Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Fvw 2

Fvw

Vote here (37/2/0) ending 05:17 12 January 2005 (UTC)

Fvw has been with us since August 2003. On 14 OCT 04 he kicked into overdrive and has racked up an impressive 7785 edits as of the time of this nomination. He is dedicated, hard working and responsible. He has been very active in patrolling Recent Changes (and New Pages), reverting vandalism, and in general doing a great deal of housekeeping here. His first RfA was a little early, but he has more than proven himself by now. This is someone I believe will make an excellent admin. SWAdair | Talk 05:23, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Candidate please indicate acceptance of the nomination here

Yes of course, thanks for the kind words. --fvw* 10:06, 2005 Jan 5 (UTC)

Support

1. Of course. SWAdair | Talk 05:27, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
2. -Willmcw 05:31, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
3. Kensho 05:37, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
4. Strongly. [[User:Rdsmith4|User:Rdsmith4/sig]] 05:39, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
5. CryptoDerk 05:39, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
6. Sure. --Gene s 05:46, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
7. Hoary 06:35, 2005 Jan 5 (UTC)
8. Wile E. Heresiarch 06:43, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
9. AlanBarrett 06:48, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
10. Easy decision. jni 06:53, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
11. I've seen him around and was actually under the impression he was already an admin. Support. Mgm|^(talk) 09:38, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
12. Absolutely. —Korath (Talk) 09:56, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
13. If it looks like duck, ... Following the previous RfA I've noticed Fvw strenuously behaving like an admin,
    walks like a duck, ... helping out on many of the forums that keep WP tidy,
    and quacks like a duck, ... and making numerous sensible decisions,
    ...then it just may be a duck. — so support. -- Solipsist 11:07, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
14. Sure. Sietse 12:17, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
15. I assumed he already was an admin. Absolutely support. Carrp 13:07, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
16. I actually asked fvw if I should nominate him for adminship [unfortunate typo corrected] at roughly the same time as SWAdair. Support of course :)Thue | talk 14:40, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
17. BrokenSegue 15:22, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
18. thought he was an admin already (hoping, once you are an admin, you won't act like an "uberadmin :o) dab (ᛏ) 15:48, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
19. Never come across this user in my contributions, but I have looked through Fvw's and was impressed by the variety and extent. He's got my vote. --Cyberjunkie 16:13, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
20. absolutely. a tireless wiki-janitor. understands & respects policy. Michael Ward 16:19, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
21. Sure thing.--Bishonen | Talk 16:32, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
22. Noisy | Talk 16:57, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
23. Strong support.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus europeaus) 16:59, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
24. Yet another user whose work to keep things running smoothly has been so tireless, I did not realize he was not yet an admin. Strong support. -- Antaeus Feldspar 17:30, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
25. Definitely suport -- Ferkelparade π 17:37, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
26. I thought he was already. Mackensen (talk) 20:09, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
27. Support. Dude is all over the VfD and the new pages slaying trolls left and right. He'd also make a great intermediary on VfD regarding articles on the speedy delete borderline until the policies are changed. - Lucky 6.9 21:50, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
28. Would make a great admin. DCEdwards1966 21:51, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
29. Tuf-Kat 21:55, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
30. [Insert unspeakable RfA cliche here]. Neutrality^talk 23:44, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
31. In my experience his opinions and actions derive from a very reliable sense of NPOV and the best interests of the project. Support. Jwrosenzweig 00:17, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
32. Evercat 00:38, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
33. Support. --JuntungWu 02:19, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
34. Strong support. I've seen a lot of his work over the last month or so, and I'm very impressed.-gadfium 04:22, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
35. Ironclad support. A great vandal-fighter and janitor to boot. -- Hadal 04:36, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
36. Obvious. Should be an excellent admin. Antandrus 04:38, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
37. Supported last time, and I don't see anything has changed since then. Shane King 05:10, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Too many occasions where I personally disagree with his decisions. Too prone to simply revert substantive edits without adding to discussion, so rollback access would be unsuitable. -- Netoholic @ 15:31, 2005 Jan 5 (UTC)

   Could Netoholic please supply some diffs for other potential voters to evaluate the second of these charges?--Bishonen | Talk 16:32, 5 Jan

2005 (UTC)

1. The evidence of the childish exchange between Fvw and the vandal Mr Avenger indicates that Fvw does not display the maturity required of a sysop on Wikipedia. It is important that adminship on Wikipedia is not treated like a "club" but rather proffered on people who have the necessary skills and maturity to be up to the task. - Robert the Bruce 05:03, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments

Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)

A. Mainly the RC patrol of things, but I'll see if I can help out in the more ofworked areas of janitoring WP:VfD and WP:CP too.

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

A. Most of my work here has involved minor improvements or repair and cleanup, so there's no specific article I'm particularly pleased with. In the interest of answering the question however I'll list List of elements by boiling point and List of elements by melting point, since even though they're rather dull, the greater part of them was 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 will deal with it in the future?

A. Yes, there's been the odd bit of conflict, but I think I've been spared most of this being not getting too closely involved with most articles. Whatever stress does occur is easy to work off by slapping vandals in RC patrol.