Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/SkierRMH

SkierRMH

Voice your opinion (talk page) (6/0/0); Scheduled to end 07:18, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

SkierRMH (talk · contribs) - I present for your viewing pleasure SkierRMH, whom it is my great pleasure and privilege to nominate for adminship. As RfA is not a vote, I would implore you to thoroughly review the candidate’s contributions rather than supporting because of this nomination. However, SkierRMH has made (if I recall correctly, as I don’t make a habit of checking this value daily…) over 40,000 edits, so that could take a while! No, he is not an admin, and has never been an admin. He’s just a hard working wikignome who’s passionate about the project, and likes improving it the best way he can. SkierRMH has made stacks of XfD nominations, and I’ve especially noticed good work around TfD. There are often templates that somehow get created, without serving any conceivable or useful purpose, but that aren’t noticed by article readers because they do…well…nothing. In his gnoming, SkierRMH has encountered stacks and stacks of these (as well as many other deletion worthy items), and has displayed excellent knowledge of our deletion processes and policies in nominating them. You may question why SkierRMH never ran for RfA sooner - Well, I offered to nominate him at the end of August (the day before that happened, actually…), but he politely declined my offer, explaining that some of his views in various areas were not in line with policies, and so he wanted a bit more time, to make a few more edits, and whatnot (full discussion can be found somewhere around the bottom of my August 2007 archive). A few days ago, SkierRMH approached me again, explaining that he felt ready this time, and was willing to give RfA a shot. My nomination offer still stood, as he had continued to do nothing but good, and thus I am here to present SkierRMH to you, the community. Dihydrogen Monoxide 07:18, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

I humbly accept Dihydrogen Monoxide's nomination. SkierRMH 18:40, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

"Optional statement"

I've been a Wikignome for quite a while (Dihydrogen Monoxide's count was a bit low, I think it's about 85,000 or so by now) - if you're trying to use the wannabe_kate or other edit counters, beware - they probably aren't accurate! I've kept an unofficial count here, and Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of edits is a good reference as well.

And before the question is asked: Yes, I'm willing to add my name to the admins available for recall. I believe that accountability is extremely important when dealing with a project this size.

And before the other question is asked by a bureaucrat (or others), I do not ever intend to ask for admin status for my bot.

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: There are several areas in which I'm active where the "mop" would be extremely helpful, including images (CAT:IFD, CAT:DFUI, Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images, WP:CSD, & WP:CP); correct titles for articles (Wikipedia:Requested moves); templates (WP:TFD & Wikipedia:Deprecated and orphaned templates; categories (CAT:CSD & WP:UCFD); redirects WP:RFD; miscellany WP:MFD - to name a few (I've added my share of items to those lists ;0) I also pop in at WP:AFD (especially in articles relating to bio's, films & albums/music), WP:PER & WP:RFP.

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

A: I have created about 160 articles, including completing the discography for a couple of my favourite groups The Manhattan Transfer and Riders in the Sky. In addition to checking fair use for images, I've uploaded my fair share as well.

I'm active in the Film & Album projects, and Jogers and I (and others, of course) have a little "task" with albums, here and films within those projects.

I'm also running SkiersBot which checks article stub categories and includes them in the appropriate project on the talk page.

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: Conflicts? No, not really... Good discussions with disagreements, of course! I try to assume good faith, until proven otherwise. My user page & talk page have oft been vandalized, no big deal! I've been accused of being a racist [1], which I thought was hilarious!

For stress relief, when need of a good laugh, I go to Wikipedia:Unusual articles and Wikipedia:Silly Things!

Optional question by DarkFalls

4. Given the chance, would you alter this statement in any way, or does this comment represent your current views of the matter? (Not looking for an explanation of what's happening but whether you felt you behaved appropriately)

That's what I was referring to above - (accusation of racism) - I had tagged two articles simply as "unreferenced" (and they're still marked as such) and was accused of "discrediting" the people by doing this (which was false). I think that I supported my tagging of the article, and gave some rationale regarding citing sources & verifiability. The problem therein in both of those articles is that there's nothing supporting the verifiability of the statements. I maybe came across as a bit 'strong', but getting blindsided by that accusation was a bit odd (and in hindsight, now, funny) considering I really don't have any opinion on the matter he was referring to. I also did look at the previous entries on the user page (apparent prior block, others with issues of "civil", others notices of similar non-sourcing, etc.), and thought that an explanation of the reasons that people were placing "references" on his entries, rather than placing a generic template/warning was a bit more appropriate.

The issue ended with an apology from Ryanasaurus0077 and all is cool! I hope that answers the question, with a rationale as to the reason the message was placed there. If not, just ask for a clarification & I'll try to do so. SkierRMH 08:00, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Question from Pedro

5. Recently you nominated Zafar Ansari for speedy deletion, which I declined. You took it to WP:AFD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zafar Ansari as per my edit summary. I note that one other editor could not understand why it was not speedy deleted either. The text at the time you tagged it was as follows;

Zafar is a young cricketer in England, with various accolades. Formerly, he attended St. John's Beaumont school before moving onto Hampton School, which he currently attends. He is in the Surrey County Cricket Club's Academy. He has represented England Under 15 XI.

Do you feel I was in error not to have deleted? Under what criteria should it have been deleted via speedy? Pedro :  Chat  09:07, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

A.

General comments

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

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

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

Discussion

Support

1. Wow! Brusegadi 07:20, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
2. Obviously, per my nom. Dihydrogen Monoxide 07:34, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
3. Doesn't meet my criteria - only has 40,000 edits, my minimum is 45k. Sorry man. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:46, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
4. Has 74865 Edits at the moment. --Oxymoron⁸³ 07:51, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
5. Support I echo Brusegadi. Wow KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 08:27, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
6. Support No concerns here. Would be a great admin. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 09:30, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Needs 75000 edits before I support. Majorly (talk) 10:56, 15 November 2007 (UTC)