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Requests for adminship status [edit]

Mariusm (talk · contribs) [edit]

I've made quite a lot of contribution to Wikispecies and I'm very familiar with the style and rules of Wikispecies. (I edited the complete frog and bat species, and created hundreds of ants.)

I would like to become an admin for the following reasons:

  1. Be able to update the main page, (like this) and make it more attractive (of course subject to community's consent).
  2. Be able to delete mistaken and vandalised pages. (for example - sort out the orphaned pages.)
  3. Guard against vandalism.

Mariusm 15:31, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Poll starts 15:31, 19 January 2010 (UTC); poll ends 15:31, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Promoted. OhanaUnitedTalk page 00:47, 28 January 2010 (UTC)


Support [edit]

  1. lycaon 13:59, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
  2. Stho002 19:52, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
  3. Kevmin 20:49, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
  4. As I'm the person who suggested Mariusm to run for RfA, it'll be very irresponsible for me if I don't come here and show my support. OhanaUnitedTalk page 21:51, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
  5. But if you do change the main page, be sure to test it at multiple resolutions. (In your example, the right half is empty on my screen.) Rocket000 22:03, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
  6. [[User talk:Ucucha|Ucucha]] 12:32, 24 January 2010 (UTC) He created hundreds of ants, so he must be God, so he must be an admin. More seriously, much good content work, which he'll be able to do even better as an admin.
  7. Ark (talk page) 12:54, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Oppose [edit]

Neutral [edit]

Accassidy (talk · contribs) [edit]

I would like to nominate Accassidy for adminship. His level of expertise and responsibility is exemplary, and he continues to contribute excellent information and even better images. At present he keeps a vigilant watch for vandalism, but cannot directly do anything about it, which must be frustrating! Stho002 20:38, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

I am happy to accept nomination. Since my earlier remark about not being sure of the implications, I have studied the list of responsibilities given above and am confident that I can fulfil those obligations. Thank you. Accassidy 15:18, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
Poll starts 15:18, 15 February 2010 (UTC); poll ends 15:18, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Support [edit]

  1. Quick to spot and revert vandalism. We definitely need more admins round the clock OhanaUnitedTalk page 20:32, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
  2. one of our finest editors - and perfect in every conceivable way for adminship (see his comment above regarding the implications...) Stho002 02:55, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
  3. I agree with the above. Ark (talk page) 21:50, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
  4. It's refreshing to have here an admin who understands the nuts and bolts of taxonomy... Mariusm 06:02, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
  5. Ucucha 13:31, 17 February 2010 (UTC) Welcome!
  6. lycaon 21:48, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
  7. and strongly. Rocket000 01:51, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Oppose [edit]

  1. lycaon 06:52, 15 February 2010 (UTC) quote: "although I am not excatly sure of the implications..." per additional remark. lycaon 13:01, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Neutral [edit]

EncycloPetey (talk · contribs) [edit]

I seem to be the only editor here in bryophytes and algae, and am noticing just how many deletions/moves will be needed to upate taxonomy of the liverworts and mosses. I am already a primary contributor for these groups on Wikipedia (see e.g. w:Jungermanniales, w:Metzgeriales, w:Moss, w:Phaeophyceae, and their subpages) and set up almost all of the WS pages on the Phaeophyceae (brown algae). I believe in coordinating between Wikispecies, Wikipedia, and Commons, so that information on all three is consistent. I have been a contributor to the English Wikipedia since 2005 and an admin there since 2007. I have been an admin on the English Wiktionary since 2006, and that is where I spend most of my time (editing English, Latin, and Galician entries... so I know some Latin too).

I took a B.S. degree in Biology with an emphasis in botanical systematics. I have worked (for pay) in two herbaria, and worked (without pay) in another. I created the current liverwort filing system for the bryophyte herbarium at Duke University, and did half the liverwort specimen reorganization, filing, and synonymization for UC (at Berkeley). I have also worked (as a volunteer) in the UC Museum of Paleontology, and I helped revise part of their paleobotanical searchable database so that you can now search for taxa above the rank of genus. This meant spending a week entering all the higher taxon information for each specimen record. I am familiar with the problems of paleobotanical form taxa, and have a full-size bookcase that isn't big enough to contain all my botanical reference books (let alone the reprints and photocopies of papers). --EncycloPetey (talk) 05:38, 14 May 2010 (UTC) EncycloPetey (talk) 05:38, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Poll starts 14 May 2010 (UTC) 05:38, poll ends 21 May 2010 (UTC) 05:38. Ark (talk page) 20:37, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Support [edit]

