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Please read the Criteria for Administratorship before nominating a user or yourself for Adminship to make sure the user meets the criteria for becoming an Administrator. You may want to look at the archives first so you can see why other people's requests have failed or succeeded.

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IuseRosary

Ends on April 17th

Hello There. I would like to nominate myself for administrator. I feel that I am at the point where i have reached a significant understanding of the way in which Simple English Wikipedia and it's community works. Since starting here, over three months ago, I have observed the various requests of admin and have read through all of the critiscism and advice left for other users and have taken them in myself enabling me to become a better user. My main area of concern for Simple Wikipedia is to concentrate on my music Project, including all encompassing areas under this, such as the community which served it, the relevant articles, referencing and further research and providing a base work for which the community could continue to build, develop and make use from.

One of my Other main areas of concentration for Simple Wikipedia is reverting and dealing with vandilism, I classify myslef as a recent Changes Patroller. I believe that I would find the rollback tool very useful in dealing with these issues and helping to carry the increasing strain of vandilism off of the current admin community.

I, due to school work pressure and issues concerning my late brother's death not long ago, am not currently as active as I used to be and not online as much as I could be. However, with the increasing strain of Vandilism on this Wikipedia as it gains populartiy amongst both editors and tolls, i feel that every little effort in the fight against vandilism will help to keep this wikipedia running sefely and smoothly. By Next month, I hope to be editing in full swing once again and hope that I will be able to recieve admin tools in time for my full return after the closure of my borther's death after his funneral. I find that Simple Wikipedia is a place of refuge for me in difficult times at home. I feel that I could be a very productive and helpful editor here if given the chance to use administrator tools.

I feel that my experience of being here whilst the Iamandrewrice/benniguy/Inkpen2 fiasco was in full swing has given me knowledge on how to deal with severe cases such as this one, experienced not too long ago. I also feel that my specialist and first hand knowledge in certain areas, such as music, (being a trumpet player in an orchestra, participating in musicals, studying music to an advanced level in my curriculum at school and having a fantastic intrest in music in general), Film, (my Auntie being a film editor and Film studies being a part of my curriculum at school) and Food (Having done my work experience in a Catering company and my father being a professional chef) gives me a unique and hopefully valued postion her at Simple Wikipedia. I frequently read the rules of Simple Wikipedia and am familier with all important policies and feel that I could be a valued administator in time. Thank You for reading. IuseRosary? ^(talk) 15:14, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate's acceptance:

Support

*Has nearly twice as many edits than I did when I passed. Warning users isn't required. I'd like the opposers to make some proper arguments beyond quoting vague irrelevant numbers. Otherwise, I support. Majorly (talk) 19:50, 11 April 2008 (UTC) Creol says something that is actually worth opposing for, so I'll abstain now. Majorly (talk) 00:28, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

