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AdjustShift

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Nomination

AdjustShift (talk · contribs) – Hello all. I've been a user of Misplaced Pages since August 2008. I'm applying for adminship because I believe I'll be able to serve WP better with the extra buttons. If the community grants me the tools, I will use them for the betterment of WP. In advance, I would like to thank the community for any input and I will endeavor to use it to ameliorate my contributions to WP. AdjustShift (talk) 20:04, 4 April 2009 (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: If granted adminship, I would initially be working on WP:AIV. I'll analyze reports at WP:AIV, and warning or block vandals. I've got around 70 edits to AIV, and most of them have resulted in a block. Because of my experience at AIV, I can analyze reports better. New editors can occasionally make unhelpful, but well-intended edits. In such cases, I'll not block them.

I'll work at WP:AN and WP:ANI. I'll analyze the reports presented by editors, and try to resolve problems. I believe admins who participate at ANI should be able to calm the situation rather than inflame it.

I'll close AFDs. As a new admin, I'll not close contentious AFDs. I believe one needs more experience as an admin to close contentious AfDs and DRVs.

I would also like to expand my focus into areas such as investigating sockpuppetry.

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

A: I've contributed to a number of articles related to International Relations, politics and history. I collaborated with Kresock on a number of bios of the American Civil War generals and we brought four bios of the Civil War generals to B-Class: Robert Alexander Cameron, Charles Thomas Campbell, George Henry Chapman, and Robert Alexander Cameron. I've written/expanded 29 DYK articles. Some of my DYK articles include Baseball Before We Knew It, Louis Réard, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Egypt), Petrus Johannes Waardenburg, Marc Feldmann, Science and technology in Mexico, and Roy Franklin Nichols. I also started List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates, which was brought to FL by Scorpion0422. I played a part to meliorate the list.

I've participated in vandal-fighting. I've about 70 edits to AIV, and most of them have resulted in a block. I've also participated at AN and ANI.

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've been in some conflicts in the past. List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates was promoted to FL. I started the list, and I felt that I should have been notified about the FL nomination. I started the FLRC, and asked the list to be delisted as a featured list immediately. It was my blunder. I should have been more collaborative. In the end, I found the input of Dabomb87 useful. I learned that one should be more collaborative and work with fellow editors to get desired results. In February 2009, I made a blunder by nominating a list for FL without consulting its primary contributor. I apologized to Abraham, B.S. and he accepted my apology. I have made some minor mistakes here and there, but I believe I have learned from them. In the end, it is important to keep your head cool. To avoid needless conflicts, one has to keep a cool head, remain civil, and communicate effectively with fellow editors.

Additional Question from Pedro

4. What are your thoughts on using Internet Relay Chat as a method of discussing actions that will or will not be taken on Misplaced Pages? What, if any, are the advantages or disadvantages?

A. I strongly believe that whatever happens on wiki should stay on wiki. I'll never use Internet Relay Chat to talk with any WP editors. Personally, I will not advocate the use of IRC as a method of discussing actions that will or will not be taken on WP.

Additional Question from Looie496

5. A major focus of your contribs is September 11 attacks and several related articles. Do you not consider your work there among your best contributions?

A. September 11 attacks was already a good article before I started editing. Some of my edits to the 9/11 article are minor edits. It would be unethical for me to take credit for it. Aude, MONGO, and Tom harrison are the main contributors.

Additional questions from Letsdrinktea

6. A user applies for rollback. They have a history of disruptive editing and edit warring, but you side with him and you don't think it would be a problem. Would you grant or deny their request?

A. I'll never side with a user who has a history of disruptive editing and edit warring. People who engage in disruptive behavior shouldn't be given rollback rights. WP editors should treat each other as colleagues, rather than friends or enemies. If someone I know engages in disruptive editing/edit warring, as a colleague, I'll ask him to stop his disruptive behavior.

