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DrZoidberg

Vote here (0/6/0) ending 14:58 17 July 2005 (UTC) DrZoidberg is one of Wikipedia's most valuable contributors. As a sandboxian (along with fellow sandboxians Righteous Monkey and Fonzie Fan), DrZoidberg firmly believes that the sandbox is by far the most important part of Wikipedia, and DrZoidberg will strive to make the sandbox the very best that DrZoidberg can. Also, DrZoidberg likes to hear DrZoidberg talk about DrZoidberg. DrZoidberg!   Nominated by DrZoidberg 15:48, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

Support

  1. Am I allowed to vote for myself?  DrZoidberg 16:47, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

  1. Not enough edits outside of the sandbox. In addition, he has zero edits in the article namespace [1]. Carbonite | Talk 15:54, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  2. I concur with Carbonite. I manually checked through all of his edits since he joined last november, and every last one was for sandbox/history, his talk page, someone else's talk page, or (once the sandbox/history page got moved into his userspace and VFD'd) the VFD for the sandbox/history page. →Raul654 15:58, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
  3. At the risk of sounding like an evil cabalist I am tempted to just place an indefinite block on this user. He has about 1000 edits to the sandbox and not one in the article space. He has contributed nothing to Wikipedia, merely wasted countless billions of valuable electrons by messing about. We shouldn't really be tolerating his presence unless he does something productive. — Trilobite (Talk) 16:14, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    • Off topic, but just how "valuable" are electrons? Knowing that 99.9999% of the matter in my house contains electrons, I might be quite rich!  DrZoidberg 17:02, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      • The electrons comment wasn't meant seriously. The point is that while you don't place more than a miniscule strain on our resources by playing in the sandbox, you don't appear to have done anything whatsoever of benefit to Wikipedia. The sandbox is a place to test things out if you're not sure how template transclusion works, or something like that, and want a place to edit without messing up an article. It is not a scribble-box for anyone who wants to play games or whatever it is you do there. — Trilobite (Talk) 17:17, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  4. I'm thinking WP:POINT. Bad faith nomination. David | Talk 16:46, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Oppose and permanently block. Gamaliel 17:38, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  6. I quite agree that this is a bad faith nomination, but I can't understand the calls for a permanent block, either. In terms of "tolerating his presence," I don't see how there's any problem doing just that: he's not polluting Wikipedia at large, and though it would certainly be nice if he were to do "something productive," there are plenty of inactive users who haven't been doing anything productive either that no one would suggest we ban. By sticking to the sandbox, he's not exactly participating in the spirit of the project, but he's not harming it either. Oppose this nomination, and, for what its worth, oppose the calls to block. – Seancdaug 17:45, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
  7. Oppose. I am pleased that DrZoidberg confines his editing, for the most part, to the sandbox. Since there is generally no reason to move, delete, protect, or unprotect the sandbox, and since there is rarely reason to block users who vandalize the sandbox, I offer the observation that adminship may not be particularly useful to DrZoidberg. Insofar as DrZoidberg is at most a minor nuisance, and has shown for the most part a willingness to constrain his unusual pattern of editing so that it is largely within community norms, I believe that calls for a ban are premature. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 17:55, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral

Comments

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 plan to maintain the sandbox and ensure it is a safe playground for everyone. Plus I'll patrol the sandbox nonstop and replace the header whenever someone decides to get rid of it.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A: My original Hangman games in the sandbox from around 8 months ago. As a result of it's explosive popularity, it has branched out to its own page, and was the foundation idea for other projects such as checkers, go, and of course, the Wikipedia Chess Championship.
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: Well, Gabe was always picking fights with me in the sandbox, but I was usually able to ignore his threats (at least for a little while). But I don't feel singled out, after looking at his history, he seems to treat everyone that way.
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