Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dendodge

The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a request for adminship that did not succeed. Please do not modify it.

Dendodge

(0/4/1); Ended 22:20, 9 February 2008 (UTC) - Withdrawn. Acalamari 23:32, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dendodge (talk · contribs) - I am a reasonably intelligent (and not very modest) user with a highly advanced understanding of what should be in Wikipedia, how it should be used and English grammar. I may not be experienced but I don't think age matters. I believe I have the ability to vastly improve the quality of articles on Wikipedia, Dendodge (talk) 20:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC).[reply]

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia 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: Anything you can throw at me. I know how to use Wikipedia, what it is used for and why it should be used in this way. I also know a reasonable amount about topics Wikipedia covers. I know what makes a good, and a bad, article. I would also like to support new and inexperienced Wikipedians. when I first joined, that was the thing I found most valuable about both Admin and non-Admin Wikipedians, the fact that they welcomed me with open arms.

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

A: Mainly minor things like spelling and rewording. If people can't read an article it won't give them the information they require.

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 have not been caused stress by, or been in conflicts with, other Wikipedians. Should it happen in the future, I will attempt to resolve the matter peacefully, remaining calm and composed throughout.

General comments

See Dendodge's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.

Links for Dendodge: Dendodge (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/Dendodge before commenting.

Discussion

Support

Oppose

Oppose. Sorry, but the introductory statements is poor, as well as the answers. You claim to know what Wikipedia is about and have good grammar, well, I've noticed several grammatical errors both in this statement and your userpage. You are too inexperienced for adminship, unfortunately. Qst (talk) 20:46, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose You have only 126 edits in total, with 114 of them being made in the very immediate past. You have as yet not given yourself an opportunity to demonstrate competence in admin-related topics. You can only show this by amassing experience; a minimum of three months and two thousand edits, spread across the various sections of wikipedia, are expected, and more is better. --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 20:53, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, regretfully. Administrators on Wikipedia must have the trust of the community, and your relatively short time on this project, and contributions to the encyclopedia, do not give sufficient evidence for such trust. I would advise you to focus on improving the encyclopedia and its articles (you may wish to select an article in your area of interest, and work from there); I also noticed you have joined a WikiProject—that is a good way to get to know the Community, and it would benefit you if you collaborate with other editors there, if you so wish. Finally, you might want to provide your opinion in a deletion debate (e.g., AfD), where proposals to delete a page (articles go on AfD, templates on TfD, etc...) are posted for community input. However, at the present point in time, I am afraid I cannot offer my support to your candidacy. Anthøny 21:14, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry, you're probably extremely well-intentioned - That's no doubt, but I'm afraid this RfA is premature. You simply do not have the experience. No one is doubting that you know how to edit, but there are other aspects in the namespace that you would need to inundate yourself with. Better luck next time dude. Come back in like 6 months. Wisdom89 (talk) 21:51, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral

Sorry but I feel that 17 main-space edits and 11 Wikipedia-space edits aren't quite enough for adminship. Perhaps you could come back in a few months, when you have considerably more experience especially in WP:AFD and some recent changes patrol as well as perhaps some article writing, as other editors will oppose due to your inexperience. I would recommend withdrawing this RfA per WP:SNOW. EJF (talk) 21:00, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above adminship discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the talk page of either this nomination or the nominated user). No further edits should be made to this page.