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

D.M.N.

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Final: (1/9/0); ended 22:11, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

D.M.N. (talk · contribs) - (Note: I am now under the username D.M.N., but used to be under the username Davnel03, and have nominated myself for RFA twice in the past, which failed - hence the reason why this RFA is under the name Davnel03 3) Previous RFA's here and here. I - formerly Davnel03 - have been on Wikipedia now for a over a year. Since joining Wikipedia, I have worked with WP:F1, WP:PW and WP:FOOTBALL. I recently left WP:F1, but am still a semi-contributor still for that project. My main work includes getting 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix to GA-status after a lot of hard work, and managing to get December to Dismember (2006) to FA-status. I also have got three. other articles to GA status. Since joining Wikipedia last year, I have made over 5,000 edits to the encyclopedia. Davnel03 18:29, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Questions for the candidate

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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 admin work do you intend to take part in?
A: I intend to help out at WP:ANI as well as helping clear the backlog at several different noticeboard. I would also block clear sockpuppet cases that go to ANI so that the board can be run more efficiently. I will help clear WP:AFD, and close AFD's where there is a clear consesus to delete or keep. I will also do a bit of category cleanup, possibly in the speedy deletion categories. I will also help at WP:SSP, and if there are any clear sockpuppet cases, I will block users indefinitely if they are sockpuppets.
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
A: My first major contribution that I was proud of was with the 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix article, which I managed to get to GA status. I nominated it for FA status, but that unfortunately failed. One of my best contributions surrounds an idea within the pro wrestling WikiProject as a whole, as we decided to gradually split up pay-per-view articles. The concept (first designed by me), worked and several of the articles that we have worked on have got to GA status. December to Dismember (2006), which I worked on, achieved FA status at the beginninng of November. I have also done some minor edits on football articles, but no major edits. I may look at a wider variety of articles in the near future.
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: I have had conflicts with two different users since I joined Wikipedia in November 2006. My first was with Yamla in April over several copyrighted images. I proceeded to legal threaten him, and she therefore blocked me indefinitely. After reading WP:LEGAL, I retracted those threats at the start of July, and was unblocked. My second conflict came with Cowboycaleb1 in August. At first it was over a minor dispute over the Ashley Massaro article. A few weeks after that incident, I attempted to contact him via his talkpage, but he deleted my comment. My userpage and talkpage was then subject to IP blanking and abuse, coming from Caleb's IP range.[1][2][3] [4]. The IP's directed back to Memphis, TN. From there, I suspected he was a sockpuppet, and therefore launched a sockuppet case, after which he was indefinitely blocked.

General comments

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RfAs for this user:

