Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Bobak

Bobak

Voice your opinion (2/0/0); Scheduled to end 20:27, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Bobak (talk · contribs) - Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Bobak. Bobak has loads of experience in articlespace - see the list of the articles he created here. He has had a lot of community interaction, evidenced by a large number of edits to the various talk namespaces. Finally, he has a couple of hundred edits to the projectspace. Based on an examination of his edits, I am satisfied that Bobak is sufficiently knowledgeable in policy and will exercise discretion when using the administrator tools. Finally, Bobak is well educated and mature, and will make a splendid addition to our sysop corps. Thank you. -- Y not? 01:01, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: Thank you so much for the kind words, Y. I accept. --Bobak 20:22, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello everyone. I joined Wikipedia on July 8, 2005 (coincidently my birthday...). Like many newbies I found the sheer size and scope of the project intimidating...but at the same time it pulled me in. Over the past year I've started to feel very comfortable with working within the project. Last November I floated an Editor Review to see what I needed to work on. From that review I learned more about what I should do to be a better editor and worked on things like using more edit summaries and, more importantly, uploading qualified images onto the Commons instead of just English Wikipedia (I also stared to see if I could add those photos to photo-less articles on the other language Wikipedias). I feel that I've logically come to a point where I would have a good reason to use admin tools: Like most users, I want to keep track of the articles I’ve created/significantly added to/etc. Currently, my watchlist has over 900 pages and images. I now tend to spend more and more of my time on Wikipedia each day patrolling this "beat" and making fixes wherever I can. I think having the admin tool kit would make me a more effective custodian. I strongly believe that people keep learning throughout their lives, and I readily admit that I do not know everything, but I plan to learn and play it safe where I don't know. So please consider me as a candidate for administrator. [note: due to my work schedule I may take several hours to respond, I also do not have an internet connection at home] [one more note: I have no interest, and will do my best to avoid WikiLawyering. Afterall, I may be a lawyer in real life, but I am not your lawyer and this is not to be construed as legal (or WikiLegal™) advice.] --Bobak 20:22, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

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: One of my favorite hobbies early on was patrolling the newly created articles (when anons could create them) and practicing my speedy-deletion stamps –-so I would enjoy taking a look through candidates for speedy deletion. I’ve recently started doing a bit of RC patrol and I can see myself getting more involved in patrolling the almost incomprehensibly gargantuan flow of edits coming into Wikipedia at any given moment. Although I have never participated, Wikipedia:Requested moves also sounds like something I would enjoy working on (particularly image names, because I made that mistake myself early on). I also only recently became aware of Special:Unwatchedpages, which sounds like something I can also help with since I find enjoyment in patrolling a lot of pages. I admit I hesitate to wade into copyright debates. This is because I am a lawyer in real life and many issues tend to fall into the cracks of "it could be argued..."

2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?

A: Tough question. While I don't usually dive into creating a FA, I do enjoy starting and expanding articles on topics I find interesting (either long term or "I read it in today's paper" short term). I've developed a strong respect for citation, so I try to keep my additions consistently cited to major sources. For examples, I'd draw your attention to the latter portion of my created articles list. I am also equally proud of the hundreds of photos I've added from my own collection (279 at last count) as well as from historic-PD sources on the internet. I guess you can summarize my contributions as "volume, but with quality". If people would like more information or specific examples, I will be happy to provide them.

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: I've been in a few edit conflicts, but none of them have caused me too much stress. This is for two reasons (1) I've spend the past 6 years moderating/administrating a rather (how to put this lightly...) raucous video game forum and the incivility there had just about deadened me to most internet banter; and (2) I think the processes available on Wikipedia help slow down hostility and allow time for reflection. Going back to those edit conflicts I have been in: I have been able to remedy them using good ol' fashion talking-it-through and occasionally via process (although those instances have tended to be much larger conflicts than me vs. someone else). As a result, respectively I have been convinced that my position is wrong and accepted the times where larger Wikipedia processes have determined that the position I was a part of wasn't what we were going to move forward with as a project. From the occasional vandalism to my userpage, I assume I've rubbed some people the wrong way --but they've all been anons or sockpuppets. If there are any specifics people would like me to address here, I am happy to do so.

General comments

• See Bobak's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.
• Links for Bobak: Bobak (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)

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

Discussion

Support

1. Nom support -- Y not? 20:30, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
2. Support: User seems to have plenty of experience and edit summary usage is also excellent. It's nice to see someone very experience in Images, should be able to help out nicely. I see nothing wrong, should make a fine administrator.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 20:40, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
3. Support - Good answers to questions; good edits; no reason to oppose.↔NMajdan•talk 20:50, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
4. Support, looks like a well-rounded and knowledgeable contributor. --Spike Wilbury 20:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
5. Support Good person to be an admin. Captain panda 21:22, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

1. yes seems to be a good editor but there is one thing lacking which is talking to other ediotors only 685 of those about 1000 ibn total needs to talk more that why i must oppose sorryOo7565 21:17, 16 May 2007 (UTC) i look back i want to change my vote to neutral per my comment how can i change my voteOo7565 21:23, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Neutral