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Cenarium

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Cenarium (talk · contribs) - I was recently working in speedy deletions when I came across a set of 4 author request pages from User:Cenarium. I thought it was rather strange that an admin was not just simply deleting these himself. I went to his talk page, and to my surprise, found that Cenarium was not in fact an administrator as I had always assumed. Time to change that. Cenarium has been a prolific editor for the last 6 months, but he is hard to pin down because he has been impressive in many areas as an editor. On one hand, he has shown his technical abilities in Math related fields, and has created several Portals for the math Wikiproject. For example, see this or this (there are others that can be linked to from here). But Cenarium does more than that. After studying his contributions, it is quite apparent that he knows exactly the purpose of the encyclopedia. Content. He has started articles, yes. (see contribs list). Cenarium knows how to build this place, and then once built, and equally important in an administrative candidate, knows quite well how to protect its integrity and accuracy. He has excellent, policy based experience in WP:AFD and WP:MFD, as well as fighting vandalism. Of Cenarium's 8000+ edits, only 1/8th are using automated tools, showing that he knows when and how to use them, but does not get carried away. Recently, he even went so far as to create an alternate account so as not to clog his contrib list with Huggle edits and skew his numbers artificially high. Even there, his Huggle use is extremely solid and "done the right way." I could go on and on - clean block log, 100% edit summary usage, civil at all times, patient, informed and informative, organized, vast levels of WP:CLUE, and communicative. He knows when he's right, and he knows when he's wrong. He knows how to debate without arguing, and how to discuss without attacking - excellent qualities in an administrator. He absolutely blows my criteria for adminship away. Time to give him the mop, which I'm confident he will use wisely, proficiently, and appropriately. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 17:13, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept, Cenarium (talk) 20:53, 12 June 2008 (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 admin work do you intend to take part in?

A: I plan to work initially in areas where I'm already experienced. I've a good experience in deletion debates, as !voter and also non-admin closer, so I intend to work at WP:AFD and other WP:XFDs. I made a good deal of speedy deletion nominations during my time here, so I intend to work at C:CSD too. I also regularly revert vandalism, warn and report when needed, so I intend to check WP:AIV on a regular basis. I'm also familiar with page moves-related matters, so I'd like to help at WP:RM and WP:SPLICE. For a while now, I've been watching and joined discussions at WP:ANI and WP:AN, so I plan to help there in a regular manner, and more generally wherever administrative assistance is needed.

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

A: My best contributions are my content addition, the articles I created and four portals I made on subjects I like, they are listed here. I'm not a great article writer, but I frequently try to improve some stubs when I feel that I can help, for example Halyzia sedecimguttata. I particularly appreciate when I help to save an article from deletion in improving it and addressing the issues raised, this happened for viral email. These contributions will last, I can see the result of my efforts and this is gratifying. But most of my work is centred on maintenance or related to vandalism, this is capital for Misplaced Pages and I value these contributions too.

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: I've not participated in a major content dispute until now. On several occasions however, I've been involved in debates a little more heated than usual. But I always try to act with detachment, know what I'm talking about and focus on the content. I've been involved in the great cabal debate, which calmed down well since. It was my first encounter with a RfC and the only one for now. I've also participated to a debate over the TFA process, here. No user has caused me stress, I don't take things personally, but in the same time, I don't hesitate to comment as neutrally as possible when I feel the need, and in a constructive manner. I also have the habit to review my contributions and reconsider my positions. I think I'm going to keep up like this and take the benefit of criticism.

General comments

• Links for Cenarium: Cenarium (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
• Links for Murianec (huggle only alt. account): Muiranec (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)

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

Discussion

Support

1. Support, as I trust the nominator's diligence in vetting candidates. xenocidic (talk) 21:02, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral