Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Kafziel

Kafziel

Discuss here (6/2/0) ending 00:52, June 16, 2006 (UTC)

Kafziel (talk · contribs) – This is a self-nomination. I never thought I would do this, but I've been at Wikipedia for a while now, and a few things I saw today made me think it might be time to put myself out there. I've been contributing for about a year, mostly in the main namespace. At the time of this writing I have a little over 6,000 edits, but I suppose you'll all see that easily enough. I circulate through Articles for Deletion, 3rd Opinion, Requested Moves, and Featured Article Candidates, and have created somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 articles. I edit with AWB and use Vandalproof to patrol Recent Changes. I have never vandalized a page or broken 3RR. I think I'd be a good administrator because I have a good grasp of policy, I have experience with a lot of different projects, I work at home (so I'm online all day, every day), I'm always happy to answer questions, and - most importantly - I care about Wikipedia. Kafziel 00:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: Sheepishly accept. Kafziel 00:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Support

1. Support Naconkantari 00:58, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
2. Support. Froggy 01:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

   IP... [1] G.He 01:34, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

3. Support Thoughtful and committed with a good understanding of administrative responsibilities. I see him as a potent vandal fighter -- Samir धर्म 01:22, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
4. Support. Mostly Rainy 01:28, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
5. Support after thorough investigation of User talk, block logs, user log, etc. Werdna (talk) 01:39, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
6. Support. Bonaparte 02:12, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Weak Oppose provocative unfriendly responses/threatening to block a user; at the bottom of this page. Not the kind of attitude I want admins around here to have. This was a month ago so I don't know if your attitude is still the same. Sorry.--Andeh 01:49, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

   Changed to weak oppose as his intentions only seem good apart from that.--Andeh 02:02, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

2. Oppose; the conversation pointed out by Andeh shows a profound lack of understanding of what constitutes vandalism, how the category system works, and what actions may result in blocks. Kirill Lokshin 02:07, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments

• See Kafziel's _{(Talk ▪ Contributions ▪ Logs ▪ Block Logs)} contributions as of 01:33, 9 June 2006 (UTC) using Interiot's tool:

Username	Kafziel
Total edits	6260
Distinct pages edited	3332
Average edits/page	1.879
First edit	14:49, June 15, 2005
	
(main)	3382
Talk	689
User	346
User talk	1031
Image	94
Image talk	6
Template	17
Template talk	7
Category	5
Category talk	2
Wikipedia	635
Wikipedia talk	44
Portal	1
Portal talk	1

 G.He 01:33, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

• See Kafziel'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: I would certainly work on AIV and AfD, but I would like to pay particular attention to the Adminstrators' noticeboard for 3RR. I think edit warring can be the worst kind of vandalism and the most discouraging to other users, and it can take too long to get a response there at times. Otherwise, as I say on my user page, I think staying too long in one spot can make editors bitter. It's important to me to circulate, to be on call, and not to specialize too much in one particular area. Creating and maintaining articles will always be my number one priority, so vandal fighting will be my most common activity, but I'd also like to learn more about portals and templates. I like to do a little bit of everything.

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

A: As far as the article process goes, I'm most proud of Invasion. I worked on it from the time it was a stub, through Collaboration of the Week, through Peer Review, to FA status, and now it will be included in Wikipedia 0.5. That was my first experience with FAC, it was an opportunity to see the whole creation of an article, and I'm proud of what we accomplished. As far as some smaller articles that I've created myself, I'm happy with Spirit of the American Doughboy, Iron Mike, and Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame. They're small, but they're comprehensive. On a much more trivial note, I reverted some vandalism on Jimbo's userpage today, so I got a kick out of that.

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've certainly seen my share of conflicts, between vandal fighting, requested moves, and 3RR. How I've dealt with them has depended on the circumstances, but I think they've all been fair. I've taken an issue to the Mediation Cabal once (for Camp Delta) and started one RFC on a user. I've had one or two users blocked for 3RR, and two confirmed as sockpuppeteers. Usually, though, all it takes is the willingness to keep discussing it all day long. I once sat up until 2 in the morning explaining to a spammer why he couldn't do that, and now he's a legitimate editor. It can be done. Of course, sometimes you just have to be willing to step back and let others take a crack at it, and I'm not above asking for help. Ultimately, I believe I'm on good terms with every editor I've ever had a real disagreement with. I do my best to be fair and impartial, and when I can't, I do my best to find someone who can.

Question from Yanksox (optional)

4. What was an important lesson you learned from creating a FAC article? Yanksox 01:40, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

A: On the practical side, that was my first use of the new "cite" reference format, which was an adventure. Rentastrawberry and I learned it as we went along, and it's been very good to know, since it's now the standard.

On a more philosophical note, that was the project that made me realize how hovering around a project for too long can really drain you. Once the FAC was over, I took my first wikibreak, and regained my sanity. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Anything that would help you in being an admin? Anything that would assist you outside of Wikipedia? Yanksox 01:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)