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			:'''1.''' What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
			::'''A:''' I would look to be more heavily involved in the areas I am experienced in, at least initially. One area I feel I could add to is the deletion process, especially PROD and AfD, having been long-involved in these. I am familiar with the ], and having nominated a sizeable number of articles for protection I believe I would be capable of administering this. Further, having vast experience in warning users for vandalism I would be able to assist with the ] backlog. In terms of administrator responsibilities relating more to article creation, I would be interested in becoming more involved at ]; having contributed to the project with 28 DYK entries this is an area I have a long-standing interest in.

			:'''2.''' What are your best contributions to Misplaced Pages, and why?
			::'''A:''' I consider myself as having varied areas of interest on Misplaced Pages, contributing not only to content expansion and creation but to more small-scale and mundane activities.

			::In terms of content, I'm proud of the 'featured' and 'good' content I've contributed to, especially the work I've done on ]-related topics. I suppose this is due to my support for this team, with that being the primary reason I decided to start editing here in the first place. In addition to getting content promoted to elevated status, it's a job in itself maintaining this status, with standards having risen considerably over the last six years. Article creation is another area of interest I take pride. I was especially active in this when I was newer and there was a greater number of articles still to be started. I do still create new articles, and when I do I ensure they are well-referenced and meet the relevant notability guidelines.

			::I feel doing the 'little things' is arguably as important as performing large-scale work on specific articles. I have been consistent in dealing with disruptive users, such as out-and-out vandals and those adding unsourced content, which is an important task because it helps keep the encyclopaedia clean, accurate and respectable. Further, I have been active in performing smaller-scale edits on a number of articles, particularly BLPs, helping copy edit, reference and perform other ]-compliant edits.

			:'''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:''' The collaborative nature of a wiki means that disagreements and conflicts are to be expected for most active contributors. As the years have progressed I have become more adept and skilled at dealing with disagreements, and would say I am generally approachable and friendly in my communication with others. Whenever I do find myself in a disagreement with another user, I tend to message them on their talk page about the issue, and if we cannot find common ground I will usually seek independent views at ] to help garner consensus. If I find myself feeling stressed by a conflict I usually take a short break to help clear my head, but with the experience I have in communicating with other users I tend not to become too emotionally affected by disagreements.
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			Even in his quoted response to the standard questions, the candidate has trouble writing standard written English. Most of the sentences have clichés, and nearly all sentences are badly expressed. <small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]]</span></small> 16:56, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

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Traditional encyclopedic content

Let's have a look at page views, comparing Mattythewhite's page with some of Kiefer's, as highlighted by Kraxler.

Mattythewhite - 11,170 for York City F.C.
Kiefer Wolfowitz - total of 3,211 from major thirds tuning (807), Ralph Patt (604), Discipline Global Machine (1,016) and Shapley–Folkman lemma (784).

Make of that what you will, but seems to me that many more readers prefer Mattythewhite's "non-traditional" content to Kiefer Wolfowitz's "traditional" content. Giant Snowman 14:31, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

More persons still suffer from HIV. Quantity, not quality. Kiefer.Wolfowitz 16:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Have you just compared football fans to HIV sufferers?! Giant Snowman 16:02, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Why not read what I wrote? Kiefer.Wolfowitz 16:18, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

No - please clarify what you meant. Giant Snowman 16:23, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the fast answer, Snowman. And I'm amazed: I hadn't been aware that Misplaced Pages seems to be a major source of knowledge for sports fans, although I knew that the sports section is taditionally the most read part of most newspapers... Kraxler (talk) 15:02, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Over half-a-million page views for the Manchester United F.C. article, and I'm sure there are more football articles which are even higher. To basically say that such content is not worthy of an encyclopedia is a great disrespect to the many, many readers who turn to Misplaced Pages for football-related information, as well as the editors who maintain such articles (myself included!) Giant Snowman 15:50, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Why would anybody care about your interests? Kiefer.Wolfowitz 16:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Why are you getting personal? Giant Snowman 16:02, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Bad writing

