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#'''Support''' - of course! - ] <sup>]</sup> 19:08, 4 June 2008 (UTC) #'''Support''' - of course! - ] <sup>]</sup> 19:08, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
#'''Strong Support''' This candidate would be a great asset to the project. Misplaced Pages would greatly benefit from Epbr123 having the extra buttons. ] <small>(] • ])</small> 19:20, 4 June 2008 (UTC) #'''Strong Support''' This candidate would be a great asset to the project. Misplaced Pages would greatly benefit from Epbr123 having the extra buttons. ] <small>(] • ])</small> 19:20, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
#Oppose. IIRC, he was argued for deleting an article once, a year ago or so. The article was finally deleted, but I think the strong deletionist stance he displayed there, citing obscure policies like "WP:N", "WP:V", "WP:NOT", means he will delete Misplaced Pages. <big>]&nbsp;(])</big> 19:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)


=====Oppose===== =====Oppose=====

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Epbr123

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Epbr123 (talk · contribs) - Epbr123 has been active on this project since August 2006 and has made 65,000 edits in that time. His contributions to the project are not only numerous but they are also of a high quality: Epbr123 has made significant contributions to 7 featured articles, a featured list and 5 good articles. I particularly enjoyed reading the article on Birchington-on-Sea, which was virtually written by him alone.

Epbr123 has plenty of experience in the areas that administrators routinely deal with. He has a firm understanding of Misplaced Pages's inclusion criteria and deletion policy. His deleted contributions show over 1000 pages deleted following being identified and tagged by him this year. He is an effective vandal reverter and has made over 600 reports to WP:AIV. Where I have come across his reports they have always been full and accurate, with vandals warned appropriately. His efficiency in these areas generates a lot of requests for admin action, and I think the project would benefit were he able to block vandals and delete obviously inappropriate content himself.

He had a previous unsuccessful RfA about 3 months ago, where most of the opposition stemmed from an RfC about him from October last year. Concerns were raised in that RfC that he had failed to assumed good faith and badgered opponents in deletion discussions. I have reviewed Epbr123's contributions over the last months and find no issues of civility or AGF. I believe Epbr123 has learned from the mistakes he made last year and has grown as a contributor. People should have the opportunity to learn and improve, and I believe that is what he has done. I have no reservations in putting him forwards as a candidate for adminship. WjBscribe 16:01, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I am pleased to accept this nomination. Thank you, WJBscribe. Epbr123 (talk) 17:19, 4 June 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: I intend to be involved with vandal fighting and speedy deletion. As WJBscribe has said, I have made over 600 reports to WP:AIV and have tagged about 1,000 pages for speedy deletion; I can only recall one occassion when a speedy deletion request of mine was rejected. It would save other admins' time if I was able to block vandals and delete inappropriate pages myself, and it is sometimes frustrating not being able to block a rampant vandal or delete an attack page when there are no admins around.
2. What are your best contributions to Misplaced Pages, and why?
A: I think the best have been my contributions to seven featured articles, a featured list and five good articles, the most recent of which was Canterbury, which reached GA a few days ago. I am also honoured to have been the nominator of 19 successful RfA candidates. My other activities have included cleaning up Manual of Style issues with Featured Article candidates, handing out GAN Reviewer of the Week awards at Misplaced Pages talk:Good article nominations for seven months, adding images to Kent settlement articles, assessing articles for WikiProject UK geography and WikiProject Kent, and participating in about 300 AfDs.
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 had a Requests for comment last October due to unfriendly comments I made during an AfD. During the RfC, I received some good constructive criticism about my behaviour from editors I had a high amount of respect for, and since then I have made a big effort to improve the way I deal with conflict. I feel my last RfA failed because I needed more time to demonstrate that my attitudes had changed. I think I have now achieved this, as I have remained civil throughout the time since my last RfA.
Optional questions from MrPrada
4a. What is the difference between WP:AFD and WP:DRV?
A:
4b. In your opinion, which of the two is more important to the process?
A:

General comments

RfAs for this user:

Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Epbr123 before commenting.

Discussion

Support
  1. Support, quietly indispensable at WP:FAC. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:22, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  2. ec I'm angry no users give me a chance, but I think you will make a good admin (like I would!). So definite support. StewieGriffin! • Talk 17:23, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  3. Support as nom. WjBscribe 17:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  4. Support as a good candidate unlikely to abuse the tools or the trust of the community. I'm seeing a lot of good work at FAC, as noted by SandyGeorgia, above, and the candidate's CSD tagging (on review of a random sampling) looks good. No objections. UltraExactZZ ~ Evidence 17:27, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  5. Support He is extremely active at WP:AIV, in an almost scary kind of way. Gary King (talk) 17:30, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  6. Joke oppose which is actually a huge support since he's always so annoyingly quick at reverting vandalism, often beating me. Regards, CycloneNimrod contribs? 17:31, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  7. Support I was one of the people who had doubts during the last RfA, and stated that I thought Epbr123 needed to spend more time showing that real changes in his behaviour had occurred. Since then, I have watched his contributions, and I think real changes are evident. Everyone should be allowed to demonstrate that they have learned, and Epbr123 seems to have done this. We still seem to have differences of opinion, but a healthy disagreement can lead to improvements in what it is one disagrees about, and I do not think this will jeopardise any administrative duties he will perform and learn to carry out. Consequently, I support this nomination.  DDStretch  (talk) 17:43, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  8. Support without hesitation. An excellent user who I've encountered a couple times, and I see him all over. His vandal fighting work is terrific. Per the reasons above, as well. Juliancolton 17:47, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  9. Nominator last time, I know Epbr will utilise the bit effectively. Rudget (Help?) 18:13, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  10. Support. I have had several run-ins with Epbr123 in the past – some may not find that altogether surprising – and I do not always find myself in agreement with him. Nevertheless it seems obvious that his outstanding work in dealing with vandalism and speedy deletions would be enhanced by his access to the administrator toolbelt. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 18:34, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  11. Support. Impressive article work. There was some other interaction I had with him that I was impressed by, but I can't remember, so I decided to check out his contributions to see if I could find it...which was a mistake. There's so much there that I probably couldn't find it if I spent all day. Ah well, that's a plus. - Dan Dank55 (talk)(mistakes) 18:49, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  12. Support, thought he already was one. He beats me to the revert far, far too often :). FusionMix 18:50, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  13. Support I have had many, many run-ins with Epbr at AFD and I do have concerns over his (I think) overenthusiastic deletionism - but I do trust him not to delete anything he's not sure of, and a block button would obviously be useful to him. — iridescent 18:56, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  14. Support - Has my complete trust, seen editer on numerous times, very good. — Realist (Come Speak To Me) 18:58, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  15. Support seen Epbr around vandal-fighting a lot. Will not misuse the buttons. --Rodhullandemu 19:07, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  16. Support - of course! - Alison 19:08, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  17. Strong Support This candidate would be a great asset to the project. Misplaced Pages would greatly benefit from Epbr123 having the extra buttons. SWik78 (talk • contribs) 19:20, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  18. Oppose. IIRC, he was argued for deleting an article once, a year ago or so. The article was finally deleted, but I think the strong deletionist stance he displayed there, citing obscure policies like "WP:N", "WP:V", "WP:NOT", means he will delete Misplaced Pages. dorftrottel (talk) 19:24, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Oppose
Neutral
  1. Neutral - For now, but from taking a look at the last few thousand edits, all I see are huggle reverts. Mechanical. Wisdom89 (T / ) 19:23, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
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