Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Scott Burley

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[edit] Scott Burley

final (12/2/0) ending 09:20 29 March 2005 (UTC)

I split my time here about 20/80 between writing and janitorial work, and I believe that having access to sysop powers would make the latter task a bit easier for me. I also would like to become more involved with some of the various deletion pages, and be able help other users with requests (page protection, moves, etc.). I joined Wikipedia in May 2004, but didn't become really active until late October. I figure my "numbers" at around 5 months and 1500+ edits. -- Scott eiπ 09:20, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)

Support

  1. Seems a responsible and calming editor, although I prefer as admins those who do more writing. I like the willingness to explain reverts on talk pages. Dbiv 09:48, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  2. Support. jni 11:49, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  3. Support Seems like a legit user who has a huge potential. Squash 20:34, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  4. Support. Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 20:45, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
  5. Merovingian (t) (c) (w) 06:46, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)
  6. Support. Definitely. I've seen Scott do quite a bit of janitorial work, and the proverbial mop and bucket would be an aid. I'm not too concerned about the oppose votes below: it looks like he's modified his signature and while I think that working on a featured article is a good sign for potential administrators, I don't feel that not working on one is a point against them. — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:47, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  7. Relatively few edits, but what is there is good enough. Jordi·✆ 09:08, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  8. Great user. --Lst27 (talk) 22:42, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  9. Andre (talk) 02:21, Mar 25, 2005 (UTC)
  10. Support. Another name I'm familiar with from his janitorial work. His true edit count is certainly much higher than listed (dedicated New Page patrollers always have skewed edit counts due to marking nonsense for deletion). Seems calm, personable and knowledgeable of WP policies. To his credit, he prominently includes a declaration of bias on his user page, but maintains NPOV edits. SWAdair | Talk 11:26, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  11. Support. Same reasons as SWAdair above. The comment for ABCD few items up applies as well. Pavel Vozenilek 22:28, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  12. Seems good enough to me. Grutness|hello? 00:15, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. A little short on edits in my view. Dislike that he transcludes his signature (a burden to server resources). Would give the benefit of the doubt, but we don't yet have an appropriate process for removing adminship in case he's not ready. His work so far seems good, so maybe in a month or two. -- Netoholic @ 18:34, 2005 Mar 22 (UTC)
    Dislike that he transcludes his signature -- Well that's easy to fix. Given the recent server trouble, I think I will. -- Scott eiπ 20:07, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
  2. As far as I can see, does not meet my admin criterion, jguk 20:23, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments

  • 1535 edits, 730 to the main namespace. —Korath (Talk) 14:01, Mar 22, 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 spend most of my time on the new pages page, so I'm well aware of the constant barrage of junk that get thrown at Wikipedia. It would be nice to be able to speedy delete some of it (only those pages nominated by others, of course).
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. It's rare that I write whole articles, though my favorite exception to that is Saline Valley, California. Most of my significant contributions consist of cleaning up and adding to stubby and/or poorly written articles, like Pioche, Nevada (see my changes).
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 once tried mediating a bit at Ron Paul, but ultimately decided to stay away from political disputes. I was involved with the VfD against Universism, to the point that I believe the article creator holds it against me personally. Also, I am currently involved in the RfAr against Iasson. While I may have made an enemy or two, I seek to avoid conflicts, and I feel that I have acted in the best interests of the project in all of these situations.