Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ssd

Ssd

Let me introduce you to this great user, Ssd. He has over 6200 contributions and has edited Wikipedia since February 21. He has put in a lot of work concerning our categorization system and CSS styles, which I have no clue about (I’m still using the classic skin). Anyway, Ssd has expressed some concerns on helping out more with the maintenance of our encyclopedia. I think we should give him this chance. - Merovingian✍Talk 20:58, Jul 17, 2004 (UTC)

I accept nomination. I can't take credit for much CSS stuff; while I understand it, I probably didn't spend more than 10 wikiminutes on that. Please understand that I'm still balancing looming wikiholism with other things, so what I do with the adminship will be limited to what I have time for after doing other wiki-stuff I want to get done. Right now, my primary task is cleaning up categories, and admin will probably help with that a bit, especially with cleaning of Wikipedia:Categories for deletion. The rest is listed on my user page.

Support

1. Merovingian✍Talk 20:58, Jul 17, 2004 (UTC)
2. Neutrality 22:35, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)
3. Lst27 00:41, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
4. Spectatrix 06:39, 2004 Jul 18 (UTC)
5. VV 07:20, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
6. Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 07:25, 2004 Jul 18 (UTC)
7. David Remahl 09:09, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
8. EddEdmondson 10:22, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
9. Dysprosia 13:02, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
10. Michael Snow 16:16, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
11. Danny 16:17, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
12. —No-One Jones 16:19, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
13. 172 05:51, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
14. Cribcage 05:59, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
15. jengod 03:08, Jul 20, 2004 (UTC)
16. GeneralPatton 04:38, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
17. Support. --H. CHENEY 16:08, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
18. older≠wiser 13:09, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)
19. A reasonable and pragmatic contributor, amenable to discussion. -- Heron 08:33, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Comment

1. Just one niggle: when you become an admin, ssd, you should probably refrain from deleting stuff from Talk pages - not that I mind, because I can see that your intentions are honest and you are just trying to save space, but it sets a bad example for others. :-) -- Heron 08:33, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

   That was a special case. I've never done it that way before, it just seemed appropriate and was the best way to keep the discussion from folding under its own weight. (Essentialy, I deleted all the points we agreed on (including my own replies) and then started adding comments from there, and mentioned so. If the discussion had been more complex, I would have left a link to the previous version.) --ssd 11:23, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters, if you care to respond:

1. Have you read the section on Administrators?

A. Can't remember which I've read, but I did look into the administrator stuff. I've read everything I could find on categories, category deletion, and deletion in general. (I have not restricted myself to reading in these areas of course.) If I decide to persue other admin responsibilities, I will be sure to read up on it fully before doing it.

2. Are you interested in, and do you think you'll have some time to perform, the chores that only sysops have access to do, to help keep Wikipedia up to date?

A. As stated in my acceptance, I will do what I have time for with priority to what I am already doing. I make occasional ventures into VfD, recent changes, vandalism watch, etc., but don't expect me to frequent those areas (except randomly) until I've got categories under control.

3. If you become a sysop, which sysop chore or chores (WP:VFD, recent changes, watching for vandals and vandalism, responding to editor requests for assistance, any other) do you especially think you would be able to help with.

A. I could help with any or all of those, but will only have time to do so randomly until I have completed other things I am already doing. (In a pinch, I'll help if I can.)

4. In your opinion, what article have you contributed the most succesfully and helpfully to?

A. Probably Antenna (electronics), which parallels my recent entry into another hobby. But a lesser contribution to UFS, which is a piece of filesystem and unix info that I will continue to contribute other articles to as I have time.

5. In your opinion, what has your best contribution to the running and maintenance of Wikipedia been? (i.e., have you reverted a bad stretch of vandalism, done extensive work categorizing articles, helped mediate a dispute?)

A. I've done a very little bit of vandalism reversion, but mostly lately I have been working on categorization. Probably 80% of my edits in the last month have been about categories, with a reduction in other areas I will eventually get back to.

6. Of your Wikipedia edits and experiences thus far, what is your biggest regret? What do you wish you'd done differently?

A. I nearly always regret hitting save page instead of show preview, but that's easily fixed after the fact. I regret creating Category:Science fiction authors which will (I hope) eventually be renamed to Category:Science fiction writers. (Right now, it's hopeless without a bot, perhaps I'll write one later.) --ssd 21:37, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Thanks and good luck! -- Cecropia | Talk 21:05, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)