Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Nabla

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

Vote here (24/0/1) ending 18:09:21 , 07 October 2005 (UTC)

Nabla (talk · contribs) – (Self-nomination) I'm a registered user since 2004-07-31, after a long break I've been here regularly since 2005-04-24. I have 3314 edits at the moment I write this, more or less 2600 of them since April. (see kate's tool for distribution and updated numbers). Take a look at my page for some more info.

Why do I want to become an admin? I like encyclopedias ever since I was a young boy, I have read some in full and still do. Helping to build one interests me even more than the possibility to write about some subjects of which I know something useful of. I think that being an admin will allow me to give an extra help to build a better encyclopedia. So here am I, proposing my self for that task.--Nabla 18:09, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Support

1. Support, I believe from what I read and looked at that, you should be qualified enough. So there, you have my support. Private Butcher 18:54, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
2. Support —but need more usertalk edits. Why dont you join the Welcoming committee, you can make many new friends! →Journalist >>talk<< 19:04, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
3. Yeeeeaaaahhhh! FireFox ^{T C} 19:52, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
4. Support. This user has demonstrated a wide range of abilities in a number of areas, and has done a lot of good work in article editing. This user has shown good civility on talk pages, and a definite desire to collaborate within the community. (Also, having a native Portuguese speaker around is always useful!) I am certain this user will make an excellent admin. --NicholasTurnbull 20:00, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
5. Support high enough edit count and been here a while. I see zero controversy. freestylefrappe 20:02, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
6. EXTREME JOHN KERRY SUPPORT WITH EXTRA VIETNAM VETERANS!!! Low-key candidate :) Ryan Norton ^{T | @ | C} 20:28, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
7. Support!. Excellent editor and well rounded. Great janitorial work. We need more like him ≈ jossi ≈ 20:50, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
8. Support, good editor with many edits. Christopher Parham (talk) 21:00, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
9. As the rumbing increased in intensity, bystanders were amazed to hear it slowly form into a monolithic, monosyllabic, all-encompassing YES!!! Grutness...wha? 05:31, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
10. Support—encephalon 05:42, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
11. Support Good editor--Rogerd 07:13, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
12. Merovingian (t) (c) 05:30, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
13. Support. Very fine contributor. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:55, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
14. Support seems like a good nomination. Alf ^melmac 22:16, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
15. Support, will make a good admin. --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 06:16, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
16. Support. El_C 23:41, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
17. Extreme NAMBLA support! Ral315 W_S 17:11, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
18. Support. Applaud the modesty, which we need more of here. PedanticallySpeaking 17:18, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
19. Support for the standard and obvious reasons. --Gmaxwell 18:19, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
20. Support good all-round contributions. Dlyons493 Talk 22:32, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
21. Strong Portuguese support Molotov (talk) 05:18, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
22. Cool. --JuntungWu 11:19, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
23. I want you! to join the W.P. Cabal! Shauri smile! 14:18, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
24. Support. Should make a good admin. Plus, how could I not support when even Boothy443 does? Carbonite | Talk 13:06, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

Neutral

1. On the fence although user has the time, and edit count, I generally dont like self nominations... but thats not the reason i'm on the fence. Perhaps it is just me, but this username makes me think of NAMBLA I know this is odd, but I think it could be a future issue. Would only support with a username change.  ALKIVAR™ 07:10, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Nabla is simply a mathematical operator. Nabla 18:35, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  Would you at least consider adding the ∇ to your sig? I think that would be an acceptable compromise.  ALKIVAR™ 00:51, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Requesting that someone adopt a peacock sig to gain your support seems really weird to me. Unfocused 21:57, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• I thank your warning and advice but my username has never been controversial (I've never read of NAMBLA before...), plus I like a plain sig and the symbol - ∇ - shows up as a plain square to me and probably others. Also the first thing you'll see on my user page is a ${\displaystyle \nabla }$. Anyway when/if such is needed I'll consider it. Nabla 02:13, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

• Could You give some examples of articles You started? feydey 23:37, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have only started a few articles, please follow the link at the answer to question 2 bellow. Other from those you can find there, I've started only a handful out of copyvio's or as short translations of Portuguese language articles. Nabla 00:02, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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.)

Being an admin is about (un)deleting and protecting pages, reverting vandalism and blocking vandals Right now I see myself as more useful helping on 'house cleaning' duties: closing AfD discussions, also at other *fD pages. Also to keep an occasional eye at New Pages and Recent Changes, although I spend more of my time there wikifying/copy editing than reverting or requesting speedy deletes that would be handy too. As to the rest only time will tell.

2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

The expansions at Gerês and Pedro Nunes, because I had to learn more about something I like. The same goes for most of the few I still keep an eye on. Yet most of the times I add/remove something I keep it on my watchlist for a while, to check for reaction and then I let them go. This is a wiki, not much use in trying to keep track of everything I wrote.

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?

Not really. On occasional differences of opinion I stated mine and tried to understand the other(s). In my opinion most edit/revert wars are a rather foolish waste of time and energy. They could be avoided if all involved kept cool, which is relatively easy to do in the 'net', if you wish to. Just do something else or log out - there's life beyond WP... -, and get back to it some time later - that's day(s), not hours - others will support your opinion, or not... If they don't... you don't have to force your's onto others. The future? Who knows about the future? I don't... still I don't see why, or how, I would change myself much.

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