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#'''Weak oppose''' Unfortunately, I must oppose. At first I looked at [[Road trip]]. There was a huge overuse of images in that article. I didn't check the history to see if this editor added them, but they appear to be the main contributor to the article so I assume they were. Then I saw [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Road_trip&diff=449763547&oldid=442245876 this edit]. There isn't anything particularly wrong with it, but I can't tell what exactly is trying to be conveyed. This didn't bother me too much. I moved on to [[Greup]], an unreferenced village. Again, I wasn't bothered but I was wondering why the editor was creating unreferenced articles. I finally came upon [[Paul_van_Herck]]. I expect editors seeking adminship to be familar with [[WP:V]] and when I see unreferenced new articles<s> and unreferenced BLPs</s>, that concerns me. I'll keep an eye on this RFA.--v/r - [[User:TParis|T]][[User_talk:TParis|P]] 04:57, 1 January 2012 (UTC) |
#'''Weak oppose''' Unfortunately, I must oppose. At first I looked at [[Road trip]]. There was a huge overuse of images in that article. I didn't check the history to see if this editor added them, but they appear to be the main contributor to the article so I assume they were. Then I saw [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Road_trip&diff=449763547&oldid=442245876 this edit]. There isn't anything particularly wrong with it, but I can't tell what exactly is trying to be conveyed. This didn't bother me too much. I moved on to [[Greup]], an unreferenced village. Again, I wasn't bothered but I was wondering why the editor was creating unreferenced articles. I finally came upon [[Paul_van_Herck]]. I expect editors seeking adminship to be familar with [[WP:V]] and when I see unreferenced new articles<s> and unreferenced BLPs</s>, that concerns me. I'll keep an eye on this RFA.--v/r - [[User:TParis|T]][[User_talk:TParis|P]] 04:57, 1 January 2012 (UTC) |
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#:[[Paul van Herck]]'s not a BLP since the subject died in the 1980s, but I do agree with your general point about unreferenced articles. [[User:28bytes|28bytes]] ([[User talk:28bytes|talk]]) 05:10, 1 January 2012 (UTC) |
#:[[Paul van Herck]]'s not a BLP since the subject died in the 1980s, but I do agree with your general point about unreferenced articles. [[User:28bytes|28bytes]] ([[User talk:28bytes|talk]]) 05:10, 1 January 2012 (UTC) |
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#::'''Note:''' Many of my articles originated on the [[Dutch Wikipedia]]. There isn't a strong referencing culture on the Dutch Wikipedia (in fact some people there think it isn't necessary at all, see e.g. [[:nl:Overleg_Wikipedia:Sjablonen_voor_artikelboodschappen#Sjabloon voor Bronopgave gewenst|this discussion there]]{{nl}}). So especially in the beginning I took over many practices of nlwiki over to here. In my later articles I have been more aware of the requirement to reference my articles. Also I did not create Road trip I only expanded it with some non-American content and wikifairied it up with some more images. [[User:SpeakFree|'''S'''<sub>peak</sub>'''F'''<sub>ree</sub>]] <sup>[[User talk:SpeakFree|(talk)]]</sup><sub>([[Special:Contributions/SpeakFree|contribs]])</sub> 05:21, 1 January 2012 (UTC) |
#::'''Note:''' Many of my articles originated on the [[Dutch Wikipedia]]. There isn't a strong referencing culture on the Dutch Wikipedia (in fact some people there think it isn't necessary to add any references at all, see e.g. [[:nl:Overleg_Wikipedia:Sjablonen_voor_artikelboodschappen#Sjabloon voor Bronopgave gewenst|this discussion there]]{{nl}}). So especially in the beginning I took over many practices of nlwiki over to here. In my later articles I have been more aware of the requirement to reference my articles. Also I did not create Road trip I only expanded it with some non-American content and wikifairied it up with some more images. [[User:SpeakFree|'''S'''<sub>peak</sub>'''F'''<sub>ree</sub>]] <sup>[[User talk:SpeakFree|(talk)]]</sup><sub>([[Special:Contributions/SpeakFree|contribs]])</sub> 05:21, 1 January 2012 (UTC) |
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SpeakFree
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Nomination
SpeakFree (talk · contribs) – User requesting adminship to help with some administrative tasks, e.g. AFD SpeakFree (talk)(contribs) 04:22, 1 January 2012 (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. Please answer these questions to provide guidance for participants:
- 1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
- A: Helping with maintenance tasks such as closing AfD's. I've closed a few uncontroversial AfD's as non-admin. I don't think I will arbitrate in editing disputes much.