Additonal question from  Marlith (Talk) 

7. What would you like to see Misplaced Pages grow into in a year?

A. I would like to see WP becoming a more reliable source of information. We have articles ranging from popular culture to academic disciplines. I would like to see an improvement in the coverage of history-related and International Relations-related articles.

Additional questions from Jennavecia

8a. What is your view of the current BLP situation? Do you believe there is a problem or do you believe that we are doing a sufficient job in maintaining our BLPs and protecting the subjects of them? If the former, please explain how significant you feel the problem is.

A: There is obviously a problem with the current BLP situation. English Misplaced Pages is a top website. When people search something on Google, they will get a Misplaced Pages reference near the top of the page. The information we publish about living individuals can affect their lives. False information about living individuals can damage their lives. Thus it is important for us to publish accurate information about living people. Because of the open nature of en-wiki, it is possible for people to add false or negative information about famous people they don't like. The bios of famous people (such as Brad Pitt) are patrolled by many editors and false or negative information added to these bios will be quickly reverted. But, the bios of lesser famous people (such as Greta Van Susteren) are poorly patrolled. It is possible for people to add false or negative information on the bios of lesser famous people and it can stick around for hours or even days. These things also damage the credibility of en-wiki. I strongly believe that we should do something to protect the bios of living people.

8b. What is your stance on each of the following for BLPs?

1. Flagged revisions

2. Flagged protection and patrolled revisions

3. Semi-protection (liberal use or protection for all)

A: I like the idea of Flagged revisions. I don't think it will harm the IP editors or new users. They can get permission from the regulars. Some have said it is not compatible with "the 💕 that anyone can edit", but we ban/block disruptive editors. The current BLP situation is problematic. People can add false and negative information about people they don't like. People's real lives are important. Accurate bios of living people will enhance the credibility of WP. I supported the idea of the Flagged protection and patrolled revisions proposed trial. I believe it can reduce the number of BLP violations. Although I think we should use semi-protection more for the bios of living people, I don't think we should semi-protect all bios of living people. Some IPs and new editors do make positive contributions to the bios of living people.

Optional questions from Dylan (chat, work, ping, sign)

9. What is the difference between a block and a ban? In your own words, please, no cut-and-pasting.

A. A block is a way of technically preventing editors from damaging and disrupting WP. It is preventative, not punitive. An editor can be blocked for breaking 3RR, vandalism, etc. A ban is a formal removal of an editor's right to edit all or part of WP. It is a social construct and a banned editor must not edit WP, until the ban is lifted. An editor can get banned by the WP community, the Arbitration Committee, the Wikimedia Foundation, and Jimbo Wales. An indef block is not banning. It may or may not be permanent. It can evolve into a ban if no admin is willing to unblock the editor.

10. This is normally Xeno's RfA question, but I like it, too. As an administrator, you will come across some extremely vulgar language and often come under attack for your actions. You will most likely have to deal with some fairly troublesome users. The users you block will sometimes ask to be unblocked. Please review the very NSFW scenario outlined at User:Xeno/RFAQ and describe how you would respond to the IP's request to be unblocked.

A. In this case, I was the one who blocked the IP. So, I shouldn't be assessing the unblock request. I will wait for another admin to look at the unblock request. Having said that, I don't think the IP should be unblocked. The editor vandalized the article several times, despite repeated warnings. Even after the block, the editor doesn't seem to learn anything. One week is not a very long time, so if another admin consults me, I would advise him not to unblock or reduce the block length.

General comments

• Links for AdjustShift: AdjustShift (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
• Edit summary usage for AdjustShift can be found here.
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Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/AdjustShift before commenting.

