Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/TodorBozhinov

TodorBozhinov

Discuss here (10/7/5) ending 16:31, 11 June (UTC)

TodorBozhinov (talk · contribs) – This is a self-nomination. I have been contributing to the Wikipedia community, with constantly rising activity, for a year (since late May 2005). My main (yet not at all sole) area of interest are the articles related to my native country, Bulgaria, and I am the founder and initiator of WikiProject Bulgaria and the Bulgarian WikiPortal. Although I certainly have made mistakes as part of my work here, I consider myself ready for the responsibility and duties of an administrator. I believe I have good knowledge of the policies and am also very familiar with unpleasant and non-creative activies such as making redirects, copyediting, mass categorizing and moving pages. Todor Bozhinov  → 16:31, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept. Todor Bozhinov  → 16:33, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Support

1. Support Rama's Arrow 16:47, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
2. Support looks good to me. I don't consider "only edits Bulgarian articles" to be too narrow, and I'm sure Wikipedia has few active Bulgarian editors so I'm glad for his activity there. Also I don't understand withholding support until he pastes a warning template on a few dozen vandals' talk pages, as this is just grunt work and won't make him into a better candidate than he already is. — GT 17:35, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

   Support. Froggy 18:06, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

   Voted by 205.188.117.8 (AOL IP) G.He 20:51, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

3. Support A sincere user who is unlikely to abuse admin tools. His humility in admitting some of his shortfalls is equally striking. Would definitely be a good admin if given the chance. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 19:19, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
4. Moderate support per GT and Siva. Joe 19:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
5. Support Good user. -- Shizane ^talk_contribs 20:10, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
6. Support He passed my test. — Brendenhull (T + C) at 20:49, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
7. Support, per above reasons   /FunkyFly.talk_   20:58, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
8. Support, looks fine to me. --Tone 22:23, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
9. Support. In a user with less commitment, or where I had any concerns about levelheadedness, I'd look for much more substantial involvement in deletion or vandalfighting. However, your obvious commitment is the most important thing for me. The Land 22:41, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
10. Strong Support. Firstly he is a great editor, strongly devoted to the project, usually it means he would be a good admin. Secondly, he is a specialist in the area that greatly needs the administrative attention, namely the South Slavic issues. In order to separate vandalism from strong POV from NPOV, etc.; in order to suppress the edit wars but not improvements of the articles you should have some command on the issues. Todor has this command in the Bulgarian and related (Balkan is especially important) and I am not sure any existent admins could substitute him here. abakharev 23:25, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Unfortunately feel a need to oppose. [1] shows that the user clearly has the right attitude for adminship. Furthermore, the user has edited in a few areas other than just Bulgaria related issues. However, the user has very few Wikipedia space edits. Furthermore, the user wants admin tools for among other things reverting and blocking vandals, but I see almost no history of dealing with vandalism on any significant scale and no edits to WP:AIV. I also see few edits related to the other concerns for which the candidate wishes to use admin tools. I am not convinced that Todor has the experience or need for admin tools at this time. JoshuaZ 16:59, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

   Indeed, many of my contributions are related to Bulgaria, but I believe I have a broader view of the developments in Wikipedia even if most of my edits concern my native country. My work connected to dealing with vandalism until now has been expressed in warning the users and reverting, since most of the vandals I have encountered until now have been sporadic and have usually quickly ceased vandalizing. But as a whole, I fully understand Joshua's concerns and intend to be more active in those spheres if I am granted admin status. Todor Bozhinov  → 17:16, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

2. Weak Oppose per JoshuaZ. Naconkantari 17:00, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
3. Looking through your user_talk edits, I see only a small handful of vandalism warnings, yet your main reason for wanting adminship is vandalism. I suggest you come back once you've done some more reverting and warning. --Tango 17:07, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
4. Oppose Per Tango. ForestH2
5. Oppose - per Tango and JoshuaZ, sorry -- Tawker 18:43, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
6. Weak Oppose - not enough Wikipedia namespace edits. Kalani ^[talk] 19:30, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
7. Oppose Sorry I must oppose this time around. Wikipedia email not activated. Other concerns as raised by JoshuaZ. FloNight ^talk 23:33, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Neutral

1. Neutral. Needs more projectspace edits, and warnings are crucial when dealing with vandals. Many don't even realize they're doing something wrong and hurting WP, and stop after their first warning. If they're not warned, they don't stop. Also, sig is too long, reaching 3 lines easily. --Rory096 20:07, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
2. Neutral- Ask again in a couple of months. Reyk _YO! 20:09, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
3. Neutral I'm a bit torn. Yanksox 20:35, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
4. Neutral. I would like to support, but Rory brings up some interesting arguments. Royboycrashfan 20:55, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
5. Neutral – good editor, but not sure about adminship just yet. More edits in the Wikipedia: namespace would demonstrate a knowledge of policies. Answers to questions are OK; as a few others have commented, warning vandals is important, I suggest you get some experience of that, also. If so, re-nomination sometime towards the end of the year would have my support – Gurch 20:58, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments

