Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Meno25

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[edit] Meno25

Final (40/0/0); Ended Fri, 6 Apr 2007 21:23:25 UTC

Meno25 (talk · contribs) - I present Meno25, from Alexandria, Egypt, for adminship. Meno25 has been with us since April of 2006 and has amassed nearly 10,000 edits. The user has a single block, for one hour, from 15 November, 2006, due to a communication failure.

The first several months of editing, Meno25 jumped right on in to helping and unfortunately made some good faith mistakes. There were copy and paste moves that had to be fixed at the time, and the user made over 300 unnecessary redirects. I deleted the redirects after a team effort with the user to follow the {{db-self}} tagging. The user utilized the AutoWikiBrowser without fully realizing its potential for damage in its rapid editing, and the user immediately responded in a graceful manner to such mistakes. Meno25 admittedly wants the bit and has annoyed other users in doing good faith minor edits on a massive scale in the past. These complaints and the block were in November, four and a half months ago and were quickly rectified by the user. Meno25 knows Wikipedia policy now, and the user should have been able to clean up mistakes without assistance.

Despite these historical missteps, Meno25 would make good use of the tools. The user is an active archiver across many different talk pages (Mainspace and Wikipedia space) as well as other such maintenance- it would be nice if the buttons were there to take care of any page moves that cannot be completed without the delete function. There are other such instances where I believe that Meno25 could use the tools to the regular cleaning tasks the user does. Meno25 is non-combative, eager to learn/work with other users and is just an all around good hand to have. Meno25 would be a WikiGnome administrator, assisting in backlogs and other sysops functions as they crop up. I do not believe that Meno25 seeks the tools for any other reason. I think it is users like Meno25 who exemplify that adminship is no big deal and should not be treated as such before or after the bit. Admins are janitors, and Meno25 could use the mop and keys with trust. Teke 19:12, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: Accept with gratitude


Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia in this capacity. Please take the time to answer a few generic questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with?
A: I can help wherever help is needed. However, I would like to help mainly in clearing the never ending backlog in CAT:CSD and other backlogs. Other places of interest include AfDs and WP:AIV. These areas usually have the largest backlogs and need continous attention from admins.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A: I am pleased generally with all my work in Wikipedia. I have made hundreds of vandalism reverts. I participated in establishing WikiProject Egypt. I am a regular contributer in WikiProject Physics. A list of all the articles I created can be found here. For example, I have written some very long lists as: List of titles of Ragol Al Mostaheel series and List of titles of Malaf Al Mostakbal series. However, I usually help with WikiGnome work.
3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
A: No, not really. However, there is one incident that I admit I was wrong in it (the one mentioned above by Teke). I am here asking Wikipedia community for forgiveness. My only excuse is my good intentions. I didn't mean to harm Wikipedia. I just didn't know the policies well at that time. This motivated me to read and understand Wikipedia policies well. Following it, I underwent an editor review (found here) which helped me a lot. My editing history can be divided into three parts: April to November: Some mistakes as I didn't understand the policies well. November to January: I am OK but not ready for adminship yet and January to now: I am an experienced user. I can easily help other Wikipedians to correct their mistakes. Concerning the future, the most important thing is to assume good faith in other users and remain civil. Following the steps in WP:DR solves any dispute.
General comments

Please keep criticism constructive and polite.

Discussion

Support

  1. First to support. Has 10000 edits, almost 1 year, yep! BuickCenturyDriver (Honk, contribs, odometer) 20:05, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  2. Mistakes from 4 months ago? I can get over them. I see no reason to worry about previous minor missteps. Full support. John Reaves (talk) 20:19, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  3. Supportwe do need more admins on AIV and good answer to Q3 --Agεθ020 (ΔT • ФC) 20:44, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  4. Support Absolutely. Meno25 is a user I had a lot of interactions with. Meno might have started off with some good faith mistakes but he has evolved into an experienced user and Wikipedian. He has done a good deal of gnomish work and, I believe, almost single handedly set up WikiProject Egypt and assessed its in-scope articles. He has been making some good efforts in vandalism fighting, a job he does very well. Overall, I believe he is a decent user with good experience and no problems, so let's give him a mop. - Anas talk? 20:56, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  5. Support Humble and sincere. YechielMan 22:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  6. Support High level of contribution and humility, and it's all about trust, right? Good luck. The Rambling Man 22:48, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
  7. Support I support this candidate to be an administrator based on a review of work done. I certify that I do not personally know the candidate nor do I have a stake in the outcome.Dereks1x 00:14, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  8. SupportI appreciate the transparency in reporting the journey to becoming a good editor!--Xnuala (talk) 00:16, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  9. Support It is good to see candidates who immediately admit the mistakes they made previously in their history as a Wikipedia editor. Captain panda In vino veritas 01:04, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  10. Support - agreed with all comments above. Lakers 01:33, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  11. Support This user shows how one can learn from their mistakes; adminship doesn't require perfection from the start. Also, Teke, that was very well written nomination. Gutworth 02:01, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  12. Support as the nominator Teke 03:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  13. Support. -Mschel 03:18, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  14. Support. A very good editor, and one who will not abuse the tools as far as I can tell. Twiddle away! ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 03:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  15. Support. not much to say, except... good luck! Abeg92contribs 12:33, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  16. Support-Seems good. --TeckWiz ParlateContribs@ 13:00, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  17. Support I seem to have a good impression of the candidate from his work about the place.--cj | talk 14:56, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  18. Support Seems like he would make a good admin. Good luck:) --James, La gloria è a dio 18:17, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  19. Support per Sir James.Rlevse 01:39, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
  20. Support per all of the above. —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 02:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
  21. Support. Michael 03:55, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
  22. Support - article writing, consensus building, deletion process, help desk and vandalism fighting all present and correct. Excellent candidate. Addhoc 10:21, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
  23. Support--Alnokta 10:58, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
  24. Support looks well rounded and qualified.-- danntm T C 15:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
  25. Support I know Meno25 from both Arabic, English WPs and Commons, excellent contributer --Shipmaster 15:58, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
  26. Support - Good all around candidate. We need more admins from Egypt. -- Jreferee 17:42, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
  27. Support Karim Prince 18:00, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
  28. Support Garion96 (talk) 18:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
  29. --Olando 18:58, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
  30. Support Some obvious missteps along the way but seems very able to admit mistakes, correct course and move on in a positive and improved manner. Admirable and capable IMHO. Play "Moppin' Blues" loudly. Pigman 04:42, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
  31. Support From what I can see, a superb editor who has learned the hard way – often the best way – and has come out the other side the better for it! Would be a valuable addition to the admin group. Bubba hotep 19:13, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
  32. Support Despite early mistakes, this user has clearly shown a turnaround and could use the admin tools well. Good luck! Majorly (o rly?) 10:50, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
  33. Support I've seen Meno around and i trust him. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up ® 14:43, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
  34. Support Looks good to me! James086Talk | Email 23:49, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
  35. I'm Mailer Diablo and I approve this message! - 18:58, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
  36. Support, why not?--Wizardman 02:34, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
  37. Support No evidence this editor will abuse admin tools.--MONGO 04:16, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
  38. Support. Zaxem 08:52, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
  39. Terence 08:57, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
  40. Support per nom., especially the Wikignome work.ERTalk 14:14, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

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