NawlinWiki (
talk·contribs) – Over the past few months, I have had the good fortune of interacting with NawlinWiki, and after seeing his contributions, achievements, and dedication to Wikipedia, there is no doubt in my mind that he would be an excellent administrator. First off, while Nawlin has only been seriously contributing for about 4 1/2 months, he has thousands upon thousands of edits- almost 2,500 in August alone. He is an incredibly friendly and helpful user; Nawlin's talk page (and talk archive) are full of barnstars, thank yous, and other commendations. He is highly active in
WP:AFD, in both adding to discussions and nominating articles for deletion. Nawlin is also an incredible reverter of vandalism- he frequents
WP:AIV, and every time he performs a revert (which he has hundreds, if not thousands, of times), he makes sure to talk to and/or warn the vandals. In addition to all of the above excellent traits, he marks his edits as minor whenever it is appropriate, and he always uses edit summaries. I have never nominated someone to be an admin before, but I don't know if I've ever seen a non-sysop as qualified to become one as NawlinWiki. Suffice it to say, I think this user is highly qualified to be an administrator; he not just has a need for the admin tools, but would use them extremely well.
Kicking222 22:07, 18 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept. :)
NawlinWiki 23:56, 18 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Questions for the candidate
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia in this capacity. Please take the time to answer a few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
A: The things I've been doing on a non-sysop basis so far: reverting vandalism (including monitoring
WP:AIV requests), categorizing, and working on articles and images for deletion. It seems that the Articles for Speedy Deletion page is often backlogged, and I would be very willing to help monitor and deal with that page. What I would like most to use admin powers for is being able to stop a rapidfire vandal in progress, rather than reporting to
WP:AIV, or, for example, being able to stop someone who is repeatedly recreating a nonsense article. I am aware that I have a little bit of a deletionist leaning, and would keep that in mind and would deliberately try to compensate for that by avoiding deleting borderline articles or images and letting the XfD processes take their course.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
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?
A: I'm a youth soccer referee in real life -- I'm used to dealing with abuse. :) Basically, I try not to feel like I have ownership of articles here. While I can't say I have been perfectly polite and gentle in every exchange, I don't think I've been involved in any flame wars and wouldn't expect to be.
Optional question from SynergeticMaggot: Would you mind elaborating on the first question please?
SynergeticMaggot 10:48, 19 August 2006 (UTC) Done, thanks.reply
Second optional question from SynergeticMaggot: I noticed that your e-mail is not activated. Would you be so kind as to activate it now?
SynergeticMaggot 10:50, 19 August 2006 (UTC) Done, thanks.reply
Comments
I've semi-protected this due to heavy vandalism.
Yanksox 18:21, 22 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Edit count using
Interiot's tool2 (as of 16:46, 19 August 2006 (UTC))
Username
NawlinWiki
Total edits
21121
Distinct pages edited
15504
Average edits/page
1.362
First edit
15:42, June 30, 2005
(main)
13949
Talk
120
User
361
User talk
3689
Image
13
Template
31
Category
648
Wikipedia
2302
Wikipedia talk
5
Portal
3
Support
Strong support. Got here first.
Fan-1967 22:10, 18 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Superstrong support as nominator. If only I'd remembered to put in this official vote when I was creating said nom, I could've been first! --
Kicking222 22:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment... Shouldn't we wait? I'm as excited as anyone (actually, yesterday I looked to see if Nawlin had ever been nominated, so this is great timing), but shouldn't we hold off until the questions are answered, just for good form?
Srose(talk) 22:14, 18 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Tell you what: If he answers that he's planning to use his admin tools to create entries for all gaming clans and myspace bands, I'll change my vote, but for now I'll let it stand ;-)
Fan-1967 22:17, 18 August 2006 (UTC)reply
I trust Nawlin with the mop and flamethrower just as much as anyone else, but I know that RfAs have been damaged by early votes, and Nawlin hasn't even accepted yet (although he seems more than willing to on Kicking222's talk page). Anyhow, just a suggestion/concern, I'd never impose anything on anyone here and I'll cast my support in just as soon as Nawlin finishes typing his acceptance. (Unless I'm asleep, which frequently happens when good candidates come up.)
Srose(talk) 22:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support Very very impressive contribs and edit stats. He has my support --
Ageo020 11:26, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support. No problems I can see.
Kimchi.sg 11:35, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support - good vandal fighter.
MER-C 12:32, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
New Orleans is the most beautiful city in the U.S., and quite possibly the world.
Rama's arrow 13:09, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support I've noticed his contributions for some time now (actually I thought he was following me around at one point - he just makes so many contributions to new/troubled articles that he was inevitably working on a lot of the same articles I was). --
W.marsh 13:11, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support very good user.
