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Not Wikipedia Administrator ( talk · contribs) - Since 2004 I've been trying my best to make Wikipedia better. At the time, I was an anonymous user and read about an incident where some guy got banned because his username was Wikipedia Administrator. Rather poor choice of nickname, but it amused me, and I thought, well, that fellow had a username that lied; that was wrong. But what if I myself had a similar nickname-- but one that was actually accurate? Well, and so here I am. I've been contributing to Wikipedia for three years under the moniker "Not Wikipedia Administrator" and indeed I'm Not a Wikipedia Administrator. Now I'd like to change that. I think I'm ready to start deleting pages, so I'd like to become an admin. It'll help me help Wikipedia. Anyway, if you, my friends, agree to help me become an administrator, I promise to submit a request for username change, to "Wikipedia Administrator." For after all, it would be quite a gross violation of logic to have a Wikipedia Administrator called Not Wikipedia Administrator. Think of the confusion! Vandals might get blocked and see that they were blocked by "Not Wikipedia Administrator." Consequently they'd be mighty confused. They'd wonder "I was banned by an administrator? But the administrator is not an administrator? What manner of strange magic is this? This one who banned me must be neither man nor beast but some strange monstrous combination thereof! I shall never vandalize again, for I am now in fear of both flesh and soul." So that should help us out a bit! Thanks for your support in advance. PS: Could someone tell me in advance, about how much discretion do you think a bureaucrat has in the case of a 50% oppose/50% support RfA? Just wondering.... Not Wikipedia Administrator 04:31, 12 July 2007 (UTC) reply
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