Oppose According to this, you do not meet one of the things that I look for in someone who wants to become an administrator. I prefer that the people that I support have at least 700 mainspace edits (the article section), however, this isn't always the case. While I have to say that you have been a major help here on the Simple English Wikipedia; and because you have been extremely helpful with vandalism, you also have a tendency to forget to warn the user who vandalizes on his or her talk page. Also, based on the number of deleted edits that you have, I do not see a need for the deletion tool at this time. While I like you as a user, I still don't trust you to correctly block and/or protect pages at this time. Thank you for your interest in becoming an administrator, but I do not think that you are quite ready for it at this time. Good luck in this RfA! Don't be unhappy if this fails; my first 4 RfA's failed for some of the same reasons. Please don't take this as an insult against you, as I like you and think that you do a good bit of work here, I simply just don't think that you are ready yet. Cheers, Razorflame 16:19, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Please see my support. Your opposition is insulting. Are you saying I'm not ready to be an admin? I don't meet your standards by miles. Majorly (talk) 19:52, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - No, I am not saying that. I wasn't around when you were put up for adminship, so you can hardly claim that this is insulting as I was not even a member of this Wikipedia when you were voted for for becoming an administrator. Cheers, Razorflame 19:54, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - You are saying anyone with <1000 mainspace edits is unsuitable to be an admin. I have ~700. That means I am unsuitable, right? Majorly (talk) 20:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - That isn't always the case. That's only one of my requirements that I like to see in candidates. Another thing I like to see is helping out with the vandalism. IuR passes that requirement. Another requirement is a need for the tools, which IuR does not pass. Sorry, but it's not always about the edits...actually, the reason why I am opposing is because of the third point I brought up. There are some tools that I just don't see IuR having a need for. Cheers, Razor flame 20:09, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Sorry but I think you're not ready for this permission yet. - Huji ^reply 18:19, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I don't think you've been here long enough for me to be certain you understand all the necessary policies. Like Razorflame, I've also noticed that you sometimes forget to warn users after reverting. Sorry to hear about your brother. Why don't you take this time to sort things out in your personal life and when you've been back editing for a while we can see whether or not you're ready for the mop then? · Ty grrr... 19:07, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- 3 months is plenty long enough. And warning users isn't a policy. Majorly (talk) 19:52, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's your opinion. I'm entitled to mine. · Ty grrr... 20:59, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - strong ties to sockpuppets here and vandalism/impersonation on en:wp with his home. I just can not trust that admin access would not be availiable to a banned user. -- Creol(talk) 23:50, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - per Creol...--Comet styles 00:06, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Creol.-- Lights talk 00:34, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - We shouldn't risk it. Creol has good points. SwirlBoy 39 00:46, 12 April 2008 (UTC) Abstain for now SwirlBoy 39 13:56, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I can't trust you, you have been involved in vandalism and disrupting wikipedia, this has led you to being blocked before. Oysterguitarist 00:52, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose --§ Snake311 _{(I'm Not Okay!)} 04:37, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per all above statements -- Da Punk '95 talk 04:59, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per creol --vector ^_^ (talk) 07:24, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I move a motion for this RfA is closed per . -- Da Punk '95 talk 06:54, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I would like to keep it open for others to comment so that I can gain constructive critism from other users so I can learn from it if i wish to go through this same process again in the future. But, may I add that I cannot change my past - and if you see, since the indefinate block of Benniguy, I have not vandilised or anything else and that it was bad influence and peer pressure that made me act in a certain way. And, I would like to remind you, that this is not en:Wiki, this is Simple Wiki, so surely anything that I may or may have not done over there is not relevent over here. Thank you. IuseRosary? ^(talk) 09:24, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that this is not a past issue. I am still getting reports of vandalism from your IP range from other wikis. While most of this is also including vandalism from Benniguys address ranges, yours are also being used. Either he is at your house or you are helping him. Either way, placing the admin flag in this situation is dangerous for the wiki. No this isn't en:wp, nor is it wo:wp or sco:wp where this vandalism is still going on (against Gwib at that) but your actions there show a threat that we have to take into consideration here. -- Creol(talk) 20:56, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I understand. :) God, I fucking love it! IuseRosary? ^(talk) 09:47, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Razorflame (5th Nomination)

See previous nominations: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th

Ends on 13 April 2008

I would like to nominate myself for adminship again. It's been one month since my last nomination and I believe that I have made big steps in improvement in those areas that have been crucial for an administrator's job. I believe that I have been correctly tagging articles for deletion that need it; I also believe that I have learned about blocking. A block is not needed unless the user in question is being disruptive to the integrity of the Simple English Wikipedia. Protecting pages is not needed unless it is a frequent vandal target and even then, shouldn't be protected unless the mass amount of vandalism is frequent and recent (within a few days). I do not believe that I have been actively pursuing the FBI idea anymore, and I have practically ceased to use the WP:ViP page because there haven't been any IP's worth reporting lately. I believe that I have learned enough of the policies to be able to fill the role of administrator completely now. I also believe that I have started taking a look at every angle of a problem that occurs before posting a reply and that I have been objective and un-biast throughout the revolving issues that have been going on currently., and even though Tygrrr says that I should wait until one of the other respectable users here notices that I am ready because I believe that I am way past being ready, yet no one seems to have noticed it, so I decided to post up this self-nomination. Razor flame 20:39, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate's acceptance:Self-nominated for now

