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Jedi6

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Jedi6 (talk · contribs) – User who has made over 3000 edits (with over 1/3 in the main namespace), helps to solve disputes, has been a member for eight months. --acfan-Talk to me 19:18, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Note by Xolatron: His current edit status has over 3900 edits, over 1700 of them in main namespace. See here].

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

I accept this nomination. Jedi6-(need help?) 23:19, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Support

  1. Strong Support. Meets my criteria. My comrade-in-arms with Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Star Wars and a solid editor all around. We could always use an extra janitor in the Star Wars department, not to mention a good vandalfighter. — Deckiller 23:20, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Strong Support Looking at his edits he is not only kind but he seems to know what he's doing, he is the type of administrator we could really use! Mahogany-wanna chat?
  3. Support JoshuaZ 00:51, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  4. Support - Richardcavell 04:06, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  5. Support meets my criteria. - Wezzo (talk) (ubx) 09:56, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  6. Support per Doom127. --Siva1979 13:46, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  7. Support - Not so long ago 3000 edits was considered huge, and many of these are considered edits rather than small things which only take a few seconds each. Good contributions and no negatives. —This unsigned comment was added by CBDunkerson (talk • contribs) .
  8. Support- He has done an excellent job with the Star Wars wikiproject. Griz 17:53, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  9. Support. Has been around since August 2005 and has done a lot on the SW wikiproject. Gflores 18:28, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  10. Support I am the nominator--acfan-Talk to me 18:40, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  11. Support Good contributor, and also a Jedi. _-M P-_ 18:47, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  12. Support (S). — FireFox • T
  13. Support --Jay(Reply) 20:28, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  14. Support, no problems here. —BorgHunter (talk) 22:27, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  15. Support, per his work on the SW wikiproject. BryanG 02:48, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  16. Support to counter extreme editcountitis. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 02:50, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  17. Support Has experience and diversified enough edits.-- Patman2648 19:54 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  18. Support Limited but good interaction with him. I saw him when he first dealt with Doom127 and the User:Brazil4Linux sockpuppet invasion. I thought he was an admin at the time because of the tactful way he mediated the situation (before it became clear that any resonable discourse with B4L was impossible). On a side note, Rick Browser is B4L, for anyone who didn't bother to check NSLE's link. Go figure, eh? -- Hinotori 03:08, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  19. *Support. Good editor. -—This unsigned comment was added by Tdxiang (talk • contribs) .
  20. *Support--Jusjih 15:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  21. Support I am a pretty new user, but he seems like he would be a very good admin. But who cares if he only edits in two sections?? If he only edits those, they will be taken care of very well while the other admins will be able to edit other articles. Oh, but I'm not an admin myself, just in case only other admins can vote... The ed17 (talk)19:21, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
    Don't worry, any user can add their opinions or make comments to Requests for Adminship. Jedi6-(need help?) 21:06, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  22. Support as per above. Daniel Davis 02:10, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
  23. Support Jedi 6 is a good user, and I trust him to be a good administrator. The Eye 23:29, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  24. Support - Worked with him in the Star Wars WikiProject—Good editor and vandalfighter. Why not? —Mirlen 01:16, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
  25. Support Admrb♉ltz (T | C | k) 20:46, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
  26. Support ILovEPlankton 21:50, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
  27. Mild support I wish that he would have waited a while before going up for RFA, but I don't think he should be denied the mop. We need more admins, after all. Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 00:22, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
  28. *Strong Support*. While I agree that he is on the early side of admins, one must remember that he didn't nominate himself. I am entirely confident that he will be a very responsible admin, as his previous contributions show. He has now made nearly 1700 edits to main namespace, and will be a quite capable and responsible adminin. About the distribution of his edits: he has made very good edits to the sections he contributes in, and he can imrove those areas greatly rather than helping very mildly in many areas. It is better to know evrything about one thing than one thing (or a little) about everything. -Xol 02:04, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
  29. *Strong Support* As mentioned above, his Star Wars expertise alone makes him worthy of RFA. I also admired his attempts and patience to reason with User:Brazil4Linux during a long edit war. GoldDragon 03:57, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
  30. Support. Good user.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 08:03, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
  31. Support, looks good. --Terence Ong 13:11, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
  32. Support. (See why). Petros471 18:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
  33. Support.  Grue  07:25, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
  34. Weak support. The answer I was looking for in my hypothetical, below, was "I would find an uninvolved administrator to help out," since it is can be a problem if you use your administrative buttons to resolve editing disputes. With the request to keep this in mind, provisional support. Nandesuka 13:36, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
  35. Support. This user has demonstrated that he knows without a doubt Misplaced Pages's policies. He truly knows what is (and what is not) vandalism, and I am completely and totally comfortable with him as an admin.Jean-Luc Picard 23:52, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
  36. Support I trust this user will be a fine admin. jacoplane 02:59, 8 April 2006 (UTC)