- 2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
- A: Creating 206 articles inclusing one Good Article (Hotel Polen fire). Until my Windows PC crashed I also used Huggle to fight vandalism and I also did some New Page Patrolling over the times.
- 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've had some disagreements with users in the past but I've been generally diplomatic about it even though I have been disillusioned at some times. I do think my record stands for itself. None of my articles have been deleted yet and I have never been blocked on the English Wikipedia.
- Additional question from Buggie111
- 4. You state that your PC crashed. From where do you edit? Is it a secure location?
- A: It slowed down and crashed, I have cleaned it up but there is some maintenance work left before I will use it to edit again. I'm using a Ubuntu PC now and I like its stability so I'm considering switching to that and ditching Windows altogether, though there are some programs I use which require it. I'm very careful with my PC's, I use NOD32 as antivirus on Windows. SpeakFree (talk)(contribs) 05:01, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- Additional optional question from Shirik
- 5. I'm curious about this edit. I note that I currently do not oppose your candidacy. However, I would like to know what you think has changed in the past 2 weeks that you think you are more qualified/experienced now.
- Whoops, I didn't realize I was viewing a deleted edit. The edit in question is a withdrawal of an RFA by the candidate on Dec 15, 2011, with the summary "I withdraw the request. This seemed a good idea yesterday but on second hand not. Guess I need more experience." --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 05:01, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- A: I merely forgot to copy the template on this page. Being inexperienced with RfA's (yes I guess I have to get up to terms with it more) I thought "well no-one cared to respond" and thus withdrew my nomination. SpeakFree (talk)(contribs) 05:04, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
General comments
- Links for SpeakFree: SpeakFree (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
- Edit summary usage for SpeakFree can be found here.
Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review his contributions before commenting.
Discussion
Support
- —Dark 04:49, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- It's always a good idea to use inline citation though, but it's not significant enough to oppose over. —Dark 05:19, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- Tentative support. I see some things I like (plenty of content created, generally sensible comments at AfD), a few pet peeves (e.g. an unreferenced article or two) and some odd things in their talk page archives (sending a CSD notice to oneself?) but no obvious red flags. As TParis does below, I will keep an eye on this RfA as it develops in case someone else finds something (good or bad) that I've missed. 28bytes (talk) 05:18, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- Oppose Not active enough: user has less than 50 edits in 2012. --Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 05:21, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Oppose
- Weak oppose Unfortunately, I must oppose. At first I looked at Road trip. There was a huge overuse of images in that article. I didn't check the history to see if this editor added them, but they appear to be the main contributor to the article so I assume they were. Then I saw this edit. There isn't anything particularly wrong with it, but I can't tell what exactly is trying to be conveyed. This didn't bother me too much. I moved on to Greup, an unreferenced village. Again, I wasn't bothered but I was wondering why the editor was creating unreferenced articles. I finally came upon Paul_van_Herck. I expect editors seeking adminship to be familar with WP:V and when I see unreferenced new articles
and unreferenced BLPs, that concerns me. I'll keep an eye on this RFA.--v/r - TP 04:57, 1 January 2012 (UTC)- Paul van Herck's not a BLP since the subject died in the 1980s, but I do agree with your general point about unreferenced articles. 28bytes (talk) 05:10, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- Note: Many of my articles originated on the Dutch Wikipedia. There isn't a strong referencing culture on the Dutch Wikipedia (in fact some people there think it isn't necessary to add any references at all, see e.g. this discussion thereTemplate:Nl). So especially in the beginning I took over many practices of nlwiki over to here. In my later articles I have been more aware of the requirement to reference my articles. Also I did not create Road trip I only expanded it with some non-American content and wikifairied it up with some more images. SpeakFree (talk)(contribs) 05:21, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
- Paul van Herck's not a BLP since the subject died in the 1980s, but I do agree with your general point about unreferenced articles. 28bytes (talk) 05:10, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Neutral
- Neutral, for now. Candidate does not have many AfD votes. Godo answers to questions might persuade me to change my vote. Nice edit count/content creation, though. Buggie111 (talk) 04:42, 1 January 2012 (UTC)