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Kumioko

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Nomination

Kumioko (talk · contribs) I know that some editors do not like self nominations but I am going to do it anyway. For those that aren't already familiar with me and my edits here is a little bit about myslef and my editing. I started editing June 4, 2007, in April 2008 I made my first try try for adminship and swore I would never do it again. I guess I lied but I did wait 4 years to do it. In June 2010 was the 1st time I made more than 10, 000 edits in a month and the month I made my 100, 000th edit. In December 2010 was the most edits I completed in 1 month (30, 654). In January 2011 - Made my 200, 000th edit and December 5, 2011 I Exceeded 300, 000. I am on pace to hit 400, 000 in about December of January. My primary reason for applying this time is because it seems like requests are taking longer and longer to get filled, more and more experienced admins are leaving or getting banned, and frankly I believe I have been here long enough and have enough experience that at this point there is no reason why I shouldn't be able to edit a protected article or block a persistent vandal. If I could get the tools any other way than enduring the RFA process I would but its currently the only way so if this is what I have to do then so be it.

I had some trouble with my account a few months ago and the admins had to do some magic to fix it so my count won't come out right. In order to get it right you'll have to look at User:Kumioko and User:Kumioko (renamed) both and add the totals up. Here is a link to a page I created August 8th, 2012 that combines them for ease of review. Kumioko (talk) 01:10, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages as an administrator. Please answer these questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?

Over the last few years I have been active in a wide array of things. I can honestly say I would probably do a broad spectrum of tasks but primarily I will probably concentrate on the following things:

1. Helping out with protected edit requests which frequently has a several day to weeks backlog
2. Helping out at the various Village pumps and the Teahouse
3. Working on things like Database reports
4. Work relating to maintaining and improving WikiProject United States and the 93+Projects supported by it and the aricles supported by those projects.

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

There are a couple of things that I am particularly proud of. First I have been active in creating and improving content related to American Medal of Honor recipients. Many of the Featured and Good content I have worked on relates to that and many of the articles I have created also relates to that topic. I also think that the work I have done with rebuilding and maintaining WikiProject United States and the roughly 93 projects it supports has had a huge impact. I have also done a lot of work in standardizing the WikiProject banners and cleaning up the talk pages.

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?

Yes, anyone who says otherwise in Misplaced Pages is probably not telling the whole story or hasn't been here very long. Very few editors or admins make it their entire time in Misplaced Pages without encountering some sort of conflict with another editor. The culture of Misplaced Pages, unfortunately, can be a very hostile place and disagreements are fairly common. This last February I was engaged in a dispute over whether a WikiProject had the right to tell another WikiProject they couldn't tag an article. I argued that one WikiProject did not have the right to tell another they couldn't and that it amounted to article ownership. I reverted a couple of his edits as what I saw as vandalism and submitted the issue to ANI. I was then blocked for edit warring, gpt very angry and did everything to try and appeal it with nothing but frustration in the system to show for it and almost left the pedia over the ordeal.

Additional question from Someguy1221

4. With regard to the village pumps, teahouse, database reports, and WikiProjects that you mention in your answer to Q1; what role do you think you will serve as an administrator that you could not serve as a regular editor?

There are a lot of things that relate to those areas that I cannot currently do. For example, in the Database reports there are a lot of obvious cleanup tasks that warrant speedy deletion but I cannot do it without the tools. Things come up fairly frequently in the Village pumps about protected templates, vandalism or a variety of other things I also cannot do. The tools will allow me to be more productive rather than just be the middle man referring the task out to someone else.Kumioko (talk) 02:19, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Additional question from PumpkinSky

5. You've been around a long time. How effective do you feel the socking and disruptive user polices are in regards to users who keep getting blocked/banned/etc but yet keep coming back and do you think those policies should be changed? If so, changed how?

Frankly I think both those policies could use some review but not everyone probably thinks that I don't think either are particularly effective. In fact I think in many respects they aggravate the problem more than relieve it. I think that a lot of users have tried to make an honest return but then their labelled as socks and in my opinion, often times, that just causes them to start hating the pedia and turn into a vandal or Puppet master for real since they are being blamed for it. I do also think that there are a lot of "disruptive edits" that are more a matter of opinion than disruptive. All too often I see people side with their friend than do the right thing. I really don't know how to change it, but I do know that they need to be reviewed.Kumioko (talk) 02:19, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Additional question from Atama

6. I appreciate your candor in mentioning the incident in February that led to your block, it would have come up anyway I'm sure and self-disclosure means you aren't hiding it. Some (including myself) might consider your behavior leading up to the block, and reaction to the block, to be unbecoming of an administrator. What are your feelings on that subject, would you have behaved differently if that event happened now, and why would you behave differently now (aside from wanting to avoid a block)?

Additional question from Dennis Brown

7. I've just handed you a magic wand but it is only good for one trick. What aspect or area of Misplaced Pages do you use it on?

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General comments

• Links for Kumioko: Kumioko (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi) + Kumioko (renamed) (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
• Edit summary usage for Kumioko can be found here & here.

Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review their contributions before commenting.

Discussion

Support

1. He's right ... he's had a huge impact, and that more than compensates IMO for the occasional rough sailing. I've always been a fan of his work. - Dank (push to talk) 02:12, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
2. Strong Support. I don't see this passing in the slightest, but Kumi's someone who has had to fight uphill to get basic respect for a good chunk of his wiki-career, and the fact that he's still here after what he's been through says a lot. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 02:20, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

1. Moral support. Kumioko obviously cares a great deal about this project. I hope that whatever happens in this RfA, he will stick around and keep contributing productively, because Misplaced Pages needs people with his passion. 28bytes (talk) 02:32, 9 August 2012 (UTC)