Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Averross

Averross

Voice your opinion (1/6/0); Scheduled to end 16:27, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Averross (talk · contribs) – I've been on Wikipedia for a few months and though I have made a few mistakes, I have also worked to improve it as much as I could. One of my larger accomplishments on this site is reverting quite a bit of vandalism. Hopefully I will be granted power that will further help me stop vandals on the site. It's always been a great resource for me and I hope to keep it that way. Averross 16:27, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: Okay

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: Combatting vandalism and improving articles as I see fit. I'm also focused on the Cvg and Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Wars.

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

A: Hmmm, not really.

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 only been in very minor ones stemmed from simple misunderstandings. They have all been settled with very little dispute.

General comments

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

Discussion

You really want to answer the questions before starting an RfA; if you don't answer the questions or at least provide a convincing argument as to why you haven't, it's likely that you'll just get a pile-on of opposes. --ais523 16:34, 10 January 2007 (U T C)

Support

Moral Support. Diffyoeu224 18:55, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

Oppose, suggest withdrawl You aren't nearly experienced enough, you haven't shown evidence of being able to apply policy (for instance, Admin's Noticeboard discussions, Wikipedia or Wikipedia-talk space discussions, etc.), and you haven't shown a need for the tools (that's one of the things the questions are for, which you haven't answered). See this RfA's talk page for my evidence. --ais523 16:39, 10 January 2007 (U T C)
Now that Q1's been answered, I'll elaborate: Before I'll trust someone with the ability to block users directly, I'll expect them to have blocked more users through WP:AIV, and blocking's the only administrator ability that you're asking for here. --ais523 17:01, 10 January 2007 (U T C)
Id. - crz crztalk 17:00, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose sorry, but with fewer than 250 edits (and nearly half of those are to your user page) there just isn't enough evidence available to me to support you. In addition I am worried by your answer to Q1 "Combatting vandalism and improving articles as I see fit" - first you can combat vandalism and improve articles without the admin tools. More importantly the admin tools should be used in accordance with Wikipedia's policies, not as you see fit. The role of an admin is to enforce policy, not do whatever they like with the tools. Sorry, Gwernol 17:08, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose and suggest withdrawal. You mean well, but you need WAY more experience. --Wizardman 17:09, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose More experience in all aspects of Wikipedia required. Come back in a year. (aeropagitica) 17:21, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose and suggest withdrawal per others. --tennis man sign here! 17:59, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral

Neutal Just to avoid a pile-on. You have right now 152 total edits. When you have 3,000, spread over Mainspace and Namespace, try again.--Anthony.bradbury 18:16, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]