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Icestorm815

Voice your opinion (talk page) (7/0/0); Scheduled to end 23:53, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Icestorm815 (talk · contribs) - Icestorm has been an active Wikipedian since August 2007. He had a premature RfA, which I think he has learned from well, and is now ready for the tools. He works in lots of areas: RC patrol, requests for page protection, and various admin noticeboards where he makes generally helpful relevant comments. He also does regular article work, including copyediting and stub sorting. In all, a great candidate. Majorly (talk) 23:27, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept. Icestorm815 • Talk 23:51, 14 February 2008 (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: As an admin, I can see myself helping out in many different areas:
  • I would help out a WP:AIV and WP:UAA, an important area to help deal with vandalism.
  • I have some experience with placing requests at WP:RFPP. I often look at the requests and learn from other administrators’ comments.
  • I’m very familiar with speedy deletion, so I would gladly help out at CAT:CSD.
  • I’ve also participated in some AFD’s, so I would help out by closing the discussions.


2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
A: In particular, I'm proud of the various clean up and organizational jobs that I have done on wikipedia. I've helped with different things, such as stub sorting and tagging articles with templates. I've also been very involved with the recent pages. Over the course of editing the wiki, I have helped tag over 800 vandalism and nonsense entries for speedy deletion. As for the mainspace, I like to do assorted improvements like adding references, creating stubs, fixing grammar and spelling mistakes, and other various tasks. Though I can't say that I have a good or featured article, I'm proud of the contributions that I have made to the wiki and I'm quite happy helping out where help is needed.
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: When I'm dealing with vandalism, it can be frustrating to deal with users who vandalize the wiki. However, I'm always willing to assume good faith and educate the user on how to contribute positively to wikipedia. I always go back and remember how confusing it was in the beginning as a new user and how helpful it was for someone else to guide me along the way. I think that it's the upmost importance for administrators to serve as a role model to new and experienced users alike. Whether it's explaining how to edit a page, how to create a disambiguation,how to report vandalism, how to explain a deletion reasoning, or even just giving advice, the most important thing is to guide other users in the right direction. That little bit of encouragement might just be the reason that a user decides to stay and edit on wikipedia.

Questions from Avruch

4. What is the difference between a ban and a block?

A: A block is a technical part of the wiki software that allows an admin to prevent a user or IP address to be unable to edit wikipedia. Blocks are used to prevent things such as vandalism and further edit warring. Bans are a social construct against a user from editing wikipedia. Bans can come from Jimbo, arbcom, or even the community.

5. If another administrator removes material from an article and cites a BLP concern as the reason - but you believe the material does not violate BLP policy and should be included- what do you do?

A: If I disagreed with an admin over a BLP issue the first thing I would do is start a discussion with the admin. I would provide third party, reliable sources to the details in question. Above all, I wouldn't place the text in question on the mainspace or talk page until it is absolutely clear that the information is not libelous.

6. What is your opinion on administrator recall and do you plan to add yourself to the category?

A: After much consideration, I have decided that I would not add myself to the category for recall. I feel that the recall process creates too much debate and drama at this point in time. I would much rather start of having a civil discussion with the user on my talk page. If that doesn't work, than I would have both of us request one or two neutral admins or experienced editors to weigh in on the issue. That way, it is easier to prevent an issue from getting out of hand and escalating more than it needs to. I will keep an open mind to the category as time progresses, because things could change in a way that makes it less dramatic.

7. What are the policies most crucial to your role as an administrator?

A: I feel that the most important polices are the ones that deal with WP:BLP. Controversial information in a living person's article has to be sourced. If someone puts in information that isn't true, it can greatly affect the person the article is about. In extreme cases, a notable person could bring up legal issues concerning libel. It is important for admins to prevent these types of situations from occurring.

General comments

RfAs for this user:

Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Icestorm815 before commenting.

Discussion

Support
  1. My observations of this user have been positive. Acalamari 23:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support. Good vandal fighter. Malinaccier (talk) 23:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. As nominator, duh! Majorly (talk) 23:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Really Majorly? I thought it was the duty of the nominator to oppose their own candidate. :) Acalamari 00:01, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. DUH! Timmeh! 00:09, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Support - Yes Yes Yes! Tiptoety talk 00:31, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Support - needs the mop.   jj137 (talk) 00:36, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Support per nom. Saw no incivility on talk page. Did not see any rejected CSD taggings. Dlohcierekim Deleted? 01:03, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose
Neutral
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