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Voice your opinion (talk page) (36/10/1); Scheduled to end 03:19, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

R (talk · contribs) - I am happy at being able to nominate R (Nee. TeckWiz) for adminship. He has been here since February 2006 and has a steady stream of contributions since then. His close to 8,000 edits cover very different topics. R has a sound understanding of the username policy and has been very active in helping to create UAA, this board often gets backlogged, and although it is not essential to deal with username violations right away, it's better that obscene names are blocked to stop them getting into page histories - R would be a great help at this page in determining what is and what isn't a violation. I've been very impressed with R since his last RfA, and I think he has learnt from his mistakes, increasing his knowledge of the notablility guidlines. I also see R contributing to more articles, I believe he now fully understands that we are here to write an encyclopedia - the other stuff just comes with it! Whenever I see a report at AIV from R, it is always accurate and always results in a block, he'll certainly help reduce the back logs there. R actually does some really good work on user warning templates and the tools would allow him to edit protected templates and protect them when required. I also see R's constructive comments at AN and AN/I and I believe the tools will help him further his work there, and sort problems which he is currently unable to. R has a technical side as well, running RBot to subst user warning messages - it's certainly been a great help clearing up my mistakes from earlier days. I believe R's greatest asset is his determination and his dedication to the project, if he's down, he doesn't run away, he gets up and carries on with it - we need more admins that care about the project. After doing a full review of R's contribs, I am happy to say that I believe he is now ready to become and administrator, and I ask that you could help me give him the tools. Ryan Postlethwaite 22:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Co-nomination: I was the nominator in TeckWiz's most recent prior RfA. I felt then, and still do now, that R would use the tools within his areas of expertise and for the betterment of Wikipedia, and be wise enough to consult with other admins when that is appropriate. In the future I expect to see more mainspace contributions (this is true of many admins, of course, recently including me, alas), but in the meantime I feel strongly that this candidate should be allowed and encouraged to do the administrator work he wants to help out with and is fully prepared to perform. He has shown, and continues to show, continual growth as a Wikipedian and I look forward to many years of service from him as an editor and an administrator. Newyorkbrad 19:36, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept. Thank you Ryan for a very well written nom (and it seems that your a good mind-reader because you already said half of my answer to Q1 in your nom. :)


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:1. I am a recent changes patroller and often report to AIV. Instead of reporting after a vandal violates a final warning, I will block the user myself. I will also help out at AIV by checking each user’s contributions and blocking if necessary using a duration determined by whether the vandal is an IP or user, if they have previous blocks, and how bad the vandalism was (personal attacks, page blanking, etc). Another place I also plan to spend a lot of time at is the still relatively new UAA, a place where users report blatantly inappropriate usernames to be blocked. Not many admins currently help out, and sometimes there are names sitting there for over two hours. I’m very knowledgeable in the username policy, and will determine if the names there are violations of that policy or not. Upon blocking, I will disable autoblock and put {{UsernameBlocked}} as the description, so the user finds out why he was blocked, and is allowed to create an account. Alternatively, I can use {{UsernameHardBlocked}} and leave autoblock if the username is obviously in bad faith (ie. [editor] is a [adjective to attack that editor]). Since they’re related, I’d also help out at RFCN. Another thing I plan to help with is closing xFD’s or relisting them to gain a better consensus if not enough people have participated. I mainly plan to help at AFD and TFD, which I’m most familiar with. I also plan to help with speedy deletion, which sometimes has more than 200 candidates. Before going through CSD, I would probably check ASD first, since that is more harmful to the project, its members, or other people/things the page attacks. I also occasionally patrol new pages, though users often beat me to tagging the pages. I’d probably look through new pages and speedy delete some that haven’t been tagged, or have been tagged and are waiting to be deleted. I’ll occasionally handle requests for page protections and do protections for other things (i.e. new user warnings which are high-risk). Besides what I've said above, I'd be happy to help out with any other administrative tasks editors request I do.
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
A: 2. My best contributions to Wikipedia include updating information on currently airing television shows (such as The Amazing Race and Survivor). I’ve also created some of the Amazing Race and Survivor individual season articles, where I source the official application form, since that’s usually the only thing available. I also think some of my best contributions are vandal fighting, because though it may be easy and quick, people seeing vandalized versions of Wikipedia may get the wrong impression (which is one of the reasons that leads many schools and teachers to ban Wikipedia as a reliable source). Also, vandalized versions may shows up in Google and other search engines (I remember about a month ago, a Google crawler had crawled Wikipedia’s George Washington article when it was vandalized, and when someone searched “George Washington on Google, it came up with a summary which defamed him and included a profanity.) That doesn’t look good for Wikipedia. Probably my best contributions to the Wikipedia space are at WikiProject User Warnings and WP:UTM. All those nice, new, standardized user warnings (such as {{uw-vand1}}) are thanks to participants of WP:UW, including me. Even now, when the main templates are done, we still discuss additions and changes at WT:UW and WT:UTM. (By the way, as a sneak preview, we’re drafting new templates that you can leave on users’ talk pages if they create a page that is tagged as a candidate for speedy deletion. Instead of being uw-, we’re going to either start them with sd- or sp-).
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: I've never been in any major arguments, such as those that would lead to an RFC. I’ve had a few (probably under 5) issues that were on WP:ANI. I think I started one of those. I try to stay away from disputes as much as possible, and prefer to solve them on a talk page, and not by edit-warring. A major problem that me and other users faced was a trolling user at RFCN. He would constantly troll, and his talk page had 25 sections about his trolling. He was eventually indef-blocked, after he received a shorter block for the same reason. Minor problems that I can think of are when a user was using inappropriate edit summaries to egg on another user, and when I asked a user to change his signature because it had an external link in it, and he refused, though I showed him the policy saying it wasn't allowed. As a sysop I would deal with users on their talk page (or mine), and if needed, would bring the conflict to the attention of other admins at ANI if needed or requested.

