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Tnxman307

Nomination

Voice your opinion (talk page) (21/0/0); Scheduled to end 16:00, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Tnxman307 (talk · contribs) – It is my pleasure to nominate Tnxman307 for adminship. I've known this editor since October 2008 when he joined WikiProject Articles for creation. Since then Tnxman has reviewed hundreds of articles and demonstrated an excellent grasp of policy and common sense along the way.

A quick glance at User talk:Tnxman307 will show you that this is a friendly and welcoming editor who is keen to help others. This attitude is also reflected in his long and dedicated service to Misplaced Pages:Help desk where he may often be found giving out helpful advice to newbies.

Tnxman has contributed to various other areas of the encyclopedia, including Articles for deletion, vandalism fighting, Usernames for administrator attention, and new page patrol. I am confident that the concerns of participants in his first RfA (which in my analysis failed primarily due to lack of experience) will be alleviated by studying his contributions. To conclude, we have here a well-rounded and experienced editor with impeccable manners who will, in my opinion, make an outstanding administrator. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:04, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Co-nomination - it is my pleasure to co-nominate Tnxman307. We have interacted mainly at the Help Desk and New Contributors' Help Page and he always provides speedy, helpful advice with a sound grasp of Misplaced Pages policies and guidelines. I agree that he would be an outstanding admin. – ukexpat (talk) 14:37, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
I thank my nominators for their gracious words and accept the nomination. TNXMan 21:55, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages 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 stick with the areas with which I am familiar, namely, UAA and the help desks. I will also continue to help with the new page/recent changes patrol. I'm not going to rush into any areas with which I'm not familiar, but I feel that I can also help out at AIV and RPP. I lurk quite often at the AN and AN/I, so I'd be able to help with any issues there as well.
2. What are your best contributions to Misplaced Pages, and why?
A: I think my best contributions on Misplaced Pages have been at AFC and the help desks. I'm drawn to those areas because I enjoy helping people start editing. I've made just about 1000 edits to the help desk and new contributor's help page. I've also reviewed several hundred articles for AFC and moved almost 100 of them to the mainspace. It's my opinion that there are some very good contributors out there and by answering questions/showing them how to create articles, we can get them to stick around.
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: Thankfully, I've had very little stress while editing Misplaced Pages (knock on wood). I did run into some trouble last year with this AfD discussion, which led to some interesting discussions on my talk page. Other than that, the worst thing I've run into is drive-by vandalism on my user/talk pages. The way I deal with disputes is to stay civil, back up my arguments with facts, and don't let people get under my skin. I enjoy editing here, disputes, vandalism, and all. I know that some stress is unavoidable, but if it ever got to be too much, I'd be able to step back and take a break for a while.
Optional questions from Aitias
4. Is there any circumstance in which you would delete a page despite a Hangon tag?
A. There are a few. Blatant attack pages, copyright violations, and obvious vandalism should all be deleted right away. Generally, I would give pages tagged as A7 a while or see if I can find something myself in the way of supporting info.
5. What would your personal standards be on granting and removing rollback?
A. I haven't thought about it much, but I would grant rollback after a couple hundred-ish problem-free edits. If it's used for anything other than reverting obvious vandalism, I'd remove it.
6. Under what circumstances may a non-free photograph of a living person be used on Misplaced Pages?
A. It can't. Since the person is alive, a free photo can always be taken and used instead of a non-free photo.
7. An IP vandalises a page. You revert the vandalism and give the IP a final warning on its talk page. After that the IP vandalises your userpage. Summarising, the IP was sufficiently warned and vandalised (your userpage) after a final warning. Would you block the IP yourself or rather report it to WP:AIV? Respectively, would you consider blocking the IP yourself a conflict of interest?
A. I would block the IP. I don't believe it's a conflict of interest because it's a case of vandalism. If I were in a content dispute with the IP, I would always ask another admin to review the case or report the issue to AIV.
8. Under what circumstances, if any, would you block a user without any warnings?
A. The blocking policy states that warnings are not a prerequisite for a block, but I feel that most users should be given a chance to change their behavior before being given a timeout. However, Grawp-style vandalism and massive linkspamming get an immediate block. Blatant username violations usually get an immediate block as well.

Optional question from Keepscases

9. Should you become a Misplaced Pages administrator, who in real life will you inform of this?
A:

General comments

RfAs for this user:

Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Tnxman307 before commenting.

Discussion


Support
  1. FIRST I mean um...Support — Jake Wartenberg 16:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  2. Support. An excellent help desk contributor, being nominated by an excellent help desk contributor — enough evidence of the proper temperament for me. Oh, and thought he was one already. Hermione1980 16:24, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  3. Looks good to me Great editor, will be a great admin.--Res2216firestar 16:39, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  4. Support. No concerns. AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 16:42, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  5. Support. I think he'll be an asset. -- Mentifisto 16:43, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  6. Support - Noticed a few things which indicate that the candidate may not be the most policy knowledgeable candidate I've seen, but certainly a net positive. Don't feel the need to expand further - the issues I've seen are nothing to oppose over. — neuro 17:01, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  7. Support. No problems here that I can see. Looks like he has the experience and helpfulness needed. Cool3 (talk) 17:02, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  8. Weak Support I supported the last time around and I still do but your recent history shows a couple of bad CSD tags like (claims of notability), (G11 where there was a previous non-promotional version to revert to), (essay tagged G11), (game tagged A7 - software is never A7), (declined that myself, a clearly notable organization tagged A7). But as you have not expressed an desire to work in C:SD and those mistakes are in a span of 3 weeks, I will still support. I hope though that you will not make those mistakes again (especially the software one) and that you will make yourself familiar with WP:CSD should this request pass and should you decide to venture into C:SD. I'd be happy to provide guidance if needed. Regards SoWhy 17:17, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
    And I will certainly take you up on that. Thanks for the offer! TNXMan 17:21, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  9. NuclearWarfare (Talk) 17:40, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  10. Strong oppose for consistently stealing my work at UAA Support - one of those users who already are admins without the technical bit. –Juliancolton 17:49, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  11. Support Supported last time - Tman is another user I encountered during my clerking at UAA and I find him to be thorough, fair and clueful. Wisdom89 (T / ) 17:51, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  12. Support EdBever (talk) 18:08, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  13. Support No issues this time around. America69 (talk) 18:35, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  14. Support I've read all the opposes and neutrals and ... oh wait ... - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 18:39, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  15. Support as co-nominator. – ukexpat (talk) 19:05, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  16. Support Net positive.--Giants27 /C 19:11, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  17. Support. I looked at the previous RfA, and see the problems of lack of experience cited there have been overcome, especially with excellent and prolific work over on the Help Desk. Gonzonoir (talk) 19:33, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  18. Support looks good to me. --Anthony.bradbury 20:24, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  19. Strong support Wizardman 20:27, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  20. Unless I get a reason not to, too lazy to look...  GARDEN  21:39, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  21. Support - Excellent work at WP:AFC!!! Good Luck - Fastily (talk) 22:01, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  22. Strong support — I've been waiting for this one. I frequently see his signature at WP:UAA, and I generally liked what I have seen. Apparently he has done good in other areas of the project, which indicates he has both the experience and adaptability to be a very effective admin. It's high time we gave this editor the mop. Master&Expert (Talk) 22:08, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
  23. Support – What? You mean you're not an admin, yet? MuZemike 22:16, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
Oppose


Neutral
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