Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Urhixidur

Urhixidur

final (15/1/1) ending 03:08, December 31, 2004 (UTC)

I have had the pleasure to work with Urhixidur on a number of articles. I think he has a good understanding of how a Wikipedia article should look, and he works toward building a concensus. From what I have seen, he has a good scientific background, and makes some good factual fixes to articles, in addition to his copious minor edits. --Doradus 03:13, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)

Accepted, thank you for the nomination. (Urhixidur 04:27, 2004 Dec 24 (UTC))

Support

1. Pleasure to be the first vote. Lots of very helpful edits, good communication, and I like the answers to the candidate questions. -- Netoholic @ 16:45, 2004 Dec 24 (UTC)
2. I nominated him. Does that make my vote redundant? --Doradus 20:33, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)
   • No. --ℛyan! | Talk 04:07, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
3. ℛyan! | Talk 04:07, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
4. Lst27 (talk) 23:30, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
5. Over 4000 edits in two languages? Wow. Besides, we always need more vandal fighters. --Slowking Man 04:13, Dec 26, 2004 (UTC)
6. 172 09:14, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
7. Xtra 10:55, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
8. Andre (talk) 21:00, Dec 26, 2004 (UTC)
9. Rje 02:33, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
10. I've never seen this guy before, but his 2-wiki editing impresses me enough. [[User:Rhymeless|Rhymeless | (Methyl Remiss)]] 08:41, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
11. dab (ᛏ) 11:28, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
12. CdaMVvWgS 00:23, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
13. Seems a good user. Squash 01:34, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
14. Support. Having an admin that can speak 2 languages is quite a useful thing I think. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:00, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
15. Kingturtle 05:40, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Neutrality^talk 06:49, Dec 27, 2004 (UTC)

Neutral

1. I've never seen the user, and editing on en alone does not convince me. But I don't oppose this nomination either. Jordi·✆ 07:59, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Comments

• 4614 edits on the English Wikipedia, 4475 on French. --Doradus 03:16, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)
• A few on Meta-Wiki, as well as some anonymous spot edits on other Wikipedias (basically interwiki links).

Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)

A. Deletions as needed, vandal watch (which I'm already doing), maybe some interface touch-ups, IP blocking. We'll see how it goes.

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

A. I wastedspent a lot of time hunting down the full names of asteroid discoverers for the List of asteroids entries. The conversion of units numerical factors. The Template:Minor Planet is my doing, too. Why those? Factual accuracy —which is what encyclopaedias are supposed to be for. I'm obsessive-compulsive that way.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and will deal with it in the future?

A. User:Neutrality has bugged me a few times, editing rather brusquely some pages and turning a deaf ear to Talk aimed at him. I'll have to try harder. A rational explanation, references to established Wiki policies (which sometimes differ across languages, oddly) help in building consensus. Sometimes alternate solutions must be found (some users want flag images with borders, for example —so I suggest they upload a second image, appropriately named).