Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Adambro

Adambro
has been one of the more active 'newsies, contributing to articles as well as doing wiki maintenance - deletion, implementing the new fair use policy, vandalism watch. he has a good deal of Wiki experience, being an admin on WP and commons and i find him well informed on policy matters in discussions. i think it's time to give him the tools. –Doldrums(talk) 12:05, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I accept this nomination. I am grateful to be considered for adminship and look forward to hearing the opinions of other editors, which, regardless of the outcome of this RfA, I am sure will help me further develop as a Wikinews contributor.


 * Since joining the project, I have been active in a number of areas, from writing articles to dealing with more mundane, behind the scenes tasks like dealing with image issues. I feel this has given me a good understand of the project and how it differs from the other Wikimedia project I am involved with. One of the major differences is of size, articles like the Chris Benoit death did much to raise the profile of Wikinews but it remains a small project in comparison to many other. Despite this, the project still suffers from the same problems faced elsewhere such as vandalism. On a number of occasions I have watched vandalism ongoing and been unable to contact an administrator to deal with it promptly. This has left me frustrated and I would welcome admin rights to enable me to respond to incidents like this when I spot them.


 * I will be happy to answer any questions anyone may have but would warn that as I am to start a new job next Monday which will involve moving house, I might not be able to respond later in the week. Adambro 12:48, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Note that Adambro was temporarily sysopified to deal with ongoing vandalism on en.wikinews.

Questions

 * As always, what is the meaning of life? Thunderhead - (talk) 07:27, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The Meaning of Life is a 1983 film from the Monty Python team which presents the meaning of life in the form of a gold wrapped booklet at the end, described as "nothing very special".

Votes

 * Easy Strong Support Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 19:24, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. --Nzgabriel | Talk 21:58, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:19, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Brian McNeil / talk 15:23, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 15:38, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support - -- Cometstyles 15:47, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * $support++ —Zachary talk 17:08, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Cspurrier 22:56, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Thunderhead - (talk) 07:27, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Jcart1534 10:38, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --SVTCobra 11:11, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Anyone who won't harass the n00bs should have a mop. Nyarlathotep 23:01, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
 * troppuS Pilotguy roger that  00:13, 21 August 2007 (UTC)