ForestH2t/
c 14:02, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support per previous good interactions and the No Big Deal clause.
Just zis Guy you know? 16:13, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Strong Support due to overall excellent contributions to AfD.
Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:31, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support. I knew this was going to go live while I was asleep.
Srose(talk) 16:32, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support He always beats me to vandal reverts! --
Mr. LeftyTalk to me! 16:47, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support A very good vandal fighter, impressive contributions and edit stats. It is time to give him the mop. --Siva1979Talk to me 17:53, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support could use the tools. --
zzuuzz(talk) 17:56, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support I can't usefully add anything to what Andrew Lenahan and Siva1979 have already said.
Tonywalton |
Talk 20:02, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Strong Support over 21000 edits! Wow! --
CFIF☎ 21:01, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support excellent editor who has earned the promotion. —Khoikhoi 00:05, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Strong support. Excellent editor and vandal fighter. He/she has a great deal of edits to user_talk and Wikipedia namespaces. --
Nishkid64 00:07, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
What? Not an admin? You're the second recipient of the Crazy Russian Cliche. Really, I never use it... - CrazyRussiantalk/
email 01:33, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Hrm, thought he was already an admin Support I often see the candidate's name in the edit history of
WP:AIV and always assumed he/she was addressing the reports, rather than making the reports. I like his/her eagerness to stop real-time vandalism, an action I feel to be very important in terms of Wikipedia maintenance. I also appreciate the candidate's honesty and self-realisation in regards to XfD's.
hoopydinkConas tá tú? 02:23, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support—If not good enough to be an Admin, then we may be setting the standards a bit too high.
Williamborg (Bill) 04:00, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support. I'd say something, but it's been said.
Green caterpillar 14:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support: Very rare I say anything in these parts, back to the shadows. --Signed and Sealed,
JJJJust (
TC) 17:02, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
I've met him a few times before, and I give him a very nice Support, despite being a little weak in minor edit summaries and talk participation. --Slgr
@ndson (
page -
messages -
contribs) 19:53, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Weak Support I would like to see more work on edit summaries and writing articles, I am happy that NawlinWiki is a referre, and user seems to be qualifiied enough to hold the mop and bucket.--
danntmTC 20:13, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support. I've run into NawlinWiki many times on AIV and always found them a good spotter for naughty things going on. Please try to up the percentages on edit summaries though. :)
Syrthiss 20:33, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support. I've seen NawlinWiki around a lot and developed a sense of trust for his judgement. Edit summaries % is a worry as above but I've go no other concerns -
Peripitus(Talk) 21:47, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
99% for major edits and 73% for minor edits is a concern? --
Kicking222 02:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Overall edit summary use (last 1000 edits): Major edits: 66.41% Minor edits: 72.29% is I believe the number I was commenting on, from VoA's tool.
Syrthiss 11:45, 21 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support, does a good job with a lot of thankless work. --Aguerriero (
talk) 23:07, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support: Have seen NawlinWiki's work and see no reason not to support him. A strong candidate indeed. --Kinut/
c 04:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support I like this editor. --
Guinnog 08:35, 21 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support without question. One of our most useful vandal fighters, NawlinWiki has shown a strong understanding of policy and is a reliable contributor. Will make an excellent admin, IMHO.
Gwernol 17:25, 21 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support -- not only a vandal fighter, but also helped out with putting actual truth into the
John Goodsall article when I've been fighting vandalism to it. --
Elkman -
(Elkspeak) 18:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support Changing my vote from neutral in the light of expansion of answer to question 1. (aeropagitica) (talk) 21:44, 21 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support. I was quite impressed when I first saw him on my watchlist.
Bibliomaniac15 00:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support - Time.OnWiki != Experience. I should mention that I was promoted at 2 months... with heavy vandal fighting... it's not a big deal --
Tawker 01:21, 22 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support per all of above. Good editor, can use the tools, no worries. Suggest adjusting Preferences to remind when an edit's about to be posted without a summary.
Newyorkbrad 15:49, 22 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Strong support per above and below. Skilled and productive editor. Has neither glaring personality defects nor perverse fixations on article content disputes. —freak(
talk) 16:02, Aug. 22, 2006 (UTC)
Support I had a so-so encounter in an AfD involving Clearview Mall, but aside from that, I'm all for it.
Yanksox 17:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Very happy to support. I've run into NawlinWiki several times in the course of my vandal hunts on Wikipedia, and I've seen excellent work as a countervandal and in working with others.
Heimstern Läufer 05:16, 23 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Slightly qualified support. I think it's worth raising as a concern that NawlinWiki is sometimes more deletionist than I would like. MarkGallagher/Fuddlemark raises an excellent point that NawlinWiki is far too prone to rely on "NN, delete" as his deletion justification, and I would hope that he/she will cease that behavior. However, on the whole this editor has contributed strongly to the Wikipedia, is polite and productive. If I think it's a problem I'll have to monitor AfD more closely and try to counterbalance.
