Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cuivienen

Cuivienen

Discuss here (3/0/0) ending 20:59, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Cuivienen (talk · contribs) – A good candidate. Helped me immensely when I was new on Wikipedia. Has 4000+ edits. Good record. Alethiophile 15:44, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Please treat this as a co-nomination by me. I believe this user has what it takes, and definitely meets my standards. Is also civil, definitely a good candidate for adminship. NSLE _(T+C) at 15:51 UTC (2006-06-09)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I humbly accept. —Cuiviénen on Friday, 9 June 2006 at 20:59 UTC

Support

1. Beat-the nom support :-) A good record so far. --Tone 21:13, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
2. Support meets my standards, per nom. --digital_me^(t/c) 21:19, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
3. Support, Froggy 21:27, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Comments

• Here's your editcount from Interiot's Tool2 on 21:20, 9 June 2006 (UTC). --digital_me^(t/c) 21:20, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Total edits	4671
Distinct pages edited	1828
Average edits/page	2.555
First edit	17:58, 15 November 2005
	
(main)	1979
Talk	687
User	261
User talk	384
Image	19
Image talk	11
Template	103
Template talk	23
Category	1
Wikipedia	1044
Wikipedia talk	84
Portal	68
Portal talk	7

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: All sorts of various odds-and-ends. I do some vandal fighting, so the rollback tool would be useful. I have found AIAV to be very diligently watched, but I'm sure the admins there can always use more help making short, preventive blocks. I would also close various deletion discussions and perform teh deletions; I already participate xonsiderably at AfD and think I could make a significant contirbution there. Of course, there are all sorts of other small tasks to be performed: working on deleting the backlog of untagged or copyright-violation images (I think it unfortunate that we say that untagged images will be deleted after a week when they sometimes sit around for weeks), monitoring speedy deletions, even performing small tasks such as pages where a page deletion is required. (I've come across more than one of those, and they often take longer to bring to the attention of an admin.)

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

A: Well, I've been active contributor to the Tropical cyclones Wikiproject, which I must say is one of the most productive WikiProjects on all of Wikipedia. I've contributed to many, many different articles under the WikiProject, but most particularly to Hurricane John (1994), which is currently on FAC. I am, of course, proud of much of our work. I also contribute to other WikiProjects (Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and New Jersey), though less extensively. I've also created numerous short articles on other subjects, which I think is one of my most important contributions; People are often reluctant to start a new article and more willing to expand a short article, so creating stubs and short articles helps encourage an expansion of our scope. I guess I'm really just proud of all of my work.

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: Well, in my earlier days on Wikipedia, I was involved in what some have termed "the Great Userbox War" (on the pro-userbox side, if it matters). I was never one of the editor warriors, but things certainly got heated in the TfD and DRV debates. However, I eventually came to my senses and realized that neither side was accomplishing anything to further our goal of creating a comprehensive and accesible encyclopedia. Back in early March, I deleted my userboxes (Clarification: removed all userboxes from my userpage) and avoided TfD for a full month. While I now poke around at TfD occasionally, I make a point of not being drawn back into the debate. Even though I think I managed to keep my cool throughout the debate, eventually an ongoing disagreement gets tiresome. I prefer to avoid them.