Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/YOSF0113

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

YOSF0113

Final (0/1/5); ended 20:01, 15 September 2010 (UTC) - -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:01, 15 September 2010 (UTC) ; Scheduled to end 07:16, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Nomination

YOSF0113 (talk · contribs) – I am an editor who would like to contribute to Wikipedia, especially through articles related to chemistry. YOSF0113 (talk) 07:16, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. Please answer these questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?

A: If I do become an administrator, I intend to work on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. I will also give warnings to vandalizers and report multiple vandalizers to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism, or block them.

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

A: That is a hard question to answer, but I think I have helped the community by adding new articles about less-known chemicals, helping users/viewers to have access to information. I also believe that if I become an administrator, I can contribute and help the community further by blocking or reporting vandalisers.

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: No, I have not been editing "large" and important articles by changing a lot of information. I have been editing and creating small articles, which there is rarely conflicts over. If I do get into a conflict, I believe that peace is the way to solve a problem. I will discuss with the "opposition" and reach an agreement, if possible.

General comments

• Links for YOSF0113: YOSF0113 (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
• Edit summary usage for YOSF0113 can be found here.

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Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review their contributions before commenting.

It looks like the candidate has withdrawn [1]. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 13:19, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Discussion

Oppose

1. Oppose Sorry to be the first, but with under 300 total edits to Wikipedia, I am unconvinced that you are a) aware of how Wikipedia works (by which I mean how it actually works, and not what is parroted in alleged policy), and b) capable of entering, being involved in, and/or resolving disputes. That being said... enthusiasm is good, and if we had a robust and quick method of removing admin rights from users who don't know what they are doing I would support in principle. Please keep working here and come back in a year or so.→ ROUX ₪ 08:16, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Neutral

1. Thanks for offering to help Wikipedia in this capacity. However, please do note that the Wikipedia community prefers that admins have significant experience in the areas they intend to work in. In looking over your edits, you don't appear to have any AfD experience, nor a significant amount with vandals. As these are the areas in which you intend to work, this is a worry. Also, you are very new to this place- and users generally need to have been around for at least three months, if not six or more, before becoming admins. I'd suggest you withdraw this request and submit it again at a later time, as now is not the right time. Don't take this personally. Cheers. sonia♫ 07:47, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
2. Alas, I agree with Sonia. Please bear in mind that finding vandalism, warning vandals, and reporting to AIV is routinely done by non-admins (I've done quite a bit of it, and I'm not admin) so there's nothing stopping you getting on with that now - if you need a hand with the tools, just ask, and I or others would be happy to help. As well as building up more experience of wikipedia, I would suggest using edit summaries more often, so people can get a quick view of what you've been doing. bobrayner (talk) 08:01, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
3. You have my thanks for your offer too (and also for your contributions), and I look forward to being able to support a future run for admin when you have got a decent amount of experience under your belt - the admin role really is quite a demanding and often stressful one, and you really do need to spend a fair bit of time as an editor and helping out with admin-related tasks (like reverting and reporting vandals, participating in WP:AfD discussions, etc) before you're really suitable for it. As others have said, if there's anything you need help with, my Talk page is always open. Best regards -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 08:49, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
4. I'm not a chemist, but your contributions to articles in that field appear to be very helpful - however, as others have said, you haven't got experience in admin-areas: I would suggest that if you want to work on fighting combatting vandalism as an admin, you need to show experience in that as an editor! I notice that you have only left 1 warning (and that was about 1/2 hour ago!) - and then reported it at AIV (the fact that you did this incorrectly is irrelevant - the idea was there, and I would just advise you to carefully read the instructions at the top of the page which explain how to report on that page - incidentally, before reporting an editor/IP, please check: that IP had been blocked on 3rd September! Leaving a message almost 2 weeks after the event is not the most useful move, even if the IP hadn't already been blocked!). Enthusiasm is great, but realism is also important: you are not ready for adminship at this time (see WP:NOTNOW). -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:52, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
5. Neutral - your contributions are well appreciated, however, you don't seem to have much experience in the administrative areas of Wikipedia, which is primarily what administrators need some experience in. I believe that you are not yet ready for adminship. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia thus far and I hope you continue to contribute your knowledge to the 'pedia. Ғяіᴆaз'§Đøøм | Champagne? 09:01, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

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