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J Di

Voice your opinion (24/0/0) Ending 16:32, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

J Di (talk · contribs) – I came across this user on the Big Brother WikiProject and he was one of the first users I connected with, even so far as to nominate him for RfA back in July (perhaps prematurely). The main problem there appeared to be his conflict with another user, which he unfortunately gave up on too quickly. I believe he has reformed excellently since July – a great mix of maintenance and article building is in his contributions, working in areas such as recent changes patrol and articles for deletion. He basically runs the Big Brother WikiProject, keeping all things like current AfDs and peer reviews there up to date. With over 15000 edits, a firm grasp of policy and a regular editor since April I believe this user is more than ready to have the extra buttons. --Alex (Talk) 16:24, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept. jd || talk || 16:27, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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 do you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog and Category:Administrative backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
A: I would help out at WP:AIV, especially when it is backlogged as letting reports mount up here, for whatever reason, can seriously hurt the project and causes a lot of disruption. I would also help out at WP:CSD, another place where there seems to be a never-ending backlog. I would closely monitor CAT:PER, and would work through WP:AFDs that haven't been seen to.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A: I'm pretty pleased with my contributions to the Big Brother WikiProject, and most of my edits seem to have been made on the Project page and Big Brother articles. I can't really say that I've made many major contributions as I like to think that my edits are small but beneficial.
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: When I started editing more frequently, I got in a lot of conflict on the Big Brother articles, and was unintentionally disruptive. I learnt quite a bit from all of that, and the incident showed me how much remaining calm and civil at all times helps prevent things from getting uncontrollably out of hand. I'd like to think that all my of interactions with other users since then have been civil, and that my actions have been non-disruptive for the most part.

Optional Question from Yanksox

4. Could you elaborate further into your desputes with 9cds? Yanksox 01:39, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What would you like to know? jd || talk || 01:57, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just explain what happened between you and 9cds, and how you devolped past it. Yanksox 02:05, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
9cds and I disagreed on a lot of things. My first interaction with her was on Talk:Big Brother 7 (UK), when I was still a fairly new user and wasn't familiar with any the policies or guidelines, despite having had a welcome message put on my talk page. I was intentionally hostile towards 9cds because of a disagreement over her redirecting an article with another because it was too detailed. After that were other disagreements after that about mostly minor things, and I felt at the time that the many warnings I was receiving from 9cds were left in bad faith, in an attempt to aggravate me. I opened a mediation case, but that ended with me wanting to leave Wikipedia because I was dissatisfied with the end result. After more disagreements, I decided to start editing other articles, so moved from Big Brother UK articles to Big Brother Australia articles. 9cds hadn't edited these articles before then, so I thought that she was stalking my contributions. More arguments followed after 9cds made major changes to the article that I disagreed with and reverted. I downloaded an IRC client and tried to speak to her about a major change she wanted to make to a Big Brother Australia article that I was opposed to, and one of the first things she said was that I was "wikistalking" her. After this, I thought that trying to remain civil was pointless.
After 9cds was indefinitely blocked from editing Wikipedia, I felt as though most of my problems had been sorted, and that I could edit freely. I didn't think much about how badly I handled the situation or where I could have improved until after my first RfA, where it was pointed out that I may have given up too easily on mediation and civil resolution. Looking at it now, I can see that I handled something badly, and because I assumed bad faith at the time and made up my own mind about what 9cds was like based on one encounter, months of unnecessary arguments and disruption occurred when it didn't have to. Because of this, I have tried to remain civil at all times, as I do not want for something similar to this to happen again. I've also used talk pages more to discuss major changes instead of just doing them, and I've stopped revert warring over changes I disagree with. jd || talk || 03:02, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Completely optional and open-ended question from Konstable

5. What do you think is the biggest problem that Wikipedia has right now?
A: I think the biggest problem at the moment is that there are so many articles with unsourced statements, or without any references at all. While I understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia that anybody can edit, I can't help but think that there sometimes isn't enough strictness involved in enforcing WP:V, and articles can potentially be left to exist for months without a single reputable reference. Good articles also suffer as a result, and ultimately so does the rest of the encyclopaedia. jd || talk || 11:27, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
General comments

J Di's editcount summary stats as of 17:10, October 28 2006, using wannabe Kate's tool. (aeropagitica) 17:12, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Support

  1. Support as nominator. Good luck! --Alex (Talk) 16:36, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support — Everything seems in order.. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 16:40, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support, great user. --Terence Ong (T | C) 16:54, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support Everything seems ok.--Húsönd 16:55, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Support. G.He 17:51, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  6. support You are a generally nice guy to be around and I think you'll make a great administrator and be able to use the mop and bucket wisely :D user:wossi 18:34, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Support per nom Doc ♬ talk 18:49, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support This editor appears to have learnt the lessons regarding civility and good conduct that they had to endure at the beginning of their time here. I don't think that the admin tools will be abused. (aeropagitica) 19:00, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Strong Support Willing to learn from past mistakes. Nishkid64 19:21, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Support good user who can definitely be trusted with the buttons. Good luck! hoopydinkConas tá tú? 21:44, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Support good luck.-- danntm T C 22:54, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Support Seems a responsible person per the User's Contribs  Doctor Bruno  23:24, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Support good guy, bad internet ST47Talk 23:33, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Support per the above. — AnemoneProjectors (talk) 01:48, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Support Sure. KrakatoaKatie 04:07, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Support - very honest about the dispute with 9cds and a good edit count too. 0L1 Talk Contribs 11:12 29 10 2006 (UTC)
  17. Support. DarthVader 11:50, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Support, a good user. Trampikey (talk to me)(contribs) 12:50, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Support good user.--Konst.ableTalk 12:54, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Yay – about time. — FireFox (talk) 13:51, 29 October 2006
  21. Cliche — Nearly Headless Nick {L} 14:24, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Support. - Mailer Diablo 14:33, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Support per nom. John254 15:32, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Support. Nothing really to criticize about. AQu01rius (User | Talk | Websites)  15:44, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

  1. Oppose. Spams the IRC chats with enter/quit messages. Rewired 17:50, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral

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