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RobLa

I've been on Misplaced Pages since October 2001, and have been a steady contributor ever since, with close to 1800 edits. I like cuddling and long walks on the beach, and bathe on at least a semi-annual basis. I've generally avoided edit wars, though I was accused of running for president once. Or something. I'm not quite sure; it's all a haze. Anyway, admin privs are something I've occasionally thought would be handy, and just never got around to applying for. -- RobLa 08:21, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Noldoaran

I have been a contributer to[REDACTED] since November. I have 845 contributions. I have not have conflicts with other users. I don't really like talking about myself, so I'll leave it at that. —Noldoaran (Talk) 02:01, Feb 4, 2004 (UTC) P.S. I have also contributed to WikiBooks. —Noldoaran (Talk) 02:54, Feb 4, 2004 (UTC)

User:Hemanshu

I've been around since November 2003 and have made nearly 2000 edits. I am not as much of a Recent Changes junkie as I am a Random Page junkie. Most of my edits are formatting edits. I think I can be a substantial contributor to India-related topics but am not able to match my expectations of myself. I beleive I've gotten better with experience and hope to improve further. --Hemanshu 18:01, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

  • Support. I think Hemanshu can be trusted with sysop responsibilities. Angela. 22:55, Feb 3, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. --Jiang
  • Oppose. Tasteless web page.
    • Just kidding, though it should be a crime. I think he'll be a useful sysop. Support. silsor 23:59, Feb 3, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. --Jwrosenzweig 00:04, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. --Emsworth 01:19, Feb 4, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. --Danny 01:44, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. - Hephaestos 02:17, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support -- Tuf-Kat
  • Support - Chancemill 16:14, Feb 4, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Seemed like a nice guy on IRC (as Statcrazy). Non-aggressive. --Menchi 02:03, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Despite a somewhat rocky start, Hemanshu has steadily improved and I think he can be trusted with sysop responsibilities. Maximus Rex 05:19, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Morwen 22:45, Feb 9, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support - 大将军, 都督中外诸军事 (talk) 03:05, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)

CatherineMunro

I've been around since February of 2003; I tend to stick close to a few topics I like, but I do a lot of weeding and disambiguating all over the place. I was invited for adminship by Mav in May, and accepted via the mailing list, but was never added; apparently someone else's life was as chaotic as mine was over the summer! I've been happily doing my own little gardening with the tools I've got, but I'll take more tools if you've got 'em. Thanks -- Catherine 19:35, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)

  • Support -- a quick view of her contributions convinced me she is definitely qualified. One note--if she was accepted via the mailing list in May, should we even need this vote? Jwrosenzweig 19:44, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support -- I don't think there's any need to vote here, since she was accepted in May Tuf-Kat 19:58, Feb 2, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support -- If mav says yes, I say yes (he has my proxy). --Uncle Ed 20:10, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Angela. 20:20, Feb 2, 2004 (UTC)
  • Just to clarify, she was nominated by me , seconded by Ams80 and invited by mav . Then it seems she was missed! So, no we don't really need another vote. (but Support of course) -- sannse 20:32, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Thought she already was one. Does a great job. - Hephaestos 20:38, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Same as Hephaestos I'm surprised that you aren't one already. You deserve it just for the work we did on Atlas Shrugged... Ams80 20:45, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)
    • Atlas Shrugged... *shudder*. Support Catherine →Raul654 23:09, Feb 2, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Sarge Baldy 23:03, Feb 2, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support strongly. -User:Hephaestos
  • Support. She will be good. What kind of irony is it that she was adminified over over a year ago but is still not a admin? :-) O the Bureaucracy of Misplaced Pages! --Menchi 22:39, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Kingturtle 23:53, 7 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. --cprompt 15:55, 9 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Morwen 22:45, Feb 9, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. - 大将军, 都督中外诸军事 (talk) 03:05, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)
    • Thanks all for the kind words and support -- sometimes it feels like no one notices what you do if you aren't in edit wars all the time. Apparently I have been adminified now -- I have new options, anyway. I haven't been added to the Admin list yet, though. Thanks again! Catherine 19:08, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)

ike9898

I've been contributing for 8 months and I have about 500+ edits. I have a good command of American English and I'm interested in a variety of subjects.

I really love the 'pedia and I want to contibute more by helping to squash vandalism. I would be conservative in my use of admin powers. My number of edits isn't huge, partly because half the time when I'm on the 'pedia I just read and read. I feel that my cruising around the database would be helpful in spotting nefarious user activity and stopping it quickly. I hope you will support my request for adminship. ike9898 15:20, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC) I'd also like to be able to run selective database queries.

  • While not a high number of edits, it's not out-of-the-question low either. He has been here 7 months, which is a lot longer than most people who apply. His contribution history is encouraging, and I think he's established a history of trustworthyness. Support. →Raul654 23:31, Jan 20, 2004 (UTC)
  • I don't think I can support just yet. Ike has certainly done some good things, but over half of those edits (which are definitely on the low end) have taken place in only the last month. The previous six months show bursts of editing for a day or two followed by long stretches of silence. Assuming ike continues to edit at the current pace, I think adminship would be in order...in another month, assuming ike had stayed around and showed real sustained interest here, I'd nominate him/her myself. At present, I don't feel comfortable doing so, unless there are multiple testimonials here from people who've collaborated with ike. Jwrosenzweig 00:02, 21 Jan 2004 (UTC) Having considered things more, and seen that ike really does seem like he's settled in and contributing very regularly (heck, more regularly than I am, these days), I withdraw my objection and extend a perhaps-still-slightly-tentative support. My apologies to ike for the initial reluctance. Jwrosenzweig 20:50, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. I think he can handle it. silsor 02:30, Jan 21, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support Danny 15:18, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support - Texture 20:51, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support - I Like Ike! --cprompt 01:54, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support - 大将军, 都督中外诸军事 (talk) 03:05, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)


Roadrunner

User:Roadrunner has made about 5000 edits, most of good quality. His contributions list registers his first edit on Apr 2002. Though this may not be accurate due to the glitch, I pretty sure he's been here longer than I have. --Jiang 22:07, 23 Dec 2003 (UTC)