Optional question by DarkFalls

4. How do you interpret the policy on ignore all rules, and in what circumstances would you invoke it?
A: IAR is so simple and short that I interpret it exactly as the text says: "If the rules (policies) prevent you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore them." Some policies even have IAR (exceptions) in them, such as 3RR, where reverting vandalism more than three times is an exception to, the rule, because obviously, you're not going to leave a page you see vandalized if you've reverted on it three times already. Without that exception, you wouldn't be able to maintain the encyclopedia as good. I would invoke IAR when something is preventing me from doing something that's needed, or hurting the encyclopedia and it's editors. For example, blocks are usually given out after about 4 warnings. However, if the users first edit is to a users talk page saying "[User] is a [profanity] [profanity] [profanity] [profanity] and should die", the user should be blocked after that first edit, as assuming good faith is almost impossible, and it's certain the user will not be doing an useful contributions.


5. How would you treat an potential violation of biography of living persons, and what line of action would you take? Furthermore, how do you identify a violation of biography of living persons, in comparison to neutral point of view, and what is the range of the policy (BLP not NPOV)? Is it strictly in the article namespace?
A: First of all, I don't know why these questions are asked in every RFA, especially when the user doesn't say anything about working with BLP violations. On seeing a potential violation, I would revert it. If the user is new, I would warn him with {{uw-blp1}}, and then escalate. For an experienced user, I would leave a personalized message. BLP is not strictly in article namespace, as it's bad to have defaming or unsourced information about a living person anywhere on Wkipedia. However, something that may be violation of BLP could be put in the talk namespace if the user says something like "I have heard that x happened to y. Is there anyone who can find a source for this?" This is a good example of how to avoid a violation of BLP in the article namespace.

Question from Nat.tang

6. If you ran into an editor that was clearly trying to push an extreme POV and yet, he/she was not committing any obvious, or "simple" vandalism, what steps or actions would you take to deal with this person? Please state you points or steps clearly.
A:

