Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Central Data Bank

The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a request for adminship that did not succeed. Please do not modify it.

Central Data Bank

Final (0/9/0); ended 17:25, 8 April 2012 (UTC) - Withdrawn by user -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:25, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Nomination

Central Data Bank (talk · contribs) – Hello. I am user Central Data Bank and I am nominating my self for adminship. I believe I could contribute even more as an administrator. I have edited over 3,000 articles and have been a member since 2007. English is my first language but I also know Turkish and a little German. My area of expertise is railroad, especially Turkish railroad and railroad in the middle east and Balkans, all though I have knowledge about railroads in the US and Canada. I edit mostly articles regarding Turkey. I also have uploaded many pictures (my own work) for several articles. I also have knowledge of history (WWII, Cold War, American Revolutionary War). These are the main reasons I believe I would make a good administrator on Wikipedia. Thank you. Central Data Bank (talk) 14:12, 8 April 2012 (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. Please answer these questions to provide guidance for participants:

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

A: I tend to take part in work on railroads, mainly Turkish and Eastern European along with historical articles regarding Turkey. I tend to help users with these pages clean-up wrong information and help organize the pages so that they are categorized and easy to find and read.

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

A: I believe my best contributions are the Turkish State Railways article. Even though I didn't start it, I have contributed to it greatly by adding many sections and photographs. I also believe the the İZBAN article is one of my best too. However these articles are still being expanded when ever I can. I also have uploaded many pictures of trains in Turkey.

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 there has been one; On the Turkish State Railways article some unregistered user is replacing my photo of the Karesi Express (one of the railways main trains), with a barely visible photo of the high-speed railway. I told the user to stop reverting, but since he has been continuing to do so, I have requested the protection of that page from unregistered users.

General comments

• Links for Central Data Bank: Central Data Bank (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
• Edit summary usage for Central Data Bank can be found here.

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Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review their contributions before commenting.

Discussion

Oppose

1. Kind oppose You're certainly on a good start to adminship, but you're still a bit of a novice to be given the tools. Continue to work in the areas you like, such as railroads, and also try taking part in admin related areas such as WP:UAA, WP:AFD, ect.--v/r - TP 14:55, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
2. Oppose Most of your recent page moves do not provide a reason, which is quite confusing if you want to find out why the page was moved and administrators need to explain why they did something to prevent confusion. Also, your edit summary usage is quite low which is also a concern. You have just under 3,500 edits, which is also a bit low, considering you have been here for around 5 years. There is also a lack of work in admin related areas such as WP:UAA, WP:XFD et cetera... Reviewing your contributions and your answer to question 1, it doesn't seem like you have a need for the tools yet. I'm sure that one day you will make a great administrator, but just not now. Puffin ^{Let's talk!} 15:04, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
3. Oppose Agree with what Puffin says. I'd suggest returning again in about 6 months time.--5 albert square (talk) 15:09, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
4. Oppose - you have way too many (actual) warnings and deletion notices on your talk page about copyright problems (with images). An administrator should know at least the basics of the copyright laws. mabdul 15:32, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
5. Oppose − Echoing Puffin's remarks. — Fly by Night (talk) 15:36, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
6. Oppose I have to agree with everyone else here, you're on a good start but just not there yet. Theking17825 15:56, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
7. Oppose - As has been said above, you're not quite ready. You do have a few recent warnings about deleted articles, you have made a large number of moves without giving reasons. You have 6 edits to the Wikipedia namespace, 5 of which were from suibmutting this RfA, and no edits to the Wikipedia talk namespace. If you are interested in adminship, I'd suggesting looking at areas of adminship (as TP and Puffin suggested) and get experience there first. Your attitude is great; I suggest spending a little more time around administration areas learning how things work and come back in 6-8 months. ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 16:19, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
8. Oppose You haven't archived your talk page in a while (we can see stuff back to 2008). Also, there are too many warnings on your tp too. Reapply in a few months time :) Bruvtakesover (T|C) 16:31, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
9. Oppose While you are a great editor and are on track to start your time as an administrator, I will agree with TParis that you are still a bit of a novice to be given the tools. From observing your contributions (don't mean to be a stalker :) ), you have edits within the 3,000 - 4,000 range. My advice to you is that just come back and re-apply in a few months. You are on the track for a perfect adminship in the future :) Soviet King (talk) 17:07, 8 April 2012 (UTC)