  • support. Greenmountainboy 17:38, 30 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support, copious contributor. (Maybe nominations should be switched to the top of this page so they'd be more noticeable.) - Hephaestos 04:13, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • nth. Can't believe a longtime contributor still haven't been promoted to sysop.大将军, 都督中外诸军事 (talk) 00:02, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Tuf-Kat
  • Support. I have seen him insert a quality NPOV compromise into a troubled POV debate/altercation regarding a passage, and thereby resolve the circumstance. He appears to have just the sort of judicial approach that would dignify adminship with his inclusion. Jack 04:04, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. It's about time, and I hope he accepts. --Uncle Ed 16:55, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Infrogmation 05:17, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Hemanshu 06:27, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Tannin 22:11, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Kind of assumed he already was a sysop. Sarge Baldy 08:50, Jan 31, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. --Kaihsu Tai 22:28, 2004 Jan 31 (UTC)
  • We'll give this another week, and if he doesn't respond by then, withdraw this. --Jiang 23:37, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. I think it is safe to assume that Roadrunner hasn't actually seen this nomination yet, and possibly doesn't know he has a talk page. In his about 5000 contributions, I count 3 edits to User talk pages (and more than 3 to User pages). Lots of edits to regular article Talk pages. Κσυπ Cyp   00:43, 1 Feb 2004 (UTC)
    • I don't think it is safe to assume that. More likely he knows he has them and is choosing to ignore user: and wikipedia: pages and get on with improving articles instead? Though giving admin rights won't do any harm, it may also be pointless! Why thrust it upon him when he appears to be getting on dandily without? Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 12:35, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support (I thought he was) Danny 00:47, 1 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Angela. 08:51, Feb 2, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. I thought that Roadrunner was an admin a year ago!!!!! It's about time! He is one of Wiki's best contributors. 172 20:02, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Accept the nomination. Thanks guys!!!!! Roadrunner 05:19, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)


Meelar

Hi, I've been contributing since November of 2003, and in that time I've made 877 edits, mostly to political topics. Despite this, I've only been involved in one edit war, during which I tried (and eventually succeeded) in reaching consensus on George W. Bush (roughly Jan 4-7--see Talk:George W. Bush). I've been a conscientious contributor; my current project is writing articles for each committee of the U.S. House of Representatives (and yes, this is a blatant plug). I'd like sysop powers because, when I'm just sick of committees, I do weeding, and it would make me more productive in doing so. Thank you very much. Meelar 06:31, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC) Support. Your edit history looks good. I wouldn't call the scuffle over George W. Bush an edit war. silsor 06:46, Jan 29, 2004 (UTC) Support. Friendly, active on cleanup and does lots of editing, this behaviour should always be encouraged. ;) Fabiform 06:49, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC) Support. Fixes numerous broken or borderline things rather than arguing about them. Seems cooperative and without an agenda. And we need more admins with names sillier than mine. -- Finlay McWalter 13:41, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC) Support. -- Cyan 14:01, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC) Support. I've seen you around in a number of places, and I think you do a commendable job. (David Cannon Davidcannon 20:39, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC)) Support. jengod 01:44, Jan 30, 2004 (UTC) Support. --Jiang 01:47, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC) Support Danny 15:18, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC) Support. Thought Meelar already was an admin. --Uncle Ed 16:08, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC) Support. -- Rdash 22:22, Feb 3, 2004 (UTC) Support. →Raul654 06:15, Feb 5, 2004 (UTC)

Sarge Baldy

Hi! I've been around since mid-September 2003 and have 778 (assuming I counted correctly) edits to my name. True, the vast majority of these are minor fixes but in the long run minor fixes are nearly as important as major additions if you're trying to make a professional-looking encyclopedia. If you look through my contributions you'll see I messed up a few times when I was new (uploading images without citing a source, and/or was too trusting something was in the public domain) but I know what's going on now. Oh yeah, and being something of a spelling and grammar nazi I'm a member of the Misplaced Pages Typo Team. I've started a few articles too (all of which are listed in my talk page), although these aren't anything terribly special. So yeah, support me or not, I'm going to be around for a while :) Sarge Baldy 06:54, Jan 25, 2004 (UTC)

Support. Credentials and edit history look great. silsor 07:40, Jan 25, 2004 (UTC) Support. I admit I havn't seen you around much, but this is a big place. Anyways I looked at your cotributions and I found nothing but good, fixing those little mistakes people like me make from time to time, adding content and writing articles as well. Jack 11:32, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC) Support 100%. I've interacted with him and the experience was totally painless. →Raul654 18:05, Jan 25, 2004 (UTC) Support. - Hephaestos 06:30, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Seglea

- I would like to nominate Seglea for sysop, he has been with us since at least November 1 (#3515 contributions), and has done a great deal to add articles on animals and articles related to animals, and improved those we already have. He has a wonderful grasp of NPOV and encyclopaedic style. Don't recall him having ever got into a scrap anywhere. -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen - *Support. Tuf-Kat - *Support. jengod 23:44, Jan 29, 2004 (UTC) - *Support. Jiang - *Support. Tannin 06:40, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC) - *Support. Great idea. Bmills 15:33, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC) - * Yep. I distinctively remember that somebody else nominated him and I had already supported him. Must be my memory betraying me. --Menchi (Talk)â 20:42, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC) - * Support Danny 00:47, 1 Feb 2004 (UTC) - * Support. Angela. - * Happy to be of service if no-one is opposed. Thank you! seglea 07:18, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC) - * Support. - UtherSRG 20:06, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Kaihsu

Kaihsu has made nearly 3000 edits since April 2003, mostly on political/cultural topics relating to Europe and Taiwan. I've never seen him get involved in an edit war and believe he will make a good sysop. --Jiang 01:55, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Sure. Thanks, Jiang. --Kaihsu Tai 22:30, 2004 Jan 31 (UTC)
  • Support. I've always seen good work from Kaihsu. Jwrosenzweig 19:20, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. From what I've seen an excellent contributor. - snoyes 19:39, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Yep. --Menchi (Talk)â 20:42, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support Danny 00:47, 1 Feb 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Angela. 08:51, Feb 2, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Seems to be a consensus, so I'll jump on the bandwagon. --Uncle Ed 14:44, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Jamesday

I would like to nominate Jamesday for adminship. He has been here since September and appears to have a good understanding of how Misplaced Pages works. He has put a lot of effort into the copyright violations page and other legal areas. I've had conflicts with him in the past, but he has always remained very civil throughout these, demonstrating excellent Wikiquette. I think he'd be a very trustworthy and capable sysop. Angela. 00:30, Jan 19, 2004 (UTC)