Oppose

  1. Oppose relative inactivity until last month, cannot be certain that policies are well-versed to this user, given low project edits. NSLE (T+C) at 00:53 UTC (2006-04-03)
  2. Oppose. A budding admin. Diversify your edits, and I will be happy to vote for you in a few months. Covington 02:06, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
    Oppose Flammer, troll, Doom127's friend. Will be a disaster as Administrator rulling their friends desires. --Rick Browser 05:32, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
    Please don't personal attack me on my own RfA. I am not a flammer or troll. There is no evidence that I will be controlled by my friend's desires. Jedi6-(need help?) 05:58, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
    No need to worry, he's a proven sockpuppet. NSLE (T+C) at 07:34 UTC (2006-04-03)
  3. Oppose. Not very active, especially in namespaces other than the main one. Royboycrashfan 02:55, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  4. Oppose - Sorry, but I would like to see some more edits from you. Weatherman90 14:50, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  5. Oppose Per above Moe ε 20:58, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  6. Oppose Per above. Inactivity with wikipedia community. --Masssiveego 06:41, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
    Oppose Per above. --Phair 01:49, 4 April 2006 (UTC) - user was determined a sockpuppet of B4L.
    This user has edits similar to that of B4L. Might want to look into this user (checkuser) just in case. I have to go to bed, so I won't be around for twelve or so hours. — Deckiller 03:11, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
    User was confirmed as a B4L sock. see here Daniel Davis 05:47, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
  7. Oppose - I don't see enough experience with Misplaced Pages processes, I'm afraid. It's not just AfD clearing and rollback you need to be familiar with. Sorry - if this doesn't passes, in a few months, you'd definitely get my vote. The advice I was given was to look at WP:DRV, because it really does throw you in at the deep end with policy being cited left, right and centre. It was good advice. Proto||type 08:40, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  8. Oppose Agree with NSLE. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 12:24, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  9. Oppose: not ready yet. Jonathunder 15:54, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
  10. Oppose: this user does not seem to know the true definition of vandalism. If you want to know more of what I mean then post on my talk page and Ill give you the full details. He protects pages with no good reason. I would not feel comfortable with him as an administrator. Wikipeedio 18:04, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
    The reason those edits were reverted and the page was protect was because a series of IP sockpuppets of User:Brazil4Linux was attacking Jedi6, several other users, and a series of other pages. WP:SOCK states this as circumventing blocks (hence, deserving a block of the sockpuppet); therefore, Jedi6 did the right thing. Now, if Jedi6 went in and reverted YOUR recent edit and claimed it to be "vandalism", then I cound see your point. — Deckiller 19:25, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
  11. Oppose. I'd like to see a few more active months here or more project namespace involvement. — Laura Scudder ☎ 21:53, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Neutral

