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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Terinjokes

User:Terinjokes
In honour of Brian New Zealand being up for adminship over on wikipedia. I've decided to nominate myself for adminship. I've been a Wikinews contributor for about 2 years, with an undisclosed amount of user edits (well, the tool is currently offline...) Terinjokes is a major supporter of Audio Wikinews and Wikinews Network projects, even creating Audio Wikinews Newsline (currently looking for someone to host an asterisk server, contact me on my talk if your interested!) Terinjokes would be a great addition to the Wikinews Admin Team. terinjokes User Page / Talk 07:23, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It has come to my attention Craig Spurrier is up for Stewart as well terinjokes User Page / Talk 20:29, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Questions from Steven Fruitsmaak: Answers 21:16, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Is Terinjokes going to list himself in Category:Admins open to recall?
 * 2) What does Terinjokes think about User:Mrmiscellanious/Admin Code of Conduct? What would he add to it? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Since I strive for teamwork, as well as trust, I'll gladly add myself (not like anyone would actually need to put me up for reconfirmation). Again, if anyone has any has any comments for me (reguarding, well anything) there are many ways of contacting me. I'm always open to what other people think, and treat each one with the respect it deserves.
 * 2) Most of the Admin Code of Conduct make natual sense. The only one I disagree with is Enjoy editing Wikinews, and have plenty of WN:TEA. The first part I totally agree to; however, not so certain about the second half. I would probably add a suggestion for people to visit the WikiBistro.

 * Support Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 07:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Brian McNeil / talk 08:55, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --Jacques Divol 10:01, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Icelandic Hurricane 15:03, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Good contributor - should probably try to stop speaking in the third person though! --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 15:17, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Terinjokes deems that too boring. terinjokes User Page / Talk 20:29, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

color="blue">Wiki ]] News  (W)   23:07, 11 December 2006 (UTC) Today, December 11th, 2006. I, Terinjokes made a few irrational decisions while sugar high. One of these decision resulted in offending a fellow wikinews user, FellowWikiNews.
 * definite support. He's been behind the scences forever, which means he know's the project well. I think he'd make an excellent admin. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Should probably sign posts though.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:50, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose (Bawolff crossed out this oppose, as Fellowwikinews is opposing twice, and he has one vote. This is to make sure the votes don't get miscounted. Please see his entry near the bottom. the user is still opposing.) Some disturbing comments have been made towards my user page and how it bothers him "Every freaking time". It is a violation of WN:E for a user to nominate my user space for speedy deletion. It is more appropriate to discuss it on my talk page than nominate my own user space for speedy deletion. There are many other reasons why I am voting oppose. Also, I believe this may be too early of a nomination for the user as he does not have enough article edits, for me. I have reviewed all of his edits. In the future I might vote Neutral or even Support. — F  e  llow [[User talk:FellowWikiNews|<font

After visiting FellowWikiNews's user talk to leave a comment in response to Wikinews:Administrators, I was informed that I had new messages, or so I thought. Turns out I, again, fell pray to FellowWikiNews's practical joke. In a rather dry response, I sarcastically nominated one of FellowWikiNews's user pages for speedy deletion. Despite not using the official template, and removing the categories, I still realise that I broke some Wikinews policies, and breaking the trust of FellowWikiNews. Its the latter that saddens me more.

It takes a long time to gain the trust of a community, and it hurts me to lose the trust of FellowWikiNews. My tasteless joke backfired, destroying the very thing I made the joke upon.

I hope FellowWikiNews excepts my apology, as I prepare for the long road of regaining his trust. I, after breaking policy and vandalising another user's userpage, deserve whatever consequences I've brought against myself.
 * terinjokes User Page / Talk
 * Comment I believe we all need a quick review on our Etiquette terinjokes User Page / Talk 03:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Neuteral - While I cannot fully support you, I will change my vote from Oppose to Neut. Sorry about this! Thunderhead (talk) (Check out my RFA test) 04:06, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm going to have to disagree with your statement there Thunderhead. Being admin material ≠ large edit counts. Some of the best admins don't edit like crazy. Yes, they edit. But edit count is only one part. Pulling RfA out of the archives, Amgine was elected an administrator to Wikipedia, despite not editing for almost an entire year! And even with that, a low edit count. I've been here for 2 years; whereas digging through the archives here, Amgine nominated MessedRocker only after 3 months of being a user! terinjokes User Page / Talk 03:50, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Oppose Honestly, I found that your decision making while on "sugar high" were inappropriate and your appoligy reminded me of a six year old trying to get out of trouble. It's irresponcible decision making and shouldn't be rewarded by you receiving adminship. Momodamonkey 01:33, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * There is truth to what you write. It was a very inappropriate decision. However my apology came from the heart. I'm not the type of person to make such irrational decisions, as I believe anyone who knows me knows. I'm probably one the the best people for the job; some of the Admins here consider me (and have for awhile) Admin material. Yes I made a stupid decision, of which I'm paying the consequences for. However, that is not who I am, it was one mistake, one that I regret. But don't we all make a mistake every once in a while? We're all humans, now aren't we? terinjokes User Page / Talk 03:38, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Comment I think Terin would make a great admin. He's involved, hard working, and seems to have the interests of the project at heart. --Chiacomo (talk) 04:12, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment, I've seen much worse from people who were already admins. This is one isolated incident, he said he was sorry, he sounded very sinceer in his apology, I don't think he's going to do it again. Often times people say things, hit save, and it ends up being a lot harsher then they meant to say it. (90% of people misinterpet what they read online article comes to mind) I honestly think theres been a bit of an overreaction. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:53, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Support only a wikinewsian would write Morning polling causes late students. I regard myself as a wikinewsian, and appreciated that story very much. - Edbrown05 09:34, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh thank you for pulling that out of the archives! My first Orginal Reporting, and almost killed too... :D terinjokes | Talk | Come visit the WikiBistro 10:24, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Oppose Right after offending me by nominating my user space for speedy deletion you insult me again by putting "Interesting twist on OR". Please do not accuse me of "twisting with the rules". FYI, I have done more OR than you have done. Morning polling causes late students is your first OR article, it is a very short article especially when it comes to OR. I would exept more from you because you are an accredited reporter. I truly belive that you are not sutable yet to be admin.  There are many other reasons why I am voting oppose. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|18px|I am Canadien!]] 22:37, 12 December
 * Feel free to elaborate on those reasons, so we can form our own opinion on that.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:15, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I too support the elaborations, in my response to Stevenfruitsmaak's question I wrote: "I'm always open to what other people think, and treat each one with the respect it deserves." (bawolff has this really cool template he uses for quoting...might have to ask how he does it). I continue to stand by my words, in which I stand by here on WikiNews, over on Wikipedia, to the Trillian Discussion Boards, back to the Wikinews IRC, it even extends into real life. I always like to hear what others think of me, so I'd rather have them said to my face, so I may make neccessary changes, then whispered behind my back. terinjokes | Talk | Come visit the WikiBistro 20:37, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * By the way, thats MrM's template, and its template:quote. Other alternitives are template:q and template:cquote (In wikipedia style). Bawolff ☺☻ 00:34, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Support Jacques Divol