  • Oppose. Jamesday seems to think that nothing is copyrighted. RickK 00:44, 19 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • That's not the impression I have gotten from talking to him on IRC. Dori | Talk 01:16, Jan 19, 2004 (UTC)
    • Please see my reply to you saying something similar on 6 Jan. I've been on both the receiving and writing end of copyright infringement notices. Largest single loss from the actions of an infringer in respect of something I've written exclusively myself is US$20,000 - at least, that's the largest I know about. Jamesday 16:01, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. I say he's definitely been involved enough. But what is his legal background? --Jiang 01:03, 19 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • He said that he has been following copyright cases, but that he is not a lawyer. I better let him answer in more detail though. Dori | Talk 01:16, Jan 19, 2004 (UTC)
      • He's not a lawyer and I disagree with his views regarding the GFDL, but I don't think that precludes him from being a sysop. Angela. 02:11, Jan 19, 2004 (UTC)
    • I'm not a lawyer. I've been involved in managing online communities and using the law relating to them since the mid 90s, so I have a fair idea of what US law relating to them and copyright questions within them says. Jamesday 16:01, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Dori | Talk 01:16, Jan 19, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. -- Cyan 16:57, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support - appears to have a talent for puting up with the unputupwithable. -- Finlay McWalter 17:27, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Whether or not his legal views are accurate is something I can't really judge, and is not relevant in any case, as I believe he's a trustworthy contributor who will not use his sysop powers to do anything anti-consensus. --Delirium 23:28, Jan 20, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. As yet another non-lawyer, I am sometimes concerned that Jamesday's copyright opinions are not fully accurate (though never enough to be concerned about him as an editor--besides, I know far less than he does about copyright law), but I am always pleased by his thorough and generally clear reasoning in such discussions. Also, I do not believe that granting him sysop status will affect the copyright concerns at all--he will be no more or less likely to promote the stance that RickK objects to, and as noted above, I'm not convinced there's anything wrong with his stance. Jwrosenzweig 23:50, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Mr. McWalter, methinks thou havest une penchant pour le creatizzle of new wordages. ugen64 03:48, Jan 23, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Optim 02:34, 24 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Jussi-Ville Heiskanen 10:24, Jan 24, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Hemanshu 06:25, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. I have found him to be nothing but pleasent, friendly and helpful. Find a few more like him if you will, sharp eye Angela. Jack 11:27, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. - Hephaestos 06:30, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support Dysprosia 06:22, 27 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Tannin 22:11, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. James F. (talk) 22:51, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Danny

I would like to request my admin status back. I had hoped that my dispute of a few weeks ago would have been settled by now, but it is taking time (for good reasons, mind you), and I would like to be able to edit like I once did. To the best of my knowledge, I have never used the sysop status I had to further my position in any debate or argument I have been involved in. Danny 16:27, 24 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Expressing no opinion, User:Finlay McWalter moved up the following from the de-admin section, below:
Danny and Stephen Gilbert recently requested their own de-adminship. Stephen cited the fact that he hasn't really been active here for quite some time. Danny didn't give reasons. He also deleted his user pages before he made his request. -- Tim Starling 11:47, Jan 10, 2004 (UTC)
After negotiating with Jimbo, Danny returned on the 12th and asked via the ML for someone to undelete his user and talk pages (which I did). I suggest this request be put on hold until further notice. --Viajero 10:17, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC) (note added by sannse for clarity) -- sannse 13:06, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Support of course! It's great to have you back. :) Angela. 17:28, Jan 24, 2004 (UTC)
Support. --snoyes 17:33, 24 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Support. Tuf-Kat 17:47, Jan 24, 2004 (UTC)
Support Secretlondon 18:01, Jan 24, 2004 (UTC)
Support. Morwen 18:05, Jan 24, 2004 (UTC)
Support. Optim 19:14, 24 Jan 2004 (PST)
Support enthusiastically. Wish he'd never left in the first place. - Hephaestos 19:20, 24 Jan 2004 (PST)
Support. sannse 13:06, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)


Morven

I've been here a little while (since August 2003, I believe). Not sure of my edits count, but it's probably a few thousand. I've created a fairly large number of articles in the fields I know about. I don't intend to use admin powers to any great extent, but it would be useful to delete nonsense and the like. Thanks.

  • Support. (although I sometimes confuse you with Morwen) Maximus Rex 21:54, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • You confuse me with Morwen? So do I. I keep doing double-takes and wondering confusedly, 'Did *I* say that?'. —Morven 21:59, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)
      • Me too. I'm not sure which of us was here first, that's about when I've started. Support, by the way. Morwen 22:04, Jan 14, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support: I'm surprised you're not one already G-Man 22:02, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support: Why aren't you one already? :) Arwel 00:08, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Angela. 00:18, Jan 15, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. This Morwen-Morven ambiguity is SO confusing. And they're both English! Although Ven = Men, and Wen = Women. But then when the users are ok people, I'm ok with the immense confusion. --Menchi (Talk)â 06:22, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. He writing my sort of articles. Archivist 18:58, Jan 15, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Bmills 09:06, 16 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. FYI, the edit-count is greater than 1400. -- Emsworth
  • Support. - Hephaestos 23:55, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Optim 00:44, 24 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Hemanshu 06:28, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Ilyanep 16:35, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support - although it would be nice if you considered a username change to something subtly different (Morven99 or BigHairyMorven or something). -- Finlay McWalter 01:55, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)


Imran

  • Been here for a while (technically I've been around since pre-Misplaced Pages but have been a regular contributor for a shorter time) made a few changes. Adminship would be handy for dealing with vandalism.
    • Support Tuf-Kat 03:08, Jan 8, 2004 (UTC)
    • Support Secretlondon 17:19, Jan 8, 2004 (UTC)
    • Support Hemanshu 17:26, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support. .. Optim 03:09, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC) ..
    • Support. I thought he already had sysop rights; just humble, I guess. --Uncle Ed 16:59, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support Arwel 00:10, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)

LouI

  • I had hoped to make this request in 2003, but after 1000 contributions. I'm only just over 900, but I've decided to ask anyway. My only excuse is that a number of these have been longer biographies or articles that required research. Thanks for your consideration. Lou I 16:57, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support!!!!!!! Greenmountainboy 17:39, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. It is 2003, where I live at least... --Jiang
      • It was 2003 everywhere when he applied. greenmountainboy (talk) 15:54, 1 Jan 2004 (UTC)
        • No it wasn't. :) - Mark 13:36, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)
          • Oh, but it was where he lived. I just thought you misread his statement. Green Mountain 22:58, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Also support. Does great stuff. - Hephaestos 23:00, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support Pollinator 05:56, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Lord Emsworth

