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Final (9/5/5); ended 21:46, 1 April 2014 (UTC) - Supervote x 2 ON WHEELS!! Mkdwtalk 21:46, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

James F. edit

Nomination ON WHEELS! edit

  • I just want to fix the standardisation errors, minor tweaks, and so on on the Main Page and others which sometimes crop up without having to bother anyone else. James F. 06:12 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate ON WHEELS! edit

Let's skip this per WP:Waste of Time.

Support ON WHEELS! edit
    • Support: I read his entire biography, admittedly short, to see if he's a sicko. And apparently he's not. Just another computer scientist geek (Yes, probably like you!) who likes to walk around (probably stalking people!!) and studies in the department of a renowned university. Although he seems to have a minor Anglocentric tendency, and a weird one at that, to spell our name as "Wikip[a]edia" on his webpage. :-D
      He's a Liberal Democrat. WP doesn't explain their ideology, but assuming from the name, it's not a racist, homophobic crap-party? (No idea)
      In addition to his seeming intelligent and unbiased life, he writes pretty good too. I like his one-paragraph explanation of the Brit secondary education system, very encyclopedic.
      So, I'd say he'll make a good admin so he can do those tweaks he'd like. --Menchi 07:06 1 April 2014 (UTC)
    • Seconded Angela 13:22 1 April 2014 (UTC)
    • The lLib Dems are certainly not racist or homphobic. As for crap I couldn't possibly comment ;-) I'm happy to support James' nomination/application Theresa knott 13:24 1 April 2014 (UTC)
    • I certainly hope that the Lib Dems aren't racist or homophobic or anything like that, because I've voted for them often enough. :) And yes, Mr. F. seems a sensible chap, so I support his sysop request. In fact, I suggested that he should make such a request just last night. I wonder if that's just a coincidence... ;) -- Oliver P. 16:16 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Oppose ON WHEELS! edit
  • What's going on here?! This is supposed to be Willy on Wheels' page! And James is already a sysop! OMG! *brain explodes* ansh666 19:07, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Willy on wheels ON WHEELS! edit

Nomination ON WHEELS! edit

Willy on wheels (talk · contribs) – Willy on Wheels has been a valuable contributor to Wikipedia for nearly a decade, having made over 9000 edits since 20 August 2004. He was initially involved in removing unsourced material from articles and adding maintenance templates [1] and later moved on to correcting the titles of articles (e.g. ColdFusion on Wheels), inspiring other editors [2] contribute in the same way. He creates and edits from new accounts [3] frequently to identify the issues that affect new editors, to help increase edition retention. He has helped with the maintenance of Wikipedia's servers [4] and has also created improved variants of user scripts already available on Wikipedia, helping to demonstrate the positive impact of Wikipedia's commitment to the open-source model. I think that Willy on Wheels would make a great administrator, and that the work that he does would benefit from the administrator permissions, particularly the move-related ones. Joshua Issac (talk) 13:02, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
I Humbly accept the nominations. Willy on Wheels (ON WHEELS!) 18:48, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Questions for the candidate ON WHEELS! edit

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. Please answer these questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
A: I want to use the "suppressredirect" tools inside the Admin package bits for the betterment of moving ON WHEELS!
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
A: If I had to say the hundred thousand uncounted moves for THE WHEELS!
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: Never, how can I be in conflict when I am ON WHEELS?
Additional question from Pgallert
4. I noticed that you occasionally edited under your own user name. I know this hasn't happened in the 12 months prior to this RfA but it is still a concern for me---Please outline to us how you will avoid such behaviour in the future.
A: With the account creator privileges included with the administrator package, I can create a much larger number of accounts, which will help me avoid scrutiny more efficiently ON WHEELS, and reduce my risk of accidentally editing under my own username.
Additional question from Epicgenius
5. Which pages would you plan to edit as soon as you get these tools?
A: Of course, the Main page is first priority but overtime I will move 500.000 to 1 Million articles per day so overall will take 1 week for total moves of 4.5 Millions articles, the Admin bits with "noratelimit" will help me with this.
6. What about the pages in other namespaces? How do you plan on moving editing categories?
A: I think we have a different perspective about namespaces, I usually only move pages that are highly visible to reader, so my move will help them to see ON WHEELS! And yes Category is not that much visible nor that many reader bother to click the Cat' to see related pages, but of course after I got the Admin bit I will also move categories to their correct place which is ON WHEELS!
Compulsory question from ϢereSpielChequers
Zero. In what way other than the obvious would your adminship assist the Foundation's mobile initiative?
A.

General comments ON WHEELS! edit

RfAs for this user:

Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review their contributions before commenting.

Discussion ON WHEELS! edit

Support ON WHEELS! edit
  1. As nominator. --Joshua Issac (talk) 13:06, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Overwhelmingly strong support Promote this guy to adminship, NOW. EthicallyYours! 13:21, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support I've never voted in one an RfA before, but this one just leaps out as probably the most deserving ever recorded in the history of Wikipedia. If this goes ahead, I am confident that the user will oversee the promotion of all 4 million articles to FA, end all content disputes everywhere and resolve the deletionist vs inclusionist dichotomy once and for all.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:57, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  4. STRONGEST POSSIBLE SUPPORT He even made fool lots of Admin and 'crats because he have better technical knowledge, promote the guy RIGHT NOW!--AldNonUcallin?☎ 14:49, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  5. STRONG SUPPORT Best guy ever. Promote him now! Jianhui67 T★C 15:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  6. SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – This guy needs to be promoted to admin level, so he can vandalize pages, make inappropriate pagemoves, and block people ON WHEELZZZZZZ!!!!!!! Epicgenius (talk) 15:55, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Support - I have always had the highest possible opinion of this contributor. I am only disappointed that his friend Mr Poopy hasn't yet submitted an RFA. Deb (talk) 17:09, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support - The best admin there could be. ///EuroCarGT 19:57, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Support - A top editor, demonstrated by the excellent work on the Meals on Wheels on Wheels article. Stu (aeiou) 20:37, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Support ON WHEELS! April Fools/April Fools' Day 2014/Requests for adminship/Willy on Weels 2 ON WEELZ! has been vandalized by the Willy on wheels buffbills7701 20:44, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose ON WHEELS! edit
  1. Oppose - Grow up!. --→Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 13:13, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Please could you elaborate on your reasons for opposing? I cannot see what your objection is to this candidate. Deb (talk) 17:10, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    My comment has said it all, I object to unfunny RFAs like these (Some perceive these as hilarious, I obviously don't)........ ---→Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 17:44, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose The lack of contributions in the last 8 years is a bit concerning. Also, I found your answers to the questions to be underwhelming (not to mention nonexistent). Northern Antarctica (₵) 13:59, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    I am sorry for the lack of answer, I've been busy with moving things IRL rather than on Wikipedia, but be not afraid, I'll be back moving the pages again once I got the Admin bit, regards. Willy on Wheels (ON WHEELS!) 18:54, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose I initially thought this editor is clearly a net positive. I mean come on, look at their article space ratio. Fundamentally I could not support because of overwhelming jealousy. Mkdwtalk 16:14, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Oppose Good contributions, but WP:IJUSTDONTLIKEIT Dark Sun (talk) 19:17, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Oppose. Being on wheels may have worked at one point, but, come on, it's almost 2015... come back when you're on a hoverboard. (Yes, I tend to avoid the usual April Fools' shenanigans, but, yeah, whatever.) --Kinu t/c 19:45, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Strong oppose - I cannot support an editor who makes stubs such as this without proper sourcing! I am One of Many (talk) 20:53, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Oppose. Far too likely to wheel war. Plus I can now throw this !vote in the face of people who say I never oppose anyone. Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:05, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Oppose Sorry but I only support candidates that go on foot or heels, but not wheels. → Call me Hahc21 21:16, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Moral Oppose 207.164.152.162 (talk) 22:06, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Amoral Oppose. and double !!vote!! as a meatpuppet for a friend. I'm against it. - CorbieV☊ 23:22, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral ON WHEELS! edit
  1. Neutral I cannot in good faith support an admin on wheels that might run over all frogs while deleting the front page. Come back after 1-2 centuries of solid MFD work and we'll see. §FreeRangeFrogcroak 15:59, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    1. I think one or two centuries is far too long to have to wait. I may be a softie, but I'm willing to reconsider after 50 years.--S Philbrick(Talk) 17:54, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Neutral Pages moves and renames are excellent and show a deep understanding of Wikipedia's policies, yet his actual content creation is lacking. So he should come back later after gaining some experience with inline citations. On the other hand, the new duties and stresses of being an admin will take away from the quality page-move work, so perhaps it would be best for the project if he never got the mop. 78.26 (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 16:56, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Creating my own section BECAUSE I CAN ON WHEELS! edit
  1. STRONGEST POSSIBLE MORAL SUPPORT Yet need to say as a point of process that this should really be a nom for 'Crat or, at the very least, ArbComm. Suggest unilateral declaration of Cabals that the nom be placed as permanent King of ArbComm. So say I. - CorbieV☊ 18:49, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I'll just create my own section, too! And double-vote while I'm at it! ON WHEELS! edit
  1. I like the answers to the questions that I asked. I think I'll vote twice. Support since this user's pagemoves seem to be helping Wikipedia. Epicgenius (talk) 18:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
My Own Section ON WHEELS! edit
  1. Just cuz. (clear Support.) ansh666 19:08, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Isn't it obvious?! :D --Goldenburg111 (talk) 19:50, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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