Jump to content

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Brian New Zealand 2

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
< Wikipedia:Requests for adminship

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Steven Walling (talk | contribs) at 17:18, 31 July 2007 (→‎Discussion). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Brian New Zealand

Voice your opinion (talk page) (10/3/2); Scheduled to end 11:14, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Brian New Zealand (talk · contribs) - I offer up for your abuse discussion Brian New Zealand, he has had one previous RfA. I believe he has responded well to correcting those issues, and more importantly has corrected them. For those who do not know him, he is a 'crat, and Arbitrator, Checkuser, Oversighter at Wikinews. He also has been extremely involved with m:OTRS and the tools would only help the community in that respect. (There is a very large backlog for those who are not familiar with OTRS.) So lastly, lets give him a mop already, its overdue. Somitho 10:24, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: Thanks Somitho, I Accept Brian | (Talk) 11:12, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. You may wish to answer the following optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What admin work do you intend to take part in?
A: I anticipate that as an administrator, I would use my tools to help answering OTRS tickets more, there have been the occasion in the past where I have had to lean on my friendly neighbourhood admin to assist me. As an admin I would be able to process more tickets than I am now. I would in addition, aid on WP:RM, WP:AIV and WP:CSD; I have gained knowledge of policy and would like to assist in clearing backlogs.
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
A: This has not changed since my last RFA, back in December. I am proud of all my contributions. I really enjoy writing an odd article that's missing from wikipedia, particularly New Zealand related political subjects. I take delight in jobs such as copy editing, and portal maintenance. Since getting involved with OTRS, I have enjoyed viewing, editing, and fixing the articles on Wikipedia, that are the subject of tickets. I have also learnt a few things, via answering OTRS, from articles that I would not normally read!
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: Not at loy lot has changed since last time I answered this question, I am not aware of any other conflicts as since since my last RfA. Also, I was elected a Arbitrator, on Wikinews in January, I like to feel I was elected because the Wikinews community felt that I can handle conflicts, should I ever get in to them

General comments

RfAs for this user:

Please keep criticism constructive and polite. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Brian New Zealand before commenting.

Discussion

Support

  1. Support He seems like a responsible user who handles conflicts well and has a long list of good edits, furthermore he has been an excellent admin over at wikinews. I see no reason why he shouldn't have the mop. Elmo 11:30, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support User has a solid contribution history here and I'm not familiar with his record at Wikinews but since he's a crat I'll trust it's good. -Nard 11:31, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support. I only comment here if I already know something about the user. In this case I do and I believe we can trust him to use the tools wisely. --Bduke 11:42, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support I'm the nom, I of course have to support. :) Somitho 11:42, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Support Trustworthy Wikinews editor, does not suck at Wikipedia as far as I know, and plus OTRS-men should have adminship. MessedRocker (talk) 11:45, 31
  6. Strong Support - A very good and responsible editor and good job by the nominator in finding him..Good Luck..Go.. All Blacks..--Cometstyles 12:18, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Support Track appears good. Harlowraman 13:06, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Weak Support Seems like a good editor, however, Boricuaeddie makes a point. For that, I'm weak support. Politics rule 14:07, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Support I'm scratching my head at the first two opposes and the neutral. Clearly his long history of contributions here and at WikiNews is sufficient experience and if there are aspects of policy he's less familiar with on Wikipedia, we can trust him not to jump into it like a madman. As for interaction with other users, again, this simply boggles the mind: OTRS and arbitrator on Wikinews is not exactly something you can do without having shown communications skills. Pascal.Tesson 14:38, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Hmmm. Wikipedia ≠ Wikinews. Wikipedia ≠ OTRS. Sorry, just felt like doing a little Math before going back to school. --Boricuaeddie 14:51, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Support looks good. Bearian 17:08, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Support; if he can manage all that on Wikinews, he's probably not half as thick as many of the people we do routinely sysop. I don't really care that the majority of his experience is on Wikinews. Not mental, could use the tools regarding the OTRS stuff = make him a sysop. Neil ╦ 17:13, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

  1. Oppose — Not convinced you need sysoping. Your latest mainspace edits don't inspire confidence within me. There's more to Wikipedia than OTRS or playing wikipolitics. Matthew 13:24, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Strong oppose- You say you want to participate at AIV, yet I don't see many reports, so I do not know if you know when to block. I have the same concern with CSD. You say you want to participate there, but I don't see much new page patrolling or anything to indicate that you have knowledge of the speedy deletion criteria. Your work with OTRS is appreciated, but I don't think it's helped you prepare yourself for adminship. I also could not find much interaction with other users, which I believe is necessary to sharpen one's skill at communication and dispute resolution; both of which are an important part of being an admin. Sorry. --Boricuaeddie 13:47, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose You haven't been very active in AIV with only 3 edits there. Is there anything besides OTRS that you do here. T Rex | talk 14:42, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Oppose per Matthew. While sysop powers are "no big deal", they are also not to given out lightly. Per your recent contrib history, I don't see this editor as carrying out tasks that vitally require sysop powers. I also see no substantial evidence of an ability to comport oneself with fairness and neutrality. VanTucky (talk) 17:16, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral

  1. I'm not too sure about this user, no offence meant at all. He seems fairly good, but almost all of his last 500 edits are marked as minor, and his edit count summary usage is fairly low, and while mine isnt very good until lately, I think this is something i'd like to see more of in an admin candidate. Another minor problem is that he has quite low space talk edits. All of these things are minor, but they come together, at least for me, to be a neutral, for the time being. Good luck all the same -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 11:33, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. (Edit Conflict) Neutral. You have enough on your plate with all of your other duties in the other projects. I'm not entirely sure how much dedication you would give to adminship. J-stan Talk 14:41, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Brian_New_Zealand_2&oldid=148308905"