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Munchkinguy

User:Munchkinguy
Withdrawn. I've been away for a while, and in that time, many of my Wikinews colleagues have left. Many new editors do no know me, so I will just have to prove myself. My original application stemmed from the fact that I often couldn't contact administrators when I needed them. --Munchkinguy 17:46, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I, User:Munchkinguy would like to nominate myself for adminship. I believe I have always tried to be friendly and help with this project to the best of my ability. As an admin, I will strive to help keep the front page accurate, up-to-date, and free of fraudulent articles. --Munchkinguy 06:36, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Questions
 * You don't need to be an admin to edit the frontpage (well most of it anyway). Do you have any thing else specific you wish to do. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:29, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Maybe he means working with articles that are unduely published.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:44, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes. There are many new contibuters coming to Wikinews, but some are putting in articles that are biased, false, or copyvios. I will (on one hand) welcome these people and help them understand the rules, and (on the other hand) make sure the aforementioned poor articles are dealt with swiftly. --Munchkinguy 17:12, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Of course, you can do that without admin rights, you could nominate for speedy, for deletion...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:10, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Could you provide an overview of your contributions here? When you started, what work you're particularly proud of...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:46, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * My biggest Wikinews achievement was shaping the future for Audio Wikinews. I participated in many conversations on the subject, and was a faithful early contributer. I plan to resume doing this in the future. I also have worked hard to build consensus among contributers. Whenever I make a new article, I run the headline by the IRC channel for input. When "big" news stories are happening (like Sadam Hussein's execution), I try to ensure that other important (but less sensational) stories still get the coverage they deserve. --Munchkinguy 17:29, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Are you open to recall?
 * Yes --Munchkinguy 17:29, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Votes
 * Thupport Good user, great contributions. Thunderhead - (talk) Congrajulations to Kat! 06:44, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 06:42, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. (more edit summaries wld be nice, though) — Doldrums(talk) 06:50, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. Yeah, I'll try to do that more. --Munchkinguy 17:30, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You probably know that there is an option in the preferences that automatically warns you for this, which helps most editors to reach 100%.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:10, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Weak oppose with possible change of mind. Not that I think this is a bad editor at all. This seems to be a long time member who wishes to return and become more active, and I can only applaud that. But for me, he hasn't been active enough lately. Seems to have few edits in the article namespace. I suggest you prove what you're worth and convince me that we can trust you with admin tools, by indeed doing all you can already do now to "keep the front page accurate, up-to-date, and free of fraudulent articles", joining the Welcommittee, and helping out on Audio_Wikinews. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:40, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak support, Mostly weak as you have not been active recently, but still support as you are: active in IRC, (were) Active in sub-projects which I personally think is just as important as being active in writing articles, and I remember from a while back when you were more active that you were a good contributor. Also I personally believe that giving adminship should be fairly lax. However I would still like to see more recent contribs. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:08, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose: User has not earned my trust yet. User is too new, although he seems to have been contributing well and keep up the good work. This vote does not setermine future nominations etc... DragonFire1024 00:55, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: I've been here since February 2005. My situation is as Steven Fruitsmaak has described. I've been away for a while. --Munchkinguy 02:33, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Uncertain Munchkinguy is a long standing user here on Wikinews, he even pre-dates me by 4 months. For such a long time, I'd expected you to have more then 500 edits. Munchkinguy, I guess I'll just like to see you more active. I thank you for your support with Audio Wikinews, and of course invite you back. terinjokes | Talk | Come visit the WikiBistro 04:32, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Oppose This user is too new. You should not want to be an admin just to edit the main page, etc. We already have enough admins who can, and will, edit the main page, etc. This user needs more experience on Wikinews. This is just WAY too soon. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  16:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Thunderhead 3

User:Thunderhead
'''This RfA has ended. I am awaiting administrator / bureaucrat confirmation.'''

I think it's time for Thunderhead to join the admin team now. To boost everyone's memory: Thunderhead already requested adminship twice (see Administrators/Archive). Since then he has written more stories, such as NYC students attempt to revive stoop culture and Wikinews interviews Florence Devouard, chair of the Wikimedia Foundation, but he also does gnome edits. He has experience on Wikia and a game wiki as an admin. Thunderhead definitely has humor, I can't remember him being negative anywhere.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:29, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you accept? Sure! --Thunderhead - (talk) 23:04, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Questions:

 * 1) What is the meaning of life?
 * The meaning of life? 42. --Thunderhead - (talk) 03:21, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Wrong! Clearly that is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything is 42 (google calculator never lies), However just life in itself is a much different thing. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:09, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I always thought that was funny how Google did that. Just life in itself, eh? To serve Jimbo Wales, master of the Cabal...

--Thunderhead - (talk) 05:12, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The second commandment - "Thou shalt have no other benevolent dictators before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image of sysops." — Ten Commandments. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:18, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Votes:
 * Comment please accept, I think you've done enough now to earn the community's trust whereas before you may not have. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:50, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Support --Brian McNeil / talk 08:46, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Thunderhead would make a great admin! After all, this is his third nom. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  20:45, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. Fully engaged with community goings-on. -Edbrown05 09:49, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:47, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - Dedicated community member. ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  11:51, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - I've only been here a short time but i have noticed your edits - all very good!!--Markie 22:24, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Support supported last time, and I still support. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:06, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Support last time I didn't support, because I said I would support in February on your test. Well, with only hours remaining, I'm full-filling my promise :P terinjokes | Talk | Come visit the WikiBistro 23:45, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hours remaining? I thought RfA's lasted for seven days? --Thunderhead - (talk) 23:47, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * They do :) --Cspurrier 01:41, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Good, thought I was going senile. --Thunderhead - (talk) 01:45, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hours remaining in Feburary [[Image:Flag_of_Australia.svg|30px]]|[[Image:Flag_of_Queensland.svg|30px]]|[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|30px]]|terinjokes | Talk 11:17, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Support I had a few doubts before, but I think Thunderhead is now ready to be an admin.--Cspurrier 01:42, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment I thought only other admins could vote here. At least two voters are not admins (according to the latest list ) --SVTCobra 02:06, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Anyone can vote (though technically if you have less the 100 edits or have been registered less then month, your vote does not count for much)--Cspurrier 02:12, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep, anyone can vote, except if you're very new, or a sock, or if you're blocked. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:08, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, OK, well I guess that the 'common people' could vote in someone. It is not like a country club. Which is good. I will still refrain from voting.--SVTCobra 03:28, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep, TINC. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:08, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * TINC - thats what you think :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 18:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Unless they want you to think, that's what you think! Bawolff ☺☻ 05:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * But if they want us to think what they want us to think which is what we are supposed to think, then doesn't that mean there is a cabal? --Thunderhead - (talk) 05:06, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * sshhh!, you're confusing the cabal's tiny little head. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:13, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Although Meta has a confirmation process in which only administrators can vote. --Thunderhead - (talk) 02:50, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Support hell yes Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 18:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support DragonFire1024 18:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Jacques Divol 13:42, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


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Thread:Comments:Football: Coach of North Korea condemned to hard labor/Pffft/reply (2)

Why would go back to North Korea, of all places, after losing so miserably??


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Markie 1

User:Markie
I'd like to nominate Mark for Adminship. He has been a great editor for the last three months, and I think he could be trusted with the tools -if he wishes to. You can consult his edit profile here: Interiot. Ever since his first edit, he has demonstrated random acts of kindness. Like his user page says, he doesn't write that much articles (examples are Snow causes disruption in UK and (started) Colts win Super Bowl XLI), but he corrects, moves and uploads with good edit summary usage and a minimal amount of swearing. He also seems to be a double redirect fixing freak with email enabled. So, what more could we ask for? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:15, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Nominee, do you accept?
 * Yes sorry i have and will be away for another 2 days (sorry need a rest sometimes) but will be back and raring to go soon. Thanks for this and all the nice comments and sorry for the late reply.  Thanks and YES.--Mark Talk 10:36, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Votes
 * Support as nominator.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:15, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - if user accepts. Markie just keeps popping up in RC doing wikignome tasks; I think its time he had tools to take on vandals and do other work that may need the magic buttons. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:55, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - assuming acceptance. No reason to not grant adminship, good user who gets on with the Jobs We Hatetm --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 15:17, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  15:23, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support--Cspurrier 15:41, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Changing to Support. See my user page for details.  Thunderhead  ►  08:16, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Support - if user accepts. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 22:11, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * wondering when he would show up here. support. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:55, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Support IF user accepts.DragonFire1024 08:19, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * By the way, what happens if the user doesn't accept by the 6th?  Thunderhead  ►  08:20, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I would assume we wait until he says yes or no. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:43, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Email sent. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  17:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Trying to run away from his adminship...Maybe he's holding out for a motorcycle. Well the mansion is cool and all, but the car is a bit outdated. No one wants to drive arround in a car, when they can be cruising along in a motorcycle. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:10, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Support (just passing and enter as light was on, i am so busy : Jacques Divol 18:08, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support my one encounter with Mark was pleasant and produtive --SVTCobra 22:46, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Modesty is a good admin trait. --+Deprifry+ 08:30, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Markie's RFA is finished. Shouldn't a b'crat come to give him his special powers? — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  17:49, 7 April 2007 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Dark Squall

User:Dark Squall
Our cadre of sports contributors is starting to run up against limits like our archiving policy. Dark Squall was the first to sign up on the Sports contributors page and has nearly 1,000 edits. I think he'd be a good addition to the Cabal admin team. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:09, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * of course i will accept! thank you for the consideration. I look forward to hearing your votes/opinions.—Dark_Squall 20:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Questions
I see that this is normally commonplace on RFA's, so if anyone one has any i would be happy to oblidge. —Dark_Squall 04:30, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Are you going to be open to recall?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Definately, from what i understand this is in case other editors in good standing believe i am not doing a good job as an administrator, and it would only be fair to be open to this. —Dark_Squall 13:56, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Votes
'As a note, this RFA has closed. Do not add any more votes.'