  • As I have seen that 1000 is considered "a good number of edits" here, I think that I may ask for the administratorship. From my count, I have approximately 2700 contributions, all since last August. Thank you for your consideration of the matter.
    • Support, dedicated contributor, work is extensive --Jiang 01:29, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support, frequently appears in my watchlist :) -- Arwel 02:06, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support, a large body of solid work. (But still no Worshipful Company of Thieves?) -- Smerdis of Tlön 02:44, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support. Green Mountain 03:47, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support. Lord Emsworth is the sort of contributor we need more of here at Misplaced Pages. - Mark 04:12, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support Secretlondon 13:56, Jan 8, 2004 (UTC)
    • Support Hemanshu 17:25, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support enthusiastically. FearÉIREANN 01:10, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support. With Best Wishes for Peace Profound, .. Optim 02:15, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC) ..
    • Support. The good earl is tireless and unfailingly polite. john 02:18, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support. Made good edits in Wikibooks, as far as I remember. Κσυπ Cyp   02:41, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support. Angela. 12:03, Jan 10, 2004 (UTC)
    • Support -was the first to complete an intital draft of a book in wikibooks. theresa knott 11:43, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support. Hughly interesting contributions. Bmills 11:54, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Suport Pollinator 05:56, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support. Tireless contributor, extremely polite, works toward consensus. - Hephaestos 03:36, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support. Infrogmation 05:17, 17 Jan 2004 (UTC)
    • Support. jengod 06:10, Jan 18, 2004 (UTC)

Silsor

Good contributor and RC junky. Needs to be an admin so that we don't have to listen to him requesting for page deletions on #wikipedia. Has been here for approximately three months with approximately 900 edits. --snoyes 01:54, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)

  • Eloquence already did this, from Misplaced Pages:Recently created admins: "Nominated by Snoyes and quickly promoted by me because I did not foresee any objections and he kept pointing out vandalism on IRC. If you have any objections, you can still comment here." -- Tim Starling 02:21, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
    • This is likely the worst precedent ever. silsor 02:23, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. 500+ article edits, lots of trustworthy interaction in IRC. Though I agree with silsor, this fast-tracking can only stir up bad feelings about the whole adminship thing. Fuzheado 02:25, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • I would support Silsor, but I think quickly promoting him was a very bad idea and an violation of policy. Silsor must first accept this nomination. Very very bad... --Jiang 02:26, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support Silsor. Maximus Rex 02:28, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • As I have stated on Eloquence's talk page, I don't think that it is justified for any developer to take it upon himself or herself to grant administratorship, which ought to be granted by the authority of the users themselves. Furthermore, I said that it is inappropriate for a developer to enter the realm of prophecy by determining that there could possibly be no objection. Support. -- Lord Emsworth
  • Great contributor, and I will happily support him in another couple months, but not yet. Fast tracking like this sets a very bad precedent. Oppose. →Raul654 02:40, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
    • Silsor is eminently qualified to be a sysop. The fast tracking Eloquence performed was skipping a week's worth of discussion on RFA, not skipping a few months' worth of contributions. -- Tim Starling 02:50, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
      • I misunderstood what Jiang by fast tracking. I thought it was in reference to the fact that that he has not been here very long, but I see that was incorrect. I withdraw my opposition and support. →Raul654 11:39, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
    • At present, this entire section is of no value as silsor is already an administrator. Perhaps the discussion should be moved elsewhere. -- Lord Emsworth 02:55, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
      • No, this discussion needs to proceed without taking Eloquence's premature action into account. It's for the record... It will also determine whether that decision was justified or whether it should be revoked. --Jiang 06:14, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)
        • I think that, even if Silsor is qualified to be an administrator, and even if there is full consensus on his nomination, Eloquence's decision would not on these bases be justified. One ought not to start prophesising and decide for oneself if there will or will not be any objections. -- Lord Emsworth 11:32, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support (after the fact). I was thinking of nominating him myself, and I agree that the fast tracking was a bad idea. Dori | Talk 04:20, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
  • I'd thought of nominating Silsor too, but I thought with only (very approx) 300 unique article edits that it was probably too soon to do so, though I would have supported a nomination made by someone else had he not already been made a sysop before I saw this. Angela. 04:28, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
  • I support Silsor's sysopship but I don't agree with Eloquence's action. Developer power should not be used for editorial purposes, only for technical decisions such as feature design. Despite having "only" 900 contributions (I thought that used to be plenty) he seems like a responsible person. -- Tim Starling 04:44, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
  • I always assumed Silsor was an administrator anyway, based upon the quality of his edits and his dedication to preserving the integrity of Misplaced Pages. So I wholeheartedly support his promotion. Next time I want vandalism deleted, I can bug him! :-) - Mark 16:38, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Endorse. I can't "support" because it already happened, but I retroactively endorse his sysopship. Eloquence, did you really promote him unilaterally, and without even listing his name here for 24 hours? If I still had DB access, I would undo that just to make everything neat and orderly. Anyway, Silsor is (will be) a fine admin. --Uncle Ed 16:52, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support Secretlondon 22:41, Jan 13, 2004 (UTC)
  • Support Tuf-Kat
  • Support Silsor. Oppose developer's action. Optim 01:15, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)


Caltrop

Sorry, I forgot to add a statement of my intentions -- may I please beg extenuation due to holiday-itis?

Misplaced Pages is a wonderfully collegial place, I am continually delighted by the success of the project. I stay out of edit wars, repairing only overt vandalism, and work quietly on my interests of art and geography. Stubs? Not many -- only in the heat of creeping tangentialism. Follow-up is usually swift as I have access to many online databases and foreign language sources and can synthesize (not merely rewrite or paraphrase) rapidly.

I have joined many other Wikipedians by making a financial donation to the project. Days when the system is out or partially down are tiresome days for me. The power of other's fully-developed work in wiki hyperlinks deeply enriches the experience of writing articles.

Lately I have been recruiting volunteer photographers worldwide. They understand the project terms, and are eager to cooperate. Most are professionals and know the rules of image rights and permissions, as do I from my day job as a researcher for a Fortune 10 firm. My goal is to illustrate the articles requesting images as well as my own articles on sculptors, painters and geography. Yes I know that the project is "not a collection of images" but do not worry, I am using balance and discretion on this side project.

I am requesting adminship so that I may chiefly clean up my own messes - for instance, expunging misnamed, malformed, or incorrectly cited or hastily "righted" images (to coin a barbarous phrase). But also to aid in protecting the project which I have the highest ideals for.

