Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Marknew
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- The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a permissions request that did not succeed. Please do not modify it.
I would like to nominate myself for administrator status. I would have been happier if I had been nominated (nominating yourself feels wrong!), but here are my reasons for doing it, and reasons why you should think about voting for me:
- My experience with Wikipedia:
- I have been a member of the Simple English Wikipedia since October 2003 (see my talk page). I believe I made some minor contributions at the beginning (with the old Wiki software - and a couple in March), and then took a break until late-2004. I have made nearly 250 edits on here - none of them malicious.
- I have been a member of the English Wikipedia since November 2002, with regular contributions starting in May 2003. I have made nearly 900 edits - again, none of them malicious.
- I believe that these facts show that I have a reasonable knowledge of the way the Wikipedia system works.
- Examples of my articles on Simple:
- Devon
- Somerset
- I am slowly working towards improving the pages of English counties - see here. Any help would be appreciated!
- One more reason:
- I would like to help get rid of the nonsense which is posted on this Wikipedia - my contributions to Wikipedia:Requests for deletion should show that!
I now await the constructive criticism and votes! - Marknew 10:22, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Support:
- Oppose:
- I'd rather wait a while, and I hope you understand. Your talk page says Oct. 2003 you got a message, but your contributions start in May 2004. Of your 235 edits, 196 of them are from the last two weeks. Thank you very much for your help, and I'd be happy to support you in a month or two. -- Netoholic @ 04:08, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- That's OK, I knew at the time that getting admin privileges now was a bit of a long shot; just offering another pair of hands to help with the menial tasks! I hope to be editing this Wikipedia for the foreseeable future (real-life committments permitting), but won't be nominating myself for admin... if you want me, you'll have to ask! :-) - Marknew 09:08, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Sorry, not personally. I cannot support any editor who has less than 1,000 edit on a wiki, though you seem a good editor. To be a good admin, in my opinion, experience is required. I hope things go differently some monthes later. --Aphaia 10:27, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- That's OK, I'm not taking your views personally! I would agree with your views on number of edits to an extent. Yes, a fairly large number of edits is required to find out how good an editor is, but I also believe that the quality of edits should always be looked at before the quantity (I am not saying that my own edits are brilliant, that's your job - I'm just stating my opinion).
- I'd rather wait a while, and I hope you understand. Your talk page says Oct. 2003 you got a message, but your contributions start in May 2004. Of your 235 edits, 196 of them are from the last two weeks. Thank you very much for your help, and I'd be happy to support you in a month or two. -- Netoholic @ 04:08, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- In the case of this Wikipedia, I realise that my number of edits is a bit low, but I nominated myself because I believe that three active admins on a Wikipedia of this size is not sufficient (I would be happy even if some other (good) people became admins and I did not - my aim is to see the number of admins increase, not boost my ego!). Thanks for taking the time to vote and leaving your comment. - Marknew 14:54, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Thank you for your comment. I am happy to strenghen my first impression; you will be a good admin, or precisely, better with much experience. Over 1,000 experiences, I meant not only quality of contributions (both article and discussion) but also experiences with other Wikipedians; there are incredibly nasty things between the heaven and the earth. And specially on this wiki some editors seem to lack maturity, so editing experience is important, I think. Your activities are sincere and fine from my view. Let's keep it up. --Aphaia 00:04, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- In the case of this Wikipedia, I realise that my number of edits is a bit low, but I nominated myself because I believe that three active admins on a Wikipedia of this size is not sufficient (I would be happy even if some other (good) people became admins and I did not - my aim is to see the number of admins increase, not boost my ego!). Thanks for taking the time to vote and leaving your comment. - Marknew 14:54, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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