• See TodorBozhinov's _{(Talk ▪ Contributions ▪ Logs ▪ Block Logs)} contributions as of 16:50, 4 June 2006 (UTC) using Interiot's tool:

Username TodorBozhinov
Total edits 6579
Distinct pages edited 2910
Average edits/page 2.261
First edit 17:25, May 24, 2005
 
(main) 5112
Talk 265
User 147
User talk 231
Image 395
Template 124
Template talk 14
Category 87
Wikipedia 104
Wikipedia talk 10
Portal 84
Portal talk 6

 G.He 16:50, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

• See TodorBozhinov's edit summary usage with Mathbot's tool.

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: The main chores I would help with are quickly reverting vandalism, deleting non-free-licensed images, blocking vandals and semi- and fully protecting pages in cases of vandalism, edit warring and heated disputes.

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

A: I cannot say I am particularly pleased with having made a given contribution or written a specific article, although there are some that have been specially pleasant to work on. Of these, I would mention the articles on the Tetraevangelia of Ivan Alexander, the Banat Bulgarians and the Bessarabian Bulgarians, the mayors of Sofia and the Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral. Writing the somewhat shorter articles on the Burgas-Alexandroupoli pipeline, the American College of Sofia and the Zograf Monastery also turned out to be a great experience.

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: Although I do not think someone has ever caused me stress during my time as a Wikipedia contributor, I do have engaged in some occasional conflicts, the most serious one being what could be classified as an edit war with a troll about facts in the List of cities in Bulgaria. While I asked for a third opinion and did much to prove the user, a well-known troll whose activity has spread well beyond Wikipedia, wrong, I also slipped to violate the three-revert rule. And although I was not blocked because I reported myself, I regret letting the situation escalate to this point through being too quick to revert.

Question from Yanksox (optional)

4. Why do you want to be an admin? Yanksox 17:29, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

A: I would like to be an admin because I feel there is great need for a person who is well informed on topics related to Bulgaria to actively help with the related administrative tasks. I also think I would be useful by doing general chores, whether related to my area of interest or not.

Why do you feel there is a need for an admin whom has knowledge relating to Bulgaria? Yanksox 18:56, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

The number of articles related to Bulgaria has got large enough, yet there is no admin that I know of who is specifically interested in the topic. I feel there is a need for someone who devotes much of his time here to Bulgaria to handle the related administrative tasks and help by means of the features an administrator has access to. This way, tackling vandalism and doing away with images with inappropriate license would be quicker and more efficient. Specifically, discussions connected with the articles in this sphere are very often carried out in Bulgarian, so fluency in the language is also of importance. Todor Bozhinov  → 19:25, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry for making this a full disscusion, but you mention an admin whom devotes themself to Bulgarian articles, this could be done without admin powers. Exactly what powers are you refering to and how would you use them in relation to articles dealing with Bulgaria? Yanksox 19:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

That's OK, I'm happy to explain why I think so. I refer to using the powers I have listed in my answer to question one to better maintain Bulgarian articles. I would use them in the same way as in any other case, but my general interest in Bulgaria and the fact that I closely watch the developments in the sphere in Wikipedia (keep an eye on new related articles, edits, projects, communicate with users, discuss decisions, etc.) would help me use an administrator's powers better in this area specifically. Todor Bozhinov  → 19:50, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to interfere, but I'm a little concerned by this. Just to take your answer further; Would you protect pages you were heavily involved in editing because of a POV vandal? Thanks CaptainJ ^{(t | c | e)} 22:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Questions from Computerjoe (optional)

5. You don't have many project edits: why?

A: I prefer working on the content of the encyclopedia and am more attracted to editing articles and discussing the content. I certainly do not purposefully evade "Wikipedia:" namespace pages, I am simply more interested in the other spheres of the project.

6. Have you ever RC or NP patrolled?

A: Although recent changes and new pages patrolling isn't a usual thing for me, I often keep an eye on them and have made an occasional edit, minor or not, to some of the pages I have seen there.

7. Is there a cabal?

A: I see Wikipedians as people equal in terms of rights and regard the entities within the project as simply what they are - groups of people who do their job to serve the community, not secret authoritarian organizations. I have not seen the slightest reason to think otherwise so far, and find it highly unlikely to encounter one in the future.

Question from FloNight

8 Your Wikipedia email is not activated. Why? Will you activate it now?

A