General comments

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

Discussion

Support

  1. Support Beat the nom. I always thought he was an admin. O_O (oops) -FlubecaTalk 03:21, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Hopeless aren't I? Ok. I'm weak supporting, but I'm locked in for support now. Anonymous DissidentTalk 13:35, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    No problems that I've seen. Good contributor. --Dark Falls talk 03:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support good old thought he was one cliche. Great help on IRC too. Kwsn(Ni!) 03:27, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support (earlier support comments moved to co-nom statement above). Newyorkbrad 03:41, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Support Seems to know more then admins sometimes. ~ Wikihermit 04:15, 4 July 2007 (UTC) (Changing back to neutral)[reply]
  5. Support. Clearly knows a lot about the workings of Wikipedia, but I very much wish that R would just help write up an article. It's fun and it's what we're here for, anyway. bibliomaniac15 BUY NOW! 04:40, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Support He's a smart guy who knows what he's doing, and I trust him to do the right thing. The concerns cited by Blngyuen are worth considering, but in spite of this I know that he will not be a bad admin. We all have our different strengths. I trust that R will lean on more experienced admins, including his nominator, if he is faced with difficult choices and doesn't know what to do. Cheers, ~ Riana ⁂ 04:54, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Support From my experience, R is good editor. His focus doesn't really bother me; we all have our strengths. The important thing is that I trust him to be a good admin. Flyguy649talkcontribs 05:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support - as nominator. Ryan Postlethwaite 07:02, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  9. I've opposed and been neutral in the past, but this fellow is a fine exception to usual rules. Be careful with the mop, but should do well. Moreschi Talk 07:18, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Support Have seen him around at WP:UW. Candidate is clearly dedicated to the project and would not abuse tools being entrusted to him. --Hdt83 Chat 07:38, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Terence 08:38, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Support Seriously, this editor puts in the time and effort to improve this encyclopedia, and always acts with good faith. This editor is a wonderful help to new users, and doesn't hesitate to contribute where necessary. By all means, I think it is time for R to have the mop and bucket!--Xnuala (talk)(Review) 09:41, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Strong support. As I said in his last RfA, I have always been impressed by R's well reasoned arguments and comments. All my interactions with him have also been very positive and I can certainly say from a personal point of view that I have absolute confidence that he will be an asset as an admin. Insofar as this AfD is concerned, which a number of people seem to be picking up on again, I would argue that it is an innocent mistake, which he withdrew after he was informed of it. As a cricket follower myself, I had never heard of said player, so it seems quite forgivable that someone unfamiliar with the sport would make that mistake. And it's also worth noting that by listing it at AfD, he was opening up to a greater community discussion, not making any kind of unilateral action that could cause concern as to his use of the admin tools. I'm also sure that R is sensible enough to ask for advice in the future if he's unsure of anything. So overall, I have no concerns in giving my strong support. Will (aka Wimt) 12:13, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Support. With respect, I'm fed up with other editors making comments like "too bureaucratic" - that kind of unnecessary Oppose has already lost us one good potential admin recently (Amarkov). Vandal reverts and maintenance are just as valuable as creating new articles - in fact, increasingly so, as brought up in WP:FLOOD. Not being a fantastic article-writer does not prevent him being a good admin; he's proved that he's aware of deletion policy, blocking policy, and everything else an admin needs to know. Basically, the opposers' reasoning boils down to Oh no, we can't give him a mop, because he spends too much time scrubbing floors, and not enough constructing extensions to the (already very large) building. Waltontalk 12:54, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Support I agree totally with Walton and my support reasons are the exact same ones. Captain panda 12:59, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Strong Support - (2edit conflicts) I have known this user for some time now and he is one of the most experienced wikipedians around. His contributions to article space and Wikipedia is excellent and I doubt it that he will abuse the tool.. I fully trust this user to use the tools wisely..Good Luck..