 * Support - if user accepts. How can I say no, one good user. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 10:13, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - In my opinion, we have enough administators, but many are still inactive. My apologies for opposing in the beginning.  Thunderhead  ►  19:14, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator now candidate has accepted. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - I haven't been here very long, but Dark Squall left me feedback on my first few articles, helped me improve them, and got me involved in the community. He's got my support. :) —Zachary talk 11:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - Yup very good sports writer and think he would also make a good admin. --Mark Talk 20:52, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - Seems like a good user. We are not in chronic shortage of admins but I think he could use the tools well. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 21:27, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose I see that Dark Squall is all around a good user, but I need to oppose for now. I'd like to see this user edit more main space and show more edits on community discussion pages. Like other users have said, we are not really lacking admins. I would probably support in the future though. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  22:50, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Why Oppose? Wikinews has never set a high bar for admission to the admin club.  Sure, we jest about there being a Cabal, but being open to new administrators dispels that myth.  Those of us already "in the club" have an interest in more mainstream news which keeps you editing in main namespace.  Sports is different, there's lots of tables and statistics involved.  Keeping the sports portal relevant involves what you might see as wikignome work, but so is putting up infoboxes for every country on the planet.  I'd rather see the user challenged to answer some questions if you're concerned about his political views or the length of his edit history. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:29, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well Said Brian. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:22, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Support - a note to the side; I was supported fully in my RfA and I all I was doing was NZ articles. --Nzgabriel | Talk 00:07, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support DragonFire1024 06:55, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support I hope the system of statistical organization brought by sports people (thinking Zachary) can be applied here to other news categories. -Edbrown05 10:53, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Depends on what needs to be done, Edbrown. I could essentially write a script to do anything (except walk the dog ;)). —Zachary talk 11:27, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think we have anything automated creating the various day articles, I'll try and figure out a list of menial tasks on the water cooler, which once set up should perhaps be moved to the toolserver. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

 * support Bawolff ☺☻ 19:30, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support--Cspurrier 15:40, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Support - I'll tell you what, I've only been here a few months, but Dark Squall's coverage of the Cricket World Cup is pretty good, for how many games there are. Squall's always doing good in the Sports section. I'll support Squall's nomination for administrator. --wjmoore 15:12, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I really appreciate the support, but i do not do cricket, in fact, i've only been reading the cricket articles in order to learn how the game works. I'm the football (soccer) guy, i hope this does not alter your feelings, but if it does, so be it.  I believe it is Shyam who works diligently on the cricket, and he does an amazing job.—Dark_Squall 02:41, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Yeah, my bad. I got that mixed up. Soccer/football is what I meant. I get them mixed up because there are always a ton of new articles from each in the sports portal. Still, my vote remains the same. --wjmoore 03:12, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Support.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support in the nick of time. –Doldrums(talk) 20:59, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Zachary 1

Zachary
I would like to nominate Zachary. I think his edits over the past month have demonstrated a dedication to the project and a good understanding of the goals. He is a valuable member of the community and I feel he would be a valuable addition to our administration team Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 11:20, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I accept! Thanks Brian and everyone else who has supported me! :) —Zachary talk 11:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Support as nominator, now candidate has accepted. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 11:53, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support, user is already running up against limits that adminship would get round. Has, albeit being here for less than a month, already racked up a good count of edits - all good-faith contributions.  I'm happy to say this user has gained my trust, and support for adminship. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:56, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support-, Good user with great skill in sports writing. I would be more than happy to administrate sports with him. —Dark_Squall 21:57, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose as per SVT's reasons, wow... it took me three times to get adminship. Course, I'm impatient (self-nomed self)  Thunderhead  ►  22:08, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * You're young and impatient. :) I can't comment on the age of our current candidates, but I'd hope you agree with me in saying that these people have earned the community's trust.  We should always be open to new contributors and welcome them into the admin team. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:36, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Indeed. I'm actually the youngest administrator on any Wikimedia project :)  Thunderhead  ►  23:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Interesting, I would be very surprised, how old are you ;)
 * And I believe, personally, just because you had 3 RfA's, is not a good reason to oppose, I believe the community would be interested in this case, why you use your right to oppose.
 * I also lost my first wikinews RfA, and that was a selfnom, so... Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 08:55, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Oppose - I have nothing bad to say about Zachary, but a rubber stamp for someone who has only contributed on a regular basis since April 2 (just over a week) is not cool. There are less than 500 edits and not one of these edits have been a new article. Sorry, Zach, --SVTCobra 23:56, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well yes that true, but if you look at admin history, we should not be giving out admimship as every (or nearly every) admin's article count has gone down, and in many cases died after receiving adminship. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 08:55, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, but still only less than 10 days here. My comment on no articles may have been in error. I looked at Zachary contribs and saw no edits with the bold "N" indicating new page. But now I think that only works on the recent changes page. Is that true? --SVTCobra 12:52, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * There are some irregularities in the editing of this section, and I do not see them as being in good faith. Would those who have edited the votes of others care to explain themselves? --00:24, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it has been squared away. I have been in contact with both Thunderhead and Dark Squall. Thunder accidentally changed Dark Squall's vote when meant to change own. --SVTCobra 00:39, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Exactly. Dark Squall's vote (directly above my own) was accidentally edited when I meant to change my own support to an oppose.  Thunderhead  ►  00:42, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, i'll just post to note that the above statements are correct, it was just a mistake. —Dark_Squall 01:31, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No need to apologize, SVT, but I have to ask what you mean by "not one of these edits have been a new article"? I have actually written a few articles, though not necessarily international news stories, they are articles. —Zachary talk 09:12, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I looked at Zachary contribs and saw no edits with the bold "N" indicating new page. But now I think that only works on the recent changes page. Is that true? --SVTCobra 12:52, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I never noticed before, but now that you mention it, it appears that this is the case. It seems as though the only way to see pages created by a particular user is to go to Special:Newpages and enter the username. —Zachary talk 14:54, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Support. I took a shot at this user and the person never flinched. -Edbrown05 04:34, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * OpposeHis first edit was less then a month ago. If he keeps up with what he has been doing I have no doubt he will receive adminship soon, but he is a bit too new right now. --Cspurrier 15:39, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Define to new, I have seen less qualified users receive adminship Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 02:59, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Oppose Keep on editing and work your way up to adminship. Don't rush... — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  19:32, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * abstain sorry, not at this time. You're on the right track though. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:42, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral A good user I can see doing brilliant things. But the user is very new - take some time before ladening yourself with admin tasks. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 20:07, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support, looks trustworthy.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:22, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support DragonFire1024 18:21, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Comment I've not tallied the votes on this, but I would like some of those who've voted oppose to reconsider their position before the vote closes. Failing that, will one of those who opposes take it upon themselves to re-nominate in a month or so? I trust Zachary to continue his good contributions and win over the doubters. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:48, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I still say "too new." What is the rush/need for Zach to be an admin? If you can demonstrate a reason, then maybe I'll reconsider. I contribute a fair amount and for longer than Zach, but I don't think admin would make my existence here much greater. Sure I could delete some spam instead of just tagging it speedy. Is Zach desperate to do some arduous archiving? --SVTCobra 23:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * With all due respect, I still think two months is a little short, if he doesn't have a specific reason why he wants to be an admin. If there is a specific thing he wants admin buttons for then it'd be a different story. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Zachary has already set up two bots - one of which would require admin permission to go through archived pages, and also protect pages such as Category:April 1, 2007. I am not comfortable granting a bot admin status unless the owner already has that status. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:59, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Oppose Per Craig and Cobra. He is to new, I mean there were 4 edits in March and he's been on a non-stop editing rampage since April 2nd, but he's still too new. I waited a few months before I applied for adminship here. Re-apply in a month or two I say. --TUFKAAP 00:07, 18 April 2007 (UTC)


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TUFKAAP
So, I've recently become active again and I feel I haven't been living up to my administrative duties plus we have alot more new users since I dropped off the radar to cool my heels and I want to see what they think of me. ;) --TUFKAAP 00:10, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support TUFKAAP staying an admin. DragonFire1024 00:20, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral Great user when I've seen him around.  Thunderhead  ►  00:35, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support: the under review policy proposal is for people who have left planet wiki -Edbrown05 01:16, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * "planet wiki", I like that terminology :) -Edbrown05 01:39, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps that's why the blog aggregator (sp) is called Planet Wikimedia? Anyways Ed, you're Wikinews ' "Resident Witty one-liner speechwriter" ;) --TUFKAAP 03:17, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Support - Once an admin, always an admin (unless you do something to get your privileges revoked). I oppose WN:IPOL. --SVTCobra 03:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support votes mean to DE-ADMIN. See the top of this section. DragonFire1024 06:31, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No it doesn't. This is the reconfirmation section.

