Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mattinbgn

Mattinbgn

Voice your opinion (talk page) (10/0/1); Scheduled to end 05:07, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Mattinbgn (talk · contribs) - It's my pleasure to nominate Mattinbgn, one of the hardest working members of the Australian WikiProject, for adminship. Matt has made 14540 edits, including over 8000 to the mainspace, contributing heavily to articles such as Template:FAstar Riverina, Template:GAicon Palm Island, Queensland, Template:GAicon Archie Jackson, and Template:GAicon Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. He has also worked heavily in Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Australia (187 edits), where I'm certain he's developed a thorough understanding of the deletion processes and policies - this is also noted in his AfD contributions. It is my belief that Mattinbgn would make an excellent administrator, and I thus nominate him. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 05:07, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

I accept, thank you to DHMO for the kind words. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 06:18, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What admin work do you intend to take part in?

A: In general I intend to continue working much as I have; mainly on Australia-related articles particularly Australian places. My watchlist consists mainly of Australian towns and cities and trying to keep them neutral and factual takes up some of my time. I also have on my list some schools and biographies that tend to attract the easily bored or vindictive from time to time. Using the appropriate warning tags has meant that I haven't had to make too many reports to Administrator intervention against vandalism or Requests for Page Protection but I have done so where necessary. The tools will assist in maintaining these articles.

As mentioned by DMHO, I take an interest in AfD debates, especially ones listed at Deletion Sorting/Australia and I feel I have a good enough grasp of policy to be able to judge consensus and close these debates when appropriate. I also patrol User:AlexNewArtBot/AustraliaSearchResult and cleanup, tag or propose for deletion articles there as appropriate. Once again the tools may be useful here when dealing with clearcut speedy cases such as attack pages. I may from time to time have a look at articles tagged for speedy deletion when a backlog develops.

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

A: My first collaborative project was on the Riverina article, which I enjoyed immensely. It lead to a Wikiproject that while small, has been very productive and in my very biased view the Riverina is now the more extensively covered rural region in Australia on Wikipedia. I have created a number of new articles on Australian towns and some of my favourites include Jandowae, Queensland, Bundarra, New South Wales, Jennings, New South Wales and Booleroo Centre, South Australia. Recently I have started to take an interest in cricket related articles. I am quite pleased with the work I have done on Archie Jackson and I have enjoyed collaborating with others on articles such as Sid Barnes. One of my favourite cricket articles that I have worked on is Peggy Antonio.

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:Discussion on AfDs can get quite willing at times, even when you have great respect for the editors with whom you are disagreeing. I like to think that I am mostly able to remain civil and assume good faith but when I have let myself down I am able to apologise (see here)

The only time that I can recall where I have lost my cool was here. While I feel I was sorely provoked, I should not have responded in the manner that I did. After posting that response, I realised that I was getting too wound up about the issue and decided to take a break for a week. During the break, I realised that Wikipedia is just not that important, especially such minor minor issues. I'd like to think I returned to Wikipedia a better editor, certainly a wiser one.

Remaining cool, explaining oneself as clearly as possible, referring to the appropriate policy or guideline, commenting on the content not the contributor and if need be just letting it pass is the best way to avoid wiki-stress and conflict.

:Additional, optional question by Master of Puppets

4. Due to your lack of an answer to question 3, I'm assuming that you have never been involved in an edit conflict. If you were faced with one, what course of action would you take; would you hand it off to another editor or would you try to settle the dispute yourself?

I asked this question prior to the candidate's answering of question #3, and am withdrawing it as it is unnecessary. Master of Puppets ^{Care to share?} 07:13, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

General comments

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

• Links for Mattinbgn: Mattinbgn (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)

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Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Mattinbgn before commenting.

Discussion

• Please note that the first 7 supports were added before Matt had transcluded the RfA on the main page. Mainly because the Aussies are all very eager to see him pass. Please don't make this his fault. I've transcluded it now to avoid the appearance of impropriety, but do note that he hasn't answered the 3rd question yet. Thanks! ~ Riana ⁂ 06:41, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Support

1. First support comes free with the nom. Good luck, — Dihydrogen Monoxide 05:09, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
2. Strong support Great teamworker, great writer, very helpful.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:23, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
3. Strongest possible support, I trust Mattinbgn and his judgement. From my experiences with him, he appears to be wanting to solve disputes, not wanting to inflame them. Spebi 05:27, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
4. Had a nomination written in Notepad from about a month ago for this candidate. Giggy's nomination is plentiful, though, to get the picture that Mattinbgn is a fantastic user who would make an excellent administrator. Strong support without reservation. Daniel 05:37, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

   Heh - Revenge for Spebi, mate. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 06:24, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

5. Strong support of course, meticulous in every way.--Grahame (talk) 05:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
6. Support - a delight to work with, a conscientious editor and an asset to the project who would only use the additional tools wisely.--Matilda ^talk 06:14, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
7. Obviously. ~ Riana ⁂ 06:36, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
8. As tempted as I was to vote "protest oppose" because of the seven who voted before transclusion, I just can't. A quick look through his contribs shows he'll make a great admin. I also trust Daniel, Riana, Blnguyen, and H₂0 too much to oppose for that reason. ~Sasha Callahan _(Talk) 06:52, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
9. Support per the nom and the other comments, above. We could definitely use some more Admins with great content contributions such as these. Cirt (talk) 07:10, 12 December 2007 (UTC).
10. Support very well-rounded, thorough and trustworthy editor. Master of Puppets ^{Care to share?} 07:14, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Neutral

Neutral Incredibly thorough, trustworthy editor. Just one question which I'd like to see answered. Master of Puppets ^{Care to share?} 06:49, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

I think he's either answering Q3 now, or will soon. If you look at the history you'll notice he's been (relatively) slow to answer all of the questions, and is obviously taking his time to ensure he gets them "right". I doubt he's never been in a conflict. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 06:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh. Well, if he answers Q3 I'll read his answer and change my vote. Sorry about my lack of patience. Master of Puppets ^{Care to share?} 07:04, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

He's answered it [1]. Thanks for your consideration - will you also consider withdrawing your optional question, just to avoid confusion or the impression that he ignored it? Thanks, — Dihydrogen Monoxide 07:11, 12 December 2007 (UTC)