--Cometstyles 13:03, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Strong support bordering on co-nom - I've worked alot with this editor over the last 8 months or so, and I didn't vote in his previous RfA's as I didn't think he was quite ready for reasons mentioned previously and he sometimes avoided discussing a situation. I've seen this user develop over time and now feel confident to support. Unlike some here, I believe contributing behind the scenes is as equally important to the running of this encyclopedia and certainly has a greater requirement for the tools than writing an article. I question those who think that his contributions to WP:UAA, and from my perspective more importantly WP:UTM, are of someone who is not interested in furthering Wikipedia, and have not fully understood this editor or his contributions. I've seen increasingly more insightful discussions and actions from this editor that show understanding of policy. I believe he will certainly continue, as he already has done, to help the project and I wish him all the best. Khukri 13:18, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Support (again) Bucketsofg 13:24, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Strong Support - I supported your last RFA and I have always thought of you as a right minded and good contributer. You seem to be well experienced and I have no concerns on your civility, good luck! Camaron1 | Chris 13:37, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Support. Although I think these political statements are not a very good idea, I think he would make a great admin. --Mschel 13:51, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    O! He has removed them! --Mschel 14:00, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Strong support I've offered to nominate him a few times already... --Evilclown93(talk) 14:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    You have? Hmmm... I don't remember. :) R ParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 15:02, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Support: I trust this user with the tools. — mholland (talk) 14:20, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Support. — xaosflux Talk 15:21, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Support- I've been watching him since I first joined Wikipedia, and I've never had any problems with him. As Walton said, maintenance tasks are just as important as writing articles. He'll make a great admin. Eddie 15:25, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Support Not likely to abuse the tools. R can help with the tools, and it would be a shame losing his help simply because he doesn't do article work. —Anas talk? 15:28, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  26. S. I've seen R (Teckwiz) before, and I think he's ready to be trusted with extra tools. For example, I'll point to his clerking at WP:CHU. Shalom Hello 15:46, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Support, he's improved enough that I have no problems with his adminship. Wizardman 16:13, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Very strong support an excellent editor. I strongly supported last time, and R is an even greater user now than he was back then, so I am "very strongly supporting" this time around. Acalamari 16:30, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Support A trustworthy editor, I've supported before and so I still support. GDonato (talk) 17:40, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  30. Support R should have been a sysop LONG ago. Also, to the opposition based on the AFD'ed cricketers, the notability guidelines may say that anyone who played in a professional game is notable, but here's a thought: If I played a game of cricket professionally, would I be notable in hundreds of years to come like those included? —« ANIMUM » 18:08, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually it's important to understand that the answer to your question is yes. If you were playing a first-class cricket game and if there were reliable published sources documenting the fact, you would not only be notable under the guideline's definition, it would also make sense to have a proper article constructed from these sources. The fact is that in hundreds of years, people will care as much about 21st century cricket players than they care about Britney Spears. You can kiss a huge chunk of Wikipedia goodbye if you believe we should only keep things that will be of anything but extremely marginal interest in hundreds of years. Pascal.Tesson 21:31, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  31. Support I have seen this editor contributing quite often. He has been with the project for a fairly long time and seems committed to it. I suggest that others who may not be familiar with him check out his latest editor review. Additionally, I think any accidental misuse of the tools will be avoided by a kind admin guiding him. I don't predict there will be misuse, as I see that he has a good grasp of policy. daveh4h 18:22, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  32. You should have been sysopped ages ago, the four RfA's in seven months shows eagerness but this is not a bad thing, infact its a good thing. Qst 20:32, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  33. Support per Qst - excellent editor, long overdue for access to the mop. Tim{speak} 21:20, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  34. Support A great editor that is really passionate with his work. He definately deserves the tools. Good luck R! E talk bots 21:33, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  35. Support. This is a user I have dealt with before, and I see absolutely no reason why they should not be an admin. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 22:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  36. Support This user has the full support of the Single Letter cabal, and I believe he can be trusted with the tools. -N 22:20, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  37. Support, everything's been said, so I guess per all of the above! *Cremepuff222* 22:36, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  38. Support Perhaps we should pause and consider what we would look like without dedicated vandal fighters. Even a paper and ink encyclopedia requires a night watchman to prevent vandalism and an auditor to monitor the books. I commend you for that work. Good luck. JodyB talk 22:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  39. Support Seems like a good editor to me; no reason to oppose... ♠TomasBat 23:04, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  40. Support He's been a very good and helpful editor. I believe he will use the tools well. I  (said) (did) 23:10, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Support No reason to oppose, will do a great job. Ganfon 23:57, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