Discussion

• Editing stats posted at the talk page. –Juliancolton |  04:57, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Support

1. No reason why not. :) Meetare Shappy 20:18, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
2. Support — Jake Wartenberg 20:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
3. Support Looks like he can be trusted. GT5162 20:21, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
4. --Giants27 /C 20:26, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
5. Support Nothing I can see. America69 (talk) 20:39, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
6. Support. Excellent editor. --Carioca (talk) 22:13, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
7. Support Erik9 (talk) 22:37, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
8. Support No problems here. Good luck! Pastor Theo (talk) 22:48, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
9. Support While your answer to the first question is a little cookie-cutter-ish, I don't see anything in your contributions or talk page history that concerns me. Good luck! faithless () 22:56, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
10. Support Why not? - Fastily (talk) 00:11, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
11. Support. Good, balanced editor who will do well with the tools from what I can see. Eight months is plenty long in my opinion. Best of luck, Malinaccier (talk) 00:57, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
12. Support No reason to oppose. Good work, Aaroncrick 01:03, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
13. Support All's well with your contributions. Sure, you don't post a hundred times a day, but the quality of your work is stellar. ThemFromSpace 01:23, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
14. Support I randomly spotchecked some of your edits (particularly articles created), and all I can say is, wow! Ray 01:41, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
15. Does good work, no reason to believe he'd abuse the tools. –Juliancolton |  01:54, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
16. Strong support Wizardman 02:48, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
17. Strong support high activity in admin related fields like AIV and ANI. Also comes with mainspace contribs. Yay!  Marlith (Talk)  03:14, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
18. Support- a lot of good work in article writing, and in admin related areas, makes me very confident that you'll be a good admin. Reyk _YO! 03:22, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
19. This is an obvious one. AdjustShift will be an excellent administrator. Master&Expert (Talk) 04:41, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
20. Article work is exemplary. I'm very impressed with their multiple DYKs, along with the numerous other article contributions. Vandal work seems OK, but does not base their contribs on it. I have confidence that AdjustShift will be a good admin. Xclamation point 04:53, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
21. Ice Cold Beer (talk) 05:25, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
22. Support Too many administrators, currently :) No seriously, I'm very impressed by your article building, would love to see some more vandal fighting but that being said, an asset to the community. Cheers! -Senseless!... says you, says me 06:17, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
23. Support Not enough administrators currently. And a good user, too. --Dylan (chat, work, ping, sign) 12:57, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
24. Support Good answers to questions —LetsdrinkTea 15:07, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
25. Support Trustworthy, head appears to be screwed on the correct way. Nick (talk) 17:29, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
26. Support Will handle the tools well. Timmeh! 18:00, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
27. Support Looks good to me. hmwithτ 20:47, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
28. Support - Hell yes, good contributor, has clue, good temperament. :) — neuro 20:49, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
29. With pleasure, and thanks for responding to my Q4. Pedro :  Chat  21:54, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
30. Support - good article work and a calm, rational approach to some controversial topics. Looks fine to me. Euryalus (talk) 23:04, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose Too many administrators currently. Also user has been here less than a year. DougsTech (talk) 01:03, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Response: But how is that a reason to oppose? More admins would add more opinions to the discussion, thus, adding a greater range of points of view to discussions. In addition, this user has shown great devotion to helping out the project, with many many edits in a short range of time. I myself have been here for two and a half years and still feel that this user can do an exellent job.  Marlith (Talk)  03:13, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Please just ignore him LetsdrinkTea 03:17, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Ditto, LDT; all others please read this before adding any further discussion.--It's me...Sallicio! 03:21, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

And let's not forget this, which applies equally well.  Frank  |  talk  23:31, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

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Neutral

1. Neutral, Leaning Support Although you have done lots of great for Misplaced Pages, I feel you would be more qualified with more experience in other areas. -download | sign! 20:19, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

   Could you be a bit more specific please, Download? I am a little confused by what you found missing in the candidate. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 20:23, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

   Having registered this account only 8 months ago, I feel it could do with more experience. Looking at AdjustShift's talk page, I also see minimal activity but good collaboration. After seeing a few answers to questions, I'd be glad to change to support. -download | sign! 20:29, 4 April 2009 (UTC)