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Acalamari (talk · contribs) - Ladies and Gentlemen of Wikipedia, I present to you for consideration for admin status Acalamari. Acalamari has been a Wikipedia editor since October 2006, and in the eight months that he has been with the project he has amassed, for those to whom edit count is important, 13,343 edits. These include 7,257 edits to mainspace, 1.843 to wikipedia and 109 to wiki talk. He has also registered significant contributions within the areas of templates and of images, and indeed in essentially every nook and cranny of the project.

This is his second WP:RfA. (Wiki-gnomes may locate an aborted one a few days ago, which was terminated because I had already promised to nominate). The first one did not fail, but did not achieve consensus. I did not !vote at that time, partly because my own RfA was running simultaneously, but I became aware of this editor at that time. I have been seriously impressed by the way that he has developed and matured as an editor over the three months since his last RfA, and I believe that this improvement is manifested in the edits which he has produced over this period.

His edits are open to your inspection. I feel that they now show a level of knowledge of policy, a level of self-discipline and a level of maturity which more than justify the award to him of the mop and bucket. Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 22:14, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept this generous nomination from Anthony.bradbury, and thank him for taking the time to do this. Acalamari 18:06, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. You may wish to answer the following optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

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

A: AIV is one of the places that I plan to do work at. I also would like to do work at WP:RFPP, WP:CSD, and Category: Requests for unblock, Category: Requests for unblock-auto and Category: Temporary Wikipedian userpages.

I will explain my reasons for wanting to work in these places: AIV can get backlogged quickly, and there have been times where I have reported a vandal to there, the page is filled with reported vandals, and no administrators have been around for as long as half an hour. It will be a good thing to help clear that backlog instead of have to wait for someone else to do it. CSD, on the other hand, is backlogged most of the time, and administrators are always needed there.

I mentioned in my last RfA that I’d like to do work at RFPP because I am interested in page protection. That still holds true now. With two of the categories I mentioned, I will keep an eye on Category: Requests for unblock and Category: Requests for unblock-auto because, as I mentioned last time, I have been auto-blocked before (not for a long time, fortunately), and it’s because of auto-blocks that I am interested in keeping an eye on those categories.

Finally, the Category: Temporary Wikipedian userpages is a category which is filled with either the user pages or talk pages of indefinitely blocked users; and those pages need deleting. I am interested in working in this category because it too, gets backlogged, and from what I’ve seen of the category, it needs more administrative attention. I will delete pages listed in that category after the accepted amount of time has passed since a user was listed in there.

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

A: I don’t believe I have an individual or group of “best” contributions, but that’s just me. I am most pleased with my work to pages such as Fergie (singer), Pussycat Dolls, Christina Aguilera, Paris Hilton, Anna Nicole Smith, Aly & AJ, and Kelly Clarkson. I have done a mixture of rewording the some of content of those articles, formatting them, and reverting vandalism. I’ve done more than 300 edits alone to Fergie (singer).

I’ve also done a lot of work on Nicky Hilton, Haylie Duff, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E), Shakira, List of Starfleet ship classes, Alyson Michalka, Mandy Moore and Raptor: Call of the Shadows. With Mandy Moore, however, most of my edits to that page have been reverts. The others, on the other hand, I have helped reword and improve the existing content.

Pages that aren’t on the “Wannabe Kate” list that I’ve worked quite a bit on from time to time include Amanda Michalka, Carrie Underwood, Diana DeGarmo, CeCe Peniston, Rihanna, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Katharine McPhee, and also articles relating to the music of some of the songstresses I mentioned above. I am currently going through all the articles in Category: American female singers to see if I can help improve the pages listed there, and when I’m done with that category, I plan to go through more categories about female singers.

I've edited templates, mainly musician templates. I have created the Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Brooke Hogan, Trina, Missy Higgins, and Laura Branigan templates, and those templates are used in their articles. I've also done a lot of work on other templates, such as Fergie, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé Knowles, Nicole Scherzinger, The Pussycat Dolls, Danity Kane, Keyshia Cole, and Kelly Clarkson to name a few.

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: In the last three months, I have been involved in two conflicts:

The first has been with a user called JJH1992. This user has changed music and band infoboxes, mainly to do with the Pussycat Dolls and Danity Kane, to a non-standard style without discussion. Despite being asked by users such as ShadowHalo and myself to talk (and after blocks from Mel Etitis and Adam Cuerden), the user continued to change infoboxes and leave uncivil edit summaries. At one point, JJH1992 was reverting Mel Etitis’ edits to Pussycat Dolls, and I initiated a discussion on the talk page to get them to discuss. They did initially, but unfortunately, JJH1992 began edit warring again. I gave the user links to the pages he should read, but sadly, he didn’t pay any attention to them. He is currently blocked for a month by Adam Cuerden. I hope to try to talk to JJH1992 again when he comes off his block to prevent him from getting into more revert wars over infoboxes. He’s been blocked 6 times (7, but that block was undone to extend the block) for that, and I want to stop him from getting an indefinite block, as he has actually done a lot of good work.