  1. Stho002 (talk) 05:42, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
  2. SatuSuro (talk) 09:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
  3. Accassidy (talk) 17:13, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
  4. Ark (talk page) 18:09, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
  5. OhanaUnitedTalk page 14:20, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
  6. Ucucha 11:01, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Oppose [edit]

Neutral [edit]

Faendalimas (talk · contribs) [edit]

I feel the need to contribute better to this wiki, I have already done so on Wikimedia but feel prevented from doing so here effectively. As explained on my page I am a research taxonomist of some 16 years experience specializing in turtles. Faendalimas (talk) 22:54, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Poll starts 22:54, 18 June 2010 (UTC), poll ends 22:54, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Closed as not promoted. OhanaUnitedTalk page 03:02, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Support [edit]

Oppose [edit]

  1. IMHO, this user is a taxonomist with biased views about his own taxonomic opinions and tries to oppress alternative views Stho002 (talk) 23:58, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
    We are all entitled to our views but please cite anything where I have suppressed anything of someone elses? Faendalimas (talk) 00:30, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
    Wollumbinia vs Myuchelys: the ICZN has made no official published OPINION on the availability of Wollumbinia, and until such time as they do, we will be giving Wells the benefit of the doubt. The taxa are searchable under both names, so there isn't a problem. It is not up to Wikispecies to decide if a publication has been validly published or not, we are a data aggregator/integrator. We will follow official published OPINIONS of the ICZN, but will not otherwise side with one or other disputants. The name Wollumbinia has been used for many years and is present in many databases including ION. There is no need or point at present to change the Wikispecies page, but I am sure that Faendalimas (talk · contribs) will not be able to accept that, so I have protected the page. Wells also edits here sometimes, so a wheel war would be the inevitable result. End of story, thanks Stho002 (talk) 00:57, 19 June 2010 (UTC) Also, it is clear that the only reason why Faendalimas (talk · contribs) requests adminship is to be able to edit the protected page --Stho002 (talk) 00:59, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
    I have not suppressed Wollumbinia I made in a published statement on this in the journal Zootaxa a decision based on the code. That is my job as a taxonomist. I do concede that being suppressed from editing my own articles is an issue for me. If you believe Wells is right then publish this or go to the ICZN yourself, their ruling is not needed, but feel free. The name is not valid and this has been published and your not only ignoring this but supressing it. Thank you Steven for making your position and bias so clear. Faendalimas (talk) 01:09, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
    Yes, and my job as a Wikispecies editor is to handle taxonomic disputes in an unbiased way. I am not convinced by your arguments against Wollumbinia, and as you wrote in your Zootaxa article, it is 'your opinion' that the name Wollumbinia is unavailable according to the ICZN Code. Well, it is not my opinion, and I believe that the Wikispecies page flags the dispute sufficiently well for the reader to make up their own minds. So, sorry, but you are not going to bulldoze me into submission on this ... --Stho002 (talk) 01:32, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
  2. Oppose on the grounds of low edit count (less than 250 edits), obtaining the admin tools for the purpose engaging in wheel war and tendentious editing (finding an axe to grind), as well as trying to lobby me using email function. OhanaUnitedTalk page 04:24, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
    I can accept your points here but I would like to say I was not trying to lobby you. I sent that email before I did this admin app, which from the timing point of view may have been a mistake. I only thought of this step because you had said you were in need of taxonomists. Faendalimas (talk) 05:35, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
    We are in need of more taxonomists (as editors), yes, but they don't get fast-track promotion to admin --Stho002 (talk) 05:47, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
  3. Editors can contribute without the need to become Admin, which should not be sought for a special purpose with respect to disputes about taxonomy. Such disputes must be resolved by discussion not arbitrary action. If the point at issue is ongoing, then the discussion pages for the taxa concerned can explain this. The motivation here for Adminship seems wrong. Accassidy (talk) 08:10, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Neutral [edit]

MKOliver (talk · contribs) [edit]