Support

Support Fifth time lucky. Seriously, Razor is addicted to Wikipedia, and is really, really hardworking. He would never ever abuse the tools, and even if he makes mistakes (as everyone does) they can be fixed easily. He's made over 10 times more edits than me, and I think it would only be better if RF was an admin too. Majorly (talk) 21:36, 6 April 2008 (UTC)Switching to oppose.[reply]
Support-- Lights talk 01:28, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support We need more admins. RF looks great. SwirlBoy 39 03:45, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I don't understand why he needs a fifth nomination. Chenzw (talk ▪ changes) 05:26, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Razorflame looks good and does multiple administrating. He has helped me out when asked and I had thought he was an administrator until now. Concern with his guidelines for blocking etc.? Check Jimbos changes on en.wiki and you will find many is the account that is lost forever after bold editing. Applying for a job is hardly a bad sign. Razorflame adds articles such as cities, rivers, artists, and science among his vandal scouting (seen it loads), welcoming, running bots and contributing in 8 languages (apparently?). I am new but I see that a newbie oppose swayed the previous RfA. Anyway, Razorflame writes about places and engineered stuff and goes all through admin motions. He doesnt seem to have fights or wars. I would give it to Razorflame. ~ R.T.G 07:27, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - He has been a fantastic mentor to me, always helpful and patient. He is a fantastic user and I wonder why he did not achieve adminship on his earlier requests and I cannot think of a single reason why he should not be the administrator that he has worked hard to try and be and aspires to be. He has shown fantastic commitment to this website and has an obvious desire to help. I completely trust Razorflame 100% and i'm sure he will be a fantastic administrator. IuseRosary? ^(talk) 13:34, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support He is a really good friend and helps others. Sharth (talk) 15:08, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Try to take Tygrrr's advice, I myself have had mistake QD's (it tipped Creol against me in my own RfA) so look before you leap. But I'm confident you'll outdo youself and have to make a Super Super Excessive Editor userbox soon. :) --Gwib^-(talk)- 20:22, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Razorflame is a great asset to SimpleWiki. He would be good with the "mop". -- Da Punk '95 talk 21:01, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I believe you are still a little too eager at times, and I still see evidence of getting too wrapped up in the wiki. However, I believe things have changed somewhat since your earlier RfAs and I believe you should be able to adapt. I'm confident that the other admins here are available and willing to help you if you do run into things a little quickly. My only advice is that you shouldn't be afraid of taking a wikibreak every now and then if things get tough - the wiki won't fall apart without you. If it seems like there's absolutely tons of work to do everywhere and you're getting stressed, just leave it for someone else with more time and less stress - do not let it impact on your life. Archer7 - talk 13:56, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support changed from oppose, I have my reasons. All the best MindTheGap (talk) 13:58, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Should have been promoted months ago. He is also a model wikipedian:) --§ Snake311 _{(I'm Not Okay!)} 04:41, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Yes, you can be a bit eager, but I think that you have learned from past mistakes and are not likely to repeat them. When you're an admin, others will be here to correct mistakes. Others correct while you learn. It's not hard. And also, please don't feel like you have to be here. As Archer7 said, don't let this interfere with your life. Wikibreaks are sometimes very helpful. I hope you will take this into consideration along with what everyone else has said. I think you will make a great admin. :) --Isis ♠(talk) 21:06, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Who was the "newbie" oppose who swayed the previous RfA? - EchoBravo contribs 13:12, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think he might be talking about Christianman's oppose, but I have to agree with you, even then, I didn't think Christianman to be a newbie...maybe it was just a misconotation? Razor flame 13:17, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, Christianman claimed he was new. Maybe Razorflame is to be longer here but he stands out as a good admin already to me and appears of good character. Anyway, the only valid concern for me was his short period and yet the oppose sections were like books... He appears to be actively pursuing a good job. His listing of action guidelines is eager but is also short and not incorrect. Being vague about rules would be unacceptable. If I were adminning I would have a fairly precise idea on dealing vandalism, license errors etc. as set out. POV, reference details, etc. are flexible stuff but straight vandalising and 3RR for protection etc. There is no harm in being able to say "I would start with 24hour block and know what the next step is" but add "I am human and open to discussion" (I dont question this but maybe people wanted to see it). I looked up what BrownE said about Barliners talk page and it was just new buddies shooting fun and Razorflame seeking advice - nothing like BrownEs "jumping in the admin". I dont think Razorflame is so obsessed with blocking and deletion as he is with other stuff and he is active in that stuff. Best of luck ~ R.T.G 00:24, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

*Oppose The habit of requesting adminship every month disturbs me. If Razorflame had waited to be nominated by an established user, as Tygrrr suggested, I would probably support. I would suggest waiting for 12 months or so before attempting again. MindTheGap (talk) 16:31, 9 April 2008 (UTC) Changed to support MindTheGap (talk) 13:57, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak oppose. Ugh, I dread having to say this. I'm sure this is opening a can of worms, but I feel I must express that I still have issues of trust with you, Razorflame. I feel like your tendency of (still) jumping in, sure of yourself before researching or thinking over issues thoroughly, makes you not well-suited for tools such as deletion and protection. It's nothing personal. I like you very much and think you've done a lot for this site. That's why it's so difficult for me to say these things. I think you are going to pass, regardless of my doubts, and that's okay, I guess. But I needed to get them off my chest. Although you didn't take my last piece of advice, would you please consider a new piece of advice? If you receive the tools, please make sure you "look before you leap". Don't QD without doing a bit of research, don't protect a page as the first line of defense, and think twice about your blocks before doing them. I hope there are no hard feelings between us because I've said this. I feel it's important to be honest and I think I'd be doing you an injustice if I had simply refrained from voting. I respect you and I truly hope that you'll prove my doubts to be wrong. :-) · Ty grrr... 15:47, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Does not appear to have good judgement needed for an admin. Majorly (talk) 20:13, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - per setting such high-standards, we know you have over 15,000 edits but that doesn't mean you set a standard that high for adminship-requirements, you have previously made bad judgemental errors, and well I don't think you are ready..sorry..--Comet styles 21:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per comet --vector ^_^ (talk) 07:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose per a number of people's comments and personal opinion. I was solidly in the neutral category and then something like this popped up (popped up a few times actually). While not exactly earth shattering and wiki destroying, looking at the reasoning behind the QD request I have to wonder. Last I checked, that wasn't even close to a valid reason for a quick delete. Had he had the mop, those four would be gone. Realy, it would be no big deal as the are not needed, but what if the same judgement were to be used elsewhere? Highly arguable reasoning for little things hints at future issues with bigger things. While a majority of his tags are correct, its these little things that make me doubt. Questionable reasoning, requesting QD when a simple redirect is probably better.. little things... Rather than pushing out 1000 edits a day, slow down a little. Look at what you are sending. Think about things for a moment or two. Speed is reckless and causes more errors while not letting you think about things while you are doing them. -- Creol(talk) 09:39, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose - In my opinion, Razorflame has matured quite a bit, since his last request. However I still feel like more development might be necessary. sometimes, I think it might be something to do with judgment. He sees many trees, but fails to see the forest they are part of. That way, we have an article on Alba-la-Romaine, a village of less than 1.500 people today. The history of that village goes back to Roman times (no idea from our article, French and English aerticles mention it though), when it was the capital of the Helvetian lands, for some time; similarly, we have various other settlements in Ardeche, but we lack its capital, en:Privas; we have articles for Bidon (a little over 100 people), or Le Chambon (about 60), but we lack en:Béziers (roughly 70.000 people) or en:Narbonne (a little over 45.000 people). Both cities have histories that go back to at least the Middle Ages. Notability anyone? - Thanks ;) - Besides this the things other people said also apply. This decision was not easy...but I personally think an oppose is better at this time, than a support vote. --Eptalon (talk) 23:02, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose per this, that is not a valid reson for deleting something, and you still seem to jump into things a bit quickly. But you have improved since your last RFA. Oysterguitarist 23:42, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose. It took me almost a whole week to decide what to do here. You are one of the most improved editors we have here. You've improved a lot. The others have given some good reasons above and I have nothing to add for reasoning. I do have some advice. I think it would do you good not to see how fast you can reply to something on any talk page, discussion page, or anything like that. This whole week I've watched you correct a typo or move something on this vote just as soon as someone has made a change. People don't need or should not expect an immediate reply in a situation like this and I think you get a little ahead of yourself. I'm really proud of the progress you've made, keep up your good work. - EchoBravo contribs 04:25, 13 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

