Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Grue

Grue

final (19/5/4) ending 18:06 21 June 2005 (UTC)

I discovered Wikipedia in 2004 and started editing since August of that year. I'm visiting Wikipedia every day, checking stuff on my Watchlist, and then browsing through different pages till my eyes begin to hurt. I think this time could be spent more productively if I'll be an admin (see the answers for what I intend to do). So, I'm nominating myself, have your say whether I'm good enough.  Grue  18:06, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Support

1. Seems like a great user who routinely goes to VfD and has contributed many quality edits to Wikipedia. It seems time to hand him the mop- work on the edit summaries, though! :) Flcelloguy 19:30, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

   Oh, by the way, you forgot to put a link to your RfA in the "Vote Here" button, so I went ahead and fixed it. Flcelloguy 19:30, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

2. It's just a useful thing for me to have a Russian speaking administrator in English WP. Besides I know Grue is a very sober Vikipedician. Slavik IVANOV 21:52, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
3. Support. A very good user. Sjakkalle (Check!) 06:26, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
4. Pro. MaxiMaxiMax 09:41, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
5. Support-JCarriker 10:59, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
6. Support-Seems like a worthy candidate. Bratsche^{talk 5 pillars} 22:53, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
7. Support - Because he'll eat you if you don't. Grues are like that. --FCYTravis 23:14, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
8. Support. Good inclusionist. Remember me 03:22, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
9. Cool. JuntungWu 15:06, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
10. It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a Support. AиDя01DTALKEMAIL 18:42, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
11. Meelar (talk) 21:33, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
12. Grue is an inclusionist? Yay! Support (of course, not for that reason alone).—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 13:18, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
13. Support. Mike H 22:58, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
14. mmm-hmmm. Grutness...wha? 00:06, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
15. Support -- Francs2000 | Talk [[]] 00:07, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
16. Suppport If RickK thinks he is too inclusionist that is worth a vote from me. SchmuckyTheCat 15:00, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

    Noted. RickK 21:25, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

17. Support Very active on vfd, an inclusionist and a great contributer. Falphin 17:29, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
18. Weak Support. Very active on VfD, which can be a pro and a con, and i've had a minor dispute with him over Radio KoL and its importance. However, is a good user and I think could be a good administrator, but its only a weak support due to lack of article namespace activity. Hedley 22:39, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
19. Pcb21| Pete 07:31, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

1. --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 07:36, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

   Rationale, please? Remember me 09:29, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

   Boothy443 has just opposed all the nominations which can be opposed, giving no reason on any of them. Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:34, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

   Because Boothy443 has opposed every adminship request on this page without reason, I have left him a polite comment/suggestion on his user talk page that he either provide reasons for his opposition or withdraw his votes. Flcelloguy Give me a note! Desk 21:31, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

   Can I ask whether you do the same for those who vote support without comment?Grace Note 02:43, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

2. Too few article edits. Also pursuaded by the thoughtful comments in the section below, which lead to the conclusion that this editor is not yet ready for admin, but may well be in the future if those areas are addressed. Jonathunder 02:55, 2005 Jun 19 (UTC)
3. Neutral - constructive personality, but I'm somewhat put off by the lack of edits to mainspace. We do need organizers and cleaners in Wikispace, but it's important not to lose touch with main. Changed to oppose because I see no effort in addressing the issues raised by neutral voters and oppose voters, which would be especially important for a self-nom. Would probably support a couple months from now, though. Radiant_>|< 09:11, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)
4. In light of Shmucky's comments, I have changed my vote to oppose. RickK 04:52, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

   who is Shmucky, and where is he commenting on anything? dab (ᛏ) 08:54, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

   See User:SchmuckyTheCat's support vote. Besides, in light of RickK's latest "if we keep schools we can keep (headmasters, principals, churches, ...) as well", I don't know who is more inclusionist here :)  Grue  09:15, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

5. Oppose. I won't support anyone, even inclusionists, who concentrates on VfD rather than creating content. Would reconsider in a month or so if I'm reminded to. Grace Note 02:43, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

1. Neutral. Ummm... I'm not against supporting, but I'm not against oppose, either; not right now, at least. From your contributions, I don't see what you would benefit from if you were granted admin powers. You seem to be extremely active on VFD (which is not bad! please don't take that as such), but I do not see much evidence of RC patrol/vandalism fighting. The thing that's really sinking me from giving you support is the conservative use of the edit summary. You may very well be doing wonderous things, but no one can tell that just from looking at your contribution page. If you want to be an admin, I suggest you participate beyond VFD and balance yourself out with the articles. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 18:35, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
2. I can't bring myself to support this candidate. I don't see how administrative powers would be particularily helpful. Low edit count combined with extreme concentration on VfD does not help matters any. Kelly Martin 22:04, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

   I can't support a person who is so pro-inclusionist. RickK 06:20, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

3. I would prefer to see more contributions doing RC patrol, CFD, TFD, and other janitorial work besides voting on VFD. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:29, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
4. no gripes, but edit count is a bit on the low side for me to support. would willingly support after another 1000 edits or so. dab (ᛏ) 09:05, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comments

• As of this count, 473 article edits (274 marked as major), 78 Talk edits, 49 User edits, 50 User talk edits, 745 Wikipedia edits, 21 Wikipedia talk edits, 7 Image edits, 0 Image talk edits, 0 MediaWiki edits, 0 MediaWiki talk edits, 3 Template edits, 8 Template talk edits, 0 Help edits, 0 Help talk edits, 0 Category edits, 1 Category talk edits. Kate's tool reports 1505 edits at the time of this post. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 18:35, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)

A. Speedy deletions (I'm highly unlikely to delete something valuable), vandalism reversion (already doin' that quite often - but saving a few clicks could improve efficiency), all sorts of other work no one else wants to do...

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

A. Well, I tent to edit on quite obscure subjects so good articles rarely emerge... See Kingdom of Loathing/Radio KoL split (um, joint?) for "brilliant" prose, Wikipedia:WikiProject_Magic:_The_Gathering_sets for my community skillz. Ah, and Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 7, actually I think that's the best thing I done.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

A. I had some debates on VfD/VfU grounds, very often my opinion is against the majority, but I'm always voting in good faith and ready to explain my vote. I do not consider myself inclusionist and I'm certainly not deletionist, so there's been some disagreements. Most often I'm just clearly explaining my position and accept whatever the result of debate is. I never got in personal conflicts and RFC-able stuff so I guess I'm doing quite well.