Everyday, as I talk or write to historians, archivists, curators and artists and researchers, I spread the word about the project.

You can count on me to use adminship sparingly, rationally and collegially.

  • Support.
  • A basic statement of intention/credentials?Support --Jiang 22:07, 23 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • My quick, unofficial count shows about 1450 contributions since June 5, 2002. I'll support --Raul654 01:34, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • I geuss I will too. Support. Green Mountain 22:59, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support Hemanshu 17:28, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • I agree with Jiang that something more than the person just listing their name here is needed. Support. Angela. 21:08, Jan 9, 2004 (UTC)
    • No vote. Comment: I open the RfA page and check for adminship requests. I see a person who listed himself or herself with a link to his or her userpage, without providing any text. I find this strange. I agree with Angela that something more is needed than just putting a name. The userpage, created on June 2002 and updated one time on Dec 2003, does not contain much information, and the same applies to the talk page. The user has done many edits (1000<edits<1501). He has added some images and maps, too. His or her contributions seem to be useful, but I am not able to check all of them so I base my opinion on just some random checks of his or her edits. I have no reason to oppose adminship of this person, but because of the lack of information I cannot support him or her right now, and I feel a bit suspicious about why he or she didn't provide any introduction to himself or herself, both here and on his or her userpage, and I cannot understand why. He or she is welcome to provide more information and present his or her credentials and intentions (this does not imply that I will necessarily vote or comment again). With Best Wishes for Peace Profound, .. Optim 03:39, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC) ..

Silsor

Nominated by Snoyes and quickly promoted by me because I did not foresee any objections and he kept pointing out vandalism on IRC. If you have any objections, you can still comment here.—Eloquence

I have no objections against Silsor, but this is not the proper procedure. He should be listed for at least a week before he is actually made admin. You can not just assume that no one has objections. --Wik 02:20, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
Once again, Wik is right. If I still had SQL access, I would undo Eloquence's un-Entishly hasty action. Of course, then I would turn right around and "support" Silsor's nomination! :-) --Uncle Ed 17:03, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Salsa Shark

I've noticed Salsa doing a lot of good edits, and working well to abate and control the flow of vandalism et al., so I think Salsa Shark would do well with the admin powers! Dysprosia 06:42, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

  • Support, definitely. Salsa Shark handles vandals extremely well already, and has from way back. - Hephaestos 06:54, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. I have seen only good contributions from him. Dori | Talk 07:09, Dec 16, 2003 (UTC)
  • Support, blanks pages and points out vandals - would put admin powers to good use. --Jiang | Talk 07:11, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Angela. 08:18, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. I have seen Salsa Shark appear frequently on my watchlist, making excellent contributions to articles I care about. silsor 23:58, Dec 16, 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Pakaran 02:56, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Tuf-Kat
  • Support. RickK 04:33, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support, over 1000 edits, going back to March 2003. Fuzheado 06:53, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Yes, excellent nomination. Muriel Victoria 15:44, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support Secretlondon 07:43, Dec 18, 2003 (UTC)
  • Support, snoyes 09:52, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Anyone who puts up with my many typos definetely deserves support :) --Raul654 09:54, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Support. Solid. -- Finlay McWalter 13:23, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)
  • Let me add my glowing endorsement as well. --Minesweeper 10:06, Jan 3, 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for the nomination. If made an admin, I vow to use these powers only for Good. Salsa Shark 23:46, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Optim

User:Optim has been around as a registered user since August 31 and appears to be a useful, non-combative user. I dunno how to tell how many edits he has total, but 500 edits ago was December 11, so I would imagine it's plenty, and it includes edits to make articles conform to standards and such. Tuf-Kat

  • FYI, 815 total edits, 635 article edits, 455 non-minor article edits. Fuzheado 04:19, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Allow me to be the first to proclaim support. -- Timwi 04:20, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Angela. 04:22, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support Secretlondon 07:43, Dec 18, 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. We can use someone around here who knows Greek. Smerdis of Tlön 20:00, 19 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Itai 16:37, 30 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • support. Greenmountainboy 17:37, 30 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. An excellent contributor. - Mark 13:39, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Feeling honored, and after having read the duties of admins, I blissfully accept the nomination, provided that other admins agree. I hope that I will be able to help our beloved encyclopedia more by fighting vandalism and controlling misuse of the wiki. Hoping to be able to serve Misplaced Pages as a responsible administrator and interesting in participating more in the community, I am letting you know that you can, if you are interested, find more information about me in my user page. Thank you for the nomination! Best wishes to all wikipedians. Optim 06:57, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Bmills

  • OK, I'm not here six months yet, but I like to think I've made some useful contributions and I'm becoming addicted to Recent changes. Bmills 13:52, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Yes please! Bmills actually cares about Misplaced Pages, excellent contributer that i'm ashamed not to have nominated myself. :) Muriel Victoria 14:28, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen 16:03, Dec 17, 2003 (UTC)
    • FYI, 1600+ total edits, 700+ article edits, been around since October 2003. Fuzheado
      • Before that I was 193.120.237.34, who mostly sat, watched, tried to learn and created one small article in July. Bmills 16:40, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
      • Support. Secretlondon 07:42, Dec 18, 2003 (UTC)
    • Support Smerdis of Tlön 12:52, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Maximus Rex 20:04, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Definitely support the Irish theatre originator. :) - Hephaestos 20:12, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support, will use it well. --Jiang 21:51, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support, definitely a good wikipedian. Kosebamse 17:08, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support, Bmills is a wonderful contributer. --Merovingian 09:55, Jan 2, 2004 (UTC)


Maximus Rex

  • I have been here since July and have about 3,900 edits. I would like to be an admin so that I can deal with vandalism better and perform page moves that require temporary deletion. Maximus Rex 02:18, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Strongly support. Maximus Rex is an excellent contributor. RickK 02:20, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Also support. - Hephaestos 02:23, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. -- Finlay McWalter 02:29, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Tuf-Kat 03:07, Dec 22, 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. He's done some excellent work, both in terms of editing and in fighting vandals. Angela. 03:36, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support, excellent contributor. Fuzheado 03:44, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support, of course. Muriel Victoria 15:50, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Greenmountainboy 17:14, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Excellent contributor. Bmills 17:29, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. From what I've seen of his work, I like it. --Raul654 17:31, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. --snoyes 17:44, 30 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Kosebamse 10:28, 1 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Docu