The other conflict (it wasn't a conflict; it's actually a case of silly sockpuppetry) has been going on since an hour or so after my previous RfA closed. While I was responding to users who were talking about the RfA, I edit conflicted on my own talk page with a user called Owner of Boats, who asked me why I revert vandalism on Natalie Erin’s user page. I responded to the user, and found out they were actually a vandal who Chrislk02 had blocked. A few days later, Natalie Erin and I started getting trolled by blatant sockpuppets. This carried on for a while, stopped, and then returned about the time Phaedriel came back, and the trolling spread to her. As I said, this isn’t really a conflict, and it wasn't stressful, as I'm no longer offended by insults or personal attacks; but this is a sockpuppet event notable enough for mentioning here.

Optional Question from Black Harry

4 Why do you think your last RFA failed? What if, if anything, did you learn from it? And why do you now think you're ready to be an administrator?

A I believe it failed for pretty much most of the reasons the opposition listed. The two biggest concerns, in my opinion, were me being incapable at the time of taking criticism and personal attacks (with the blog incidents and user page vandalism); and I had a tendency to overreact to small problems (such as trolls), and turn minor situations, as one member of the opposition said, "into scandals". Those issues had to be addressed; for thin-skinnedness and overreaction are not good traits for an administrator to have. Another issue was usernames. As you can see from "Wannabe Kate", I have 267 edits to WP:RFCN. I used to have a habit or patrolling the list of new users each day, and I didn't understand the username policy completely, and reported borderline and inoffensive usernames to that page. I didn't bother to discuss a user's name, and instead, just brought them to RFCN without even notifying them. There was concern at the last RfA that I would block users with borderline usersnames or users who had inoffensive usernames, and/or concerns I would forget the username policy.

I believe I am no longer thin-skinnned. I have been called a variety of names since three months ago, and those insults never bothered me. I don't overreact to silly situations anymore, as I didn't go crazy when I was trolled and vandalized. I learned to accept that I'll get verbally whacked by people who object to me reverting their vandalism or tagging a page of they created for speedy deletion.

As for why I think I'm ready now, I believe I have addressed the concerns listed. I understand policy now more than I did back then (especially the policies the opposition mentioned). However, I accept that however ready I may feel to become an administrator, in the end, it is not me who determines if I a should be a sysop or not.

If I've left anything out, please tell me and I will gladly address you. Acalamari 19:22, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Optional question from PrestonH (talk · contribs)

5. What is your view on open proxies? Should they be blocked indefinitely? Why do you think the policy "no open proxies" is important?

My view: they are used to keep the people who use them untrackable when they use the Internet. I understand that some people use them to remain private on the Internet while others use them to be disruptive online.

The current version of No open proxies, as of 12:26, 22 June 2007, says that open proxies should be blocked indefinitely, and currently, there appears to be no consensus established on whether to change that or not. I will follow the current policy because that's what is on that page. Unless the policy changes, I should follow the current version instead of my own, or anybody else's, view on open proxies.

The policy is important because open proxies, more often than not, are used abusively, and not just on Wikipedia either. A sockpuppeteer could use an open proxy to create multiple accounts, and begin to vandalize pages, attack Wikipedians with personal information, etc, and remain undetected. Blocking the open proxy prevents that from happening.

As I said, there appears to be no current consensus to change the policy. My concern is that this RfA may turn into an open proxy debate, even though I do not use, and do not want to use, an open proxy. Acalamari 21:15, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

General comments

Links for Acalamari: Acalamari (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
See Acalamari's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.

Please keep criticism constructive and polite. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Acalamari before commenting.

