Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/AndonicO

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AndonicO

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AndonicO (talk · contribs) - It is my pleasure to nominate AndonicO (talk · contribs) for adminship. Andonic has been helping to make the internet not suck since August 2006. Since then, he has amassed over 8,600 edits throughout all namespaces. He helped bring Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War to featured status, Risk (game) to good status and has successfully nominated four pictures to featured picture status. He is also a member of a number of WikiProjects, most notably the Strategy games WikiProject. Outside of the article namespace, Andonic has submitted over 120 successful reports to WP:AIV (he does a good deal of RC patrol, as well), participated in a number of XfDs, and has demonstrated a thorough knowledge of Wikipedia policy. AndonicO is known to be a civil user who anyone could approach at any time. For these reasons, I feel Andonic is definitely qualified for adminship and he demonstrates a need for the tools. Nishkid64 17:16, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Co-Nomination by Chrislk02 First off, Nishkid said most of it above, however I would like to reiterate why Andonico would make an excellent administrator. Andonico is one of the most well rounded edtiors I have seen in my time here. He has featured content ad WP:FP, participates in wiki-projects, has excellent reports to WP:AIV. On top of this, I believe that andonico has an excellent grasp of WP policies, and exceptionally exibits civil and cool behavior and has no problem asking for a second opinion. It is for all these reasons and more that I offer my co-nomination. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 17:43, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Co-Nomination by RyGuy Well, to start off, I want to say that AndonicO is a really nice guy. He's civil, fair, and makes the best out of everything. He's been my "wikifriend" since I joined (a little more than a year ago) and has tought me most of what I know about Wikipedia. He is already making a big difference on the wiki, and if he isn't qualified, then I don't know who is. Ryan ^{Got something to say?} 20:56, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

Optional candidate statement: First, I'd like to thank Nishkid, Chris, and RyGuy for the nice comments in their nominations. Second, I wanted to clarify a couple of things in Nishkid's nomination, which make me look like a better user than I am (not that I mind...). :) One, "has successfully nominated four pictures to featured picture status", I only took one of those (two I found here on Wikipedia, and one at NASA's website). And two, "he does a good deal of RC patrol", actually, I haven't patrolled WP:RC in a few months; however, I have quite a few articles from WP:MVP on my watchlist, which makes it seem so. Thanks to all who participate, especially my nominators. · AO ^Talk 10:59, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. You may wish to answer a few optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

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

A: Well, to begin with, I'd help with the Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism backlog, and would use rollback to remove vandalism on my watchlist. Also, I'd help out more on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard, and it's subpage, Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, as many subjects (mainly at AN/I) require the tools. I also anticipate helping at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, as the backlog there is growing steadily, and Category:Requests for unblock. I might also stop by Category:Wikipedia protected edit requests, as well as Wikipedia:Picture of the day, since few admins help in that department. 10:59, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

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

A: By far my best article contribution is Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War, which I re-wrote and had it featured, with the help of a few friends. Another article to which I contributed was Risk (game), which is a good article. I must admit, however, that I was not the one who worked on it most; the entire WikiProject Strategy games collaborated on it. I'm also proud of Image:English Walnuts.jpg, the featured picture I took. Apart from that, I've written three articles, of which one, Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far, was selected as a Did you know? entry on the Main Page. I also created Portal:Strategy games, but not without the help of a couple portal experts, without whom I'd still be trying to fix the Portal. 10:59, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

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 have been in a couple of conflicts, but nothing major. First was the White people mediation, which was resolved by discussion amongst the participants (note that two of the users involved have recently been banned by the Arbitration Commitee for disruption). After this, I tried to help with the mediation at Muhammad (formally mediated by Ars Scriptor), which ended several months after it began, without much progress. Another notable incident was on User talk:83.244.149.133, in which said user tried to add an alternate theory about Pope John Paul II's death (to put it lightly). I was much amused by that discussion, but tried to help 83.244, anyway. 10:59, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

General comments

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Discussion

Support

1. Strong Support as nominator. (Andonic already said he would accept the nomination) Nishkid64 17:33, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
2. Strong Support as Co-Nominator. Good luck buddy! Ryan ^{Got something to say?} 20:57, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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