User:Docu has some 7000 edits since Feb. 2002. A user who's been around this long deserves adminship. --Jiang | Talk 05:40, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

  • Support. Lots of good work. - Hephaestos 05:47, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Has done a lot. Thought a lot was correcting spelling, but I'm probably confusing that with someone else.Κσυπ Cyp   12:04, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. silsor 17:00, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. I am surprised Docu is not an administrator already. - Mark Ryan 04:29, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Tuf-Kat
  • Support Secretlondon 07:44, Dec 18, 2003 (UTC)

Thank you for the nomination and your support, I feel honored and, I'd accept. -- User:Docu

BTW I'm not quite sure about the number of edits, but it was definitely 2003 when I started. -- User:Docu

Yeah, me too. But you still have enough edits... --Jiang

Finlay McWalter

Finlay McWalter has been here for three months and made over 1100 edits in that time. He has made some excellent contributions and has a good understanding of pages like VfD and Vandalism in progress. I think he would make a excellent sysop. Angela. 03:38, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

  • Support from me :) Dysprosia 03:40, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support Dori | Talk 03:42, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Daniel Quinlan 03:43, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)
  • Support - why do I think the old users are all sysops? Pakaran 03:46, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. And not just because he reverted vandalism to my userpage a short while ago ;) His contributions have been constructive throughout, and his votes on Vfd have always been either on the mark, of darn near it. -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen 05:27, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)
  • Yes on Findlay; I've seen good contributions from him, just can't remember where at the moment ;-) -- Viajero 17:07, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support -- Arwel 23:18, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Yes, and Finlay McWalter (real name?) is one of the best names i ever saw. Looks like a detective smoking a pipe. Muriel Victoria 16:39, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support Secretlondon 07:46, Dec 18, 2003 (UTC)

I accept the nomination, with the gratitude of the condemned man grateful the executioner has sharpened his blade. -- Finlay McWalter 12:52, 21 Dec 2003 (UTC)

SimonP

  • User:SimonP I've been here for over two years and have some 5000 edits. In recent weeks I have come across a handful of situations where I have desired to delete some blatant junk or move a page but have been unable to do so, and thus feel it might be time to finally take the plunge into sysophood. - SimonP 23:10, Dec 14, 2003 (UTC)
    • Support - you've always been a pleasure to work with on Canada-related articles. Adam Bishop 23:15, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support -- Arwel 23:18, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Angela. 23:36, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Though at least one line in the User: page would be nice. :) Fuzheado 23:49, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Been here longer than I have, anyway. --Delirium 02:55, Dec 17, 2003 (UTC)

Andres

I would like to nominate Andres for adminship. Andres is a very intelligent and level-headed contributor that researches articles very thoroughly. (He has been around since April of this year I think, has about 1000 total edits, 850 non-minor, 550 non-minor and non-Misplaced Pages/User/Talk related for those who care :) Dori | Talk 03:49, Dec 10, 2003 (UTC)

  • Thank you for nominating me. I don't oppose adminship though I don't need the sysop status. I spend most of the time on the Estonian Misplaced Pages and here I edit only articles I am interested in because of their content. Andres 04:15, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. I especially like his edit summaries. silsor 04:10, Dec 10, 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. --Wik 04:13, Dec 10, 2003 (UTC)
  • Support if he thinks he'll use it. If not, I oppose. I don't think it's necessarily good to have inactive sysops. (He is definitely active enough as an editor and has sufficient experience for me to support otherwise.) Daniel Quinlan 04:39, Dec 10, 2003 (UTC)
  • Support, -- G-Man 13:34, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • I would not be an active sysop. I would use my adminship very rarely, if at all. Andres 04:46, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • I don't think inactivity as a sysop should be an issue. If Andres only uses his extra buttons to delete a nonsense page once in a blue moon that's OK (or even if he doesn't). I use mine rarely myself, and don't see that as a problem at all. -- sannse 08:51, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • I certainly hope there isn't a required page deletion quota for all sysops... Damn, forgot to block someone today, I'll probably get my Misplaced Pages salary for today halved... Κσυπ Cyp   16:56, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support, I think that Estonian Misplaced Pages also needs a sysop. Also, I found that Andres is available there almost all time (24/7) and thats the main. Also He is the founder of Estonian Misplaced Pages, if I may say so. -- Egon 20:12, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Bcorr

Brian has been with us for 4 months and did 811 edits. He started some nice article: User:Bcorr/new articles. He doesn't sound bitchy or hateful, so he probably will make a good admin who is not bitchy or hateful. And he, even though an non-admin, sometimes participates in the Mailing List. That's more involved than admins like me! (Damn my small-sized hotmail. I can only read the mailing list, not reply. :-D --Menchi (Talk)â 07:15, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)

  • Support. Brian has made excellent contributions and spent a lot of time mediating the 2002 Gujarat violence page. He will make a great sysop. Angela. 07:24, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. --Jiang | Talk 07:25, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Yes! Support. Was thinking of nominating him myself :) Dysprosia 07:25, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Excellent idea. Yes. -- Viajero 11:14, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • oui Anthère
  • Support. Why do I always assume the regulars already are sysops..? Κσυπ Cyp   16:56, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support -- Smerdis of Tlön 20:01, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Oppose... no, just kidding. Support. -- Cyan 20:04, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. BCorr would make a great admin. - Hephaestos 21:28, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support, thought he was one already! --Uncle Ed 21:41, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support, I agree. Daniel Quinlan 22:05, Dec 10, 2003 (UTC)
  • Oppose! I discriminate against those named Brian! *gets flamed by developer Brion* err... Support! - ugen64 02:43, Dec 11, 2003 (UTC)
  • I support, Bcorr is very nice to newbies. Alexandros 00:23, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Definitely. I thought he was already an admin, seeing the way he mediated (very successfully) 2002 Gujarat violence chance 14:15, Dec 13, 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. One of the statesmen of Misplaced Pages, if there were any. - Mark Ryan 04:40, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Thank you all. I'm honored to be nominated and I accept. I've felt welcomed and encouraged from the beginning of my time being active on the Misplaced Pages, and I appreciate all of you who've taken the time to ask and answer questions, offer guidance, and correct me when I've made an error. I'll do my level best to follow my own advice and to be helpful and friendly. And thank you for the kind words. -- BCorr ¤ Брайен 23:30, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)