Discussion

Support

Strong support, beat the nom. Acalamari is a really friendly and sensible guy, and has obviously learned a lot since his last RfA and knows what he's going in for now. I have complete trust in him with the tools and believe he'd be a great admin. Best of luck, - Zeibura ^(Talk) 18:07, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support - I supported last time, but I have to agree in hindsight that maybe he wasn't quite ready. If you look through his edits since then, what a difference there has been, he's taken on board the opposition like a true gent and is a much stronger character and can deal with anything that is hit at him in a way that any admin should. I give Acalamari my full endorsement. Ryan Postlethwaite 18:08, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Until someone says why not. When did you get desysopped? Moreschi ^Talk 18:08, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
He never was sysopped, his last RfA failed to reach consensus. - Zeibura ^(Talk) 18:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I know that, I was trying to be funny. Evidently the attempt failed. Moreschi ^Talk 18:12, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That was meant as a joke. Ryan Postlethwaite 18:11, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Meh, sorry, didn't follow! *walks away* - Zeibura ^(Talk) 18:14, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support - worked alot with this editor and they would make an excellent addition to the administrative team hear on WP. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 18:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Support as nominator. Would have been quicker except for conflict!--Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 18:12, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support Kind, helpful, cares about the project, just what I like to see in an admin. Good luck! Majorly (talk) 18:13, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've run across Acalamari a couple of times now, and each time I felt like he would make a fine addition to our administrative ranks. No concerns. EVula // talk // ☯ // 18:18, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, again. He's a very promising candidate. I am sure he would make a good admin. —Anas ^talk? 18:54, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support Yes, of course. I was neutral the last time, due to some concerns about maturity, but Acalamari has truly changed phenomenally since his last RfA - I can think of few editors more mature than him! Hard worker, always civil, always gets along with people, and evidently cares deeply about us, which can only be a good thing. Riana (talk) 18:55, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support per - 1) Nicely expanded and referenced answers to the questions. 2) Civility demonstrated in contribution history. 2) Activity demonstrated by count tool. 4) Anthony nominated and I have deep respect for his values. 5) Per Majorly. Unless this gets edit conflicted again....Pedro | Chat 19:01, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support - I missed it last time..I wont miss it again.. One of the Best Editors around..--Comet styles 19:24, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support- per Pedro. E ddie 20:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. User:Acalamari has a WikiCrush on Alison?! Looks like you've earned some notoriety. But seriously, I like the question answers and your vast range of experience. bibliomaniac 15 ^{BUY NOW!} 20:22, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support I like the answer to Question #4. And I'm glad that you're going to work on the CAT:CSD backlog. Darkspots 20:58, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Acalamari has changed quite a bit since his previous RfA. His skin has thickened rather nicely. Answers to the questions show just how far this candidate has come - Alison ☺ 21:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support. Of course. I've been waiting for this one for a while. He'll make an excellent admin. Simple as that. :-) Will (aka Wimt) 21:15, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support WOW! A nom from anthony.bradbury? Will make a brilliant addition as a sysop. Kevinwong913 ^{Speak out loud!} 21:22, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support I see a notable difference in the quality of editing in the period between RfAs from this editor, so no reason to believe that the admin tools will be abused. (aeropagitica) 21:28, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support I see Acalamari too often while editing wikipedia; meaning he is a excellent contributor who will never abandon their post. Hirohisat ^{Freedom of Speech} 21:35, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Absolutely, for the same reasons as the previous time.--Xnuala (talk)(Review) 21:42, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Would make a great admin and good answer to my optional question (let's just hope that question won't turn into a heated debate in this RfA).--PrestonH 22:08, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - No evidence that this user would abuse the tools. - Philippe | Talk 22:29, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Significant experience, trustworthy, good person - plus we started on Wikipedia 13 days apart. It's time that Acalamari received the mop. -- Jreferee ^(Talk) 22:33, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support A great contributer. I see no reason to oppose. --Mschel 22:37, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very good contributions to Wikipedia. Cheers, Je tL ov er 23:05, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per Mschel; no reason to oppose. ♠TomasBat 23:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - very civil user with more than sufficient experience. Addhoc 23:26, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
—AldeBaer (c) 23:33, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support I was undecided about the previous RfA but Acalamari seems to have matured as a member of the community and I fully trust the nominator's evaluation. Pascal.Tesson 23:45, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support for pretty much all the reasons outlined above. Tim^{speak} 23:46, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Answer to my question was satisfactory enough. Black Harry (Highlights|Contribs) 23:54, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support I've seen this user around a lot, seems to be doing a great job. Good answers.--Húsönd 00:06, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support No issues, nor reservations whatsoever. Jmlk 1 7 00:07, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I supported last time but even if I hadn't, I think Acalamri has addressed the concerns of those who opposed. I think he'll make a good admin. WjBscribe 00:18, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support until I find a reason to oppose--not that that will be anytime soon! -(lemonflash)^talk 00:56, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support. Acalamari is one of the most dedicated, hard workind and kindest editors I've ever encountered. He's an awesome candidate, just the kind that makes you think "I wish I was the one to nominate him!" Phaedriel - 01:16, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support, I don't see any outstanding issues. -- Phoenix2 ^(holla) 01:19, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support - good editor, will use the tools well, good luck with them! —Krellis (Talk) 01:19, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support. CSD and temp user pages needs more admins - often entries stay in there for a long time. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 01:45, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support per contributions and my many interactions with him. --(Review Me) R ^ParlateContribs_@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 01:55, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support per a great many of the above comments, as well as the strong overall record and good answers to the questions. Newyorkbrad 02:07, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Appears to be a solid contributor. Majoreditor 02:28, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Support I have noticed this user when I vote in Rfa's and have noticed Acalamari in my recent changes patrolling. I am shocked that Acalamari is not already a admin. The reason why I am supporting Acalamari is A)because Acalamari is a active wikipedian B) because Acalamari is a experienced wikipedian and C) because Acalamari is a very friendly person. I feel as if being friendly is a very important quality to have if you are going to be a admin. Good luck with your Rfa!:)--†Sir James Paul† 02:31, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support I didn't read everything, but I'll just say this: I can't remember what the problem was last time. Acalamari has contributed in a lot of useful ways, and will continue his valuable efforts. Adminship will only enable him to do more. Shalom ^Hello 03:32, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support - good 'pedia builder. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:46, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

