Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jeepday

Jeepday

Voice your opinion (talk page) (0/0/0); Scheduled to end 15:10, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Jeepday (talk · contribs) - I bring myself to RfA to ask if the community believes I am ready to be trusted with the administrator tools. I have made more then 10,000 edits since I became a named Wikipedia editor in October 2006, User:Jeepday has been my only username on any Wikimedia Foundation wiki. The motivation for my contribution's to Wikipedia is to help create a quality well referenced body of knowledge. Wikipedia is a great place to start any quest for knowledge, as a reader or a contributor. I look forward to being recognized as a trusted contributer and being granted the additional technical features that aid in maintenance of Wikipedia. Jeepday (talk) 15:10, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

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

A: I have read a few RfA's and while in theory a successful candidate for adminship could answer "None", I have not see it. I beleive what this question is really asking is "Why do you want the admin tools and what will you do with them if they are granted?" I beleive this is particularly true for the self nomination. This is my answer to what I beileve the question is and why I choose today to submit a self RfA -

One of the active fixup projects is Wikipedia:Most wanted articles it is an attempt to build red link articles with multiple incoming links. Many of these articles have been deleted by Prod or AfD previously. One of the admin tools is the ability to see deleted articles (presumably including history versions). It would be extremely helpful to have access to the deleted article when considering recreation of an article. As time progresses I will likely merge out into other admin tasks in WP:AfD and edit protecting or blocking related to vandalism.

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

A: The articles I feel best about are on my Vanity List of Major Edits, I only add to the list now if the article has been posted at Did you know?. The majority of my significant article contributions have been transportation or nature related. Other then RC patrol, currently my activities center around Active Wiki Fixup Projects with the majority of those edits to obscure articles.

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: When I was a newbie I was involved in stressfully learning curve about the difference between talk page content and main space content at Talk:Off-road vehicle (now in the archives), concerning a Edward Abbey qoute. In the end result is recorded at Talk:Off-road vehicle/Archive 1#Consensus. Later and prior to being a founding member of the project Wikipedia:Unreferenced articles I was active at WP:AfD and involved in many discussions on templates {{Refimprove}} and {{Unreferenced}}. All of which progressed much less stressfully. In July 2007 I made a proposal at Wikipedia:Requests for verification which was not successful or stressful. Now if I feel stress building I go back to Wikipedia:The Most Important Thing Possible and Wikipedia:There is no deadline for a refresher breath.

Questions from Avruch

1. What is the difference between a ban and a block?

A ban is a long term community decision, while a block is a non punitive admin measure to protect Wikipedia over the short term. Jeepday (talk) 16:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2. If another administrator removes material from an article and cites a BLP concern as the reason - but you believe the material does not violate BLP policy and should be included- what do you do?

A WP:BLP boils down to WP:V, the support (or lack) of WP:RS for the content is the decision maker. Jeepday (talk) 16:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

3. If you wish to close an AfD that is still open after 7 days but you believe the consensus is against current policy, what action should you take?

A I don't, I let someone else address it. Jeepday (talk) 16:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

4. What is your opinion on administrator recall?

A I do not have an opinion Jeepday (talk) 16:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

General comments

See Jeepday's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.

Links for Jeepday: Jeepday (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)

Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Jeepday before commenting.

Discussion

Support

Jeepday appears to be an excellent volunteer and would do well to have a few extra buttons. He's written some great articles, and while I haven't yet had the pleasure to talk to the fellow directly, he seems to be very affable and easy to communicate with. In looking at his conversations with other volunteers, he's shown some great dispute resolution skills. In the referenced conversation, he and the other fellow were able to work out their differences by citing policies and maintaining a friendly demeanour (admittedly, the diff is hardly a dispute, but was the only semblance of one I could find given his seemingly naturally friendly manner, hehe). gaillimh^{Conas tá tú?} 16:50, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]