I would like to nominate User:MKOliver for adminship, who in a very short time has made 982 excellent edits, none of which have been deleted, with an average of 2.2 edits per page (442 unique pages edited) --Stho002 (talk) 21:25, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Well, did he accept your nomination? OhanaUnitedTalk page 16:21, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind nomination. I accept. Cordially, MKOliver (talk) 15:51, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Poll starts 15:51, 3 October 2010 (UTC); poll ends 15:51, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Close as promoted. OhanaUnitedTalk page 02:20, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Support [edit]

  1. --Stho002 (talk) 20:22, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
  2. Accassidy (talk) 15:07, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
  3. Ark (talk page) 16:13, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Oppose [edit]

Neutral [edit]

  1. Open2universe | Talk 02:12, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
He has just two months of edits and I am not sure his edits require admin status
Oh, come on! He is obviously a fine editor and good admin material, so why wait any longer? He is a professional taxonomist with a willingness to contribute freely to Wikispecies - a rare beast indeed! Stho002 (talk) 02:36, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Hydriz (talk · contribs) [edit]

I am an active member on SWMT and I would like to help out in fighting vandalism here. I understand that my request might seem impossible to fufill as I have only made 20+ edits, but I always follow #cvn-species- on IRC to monitor vandalism. I am also a sysop on Wikimedia Strategic Planning and rollbacker and patroller on Simple English Wikipedia and Wiktionary. I hope to be able to fight vandalism with my new tools of being an administrator and help protect Wikispecies. Thank you. Hydriz (talk) 08:23, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Poll starts 08:23, 25 March 2011 (UTC), poll ends 08:23, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Support [edit]

Oppose [edit]

  1. Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose You have only a small number of edits here; have been active on the SWMT only since last month; and have only six edits on WSP prior to this month. That doesn't provide for enough of a basis to evaluate your potential as an admin. Thank you for fighting vandalism, but you don't have to be an admin to do that. Admins here generally know what WS is about, know the formatting conventions, and have a decent grasp of taxonomy and nomenclature. As you have edited the main namespace only 3 times, we can't judge your taxonomic skill either. Sorry, but perhaps if you reapplied once you've demonstrated the skills expected in an admin. --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:30, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
  2. Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Concur with above remarks. Sorry, as help with vandalism will always be useful. Thanks for the offer. Accassidy (talk) 22:10, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
  3. Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose as above Stho002 (talk) 22:12, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Neutral [edit]

Vibhijain (talk · contribs) [edit]

The most important thing for Wikispecies is to attract Users. But it is a tough job as not each user is not capable of editing this project as it requires a Good knowledge of Biology. But as new users are attracted, Vandals also attract to a project. I will like admin rights to handle that. Admin rights will also help me in deleting articles like Broken Redirects, Blank pages or pages with very less content. I have a good knowledge of these tools as I am a sysop on Sanskrit and Pali Wikipedia, Rollbacker and Reviewer on Hindi Wikipedia. As I have Autopatrolled rights on meta, This also gets proven that I have a good knowledge of Policies. I request you to present your views on this below. :)Vibhijain (talk) 10:33, 1 June 2011 (UTC) Vibhijain (talk) 10:33, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Support [edit]

  1. User:Jonas AGX 12:02, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Oppose [edit]

  1. Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose The "broken redirects" you just mass CSD'd are for synonyms where the main page hasn't been created yet, and were put there intentionally. There are relatively few regular contributors here and a vast quantity of work still to be done. This means that we will have large numbers of intentional redlinks here. You need to have a good understanding of the current state and limitations of this project in order to be a good admin here, and the mass CSD shows you need more experience with this project in order to gain that understanding. Koumz (talk) 13:57, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
    Thanks for telling that. I will try to get more experience here. :) Vibhijain (talk) 14:03, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
    Hey, aren't you going to undo your edits in that field?! Kuzia (talk) 20:57, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
  2. Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I think that to be an Admin here you should have knowledge of taxonomic principles as well as Wiki processes. So I suspect that Vibhijain needs more experience of biological nomenclature before becoming an Admin here. Accassidy (talk) 21:51, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
  3. Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose You will need a lot more contributions first, and ones which ADD CONTENT Stho002 (talk) 21:57, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
  4. Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose It's much too soon to be applying for adminship, with total edits <100. A couple of thousand substantive edits, with demonstrated knowledge of good principles of taxonomy, demonstrated knowledge of familiarity with at least one major group of organisms, and demonstrated good judgment in editorial decision-making, will win my vote. I agree with above comments about there being justification for creating some intentional red links. Vibhijain, keep at it, and by all means, reapply for adminship when you have more relevant knowledge and experience under your belt. --MKOliver (talk) 11:46, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Neutral [edit]

