Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mario1987

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Mario1987

Final: (1/6/3) Non-crat closure per WP:SNOW. \ Backslash Forwardslash / {talk} 23:58, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Nomination

Mario1987 (talk · contribs) – I have been contributing to Wikipedia since March 2007 and i have created around 1,800 articles from scratch in various fields expecially energy, companies and football. I have tried to resolve the conflicts i've been involved in with constructive discussion, and have spent some time fixing recent changes. I would like adminship in order to fix vandalism more easily and so that I can be involved more. Mario1987 22:11, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

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 administrative work do you intend to take part in?

A: I like to keep my options open and broad when it comes to helping out on Wikipedia and am willing to help where ever I am needed. There are a few areas that I would like to help with: WP:AIV, I would be glad to assist with the backlogs of old AFD's, SD candidates, requested moves and I see myself helping to close AfDs.

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

A: I am generally pleased with all of my contributions, but are extremely pleased with the articles Port of Constanţa and Faidherbe Bridge my only good articles. The port article was the hardest to upgrade to good article status because of the many technical info required, but in all I'm pleased with what came out. I've also made significant edits to Romania related articles expecially the Satu Mare article and because of my passion for football I also created a total number of 861 football player articles. I also hope to see my List of wind farm projects in Romania reach FL status shortly.

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 wasn't involved in major edit conflicts although I had my fair share of minor conflicts with some hard headed editors. I always tried to keep a positive attitude and I always resolved the conflict with a {{{{Cookie}}}}.

General comments

• Links for Mario1987: Mario1987 (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
• Edit summary usage for Mario1987 can be found here.

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Discussion

Support

#Support Good contribs. Would make a fine admin. Switching to oppose. Sorry. Until It Sleeps ^{Wake me} 22:47, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

1. Moral support - Great editor and a user who I respect, but the concerns below hold too much weight for me to consider offering a "real" support. I definitely see the potential in you, though; have you considered pursuing admin coaching? --Dylan620 (contribs, logs) 23:11, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Sorry, but I have to oppose. You seem like you know what you're doing around here, and it wouldn't necessarily be "bad" if you're promoted; however, I do have several concerns. What pops out at me the most is the fact that you almost never use edit summaries. Obviously there are more important things to worry about, but I'm of the opinion that admins should use edit summaries where appropriate. After scanning through your contributions (which seem alarmingly dominated by userspace edits), I checked your block log, which led me to this. I'm not familiar with that particular case, so perhaps I'm not getting the full story, but sockpuppetry is a serious issue. I do appreciate that you've been contributing for a year and a half without any similar issues however. In addition, your answers here aren't particularly satisfying; for example, referring to people as "hard headed" is not appropriate. Also, while {{cookie}}'s are nice, they aren't really relevant to the dispute resolution process. I'm open to being persuaded, though, so please inform me if I'm in any way incorrect. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:57, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
2. Sorry. Looking at your contributions, I just don't see much involvement in any of the admin areas you said you intended to work on. Also, I would strongly suggest you start using edit summaries when editing, it helps other people know what you're doing without looking at the diffs each time. And also, even though it was a long time ago, having been indefinitely blocked for abusing sockpuppet accounts is a pretty ugly thing to have in your past. At the very least you could have mentioned it in your nomination statement. Jafeluv (talk) 22:58, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
3. Oppose As you Mario1987 said he'd be prepared to delete files and articles, I looked at some of his contributions to deletion discussions. The only one I could [find is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of foreign football players in Vyscha Liha; for someone who states their intent to use the delete button and to close AfDs, this is not enough experience to prove familiarity with deletion policy. Mario1987's intentions seem to be honest, but I don't think he's got enough experience in the areas he wants to work in. Nev1 (talk) 22:59, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
4. Oppose per above. You certainly have the potential to become a good sysop but the issues noted above are absolutely causes for concern. Perhaps in a few months and more experience. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 23:08, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
5. Oppose These issues that have been raised now prevent me from supporting you. Sorry. Until It Sleeps ^{Wake me} 23:15, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
6. Sorry, but issues with sockpuppets are concerning. Especially when you haven't disclosed the matter in your RFA. Sure, it was over a year ago, but being open and honest is important. Sorrry. Steve Crossin ^{The clock is ticking....} 23:18, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Neutral

1. Moral Support Was given a second chance, has improved since then and I will give my full support if you can continue to be productive and run again in ~6 months. I'm going to stay neutral to avoid unnecessary piling on. Alexfusco⁵ 23:11, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
2. Moral Support, I think you can be a fine admin, and I hope you take the points raised in the Oppose section constructively. Would be very happy to support you in the future if you do this. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 23:51, 31 July 2009 (UTC).
3. Strong Neutral Get yerself some admin coaching, kid. Crafty (talk) 23:55, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

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