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::'''A:''' I would try to research the notability of the organisation/company, assess the tone of the article (i.e does it read as PR or an advertorial?) and if in doubt asking for a second opinion at the Administrators' Noticeboard. ]<sup>]</sup> 00:56, 21 December 2006 (UTC) ::'''A:''' I would try to research the notability of the organisation/company, assess the tone of the article (i.e does it read as PR or an advertorial?) and if in doubt asking for a second opinion at the Administrators' Noticeboard. ]<sup>]</sup> 00:56, 21 December 2006 (UTC)


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Asterion

Voice your opinion (40/0/0); Scheduled to end 08:52, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Asterion (talk · contribs) – I would like to nominate Asterion to become an administrator. Asterion has been w/ us since September 2005 and for benefit of those with editcountitis, he has around 7000 well spread edits. Asterion is very active in Spain, Morocco, The Balkans, Western Sahara and many politics related articles. This level-headed user has shown a great adherance to WP:NPOV. He's also been very active in mediation processes. I haven't seen any Spanish administrator yet in en wiki and would like to to see Asterion on board. -- Szvest 12:37, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
I humbly accept. Asterion 08:52, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
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 do you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Misplaced Pages backlog and Category:Administrative backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
A: I have been quite active on recent changes patrolling. The administrator tools would certainly prove useful there as I would be able to respond more quickly to any blatant vandals (I will keep a close eye on WP:AIV too). I also foresee work on other not so popular areas, not limited to but including, closing requested moves backlog, page protection and WP:3RR.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A: I edit articles on many different subjects, from geography (Lebrija, San Roque, Spain, Hibaldstow,...) to cars (Zastava Skala). Overall, I am a compulsive image-taker: I take my camera or camera-phone with me at all times. As I travel considerably, I tend to use any photographs taken as an excuse to start a stub or update a related article. I had one of my articles featured in the homepage Did you know? section, Glanford Power Station.
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: Yes, I have edited controversial subjects (i.e. Plitvice Lakes and other Balkan related articles, Western Sahara). During any dispute, I have been cool as a cucumber, even under personal attacks. I tried to work things out in the talk pages, generally by deflating any source of conflict (see Talk:Plitvice Lakes) and trying to reason with other users. If things did not work out, I went the whole way to WP:RfC and mediation. At some stage I have to admit I have felt disillusioned but did not lose faith on the system. As a last resort, I had no problem with referring or things being referred to arbitration. Nonetheless, I have been slowly moving away from controversial subjects, as I find these tend to take far too much time which I could put to work better on other areas. In the future, I will continue to stick to my personal 1RR and zero-tolerance for personal attacks policies.

Optional questions from Malber (talk · contribs)

4. What do the policy of WP:IAR and the essay WP:SNOW mean to you and how would you apply them?
A: It is a matter of common sense. In any case, I would never use it as an excuse to advance any personal goal or harm the project (i.e. closing early AfD for articles I might dislike and so on). Asterion 00:56, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
5. Is there ever a case where a punitive block should be applied?
A: No. Blocks are not punitive, they are used to counteract disruption against wikipedia. Unless someone can offer me some very good reasons, my answer will always be negative. Regards, Asterion 18:45, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
6. What would your thought process be to determine that a business article should be deleted using CSD:G11?
A: I would try to research the notability of the organisation/company, assess the tone of the article (i.e does it read as PR or an advertorial?) and if in doubt asking for a second opinion at the Administrators' Noticeboard. Asterion 00:56, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
7. What is your age?
A:
General comments

Discussion

Support

  1. Duja► 12:41, 20 December 2006 (UTC) (whoo, first!)
  2. Strong support as nom. -- Szvest - 12:46, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  3. Support - clearly a dedicated editor. Insanephantom 12:48, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  4. Support seems good though a little more Wiki-talk would be better, not severely lacking though and definitely not enough to warrant an oppose. James086 13:04, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  5. Support 7500 edits spread thoroughly between all areas of editing space seems good enough to qualify as an admin. Diez2 13:06, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  6. Support - Unless any disturbing revelations are unearthed, passes my only criteria: very unlikely to abuse the tools or other editors and at least passably well-informed about policy. GeeJo ⁄(c) • 13:26, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  7. Support. No reservations, an excellent all-around editor. He has a higher Misplaced Pages Talk edit count than I do and I've been an administrator since last September. A Train 14:29, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  8. Of course - crz crztalk 14:40, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  9. Per the Crazy person above. — Nearly Headless Nick 14:42, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  10. Obvious, strong and swift support Will make an excellent admin.--Húsönd 14:45, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  11. Strong Support It's quite a lot since I first noted Asterion, and have always held his work in great esteem, especially the edits has done in such inflamatory areas as the Balkans, where Asterion is one of the very few non-admin editors without Balkan links active. I also greatly appreciate his zero-tolerance for PA: to much leniency has been displayed in Balkans-related issues towards incivility and PA, and I hope Asterion will give a hand in changing this.--Aldux 14:54, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  12. Support. I'd prefer it if you had never gotten blocked, but 9 months ago is long enough. -Amarkov edits 14:59, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  13. Support per Nearly headless nick :). — Seadog 16:00, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  14. Support. I know him as a dependable, reasonable and intelligent editor. Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:13, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  15. Support. Nothing wrong at all. <tired cliche here> --teh tennisman 16:48, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  16. Support. Seems well qualified and unobjectionable. Coemgenus 17:06, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  17. Support Looks good, no immediate problems and a good spread of edits in the main spaces. (aeropagitica) 17:11, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  18. Support A Good candidate. Excellent quality edits. Canadian-Bacon 18:33, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  19. Support - you have convinced the Russian. No more reason is needed to support. Moreschi 18:53, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  20. Support - per Moreschi ;-) --Kind Regards - Heligoland | Talk | Contribs 19:54, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  21. Support per above. Just H 21:10, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  22. Support Joe I 21:17, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  23. Support per everything listed. Seems like a fantastic user who obviously knows his way around the tools.Ganfon 21:33, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  24. Support looks completely good.-- danntm C 21:48, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  25. Support looks good all around. Dar-Ape 22:57, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  26. Support Looking mop-worthy. - Kukini 00:32, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  27. Support No obvious reasons to oppose... S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 00:55, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  28. Support Long overdue. Scobell302 01:06, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  29. Support. Nothing to add to the above really. Good all-round candidate. WJBscribe  01:16, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  30. Support. Definitely qualified. Nishkid64 02:03, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  31. Support per all the above comments. --Siva1979 03:20, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  32. Support a good candidate --Steve (Slf67) 03:23, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  33. Support. I'm now crazy abotu the relatively high avg edits/article, but reallythere's ntohign wrong that I can find about you as an admin. --Wizardman 04:06, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  34. Support. Positive interactions and experience, a well-considered candidate.--cjllw | TALK 04:23, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  35. Support Terence Ong 05:07, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  36. Support. Another goody. Grutness...wha? 05:13, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  37. Strong support - Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:03, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  38. Support —Quarl 2006-12-21 10:32Z
  39. Sure, why not? (Radiant) 12:23, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  40. A favor - definitely. Proto::► 12:29, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral