Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Griffjam

The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a request for adminship that did not succeed. Please do not modify it.

Griffjam

Final (0/17/0) ended 22:47, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

griffjam (talk · contribs) – New but determined to help make the information found here truthful. User:griffjam Griffjam 19:39, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I Accept (Griffjam 19:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC))

Support

Oppose

1. Oppose Way more experience is needed to become an admin. Made his first edit yesterday. Support next time maybe. ForestH2
2. Oppose Far too little experience per ForestH2; malformed RfA. joturner 19:54, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
3. Oppose You don't have to be an admin to help make the information here more truthful. Your request here will almost assuredly fail, but please don't be discouraged. -- Rick Block (talk) 20:00, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
4. Oppose No main space edits at all, first edits were to editing userboxes, (including updating {{user flags}} with a fair use image which isn't allowed on userpages - I will revert) and adding multiple thereof to userpage. Suggest withdrawal and reading of WP:NOT. Regards, MartinRe 20:06, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
5. Oppose. Zero main namespace edits. I suggest you withdraw your nomination, get a few months experience editing, and then if you think you could make use of the tools, come back. --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 20:13, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
6. Oppose per above. Naconkantari 20:45, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
7. Oppose - no need for the tools / way too new -- Tawker 20:47, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
8. Oppose Some userbox and user edits, including removing an indefinitely blocked warning message on User:Dormantsoviet[1]. Userpage is all userboxes, no content at all otherwise. Registered on the 27th. I agree with Hughcharlesparker: You may wish to withdraw your nomination for now. With candidate question 2 below, you seem happy with your contributions, but other than userboxes you don't seem to have contributed anything. Sorry. ~Kylu (u|t) 20:58, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
9. Most obvious WP:SNOW ever. I dont want the candidate to be discouraged, but part of the purpose in janitorship is being able to help newer users understand policy. Naturally, that's impossible when you don't know it yourself. At the same time, we have no history by which the rest of us can determine how well you'll use the tools. Give it several months and try again. RadioKirk talk to me 21:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
10. Strongest possible oppose I urge this candidate to retract this, and attempt this at a much later time. Yanksox 21:18, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
11. Oppose fails my criteria. ShortJason 21:35, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
12. 'Oppose per above (too new)Captainj 21:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
13. Strong Oppose. Withdrawal recommended. No edits in the main namespace and the account is way too new. G.He 21:52, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
14. Oppose As said above, needs more experience and positive impact on Wikipedia --WillMak050389 22:04, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
15. Oppose - per -- User:Tawker  :) Dlohcierekim 22:12, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
16. Oppose per RadioKirk. -- Shizane ^talk_contribs 22:14, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
17. Oppose respectfully... Please don't be discouraged. It's just that most successful RfA editors have well over 2000 edits. You certainly don't need to be an admin to do fact-checking. Withdraw this and keep up the good work and you'll get there someday. Grandmasterka 22:15, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments

• Can we close this? I think we have sufficient pileup. I'd close it myself but I think there was some debate barring all but bureaucrats from making such a decision. Redwolf24 (talk) 22:39, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

• See Griffjam's edit summary usage with Mathbot's tool.
• See griffjam's _{(Talk ▪ Contributions ▪ Logs ▪ Block Logs)} contributions as of 21:52, 29 May 2006 (UTC) using Interiot's tool:

Username	Griffjam
Total edits	42
Distinct pages edited	12
Average edits/page	3.500
First edit	23:52, May 27, 2006
	
(main)	0
User	21
User talk	3
Image	2
Template	10
Wikipedia	6

 G.He 21:52, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

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:Revert of Vandalism, checking of truthfulness of facts posted, and helping others

2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A:I am most pleased with my articles that reach a wide audience of users who do not have the amount of knowledge on the subject as I do.

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: Once I was attempting to create a new userbox and i forgot to revert the changes on the one I had based mine on but it was fixed. I now will be more aware of things like that.

Question from Yanksox (opitional)

4. How deep is your understanding of admin duties? You could do all the things that you listed in question one without being an admin. Yanksox 19:58, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

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