+ Much matured since the last RfA. Keegan^talk 04:48, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support My impressions of Acalamari's edits and actions are positive. He could use the extra buttons. Flyguy649^talk_contribs 05:29, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support--MONGO 05:38, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support It is time to give him the mop. --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 06:17, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support, good editor, will make good use of the mop :). Good luck- CattleGirl ^talk 06:34, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is a support comment, albeit one with some slight trepidation, but a solid support nonetheless. I feel that Acalamari is clearly dedicated to the project and I feel certain that he can be trusted to use the tools to the best of his ability in the best interests of the project. My only concern is for him as a person. It has been 3 months since his last RfA and my own personal observations of him in that time have been very positive and have shown what I believe is genuine and profound growth in maturity, outlook and a reevaluation of the way he responds to vandals, trolls and otherwise difficult users, as well as the way he handles personal attacks and abuse. Three months is a very fair and decent time between nominations, especially when the first nomination didn't reveal any serious problems or deficiencies, but were mostly issues which emanated from a genuine concern for Acalamari, his sensitivity and his ability to cope with abuse and trolling. I feel some trepidation and apprehension that perhaps three months isn't enough time to be sure that there has been sufficient personal growth needed to let go of the insecurity, drama and hypersensitivity. And so my support comes as very solid support but with the proviso that he not be too proud to lean on others, on his friends, on people he trusts and respects and on the entire admin team if needed. In Acalamari's previous RfA, I was also concerned about his judgment, particularly pertaining to policy development and implementation of existing policy, most notably, as he has already mentioned above, at RFC/Usernames. Again, my hope here is that he will lean on Allie, Ryan and other more experienced admins he has come to trust and respect before jumping in at the deep end. All that said, Acalamari has my full support at this time. Sarah 11:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral

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 #'''Support''' It is time to give him the mop. --<font style="background:gold">[[WP:EA|<font color="green">S</font>]][[User:Siva1979|iva1979]]</font><sup><font style="background:yellow">[[User talk:Siva1979|Talk to me]]</font></sup> 06:17, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 #'''Support''', good editor, will make good use of the mop :). Good luck- '''[[User:CattleGirl|<font color="blue">Cat</font><font color="darkblue">tleG</font><font color="black">irl</font>]]''' <sup>''[[User talk: CattleGirl| talk]]''</sup> 06:34, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
+#This is a '''support''' comment, albeit one with some slight trepidation, but a solid support nonetheless. I feel that Acalamari is clearly dedicated to the project and I feel certain that he can be trusted to use the tools to the best of his ability in the best interests of the project.  My only concern is for him as a person. It has been 3 months since his last RfA and my own personal observations of him in that time have been very positive and have shown what I believe is genuine and profound growth in maturity, outlook and a reevaluation of the way he responds to vandals, trolls and otherwise difficult users, as well as the way he handles personal attacks and abuse. Three months is a very fair and decent time between nominations, especially when the first nomination didn't reveal any serious problems or deficiencies, but were mostly issues which emanated from a genuine concern for Acalamari, his sensitivity and his ability to cope with abuse and trolling. I feel some trepidation and apprehension that perhaps three months isn't enough time to be sure that there has been sufficient personal growth needed to let go of the insecurity, drama and hypersensitivity. And so my support comes as very solid support but with the proviso that he not be too proud to lean on others, on his friends, on people he trusts and respects and on the entire admin team if needed. In Acalamari's previous RfA, I was also concerned about his judgment, particularly pertaining to policy development and implementation of existing policy, most notably, as he has already mentioned above, at RFC/Usernames. Again, my hope here is that he will lean on Allie, Ryan and other more experienced admins he has come to trust and respect before jumping in at the deep end. All that said, Acalamari has '''my full support''' at this time. '''[[User talk:Sarah|Sarah]]''' 11:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
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