  1. Oppose - Firstly the concerns raised in the last RfA have not been addressed at all in my opinion. There was a concern about the complete lack of article writing and its manifestation in dubious AfD nominations. Since then, TeckWiz/R has made about 120 mainspace edits in 2.5 months, all of which were machine vandal reverts. That was out of about 1750 total edits...So about 6-7% article edits (all of which were machine edits) seems far too bureaucratic. Secondly, This is the fourth RfA in seven months on top of the unaddressed concerns, which is a bit much for me. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:26, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Blnguyen, while I understand your concern, please don't exaggerate and say that all were machine edits. Yes, a lot of them were, but not all. Also, a lot of those "machine edits" have specific edit summaries that I've entered and not the regular "Reverted edits by x to last version by y." R ParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 03:32, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, I retract those statistics, I counted I think 105 article edits. About 55 were machine vandal reverts, about 45 were semi-automatic with the reverts, but only about five edits were not reverts and they were all small formatting tweaks. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:51, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Reluctant oppose good editor, dedicated to the project. However, I'm still unconvinced (as I was last time around) that the candidate has the level of maturity to be an admin. Much fuss came last time around over his words on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfred Brown and I'm sure some will find it unfair that I bring it up again but I find it extremely worrisome. Like I said last time, I'm positive that R would not abuse the tools but I'm not confident that he won't unknowingly misuse them. Pascal.Tesson 05:50, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    To be fair, that was three months ago. ~ Wikihermit 05:56, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    ...and before his last request for adminship. --Dark Falls talk 06:02, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, I am perfectly aware that it was before his last request for adminship but such a complete misunderstanding of the core objectives of Wikipedia is not something that is cured by an RfA or three months of time elapsed. I am very willing to forget past incivility if I see evidence that the problem has been resolved: this is of a very different nature. I think R is a positive force on the project, I really do, but I don't think he's responsible enough to be an administrator. His overly-polished answers to the optional questions and a fourth RfA in 7 months confirm that impression in my mind. Pascal.Tesson 06:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose without prejudice. There seem to be a bunch of little maturity issues which keep tripping the candidate up. I would not consider supporting the candidate in any RFA which starts less than one year from the end of this RFA. the candidate appears to be someone who can do their best work for the encyclopaedia as an editor, rather than as an admin at this time. AKAF 09:23, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Oppose per bananabucket. Sorry, but this is an encyclopaedia, not bureaucraticopedia. You don't appear to be very interested in improving/contributing to the encyclopaedia.[1] Matthew 09:49, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Vandal-fighting is contributing to the encyclopedia. If everyone spent all their time writing new articles, we'd have no one to do essential maintenance tasks. Most editors choose to specialise in one area; given the current size of Wikipedia, vandal-fighting is at least as essential as article-writing, and is more relevant to knowing how to use the admin tools. Waltontalk 12:56, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I guess you have a different definition of "contributing" to me. I see "vandal fighting" as a simple task that requires little effort, it's peculiar that the vandal fighters often cease "fighting" when they get their "mop". Matthew 13:27, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Vandal-fighting is not a difficult task. I did some vandal-fighting before I was an admin, and I can attest to its relative easiness. Everything works with a click of a button basically. Click here to roll back edit. Click here to warn. Click here to report to AIV. I still think that when you do article editing, you learn more about Wikipedia as a whole, and you grasp an understanding of how to handle yourself in disputes and discussions, which you will undoubtedly be involved in as an administrator. Nishkid64 (talk) 18:41, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. There's no evidence presented in this RfA that shows any of the concerns I brought up at his last RfA have been resolved in any meaningful way. I still have grave concerns that R will unintentionally misuse the tools and I'm still far from convinced the user has the requisite level of knowledge to effectively work as an administrator and not at all convinced this user would be able to deal with sensitive and serious issues surrounding BLP subjects. Nick 15:35, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. I am strongly opposed to this user retaining any additional buttons. He is extremely overzealous and indeed, he is rather bureaucratic. His lack of encyclopedic contributions is a bit of a concern, as is my perception that he appears to be a bit immature as well. gaillimhConas tá tú? 18:17, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Can you show me some diffs of me being immature? I've had this as an oppose reason, yet no one actually shows me where I was immature. R ParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 18:26, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Sure thing, R! Specfically, I am referring to your silliness here, where you mentioned that fellows in the 1800's and 1900's are not really notable, hehe (unless they're of the Bambino's stature). Also, I find it rather immature to place such an importance on RfA. This is your fourth RfA in such a short time and you've previously listed "becoming a Wikipedia admin" as one of the five most important things you wanted to do at some point in your life. Apologies for the lack of a diff there, but you obviously know what I'm talking about here, right? Feel free to follow-up if you've any more questions or concerns. I'm not going to be as active as I might like, but I'll do my best to check back here for you. Cheers gaillimhConas tá tú? 18:48, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for actually taking the time to show me you exact reasons! However, I'm just going clarify. Of course people in the 1800's and 1900's are notable. However, this person only played two games in his career. Apparently, that's still notable, however, at the time, I didn't think it was. R ParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 18:52, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I hope you don't mind if I chime in here but since I also mentioned the perceived lack of maturity, let me add a couple of examples here. The cricket thing was a bad sign but I also feel that the multiple RfAs and editor reviews show that you're eager to get some sort of validation. I also find this to be a tad overzealous. Your attitude towards opposers in the last TeckWiz RfA also showed a mixture of snapping back at opposers (GRBerry, Sandstein, Radiant) and trying desperately to appease them (iridescenti, Nick). Sorry, Pascal.Tesson 19:29, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Pascal, the diff you showed was in response to a usurpation request. The user wanted to be renamed to Innuendo, and if I remember correctly, a crat never did it even after it was the date it was eligible to be renamed, and other users that requested on the same date had their requests fulfilled. That was just a guess about why the crat may have not done it. R ParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 19:35, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Fair enough although that was pretty speculative and you did note here that you felt the name was inappropriate. Pascal.Tesson 20:47, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Oppose The concerns in the last RfA brought up by Blnguyen have not been addressed. I talked to you about your lack of mainspace editing, and the complete absence of non-machine edits. We're all here to build an encyclopedia. It's hard to be confident in a candidate when there's no experiential evidence that this user can handle himself in tough situations like edit wars or BLP discussions (which always need to be handled carefully and sensitively). Nishkid64 (talk) 18:41, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Oppose as unhappy with answer to BLP question and also mainspace edits are the heart of our work, SqueakBox 19:03, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Good vandal fighter who I had good experiences with, but I have to agree with Blnguyen about your lack of article writing, thus Oppose, But if you fail, you will be an easy shoo-in with some writing experience though, and if you need any help, I will be willing to help you Thanks Jaranda wat's sup 19:09, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Oppose I am sorry, I am unhappy with the answers to the questions. The answer to question 1 gives me a strong feeling of 'I'll block them all', in combination to the answer to the WP:BLP question, where new users get template-warned, while experienced users get a personal message. If someone needs to learn, then it are the new users, and I think they need the personalised message more than the others.
    I am combining that with this warning of two months ago. You give here a final warning on a talk-page blanking. The IP in question only has two edits, the moment he saved the talk-page blanking he may have gotten the 'you've got new messages' banner for the first time, but it results in a final warning. For me, that is a bit too trigger happy. Again, I am sorry. --Dirk Beetstra T C 21:17, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    It wasn't just a blanking. It was a blanking and replacement of "you suck" and before that "you all suck." That's attacking us, Wikipedia editors, which is why I gave a final warning. R ParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 21:47, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think a bv/final warning was out of line in this instance, certainly not so outlandish as to be troublesome in an RfA, and I have regularly seen R escalate correctly through the appropriate templates for warning vandals in less blatant situations, and blocked on his reports to AIV which turned out to be fully justified. Newyorkbrad 22:20, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral

Neutral(changing to support) For the political things on your user page. I don't think its a big deal, but others do. Otherwise, I don't have any problems. ~ Wikihermit 03:59, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm...I thought I got rid of the userboxes. What political things are you talking about? R ParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 04:01, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"Even though I can't vote, I'm a democrat and I think Hillary Clinton will be our next president. I don't think the electoral college is fair. As you can see by the many user boxes, I am into and like many things" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blnguyen (talk • contribs)
Is that the problem? Why cant R express his political views? Anonymous DissidentTalk 04:03, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm...forgot that was there. I haven't read through my userpage in a long time. Is saying the political party I like an the candidate I like for presidency too much? If you think it is, I'll be happy to take that out, just like the userbox from the last RFA. R ParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 04:05, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, I was just pointing it out, since you were wondering what AD was talking about...I don't ever pay attention to or bother deleting userbozes and the like since it seems to be more trouble than any benefit. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:08, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(ec x2) Kelly raised the same issue in your last RFA. I'm more specifically talking about "this user supports the Democratic Party" and the quote by AD above. ~ Wikihermit 04:06, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thats not my quote, its Blnguyen's: he forgot to sign. Ps: whats wrong with the formatting here? Anonymous DissidentTalk 04:09, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
cquote uses spaces... I've just fixed that and did a unsigned on the comment. --Dark Falls talk 04:11, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure it matters now, but it's done. R ParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 04:13, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ok great. Just a question: why would it be so harmful for R to express his opinion on his own page. I've seen "worse" in other admins. Anonymous DissidentTalk 04:15, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Neutral, again. The oppose !votes leave reasons to have concerns. ~ Wikihermit 20:01, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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