12 months? Are you kidding? I can't think of any other editor better suited to be an admin than Razorflame, and you're not actually opposing him for any reason other than he's keen to help out. Sad really, but it's your opinion. Majorly (talk) 16:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just want to let you know, MindtheGap, that I would not have posted this nomination if I actually thought that people would say something like that. It is not a habit of mine, it is actually because I am pretty sure that I am ready to handle the job now; that is the only reason that I have posted this nomination now. Cheers, Razor flame 16:34, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

@Cometstyles: I'm entitled to my own opinion. If you disagree with my opinion, don't take it out on me. Razor flame 21:51, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I won't support/oppose seeing as I not been here for very long (and don't wish to be tagged as an SPA...) but I would consider my interaction with Razorflame to be positive. I assume good faith and that his execution of admin tasks would also be helpful and useful. EJF (talk) 22:23, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I would have supported this candidate in a heartbeat. I think he'd make a great admin. However (I'm sorry, Razorflame), but he canvassed me about it, and some of the other things mentioned in the email make me unable to support at this time. нмŵוτн τ 22:51, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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 :Actually, I would like to keep it open for others to comment so that I can gain constructive critism from other users so I can learn from it if i wish to go through this same process again in the future. But, may I add that I cannot change my past - and if you see, since the indefinate block of Benniguy, I have not vandilised or anything else and that it was bad influence and peer pressure that made me act in a certain way. And, I would like to remind you, that this is not en:Wiki, this is Simple Wiki, so surely anything that I may or may have not done over there is not relevent over here. Thank you. [[User:IuseRosary|'''<font color="#008000">I</font><font color="#006000">use</font><font color="#004000">Ros</font><font color="#002000">ary</font><font color="#000000">?</font>''']] <sup>([[User talk:IuseRosary|''talk'']])</sup> 09:24, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 ::The problem is that this is not a past issue. I am still getting reports of vandalism from your IP range from other wikis. While most of this is also including vandalism from Benniguys address ranges, yours are also being used. Either he is at your house or you are helping him. Either way, placing the admin flag in this situation is dangerous for the wiki. No this isn't en:wp, nor is it wo:wp or sco:wp where this vandalism is still going on (against Gwib at that) but your actions there show a threat that we have to take into consideration here. -- <b>[[User:Creol|<font  color="#770099">Creol</font>]]</b><small>([[User_talk:Creol|<font  color="#770044">talk</font>]])</small> 20:56, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
+: Ok, I understand. :) God, I fucking love it! [[User:IuseRosary|'''<font color="#008000">I</font><font color="#006000">use</font><font color="#004000">Ros</font><font color="#002000">ary</font><font color="#000000">?</font>''']] <sup>([[User talk:IuseRosary|''talk'']])</sup> 09:47, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
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