Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elbutler

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

Final (2/7/1); Closed as WP:NOTNOW at 21:07, 19 November 2008 (UTC). Regards SoWhy 21:07, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Elbutler (talk · contribs) – I would like to run for adminship because i think i'll be able to help wikipedia a lot. Elbutler (talk) 18:25, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I accept the nomination.

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 administrative work do you intend to take part in?

I would edit the main page, and change the featured article, delete vandalism, and greet new users.

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

I mostly edit pages about television series, and books, because i mostly handle entertainment. My best edits would be List of Balto characters and White Fang (TV series).

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?

I once had met a user named Simulation12 who also edited children's article. She often sent me ten messages a day and claimed to be a kindergartener. She also buged Gladys J Cortez. But both of us managed to keep out cool untill Barneca talked to Simulation12. I basically keep my cool while talking to users and probaly will in the future.

• See Elbutler's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.

• Links for Elbutler: Elbutler (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)

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

• I think what question one is designed to uncover is what administrative work you would want to do if you were an administrator. It's quite an important question to a lot of editors, so it might be a good idea to try to give a reasonably complete answer. Regards, the skomorokh 18:40, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1. You may want to reconsider your answer to question 1, though. It is about admin work you would want to do. --Tikiwont (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
2. Moral support - this won't pass, but keep up the good work. iMatthew 20:35, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1. Oppose. Few edits, frequent usertalk warnings, a notice on your own userpage saying you rarely edit the wiki and a badly transcluded RfA are not good signs. I would advise that you spend a lot more time editing and learn the ropes of the system. Ironholds (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
2. Oppose and suggest you withdraw. "I would edit the main page" is something that needs (endless!) debate, not something you should throw yourself into;, changing the featured article is a process, not something that any admin does when they feel like it; removing vandalism and greeting new users are something anyone can do. – iridescent 18:57, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
3. Oppose. (ec) I appreciate your enthusiasm to help out, but you don't yet, in my eyes, have enough experience. Spend some more time learning policies and procedures and I hope to be able to support you in the future. You might want to withdraw this request. Useight (talk) 19:00, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
4. Oppose, WP:SNOW. Don't argue with "kindergarteners", ever! NVO (talk) 19:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
5. Oppose - Per above reasons, and suggest WP:SNOW closure by a 'crat. —Ceran ♦ (talk) 20:18, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
6. I'd suggest WP:NOTNOW rather than snow, and closing by any editor in good standing asap. Pedro :  Chat  21:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
7. Oppose per WP:SNOW. Sorry, but you need more experience. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 21:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1. Not going to pile on. You have good intentions and that is a great start. I'd encourage you to get some more experience in writing the encyclopaedia, and at the same time try to expand and get some experience in areas such as WP:AIV, WP:CSD, WP:RFPP etc. Don't give up, come back in 6/7 months with this experience and I'll, for one, be happy to reconsider. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 19:46, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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