Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ferkelparade

Ferkelparade

final (18/0/0) ending 18:40 10 December 2004 (UTC)

I've seen Felkerparade do some great work, and he always seems to catch the vandalism on frequently vandalised articles. I think sysop powers would help him in this endeavour. He has been with the project since February 2004 and he has accumalated 1907 edits. JOHN COLLISON [ Ludraman] 18:52, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Wow, thanks, I feel seriously honoured. I accept. -- Ferkelparade π 00:29, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Support

1. Whoops, forgot to vote here! As the nominator, I of course support! JOHN COLLISON [ Ludraman]
2. Yes. Lst27 (talk) 00:18, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
3. I thought he was one already, definately support. --fvw*† 13:03, 2004 Dec 4 (UTC)
4. Also support. Sietse 14:09, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
5. Support, impressive vandal hunting. Mgm|^(talk) 23:11, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)
6. Hear, hear. -- Grunt 🇪🇺 23:41, 2004 Dec 4 (UTC)
7. Tuf-Kat 06:18, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)
8. Seriously, however much of a cliché, I can not believe Ferkelparade wasn't already, etc.--Bishonen (talk) 08:42, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
9. Absolutely: A good amount of time on the project, exposure to the tough spots, maintained poise throughout, good judgment. Geogre 14:42, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
10. Andre (talk) 16:47, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)
11. Support, rollback functionality needs to be used by people like he. jni 16:57, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
12. 172 01:26, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
13. Wile E. Heresiarch 04:26, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
14. Yes and yes. +sj.+ 03:02, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
15. Noisy | Talk 18:55, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)
16. Michael Snow 00:07, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
17. Yes, rollback for FP. JFW | T@lk 09:08, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
18. Support. ffirehorse 01:23, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Comments

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.)

A. The way things are going right now, I have a fair amount of time during the day to monitor recent changes for obvious vandalism, and adminship would indeed be of great help there. I would probably also drop in occasionally on VfD and copyvio to clean up , but we'll see how that goes.

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

A. This is probably a strange thing to say, but I was seriously flattered when I once had a vandal try to impersonate me [1]. Other than that, I am somewhat proud that I once managed to stop a flood of vandalism by simply asking the trolls why they do it [2]. Oh, and I quite like my articles on Karl Theodor and the chamois.

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 will deal with it in the future?

A. Umm...yes, I guess. One of my first actions after starting to edit here was to stumble into Stettin and stir up a hornet's nest :P (I have pretty much steered clear of all Polish/German city articles since then). I also once got into an edit war on Almoravides, but I tried my best to resolve issues on the talk page. I don't think I completely managed to keep my cool, but judge for yourself. Other than that, I've had my share of fun with repeat vandals and people who completely fail to understand the concept of copyright violation, but I've never had any trouble with other editors.

-- Ferkelparade π 00:29, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)