  1. Neutral Candidate has nice edit distribution, and some time under his belt. Mild concerns about process familiarity prevent support now, but I like his wiki-record so far. Xoloz 03:22, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Neutral, looks OK so far, but I'd prefer a little more experience. JIP | Talk 11:15, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
  3. Neutral, to low on edits, no reasons to Oppose abakharev 00:30, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  4. Neutral per NSLE, but seems like a good editor otherwise. --Rory096 02:56, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
    The percentage display is not allowed on RfAs or is never seen on them, so Jedi6 was just trying to make sure the RfA didn't go out of form. Nice work on the display, but we can't use it. — Deckiller 19:22, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
    There isn't any wikipedia policy concerning the display. "Not allowed". Harumph- If you want to discuss this, you are free to do it on my talk page.
  5. Neutral. Editor is on the way, but only has a recent spike in edits. — Rebelguys2 19:43, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
  6. Rob Church (talk) 02:55, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
  7. Neutral leaning support. Neutral mostly because of the extremely narrow focus of subject matter for edits; leaning support because everything else looks fine. —Doug Bell 16:40, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Comments

Would Phair's vote count in oppose? As he is a suspected sockpuppet. _-M P-_ 02:11, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
According to Misplaced Pages:Requests for CheckUser a checkuser can be done only if the possible sockpuppet's vote makes a difference in the vote. So if it makes a difference I'll request a checkuser. Jedi6-(need help?) 02:31, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Phair has been stricken from this RFA, as his CheckUser returned positive. _-M P-_ 05:51, 7 April 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, 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 have 500 pages on my watchlist, which many usually get vandalized daily. Sysop abilities would allow me to warn and possibly preceed to block the users who vandalize. I also would be able to protect badly vandalize pages, see IGN's history. I would also be able to directly deal with move vandalism. I would be able to use the rollback feature to deal with vandalism quicker, especially since my computer is already never slow. Also I have nominated many articles for deletion and sysop abilities would allow me to further help the process and delete the pages based on consensus. Since I edit so many video game and Star Wars articles I also encounter many articles which need to be speedy deleted.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A: I am most proud of my contributions to the Star Wars WikiProject. I created the Star Wars Collaboration of the Week which has been a success in improving the quality of the Star Wars articles. I also redesigned the Star Wars Portal to be more editor friendly and have more information . While doing that I also created Portal:Star Wars/Vote to chose selected articles for the Star Wars Portal and slowly determine what articles are good and what still nead help. I'm also proud of my work on the List of Star Wars books. While the list is still incomplete (there are alot of Star Wars books), I'm proud of how I redesigned the list when I was a new user.
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: I was involved in the Brazil4Linux controversy. I first encountered Brazil4Linus here where he was arguing with User:GoldDragon about NPOV problems in the Nintendo GameCube article. I created a compromise that stopped the edit war on the GameCube page but the controversy soon went to other pages. Brazil4Linus over time stated that both User:Doom127 and myself were sockpuppets of Golddragon. After further controversy on the Ken Kutaragi page, see here, Brazil4Linux began using sockpuppets to support his own version of articles, see Category:Misplaced Pages:Suspected sockpuppets of Brazil4Linux for the list of sockpuppets. Having not been in the argument with Brazil4Linux for a while I next encountered his sockpuppet, User:Quackshot on the Nintendo Virtual Boy page. Quackshot was reverting to a previous version by Brazil4Linux that added back mistakes and removed information for no reason. Quackshot tried to engage me in an edit war but I instead stopped and reported him for violating the 3RR rule. Brazil4Linux continued to use several sockpuppets to avoid his ban until I reported him and User:Alkivar indefintly banned him. Brazil4Linux has come back to vandalize and attack me on 15 March 2006 where he vandalized my talk page and began using several sockpuppets, see here, to revert all my recent contributions until a combination of User:Deckiller, User:Naconkantari, User:JiFish, User:RexNL, User:Garglebutt and myself protected, blocked and reverted the changes made to the articles. I pride myself on never getting stressed, angry or violating any Misplaced Pages policies through the whole controversy. I believe I kept a cool head the whole time.

