Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Sunfazer

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[edit] Sunfazer

Final (0/17/2) ended 22:27, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Sunfazer (talk · contribs) – I nominate Sunfazer to be admin as he seems to be a good editor, making interesting contributions, and is a worthy contributor. He's been here since November 2005, when he started off helping in the Wikipedia namespace, then moving up to AFDs etc., before starting on article editing in January. I think this candidate will make a good admin because he seems to have kept his cool, and never resorted to personal attacks, or even harassment of editors.

I nominated this user on the grounds that he seems to be a good user: he has kept cool at all times, and hasn't even resorted to one personal attack. He's also very friendly, and has nominated articles for peer review too.
I have seen evidence of him participating in WikiProject Automobiles recently, and is working with Thryduulf on a WikiProject, and AFDs.
He also has helped with articles and has got many tagged with the cleanup-date tag, and has taken part in a few AFD's too. Plus he has a tireless devotion to the Wikipedia namespace.

See article contributions
contributions
and [talk] contributions.
For these reasons above, I believe he will make a good admin. He would make a good asset to Wikipedia.

--KarlaJoanne 15:08, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:I accept this nomination.--Sunfazer | Talk 16:36, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Note: CheckUser reveals that the nominator shares IP addresses with Sunfazer. Jayjg (talk) 18:49, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - My friend is also using the same PC as me now. --Sunfazer | Talk 18:52, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Support

Oppose

  1. Strong Oppose trying a sock to make it look like a self nom raises serious integrity questions -- Tawker 16:42, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
    Comment - KarlaJoanne is not a sockpuppet, she is someone I know in real life. --Sunfazer | Talk 18:57, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  2. Oppose Needs more experience. Too few mainspace & wikipedia space edits. Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 16:54, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  3. Strong oppose. Has engaged in vandalism [1]; there's an issue about his IP address that I don't understand (User_talk:Jayjg/Archive_15#Sockpuppetry); and he recently reverted me over a tag on banned User:Zephram Stark's user page, for reasons best known to himself. [2] SlimVirgin (talk) 17:04, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
    It gets worse. His nominator hasn't made a single edit to the encyclopedia. [3] SlimVirgin (talk) 17:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
    That's not technically true (and it gets worse yet): KarlaJoanne recreated the notorious deleted Exicornt at the end of April. Exicornt was User:EddieSegoura's pet project, a neologism for a double rail crossover. Now, I don't know what this means, but Sunfazer once agreed to support Eddie's RFA, at a time when this was a rather unusual stance to take, frankly. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 19:13, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
    Must we pile on the reasons for opposing when clearly there are a significant number of oppose votes? joturner 20:49, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  4. Oppose per above. I'm all for vandal reform and even voted one in as an admin; but, in the immortal words of Elmer Fudd, "Thewe's somethin' scwewy goin' on awound heah!" RadioKirk talk to me 17:26, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  5. Oppose, less than 1000 edits (manually checked), new user nomination is suspicious (I regard it as equivalent to a self-nom), and his question answers don't encourage me. For a user once indefinitely blocked, and blocked as recently as April 1 [4], I'd say, wait at least 6 more months and try to integrate yourself with the community more first. Mangojuicetalk 17:27, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
    Comment - The 'vandalism' was at a time when I didn't really understand Wikipedia ([5]) - anyway... I'm trying to be a constructive editor. --Sunfazer | Talk 17:32, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  6. Oppose - Even without the other stuff, Sunfazer is too new and too inexperienced, and too prone to messing with policy he seems not to understand. However, the other stuff cannot be ignored. Sunfazer began as a vandal and although his own username has not been used for vandalism for a long time, IPs he uses seem to be constantly associated with vandalism and sockpuppetry. Attempts to find out why have been met with rather unconvincing answers. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 17:54, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
    Comment - I have not vandalised since November 2005. I am trying to edit constructively. --Sunfazer | Talk 18:00, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  7. Oppose per general lack of experience (I had to correct the format above to prevent his own comment to be counted as an oppose vote...) Please, be patient and continue to edit and learn for some months, and then retry. No need to rush. Phaedriel ♥ tell me - 17:56, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  8. Oppose All looks very suspicious to me! --John24601 18:01, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  9. Oppose You do not have enough experience in mainspace and Wikipedia edits and the vandalism convinces me you are not ready for adminship.--Dakota ~ 18:59, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
    Comment - I have not vandalised since November 2005. 155 edits in mainspace is OK, isn't it??? --Sunfazer | Talk 19:03, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
    No, it isn't. Please check out these standards to have an idea of what is expected of RfA candidates. You don't need the admin tools to edit Wikipedia anyways... --Deathphoenix ʕ 19:37, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
    [6]? DarthVader 22:18, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  10. Oppose per ALL reasons above. --Siva1979Talk to me 19:34, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  11. Oppose, too few edits. Naconkantari 19:42, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  12. Strong oppose: these unexplained blanking edits [7] [8] and per all other reasons above. User needs much more time to become acquainted with the WP guidelines. -- getcrunkjuicecontribs 19:56, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  13. Strong oppose and suggest withdrawl. I could never support a sockpuppet nomination. I did have to chuckle at this though: "Sunfazer would like to nominate you to be an admin," as it does appear to be the truth here. AmiDaniel (talk) 20:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
    Comment - It was KarlaJoanne's first time using the templates! She is a new editor here and my friend! --Sunfazer | Talk 20:08, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  14. Utter oppose per all above. Friendship, while commendable, does not negate apparent lack of judgment needed to be an admin. This episode in no ways instills confidence in the face of a history of vandalism. :) Dlohcierekim 20:51, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  15. Oppose. No reason not to, as far as I'm concerned. --Lord Deskana Dark Lord of the Sith 21:00, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  16. Oppose. No. Mackensen (talk) 21:08, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  17. Oppose for lack of trust with admin privileges. Thank you for your contributions and RfA! GChriss 21:14, 18 May 2006 (UTC)