 * Support reconfirmation. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:36, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Supp. reconfirmation. –Doldrums(talk) 02:12, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support reconf., definitely has my trust and support.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:31, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support I joined after this user became admin and I see that he has not abused his admin privileges. I oppose WN:IPOL. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  17:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support reconfirmation.Jacques Divol 16:30, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support You have done nothing to warrant the removal of your privilages. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 17:17, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * support. Bawolff ☺☻ 19:24, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Good User, I remember him well from my early times here. WN:IPOL would not apply in this case anyway. That reminds me, we better hurry up and get that good policy adopted. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 00:33, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


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Jcart1534
Jcart1534 has written up an impressive collection of articles in the two months the user has been on Wikinews, including Bacterial outbreak forces closure of Toronto hospital neo-natal unit written about a week after creating a Wikinews account, and Canadian inspectors to test food ingredients from China, the most recent.

i think the user knows news and wikinews policies well enough to be able to use the buttons. i'm happy to nominate Jcart1534 for adminship. –Doldrums(talk) 17:27, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Nominee, do you accept?

 * Yes, wholeheartedly. (feels like a wedding!) Jcart1534 21:48, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Questions

 * 1) Are you going to put yourself in the Category:Admins open to recall?
 * 2) What are your good and bad sides as a future admin?
 * 3) What do you want to contribute with the admin buttons?
 * --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:06, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Answers

 * 1) Yes.
 * 2) Good sides: patient, like to see balanced reporting, good editor. --> Bad sides: not so technical for things like javascript and IRC (but quick to learn)
 * 3) I would like to keep on top of vandalism where I can. Jcart1534 21:48, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Votes

 * Support (beat the nom.; normally I wait but user has accepted on talk page). Nominee's article list is impressive, and edits suggest that he knows what he's doing.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:06, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Now, I can support!  Thunderhead  ►  22:05, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Trustworthy user, has earned his tools. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  22:12, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Brian McNeil / talk 07:48, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Helped finish my UVF article, that's good enough for me. --TUFKAAP 23:31, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support No reason for any other vote! --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 15:31, 7 May 2007 (UTC)


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I was here then I wasn't...Now i am and I just want to see if I am still trusted as an Admin. Sometimes, I feel as though I am not. So I am doing this to confirm or deny my suspicians. DragonFire1024 09:10, 24 April 2007 (UTC) --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 19:59, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Absolute Support  Thunderhead  ►  09:57, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  14:06, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * support When your you not here. I don't remember you taking any significantly long wikibreak since you started. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:04, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:36, 26 April 2007 (UTC).
 * Support --Mark Talk 09:41, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose This may seem radical and against popular opinion however I have seen Jason behave in a manner that I consider unbefitting of an admin (a member of the community who has been voted into a position of power and trust by the community members) over various topics, at one point declaring on IRC that "If [Wikinews] wants a rebellion, then you got one", or words to such an effect. This is completely unacceptable, in my opinion. I have witheld filing an RfDA purely because I do not have the time to source and cite the behaviour I have seen. Jason appears to not understand policies before becoming enraged over them (re: Image Licensing), and does not appear, to me, to have the best interests of the community as a whole at heart, rather wishing to push Wikinews in the direction he feels it needs to go. (reading: Wikinews talk:Image use policy/New Wikimedia resolution for image licensing) This is not the job of a sysop, and I do not feel that Jason understands what is expected of him as an administrator of the community - calm, rational behaviour that is in the interests of the community, not the individual.
 * Comment: I voice what I see will do great harm and damage to Wikinews. I never threatened revenge myself, I simply stated that other users might seek to do that. Also IRC statemnts are not supposed to be used as bait or whatnot in Wikis. There is a rule somewhere. I think fighting for something that will damage Wikinews greatly, is most definitely in "the best interest of Wikinews." Anyone who fights in a cause that could damage a project is IMO "acting in the best interest for wikinews", or whatever project they are on. DragonFire1024 05:47, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * There is no such rule. IRC may not be publically logged, however small, relevant quotes may be used in events such as this. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 06:24, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * whats the idea behind banning logging anyways? I've never really understood why. All that is ever really written about it is that it is punishable by crushing by an elephant. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I have always understood it to be so that third parties (i.e. Daniel Brandt) cannot use the logs to their "advantage" - even though he has started taking his own logs of it. I'm not 100% sure myself. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 06:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Whose he? DragonFire1024 06:37, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Main guy in wikipedia watch. He used to try to track down where varouis wikipedia admins live, and post that on the internet. His wikipedia article has more info. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Why'd he do that? DragonFire1024 06:46, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know, I think he got mad at the wikipedia admins because they wouldn't let him edit his article or something. Perhaps he is just crazy. (I've read his site, I think that is a fair suggestion. for ref[1]) Bawolff ☺☻ 06:55, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Chiacomo can add detail IRC log use for Wikinews. -Edbrown05 06:49, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Private logging is allowed, but he or his bots havn't been there for a long time. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:55, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Support --User:Terinjokes proxied by Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 21:01, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * terinjokes | Talk 00:46, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Support. Lots of admin tasks get performed by this user, and done well. Admins do and plz do sometimes express opinions, and maybe those expressed don't work out for them. Oh well, + he's a prodigious reporter. -Edbrown05 04:51, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support —Zachary talk 05:40, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Support -- Not sure if you have to be an admin to vote, but I would support. Jcart1534 10:26, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * you don't need to be admin to vote. all users can. –Doldrums(talk) 11:59, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Support- Good User, Good Admin. Just remember, only use rollback as a result of vandalism. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 04:55, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Zachary 2

User:Zachary
This user now has near 1,500 edits and has been diligently dealing with vandalism, redirects, and the like since he joined nearly 2 months ago. I likely instigated his earlier candidacy through discussion with BNZ, and I think that with things like the bots he's set up he will make very effective use of the extra buttons and access available to admins. Just this morning I was busy making Karl Rove look bad by categorising all his articles, and Zachary was busy fighting off our "Journalist on Wheels". --Brian McNeil / talk 09:46, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Acceptance speech
Thank you, I accept. First I'd like to thank my mom and dad, without them I wouldn't be here. I also like to thank the Academy and I'd like to thank Santa Claus, and Jesus, and ---music plays--- wait I'm not done yet! ;) —Zachary talk 09:55, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Comments/Questions

 * 1) Without peaking, what is the capital of Somalia?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Somalia City! —Zachary talk 23:22, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, so sorry. It is Mogadishu. But you can still stay alive by answering this question: Who is leading MLB in home-runs this season? --SVTCobra 01:25, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It could be A-Rod still, but I have not checked lately. He did hit six in his first seven games. —Zachary talk 01:36, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Do I have to answer these in the form of a question? :) —Zachary talk 01:48, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * That is correct. A-Rod. Bonus Question: What other American athlete is also sometimes referred to as A-Rod? (sorry, I may be taking this joke too far) --SVTCobra 02:04, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I must admit that I learned this answer when looking up A-Rod on WP after answering your first Q, so I know that it's Andy Roddick. :P I'll yield to a different question though. —Zachary talk 02:31, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Comment:Zach's nom seems to be going well, so I'll add a point that's been in the back of my mind. His bot writing skills are a valuable attribute for the wiki.  I suspect some of his bots could do a lot more for us if they could edit protected pages.  I expect one of the things this user will do once he has the buttons is request the same for things like Calendarbot.  This should be temporary adminship for one-off jobs and a time limit should be specified.  On the other hand, a bot to protect pages like day/month categories would need indefinite access to the buttons. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:39, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Votes

 * Support, provided candidate accepts. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:46, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It's about time! Support  Thunderhead  ►  10:07, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Supp. –Doldrums(talk) 10:32, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - Zach has certainly kept his nose to the grindstone in the past month since his first nomination. He also spends most of his time with Admin type of activities, so I think the additional powers will make him even more effective. --SVTCobra 15:47, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support--Cspurrier 16:07, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 18:09, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support DragonFire1024 18:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  19:46, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Jcart1534 23:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. trivia escapes me, Mickey Mantle for President. -Edbrown05 04:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support you'll get it this time :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 19:37, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support -Wpktsfs 20:38, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support -Blum 13:38, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Blivit 16:49, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support terinjokes | Talk 16:53, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 17:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