Questions by JoshuaZ

1 Almost all your edits have been on Star Wars or video game related topics. Using Interiot's vice, in your mainspace edits, one needs to go about a fourth of the way down the page until one even comes to an article that is not related to these two narrow areas, when one comes to 5 edits for Mundelein, Illinois. We then don't get any of any other subject until the the beginning of the last 5th of the page with one edit to Bloodlines (comics). We then have about 5 or 6 other non-Star Wars, non-video game edits. Almost all your articles for deletion have also been on these two topics, as has all of your (impressive) work with templates. Given this narrow editing focus, can you explain how you have the depth and variety of experience necessary for you to be an admin?
A Thats not entirely true, I have 7 edits for Mundelein High School, but I get what you mean. The thing is Video Games and Star Wars are two topics I know a lot about. They are both very large and wide in range topics. I had to deal with all the Misplaced Pages policies before through my edits in these areas. Like Misplaced Pages:Image use policy through the images I have downloaded, Misplaced Pages:Neutral point of view through fan opinion in the Video game articles, Misplaced Pages:No original research through fancruft in Star Wars articles and Misplaced Pages:Vandalism through dealing with vandals. I have been able to edit in all the Misplaced Pages areas from images to templates to project namespace. While I may have edited only in those two areas, the areas have been broad enough to allow me to gain the experience necessary.
2 Are there any admin powers that you would like to give to all users? Why or why not?
A Well I like what powers are admin. only the way they are right now. If I could give one power to regular users it would be the rollback feature since it would allow regular users to more effectively fight vandalism. I would like this ability to be given to only trusted users like the popups feature or have a required amount of edits before users could use the rollback features (more than 100).
3 If you could change any one thing about Misplaced Pages what would it be?
A I would make moving pages an admin. only ability. My reasoning for this is that I have encountered several times when users would move pages in vandalism only. But I could not immediatly fix this problem since I couldn't move the page back since it existed as a redirect. If the ability was admin. only then this vandalism would be stopped completely.
4 Under what circumstances will you indefinitely block a user without any prior direction from Arb Com?
A When the user's username is inappropriate or just copying someone else I would indef. block them though I would offer them the chance to choose a new username. I would also indef. block known sockpuppets who are trying to overcome bans or are creating extra votes. I might also indef. ban the user who created the sockpuppets if they have a history of creating sockpuppets and only until the opinion of more editors is determined. I will not decide to indef. users by myself. I will find other users opinions and if needed will go to the Arb committee.

Questions by Nandesuka

1. Please address this hypothetical situation. Assume that you are an administrator. A new-ish user shows up at the Ken Kutaragi article and begins making edits. Those edits make you think, in good faith, that he's a sockpuppet of Brazil4Linux. What do you do? Nandesuka 11:28, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
A Well first I would keep an eye on the user to see if they do anything suspicious. If they start vandalizing or attack users I would give the appropiate warnings on their talk page and block them if they continue. If the user produces several pieces of evidence that makes them seem like Brazil4Linux and continues disobeying the rules I will get the opinion of other administrators. If the user's edits involve Vote fraud or severe vandalism I will request for a checkuser on the new user to see if they are indeed Brazil4Linux. If the user turns out to be Brazil4Linux then I will ban the sockpuppet and warn Brazil4Linux to stop avoiding his block. If the user isn't Brazil4Linux then I will apoligize to the user. If the user never creates anymore evidence or breaks Misplaced Pages's rules then I will leave the user alone believing they are trying to contribute honestly. (Wow that was a lot of ifs) Jedi6-(need help?) 23:20, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Questions by Wikipeedio

1. What do you define as vandalism?
A Vandalism is any edit made in bad faith. Edits made in good faith though, even if incorrect, are not vandalism but a contribution to Misplaced Pages. Jedi6-(need help?) 00:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
2. Will you use your administrative powers for helping Misplaced Pages, or for your own convenience?
I will always use my administrative powers to help Misplaced Pages. The added functions of adminship is not an award or a position of higher rank but is instead a responsibily to help clean and maintain Misplaced Pages as janitors. Jedi6-(need help?) 00:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Question by Dragon's Blood

  1. What did Yoda mean when he said, "Remember your failure at the cave?" (Your words please, not someone elses.)