Neutral

Neutral until questions are answered --Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 16:47, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Changed to Oppose Srikeit(talk ¦ ✉) 16:54, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  1. Neutral leaning towards oppose. The user seems to have reformed. However, Sunfazer's total number of edits is low for any candidate, let a long a reformed vandal. I'm also puzzled by a nomination from a user with no edits. I might support this user in a few months if he continues to be productive. JoshuaZ 17:10, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  2. Neutral but with a strong plea to stop piling on the oppose votes. They are not necessary at this stage, since this RfA is going to fail anyway, and his user page indicates that he is going through difficulties. I know nothing about the vandalism background. He was very helpful in creating the {{Pinktulip}} template. He needs more experience. AnnH ♫ 21:23, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments

  • Sunfazer, I suggest you continue to contribute to Wikipedia and come back in a few months, perhaps in August or September, to request adminship again. joturner 20:49, 18 May 2006 (UTC)


  • See Sunfazer's edit summary usage with Mathbot's tool.
  • Statistics for: Sunfazer
Total edits: 982
Main: 155
Talk: 39
User: 337
User talk: 183
Wikipedia: 164
Wikipedia talk: 7
Image: 14
Template: 71
Template talk: 5
Category: 7

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 voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
A. I would anticipate being able to semi-protect pages in response to vandalism, e.g. Tony Blair and blocking users with offensive usernames (e.g. the fursecution vandal), and also working on dispute resolution. Plus I would also look at deleted content for WP:DRV. I also intend to use the {{deletedpage}} templates on attack pages to prevent re-creation.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. I am pleased with the Bob Tur and Police, Camera, Action! articles because I have expanded them from stubs to coherent articles. I am also pleased that I have highlighted articles for cleanup too; a good skill.
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. I had a minor conflict with Locke Cole (talk · contribs) over the {{sockpuppet}} tag, but we sorted it out quickly. Since then I have had no other conflicts. If a conflict did occur, I would try and discuss it with the user first.
4. Sunfazer, is there any connection between you and your nominator? SlimVirgin (talk) 17:35, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
A. She is a friend of mine. Yes, there is a connection. --Sunfazer | Talk 17:55, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the talk page of either this nomination or the nominated user). No further edits should be made to this page.