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User:SVTCobra
has been active in Wikinews since August last year. he's written a diverse set of good quality articles (see user page). i find him helpful and well-informed about editorial matters in discussions. i'd trust him to use buttons fairly and well. –Doldrums(talk) 16:22, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

 * I accept the nomination. It is an honor just to be nominated. As you can see by my activity here, I rededicated myself to the project in early March of this year. Most of you who have been active in the last few months, have probably run into me in one way or another. I hope it wasn't too unpleasant [[Image:Smile.png]].
 * I see myself remaining active in providing content, editing other articles, while taking on administrative duties. I will not shirk things like archiving, but I would like to still have time to write. Thank you for your consideration. --SVTCobra 17:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Comments/Questions

 * Comment, I'd say stick to content and use the admin buttons when you need to. There are loads of admin jobs that improve the site but don't contribute content.  We are more in need of contributors who write news articles than people like me who sit in the cheap seats and periodically do a spate of edits. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:56, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Without peaking: the Tamil Tigers are an opposition group in what country?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sri Lanka of course, I wrote several a few articles about them. They are the only rebel group in the world known to have both a navy and an airforce. Any other questions.--SVTCobra 19:26, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? —Zachary talk 02:31, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll go with 700 pounds or approximately 320 kilograms. --SVTCobra 13:49, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Question: Who is the world's longest serving living monarch? --Brian McNeil / talk 11:26, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe it is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who is visiting the United States currently. But I may be mistaken. She is definitely the longest reigning monarch in Europe. --SVTCobra 13:49, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep, I was wrong. It is His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. --SVTCobra 15:03, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * There was a clue in who asked the question. :-) --Brian McNeil / talk 20:08, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Votes

 * Support. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:16, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support!! He wasn't an admin already!?! --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 18:09, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  19:49, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Very knowledgeable, productive, and helpful. --Jcart1534 23:26, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Hardworking and helpful. —Zachary talk 23:31, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * support I've been waiting quite a while to see when you'd be nominated. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:32, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support -Edbrown05 04:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Davodd below Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 19:37, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support -Wpktsfs 20:39, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose - User tends to be too judgemental and agressive in jumping to conclusions without fully investigating less confrontational options. Not really an example of the wiki spirit; therefore not admin material. -- Davodd | Talk 03:07, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Not that you have to, but could you give an example of such behaviour?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 06:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I trust this user to ask the opinion of the existing admin community as he learns the ropes in the role. Getting admin can change the way you look at the wiki, you become one of its caretakers. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:50, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Support Blum 13:39, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Blivit 16:54, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 17:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Removal/Brianmc (admin re-confirmation)

User:Brianmc
I'd like a reconfirmation prior to adding Category:Admins open to recall to my user page. Yes, I've been a slacker on the news front - but I'd like to think I still have the support of the community for the work I do do. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:59, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Comments/Questions

 * As an elaboration [to my vote below], I see you primarily as a facilitator within Wikinews, doing the Jobs we Hate (tm). It's jobs like these that need doing, as much as writing the news. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 18:06, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I didn't get admin on my first nomination and the community has - almost totally - changed since then. I started out with the "this is neat - and easier to find somewhere to 'play' than Wikipedia" approach and settled on researching Thailand and covering articles for there.  I think I did a good job of covering the troubles in the south of the country until I discovered that there were huge administrative backlogs on some of those - as you say - Jobs We Hate (TM).  Starting on the archiving process probably changed my focus on the wiki to how it can act as a historical archive - hence things like people categories. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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 * Support You have done nothing to warrant any removal of privilages. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 18:05, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support DragonFire1024 18:11, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Mark Talk 18:15, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Supp. –Doldrums(talk) 18:34, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. Couldn't do without you as a nearby colleague, it's nice to know that I'm not working totally isolated here in Belgium.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:25, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  19:50, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - Brian is essential to Wikinews. --SVTCobra 19:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support 100% --Jcart1534 23:32, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose We cannot have good users as admins Strong Support :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 20:08, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Totally, absolutely, 110% Support —Zachary talk 23:45, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * support Bawolff ☺☻ 02:34, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Nzgabriel | Talk 03:25, 9 May 2007 (UTC).
 * Support. Sometimes my love of disagreement gets the best of me. From that comes understanding. -Edbrown05 04:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Blivit 16:59, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 17:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support, most certainly. Wikinews needs predominantly-janitors as well as predominantly-article-writers, especially those we can trust and who have a proven record like you.  Daniel  06:21, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support off course Jacques Divol 17:19, 2 June 2007 (UTC)


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User:CalendarBot
An admin flag would greatly improve the functionality of this bot, by allowing it to protect calendar-related pages and categories, as well as giving it the ability to edit those that are already protected. —Zachary talk 22:19, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * support
 * Support --Brian McNeil / talk 08:30, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support since it has an emergancy block button  Thunderhead  ►  21:08, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support--Mark Talk 21:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Support I want a report in a months time, showing if there has been any errors etc, if no major errors are detected, in can keep its flag Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:23, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak support if you check on your bot very often, make sure it doesn't have glitches like Craig's bot did.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:31, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Support, however I'd like it to have a programmed shut-off function for administrators to enact (as far as I'm aware, administrator accounts can still use their buttons when blocked), just to be sure. If I'm wrong about being able to un/block, un/protect etc. whilst being blocked, ignore this and consider it a straight support :)  Daniel  06:20, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thats an interesting question, I know that admins can block/unblock people well blocked (wheel wars haven proven that quite well), but I'm not sure about deletions. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Nope, you can't alter protection or delete things well blocked, so as long as the bot doesn't become intelligent enough to unblock itself we should be fine. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:26, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * All righty, thanks for the note (you learn something every day!). Straight support, as promised :)  Daniel  03:49, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Support No issues with a support here. Just keep a check on the bot and all will be fine! --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 15:03, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Since the operator is an admin, the bot should also have the same features.  —FellowWiki Newsie 15:18, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * neutral, i don't like that in fact. Jacques Divol 09:08, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


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Category:Srinivas (Wikinewsie)

These are Wikinews articles where Srinivas is the main contributor. For complete chronological list see User:Srinivas/n.

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Thread:Comments:Football: Coach of North Korea condemned to hard labor/Comments from feedback form - "Could use more information."

Could use more information.


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Thread:Comments:California's same-sex marriage ban ruled unconstitutional; appeal expected/No point in voting/reply

People voted for Hitler. Was he right?

Before anyone mentions Godwin's Law, I actually think that is a valid analogy—the persecution of homosexuals that is so rife in the modern world is comparable to the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany. In Uganda, Nigeria, et al, homosexuals can be killed for no reason other than being homosexual, and the "civilised" world does nothing about it; laws such as this one appear to actively condone the actions of such fundamentalist states.


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I agree. Even if the analogy fell flat, the point about voting is my favoured argument against uninformed democracy (as opposed to real democracy).

Based on the IP's "gay dictator judge" conspiracy, I can only assume xe is fond of Jeff "Commander" Schoep. Incidentally, he didn't ignore the law. If the judge ignored it, it would still be in place. He paid it a lot of attention; in fact, he even issued a ruling that it's officially a crock of shite.


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Prospective Nobel Prize for Higgs boson work disputed

August 12, 2010

Amid recent rumors and news on the progress to find the Higgs boson, a dispute has arisen as to who should get credit for the discovery and the resulting.

Six people, across three different teams, are credited with this discovery: and  of the ;  of ; and  at,  of the , and  at.

Three papers written in 1964 explained what is now known as the "Englert-Brout-Higgs-Guralnik-Hagen-Kibble mechanism" (or and  for short). The mechanism is the key element of the electroweak theory that forms part of the of particle physics. The papers that introduce this mechanism were published in in 1964 and were each recognized as milestone papers by PRL’s 50th anniversary celebration.

"There are six people who developed the mechanism in quick succession and who hold a legitimate claim to credit for it," says particle physicist at the, UK. Because the can award Nobel prizes to no more than three people, this puts six men aiming for half as many Nobel medals, should the particle be found. The Nobel committee can award the prize to groups and associations.

