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Pyfan[edit]

(0/4/2); ended 11:41, 8 May 2009 (UTC).Withdrawn by candidate.— Oli OR Pyfan! 11:47, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination[edit]

Pyfan (talk · contribs) – Hi, my name is Oli (just some interesting info: I chose my username because I am intrigued by the simplicity of coding in Python). When I nominated myself 2 1/2 months ago I garnered many opposes because of my lack of experience in a wide range of areas needed to become an admin (such as XfD's). I have tried to get more experience in this area, as well as spending hours at a time reading over policy (it's actually quite interesting). I know I will get some people opposing because of my lack of experience in article creation and building but that is not my strong point. I prefer to focus on things like stopping disruption, and just general maintenance. — Oli OR Pyfan! 09:28, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I withdraw my nomination.— Oli OR Pyfan! 11:42, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Questions for the candidate[edit]

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 administrative work do you intend to take part in?
A: I intend to take part in maintenance work (such as housekeeping) and the deletion of inappropriate articles (in accordance with the numerous deletion policies). — Oli OR Pyfan! 09:44, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
A: My best contributions to wikipedia are vandal related. I feel good removing provocative and disruptive edits like this: Talk:Jews.— Oli OR Pyfan! 09:44, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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: Not any worth great notice.— Oli OR Pyfan! 09:44, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Additional questions from Deskana
4. What do you feel has changed since your last Request for Adminship, which was approximately two months ago? What have you addressed the concerns of the users that caused that request to fail?
A: The main concern raised in my last RfA was lack of experience. I now have more than 1000 edits (about 800 more than my last attempt [not that edit count can be solely used to determine a user's admin suitability]), more than 130 edits in the WP space and a lot more knowledge in policy, so I think I have addressed the concerns raised. — Oli OR Pyfan! 09:59, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Trick question from ϢereSpielChequers
5. This was Q12 last time from User:ImperatorExercitus, I'd like to see how you'd answer it now. A usually beneficial contributor, with thousands of edits under his belt, suddenly decides to turn rouge. What do you do?
A:

More optional questions Nick

6. Pick the 6 of what you believe to be the most important policies, guidelines or essays that currently exist on Wikipedia, and write a few lines on each of them, describing why you think they are important.
A:
7. Using the 6 policies you detailed above, provide some real or theoretical examples of where those policies, guidelines or essays have been violated, ignored or not followed, detail why you came to the conclusion that they have been violated, ignored or not followed, highlight the administrative action you would have taken, justifying why you thought such a course of action was necessary, discussing the damage or danger you believe would result to the project if you had not taken such a course of action.
A:
8. If you had to add one more policy to Wikipedia, what would it be and why ?
A:

General comments[edit]

RfAs for this user:

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

Discussion[edit]

User:Neurolysis/Counters.js — neuro(talk) 11:32, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support[edit]


Oppose[edit]
  1. I continue to admire your dedication, but I think you should have spent more time reviewing other RFA's that have not passed before resubmitting quite so quickly - there's a sense of urgency in running RFA again that I am uncomfortable with. In addition the majority of your edits seem to be vandal fighting / AWB asssisted - I think you need to forget about adminship for some while and focus on enjoying writing Wikipedia. Best. Pedro :  Chat  10:58, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  2. I'd like to echo Pedro's comments. I appreciate your desire to help Wikipedia, but still seems a bit early to be thinking about being an admin. I would continue to work on articles, participate in the community; then, if you think you're ready sometime down the road (like 9 months to a year), consider Wikipedia:Admin coaching. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 11:30, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose - Concerned with the terse answers, and Pedro makes some good points. — neuro(talk) 11:31, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Thankyou for all the above civil responses. Neuro, could I ask what was terse about my answers? thanks, — Oli OR Pyfan! 11:33, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Wiktionary defines the word 'terse' as meaning "abruptly or brusquely short". I don't really know what you want me to expand on, I find that to be self-evident. — neuro(talk) 11:36, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  4. -Seems like your rushing to administrative status. You should really sit down, and focus on adding to articles, uploading pictures to articles that need them, reverting more vandalism(i suggest using the the Recent Changes bar) and just keep editing and them wait for someone else to approach you bout a RFA. To me, thats when your ready. But try staying around for about 7 more months and do more article work and you'll have my support. :)--(NGG) 11:36, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral[edit]
  1. Neutral You have got more experience than last time, but I would prefer if you waited a bit longer before another RfA. GT5162 (我的对话页) 10:59, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Neutral Your previous RfA was less than three months ago, and your enthusiasm is still running ahead of your experience. Your willingness to help is commendable, but your candidacy would have been stronger if you waited somewhat longer for re-applying. Pastor Theo (talk) 11:02, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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