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Pschemp

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Pschemp (talk · contribs) – Pschemp is one of the most levelheaded and well rounded editors that I've come across. She's been with us since September 2004 and has since made over 8000 contributions in various namespaces. She has created and expanded various articles, but has also proven to be able to handle conflicts and mediate between other users involved in a dispute. As she does quite a lot of tasks for which the admin buttons would be more than welcome, I'd like to nominate her for adminship. JoanneB 21:52, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

I join JoanneB in nominating pschemp for adminship. This understated editor contributes over a vast area of the wiki from copyediting articles found by using the 'random article feature', participating in debates on talk and featured articles, the list goes on, enough already, it's time for the mop. --Alf 21:53, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:I humbly accept. pschemp | talk 22:37, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Support

1. Strong support, of course! --JoanneB 21:54, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
2. Strong support, naturally! --Alf 22:34, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
3. Strong support As one of her admin coaches, I think I should be supporting eh? This user has a firm grasp on understanding policy, and she knows when to apply it. That is a major plus for all admins. I know from experience that she is incredibly patient when dealing with situations that get heated. Also she is one of those users who contributes to the encyclopedia, which is what this is all about. KnowledgeOfSelf 22:43, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
4. Strong support Per all of the above. --Shanel 22:49, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
5. Extreme "Absolutely green wellie wollies fantasmogorical" support - so there Pschemp! Take that! Pow! --Celestianpower 22:51, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
6. Support. I was actually thinking about nominating as soon as I got a nap in. That could have been a while, judging by my edit patterns. — Apr. 2, '06 <freakofnur_xture|talk>
7. That's hot. Mike H. That's hot 23:17, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
8. --Jaranda 23:25, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
9. Flcelloguy (A note?) 23:27, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
10. Support - hardworking editor abakharev 23:28, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
11. Strong Support. Of course. One of our elite so far this year. Her February activity level is easily in the top twenty of all time. She's been around for a long time (edit count does NOT reflect reading and learning counts). Support all the way. — Deckiller 23:29, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
12. Support Her conduct thus far does seem indicative of a potentially good admin. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 00:00, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
13. Support. JoshuaZ 00:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
14. Strongest support possible.--Sean Black 00:12, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
15. Support, makes sense. Flowerparty■ 00:24, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
16. I seriously thought she was one already. Seriously. Extremely strong Support... she's going to rock. ++Lar: t/c 00:44, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Reluctant oppose. Despite a phenomenal level of activity in recent months, she has only been participating seriously in Misplaced Pages for three months, which does not seem like enough time to become an administrator, high edit quality or not. Furthermore, her Misplaced Pages space edits are low for such a prolific editor. I would be willing to support in a month or two. —Cuiviénen, Sunday, 2 April 2006 @ 23:04 (UTC)
2. Oppose. Excellent candidate. Keep this up for a few more months, and I will be happy to support your RfA. Covington 23:52, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments

• Edit summary usage: 100% for major edits and 100% for minor edits. Based on the last 150 major and 150 minor edits in the article namespace. Mathbot 23:00, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
• See Pschemp's edit count and contribution tree with Interiot's tool.

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've already been closing keep afd's under the tuteledge of KnowledgeOfSelf and look forward to expanding my involvement there. Additionally, I do a lot of organizing of categories and renaming of articles where admin options would make the work I do infinitely easier. I don't want to leave one thing done in a list of 400, so currently; I go and annoy other admins. I'm also working as a mediator, and would like to join the Medcom full time, however they also prefer admins for members. Titoxd has also been my admin coach and I am eager to help with any backlogged area. I particularly enjoy being a neutral voice in disputes, working towards solutions and the tools would again be helpful there. Certainly I also fight vandalism when I run across it, but it is not my main focus. I suspect that would increase should my array of available tools increase.

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

A: I am particularly proud of Fiberglass which is a Good Article. I am working on moving that to a Featured Article currently. I have a number of other articles I have written listed on my userpage. The next one I am the most proud of is Permanent wave because it is in an area (girl stuff) not favoured or heavily edited by the average Misplaced Pages demographic. This was a poor little stub that I've expanded and referenced extensively and I also often contribute in areas that involve women and arts and crafts in my own effort to counter systemic bias on Misplaced Pages. Third, I am proud of my work on the case where I am the mediator, it is moving along to a civilized conclusion and I feel it will have a positive outcome.

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:When I first came to Misplaced Pages, I got involved in a very nasty discussion. It wasn't an edit war as we didn't mess with the article, but it was certainly uncivil on the part of all involved. Eventually, we all came to an agreement, and now I count this as one of the most important experiences I have had. This is because I learned that many conflicts are the result of mis-communication rather than ill will. It taught me how to remain calm and to understand the points of views of others involved in such a thing and to use the good traits in people to come to a solution. Since then, I've changed from disagreeing to facilitating consensus and am using those very lessons in the mediation case I'm doing right now.

Questions from JoshuaZ

1. In your answer to question 3, you mention an article where at the beginning of your time on Misplaced Pages you were involved in a "very nasty discussion." Could you tell us what the article was and/or provide specific difs that might be relevant?

Thank you, however I really hate to dredge up old nastiness, and in fact, I feel if I did it would be doing a disservice to all involved as we came to an agreement and have moved on. No one was blocked, no 3RR was invoked, we worked the issue out in a human manner. The entire point is that it was solved, the editors involved agreed to disagree and I learned a lot from it. The personal lessons and insight I gained can't be shown by any diff, that's why I elaborated above. I'm not trying to hide anything, which is why I mentioned the issue in my original answers, but I truly beleive that resolved conflicts should be left. Re-opening old wounds is rarely productive and not generally conducive to the collaborative environment I am trying to foster.

2. You seem to have been an intermittent editor in 2004 and 2005 and then at the start at 2006 drastically increased your edits per a month. Could you explain this and if possible, give a brief narrative relating your general experiences with Misplaced Pages to your change in editing levels.

Indeed. I contributed a lot when I first started. However, at that time the project was beset with vandalism, the Arbcom didn't have the power it has now and while it wasn't anarchy, a lot of disruptive things were going on. I have logged in and read articles and maintained the ones I started every day since I first signed up and watched as the project has evolved into what it is today. (Turkish Van has been a stable article since 2004 and that's becasue I've stayed involved, although not always visible.) I've seen some really wonderful things happen, the vandalism come under control etc... and decided that I would make a decision to be a more visible contributor. I beleive in watching and learning and I often lurk in the forgotten corners of the project, but I feel in the neglected areas I can make the greatest contributions.

3. Are there any admin powers that you would like to give to all users? Why or why not?

Are you refering to the rollback issue here? At this time I don't see a need for any admin powers to be given to the all users, and as far as rollback, a decent script will do the same thing, making that not really needed. As far as why, I think that adminship powers should be reserved for those who have demonstrated by their actions that they won't abuse them.

4. Are there any experiences or abilities that you have that make you more noteworthy as an admin candidate or more capable of carrying out any admin duties?

I think my willingness to be a mediator (I volunteered for that), my coaching by KnowledgeOfSelf and Titoxd, and my long observation of the culture and issues surrounding Misplaced Pages do. I've elaborated on all of these in my original answers and answers previous to this question.

5. Under what circumstances will you indefinitely block a user without any prior direction from Arb Com?

If they are using open proxies, inappropriate usernames, imposter usernames, or variations of known vandals (ie. Willy, Squidward) I would. However, my policy is, if I don't know, or am not sure, I would ask a more experienced admin. I feel its always better to be safe.