Timwi

  • Timwi -- Hi. I've been around since June, and I've been a well-behaved user all the way through. :) I don't make ground-breaking new contributions very often, but I make a lot of minor corrections and I revert vandalism. I would like to be able to help with this better, and thus, I am requesting adminship. Thank you for your attention. -- Timwi 21:49, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. --Jiang | Talk 21:56, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Daniel Quinlan 21:57, Dec 11, 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Secretlondon 21:57, Dec 11, 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Pakaran 21:59, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Κσυπ Cyp   23:55, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. I wanted to nominate him, but he disappeared off my radar for like 3 months. Menchi (Talk)â 04:13, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)
      • Oops ;-) -- Timwi 13:32, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Boilerplate:
**Support. ~~~~
  • LOL! Who made this presumptuous boilerplate?! So damn useful! --Menchi (Talk)â 04:13, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Timwi is a decent person. - Mark Ryan 14:22, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Greenmountainboy 18:13, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Angela. 04:29, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Raul654

  • User:Raul654: I'd like to be an admin. I've been here since August and in that time, I've made 943 edits (mostly science, science fiction, computer, or history related - most of my time is put into writing new articles or massively expanding existing ones). The reason I ask is that I want vandalism quashing powers. --Raul654 11:35, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Alexandros 16:17, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Have you been involved in any disagreements we can look at, to see how you acted during them? I like what I've seen of your general editing. Jamesday 16:48, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • I think this() is a excellent example of Raul654's diplomatic demeanor that he displays when resolving issues. He is quite pleasent to converse with. Alexandros 17:17, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Three that I can think of. (1) On the List of Famous Experiments, someone (user: DJ Clayworth) moved all of the chemistry experiments into physics. To me, this was not an improvement, so I moved them back, without realizing he had made an entry into the discussion page. I apologized and we talked it out on the discussion page. (2) The second one was on Lee Atwater. I admit it - the original article I wrote was POV (it's pretty hard to write NPOV for a hatchetman). Other people came in and changed it, and the only change I objected to was calling bounce polling a research technique (it's not - see Talk:Lee Atwater) (3) On the Theory of everything page, someone posted about Gene Ray. I took it out, believing it has no place an encylopedia (at best, he's a crank). Most of the subsequent edits pretty much bear that out. In the end, someone created the List of speculative or fringe theories and linked to it there. I agreed with this (and when it came up in the votes for deletion, I voted to keep the page). Basically, I make a conscious effort to avoid inflammatory articles and edits (not hard in the areas I do), and I try to fix them when I see them. --Raul654 17:20, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. A good contributor - sannse 22:32, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. I have personally disagreed with Raul654, and found the experience stress free. -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen 16:32, Dec 13, 2003 (UTC)

Evercat

  • Evercat: Oh I give up. After about a month of abstinance I want to be a sysop again. There are still vandals to fight. :-) But fighting Wikiholism is futile. Still, I've learnt I can just ignore stuff sometimes and let others handle it... Evercat 23:48, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Let him back in! silsor 00:10, Dec 16, 2003 (UTC)
    • Glad you're willing to rejoin the ranks: support! Jwrosenzweig 00:19, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support, of course! Pakaran 00:21, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Oppose. Let those who voluntarily leave the sacred order of the sysops burn in hell for heresy against the great god Jimbo, and make an example of him so no sysop ever dares leave again! ... *Gets turned into a small rodent in a flash of divine lightning for badly misunderstanding the Will of Jimbo...* Ok... Support. Κσυπ Cyp   00:32, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Can't think of a witty opposition remark, so I'll have to say support. Welcome back to the madness Evercat. Angela. 01:11, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support, of course, and this has inspired me to create Prodigal son as well, so something good came of this. Fuzheado 01:23, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Support enthusiastically, it'll give the other admins that much less work to do. :) - Hephaestos 06:54, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Of course. Tannin 08:12, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Welcome back. =] Delirium 02:54, Dec 17, 2003 (UTC)

Ugen64

  • ugen64 I'd like adminship, mainly because of all those vandalisms I see and have to correct (usually by writing a stub, because I am like that). I've been here for about, oh, 6 months, but I've only contributed significantly for about 4 months. I've asked once before, but was rejected. ugen64 14:09, Dec 5, 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. I have no reason to believe that ugen64 would not make a good sysop. Quite the opposite. Daniel Quinlan 02:15, Dec 6, 2003 (UTC)
    • Support. Didn't have enough information to support last time, but do now (300 non-minor edits in the last two weeks alone, many of them very good ones). --Delirium 02:47, Dec 6, 2003 (UTC)
    • I withdraw my oppostion. Alexandros 15:54, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • Also support; seems like a good contributor. - Hephaestos 16:05, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)
    • This has nothing to do with anything, but how do I tell exactly how many edits I have (besides counting)? Oh, and thanks by the way for the support :-). ugen64 16:15, Dec 6, 2003 (UTC)
      • Crank up the limit number on your user contributions page and count. I doubt anyone counts by hand. ;-) Daniel Quinlan 20:49, Dec 6, 2003 (UTC)
      • Delirium gave me a extremely Wikigenius tip on my talk page... actually it was kinda common sense :-). ugen64 20:54, Dec 6, 2003 (UTC)
    • I pledge support for Ugen64 to become an administrator, because he may edit websites.
      • Well... thanks... I guess... ugen64 20:58, Dec 9, 2003 (UTC)

Pakaran

I nominate User:Pakaran, who is doing a lot of good work. RickK 05:26, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I'm willing, if the community wants me. I nominated myself a month or two back, and the consensus was that I wasn't ready. I don't think I'd be one of the more active admins, like you, Angela, Evercat, or Dysprosia. I don't even think I'd use admin powers every day, but I'd help out - much the same as I do now. -- Pakaran 05:30, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Has not demonstrated ability to investigate matters in a fair way, by accusing me of having a "hobby" of edit warring etc. --Wik 05:34, Dec 5, 2003 (UTC) (PS Actually I'm helping you, as my opposition will move ten other people to support you!)
  • Support (and not because Wik opposed), since I've noticed Pakaran striving for quality in articles, and is active in keeping an eye out for vandalism. Dysprosia 05:42, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Pakaran has shown an excellent understanding of Misplaced Pages and has worked on many controversial topics whilst avoiding getting involved in edit wars over them. Angela. 05:47, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Defer. Pakaran is a good contributor, but he's been here for just two months with 270 edits of article pages. Perhaps a *bit* more time only because we should be consistent. WP has rejected other folks for too little experience. Fuzheado 06:11, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support, why not be an admin, while getting more experience? Κσυπ Cyp   09:02, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. From the very start, Pakaran has shown good sense about avoiding conflicts and has actively tried to calm things down a bit. This is a no-risk decision. --Uncle Ed 15:48, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. I deferred last time because I figured Pakaran was too new, but I've seen enough good actions from him/her now to firmly support. - Hephaestos 15:50, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support (changed decision after speaking to Pakaran on the IRC channel._Defer. This user has not been here long enough(only 574 edits!) and does not understand all the policies. Alexandros
  • Support. Seems a sensible contributor. Arwel 16:13, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. He doesn't think he'll be using his powers as much, but I have a feeling (and the vandals will back me up on this) that he'll be racking up edits once he becomes a sysop *cue evil laughter* Dori | Talk 16:55, Dec 5, 2003 (UTC)