Fermilab's and the  at  are searching for a particle that will constitute evidence for this significant discovery. Recent progress has given a new urgency not only to the race to find the particle, but also to establishing authorship of the ideas behind it. As, a particle physicist based at CERN, acknowledges: "Let's face it, a is at stake."

The issue over credit and authorship was highlighted late July in France when the American and British team of, , and were omitted from the conference overview web site. Several groups threatened to boycott and raised the issue in discussions of the theory behind the on-going search for the particle. One of the meeting's organizers, Gregorio Bernardi at the Laboratory of Nuclear and High Energy Physics in Paris, admits that the committee was surprised by the strength of objections leveled at the web advertisement and the committee. "People took this very seriously, which we didn't expect," he says.

Physicist Tom Ferbel said the snub by the French conference organizers was "insulting" and "chilling", noting that the awarded the 2010  to all six physicists for this theory. "I do fear," he said, "that the myopic views of the organizers could definitely impact the decisions of the ."

The conference organizers acknowledged that their choice was controversial by inviting a special talk on the tangled history of the mechanism, providing a forum for disgruntled conference participants to debate the matter. However, although the meeting ultimately ran smoothly, it seems likely that arguments over this issue will become more heated now that the Higgs particle is perceived to be within reach. As states, "I'm just glad that I'm not on the Nobel committee deciding who to throw out of the lifeboat."


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Thread:Comments:Poll: Arabs discouraged by US policies, back nuclear-armed Iran/Odd/reply

The UAE is a pretty small part of the Middle East; they might well be against this and still be outnumbered by people from e.g. Afghanistan and such.


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Sorry to be a pain, but the Afghans weren't part of this study. That said, NYKevin has a point.


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Bureaucrat/Adambro

Adambro (Bureaucrat)
I was just prompted to look around for a bureaucrat to contact and noticed that we could perhaps do with some more bureaucrats. Of the four bureaucrats currently listed as active on this page we have Brian who has stated he is unlikely to be active for 6 months to a year, IlyaHaykinson who isn't terribly active, and Chiacomo who whilst has been reasonably active as late has a contributions history with large breaks. Also, of the three active bureaucrats listed as active (excluding Brian), all seem to reside in North America which means they are likely to be active at similar times of the day so any issues might not be dealt with as promptly as if we had a better spread of bureaucrats across timezones. On this basis, I consider my request to become a bureaucrat is justified and appropriate.

Whilst I have been editing Wikinews for a relatively short length of time since joining in early/mid 2007, I feel I quickly became a useful contributor and since becoming an administrator I think it would be reasonable to suggest that I'm amongst the more active admins. I'm also an admin on Wikimedia Commons and the English Wikipedia, and an OTRS volunteer, which has been useful both in terms of the experience it has given me and practically in dealing with issues which cross between the WMF projects. Whilst I've had numerous disagreements, I have at all times remained civil, and I'd suggest that not being afraid to speak up where I have concerns is a good characteristic of any user.

I have a good knowledge of the operation of bots on WMF projects and operate AdambroBot to update the weather map every hour which I think puts me in a good position to, if I become a bureaucrat, review requests for bot flags.

I'd invite everyone to assess my request and welcome comments or questions. Thank you for your time. Adambro 19:44, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Questions
--Mark Talk to me 10:14, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You claim that it would be better to have an even spread of B'crats across time zones to provide a prompt response, what would this be to as theres is rarely anything that requires quick responses from b'crats. (i'm stuggling to think of anything)
 * Why do you feel that your contribution to other project (such as commons etc) has any relevance here?
 * Do you feel that these contributions should be considered to show relation to this project with respect to your low (comparitive) edit count and time spent here?

 * On your first point, I would accept that there is unlikely to be the same urgency to deal with any issues as there would be in respect of admin rights but I still feel it is in the interests of the community that our bureaucrats are, not only in different time zones to enable requests to receive a more timely response, but also to better reflect the mix of different cultures from which the Wikinews community draws its contributors.

 * With reference to your second question, I feel very strongly that experience gained on other WMF projects is beneficial to me and the community and also feel that this should be taken into consideration with respect to my relatively short length of time participating in this project. When I started contributing here, I was already very familiar with how WMF projects work and their common policies, and as a result was able to quickly establish myself on the project needing only to take time to understand the variations in policies and the unique aspects of the Wikinews project whereby it differs from other WMF projects. Adambro 17:30, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

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 * . I agree that we need another active Bureaucrat for when User:Brian is less active, and possibly someone from another time zone. I think you have an excellent admin record, your contributions have been valuable and copious and your adminship on other wikis and your OTRS work are a real plus. However, I feel that there are more suitable candidates on the site who are still very active but have been around for a lot longer. The only thing holding me back is that I feel that you are still relatively new for Bureaucratship; I would personally expect something like 2 years of experience. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:01, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * . Same reason as Steven, no reasons to oppose, just too new. Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 22:58, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * As I've noted, I appreciate I haven't been active here for terribly long but I've been involved in WMF projects since mid 2004 which I feel makes up for this. I may be relatively new here but I've been able to rapidly turn myself into a valuable contributor because of my familiarity with WMF projects, their policies and their conventions. Adambro 23:05, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * . Nothing against your qualifications, Adambro, but I feel that for this position there are some longer-tenured admins that I would like to see given consideration. --Jcart1534 01:36, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Appears to have strongly held opinions on process. Plus bureaucrats do almost nothing, they don't need to be active.  Nyarlathotep 11:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Nyarlathotep, can you explain what you mean by "strongly held opinions on process"? What opinions might he have? Can you show us examples of what you mean? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:12, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd also invite Nyarlathotep to clarify his point. Of course I have opinions but before I express an opinion I make sure that I'll be prepared to stand by it. Are bureaucrats expected to have no opinions or immediately withdraw their opinion when any opposition to that is made? I don't consider having strong opinions a bad thing but more importantly, I don't believe I've ever let my opinions negative impact on my actions as an admin. Adambro 12:45, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 *  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 18:14, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It's not a bad thing that potential bureaucrats have strong opinions. It is, however, a bad thing when said potential bureaucrat can be seen as combative when expressing those opinions. So, for me? I'm good, but thanks. TheCustomOfLife 04:53, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, fair enough. I appreciate that this request is going to fail anyway now but I would like to make the most constructive use of the comments I've received. In particular, I'd ask TheCustomOfLife to expand on his point that I could be seen as combative in my approach to some discussions, could you point to some examples where I should have taken a different approach. Adambro 07:24, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * There is a world of difference between having a strongly held opinion which you assert and having a strongly held opinion which you use as a basis for persuading other users to see an issue from your side. I don't expect Adambro would have misused the buttons, but the community has shown little eagerness to give him the dust-buster as well as the mop. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:37, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Could you explain what you mean by your first sentence, I don't understand. Thanks. Adambro 17:56, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I mean what I say, although to put it more bluntly I could say you stake out a position then invite others to challenge it. This is a somewhat confrontational approach although I can understand it might not seem so when you are confident of the foundations for your belief. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:00, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

 * per Steven, Brian. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 17:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Adambro would make a fine Bureaucrat. His particular proclivities, to which some have objected, are actually valuable in this position. Bureaucrat is a pretty simple job and those entrusted with it should follow the rules, for which Adambro is a stickler. This is not a job for someone is trying to be bold and it doesn't carry the more sweeping powers, with which Stewards are entrusted. --SVTCobra 00:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Markie 2

Markie
Markie is experienced and a regular contributer. I'm not going to write a long description because all of you have seen his excellent contributions. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 17:08, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

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Do you accept this nomination? --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 17:08, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * of course :-) --Mark Talk to me 17:18, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Markie was previously an administrator who asked this his rights be removed, why was this the case and what is to say we're not going to find ourselves in this same position in the future? Adambro - (talk) 20:05, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * i requested the removal of my sysop flag after this event (the comments tab stuff). the reason i requested removal was because i felt that i had let the community down by doing something that had affected many users.  the aftermath of this, shown on AAA, was not at all good, and further re-iterated the point to myself that what i had done was wrong. therefore i decided to ask for the permissions to be removed, kinda like a recall vote, but decided this on my own.
 * i would like to think that i have learnt from this, and in the future try to avoid making errors of judgements in the same way, such as editing things which will affect many users if i am not 101% sure i can fix any breakages. also i would like to think that i could, now i know the community more, accept the fact that i have broken/done something wrong and just move on from it. --Mark Talk to me 23:26, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

