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68:) – I would like to nominate Alabamaboy for adminship. As I have strived to apply professional copy editing skills to many poorly worded entries, I have found that many of the people who claim to embrace npov and other directives, including admins, do not always follow it. I have had a couple of issues and arguments over the editing of pages, including an incident where I was banned wrongly by an admin (a second admin recognized this and reinstated me), and it was at the behest of Alabamaboy's mediation that resolution was brought about (although I still think that the page that comes up when banned should be more accomodating to help the bannee protest their banning). That said, even when I disagree with his edits, or vice versa, he shows respect uncommon on Knowledge (XXG), and not leaping to the worst conclusions. I have also done a little homework. He has about 2000 edits, and has done a lot of work on literature, especially the South of the U.S. and Black culture. I think he has the temperament, technical skill, and editorial skill to be a good admin. 873:. I request that medition or arbitration be considered against this user. Him abusing the rights of RfA is harmful to the Wiki in my opinion - trolls, vandals and spammers are not allowed to continue in bad faith - so this user should also comport himself in a civil manner on these RfAs. He is abusing his rights here - and he is apparently making no attempts to stop. He has the right to vote, sure, but all the other Wikipedians have the right to a fair RfA. Something needs to happen! 629: 930: 882: 752: 351:
Although Alabamaboy hasn't gotten into the political sides of Knowledge (XXG), he also hasn't gotten into the political sides of Knowledge (XXG). He's levelheaded and concerned with establishing NPOV, clear articles. Also, it is important that southern literature and African American literature and
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Nothing personal but I'm uncomfortable with contacting users notifying them of one's Rfa. I objected to this in the recent case of ScottyBoy900Q and, to be consistent, am now opposing again. This slightly different as it's not a self-nom but it would be easy enough to get a nom from someone if one
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became a FA, a user had objections to my overall approach on the article. To handle this issue, we had a discussion about the issue. I also brought into the discussion past contributors and reviewers of the article. My approach is to try and discuss any issue in a civilized manner and to bring in
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Well said Jmabel. Being informed of a nominee is not only OK but should be encouraged for the reason you stated. The line between notification and solicitation may be viewed differently by different people but in this case I believe that Alabamaboy was just notifying us and that's just fine with
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I find it very hard to assume good faith with Boothy's oppositions. Opposing nearly all potential admins. without explanation is essentially incivil, and without such explanation, in fact, he is not abiding by WikiGuidelines. Furthermore, I believe that these oppositions are a result of simple
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A. In the past, I have helped with the recent changes patrol and trying to find vandalism. I have also taken part in articles for deletion discussions. I would like to take a larger role in both of these efforts while continuing my work on the
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said it's probably not as "bad" as a self-nom spamming pages. Anyway, that's it from me -- it was hardly a big deal IMO and you've learnt now that a few people frown on it and after all we are creating Knowledge (XXG) to learn (I think!) :)
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I had intended not to vote on any other users' RfAs until my own was closed, but this is one I can't pass up. One of the best literature contributors to Knowledge (XXG), who keeps his head even in the face of real provocation.
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No need for discord - Boothy's entitled to his vote, which comes in at one line of text on the page, and in any event appears to be largely discounted by bureaucrats due to the lack of accompanying explanation.
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malice. I noticed that Boothy has 16,000 edits, but is not an adm - perhaps he is trying to hold others back. His contributions reflect a tendency of anger when people have only asked a simple question
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concerns, my bad on that. I was just trying to let people I'd interacted with over the past half year know about the vote. I'd seen other RfA noms do this and didn't know it was frowned upon. --
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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?
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culture have an administrator angel helping them along. The mop is frequently needed and the bucket frequently full on those subjects (and the articles stunted).
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I'm not suggesting Boothy's votes are unreasonable, merely noting that he tends not to explain them, which lessens their weight in the eyes of some bureaucrats.
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This really isn't the place to discuss Boothy's voting patterns. You may, of course, open an RFC concerning him, but I suggest you look at the original
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seems like a fair editor, though my personal preference is to allow RfAs to stand on their own without spamming user's talk pages to try and get votes.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page. No further edits should be made to this page.
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Umm, Aren't you givin' a lot more attention to this than y'all should? Maybe leavin' it alone would be better. Ya know.
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Of your articles or contributions to Knowledge (XXG), are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
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page, which (while not an admin chore) I find to be a fascinating yet often overlooked duty here at Knowledge (XXG).
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other users with an interest in the issue. I firmly believe in the value of reaching consensus on disputed edits.
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No, Boothy does vote reasonably. His standards are just high. See the RFA below where he votes support.
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FWIW, I welcome being informed of RFAs on people I've interacted with. I don't normally monitor
426: 408:, good editor and smart bloke. I do, however, echo the concerns of Dylons493 and chowells. -- 326: 226: 105: 1124: 1107: 994: 953: 914: 766: 756: 708:- We need more admins interested in literature, one of the most neglected and sloppy areas. 628: 547: 520: 485: 444: 382: 303: 1099: 316: 249:
this nomination for a professional, balanced, reasonable, and extremely polite Wikipedian.
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What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about
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I have seen him quite abit with the CDVF. I also thought he was already an admin.--
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Thanks. It's just a personal preference that I prefer not to see it. As
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion.
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really wanted to be an admin. Adminship shouldn't be a big deal!
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I don't think I am adding discord, his behavior is atrocious.
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Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
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The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a
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A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
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Knowledge (XXG):Featured article removal candidates
455:I've seen him everywhere, I thought he was an adm. 990:Maybe leavin' it alone would be better. Geesh! -- 816:, Alabamaboy is like the user I wish I could be. 479:- sorry I took so long to get around to voting! 1120:those who are familiar with his work here. -- 85:Yes, I accept. Thank you for the nomination.-- 425:. His constructive approach is a real asset. 8: 144:vandals, keep on writing quality articles. 51:Final (46/1/1) ended 21:31 October 29 (UTC) 140:... but dont waste too much time with the 594:. Seems like a thoroughly pleasant chap. 986:Maybe leavin' it alone would be better. 606:Sounds good to me, need more of these. 18:Knowledge (XXG):Requests for adminship 116:, Awesome User... truly deserves it! 7: 546:. Good user, give him the buttons. 1177:A. 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Knowledge (XXG):Requests for adminship
request for adminship
Alabamaboy
Alabamaboy
talk
contribs
Iago Dali
Iago Dali
21:31, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
Alabamaboy
02:09, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Tony the Marine
00:13, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
PRueda29
03:29, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Vaoverland
03:33, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Stbalbach
03:56, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Oran
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04:45, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
NSLE
Communicate!
05:24, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Darwinek
08:59, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

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