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Season's Greetings John Reid, welcome to Misplaced Pages!
I noticed nobody had said hi yet... Hi!
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my rfa
thanks very much for our support on my rfa Benon 07:01, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- I guess if your spelling sucks, you might want to avoid fixing spelling mistakes -- but we need all kinds. Good Luck! John Reid 07:05, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Eldred Township History
Thanks for adding the history to Eldred Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. I have added the citation and started cleaning it up - my thoughts on what to keep and what to modernize and/or get rid of are in Talk:Eldred Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Be interested to see what you think - also do you want to add history to other Lycoming County townships? Ruhrfisch 19:42, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
- I edit on a random basis. I'm glad this got you started in a new direction. John Reid 01:16, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Your vote on the RFR poll
Hi, John Reid, you voted oppose on the requests for rollback privileges consensus poll, suggesting that people who would like rollback should just become admins instead - that being an admin is "no big deal". While I think that in an "ideal" Misplaced Pages, this would indeed be the case, I believe that over time standards for becoming an administrator have clearly risen. This is apparent by looking at the RFA system throughout Misplaced Pages's existence - intially, all one had to do to become an admin was just ask nicely, now we have a complicated procedure. A recent proposal on the RFA talk page for requiring at least 30 minimum support votes and a significant number of existing contributions was given some serious consideration. There is frequent talk of "bad admins slipping through the RFA net", and while you may not agree with that philosophy of adminship it is undeniable that the standards have risen.
Because of this, candidates who pass are already very experienced with Misplaced Pages. While this in itself is no bad thing, it means that for the month or so before they become admins they are not being given the tools an admin has which would help them to improve Misplaced Pages, by removing vandalism and performing administrative tasks such as moving pages. The qualities which make a good administrator are not determined by length of stay on Misplaced Pages or number of friends you have, but by personality and character. Time at Misplaced Pages only gives familiarity with the way things are done here. However, being at Misplaced Pages for an extra month doesn't grant any special insight into the ability to determine which edits are vandalism and which are not. This is why I believe that we should hand out rollback to contributors who are clearly here to improve Misplaced Pages but won't pass the RFA procedure because of their percieved lack of familiarity with policy by some Wikipedians. I think that adminship should be no big deal, like you, however I see just two ways to make sure Wikipedians can quickly and efficiently remove vandalism - either by all those who believe adminship should be no big deal involving themselves much more in RFA, or by supporting this proposal and giving out rollback to good contributors who have not yet been here long enough to become admins. We have to remember that our ultimate aim here is to produce an encyclopedia, and we should balance the idealism of "adminship should be no big deal" with the pragmatism of granting rollback to our best non-admin contributors. I would be very grateful if you would reconsider your viewpoint on this issue. Thanks, Talrias (t | e | c) 13:56, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
- This isn't important enough for so much talk. Maybe we should just do it and see what happens. I don't know. John Reid 18:06, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
My RFA
Hi John Reid, thanks for participating in my RfA discussion. Unfortunately, my fellow Wikipedians have decided at this time that I am not suitable to take on this additional responsibility, as the RfA failed with a result of 66/27/5 (71.0% support). If you voted in support of my request, thank you! If you decided to oppose me at this time, then I hope that if I do choose to reapply in the future, the effort I will make in the meantime to improve and expand my contributions to Misplaced Pages may persuade you to reconsider your position. All the best, Proto t c 10:38, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
- Good Luck next time! John Reid 18:08, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
RFA
Hi, just wanted to thank you for voting on my RFA, which went through with a count of (58/0/1), far better than I'd expected. I intend to take things slowly and start using the extra abilities gradually, but if there's anything I can do just leave a message. Cheers, CTOAGN (talk) 13:53, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
Joke's RfA
Hi John, thanks for your support in my (successful) RfA! –Joke 16:03, 7 February 2006 (UTC)