards and have a firm grasp of what Wikipedia:Administrators do around here. Thanks --  Netsnipe  ►  18:09, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Neutral

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