Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Bratsche

Bratsche

Vote here (27/1/0) ending 12:30 1 July 2005 (UTC)

Bratsche has been here since January. His Talk: and Wikipedia: space comments show him to be polite, friendly, and interested in furthering civil discussion. He's active in a variety of maintenance projects as well as someone who likes to click on a random page and fix it, and is currently one of many helping to get Funeral of Pope John Paul II to featured status. 2079 edits, for those who care. He'd make good use of the mop and bucket, even if he is a violist! Mindspillage (spill yours?) 12:30, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I accept. Thank you very much for the nomination. Bratsche^{talk 5 pillars} 14:27, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

Support

1. Support, of course. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 12:33, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
2. Support. A very good user. Sjakkalle (Check!) 12:38, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
3. Support.  Grue  13:05, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
4. Support, a very good editor. Rje 13:44, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
5. Support the wub "?/!" 14:58, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
6. Support - Cooperative, friendly, and excellent contributer. Barney-star is proud. Sango123 16:45, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
7. Support. Good editor who is willing to take on maintenance tasks and keep a friendly manner. --Deathphoenix 16:56, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
8. File:Alto clef.gif --Michael Snow 17:42, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
9. Support. --Kbdank71 19:22, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
10. Ingoolemo ^talk 19:48, 2005 Jun 23 (UTC)
11. Support. Hits all the right notes. Grutness...wha? 00:16, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
12. What's that screeching sound? Oh, wait- just a violist! Hehe, just joking! Proud to support. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 01:05, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
13. Support and resists making a viola joke here ... Excellent editor, even tempered, all the right stuff. Antandrus (talk) 04:23, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
14. Opposed to all the mean-spirited (yet funny) viola jokes while supporting a good editor. Maybe if violists didn't get so much abuse, I wouldn't have quit =). --Spangineer (háblame) 11:56, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
15. Support - Guettarda 13:12, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
16. Cool. JuntungWu 02:58, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
17. Support - Maybe by becoming an administrator, he'll play the viola less for the good of mankind (smile). Just kidding, however, I do trust Mindspillage's jugdement on this one. Marine 69-71 07:06, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
18. Support. Hedley 14:15, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
19. Support. Has participated in several useful projects already. Schissel : bowl listen 04:30, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
20. I trust Mindspillage's judgment on this one, and I've seen Bratsche's edits enough times to feel comfortable supporting him, and so I do. Support. Kelly Martin 22:52, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
21. Support this civil Wikipedian. --RobertG ♬ talk 28 June 2005 10:51 (UTC)
22. Merovingian (t) (c) June 28, 2005 11:42 (UTC)
23. Support Very active in the maintenance tasks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 29 June 2005 01:02 (UTC)
24. Support. Seems to be a good user and I see many I trust supporting him above. PedanticallySpeaking June 29, 2005 17:55 (UTC)
25. Strong Support A quick look through contributions shows a great dedication toward tasks such as article categories and the like. Also shows plenty of user interaction. I chiefly remember him from VfD, where his contributions have been less frequent but still always good. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind June 30, 2005 22:18 (UTC)
26. Support. Despite what people hear, all violists aren't bad. Bratsche's one of the good ones. ;) -Willmcw June 30, 2005 22:45 (UTC)
27. Support. Contributions and Talk: comments indicate Bratsche is a sensible editor who will not abuse powers. Jayjg ^(talk) 1 July 2005 07:21 (UTC)

Oppose

1. --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 18:58, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments

• Since Bratsche seems too modest to say so in his response to question 2, I would like to add that Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals has taken off recently because of his "Call to action" message that he sent to the various people who were involved with that page. --Deathphoenix 16:59, 23 Jun 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.)

I intend to help out with the janitorial tasks in the —fD pages, since there is always a need to cut down on the backlog. Wikipedia:Copyright problems will also be on my to-do list, since washing the Wikipedia clean of copyright issues is a large step in establishing the 'pedia as a reliable source of information. Finally, admin powers will assist greatly in RC patrol, and especially new page patrol, since it is much more efficient to delete a speedy deletion candidate on the spot rather than slap a {{d}} tag on it, and wait for another to carry out the deletion.

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

So far, the majority of my edits have been low-key. I tend to work a lot on Wiki Fixup Projects, and as Mindspillage noted, I find the random page button easy and useful to use. As far as other contributions go, I try to stay abreast of Wikipedia decision making, like this page, and always enjoy contributing with the folks over at Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals, which has taken off lately.

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?

Most of my conflicts with other users have been minor and few. The one major debate that I was involved in was the question on the use of honorary styles. This debate resulted in several polls, accusations of voting fraud on both sides of the spectrum, three or four RfC's and much heated debate. Throughout this conflict, I tried to stay cool and collected in my own comments to other editors. Near the end of the situation, I took a Wikibreak for a short while, which helped enormously, and the conflict died down by itself.