Quoted for convenient reference
Quotation from other side The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in? A: I would look to be more heavily involved in the areas I am experienced in, at least initially. One area I feel I could add to is the deletion process, especially PROD and AfD, having been long-involved in these. I am familiar with the protection policy, and having nominated a sizeable number of articles for protection I believe I would be capable of administering this. Further, having vast experience in warning users for vandalism I would be able to assist with the WP:AIV backlog. In terms of administrator responsibilities relating more to article creation, I would be interested in becoming more involved at WP:DYK; having contributed to the project with 28 DYK entries this is an area I have a long-standing interest in. 2. What are your best contributions to Misplaced Pages, and why? A: I consider myself as having varied areas of interest on Misplaced Pages, contributing not only to content expansion and creation but to more small-scale and mundane activities. In terms of content, I'm proud of the 'featured' and 'good' content I've contributed to, especially the work I've done on York City F.C.-related topics. I suppose this is due to my support for this team, with that being the primary reason I decided to start editing here in the first place. In addition to getting content promoted to elevated status, it's a job in itself maintaining this status, with standards having risen considerably over the last six years. Article creation is another area of interest I take pride. I was especially active in this when I was newer and there was a greater number of articles still to be started. I do still create new articles, and when I do I ensure they are well-referenced and meet the relevant notability guidelines. I feel doing the 'little things' is arguably as important as performing large-scale work on specific articles. I have been consistent in dealing with disruptive users, such as out-and-out vandals and those adding unsourced content, which is an important task because it helps keep the encyclopaedia clean, accurate and respectable. Further, I have been active in performing smaller-scale edits on a number of articles, particularly BLPs, helping copy edit, reference and perform other WP:MOS-compliant edits. 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: The collaborative nature of a wiki means that disagreements and conflicts are to be expected for most active contributors. As the years have progressed I have become more adept and skilled at dealing with disagreements, and would say I am generally approachable and friendly in my communication with others. Whenever I do find myself in a disagreement with another user, I tend to message them on their talk page about the issue, and if we cannot find common ground I will usually seek independent views at WT:FOOTY to help garner consensus. If I find myself feeling stressed by a conflict I usually take a short break to help clear my head, but with the experience I have in communicating with other users I tend not to become too emotionally affected by disagreements. The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Quoted for convenient reference

Quotation from other side

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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

A: I would look to be more heavily involved in the areas I am experienced in, at least initially. One area I feel I could add to is the deletion process, especially PROD and AfD, having been long-involved in these. I am familiar with the protection policy, and having nominated a sizeable number of articles for protection I believe I would be capable of administering this. Further, having vast experience in warning users for vandalism I would be able to assist with the WP:AIV backlog. In terms of administrator responsibilities relating more to article creation, I would be interested in becoming more involved at WP:DYK; having contributed to the project with 28 DYK entries this is an area I have a long-standing interest in.

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

A: I consider myself as having varied areas of interest on Misplaced Pages, contributing not only to content expansion and creation but to more small-scale and mundane activities.

In terms of content, I'm proud of the 'featured' and 'good' content I've contributed to, especially the work I've done on York City F.C.-related topics. I suppose this is due to my support for this team, with that being the primary reason I decided to start editing here in the first place. In addition to getting content promoted to elevated status, it's a job in itself maintaining this status, with standards having risen considerably over the last six years. Article creation is another area of interest I take pride. I was especially active in this when I was newer and there was a greater number of articles still to be started. I do still create new articles, and when I do I ensure they are well-referenced and meet the relevant notability guidelines.

I feel doing the 'little things' is arguably as important as performing large-scale work on specific articles. I have been consistent in dealing with disruptive users, such as out-and-out vandals and those adding unsourced content, which is an important task because it helps keep the encyclopaedia clean, accurate and respectable. Further, I have been active in performing smaller-scale edits on a number of articles, particularly BLPs, helping copy edit, reference and perform other WP:MOS-compliant edits.

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: The collaborative nature of a wiki means that disagreements and conflicts are to be expected for most active contributors. As the years have progressed I have become more adept and skilled at dealing with disagreements, and would say I am generally approachable and friendly in my communication with others. Whenever I do find myself in a disagreement with another user, I tend to message them on their talk page about the issue, and if we cannot find common ground I will usually seek independent views at WT:FOOTY to help garner consensus. If I find myself feeling stressed by a conflict I usually take a short break to help clear my head, but with the experience I have in communicating with other users I tend not to become too emotionally affected by disagreements.

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Even in his quoted response to the standard questions, the candidate has trouble writing standard written English. Most of the sentences have clichés, and nearly all sentences are badly expressed. Kiefer.Wolfowitz 16:56, 1 June 2013 (UTC)