Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Can't sleep, clown will eat me 3

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MMMmm...nice April Fool's snack (burp) ;-)

Can't sleep, clown will eat me

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Can't sleep, clown will eat me (talk · contribs) – This is a self nomination. Entering my sixth month with Wikipedia, and around 10,000 edits since the close of my first nomination, I now feel confident in asking the community to grant me the opportunity to better serve the project as an administrator. According to Interiot's edit counter, my editcountitus addiction has launched me somewhere into the neighborhood of the 16,000s.

As my username might imply, I tend to keep odd hours, allowing me to mix and mingle with Wikipedians from all over. Aside from vandalism patrol, I also try to maintain a good balance of editing, categorization, tagging articles for deletion, and new article creation (a reforestation effort of sorts). Some of my interests include pop-culture, unusual snacks and drinks, distance running, and food and sports in general.

With the added privileges and responsibilities that come along with being a sysop, additional tasks I intend to help out with include merges requiring administrator intervention, watching the backlog at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, responding to the WP:AIV queue, and whatever else may come my way.

Thank you for your consideration. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:00, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:01, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Support

1. 3rd times the charm?  ALKIVAR™ 00:02, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
2. Support per my vote on CSCWEM1 -- Jjjsixsix ^(t)/_(c) @ 00:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
3. Extreme First Second Third Shazaam Support!!! --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 00:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
4. Ohhhh yeeeees--Doc ^ask? 00:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
5. Support like crazy – Can I vote twice? – ClockworkSoul 00:04, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
6. Support Naconkantari e|t||c|m 00:04, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
7. Support. Last post before my wikibreak. Time for my record to fall! BDAbramson T 00:05, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
8. Support, of course! Kirill Lokshin 00:07, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
9. Support absolutely, give the clown the mop - I've been waiting to vote on this one --Krich (talk) 00:08, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
10. Support as well --He:ah? 00:09, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
11. Support. Very good user. Needs the tools. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 00:09, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
12. Support -- Can't sleep, Wikipedia is too addictive 00:10, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
13. Can't sleep or leave, Wikipedia is too addictive Support --Jaranda^{wat's sup} 00:11, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
14. Support. Looks like a fine editor, and you gotta love the name. Weatherman90 00:12, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
15. Strong support for the third and hopefully final time. Great editor; nothing more to say. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 00:14, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
16. I finally get to support support! SoLando (Talk) 00:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
17. Oppose we can't let BDA's record fall Oh well, Support Prodego ^talk 00:17, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
18. Support —Locke Cole • t • c 00:18, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
19. Support Based on his handling of his second RfA, and of course his contributions to wikipedia, I think clown has proved himself to be worthy of the mop and flamethrower. :)--Shanel 00:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
20. Edit Conflict Support. Great editor, and I like his answers to the questions. Also, I said I would "probably support him in a couple of months" in his previous RfA; it's been more than 2 months now, and he hasn't done anything that would make me want to oppose him, as far as I can tell. --Idont Havaname (Talk) 00:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
21. NSLE _(T+C) at 00:22 UTC (2006-04-01)
22. Support - It's about time! ProhibitOnions 00:23, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
23. Some asshat edit conflicted with me support! —BorgHunter ^ubx (talk) 00:27, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

    Your lucky my RFA isn't over yet, or I'd block you for 39.86433214 billion seconds! Prodego ^talk 00:30, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

24. Support. Has my full trust. ~ PseudoSudo 00:27, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
25. Support. Assumed he was one already. Sarge Baldy 00:28, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
26. Support. —A 00:35, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
27. Support (after edit conflict) with reservations to the finest restauarant in the tri-county area that you last mentioned. Silensor 00:36, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
28. w00t for yu0 :) — Rickyrab | Talk 00:45, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
29. Strongest support possible per above and the other 33 and 1/3 times :) — Deckiller 00:47, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

    He has, presumably, only been nominated 32⅓ times prior to this. You appear, therefore, to have somewhat over-voted. (Not that you have voted in the least, of course, but it's klutzy to suggest that you may have over-discussed something...) -Splash^talk 01:22, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

