Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/KnowledgeOfSelf

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The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful request for adminship. Please do not modify it.

[edit] KnowledgeOfSelf

final (59/0/0) ending 03:58 31 December 2005 (UTC)

KnowledgeOfSelf (talk · contribs) – Steve has been here three months, during which he has done plenty of good work. I see him regularly on RC patrol, where he often beats me to the revert (despite my "rollback" button!). He has well over 2000 edits, with lots of user interaction, involvement in AfD, and participation in other project namespace areas. Excellent use of edit summaries, and he is always polite and even tempered. Time to give him the mop. Owen× ☎ 03:03, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I graciously accept. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 03:52, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Support

1. Support as nominator. Owen× ☎ 03:03, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
2. Support. Very good vandal-whacker.--Shanel 04:01, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
3. Strooong Support. BD2412 T 04:06, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
4. NSLE _(T+C+CVU) 04:15, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
5. Strong Support. Can't believe it's only 3 months. (ESkog)^(Talk) 04:29, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
6. Support Good egg, good contributer. Hamster Sandwich 05:07, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
7. Strong Support Excellent vandal fighter --Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 05:46, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
8. Support edits look good.--MONGO 06:22, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
9. Support Good work dealing with vandals. –Abe Dashiell ^(t/c) 07:00, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
10. Support. —Kirill Lokshin 07:55, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
11. Support I see him regularly on RC patrol. The rollback was made for editors like him. SoLando (Talk) 08:06, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
12. Support Good vandal fighter, use of tools unlikely to be misused. xaosflux ^Talk/_CVU 08:17, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
13. Friendly, funny, and rollback-worthy. Redwolf24 (talk) 08:22, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
14. Support. Nice work with the RC patrol. DarthVader 08:55, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
15. King of All the Franks 08:59, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
16. Support. «LordViD» 09:13, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
17. Support. We need more admins born on Friday the 13th. :) - Darwinek 10:33, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
18. Support. Have seen KOS around and think he is doing a good job. Seems to be entertaining the community, too: it can't hurt to have a friendly face to adminship! jnothman ^talk 11:56, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
19. Support Great vandal fighter and editor. Olorin28 12:35, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
20. Support. ^N_i^g_h^t_s^t_a^l_lⁱ_oⁿ ✉ 16:05, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
21. Furry Alien Support indeed, 'nuff said. --Alf ^melmac 17:13, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
22. Support - no doubt that he would be an excellent administator. -- Natalinasmpf 19:57, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
23. Strong support. I have on several occasions thought this user was an admin, then realized he wasn't, rinse, repeat... I'm sure he'll do just fine. Blackcap (talk) 20:12, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
24. Of course.--Sean|Black 21:38, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
25. Support.Good contribs, he's ready for more tools.--Dakota ^{? e} 21:51, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
26. Support. Field Museum ahh. --Ancheta Wis 22:03, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
27. Support - Definitely. Sango123 (talk) 23:37, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
28. Support. I think this user will make an excellent admin. —Cleared as filed. 08:08, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
29. Support. User is always friendly, proved himself to be an user with a fair amount of reason..and will probably be a great admin. -- SoothingR^(pour) 12:54, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
30. Support Per above. Banes 18:39, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
31. εγκυκλοπαίδεια* 04:35, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
32. Only here three months. But I feel I know you so well? Support. Harro5 08:20, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
33. Support --Terence Ong ^Talk 12:02, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
34. Support. Another editor I come across often in my articlespace :) --Syrthiss 14:10, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
35. Support, of course. - Mailer Diablo 16:42, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
36. Support. El_C 00:23, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
37. Of course support. Fellow vandalbuster, give him the mop. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 03:39, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
38. Strong support - this user's edits speak for themselves. Very even tempered and knows how to keep cool. Take a look at how personable this edit is: [1]. What's even more amazing is this -- a test page to practice AfD processing! If you ask me, this user is more than ready to use those extra buttons. --HappyCamper 04:42, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
39. Support Will be good admin --rogerd 05:26, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
40. Support, unlikely to abuse admin tools. Christopher Parham (talk) 06:44, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
41. Support, excellent track record. --BenjaminTsai ^Talk 08:09, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
42. Strong support. FireFox 14:30, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
43. Support. --GraemeL ^(talk) 15:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
44. Sockpuppet 16:14, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
45. Support, because it's always good to know that someone is self-aware, especially in admins ;). -Mysekurity^{(have you seen this?)} 17:55, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
46. Strong Support. Fantastic vandal-fighter. "I thought...," well, you know the rest. — The Hooded Man ♃♂ 19:36, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
47. Support – Bratsche^{talk | Esperanza} 19:42, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
48. Support could have sworn this person already was one.--Alhutch 04:12, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
49. Support per cliché. --TantalumTelluride 04:32, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
50. WE NEED MORE ADMINS ON NEWPAGE PATROL. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 07:39, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
51. Support, Know thyself :>--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) 18:11, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
52. Support even if he is impersonating me. (joke) — Knowledge Seeker দ 00:04, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
53. Certainly. -- Essjay · Talk 01:51, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
54. Support. A great asset to the community.--cjllw | TALK 02:12, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
55. Strong support, certainly. I don't have any doubts this user is prepared for adminship, and all interaction I've had with him has been civil. I am very certain that he'll know what to do, or ask for help when necessary. Titoxd^{(?!? - help us)} 05:39, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
56. Everyking 07:54, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
57. Strong Support KoS is absolutely qualified for this position, I only expect more good things. Search4Lancer 09:48, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
58. Support; everything I've seen is good. Antandrus (talk) 19:08, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
59. Support. Phaedriel 09:37, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

