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Dravecky

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Dravecky (talk · contribs) – Since joining Misplaced Pages in June of 2007, Dravecky has been a prolific editor. In his first 3 weeks he made over 500 edits to over 20 articles and images. Since becoming an editor he has made well over 30,000 edits scattered over more than 23,000 pages, ranking in the top 400 human editors by edit count. While the vast majority of his edits are in the main article space, he has over over 3700 in article-talk, almost 2000 in template, and almost 1000 each in user-talk, wikipedia, and image. In other words, he gets around. He's also created over 700 new pages and uploaded over 400 images, mostly radio-related but he covers some other topics as well. His contributions are appreciated by other editors, he's racked up over a dozen awards during his tenure, mostly for radio station work and general cleanup work.

Before opening this nomination, I asked him two questions, both of which he answered "yes" to:

• Would having administrator tools help you improve Misplaced Pages/If you were an administrator would your contribution to Misplaced Pages be better than it is now?
• Do you want to be an administrator?
  

davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 20:17, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Co-nomination from Pedro.

Well, this is an interesting one! I'm nominating becasue User:Davidwr came to my talk a few days ago with a question regarding co-noms. David was concerned about having an administrator as a nominator as well. Having reviewed the candidate I'm suprised that no-one has noticed his need for the sysop bit before.

David has called out the key elements above, so I'll be briefer than normal - however some headlines;

• Numerous requests for moves - Dravecky could really use the ability to move over redirects
• Lots of image work - again an area where the tools can really help
• Expansive and significant article creation
• I noted some deleted edits that indicate sound knowledge of C:CSD both on when to delete and when to decline
• All the housekeeping seems in check - clean block log, sensible signature and user page, use of edit summary, civil manner, no silly user boxes etc.

All, we've got a massively dedicated Wikipedian who could use the bit whilst creating content. Let's not worry about sufficent vandal fighting, AFD input or clerking at WP:RM here - this guy needs the tools to speed up his editing and make it more effective - they very reason adminship is not a big deal. A net positive for the project awaits us here and I hope the community are in agreement with this. Pedro :  Chat  20:22, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

I humbly and gratefully accept the nominations from Davidwr and Pedro. - Dravecky (talk) 22:20, 24 November 2008 (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 administrative work do you intend to take part in?

A: Initially, I plan to work in the glamorous field of uncontroversial page moves, articles for speedy deletion, and some of the other areas of wiki-plumbing work that I see getting backed up. I have no grand ambitions to specialize in one specific area of the project, preferring to help out wherever I am needed most at that time.

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

A: My primary article creation and improvement focus has been in Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Radio Stations where I have created quite a large number of new articles and improved and expanded many more. I've also enjoyed performing article rescue and expansion on not just radio articles but other diverse subjects (Century Mall, Brian Plante, Heart of Huntsville Mall, Valley View Center). I've also done a lot of work properly categorizing and adding correct stub tags to articles across the range of subjects, helped create and maintain portions of the radio branches of categories and stubs, and generally sought to harmonize naming in all areas of the encyclopedia.

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 have brushed up against other editors on rare occasion over the last 18 months (most recently User:Lightmouse) but I've largely avoided escalating conflicts by keeping personality out of things and trying to stick to policy and precedent. I've found that on Misplaced Pages, as in real life, calmly discussing your actions and intentions almost always leads to resolution and progress. One user I've interacted with recently, JoeCool950, recently came in bold and wild but after we talked and I was able to explain why certain edits were made the way they were, he has become a productive and useful contributor to the encyclopedia. (I think my most recent talk page archive tells that tale effectively.)

Additional "question" from Davidwr

4. Related to question 1 and the question I asked before nominating you, how would granting you the tools improve your contribution to Misplaced Pages? Would having access to the tools distract you from editing? Would your time be better spent doing administrative or non-administrative work?

A: Having the administrator tools would allow me to complete uncontroversial moves and other simple tasks without having to pile more on the already overloaded plates of the admins currently doing this sort of plumbing work. In addition, it would allow me to take on some of the plumbing work myself. I don't foresee admin tasks cutting too much into my article work as I'm already doing a lot of the non-admin plumbing stuff like stub sorting, speedy deletion review, and such so I've already learned how to achieve a balance. If I find myself swamped, I know there are people and resources I can turn to for help and guidance as well.

Additional question from DDStretch (talk)

5 If there was one thing you could change about wikipedia (a new policy, or a new guideline, or something else entirely, for instance), what would it be, and why?

General comments

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

• Links for Dravecky: Dravecky (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/Dravecky before commenting.

Discussion

• Declaring conflict of interest: As the original nominator it would be both redundant and stacking the deck to declare support. So let's just say I agree with User:Pedro. I trust my !vote won't be needed, if I thought it would be that close I would not have nominated him. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 22:49, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
  • David - it's not a conflict to add your support below - however the closing 'crat will note it of course. Pedro :  Chat  22:52, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Support

1. Beat the nom support - Yes, yes, yes! (2nd BTN in a row)! ;) iMatthew 22:35, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

   But: are you actually looking at the candidates? Garden. 22:37, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

   Ha, of course! I've seen Dravecky around before. Is just happy getting two in a row! iMatthew 22:38, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

2. Absolutely. Garden. 22:36, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
3. Support before the nom's, go me. Seems an excellent editor. Ironholds (talk) 22:35, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
4. Strong Support Per high quality nominations by Davidwr and Pedro :) Pedro :  Chat  22:40, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
5. Support, Pedro basically got it all. This guy knows what he's doing and definitely appears to have the project's best interests in mind here. No concerns. ~ mazca 22:48, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
6. Strong Support In my browsing around wikipedia, I have read many of this candidate's messages and contributions even though I have never interacted with him. I think Dravecky would make an excellent and mature administrator. This is because his extensive quality content contributions means that a firm foundation in the work which is our main reason for being here will almost certainly be maintained. Thus, I trust him with the tools.  DDStretch  (talk) 22:53, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
7. Support. Almost the perfect candidate IMO. No time wasted in the sloughs of despond, obviously dedicated to improving the encyclopedia. --Malleus Fatuorum 23:21, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral