Jareth (
talk·contribs) – I have been with Wikipedia since June 2005. I can't get to Kate's tool at the moment, but I believe I am over 3,000 edits (since the last I remember checking). Most of my contributions have focused on article cleanup and maintenance, though I do throw in the occasional new piece when I come across something I believe to be worthwhile. I think adminship would increase my ability to assist in the general cleanup that goes on and appreciate your consideration. .:.
Jareth.:. babelfish06:23, 14 November 2005 (UTC)reply
I've discovered as per below that what I thought isn't correct, I'm tempted to change my vote. Therefore, see below. Also I'm sorry if this sounds horribly wrong, or that I'm judging you or something, rather this is a misjudgment from myself.
NSLE(
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I'm tempted to remind people that this should be no big deal, but I know better. So Jareth welcomes new users and has been fortunate enough, hitherto, in avoiding conflicts. Are those really bad things? From what I see in Jareth's record he has potential to be a great admin and has been here long enough to become a trusted member of the community. Support. -
JCarriker09:05, 14 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Yes it is, but it's not worth denying adminship in my opinion. Wikipedian's specializations are unique I see no need to enforce a blanket standard on a user who meets the requirements; has been here a while and is generally regarded as a trusted member of the community. While I respect the dissenting users opinions, I must disagree with them. -
JCarriker10:04, 14 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Looking at your userpage, I'm hoping your wikistress wasn't caused by this o.o... I get your (and Haukurth's) point(s), but it's no use arguing this now. (And for me to switch my vote again for whatever reason would be ridiculous). Thanks for your comment though, I'll try to remember the the next time a similar RfA comes up. Now, back to voting, let's stop detracting!
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extra>10:09, 14 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support No big deal - and I thought he she was one already, anyhow. The guy's gal's offering to do more work for us, I say we let him her. There's nothing that indicates that he'll she'll abuse admin tools. But if this nomination fails then please keep up the good work and come again soon - we need more admins willing to tackle copyvio backlogs. -
Haukur Þorgeirsson09:55, 14 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. In my view, the Talk record shows this user has handled a few thorny issues, which is a good sign. More community interaction would be desirable but I don't see that as a bar to adminship.
The Land15:26, 14 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support, solid record of editing and vandal-fighting. Lack of talk-page contributions is a bit unusual but not a no-go issue and explanations seem satisfactory.
Palmiro | [[User talk:Palmiro|Talk]]
01:29, 15 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support Kate's tool is back up. He does have over 3000 if you count the 226 deleted edits. His record is good and shows a lot of work. --
Dakotate06:42, 15 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support due to namespace-countitus in the oppose votes. I don't get many messages on my talk page, and most of my talk edits are due to giving standard template messages to vandals. Users talk over the place, and can not be measured with edit counters. NSR (
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11:17, 15 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support Excellent wikifier and vandal fighter from the looks of things. I don't have a problem with comparing namespaces, but Talk contributions seem less than relevant for a person who busies himself doing the grunt work others don't have patience for.
Marskell12:40, 15 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Weak Moderately Strong Support, only seen him once, and it was good :)
Redwolf24 (
talk) 23:42, 15 November 2005 (UTC) After remembering where I remember Jareth for, I remember that Jareth's been quite likable, so support strongly ;-)
Redwolf24 (
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00:04, 16 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. The links provided by the anonymous user (
24.55.228.56) opposing below convinced me that Jareth should be an admin. She was calm, polite, and clear about the relevant policies in that interaction. You certainly don't have to be an admin to cite the blocking policy, which constitutes advice, not a threat.
Chick Bowen14:52, 18 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. Hard worker. A look at his/her contribs shows s/he does a lot of gruntwork. Comments on talk pages are friendly, whether they be welcome messages or politely worded requests to stop vandalizing. Always uses edit summary. A good deal of reverting vandalism--so the admin tools would be good for this user.
delldot |
talk04:10, 19 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. Looks as though this user doesn't allow others to pick a fight with her, helps sort out disputes, and could use the admin tools to make the project better. —
Cleared as filed.16:25, 19 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. Despite not having focussed on editing articles in a major way, she has put a lot into the Wikipedia project as a whole by cleaning up. Some people are just more made for that. More importantly, she's made over 260 replies to the
mail:helpdesk-l list, an important point of contact for ignorant members of the public and future Wikipedians alike.
jnothmantalk14:14, 21 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Support. My original opposition was due to what I saw as lack of interaction with other users; however, now that I see Jareth is quite involved on the helpdesk-l, I have no problems supporting. --
MPerel (
talk |
contrib)17:26, 21 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Oppose Based on the edit imbalance, I feel this user needs more of a record on which to judge his capabilities. "Better safe than sorry vote", and I look forward to supporting later.
