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SqueakBox

Vote here (4/5/3) ending 01:43 5 August 2005 (UTC)

SqueakBox (talk · contribs) - An experienced user with nearly 8000 edits, and overdue for adminship. Has an established record of fighting vandalism (has two anti-vandalism barnstars to his credit), and knows how things work around here. Fawcett5 01:46, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

SqueakBox 01:59, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

Support

  1. Support - I've seen his work all over the site and wonder why he isn't an admin already. However, I would like him to explain how, as he states on his user page, he "elevat(ed) His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia to the status of Almighty God" without violating NPOV. --Idont Havaname 02:28, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Easy answer. As I said on the talk page Selassie I is now clearly better known as the Rasta God than as the long dead Ethiopian politician, and that needed reflecting in the opening paragraph, and in the article as a whole, which now has a section on him and the Rastafari. I also said I rescued Solanan from being cast in the role of the devil. I felt Solana's life events were being used to prove he is the antichrist, whereas I was merely examining the undoubted religious beliefs held around Selassie I in an upfrontg and encyclopedic manner, while not trying to prove from his life events that he is God , SqueakBox 03:00, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
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  1. Support You've got more than enough edits. You plan to fight vandalism, which is the point of becoming an admin. I lend you my full support. Ryan 04:51, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
    Voted changed to Neutral due to new information brought up by Rhobite. Ryan 06:27, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Support Solid work, especially in fighting vandalism. Redux 05:09, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support More than qualified. Thunderbrand 05:12, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. Reluctantly oppose. Squeakbox has been involved in a couple nasty conflicts with POV pushing users. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, but his approach to these conflicts has caused them to escalate. For example he posted notes on Cumbey's blog, escalating his dispute with that user. Squeakbox sometimes brings animosity upon himself, such as a couple weeks ago when he said to another user, "Fuck off Nazi scum" [1]. Granted, he removed his personal attack within minutes but the user found it in the page's history and continues to harass SqueakBox about it. You've done great work on articles but I think you need a thicker skin to be an administrator. Rhobite 05:16, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
  2. Unfortunately oppose, for his over-zealous attempt to delete Afro-Latin American and Afro-Mexican articles and his attempts to block any edits to improve these articles when they were on VfD. Also his handling of conflict at the Talk:José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero ("Stop talking bullshit" and comments about "left-wingers" [2]). Like Rhobite, it's mostly about the thicker skin, he's a hardworking fellow though, I admit it and has good intentions. --Vizcarra 05:46, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment. I don't believe you have any legitimate complaints over the way I dealt with the Afro Latin articles, SqueakBox 16:25, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
  3. Oppose per rhobite and vizcarra gkhan 07:30, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
  4. Must oppose given his unfortunate behavior re Rastafarianism and elsewhere. Pushes his own POV in the name of NPOV, and gets downright childish when he doesn't get his way. A.D.H. (t&m) 07:38, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
  5. Oppose. User appears to believe writing "fuck off you Nazi troll" can be described as "mild in comparison". I am not confortable with the way this incident was handled. Dmn / Դմն 12:30, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral

  1. Changed from Support to Neutral after reading the comments from Rhobite and Vizcarra. Ryan 06:27, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
  2. I'd really like to support, because SqueakBox's edit record is so good, but I can't given his inflammatory handling of POV disputes. Sorry. --Scimitar parley 14:10, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Neutral, for the reasons listed above.  Denelson83  15:16, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Neutral. Squeakbox obviously knows about the Wikipedia procedures and giving him the rollback button would certainly help his anti-vandalism efforts. However, his record of conflict is troubling. I'd support in the future if he handles conflicts better between this RfA and the next (if this RfA fails). --Deathphoenix 15:40, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Neutral While I'm not 100% opposed, I changed if after reading the above comments. Thunderbrand 16:01, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
A. Clearing backlog on 3RR, Vandalism and Incidents pages. Using rollback for vandalism, especially on the 1339 pages on my watchlist.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. Javier Solana. IMO this article was seriously POV'd to reflect a belief that he was the antichrist. It was that article and Rastafari movement that I cut my teeth on. I am particularly proud of my contributions to articles on Honduras which is where I live.
3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
A. Yes, I have been in conflicts to the point of being threatened by 2 different users. Both POV warriors in my opinion, who could not handle my editing their work (at Javier Solana, and at Abortion with a chap who was desperately inserting the lack of father's rights into the opening paragraph). The best way to deal with threats is to tell people about them, and that is how I have dealt with them. Lower levels of stress at wikipedia are best dealt with by going and doing something else.
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