Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Racepacket

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Closed per WP:SNOW. O ₂ (息 • 吹) 03:53, 15 October 2007 (GMT)

Racepacket

Voice your opinion (talk page) (1/7/0); ended 03:53, 15 October 2007 (GMT)

Racepacket (talk · contribs) - I've seen Racepacket's constructive contributions in articles about universities, Virginia-related articles, and he also participates in WikiProject Cornell University. WikiProject Cornell University doesn't have any administrators, and I feel that it needs one, so I am nominating Racepacket. NHRHS2010^Talk 00:25, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

I accept the nomination. Wikipedia is a wonderful resource were a large group of people work constructively together to fulfill the promise of the Internet, and I would like to help in that effort.Racepacket 01:00, 15 October 2007 (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: I would work on WP:AIV and CAT:CSD. I have some interest in copyright law and would be interested in bringing that to bear on the evolution of Wikipedia.

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

A: I have written extensively on Cornell University articles, particularly those related to the physical campus and overall organization. I added a list of past Chairs of the Board of Trustees, then added a biographical article for each Chair, including succession boxes. I have also contributed to the articles describing the towns and townships in the area of Illinois where I grew up.

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 had a disagreement over how to characterize the special nature of Cornell's statutory colleges and Cornell's unique relationship to the State of New York. Basically, when conflicts arise, one has to step away for some time and remember that this is only a writing project and assume that the other authors have their own valid opinions. You can persuade people by marshalling the facts, to reach a consensus.

In the future, I will conform to Wikipedia etiquette, and work to maintain a moderate tone. New users, including myself, may not fully appreciate how things are done or how they come across in writing. So, it is important to write with the assumption that the reader will not be able to understand the intended tone of the words.

General comments

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

Links for Racepacket: Racepacket (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/Racepacket before commenting.

Discussion

Support

Strong support as the nominator. NHRHS2010^Talk 01:22, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

An excellent article writer, but you have no experience in wikipedia space[1]. To have the tools, you have to show you understand all our applicable policies and guidlines so need to show some edits to WP:AFD and WP:AIV. Adminship is a maintanence roll and you need to be able to show the community how you would handle youself with these tasks. Personally, Id stick to article writing as you are fantastic at that. Ryan Postlethwaite 01:26, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Has proved to be an outstanding editor in select articles, however, too few experiences both in Mainspace and talk, and more importantly Wikipedia namespaces. Wisdom89 01:36, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This user has written several times in the Cornell University related articles, so he is a good mainspace editor. NHRHS2010^Talk 01:40, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose Good article writer, but less participation in admin. arenas like ANI, etc. Miranda 02:21, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Not enough experience with ANI, AIV, UAA, etc. Wikidudeman ^(talk) 02:50, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The lack of experience in admin areas is a major concern here. You are no doubt a good article writer, but experience is also needed in Wikipedia namespace as well. Try again after a few months with more substantial edits in Wikipedia namespace and you will have my support. --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 02:56, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. A good editor, but more experience is needed in admin-like areas. I recommend WP:AFD (it's one of my favorites). More communication with other editors (via talk pages) would be good, too. More overall experience is needed to demonstrate your understanding of policies and procedures. It's rare that an editor pass RFA with fewer than 2000 edits. I recommend withdrawing this RFA for now. I'm always available on my talk page if you have any questions. Useight 03:27, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose Sorry. I admire your mainspace contributions, but like those above me have said, you definitely need more Wikipedia space edits to gain a better understanding of what it will mean to be an administrator. Keep up the good work, though. GlassCobra 03:47, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral

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