What is the average wing velocity of an unladen swallow? --TUFKAAP - (talk) 10:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * hmmm, wikilinker says " Error with your calculation.", however we can conclude that you should navigate your way to http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/ for a very thorough answer :-p --Mark Talk to me 12:26, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

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 * --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 17:08, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * - I swear I thought he was an admin already. This wiki is sending me crazy. --Skenmy(t•c•w) 17:26, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * i was, remember?? :-p --Mark Talk to me 17:31, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Adambro - (talk) 17:28, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:53, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * ~Planoneck~ 18:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * obviously. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:29, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Could have sworn he was an admin. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 18:35, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * He was. Adambro - (talk) 20:06, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * . --Jcart1534 - (talk) 23:03, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * ... hoping you will make good use of categories ... --SVTCobra 23:54, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * heheh :-) --Mark Talk to me 16:32, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Jacques Divol - (talk) 07:36, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * --Brian McNeil / talk 07:50, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * -- Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 09:49, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * -- Cometstyles 10:40, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * --David Shankbone - (talk) 18:56, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * --Cspurrier - (talk) 19:46, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * --TUFKAAP - (talk) 10:10, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * would've qualified for speedy re-instatement, as you were a previous admin who asked to be de-sysoped. (→ Zachary ) 22:22, 25 March 2008 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Planoneck

Planoneck
Hope it's not too arrogant of me, but I'ma go ahead and request adminship. I figure the worst that could happen is to be rejected and go back to doing the same stuff I've always been doing. Then maybe I can even improve myself and make my editing not suck as bad, so that I won't be rejected the next time.

The thing is, I'm more interested in creating articles than the technical stuff that admins usually do. But if I become an admin, I'll probably find myself doing more of the technical stuff, since I'll have access to more tools. Maybe I'll even find time to (gasp) participate in a community discussion!

So give me your honest opinion, and don't be afraid to tell me I suck. Believe me, I'm used to it. ;) ~Planoneck~ 02:20, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Questions/Comments

 * Why do you need the tools? What admin tasks will you help with?
 * When I'm not writing articles, I usually watch recent changes, looking out for vandalism and the like. I can revert most vandalism, but sometimes it takes an admin a couple of minutes or longer to notice a vandal page and delete it. That's the kinda stuff I want to help out with. I might also be involved with archiving, if it happens to be a slow news day. Oh, and being able to make requested edits to protected articles would be pretty cool. ~Planoneck~ 00:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Will you put yourself Category:Admins open to recall?
 * Sure, I guess. Just in case I do suck as an admin. ~Planoneck~ 00:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

 * What do you think should be the minimum age for admins?
 * I don't think there should be a minimum age. If someone is trusted by other users and they have made good edits, their age shouldn't matter. Of course, I may be just a tiny bit biased... ;) ~Planoneck~ 00:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

 * What is your greatest personal weakness with regards to adminship? And your greatest strength? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:02, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * My greatest weakness would have to be my age. No matter how nerdy and wiki-oriented I may be, I'm still a teenager, and teenagers by definition do stupid things. Hopefully I won't do anything too stupid. My greatest strength is my life - or rather, my lack thereof. This means that I have a bunch of time to waste on wiki stuff. Expect this to change next year when I enter high school, and I have to suffer the self-imposed workload of too many Advanced Placement classes. I'll probably still find time to edit at 3:00 in the morning, though. Don't worry about me. ~Planoneck~ 00:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

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 * . And I assume by "suck" you mean having the ability to assemble a portfolio with dozens of extremely well-researched and well-written articles such as you have? :) --Jcart1534 - (talk) 21:55, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * , was waiting to nominate you, excellent user! --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:02, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * , absolutley! Glad to see that you've nominated yourself. Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 19:52, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I can't imagine you doing anything stupid. Be more self confident! For "suck" read "kick ass". Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:48, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * --David Shankbone - (talk) 01:45, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:51, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * - as far as your worries about the AP courses, I'll say that in my experience (admittedly many years ago), they are less repetitive (thus more interesting) and fewer people will try to copy your test answers. That's the main difference. --SVTCobra 01:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 16:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * leaning towards oppose because you make me feel old. --Skenmy(t•c•w) 17:26, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Adambro - (talk) 17:29, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, whaddya know? Reverse psychology really does work. :-P --Brian McNeil / talk 18:08, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Jacques Divol - (talk) 07:37, 19 March 2008 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Removal/Nzgabriel (admin re-confirmation)

Nzgabriel
I wish to request reconfirmation of my adminship. I believe that I do not really need these tools, as I hardly ever do any administrator actions, except for the odd deletion. I have done very little vandalism checking (but have found some). I have done very little articles lately (because I am trying to focus harder on original reporting and exclusive interviews.

Please do not vote based on what I have done article or community wise, but how and when I have used the special administrator tools. --Nzgabriel | Talk 01:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep them if you want them, request them removed if you want, but I definitly consider you trustworthy enough to have them them. Although you may not need them, they are not hurting you, you are not required to use them, and who knows they might come in handy one day. Its better to have them and not need them, then to be stuck here with no admins around well WoW goes on a rampage (but then again if that happens, all you need to do is have a quick chat with the folks at #wikimedia-stewards so it is not that big a deal). Besides, look at all are inactive admins. You're way more active then Eloquence, Chiacomo has more or less fallen off the face of the earth, there are several other editors who use them way way less. Administrative tools in my opinion are generally given on the basis of I trust you not to be an idiot, not I need the tools. (For the record that is a support you keeping them) Bawolff ☺☻
 * Support you keeping them, you've proven yourself trustworthy. Per Bawolff above me, an trusted admin who does even a handful of deletions etc. is better than no admin at all.  Daniel  03:51, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. The atmosphere here is to give adminship easily, but we still need good editors more.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:22, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Nzgabriel's writing/editing skills are excellent and he is a valued contributor. No need to give up "the buttons" just because they are not used often. Strong support! Jcart1534 12:45, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Support We need more admins, who first and foremost are writers Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:00, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support of course Jacques Divol 09:09, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Bawolff has put it quite well, you may feel you initially got the extra buttons because you saw situations where they would be useful (i.e. you though you needed them). However, the community wouldn't have given you them if it did not trust you with them. I see no reason why that trust should be withdrawn, even if you're only deleting the odd bit of spam once or twice a month. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:22, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/CommonsDelinker

User:CommonsDelinker
I propose granting this bot admin status to enable it to deal with problem images used in articles which have been archived and protected. The operation of this bot seems to be supported at WN:BOT, and admin status would greatly improve the ability of this bot to serve the project. For more information about the function of this bot see meta:User:CommonsDelinker. Please note that it is only adminship I am proposing, I don't think it is appropriate to give it a bot flag and this seems to be the consensus at WN:BOT. This is a very useful bot but it does need keeping an eye on as of course the admins over at Commons can make mistakes occasionally. Adambro 11:58, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Support - As the user proposing admin status, I of course support. Adambro 11:58, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: Of course this bot would need admin status to be useful, but it would also need someone to watch over it... a lot of images that would get deleted could possibly be locally uploaded and if no-one checks what the images this bot removes, it would compromise the integrity of Wikinews as a news archive. So, who would watch after it? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:09, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * abstain. I'd like to note we still don't have clear agreement what to do when images go bye bye on archived news. Should we replace with similiar image, should we remove the image, or should we keep the red link there to show there used to be an image there. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:37, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose I don't personally want a bot deleting images from our protected articles. We could have it list them on a page for human administrators to delete. Thunderhead 23:45, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Oppose I dislike image bots on this project Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 03:43, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose. a brain dead administrator, not bot. -Edbrown05 07:11, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Sorry, people make mistakes, automated software just speeds the process up and removes any potential step for quick corrective action. I support use of bots for readily defineable tasks (eg calendaring), but I don't think image management on archived articles is well defined. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:47, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - Fair enough, it seems this is unlikely to be successful as users have valid concerns about this bot. However, if the community don't want CommonsDelinker deleting images (well, not from protected pages at least), are administrators going to actually monitor CommonsTicker. I can see images on that list that have been deleted but not yet dealt with. We cannot have it both ways, either we do the work in a prompt manner or, if unable, we let the bot do it. I note the comment by Bawolff, perhaps it is time to clarify our approach to deleted images. Adambro 08:00, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I would like to apologise for this. I had fixed most of the links and pics but had just not filled out the sections in the template due to my huuuuuuuuuge hate of paperwork.  If you look carefully most of the problems have been fixed. --Mark Talk 09:42, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Support, as I have said before, this is a need. We lost the trophy image because we weren't careful enough, if we had noticed then it wouldn't have been deleted. This will help delete those images that no longer exist on old articles and we haven't noticed that have been deleted, making our "historical records" look better.
 * Support - A bot would help greatly with what I feel is a cumbersome maintenance task on Wikinews. All it does is edit, so I believe all the FUD-based opposes are dead wrong. If the bot screws up, it can be fixed. But as far as I know, I haven't heard anything bad about it. → MR  03:54, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. We need a far more sophisticated bot than the CommonsDelinker if we are to deal with the deletion of images used in archived articles. Any change to material in the archive should be immediately visible to someone viewing the page. I have already made a number of enquiries on making this easier to enforce. Firstly we need left/right templates that are used to replace removed images on archived articles. Second, we need to see edits to protected pages in RC so this process is readily oversighted. I have briefly exchanged comments with Brion Vibber in IRC and he suggests RC showing a padlock icon next to any change to a fully protected article. I trust him not to suggest this if it was difficult, but it may need approval from somewhere to permit someone to spend paid-for time working on it. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:41, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Left/right templates— that is extremly easy to do. Highlighting edits to protected pages is harder (from the perspective of I can't make it happen), and would probably require something done on the server end by a developer, but we could highlight anything commonDelinker touches with a [[Image:Protectbriefcase.gif|15px]], lock image [[Image:Lock-icon.png|15px]] or [[Image:Octagon-warning.svg|15px|red x]] very easily. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:03, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Once I finish work I'll pop into #mediawiki and ask about a software change. Adambro, could you ask whoever runs the bot to take a look at our - not totally worked out - Archiving policy, and this discussion? I know they're trying to keep commons clean, but a bot isn't capable of deciding whether an image should be locally uploaded or replaced with a template that says it has been removed due to licensing issues. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:03, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

