Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/AgentB1

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

AgentB1

Final tally: (0/4/0); closed per WP:SNOW by User:iMatthew.

Nomination

AgentB1 (talk · contribs) – Hi! I admit I haven't been here long (just a couple of months) I review and create pages from "Articles for Creation". I've made some edits, most are things I put there, then decided to take them away, and so on. I think I have 2 or 3 real edits (not counting User Page edits) and 2 or 3 page creations. (not counting my User Page.) I have stayed in the clear, but the choice is yours to make. AgentB1 (talk) 14:40, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?

A: Protecting Wikipedia from being what it's not.

2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?

A: Articles for Creation, because it helps Wikipedia to have more pages, and to be even more useful.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

A: No, not yet, but I would block users for causing other users trouble.

General comments

• Links for AgentB1: AgentB1 (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
• Edit summary usage for AgentB1 can be found here.

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Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/AgentB1 before commenting.

Discussion

Oppose

2. Thank you for submitting your RFA. While I applaud enthusiasm, I'm afraid you do not yet possess sufficient knowledge and experience for the community to have confidence in your readiness to become an admin. But that does not mean that we will never have confidence in you.

   For the most part, it requires at least 3,000 edits in a variety of areas to learn policy and guidelines well enough to attempt adminship. Nominees need to show the ability to contribute a number of significant edits to build the encyclopedia.

   However, if you work on vandalism patrol, most people would like a few thousand more.

   The Admin tools allow the user to block and unblock other editors, delete and undelete pages and protect and unprotect pages. Nominees will therefore do well to gain experience and familiarity with such areas as WP:AIV, WP:AFD, WP:CSD, Wikipedia:Protection policy, and WP:BLOCK to learn when to do these things.

   As an admin, you will inevitably have to...

   1. Explain clearly the reasons for one's decisions.
   2. Review one's decisions and change one's mind when it is reasonable to do so.
   3. Review one's decisions and stand firm when it is reasonable to do so
   4. Negotiate a compromise.

   Admins need a familiarity with dispute resolution. The ability to communicate clearly is essential.

   Article building is the raison d'être of Wikipedia. I recommend significant participation in WP:GA or WP:FA as the surest way to gain article building experience.

   If you are not the type of person who likes to write content, there's plenty of other article work you can do (WikiGnomeing for start).

   My suggestion would be to withdraw and try again in another 3 months and 3,000 edits. Many nominees have found it helpful to submit an Editor Review or to receive Admin coaching before submitting their RfA and after passing that benchmark. Hope this helps. Good luck and happy editing. Giants27 (c|s) 14:54, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

3. Sorry, but while I appreciate your enthusiasm and willingness to help, I'm afraid you've not yet demonstrated that you can be trusted with the tools. I suggest becoming active in vandal-fighting in the short term, which is a good place to start. After a few thousand edits and perhaps six months' experience, I'd be happy to support, barring any major issues. Best of luck! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:57, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
4. Oppose Come back when you have 3,000 more edits. Recommend snow closure. ArcAngel (talk) 15:36, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
5. Oppose You do not have enough experience to be granted the tools. Come back in a few months after gaining experience in different areas. --A new name 2008 (talk) 15:55, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Neutral

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