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#'''Support''' You sound familiar. I think we've worked together, and I have no reason to oppose. ]<sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub> 20:38, 10 September 2007 (UTC) #'''Support''' You sound familiar. I think we've worked together, and I have no reason to oppose. ]<sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub> 20:38, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
#'''Support'''. I was recently just looking around at pages, and I saw his name, was curious, and asked why he was not an admin. Stupid question. ] <sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub> 20:56, 10 September 2007 (UTC) #'''Support'''. I was recently just looking around at pages, and I saw his name, was curious, and asked why he was not an admin. Stupid question. ] <sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub> 20:56, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
#'''Support''' Dreadstar has often helped me in difficult editing situations by giving advice and pointing me to specific policies. I've been impressed with his dedication to Misplaced Pages and learned a LOT from the way he handled the major rewrite of ] -- an article that had long been contentious and had serious violations of WP:NOR. ] 21:00, 10 September 2007 (UTC)


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Dreadstar

Voice your opinion (talk page) (12/0/0); Scheduled to end 18:45, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Dreadstar (talk · contribs) - It is my pleasure to nominate Dreadstar for adminship. He's been my admin coachee for about two months. We've communicated quite a bit over email and on-wiki, and I am confident that Dreadstar is ready for adminship. He has been active since September 2005. (He had 2 periods of inactivity due to being hospitalized.) He has over 16,000 edits (for those who count), has started a number of articles (1, 2, 3, 4, more) and contributed heavily to others (1, 2, 3, among others).

Dreadstar is a friendly and enthusiastic editor. He's not afraid to get involved in contentious articles and policy discussions, and is dedicated to resolving conflicts. He recently contributed to a successful consensus decision at What the Bleep Do We Know!? (see ), and worked on resolving conflicts at Holocaust () and Battle of Washita River (). He has experience vandal fighting (with VandalProof), is active in policy discussion (WP:OR especially), and has participated in AfD discussions (1, 2). I've never seen Dreadstar be less than civil or friendly. He's been active for about two years, and still has energy to engage contentious articles like Psychic, Holocaust, and various parapsychology-related articles. He can only be more productive with the tools. In sum, Dreadstar has the experience and the temperament to be a great admin. --Fang Aili 02:19, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Co-nom by Phaedriel: It's difficult to ask more in a candidate that what can Dreadstar offer. Some time ago, I was lucky to meet him during the dispute surrounding Battle of Washita River, where his thoughtful, kind approach impressed me deeply. The consistent coaching by Fang Aili's (which I have witnessed) has added to a keen knowledge and understanding of policy. Hardly anything to add to the excellent resume that has been accurately outlined above, other than denoting that the Dreadstar is unfailingly kind, helpful, courteous and hard working, and I can personally attest for each of these qualities. It is with pleasure that I present him to you, knowing that, in him, the mop will be in extremely worthy hands. Phaedriel - 05:36, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Co-nom by Anonymous Dissident: - Dreadstar is a very diligent editor and vandal fighter, who has made over 16100 edits overall, 8000 odd of which are to the mainspace. He is a friendly and civil editor, two qualities which are essential in admins. All in all, Dreadstar comprises prime administrator material, and I hope that the Misplaced Pages community shares this view. -- Anonymous Dissident 06:16, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept. Dreadstar † 18:45, 10 September 2007 (UTC)


Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages 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: Blocking persistent vandals, protecting pages being vandalized, and deleting inappropriate pages that vandals have created would be a welcome enhancement to my current set of anti-vandalism tools (VP). As my nominator points out, I have stepped in on several occasions to stop edit warring disputes and bring the warring parties to the negotiation table, and I would like the ability to protect pages and to block 3RR or WP:NPA violators in disputes where I am not involved either as a disputant or a mediator. I would not use my admin privileges in disputes that I am involved with, I would instead seek a neutral admin’s assistance. I would also like to help clear any backlogs of pages or images to delete, such as orphaned, duplicate or copyright-issue images.
2. What are your best contributions to Misplaced Pages, and why?
A: My best contributions to Misplaced Pages have been my anti-vandalism efforts, the several mediations I’ve handled, and general wikignome activities of fixing things, such as adding appropriate sections, repairing bad links, doing dabs. There are also several articles that I’m proud to have created, such as Charles Banks Wilson.
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: I haven’t been stressed by my participation in Misplaced Pages, although I have been a party to some intense discussions and disagreements. My very first experience discussing a subject on Misplaced Pages was in a highly contentious article, and I have always remained civil and explained my view. I’m not proud of one or two short instances of edit-warring I've been involved in, but I learned a lot from those incidents and instantly regretted my participation in them. When conflicts arise, I step back and try to never answer with anger or frustration. I keep all personal comments out, relying on application of Misplaced Pages policies and guidelines. I follow the dispute resolution process and have had great success in focusing on the core issues of a dispute, getting a third-opinion, taking straw polls and gaining consensus. This is by far the most satisfying and successful method of dealing with disputes. Edit-warring is unproductive and scares off contributors, damages the article in dispute, and gets nowhere. Better to have the article protected, and discuss.
My real-life job is in management; managing people, problems, clients and upper management, so I'm very used to keeping a level head at all times. I think my RL experience has translated well into my Misplaced Pages editing, and I'm always looking to better myself. Helping others is a huge part of my job, and I find it to be a very satisfying thing to do...and it's the same here! I enjoy helping other editors.

Question from User:rspeer

4. As you may see from WT:RFA, I am concerned about the growing problem of edit count inflation. Be honest: what techniques do you use to accumulate such a large number of edits? Would you do anything differently if you were not running for adminship? What kinds of edits do you make that require stopping to think about things? rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 20:22, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
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General comments

Please keep criticism constructive and polite. Remain civil at all times. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Dreadstar before commenting.

Discussion

Support

  1. Support as nominator. --Fang Aili 02:21, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  2. Support as co-nom. -- Anonymous Dissident 06:30, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  3. SupportSeems like a great editor.Rlevse 18:50, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  4. Support See no reason to oppose. LaraLove♥ 19:00, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  5. Support with enthusiasm. Dreadstar gave us a big assist at Talk:Battle of Washita River by setting up straw polling in our article RfC, which helped enormously towards us developing a consensus & putting an end to a lengthy period of full protection on the article due to edit warring. I was too overwhelmed at the time by all the problems we'd had with that article to figure out how to do a good straw poll, or even to realize that was what we needed, so it was really a huge help. I've also been witness to Dreadstar's communications with one of the other editors involved in the Washita dispute, whose habitual incivility had already resulted in a user-conduct RfC. Dreadstar has had dealings with this editor at the Washita talk page, at Talk:The Holocaust, & on the user's talk page, maintaining a firm but patient & civil demeanor throughout, despite plenty of provocation from the other user. Dreadstar is very well-suited to taking on the additional responsibilities that come with admin-ship. --Yksin 19:17, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  6. Support Good editor, see no major concerns. Pat 19:24, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  7. Support No doubt he will make a good admin. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 19:32, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  8. Support, per all the reasons stated above, as a proud co-nominator. Phaedriel - 20:00, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  9. Support -- This user will apply the tools intelligently, and appropriately. That's all I ask. --Haemo 20:17, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  10. Support - having become involved in the attempts to unprotect and improve the Battle of Washita River article myself, I can echo Yksin's praises of Dreadstar's conduct, approach, and civility there. Everything I've seen from him makes me confident he has a thorough grasp of WP policies and will apply them fairly and use any new responsibilities wisely. --Miskwito 20:21, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  11. Support You sound familiar. I think we've worked together, and I have no reason to oppose. J-ſtanContribs 20:38, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  12. Support. I was recently just looking around at pages, and I saw his name, was curious, and asked why he was not an admin. Stupid question. Dreamy !$! 20:56, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
  13. Support Dreadstar has often helped me in difficult editing situations by giving advice and pointing me to specific policies. I've been impressed with his dedication to Misplaced Pages and learned a LOT from the way he handled the major rewrite of What the Bleep -- an article that had long been contentious and had serious violations of WP:NOR. TimidGuy 21:00, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral