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Tomf688

Requests_for_adminship/Tomf688|action=edit}} Vote here (13/0/0) ending 00:05 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Tomf688 (talk · contribs) – Tomf688 has been with us for over a year and has over 9,000 edits to his credit. He has made many quality contributions to articles about political figures and events and more recently to articles involving hurricanes and related areas. A strong proponent of Neutral point of view and Civility it is my pleasure to nominate this fine contributor. MONGO 11:53, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
I accept, and thank you for the nomination. --tomf688 21:45, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Support

  1. Support as nominator MONGO 00:02, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
  2. Support per nomination. -- NSLE (Communicate!) 00:12, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
  3. Support will make an excellent admin --Rogerd 01:13, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
  4. Support, this user has left me with a good impression every time I've encountered him. Just venture a little bit more into the Misplaced Pages namespace every once in a while. Titoxd 01:21, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
  5. Support plenty of experience, went through his archives and cant find any scandals. freestylefrappe 03:43, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
  6. Support 9000 edits in a year is most impressive. Banes 07:12, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
  7. Support as per nom. Dlyons493 Talk 14:40, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
  8. Yes ≈ jossi fresco ≈ t • @ 15:08, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
  9. Merovingian (t) (c) (e) 15:42, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
  10. Support. Shauri smile! 00:42, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
  11. Oran e (t) (c) (@) 04:49, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
  12. Support. I have ran into him before, and in each case he was either reverting vandals, making good edits, or engaging in civil discourse.Voice of All 05:00, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
  13. FireFox 13:05, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
  14. Support. BazookaJoe 16:16, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
  15. Support although I don't know 'em. V/M
    19:40, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
  16. That's hot. Mike H (Talking is hot) 21:01, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. --Boothy443 | comhrá 21:06, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

  1. Sorry, but the 160 edits in the Misplaced Pages namespace is way too low for me because it shows that you have not been very active in the various janitorial and procedural tasks. I would like to see more participation on AFD, TFD, CFD, HD, VP, PR, FAC, or any other tasks listed on Misplaced Pages:Maintenance. I would be more comfortable if you have more proof that you are well versed on all of the policies and guidelines before handing a mop to you. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 06:05, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
An admin has many duties obviously, but vandalism is a major problem and, if made an admin, I would spend more time RC and Random Page patrolling with the additional rollback and blocking functions that would be made available for use.
As for being involved in Wiki procedure and politics, this nomination has alerted me to the fact that, even though I have nearly 10,000 edits, I only have 160 involving the Misplaced Pages namespace. I will seek to improve my involvement in these areas even if I am nominated (even if this nomination should fail, I will still improve myself in this area).
2. Of your articles or contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
Specifically, I've contributed a large amount to many articles relating to Maryland politicians, and politicians in general, an accomplishment which I hold in high regard. I've filled in a large portion of recent governors on the List of Governors of Maryland page, and have added fuller articles for several. The same goes for senators, representatives, and other politicians from Maryland (see my user page for a fuller list). I've also endeavored to add images to Misplaced Pages and the Wikimedia Commons, and have uploaded over 200 to the Commons alone, mostly from Government sources or of which are from the Library of Congress or other similar sources.
In general, I've done a fair amount of random article searching. I also do RC patrol, but not a great deal as of late, mostly since I have been working on specific objectives (scouring the Library of Congress webpage for images, writing longer articles, keeping up on the recent hurricanes, recategorizing the U.S. Senators and Congressmen, etc.), and have not had time. Also, Misplaced Pages has been quite slow recently, and, since reverting an edit manually requires quite a few clicks, it can be a very slow and frustrating process. I will, of course, budget a much larger amount of time towards RC patrol and Random paging if made an admin, since the functions will be easier to perform.
As for contributing to other users, I will continue to provide as much assistance as is reasonable to anyone who comes asking for help on my talk page.
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?
I try to avoid conflict if possible, not by burying my head in the sand or by running away from it, but by staying calm and trying to present my arguments in a reasonable manner. I will admit, though, that the pages I mostly concentrate my editting on aren't exactly consisting of controversial material, so when I deal with other users it is mostly in a good-natured environment.