Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ortolan88

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[edit] Ortolan88

final (27/0/0) ending 22:24, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Tom has been with the project for three years and has made over 6000 edits. He has recently returned from an extended WikiVacation and is once again making copious edits. I cannot remember him stirring up trouble in the days of yore, and he certainly hasn't done so recently. His user page chronicles his impressive contributions to the project. uc 22:20, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I accept the nomination. I had avoided it in the past because I wanted to retain street cred as just a little ole user, but with the growth of Wikipedia I expect there are some extra obligations for old hands who know a little about "how the web was woven". I do appreciate the compliment and consider the nomination an honor. Sincerely, Tom Ortolan88 04:53, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Support

  1. uc 22:20, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  2. Fine by me. BLANKFAZE | (что??) 22:34, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  3. Yes of course. —No-One Jones (m) 22:37, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  4. Acegikmo1 22:41, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  5. Have had nothing but good experiences with this user. Personable, knowledgeable, responsible. — Gwalla | Talk 22:44, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  6. Jwrosenzweig 23:00, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC) Good user, reliable editor, fine candidate.
  7. Dori | Talk 23:18, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
  8. Superb editor, glad to have him around; he'd be a great admin. Antandrus 23:44, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  9. Andre (talk) 23:45, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
  10. Very much so. [[User:Rdsmith4|User:Rdsmith4/sig]] 23:49, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  11. Ok. -- Grunt   ҈  01:22, 2004 Nov 9 (UTC)
  12. Support enthusiastically. Tuf-Kat 03:29, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)
  13. Having met him in person at the Boston meetup, I can say that he's trustworthy and personable. →Raul654 07:12, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)
  14. Again, he isn't an admin? --Slowking Man 07:19, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)
  15. Michael Snow 17:31, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  16. Support. Fire Star 18:02, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  17. Absolutely. Been here since long before I showed up, and never had a problem as far as I know. Isomorphic 18:27, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  18. Support! -- Infrogmation 19:27, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  19. DanKeshet 19:47, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)
  20. Slam dunk is the term being used, I believe. func(talk) 14:29, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  21. Absolutely. His integrity, talent, quality of judgement, and dedication to the project are beyond question. Kosebamse 15:28, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  22. Agree with Kosebamse. --Lst27 (talk) 23:54, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  23. Ample street cred one way or another. +sj+ 19:27, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  24. Joyous 00:26, Nov 12, 2004 (UTC)
  25. 172 05:10, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  26. JFW | T@lk 15:04, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  27. dab 16:01, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Comments

  • No one mentioned my sense of humor. Ortolan88
    • Note: Ortolan88 has a sense of humor. :) func(talk) 14:29, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • Thanks to all of you for your kind words and thoughts. I treasure them (and agree with them). (I told you I had a sense of humor.) Ortolan88 22:06, 16 Nov 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'll be glad to help out as I can. I would particularly enjoy working with controversies I am not involved in. (See Answer 3) I'll study up on all the reading materials and plunge in as appropriate. I suppose I'll have to get back on the mailing list too. I took my WikiVacation because I just got too emotionally involved, but I'm better now, thanks.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. See User:Ortolan88. I take pleasure in writing, of course, that's why I'm here, but I enjoy fixing a lot of niggling markup problems just as much. See my contributions for evidence on both kinds of contribution.
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. My policy on editing conflicts is to avoid them. I completely lack the capacity to deal with people who rabidly assert ownership over a page, see Talk:Acronym or Talk:List of transgendered people. When this happens, I just drop out and try to wait them out. On the other hand, I'm a pretty nice calm and kind guy and fairly smart too, so I think I could help other people solve conflicts, as in Talk:David Irving. In the cases mentioned above, I wished that some reasonable and uninvolved person could step in to help. (Maybe they have already; I haven't revisited either of these recently.)