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SynergeticMaggot

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SynergeticMaggot (talk · contribs) - I've decided, despite mentioning on WT:RFA that I did not wish to seek adminship, that I would give this a second try. I think, as an editor, I've matured since my last time here, and wish to seek the communities approval for adminship. I'm here for the full 7 days.

About 20 days after my last RfA, I went on wikibreak because I moved out of state. There was a brief period where I still contributed, but I didn't have a steady internet connection until just recently.

Upon returning, I took up closing XfD's again (my not so complete list seen here), as well as RfA's (list here). I began to be more vocal on AN and ANI, helping where I can, and revisiting the Help Desk too. I also still welcome new users, report some to UAA, and requested account creator to further help along those lines.

I believe I understand policy pretty well. For instance, as far a I can tell, all of my requests for speedy delete have been deleted since my return, with the exception of 3 on March 17th of this year (I must have been drinking, woot), one on March 16th (which I figured for a COI given the name of the creator vs the name of the article) which I jumped the gun on, and one in particular I'd like to point out. 坂本 is a redirect to Sakamoto. Originally, I could not see this at all. To me, it appeared to be two square characters of unknown origin. After searching for what seemed like 2 hours in manual of styles, I tracked down an admin who appeared to know more than I (Nihonjoe), so I gave him a ping, and he helped me a bit. It wasn't until someone told me that this is only because my computer was outdated, and that it wouldn't display the japanese characters, that I felt stupid. I now have a better computer. :) SynergeticMaggot (talk) 12:20, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Co-nomination by weburiedoursecretsinthegarden

SynergeticMaggot (let's call him Syn, ok?) is an incredibly established editor here of the English Misplaced Pages. In his two years here, he has clocked up over 10,000 undeleted edits, many of them before his first RfA a year and a half ago. Since he obtained a steady internet connection, Syn has focused on speedy closing, per snow, AfDs and RfAs. Although the latter is not a recommended quality for an administrator, it does portray a commitment to making the project better and to avoid unnecessary debate and possible humiliation and stress for all editors.

Although Syn hasn't written any good articles, he has heavily contributed to three B-class articles: 70 edits to Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, 55 to Aleister Crowley and 34 to Ordo Templi Orientis. He has also recently helped out with stub sorting, something that, while necessary for the encyclopedia, is done by few editors.

With the administrator tools, I'm sure Syn would be closing more AfDs as he has done before, but this time he will be able to close the debates as deletes. I'm sure he will continue to be civil and will not abuse the tools. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 13:09, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I do SynergeticMaggot (talk) 23:06, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What admin work do you intend to take part in?

A: WP:UAA and new user patrolling, WP:AIV, WP:XfD but more specifically WP:AfD, WP:CSD, and possibly WP:3RR from time to time and recent changes.

2. What are your best contributions to Misplaced Pages, and why?

A: I'd have to say that I'm not the greatest writer in the world. To alleviate this, I strive to provide reasons for the existence of the articles I've contributed to. I do this by locating articles, whether patrolling through new pages, or by other means such as afd's, and adding verifiable sources and references, so that others can have a basis for which to build on. I recently did this on WBOSITG's RfA. Where Billie Lee Turner was the subject of an optional question, tagged for speedy deletion. I did some checking and recreated the article, sourcing it properly and reporting back to the RfA. But for an example of a real-time speedy tagging from patrolling new pages, Wirt H. Wills should suffice. I contested the speedy deletion, and began working on it. It was then listed at AfD. Once it was closed, I began working on it more, but only a litte (remember, i'm not a great writer, but every little bit counts) since then.

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: No conflicts for editing, 3RR warnings, or content disputes (since last RfA). An admin, recently had caused me a little stress, for removing my rollback after I had made what would appear to be an improper statement on Enigma's talk page. I went to Keeper to get an outside point of view, for discussion, but requested he not step in. Once the comment was clarified, my rollback was returned. I was more concerned with my user rights/priv's reflecting negatively upon me, as I take pride in having clean logs (no blocks and such). Once the matter was settled, I immediately apologized for being heated. In the future I think I will not get so heated over such things, as I don't with content disputes.

Optional questions from CycloneNimrod

4. Over your time here at Misplaced Pages, what is the most important lesson you've learnt?

• A:

5. Can you tell me what procedures you would follow if user Jirgrfdsfg976456 requested that you:

• 5a. Need to block a certain user?

• A:

• 5b. Requested you to protect an article that is linked to the main page?

• A:

Optional question from Keepscases

6. Would you support the idea of public Misplaced Pages-only terminals within bathroom stalls? Why or why not?

A:

General comments

• Requests for adminship/SynergeticMaggot
• Requests for adminship/SynergeticMaggot 2

• Links for SynergeticMaggot: SynergeticMaggot (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)

Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/SynergeticMaggot before commenting.

Discussion

Support

1. Support. I've seen this user around. Concerns at last RFA were over experience, but this has been cleared up. Malinaccier (talk) 23:11, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral