Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gobbleswoggler 4

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

Gobbleswoggler 4

Originally scheduled to end 17

05, 11 June 2010 (UTC), closed by HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? perWP:SNOW/WP:NOTNOW at 19:12, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Nomination

gobbleswoggler (talk · contribs) – A great user and editor on wikipedia Gobbleswoggler (talk) 16:56, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

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:

Reverting vandalism by users.As some of you may know i had a threatening comment placed on my talk page so this means a lot to me so i want to help stop it happening to other people.

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

A:

Editing footballers appearances and goals and keeping them up to date.Also reverting vandalism.

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:

As i said in the first question i was threatened on my talk page and i dealt with it by writing to an administrator and that user has been blocked.

General comments

I also know that some of you will be thinking that this is the fourth time this year that i have applied t be an administrator.I will tell you why i so desperately want to be an administrator.I get upset about people vandalising wikipedia as it is worth more than that.I cannot really stop users from vandalising wikipedia as only administrators can block them. I hope you will take this into accounts. Thank you ever so much for taking the time to read this,Gobbleswoggler.

RfAs for this user:

• Requests for adminship/Gobbleswoggler
• Requests for adminship/Gobbleswoggler 2
• Requests for adminship/Gobbleswoggler 3
• Requests for adminship/Gobbleswoggler 4

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

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Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review their contributions before commenting.

Discussion

• Is this your 4th RfA? Tommy²⁰¹⁰_message 18:33, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Support

1. Moral support. Try helping some vandal fighters and learning more about what admins do, take a glance at some successful RfAs to see what the community is looking for. Thanks, Tommy²⁰¹⁰_message 18:24, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Strong Oppose, support immediate close per WP:NOTNOW, an essay Gobbleswoggler has apparently never read, despite repeated requests across several hopeless RfAs to do so. Answer to Q1 indicates a likelihood of using adminship to settle grudges. You don't need it to revert vandalism, either. Answers to Q1 and Q3 indicate a belief that a minor bit of housekeeping was done so well it ought to be rewarded with the mop. "General comment" note indicates GS doesn't know of AIV, ANI, RFPP, SPI, or any of the several other outlets a non-admin can use to get a vandal blocked. Şłџğģő 17:23, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
2. Oppose - Definitely a WP:NOTNOW case. Get more experience and read up on policy. P. D. Cook ^{Talk to me!} 17:26, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
3. Oppose per unsatisfactory answers to questions and WP:NOTNOW. Sorry to oppose. Wait a while and keep on editting, and I'm sure it'll materialise one day. SmokingNewton (talk) 17:32, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
4. Oppose - Point of diminishing returns was some time back, as far as candidate's repeated Rfa's. Candidate needs to not try again for at least 6 months. Suggest close per WP:SNOW. Jusdafax 17:38, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
5. Oppose i think you need some more experience before you can obtain the mop, read WP:NOTNOW. Dwayne was here! ♫ 17:57, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
6. Strong oppose' Per WP:NOTNOW. Immunize (talk) 17:59, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
7. Extreme oppose per WP:SNOW. mono 18:44, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
8. Strong oppose. WP:SNOW, I'm sorry. Salvio ( ^{Let's talk 'bout it!}) 18:55, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
9. Oppose sorry, but having seen your talk page before this RfA was started, I think you've got a severe case of WP:IDONTHEARTHAT re your previous RFAs. Get at least a year to 18 months solid editing in before running again. Repeated RFAs are only going to result in more failures or maybe a ban on running for a period of time. Mjroots (talk) 18:59, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
10. Oppose Per all of above. Sorry. Doc Quintana (talk) 19:00, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
11. Oppose just wants the rights. —fetch·comms 19:08, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Neutral

1. Neutral Well intentioned but needs to take an active part in more admin related portions of Wikipedia prior to me supporting for the mop. -- RP459 ^Talk/_{Contributions} 17:48, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
2. Good Intentions but please read WP:NOBIGDEAL and This too. You can still help Wikipedia with stopping vandalism. Things like Twinkle and Huggle are very useful and easy to use. Besides, without users reporting the vandals, few of them would be blocked by Admins. wiooiw (talk) 18:04, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

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