Dieter Simon

Excellent contributor (see eg. Landsknecht). Active for +- 1.5 years, with over 1.5k edits. --snoyes 00:22, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)

  • Support. He has great linguistic knowledge and is quite polite and mild-mannered. Talk:Compound verb is an example of a nice discussion with him. --Menchi 00:51, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)
    • Thank you, I accept the nomination. --Dieter Simon 01:32, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Maximus Rex 06:51, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. A great contributor. Angela 04:26, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. -- Smerdis of Tlön 16:06, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)

WhisperToMe

Excellent contributor. Been here since the 13th of July, with over 5k edits. --snoyes 20:23, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)

  • Support. Angela 23:45, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • You're nominating the author of Rachel Scott? Maximus Rex 06:31, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)
    • I don't know. I'm just not comfortable with this. He/she has been involved in arguments re:unilaterally moving articles without discussion. I suppose the Rachel Scott stuff has affected me - they are still adding trivia to the article. They've just started high school in the US - I'm not sure how old that makes them (11?) and whether that is an issue as well. Secretlondon 14:29, Nov 27, 2003 (UTC) The rewrite is fine. I withdraw my opposition. Secretlondon 23:07, Nov 27, 2003 (UTC)
      • First year of high school? 13-14 years old. -- Viajero 14:46, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)
I'll take the nomination. Thank you so much, snoyes. :) WhisperToMe 20:32, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I'm actually 16 years of age. Most high school freshman in my area are 14-15. Also, Maximus, i'm not the original author of the FIRST Rachel Scott page. See: WhisperToMe 22:49, 27 Nov 2003 (UTC)

  • I strongly support this nomination. Age should not affect anyone's decision. Good work WhisperToMe! Alexandros 00:24, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. --Jiang
  • Nthly seconded -- James F. 22:41, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Age has nothing to do with maturity. -- Pakaran 05:38, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)

168...

User:168... has made some 4000 edits since January 2003 (and presumably more as an anon) and doesn't seem to be a controversial user. --Jiang 23:01, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

  • Support 2³×3×7... Κσυπ Cyp   23:12, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)
  • Support -- a good contributor. Maximus Rex 00:52, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. -- Cyan 18:25, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Angela 04:26, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. I've never seen 168 do anything but really good stuff. - Hephaestos 15:45, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Me too. 168, you are the second person I am supporting in this place. Curious day... :-) Anthère
  • Support - I thought you were already a sysop! :) -Pakaran 05:39, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Weird handle, but not the weirdest I've seen. Dori | Talk 16:57, Dec 5, 2003 (UTC)

Thanks for the nomination and for all the support. I never would have predicted that I'd be described here as non-controversial. I'm still waiting for the roars of disapproval to roll in. Anyway, I do appreciate and accept the nomination. If I win, I promise to remember all the little people (insert emoticon for irony here).168... 04:49, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Michael Hardy

I would like to nominate Michael Hardy for adminship. He's been here since at least October 2002 (March 2002 if you count the page move bug) and has made over 12k edits. I checked a couple of times to make sure he wasn't already listed as an admin, and to my surprise he wasn't. He writes good articles and is helpful and friendly to others. Maximus Rex 06:42, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)

  • Support. Does some valuable work, very knowledgeable - but I'd like Michael to stick with some conventions like instead of visible inline comments, use HTML comments or the talk page. Dysprosia 06:48, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Huh? You mean he isn't already? Support, of course. Michael can be terse to the point of rudeness, but he does an incredible amount of very tedious and absolutely essential copyediting work, always with care and accuracy, keeps a cool head, and he cooperates effectively with other workers. He will be a first-rate addition to the team. Tannin 08:08, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Yep, support. --Menchi 08:34, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support, of course - thought he already was. Even checked history to see if he was just accidentally removed from the list somehow... Κσυπ Cyp   08:53, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Wanted to nominate, but had already nominated two others recently. --snoyes 17:08, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support of course. I'm astonished Michael isn't a sysop already. I always presumed he was. How did we miss out someone so obvious for so long? FearÉIREANN 22:10, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Hello. I am flattered by the attention. Would such a status require me (or enable me) to actually do something? Michael Hardy 22:06, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)

  • Support. Does a great job of correcting newbie mistakes. RickK 02:05, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. (Even if superfluous given the above, apparently any user can comment!) Michael contributes excellent articles and constructive criticism. We have disagreed, and will (no doubt) continue to disagree, on a number of points of style, but such is the wonder of our diverse global society! Ben Cairns 02:17, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. Michael will make a great sysop. Angela 04:26, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. His command of the language is impeccable, this should make it even easier for him to fix things. - Hephaestos 15:45, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support, I also assumed he was an admin (I guess I assume anyone who has been here longer than me is an admin :)) Adam Bishop 17:15, 3 Dec 2003 (UTC)
  • Support. -- Heron 10:33, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Khym Chanur

  • Khym Chanur. I'd like adminship so I can delete "Candidates for speedy deletion" without having to ask someone else to do it.
    • That's okay, but I think you could use a bit more time and experience on Misplaced Pages as an editor before you become a sysop. The speedy deletions are pretty well handled right now, you can always ask on WP:VFD and it will get deleted (maybe slowly). (Note: just over 300 edits since Aug 26, 2003) Daniel Quinlan 04:29, Nov 23, 2003 (UTC)
    • I'd support. Not a very lengthy contributions list, but seems reasonable enough and familiar with what's going on here over a few months. --Delirium 00:23, Nov 26, 2003 (UTC)
    • support. I didn't realize this user has been here for a while. RejectToo new. Alexandros 00:43, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)
    • Accept -- no harm in having more sysops. Lirath Q. Pynnor
    • Support. Khym seems to know what he's doing and has managed to avoid any conflict since he joined in August. Angela 04:26, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
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