Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dbachmann

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[edit] Dbachmann (a.k.a. dab)

final (19/1/1) ending 15:56 11 November 2004 (UTC)

I found this user to be a voice of reason in otherwise unpleasent circumstances, and found his ability to preserve neutrality, civility, and the project ideals an exemplary resume for the job of admin. I hope you see fit to support him as well. Sam [Spade] 15:56, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

• Seconded. Dieter is a prolific editor, with us since July 2004, and has more than 2500 edits. Keeps calm when the editing gets hot and seems primarily interested in improving articles. Active on Wikipedia:peer review, amongst other places. If Sam hadn't nominated him, I would have done so. Lupo 16:07, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I am flattered, thank you. I accept the nomination, mostly in the spirit of "it doesn't do harm to give any good-faith editor admin power, even if he doesn't make frequent use of them". Sorry about the dab confusion, btw, User:dab was taken, but I usually just sign with my initials. dab 09:07, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Support

1. Sam [Spade] 16:04, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
2. Lupo 16:07, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
3. —No-One Jones ^(m) 21:31, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
4. BLANKFAZE | (что??) 21:40, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
5. Wait a minute... you're DaB. Of course support. -- Grunt   ҈  21:45, 2004 Nov 4 (UTC)
6. Dab. Ok. Tom - Talk 22:13, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
7. Add another to the list who didn't recognise the full name as being dab. Shane King 23:35, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)
8. Andre (talk) 15:07, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
9. Once you connect the username with the signature, this is a no-brainer. --Michael Snow 17:55, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
10. Gangleri 22:30, 2004 Nov 5 (UTC)
11. Lst27 (talk) 00:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
12. Rednblu | Talk 01:17, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) dab is the Wikipedia hero editor par excellence. Always cool. Always insightful comments. I particularly appreciated dab's patience when I was in the process of figuring out some very neat things about us "humans" for the Human page. :))
13. dab has what it takes -- when I see his sig, I always stop to see what he's saying, as it's almost always on target and perceptive. Jwrosenzweig 18:26, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
14. Whosyourjudas (talk) 02:44, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
15. Filiocht 09:33, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
16. Of course. SWAdair | Talk 03:57, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
17. Support. Fire Star 18:08, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
18. +disambig, I mean +dab, I mean Support. func(talk) 14:10, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
19. Acegikmo1 23:58, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

1. CheeseDreams 20:23, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

never met himher. probably this vote reflects feelings towards my noble nominator (against whom I am on the brink of an edit war, at the moment;) dab 08:28, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Neutral

1. User seems to be very clear-headed and calm, especially considering the heated topics he seems to frequent (e.g. religious). However, I would prefer to see a user with more participation on community pages (other than article or user talk pages). Nothing personal and best of luck. Skyler1534 19:10, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)

Your point is taken. As I say, I intend to only make infrequent use of admin powers in the near future. I find myself scanning community pages increasingly, and I will react if asked for participation, but my main interest remains the actual editing of articles, for the moment. dab 13:52, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Comments

• User has 2549 edits as of just now. Andre (talk) 20:58, Nov 4, 2004 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)

A. I do not intend to focus on admin-specific tasks soon. I do some occasional vandal-hunting, when I'm bored, where the rollback-feature would be useful, but of course not necessary. I would be prepared to mediate disputes if all parties accept me, but I prefer to stay out of the more venomous dissentions.

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

A. I haven't had the stamina to actually get an article to 'featured' standard, so far. I think Arabic grammar is entirely 'mine' at this moment. Most articles in Template:Indo-European (excepting the individual language branches) are heavily edited by me. I may strive to elevate Kurgan or Chariot to FA level in the future. The main example of my participation in discussing a disputed article was on Human, and now on God.

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 will deal with it in the future?

A. I have been called names over an edit on exactly one occasion, after which I simply walked away from the article (the event may be reconstructed from my talk page if anyone is interested). Otherwise, my impression of Wikipedians' capacity for conflict resolution has been has been one of maturity, mutual respect and circumspection. Also in the future, if I were to feel bullied or annoyed, I will link the article in question on RFC and take a break.

dab 11:31, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)