• Neutral Pending additional question below xaosflux ^Talk/_CVU 06:33, 24 December 2005 (UTC) Thanks for answering xaosflux ^Talk/_CVU

Comments

• I just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 21:21, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

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 check out Category:Wikipedia backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.

A. I really enjoy RC patrol and New pages patrol, so having the rollback function would be extremely helpful. I would also like having the ability to block persistant vandals, or to block usernames that are obscene. I check WP:AIAV quite often and when I see a lot of vandals listed I try and find an administrator, to help remove and block the vandals that are still at it. I have welcomed new users, and try to be as helpful as I can possibly be. I would also anticipate helping to close AfD's, once I have efficiently understood the policy on deleting pages.

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

A. An article that I am pleased with is the 2003 NFL Draft. I know it is far from perfect, but I liked the work I had to put into it. An other article I am pleased with is Ursula Rucker, which started out as an article that had only 4 words, as shown here, I've now expanded this article to this!, the article has been further advanced and improved to this I think the article I am most pleased with is Things Fall Apart (album) which is an album by The Roots. The reason I am very pleased with this article is because It was the first real article I created. I have also had the pleasure of watching this article grow with the assistance of other users and anons, from just a short intro about the album and a track listing, into a what I think constitutes as a standard album article here on wikipedia. The point is watching that article grow from nothing into something is what I think part of the spirit of wikipedia is about.

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. Fortunately, I have not been in any conflicts, though I like to believe I have defused a few from starting. I think everyone has had stress on Wikipedia at one point or an other. The way I have dealt with it is, the same way I try to deal with stress outside of Wikipedia, and that's to keep a cool head, and try to think of my actions and the actions of others from a logical perspective. I also deal with stress with jokes and humor, and I try to spread that around as much as possible.

4. What are your opinions of the current protection policy, including use of the new semi-protection class? (added by xaosflux ^Talk/_CVU)

A. I believe that the current protection policy works, for the most part. Whenever an article most notably George W. Bush was being attacked at a high speed I would get frustrated by the number of reverts that had to be made by many users, and the lack of page protection. After discussing with a couple admins they helped me to understand that protecting a page is a last resort only. My opinion on semi-protection is that it helps with the vandalism to prolific articles. Once given the time to develop, and once users understand when to request semi-protection, and when to apply it, I believe that it will be a very useful feature on Wikipedia. I also believe that the semi-protection policy, has a few "kinks", but I trust that they will be remedied in the near future.

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