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Cometstyles

Voice your opinion (talk page) (9/0/1); Scheduled to end 22:57, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Cometstyles (talk · contribs) - Cometstyles has been editing since November 2006, and I think it's time he was made an admin. He's done lots of work on Rugby related articles, as well as lots of vandal reports, and also the requests for accounts page - admins aren't as limited as normal users when creating new accounts, so he could be a big help there. He's also friendly and helpful (I think traits from his last request have gone now), a regular on IRC, and active Wikipedian. I think he'll make a great admin. Majorly (talk) 22:57, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept..--Cometstyles 14:48, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]



Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. You may wish to answer the

following optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What admin work do you intend to take part in?
A: Well like I mentioned in my first RfA, my main area of concern will be WP:AIV and WP:UAA which are two of the main areas I would intend to take part in. Recently I have shown interest in taking part in Request an account whereby we create account for those users who don't know how to or aren't really sure about how to go about creating an account. WP:ACC has been a new project for me since I started helping out in lateapril after I saw users creating account which were highly dubious or those failing to comply with the username policy and most of it ended up in WP:RFCN. I have also taken part in many XfD's and I will continue to do so in the near future.
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
A: Well most of my contributions have been to Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby union cause when I joined Wikipedia, my main aim was to create articles related to Rugby union or Fiji since I'm from Fiji. I started off by creating articles on Fijian rugby players and later on when I joined the WP:RU. I helped in creating articles on rugby players and coaches from other countries as well . I also started a Project on Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby union/Fiji to better improve articles related to Fiji rugby as a whole and also since then I have also created articles of Fijian politicians and academics as part of Wikipedia:Wikiproject Fiji. I have also helped out with most Bollywood and Hollywood articles since I'am a big fan of movies and sports and to sum it up, I would say I'am proud of all the 80+ or so articles I created since each one of them has been created with the sole purpose of providing information to people who would like to know more about Rugby union and Fiji
3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
A: When I joined Wikipedia last November, I did come in conflict with some editors regarding image policies and licenses issues which I later came to realize was my fault and I take the full responsibility for because when I joined and like most newcomers wasn't sure about image copyright issues and what sort of images were allowed on Wikipedia in terms of licenses but since then I have learned about all image policies and licenses and in the future I would deal with it amicably under the Wikipedia:Guidelines and Policies.
Optional Question from Black Harry:
4 Why do you think your first RFA was failed? Did you learn anything from that experience? Do you think you addressed the concerns brought up in that RFA?
A My first Rfa failed but to me it was an eye-opener. I didn't realize that I had made those mistakes in the past and only found out during the RfA. I just returned from a 3 week wikibreak (something which I'm not fond of taking) and I was nominated by a Retiono Virginian (who later on was identified as a sock of a banned user) and I accepted it because I knew him for sometime but during the RfA, I learned about some of the mistakes I had made which I had overlooked before because I didn't think it made much of a difference such as: 1. English is not my native language but Hindi is but and during the Rfa it was brought up that I used short sentences such as "pliz"and "thanx" and also made spelling mistakes which isn't allowed and so since then I avoided using "slangs" on user talk pages and articles and 2. I also realized that during my RfA, I sort of 'lost it' and you can say it was pressure or bad timing and I stooped really low for which I'm still very sorry. I somehow didn't assume good faith which is what I should have been doing all along and since then I haven't been involved in any edit wars or conflicts and if I ever did or would in the near future, I will always maintain civility and assume good faith and finally I believe thats I have really improved since my first Rfa and I know people may judge me on that and I respect their decision.

General comments

RfAs for this user:

Please keep criticism constructive and polite. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Cometstyles before commenting.

Discussion

Support

  1. As nom. Majorly (talk) 15:58, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Strongest possible support Deinitely a user who I trust, I trusted him at his first RfA and I do even more now, a great editor and always extremely polite. Lets give this guy the tools. The Sunshine Man is now Qst 16:03, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Strong support This user has helped me a great deal. He's always positive and infinitely helpful. There is no doubt in my mind that he would make an ideal administrator.  hmwith  talk 16:15, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Strong support Exactly as stated above, great guy. Kwsn(Ni!) 16:16, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Support- apologies I rushed in opposing with a silly reason, I think he deserves the tools since he has explained himself. Francisco Tevez 16:39, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Another Strong Support - I've seen only great and good things from this user. Good luck. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 16:43, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Support Seen him around; I see no reason not to. —Anas talk? 16:49, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support Cometstyles is a great vandal fighter and would make a great administrator. Good Luck. QuasyBoy 12:52, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Strong support I agree with FayssalF. My interactions with Cometstyles have been positive as well. Acalamari 17:22, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Yay! Amazing user. --trey 17:23, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Support One of the easiest decisions I've ever had to make on WP. Shalom Hello 17:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Support- per Trey. Eddie 17:40, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Strong Support Good user who is very friendly.--†Sir James Paul† 17:43, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Support, looking good to me. Can't find evidence to suggest he'd abuse the tools, good contributions, and the like. Seems to have improved since the last RfA, too. Arkyan &#149; (talk) 18:07, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Strong Support per answer to my question and lack of reasons to oppose. Black Harry • Happy Independence Day 18:15, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Strong support. He is a great editor. I am confident that giving him the tools will benefit Wikipedia. --Mschel 18:26, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

Per the neutral below, can't handle conflict, plus the past RFA failure showed he wasn't quite ready. Francisco Tevez 16:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Everything brought up was nearly 3 months ago. Is there nothing recent? Majorly (talk) 16:35, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As I said, per the reason below. Francisco Tevez 16:37, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral

  1. Neutral for now. Cometstyles' reaction to the failed first RfA didn't bolster my impression of his ability to handle conflict smoothly. I noticed this in his subsequent edit to his user page. His user page today still says "I used to assume good faith." I'm not sure if he meant to change it back and never did, or if he still feels a bit bitter about it, but I am not going to support as of right now. The short response to question 3 doesn't provide me with an opposing view of his conflict resolution outlook. Leebo T/C 16:16, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Regarding the part "I used to assume good faith", I meant to change that but since that section of my page is too dark and hard to read and I might have missed it and I do appreciate your concern regarding Q3 but as I noted, it was my mistake since I was didn't know much about image policies then because if you see my upload logs during the first week as an editor, all the images I uploaded were deleted and that did make me sad but when I read through the image policies, I realized I made a big mistake and I made an effort to understand the policy better since then if that is what you are asking me..--Cometstyles 16:33, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for clearing up the AGF issue. My concern with question 3 is that it's not very specific, and I would have liked to see references to specific resolved disputes and the editors with which you had them. It would relieve my concern about your response to conflict. Leebo T/C 16:38, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  2. I am leaning to weak oppose due to maturity issues. I am just very worried about this candidate, especially with edit summaries like this, this, and this. All I see on the candidate's recent contributions are twinkle revisions, voting for administrators, and no mainspace article contributions. I am also worried that he may be unfamiliar with some policies such as how to tell a difference if a user is banned or blocked, WP:AGF, WP:BLP, WP:COI, WP:3RR, WP:NPA, and the list goes on. Miranda 18:26, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing wrong with a good sense of humor.--trey 18:32, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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