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

    Discussion

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    Support
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    1. Support I feel you deserve a chance, don't make me regret this!! Dustihowe (talk) 19:52, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Oppose
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    1. Oppose — I view self-noms as prima facie evidence of power hunger. Kurt Weber (Go Colts!) 19:51, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      I feel that you are being unfair in this situation. Why would someone be power hungry if they want Adminship? I nominated myself for it, and failed, but I simply wished for the tools to better Wikipedia. I feel that you are being unfair and rude by simply opposing on all WP:Rfa because they nominated themselves. Dustihowe (talk) 19:54, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      Please note, I have taken my concerns to the Admin noticeboard. Dustihowe (talk) 20:11, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    2. Too soon Davnel has made enormous strides since I lifted his indefinite block and he deserves to be proud of his achievments. However, being an admin is requires an expression of overwhelming community trust and I fear that he has some way to go before I has earned back the trust that he forfeited with his earlier behaviour. I also feel that there is an occasional tendency to over-react to situations (the response to Kurt's traditional vote) is a case in point and I'd prefer to see my admins being calmer in the face of opinions and statements they disagree with. I'm sure that a little more time will help heal the wounds and Davnel will learn to be calmer. Please don't take this oppose the wrong way. I personally consider Davnel's unblock to be the singularly best admin decision I have taken and he has turned out to have been a terrific user since then. Its just that this is probably too soon. Spartaz Humbug! 20:24, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      It should be noted that it is not the candidate who has commented here on Kurt's oppose, but, instead, Dustihowe (you may, of course, mean to reference the candidate's comments elsewhere; if so, this note may be safely disregarded). Joe 20:39, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      I see now that the candidate has, in fact, commented on Kurt's opposes, including on his oppose here, in the AN/I thread begun by Dustihowe; apologies for having missed that earlier. Joe 21:21, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    3. Oppose: It's only been a few months since your former account was blocked for lobbing legal threats and incivil behaviour. I don't think a four month span between that and the next filing is long enough, and I would like to see more contributions than adding {{resolved}} to WP:ANI. Perhaps try out at WP:WQA and etc. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 20:20, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      • Seicer - that's actually very unfair. I agree its too soon but Davnel has written a number of good articles and contributed to at least one featured article. Spartaz Humbug! 20:26, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
        • That alone is not criteria for adminship. Past edits and bans, even from other accounts, need to be taken into account when you are nominating. I would say that it is too soon to apply, and that I would like to see additional contributions. While Davnel has been great in his edits with his new account thus far, I feel that he has a little ways to go before he can fully earn back the trust of those who banned him in the first place. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 20:31, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
          • I'm not disagreeing that its too soon - see my own opinion above yours but he has made significant contributions to the project as Davnel03 and I felt your catagorisation of him as someone who only adds resolved tags to noticeboards does not reflect the full position. Apologies if this came across as too strident. I seem to have been doing a lot of that recently. Spartaz Humbug! 20:35, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    4. Oppose as per weak Q1 answers and no demonstrable need for the tools. Likewise, comments like this leave me wondering if the candidate has the temperament necessary to be a good admin. Also as a side note, helping out at WP:AN/I involves a lot more than pasting-in a "resolved" or "unresolved" template ([5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11]). --Kralizec! (talk) 20:32, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    5. Oppose. I don't think that anyone who can say something like this to someone will ever be suited to adminship. TomTheHand (talk) 20:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      Tom, I apologised to Yamla for those legal threats. That was back in April, since I have come back in July, I have never said a comment like that to a user. Davnel03 20:37, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      I realize that after being indefinitely blocked, then abusing sockpuppets for a few months, you apologized, and that's why you're allowed back on Wikipedia at all. I nevertheless feel that anyone who can act in such a fashion will be a poor admin. TomTheHand (talk) 20:43, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    6. Oppose: Per above. Left batshit crazy note to Yamla, got indefblocked, socked, returned, and has been blocked again ---- all within the last eight months. Sorry but our cup runneth over with rogue admins lately. —Wknight94 (talk) 20:48, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      Can I just note that the block after I come back was due to the disagreement between me and Cowboycaleb. Davnel03 20:51, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      Right. So we're agreed then. —Wknight94 (talk) 20:59, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    7. Oppose: It'll take more than a few months of penance to make up for some pretty grievous violations of civility codes. Sorry. Try again in a year or so. - Chardish (talk) 21:00, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    8. Oppose based upon his comment to the thread on ANI about Kurt Weber's oppose. His view of what harassment is makes him unsuited for adminship. - Crockspot (talk) 21:18, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      It's an opinion. How can what I think harassement is make me unsuited of adminiship. Harassement is when you stalk someone. Maybe my comment at ANI was a little overzealous, but how can one comment make you oppose an RFA? Davnel03 21:22, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
      If you are this easily ruffled by an oppose, which appears to be a common oppose to all self-nominations, and you consider it to be harassment, then I should not need to explain how this would make you unsuitable as an RfA candidate. As an admin, you will likely be subjected to actual harassment and attacks of the most extreme nature. You don't appear to be cut out for the job. Our admins should be cool-headed, and have a very thick skin. If that isn't a good enough rationale for you, I am sure that I can find other valid reasons to oppose, based upon what I see above me, but you should probably just withdraw, and save everyone's time. - Crockspot (talk) 21:43, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    9. Oppose per the above concerns. NHRHS2010 talk 21:46, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Neutral
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