Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/CambridgeBayWeather

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[edit] CambridgeBayWeather

Final (37/0/0) ended 14:09 23 October 2005 (UTC)

CambridgeBayWeather (talk · contribs) – I would like to nominate CambridgeBayWeather for adminship simply because I see him/her doing so much good work that I feel Wikipedia would be a much better place if he/she had the admin tools. Vital stats are: 4273 edits, first edit 11-June-05. If there was ever a case for a "speedy promote" then this is it! Martin 14:09, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

Thank you very much. I would be honoured to be considered as an administrator. CambridgeBayWeather 05:08, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Support

  1. Definately. Martin 11:10, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  2. Support MONGO 11:36, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  3. Support Excellent contribs: welcoming, wikifying, re-directing and creating. Wish I could remember edit summaries as regularly. Marskell 11:37, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  4. Support. A great editor! Worth interrupting my Wikibreak to support this candidate. Owen× ☎ 12:35, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  5. Support I constantly see this name attached to good work. I am getting sick of it :) Qaz (talk) 13:10, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  6. Support Have seen lots of good contribs from him! --JoanneB 14:02, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  7. Support goes without saying. For all of the above reasons and probably some below as well but wiki is not a crystal ball. Dlyons493 Talk 14:26, 16 October 2005 (UTC). This was me - wiki seems to log me out randomly. Dlyons493 Talk 08:52, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
    IP vote User:Nichalp/sg 06:50, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
  8. S'port - you can't get too many Canadians in Wikipedia (excellent contributor) --Doc (?) 14:36, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  9. You amuse us, CambridgeBayWeather! The only thing funnier... is your imminent adminship! — JIP | Talk 14:56, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  10. Support Private Butcher 15:25, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  11. Support seems to vote on every RFA. freestylefrappe 15:56, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  12. Support Of Course --JAranda | watz sup 16:57, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  13. Support Was thinking of nominating him myself. -Greg Asche (talk) 18:15, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  14. Support. Christopher Parham (talk) 20:29, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  15. Support. Yes please! Shauri smile! 21:18, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  16. Strong support -- Francs2000 22:29, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  17. Merovingian (t) (c) (e) 23:31, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
  18. [Support I've seen good work etc etc Grutness...wha? 00:20, 17 October 2005 (UTC) (It's spring! 20 lovely degrees celsius!)
  19. I haven't had much opportunity to interact, but I do remember a survey on which Mr. Weather was a respondent, and he was very forthright in admitting that his edit count was insufficient to participate. Despite being unable to vote, he showed thoughtfulness in the comments he made. Ingoolemo talk 02:23, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
  20. Support. -Splashtalk 03:00, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
  21. Support. I see on my watchlist that he does very good work on articles related to Canada's North. Luigizanasi 03:09, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
  22. Support. Seen'em, like'em. - RoyBoy 800 04:54, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
  23. Support, as has been said above, I see this name reverting vandalism all the time.-gadfium 08:38, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
  24. Support. Seen him during RC-patrol. Deserves his "Exceptional Newcomer" award. jni 09:42, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
  25. Support. sɪzlæk [ +t, +c, +m, +e ] 10:58, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
  26. Support The usual ITHWO (I Thought He Was One). Banes 12:49, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
  27. Andre (talk) 16:51, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
  28. Support Stolen off JIP, I admit it FireFox 17:45, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
  29. -- (drini's page|☎) 19:23, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
  30. Florida Bay Weather Support. «»Who?¿?meta 22:16, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
  31. Support. Fine and sensible contributor. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:20, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
  32. Whoa... First time for me using RFA cliche #1, but... I thought this guy was already an admin! Support.  Denelson83  07:22, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
  33. Support. Have noticed him around a lot recently. Will make a great admin. the wub "?!" 16:15, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
  34. Support - He often appears on my watchlist doing Goog Things. The JPS 17:02, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
  35. support he is a good contributor Yuckfoo 04:14, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
  36. Support - Only suprises me the 3680 article edits but only 118 article talk pages... but in the end, who cares. :) --Sebastian Kessel Talk 20:02, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
  37. Speedy support, per nom. Titoxd(?!?) 21:35, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
  38. Support Positive contributions to WP. Good egg. Hamster Sandwich 19:27, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
  39. Support should make good admin. Alf melmac 08:30, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
  40. Support. —Wayward Talk 11:40, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
  41. Support V. Molotov (talk)
    19:33, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
  42. Support - I was under the illusion that I had already voted support. Never mind. Better late than never... --Celestianpower háblame 21:46, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. --Boothy443 | comhrá 21:11, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
    Image:Pikachu2.gif. Ëvilphoenix Burn! 20:14, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments

