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CorbinSimpson

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CorbinSimpson (talk · contribs) – I nominate CorbinSimpson. General Eisenhower • (at war or at peace) 20:56, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: With the community's permission, I accept this nomination. Corbin Simpson 05:38, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Support

1. Support Though number of edits isn't the highest, contributions are weighty and quality. The editor also respects other's opinions, as shown by his willingness to kill his old, psychedelic signature to make way for a simpler one due to concerns raised by other editors; question answers are well written; and again, number of edits doesn't matter that much, as it is the contributions themselves and their quality that makes a difference. Mopper 05:44, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Weak oppose The only thing I have a problem with right now is the relatively low editcount (about 1400). However, the contributions are really good. If you ever get nominated again down the road, I'm likely to support your RfA. --→Buchanan-Hermit™..Talk to Big Brother 06:13, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
2. Strong Oppose I'll try my best to avoid the glaring lack of edits; I won't oppose you on those grounds (although I'm so tempted to). However, you admit in your answers that not really a big writer. I see many of your edits in the past month are to similar articles - on Japanese characters. I'd prefer to see more involvement in articles. I'm especially curious about this edit summary and this edit summary (unnecessary cursing) as well as this edit summary (I have no idea what it's supposed to mean). I also think you need to calm down here. You say in your answers that I suppose what I'm trying to say is that I will never use blocking, rollbacks, insults, threats, rough language, or incivilities when talking to anybody, be it IP, user, administrator, or bureaucrat. I'm not getting that impression. If I ever do, I will have violated the ideal of decency and etiquette which holds this place together. Exactly. I'd like to be available to users to perform conflict resolution expediently and calmly, Again, I'm not getting that impression. This seems to indicate that you have the tendency to lose your cool at times. We are all human, and that is understandable, but admins need to be able to count to ten before saying something they'll later regret. On top of that, this could be construed as vote stacking and you say that you'll participate in blocking and unblocking, but I don't see much current involvement in reverting vandalism and, especially, providing warnings to vandals. joturner 06:19, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments

• See CorbinSimpson's edit summary usage with Mathbot's tool.
• CorbinSimpson's edit count, retrieved from Interiot's internal counter;

Username	CorbinSimpson
Total edits	1426
Distinct pages edited	841
Average edits/page	1.696
First edit	02:25, 16 December 2005
(main)	739
Talk	98
User	91
User talk	201
Image	69
Template	8
Category	3
Category talk	2
Misplaced Pages	208
Misplaced Pages talk	7

Questions for the candidate
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages in this capacity. Please take the time to answer a few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Misplaced Pages backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.

A: I suppose it's unavoidable to assume that a good amount of time will be spent blocking and unblocking. I'd like to be available to users to perform conflict resolution expediently and calmly, and I also want to get more involved with the deletion process. I'd like to think that I have a neutral view of policy and that my interpretation of it is consistent with consensus, and that I could be a great help on clearing backlogs, specifically those which do not require new content. In essence, administrative powers are useful only for a small bit of daily life here, and they are restricted heavily by policy. As recepient of those powers, I would be obligated to carry out the duties placed upon me by the community.

2. Of your articles or contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A: Hmm. That's a good question. I'm not really a big writer. I've done stubs for the 1911 project, added a few infoboxes for a few different projects, tagged images, and cleared the backlog for kana articles. I'm very active fixing grammar, and have cleaned up a few articles here and there. I've also evaluated a few Good Article nominations. To be honest, I'm sort of surprised that I have as many edits as I do now — I tend to focus on making quality edits, rather than making dozens of small minor edits which do next to nothing for the encyclopedia.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

A: I have never been in any personal conflicts, or at least no problems which I consider uniquely mine. However, I have seen personal attacks, legal threats, all kinds of civility violations, and misuse of paralanguage. I've seen people banned right before my eyes. I've learned that the correct way to deal with any conflict is by discussion. Most editors are willing to calm down and talk about any edits or problems. My personal guideline is to watch paralanguage closely and assume good faith as much as possible. After all, people tend to type just as they speak, and I think we've all said stuff we don't mean.

I suppose what I'm trying to say is that I will never use blocking, rollbacks, insults, threats, rough language, or incivilities when talking to anybody, be it IP, user, administrator, or bureaucrat. If I ever do, I will have violated the ideal of decency and etiquette which holds this place together.

Oh, and I tend not to get very much Wikistress. I've been helping other people with problems for a long time, and dealing with stress acquired here is much easier than stress accumulated offline.