  1. I would say not now. Get more experience here and come back to request it again. OhanaUnitedTalk page 05:39, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Koumz (talk · contribs) [edit]

I am requesting because others suggested that I do so. I am willing to serve. I hope my work speaks for itself. Tools could make some of the clean-up and infrastructure work (including countervandalism) I do more efficient, especially in cases like Template:VN. Koumz (talk) 04:44, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Poll starts 04:44, 15 July 2011 (UTC); poll ends 04:44, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Closed as promoted. Although Koumz withdrew his nomination (and later retracted it), I do not see how it will alter (if any) the final result. OhanaUnitedTalk page 05:52, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Support [edit]

  1. Solid yes. Open2universe | Talk 12:07, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
  2. Yes! Ark (talk) 15:50, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
  3. Yes, --EncycloPetey (talk) 16:27, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
  4. We badly need this kind of maintenance around here! Mariusm (talk) 16:33, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
  5. Yes, he is good with automated edits! Stho002 (talk) 23:45, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
  6. Yes, happy to give my support. Accassidy (talk) 09:55, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
  7. Yes, enthusiastically. Very active; many solid edits; good judgment; needed skills. MKOliver (talk) 02:40, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Oppose [edit]

Neutral [edit]

Amqui [edit]

I request adminship mainly to be able to do translations into french of the protected Wikispecies pages like the french welcome page. I have created the Village Pump and Community Portal pages in french a while ago and will be more efficient if I could connect those and other future development myself to the protected pages. French is my first language and I speak english fluently since I have been working in English for almost 10 years now. I'm mainly involved in french projects (Wikipedia, Wikinews, Wikiversity, etc.), but I have been a sysop on Wikipedia in Cree (cr.wiki) for last two years. I will also use the tools to help current admins against vandalism and other routine tasks. You can see my contributions on Wikispecies here. Having the right to edit the protected page will allow to have them translated in a timely manner; I remember in 2009 asking to remove the protection on the french page to be able to translate some news. Amqui (talk) 19:52, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Poll started 19:52, 23 January 2012, poll ended 06:17 12 March 2012. Closed as unsuccessful. OhanaUnitedTalk page 06:17, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Support [edit]

  1. I don't see why not. He seems like a trusted user of Wiki in general. He doesn't have many edits here but in other Wikis besiede Wikispecies, he has demonstrated as an experience sysop. I think helping expanding any projects within Wiki should be encourage. I don't see any reasons to stop him from doing good things to Wikis.Trongphu (talk) 22:20, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Oppose [edit]

  1. As we work mostly in Latin and multilingual references here, I don't see translation of a lot of pages into French as highly desirable. Admins here really should have taxonomic knowledge as well as Wiki skills, with languages of third importance. The French community portal needs only to encourage francophones to understand that entries should wherever possible be independent of language. This can be done without Admin rights across the whole of WS. Accassidy (talk) 16:31, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
    I was talking mainly about the Welcome page, if you look at the English one and the French one, you'll see a big difference. Of course, I'm not talking about translating the species' pages. However, the proposition made below, is also good if the page could be unprotected. Amqui (talk) 16:57, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
  2. With fewer than 25 edits here prior to this month, I don't see any real reason to grant adminship. --EncycloPetey (talk) 03:51, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Neutral [edit]

  1. I'm not sure it is appropriate to promote someone to admin (let alone beauracrat) without them first having done a substantial number of content adding and housekeeping edits ON THIS PROJECT, but there are currently not many such edits ... Stho002 (talk) 20:25, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
  2. The French main page was unprotected for 1.5 years beginning 30 minutes after your last request for it to be unlocked and you did not edit it at all in that time. Perhaps we can just unprotect it again for a little while if Ohana agrees. Koumz (talk) 20:51, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
    Sure it'll be helpful. I guess I have been drag somewhere else... Amqui (talk) 22:11, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
  3. Nothing against Amqui, but I don't see any compelling argument for his adminship at this time. Very few edits, and those there are have little taxonomic substance. MKOliver (talk) 02:01, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
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