  • Due to the fact that I do some of my editing at work and that for some reason I get logged out of Wikipedia I would ask that potential voters please take a look at User talk:216.126.246.78 and User talk:216.126.246.118. The user pages for these two redirect to User:CambridgeBayWeather. The edits made from these two were not great but I feel that it's important that everyone know from what accounts I am editing and not using a sockpuppet. CambridgeBayWeather 05:08, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
    • I think you should probably unredirect them. It's just a matter of time before a vandal acquires the address and a stressed-out RC patroller leaves the warning messages on your talk page! -Splashtalk 03:00, 17 October 2005 (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 would continue on with speedy deletes but more carefully. In other words, as a non-administrator it's very easy to tag articles for speedy knowing that someone else will check it over. As an administrator I would be the one checking to see if it could be changed to a redirect or brought up to a higher standard (I've already got better at doing both of these) rather than a speedy delete. I would like to try and help both with closing AfD and copyvios. Reverting of vandalism and blocking vandals where necessary. I would/do have a far bit of time for this sort of work as I have access both at home and during work. If I found that I was unsure of something then I would seek the advice of a more senior administrator.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. As is obvious from my edits I am very involved in creating Canadian airports. This is being done because it's required rather than because I enjoy it. I do enjoy doing RC patrol to see what's happening. However, the thing I enjoy most is when doing RC patrol I come across articles like Harold Wagstaff and Henry Neville. The first one I found tagged as a speedy consisting of "Harold Wagstaff is a member of the Hall of Fame". A quick search on Google indicated that he was real and had some claim to notability. I made a quick save by removing the tag, giving a bit of context and saving with a edit summary indicating that I would work on the article. After a while I was able to produce a stub on the man that is now ready for editing by someone with more knowledge of Rugby League. I did this at work and due to being logged out of Wikipedia after 5-10 minutes it appears in the edit summary as User talk:216.126.246.78. The Henry Neville was a similar situation but was already a stub. I am not saying that I enjoy doing this due to the fact that I am producing great articles with wonderful prose, which I am not, but it gives me the opportunity to learn something new and the ability to provide information for others to build on.
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. So far very little. I suspect that because that this is due to the fact that the articles that are controversial are so far beyond my knowledge that I any edits I did to them (other than reverting obvious vandalism) would probably be considered vandalism anyway. There have only been a couple of people that I have had minor run in with. See User talk:70.81.117.175 who had made edits to Extremes on Earth for which I could not find a source. The nature of his edits, changing the -63 at Snag coldest in North America to -70 at Resolute and that the coldest inhabited place is Resolute at -22.8 (average) are related to my work and I felt they were incorrect. I asked for sources and he quoted the Scholastic Book of World Records for the average and two people on television for the -70. I know that depending on the way the data is handled can produce different results so I did not change that. However, I did revert the -70 back to the standard and verifiable -63. I also tried to explain that TV is not a valid source for information. It stayed at -63 until 02 October when he changed it back to -70 and I then reverted it. It happened again the next day. Since then the temperature has stood and if it happens again I would seek the assistance of someone else to see if I was being unreasonable. The only other person that I had a run in with was here: User talk:Lightbringer. Please see the section entitled "List of proposed Jack the Ripper suspects". It was not being called a Mason or a provider of Masonic propaganda (I'm not a Mason) but the fact that I would cut and paste copyright material. He has not answered my request and I doubt that I will have anything more to do with this user. In truth I come to Wikipedia to get away from the stress provided to me by my supervisor and I very much doubt that anything here could provide me with that much stress. Anyway, if I was being stressed then I would just stop for a few days rather than react to it.
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