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::'''A:''' Neither. [[Danny White]], a quarterback <u>and</u> a punter.—[[User:Bagumba|Bagumba]] ([[User talk:Bagumba|talk]]) 23:54, 20 August 2012 (UTC) |
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====General comments==== |
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Revision as of 23:54, 20 August 2012
Bagumba
(talk page) (7/0/0); Scheduled to end 21:26, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Nomination
Bagumba (talk · contribs) – Fellow editors, it is my pleasure to present to you Bagumba as a candidate to become an administrator. I've seen him around the project, particularly the baseball part of it, several times and I don't recall any poor conduct on his part. Bagumba began editing in 2008, and has a respectable edit count (nearly 14,000) which is spread out among multiple namespaces. He has some experience in DYK and has participated in plenty of AfD's. I believe he has proven that he can be trusted with the mop. Wikipedia is losing active admins and they must be replaced, one at a time. AutomaticStrikeout 19:11, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept.—Bagumba (talk) 19:44, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Questions for the candidate
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. Please answer these questions to provide guidance for participants:
- 1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
- A: I primarily edit sports-related pages, and I would help protect pages that become subject to incessant unsubstantiated rumors. During periods where players are being signed/traded, some pages unfortunately have frequent edits by unconfirmed users that add the rumors on potential transactions while incorrectly presenting them as facts. Protection would help to maintain Wikipedia's integrity during these periods until the rumor is officially confirmed. I would also help with vandalism and edit-warring that I encounter while editing. Enough editors and admins admit that the necessary but burdensome process of providing diffs when reporting to noticeboards prevents some disruptive editors from being dealt with. Having access to admin tools would be helpful to cut out the overhead in obvious cases where I have no conflict of interest. I would also assist with addressing reports on noticeboards.—Bagumba (talk) 21:20, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- 2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
- A: My contributions to Jeremy Lin were rewarding when "Linsanity" became an overnight international sensation in February 2012 and multiple news sources started using the phrase "first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent"—a phrase that had been used in his Wikipedia article since 2010. Wikipedia already had a representable article on Lin in January before the page views exploded in February. I also took Trevor Hoffman to GA, and was an active reviewer in promoting Derek Jeter to FA. I've reviewed a few FLs, and nominated some articles for DYK as well.
- 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 do not consider a discussion to be a conflict unless it is causing me stress, so I've only encountered a minimal amount of conflict. I try to assume good faith; it is often the case that a concept is not as clear to one as it is to another, and further explanation or rewording on either side eventually does the trick. Getting multiple editors involved by soliciting related projects and proper noticeboards usually helps to offer different viewpoints and assists in clarifying and moderating the discussion. Finally, taking a break and getting back to my real life helps to add perspective.—Bagumba (talk) 21:20, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- Additional question from Theopolisme
- 4. You say you're mainly interested in working in the area of page protection... are there any other admin areas you'd also be interested in participating in? Namely, blocking users?
- A: Yes, as part of my stated interest in combating vandalism and edit-warring, I would issue blocks as a preventive step such as in cases where warnings have not been successful in correcting behavior. Otherwise, I generally do not intend to dabble in areas as an admin that I have not participated in as an editor.—Bagumba (talk) 22:05, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- Additional question from TP
- 5. You mentioned that you want to focus in sports articles and page protection. What is your position on preemptive page protection?
- Additional question from Dennis Brown
- 6. Roger Staubach or Troy Aikman, and why?
- A: Neither. Danny White, a quarterback and a punter.—Bagumba (talk) 23:54, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
General comments
- Links for Bagumba: Bagumba (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
- Edit summary usage for Bagumba can be found here.
- Stats on the talk. Theopolisme :) 21:31, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review their contributions before commenting.
Discussion
Support
- As nom. AutomaticStrikeout 21:29, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- I haven't seen this user around, but a cursory review of his talk page, some of his comments at AfD, and the answers he gave to the standard RfA questions left me with the impression that he can be trusted with the added toolset. I agree with the nominator, we need more administrators, especially ones that help to protect our biographies of living people. There's no reason to believe Bagumba would do anything crazy with +sysop. Kurtis (talk) 21:40, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- Level-headed, tactful, and a good communicator. I've always been impressed with his ability to handle disagreements. He doesn't make things personal, but keeps a cool head and focuses on the arguments. Zagalejo^^^ 22:34, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- Wizardman Operation Big Bear 22:41, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- Opport/Suppose - editor needs to spend more time on NASCAR and less on baseball and basketball if he's to be well rounded in sport related material. — Ched : ? 22:42, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- Can not find any general reason to oppose or go neutral. If I find any possible opinion changes, I question them first. Great Nomination too AutomaticStrikeout. John F. Lewis (talk) 23:47, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- Weak support. WP:RFPP requests this year: 10th August (protected), 12th July (declined a few hours later), 6th July (protected), 19th May (declined), 12th May (protected), 10th February (protected), 6th February (initially full protection, later semi-protection). WP:AIV reports this year: 17th August (blocked), 7th February (blocked), 26th January (blocked). Of concern, Bagumba sometimes characterizes misguided good faith edits by IP editors as "vandalism": here, here, here. Axl ¤ [Talk] 23:53, 20 August 2012 (UTC)