Captainktainer *
Talk 17:31, 23 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support per nom...good contributor!
Anger22 17:38, 23 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support Has made some worthwhile additions in content and seems active in the community. No red flags. -
MrFizyx 21:55, 23 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support, and how. Good guy and well-deserving. I have no doubt he'll wield the mop responsibly.
VoiceOfReason 22:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support though it already looks headed for a successful close --
Lost(talk) 10:01, 26 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Support This user has contributed in many edits and is obviously now ready for adminship --
Casmith 789 10:08, 26 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Oppose
oppose Inflated edit counts due to vandal fight and such look impressive but what does it tell us about the candidate? NawlinWiki has only 120 article talk page edits and hardly any of those few are actually part of a conversation but mostly vandalism reverts. Most of the articles mentioned above, in response to question 2, have been created in the last few days. I need to see a lot more evidence that this user is actually interacting with other users in wikipedia. The nominator says above "NawlinWiki is an incredibly friendly and helpful user". I think it would be a good idea to be more specific with regard to where these interactions have occurred. It is hard to find any looking through the NawlinWiki's edits.
David D.(Talk) 22:19, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
So you're unhappy that the candidate hasn't got heavily involved with writing articles, and you are not sure that "NawlinWiki is an incredibly friendly and helpful user" is a true statement. Any difs to back this up? Such as incivil edit summaries/messages? Thank you.--Andeh 01:50, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
I think you misundertand my objections. My complaint is i have not seen him interact with other users from looking through his talk page diffs. However the nominator seems to imply he is very helpful and friendly. I am not out to search for bad things I want to be shown the good things. With regard to the articles, I am not seeking vast contributions but enough to know he can collaborate. Since many of the articles he has started in the last few days it is impossible to know how he collaborates. He states that "I try not to feel like I have ownership of articles here". I'd say it is hard to tell since most are so recent. Just out of interest, were those recent articles created specifically for this RfA?
David D.(Talk) 02:17, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Wow, I'm sorry but this just seems like
assuming bad faith here. You can't enough find any examples of interactions, so you assume this means he will have bad interactions. He's created articles in the past few days so you assume they were created for this RfA. At every turn you're assuming the worst of the candidate... which is what we try to avoid here. --
W.marsh 04:04, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
I have never assumed bad interactions, i am saying there is not enough information for me to make a decision. Maybe i should be considering a neutral stance but i have to say i am swayed to oppose by the severe lack of talk edits. In my view it is the job of the nominator to give the examples that i need to make a decision. I have looked for examples and see practically none of collaborative interations with other wikipedians. I am assuming good faith that they they are out there. I am asking people to show me where they are. Anyone can rack up tons of edits with vandal fight etc. I'm afraid huge numbers of edits are the not part of my criteria when considering a candidate. I look for the quality of the edits.
David D.(Talk) 04:15, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Oppose -- only 4 months here, edit count is not everything, try again in 6 months I'll likly support --
T-rex 18:32, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
First edit 15:42, June 30, 2005? Starting editing from 4 April 2006, so been here nearly 5 months.--Andeh 18:45, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Well I'm looking for around 9 months --
T-rex 01:44, 21 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Very strong oppose. Repeated tagged pages for deletion, attempting to remove them from the site.
TSD284 17:31, 22 August 2006 (UTC)reply
note user repeatedly recreated an article that is now salted, no other edits.
Syrthiss 17:38, 22 August 2006 (UTC)reply
The only contributions from this user have been attacks against NawlinWiki on this RfA, and the user was subsequently blocked. --
Chris(talk) 17:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Oppose. Per David D. 14,000 edits, but only 120 to article Talk: pages? Wikipedia is about building an encyclopedia, and this editor needs to interact far more in the actual creation of encyclopedia articles.
Jayjg (talk) 22:22, 25 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Neutral
Neutral for now, very weak answer to question 1, brief answers to other questions give me very little to go on. --
pgk(
talk) 10:42, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Neutral Tending towards support from seeing this editor around in the various Wikispaces but I require a fuller answer to question 1 before committing. (aeropagitica) (talk) 10:55, 19 August 2006 (UTC)reply
I like NawlinWiki, and it's good to see more referees editing :-). However, I think he may have a little ways to go yet before becoming Cluey enough for adminship. I'm also unimpressed by some of his AfD nominations, such as the one he cited in his answers to the questions, and
this one.
fuddlemark (
befuddle me!) 13:32, 20 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Neutral per Pgk.
VanM 16:09, 23 August 2006 (UTC)reply
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