30. Support Give the clown the mop so he can clean up after those elephants.--Adam ^(talk) 00:48, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
31. Extremely strong support. Mushroom (Talk) 00:50, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
32. support on the condition he orders mamrot tarte more often! Benon 00:56, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
33. Strong Support As per previous: Always running across his good deeds and until I saw the first RfA presumed he was an admin. _{ĢĿ€Ñ §τοĿĿ€Ŗγ}^Ť_č 01:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
34. Can't oppose, clown will eat me. Kusma (討論) 01:08, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
35. Support. You go clown. No Guru 01:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
36. Support. I had my alarm set to midnight UTC so I could vote on this... and then I slept through it. And then a clown ate me. --Elkman - ^(talk) 01:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
37. Support. Although, given the strong focus on vandal-whacking, I would encourage taking some invisible driving lessons in some other parts of adminning before leaping into them. The orange bar has teeth. -Splash^talk 01:22, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
38. Support. Was wondering why all the stupidity was happening, and realized it was April 1st Wikipedia time. Still the 31st here. VegaDark 01:24, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
39. You mean, he... er... support. - BanyanTree 01:27, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
40. Support everything has been executed with the best of clown. The date (April 1st (fools)) the precise time (00:00) etc. The most smashing RfA I've ever endured. Now, to the business: Solid work in the cleanup effort, and a good member of the community. Use the mop well. --Jay(Reply) 01:28, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
41. Support. For my time zone, April Fool's day has been over for 90 minutes, and yet I still support CSCWEM.-gadfium 01:31, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
42. Template:Rfa cliche1 --Cyde Weys 01:38, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
43. Support must ... support ... clown ... In all seriousness, great editor --Deville (Talk) 01:40, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
44. Support, One of the best user names out there, always love a good Simpsons reference. Good editor wherever I've seen him. Croat Canuck Go Leafs Go 01:44, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
45. Support! Give 'em those anti-clown tools already! =) — TheKMan^talk 01:55, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
46. Support The Clown will make fools of us all. --Jscott 02:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose. Not enough RC Patrolling. Titoxd^{(?!? - help us)} 00:42, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

   This comment has tempted me to change my vote to Strong Oppose. Hmm.....moreover, I am troubled by his lack of portal talk posts...— Deckiller 00:51, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

2. Oppose. Horrific record of controversial edits, too few edits, has shown a capacity to deface the encyclopedia, cannot be trusted with admin tools, fails to abide by consensus, does not take heed of other's opinions, does not use edit summaries, shows no respect for process, ignores criticism, has gargantuan issues with humility, and generally is an all-around good-for-nothing non-contributor. Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 00:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC) <--(april fools)

   Well-said, and I agree wholeheartedly :) — Deckiller 00:56, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

3. This user constantly beats me to reverting vandalism. Admin tools would only make him faster. Oppose. Jude (talk,contribs,email) 01:50, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Neutral

1. Wildly Vacillating I just can’t make up my mind. I feel like my head is going to explode. No!!! Ack! AAAAAgh! <<Ker-BOOM!!!>> Sifaka 01:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Comments

• One pores over articles. When one pours over them, one gets them wet and makes a mess of all the paper they are written on. -Splash^talk 01:22, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

• Edit summary usage: 100% for major edits and 100% for minor edits. Based on the last 150 major and 150 minor edits in the article namespace. Mathbot 00:15, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
• See Can't sleep, clown will eat me's edit count and contribution tree with Interiot's tool.
• Note: This user's second nomination was withdrawn after a technical, clerical dispute. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:17, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

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 anticipate that as an administrator, I will be better equipped in my efforts to help reduce vandalism, as well assist with requests at Category:Articles to be merged and handling articles listed at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion.

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

A: That is really difficult to say, I am proud of all my original contributions, but right now I could really go for a bottle of Manzanita Sol. I'm really most pleased with all the unusual things I've learned from Wikipedia through the course of pouring over thousands of different articles.

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: Thankfully, so far, Wikipedia has yet to invade my dreams or cause me any sort of personal stress. When faced with a dispute, I do my best to understand the concerns of each party and attempt to see things from their perspective. Often times a conflict is the result of a simple misunderstanding, easily diffused with the help of a neutral third party. There are of course other times when things are more complicated and the said third party may not be able to help bring about an amicable resolution that everyone can agree to. Wikipedia offers several avenues, both formal and informal, for handling disputes that cannot be resolved one-on-one, and I would make use of them accordingly.