Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Masterpiece2000

Masterpiece2000

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Masterpiece2000 (talk · contribs) - Self-nomination. I’ve been active on Wikipedia since October 2007. I’ve made contributions to many areas of the project and I feel I am fully ready for the mop. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 02:52, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

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: If my candidacy is successful, I would continue as an admin much of what I have been doing as an editor over the past nine months. I’d continue to take part in the deletion process. I believe that the extra tools will be helpful to me. I want to close AfD discussions. The extra tools will also give me the ability to review deleted articles. I'd also continue to participate in discussions on the administrators' noticeboards (WP:AN and WP:ANI).

I’ve experience in article-creation and I’ve worked with other users in various articles. I know when a speedy deletion is required. If I made a mistake and deleted a page, I will undelete it. I would also like to assist in reducing the backlog at CAT:CSD. I have nominated few articles for CSD, and all of them have been deleted.

I am also interested in vandal fighting. I have patrolled RC and new pages. In the past, I have warned users and IPs. I know when to block users and when to warn them.

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

A: I have made contributions to different types of articles. I’ve created more than 100 articles, including more than 60 biographies of U.S. governors.

I’ve created biographies of notable sociologists, psychologists, and economists. I’ve also created biographies of notable scientists such as Arthur L. Horwich, composers such as Michel van der Aa, and politicians such as Carlos Minc.

I worked with User:Nihil novi, User:Piotrus, and other editors to promoted the article Boleslaw Prus to the GA status.

I created the article Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, the Memorial Hall for the people killed during the Nanjing Massacre. I have created two articles related to natural disasters - 1703 Genroku earthquake and 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone. I created the article Aeropyrum pernix, an extremophile species of Archaea.

13 articles which I created or substantially expanded appeared on the DYK column. I also regularly participate in AfD discussions.

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: Yes. When I was new, I made a mistake. Category: Jewish American scientists was nominated for deletion. I removed the contents of the category in the middle of the discussion. I was warned. I was helped by ProveIt to deal with the situation. I admitted my mistake and cleaned up the mess. It was an error that I made when I was new. After the issue was resolved, I realized that Wikipedia works by building consensus.

General comments

• See Masterpiece2000's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.

• Links for Masterpiece2000: Masterpiece2000 (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)

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Discussion

Support

1. Support - Seems like a good one. Might not need the tools that much, but would definitely help. Aquarius • talk 03:20, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
2. Second. - past interactions convinced me this editor will be a valuable help in carrying the old mop'n'bucket.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 03:23, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
3. Support. I've seen this user around, and I would agree with him that he is ready for the mop. Good luck, Malinaccier (talk) 03:24, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
4. Support I have also seen him around and thoroughly impressed with the work he does. :) <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 03:32, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose - Per these. Drive by !voting at AFD, and lousy rationales to boot. Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 03:27, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Neutral

1. Neutral I think Masterpiece has the best interest of the project but he seems to have a rather strict/absolute sense of notability, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Larry Torres for example. While I realize he ultimately changed his !vote, I think far too much time was spent debating awards rather than fixing the article. While guidelines are necessary, I don't think they should be treated as absolutes. I worry about his ability to judge consensus if it doesn't align to strict black and white, but rather falls in a gray area, as discussions often do. That said, I don't think he'd abuse the tools so I'm not opposing. It's a concern and I may change my !vote _{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 03:33, 27 June 2008 (UTC)