 * I took the time to file a feature request on bugzilla. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:06, 27 June 2007 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Removal/Thunderhead (admin re-confirmation)

Thunderhead
I would like to request reconfirmation of my adminship. I have recently made some judgement errors, and I believe that I may not have the support of the community. While I haven't been an administrator for long, I want to make sure that the current and past community still wants me as an administrator. Thank you for your time. Thunderhead 01:48, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Questions

 * You're young (right?), you are likely to make mistakes. People are not so likely to fault you for that if you admit to your mistakes and learn from them. Do you think you've learned from what you consider your errors? Can you cite some examples - I know that sounds like "show you're maturing as a contributor" - but we've all made mistakes in the past. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:42, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Votes

 * Support Write more articles. ;-) --Brian McNeil / talk 11:42, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thupport :-) --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:19, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support "Errors" can sometimes be just difference of opinion. Jcart1534 00:49, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Errors, what errors. I have yet to see any. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:20, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - We all make mistakes, the key is to learn from them and not make the same mistakes again. I'm not aware of what errors you feel you've made recently but providing you can learn from them I wouldn't have too much concern about it. Adambro 08:03, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - Mistakes are human nature, im sure Brian has made a few mistakes at some point and i don't mind admiting that ive made a few. As long as you learn from them i dont see any problems.  --Mark Talk 09:22, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yup. :) --Brian McNeil / talk 07:50, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Support As bawolff says Errors, what errors. I have yet to see any. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 03:45, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support for supporters of wikinews. -Edbrown05 07:18, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I see no reason not to support.  Daniel  08:06, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support you have done nothing that makes me question your motives, etc, and, you even gave me a Wikistar :) . --Nzgabriel | Talk 10:54, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support No need for removal of privilages. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 11:41, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Nyarlathotep 14:49, 27 June 2007 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Daniel

Daniel
Hello :) For those of you who I haven't yet met on Wikinews, I'm, also known as Daniel Bryant. Some of you may also know me from the English Wikipedia, where I'm Daniel also, formerly Daniel.Bryant.

I'm nominating myself for administrator tools so I can help out the English Wikinews community. Beyond the normal stuff like deleting speedy candidates, closing deletion request discussions, and cleaning out abandoned etc. categories, I'd like to help out in the following areas also:-

 * Be able to edit protected/archived pages to remove redlinked categories (ie. Special:Categories)
 * Be able to respond to editprotected requests in a more timely fashion wherever possible
 * Be able to help out with archiving (I promise, I really don't hate it that much!)
 * In the event that such a situation occurs, be able to edit protected pages in response to an OTRS ticket

As for my other Wikinews, Wikipedia and Metawiki roles, I'm an English Wikipedia administrator, a member of the Mediation Committee, currently serving (no laughing, Martin!) as the Chair of that Committee. I've been a member of the Wikimedia OTRS team for a while now, dealing with English Wikipedia and (more recently) English Wikinews emails. And, thanks to this community's gratitude, I have accreditation to help me cover big events, although Adelaide has been devoid of these 'big events' for a while now (*crosses fingers*). My accreditation request is here.

On Wikinews, I've written these articles since I joined back in December. I've recently become more active here than on English Wikipedia in the article sense, because my true writing love is in reporting current events.

So, feel free to ask me any questions below, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible (I'm in-and-out of hospital/doctor's clinic in the next couple of days, and sleeping a lot to recover, so please forgive any short delays). I hope the Wikinews community can trust me enough to give me the extra three buttons so I can help maintain Wikinews :)

Cheers,  Daniel  05:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Questions

 * What is the meaning of life? Thunderhead - (talk) 05:40, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought I knew the answer to this question, until I saw this exchange. Now I'm just confused :)  Daniel  05:42, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright ... how about ... what is the numerical equivelant of infinity? Thunderhead - (talk) 05:45, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? --TUFKAAP 17:31, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I hope you have not forgotten about our new archiving method we are now using :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It seems AWB has since been given the feature to bot-like protect pages. That page, which was intended to solve the manual issue, may now be redundant to the AWB auto-protect feature (I'm not sure, having never tried protecting on Wikinews, not being an administrator). We'll have to see if anyone still wishes to use the APL...  Daniel  06:14, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * also. I think ArchiveBot runs soon (second week of each month?) using these methods Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 06:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

 * You say you will be "cleaning out abandoned etc. categories", will you also be saving articles from the floor of the newsroom by formatting and expanding them? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Most certainly. Copyediting/'wikifying', as it's called on English Wikipedia, is something I really enjoy. Myself and Doldrums helped publish this (see right at the bottom - it's since changed a lot, such is the nature of Wikinews). There was also this one (where I changed this initial IP version into this published story). I am all for improving stories which meet our content guide, and it is a good area for experienced Wikinewsies to help out (the WN:SG can take some getting used to).  Daniel  11:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Will you list yourself as an Admin open to recall ? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I want to do some research about AOR on Wikinews before I commit either way. I didn't place myself in this category on the English Wikipedia as it was clearly being abused by people simply being annoying over petty little things, but from my limited experience with such disputes on Wikinews you guys seem to be a lot better. As I said, please give me a chance to read the history of AAA and reconfirmations in the archives of this page before I announce either way. Cheers, and thanks for understanding,  Daniel  11:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Follow-up: Yes, I will, however I won't commit to it permanently. As I say, if the situation with regards to AOR at Wikinews becomes like English Wikipedia, then I will withdraw myself from that category. Otherwise, yep, I'm in.  Daniel  00:45, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

 * As a Wikipedia vet, how do you think we can improve cooperation with and/or lure users from Wikipedia, if that would be something we want? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I like to slip in a word wherever possible when something notable happens and there's a discussion on Wikipedia about a recent event. I also like the templates which bring attention to Wikinews (ie. "Wikinews has news articles on..."). Beyond that, a little invitation or two to grace us over here to some people I know when they are feeling pissed off with the unique environment at the English Wikipedia can't hurt either :) To answer the last part of your question, there are certainly some users we would want, and there are others who we wouldn't want. The key to continuing this brilliant community's run of success is keeping the balance, wherever possible, on the 'good' side.  Daniel  11:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Votes

 * Absolute Support Thunderhead - (talk) 05:40, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support I wanted to be first, but Thunderhead came in like a bolt of lightning (heh) Zachary 05:42, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Haha, very funny ;) Thunderhead - (talk) 05:43, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Strong Support This is unfair. Conspiracy I was going to be the first to support Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:48, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Brian McNeil / talk 08:31, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Adambro 08:58, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support and get well soon. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support: DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 12:16, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support: Jacques Divol 20:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 06:57, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --SVTCobra 09:39, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Always need an extra hand! --TUFKAAP 17:33, 15 July 2007 (UTC)