Xoloz05:19, 15 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Oppose After only receiving an admin nomination, Jareth is acting as if s/he is king of wiki. S/he is presently threatening me with suspension, and s/he is not yet an admin. Please read her/his threatening message here:
[1] I have never broken the 3RR rule, despite her/his agressive talk. Make her/him an admin and you will have created a monster. Be warned. --
24.55.228.56 02:19, 18 November 2005 (UTC)UPDATE: Jareth wrote that "If either you or 24.55.228.56 continue with the edit wars and reversions today, you will be blocked from editing."
[2] Jareth presently has no authority to block anyone. Do you want to give him/her that power?--
24.55.228.5603:18, 18 November 2005 (UTC)reply
After reading a bit of the debate you're referring to, yes Jareth is exactly the sort of person that I want to have the right to block people.
The Land15:30, 18 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Oppose, there's almost nil interaction with other users to be able to make a judgment on this editor. Most of the edits are simply disambigs and grammar, which is still necessary and good, but I'd like to have a little more of something to go on before I can support for adminship. --
MPerel (
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<fontcolor="3399FF">contrib) 06:57, 20 November 2005 (UTC) changed vote, see above. --
MPerel (
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contrib)17:26, 21 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Oppose. Admins must of necessity interact widely with the community. Experience doing so is an indsiputable must, and is also very necessary to be able to carefully judge the temperament of a candidate. -
Splashtalk14:49, 21 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Neutral
Neutral after reading his answer to Q.3 and noticing that the no. of his contribs to user_talk space is less than 50, most of them being either welcome messages or test-warning messages. --
Gurubrahma06:41, 14 November 2005 (UTC)reply
Neutral- I saw
Jareth’s comments on
Gurubrahma’s talk page where I had gone to post a message. I moved on to learn more about Jareth, and I found him really fine, and he has all the potentials to become a good administrator very soon. --
Bhadani17:06, 15 November 2005 (UTC)reply
User has 2756 edits; activity on talk spaces (article and user and wikipedia, etc) is 2.76%; activity on project space is 13.10% and activity on article namespace (many of them edits which could be considered minor) is 88.70%.
NSLE(
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Interestingly, the percentages don't match, so if someone could go back and double check (Kate's Tool is down, this was done through
excel), it'd be good.
NSLE(
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extra>08:41, 14 November 2005 (UTC)reply
A. I believe I would work mostly on backlog, specifically on pages needing deletion and copyvio issues. Since most of the patrol I do in not on RC, but shortpages and wikification, it would be helpful to be able to speedy the pages I come across that have slipped through the cracks. I imagine I'd also be involved in blocking since I often come across repeated vandalism when browsing shortpages.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. My favorite has probably been the improvements to
Citrus production; it was a stub that had been vfd'd, but I felt it had a lot of potential -- a quick bit of on the spot research and help from other editors who felt it could be improved resulted in a quality article. Most of my other major contributions center on animal articles or project work (i.e. stub sorting, disambiguation, punctuation and syntax fixes). I also participate in the Cleanup Taskforce and had a great time working on the
NetBIOS article.
3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
A. I haven't been personally involved in many edit conflicts; I tend to head them off by starting a dicussion on any disagreements before they become an issue. I do occasionally comment on on-going issues and rfc's -- I believe there's always a compromise, though sometimes it takes outside input or cooler heads to see it. I anticipate I'll continue to use a good discussion as the first line of defense in the future.
4. Do you accept that being an admin requires good communication with others? Do you forsee increasing your community interaction, regardless of the outcome of this RfA?
A. Absolutely, to both questions. In fact, I've recently become active on Helpdesk-l and assist in answering questions. I honestly hadn't considered that taking discussions off-wiki would be a road-block, however, I do understand its not as easily trackable. One of my favorite mediation feats actually occurred entirely off-wiki -- the community supporting the
Joomla! fork of Mambo wrote a page, which was afd'd shortly thereafter for its ad-like quality. I've spent a great deal of time with them explaining how Wikipedia works (their influx of support looked very sockpuppet like) and working with them on how to create a better article. I think it can still use improvement, but it is no longer entirely an ad and most of the revert warring has stopped. Unfortunately, since this was all done via IM, forum and IRC, there's just no paper-trail to display.
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