Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Vsmith

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[edit] Vsmith

final (25/0/1) ending 00:36 6 July 2005 (UTC)

Vsmith has been here since July 7, 2004 and has made major contributions in geology, earth sciences and climate change. He is a responsible, reliable and trustworthy user who I have no doubt will make good use of the admin tools. He has accumulated 4447 edits (if anyone's counting). Guettarda 29 June 2005 00:36 (UTC)

I accept. Thanks Guettarda. -Vsmith 29 June 2005 02:22 (UTC)

Support

1. Obviously - Guettarda 29 June 2005 00:37 (UTC)
2. A teacher by profession, and it shows in his interactions. Josh Parris ✉ 29 June 2005 01:55 (UTC)
3. Cool. JuntungWu 29 June 2005 05:22 (UTC)
4. Without a doubt. Vsmith is an invaluable editor and a pleasure to collaborate with. He'll make good use of an admin's mop. -- Hadal 29 June 2005 06:52 (UTC)
5. Support. Without doubt, an excellent wikipedian. William M. Connolley 2005-06-29 08:53:51 (UTC).
6. Support Stewart Adcock 29 June 2005 09:49 (UTC)
7. Yeah, vandal fighting etc., great candidate. Bluemoose 29 June 2005 11:34 (UTC)
8. Support. His discussion page indicates to me that he Works Well With Others. Joyous June 29, 2005 18:18 (UTC)
9. Support, same reasons as those above. Rje June 29, 2005 21:21 (UTC)
10. Support Dragons flight June 29, 2005 21:49 (UTC)
11. Support Definitely a specialist in one area, but that's really quite a good thing. Article edits and interaction all seem first-rate. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind June 30, 2005 02:12 (UTC)
12. Support, great editor --nixie 30 June 2005 10:31 (UTC)
13. Support. Great work an would be trustworthy I'm sure. I'm not sure what value for adminship purposes it would add to edit outside your expertise area. Good contributions are important, not topic. - Taxman ^Talk June 30, 2005 17:25 (UTC)
14. Support- would make great admin. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 30 June 2005 21:06 (UTC)
15. Dunc|☺ 30 June 2005 21:52 (UTC)
16. Support – When he sees something that needs fixing; he fixes it. That's an admin you can count on. - RoyBoy ⁸⁰⁰ 1 July 2005 07:33 (UTC)
17. A candidate I can definitely support. Shimgray 1 July 2005 14:35 (UTC)
18. Support. Solid editor; great contributions. --Sn0wflake 2 July 2005 18:08 (UTC)
19. Support. Candidate has all the qualities required for adminship. Expertise is definite bonus. --Jyril July 2, 2005 21:41 (UTC)
20. Support Tony the Marine 3 July 2005 09:57 (UTC)
21. Support --Duk 3 July 2005 17:35 (UTC)
22. Support. He has been on Wikipedia for the requisite nine months for me to give such an endorsement. Denelson83 3 July 2005 23:16 (UTC)
23. Support Ancheta Wis 4 July 2005 23:28 (UTC)
24. Support. I see a lot of good. I don't see any bad. -- JamesTeterenko 5 July 2005 02:23 (UTC)
25. Support Many good contributions, no conflicts. Definitely deserving of adminship. Volatile 5 July 2005 15:26 (UTC)
26. Support. Good contributions, no indications he would abuse admin powers. Jayjg ^(talk) 5 July 2005 21:07 (UTC)
27. Andre (talk) July 6, 2005 00:55 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

1. Neutral. Seems like a good user and I'm sure he'll make a good admin. Though I have a fondness for geologists, I'm voting neutral because I see almost no contributions outside the world of geology and I think admins should be a bit more catholic in their work. PedanticallySpeaking June 29, 2005 17:43 (UTC)

What does religion have to do with anything :P? Just kidding. I have no view on this user - never come across him. Harro5 July 2, 2005 23:35 (UTC)

Comments

• User has 4,473 edits. 3503 to articles, 445 to talk, 68 to user, 123 to user talk, 151 to Wikipedia, 44 to Wikipedia talk, 59 to images, 1 to image talk, 7 to templates, 70 to categories and 2 to category talk. Hedley 29 June 2005 15:58 (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.)

My first chore will be to continue fighting vandalism and spam. I have 1500 pages on watch, some of which are vandalism magnets, and the rollback button will be handy. Also will help with speedy deletion work. Requested moves and cut & paste fixes are a couple of tasks I would help with as well. My main objective on Wikipedia is to write good science related articles, help clarify and improve those that exist, learn a bit along the way and have fun. I don't intend to let admin. duties take the fun away.

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

The coordination and creation of the List of minerals (complete) pages with User:Jolyonralph (which I need to update) which incorporates the extensive Mindat.org mineral database into Wikipedia. In addition I have set up mineral categories based on accepted mineralogic classification and started mineral classification articles (see Silicate minerals). I also helped clarify the geology for a number of featured article candidates: diamond, turquoise, and Niagra Falls among others.

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?

Yes, I was involved in the climate wars, see Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Climate change dispute, this last spring and no doubt was a bit rash at times. I tried to focus on the science and keep the various articles NPOV (others differred on interpretation) and attempted on one occaision to mediate a compromise (unsuccesfully): see the history of solar greenhouse (technical). I have learned from that experience and now feel that when the edits feel stressful, it's time to take a break; come back later and edit with a cool head. Perhaps most importantly, don't feed the trolls. I also had a dispute way back when with my nominator User:Guettarda mostly as a result of my poor attempt at humor, but I think we've moved past that now. -Vsmith 29 June 2005 02:22 (UTC)