Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Daniel

Daniel
Hello :) For those of you who I haven't yet met on Wikinews, I'm, also known as Daniel Bryant. Some of you may also know me from the English Wikipedia, where I'm Daniel also, formerly Daniel.Bryant.

I'm nominating myself for administrator tools so I can help out the English Wikinews community. Beyond the normal stuff like deleting speedy candidates, closing deletion request discussions, and cleaning out abandoned etc. categories, I'd like to help out in the following areas also:-


 * Be able to edit protected/archived pages to remove redlinked categories (ie. Special:Categories)
 * Be able to respond to editprotected requests in a more timely fashion wherever possible
 * Be able to help out with archiving (I promise, I really don't hate it that much!)
 * In the event that such a situation occurs, be able to edit protected pages in response to an OTRS ticket

As for my other Wikinews, Wikipedia and Metawiki roles, I'm an English Wikipedia administrator, a member of the Mediation Committee, currently serving (no laughing, Martin!) as the Chair of that Committee. I've been a member of the Wikimedia OTRS team for a while now, dealing with English Wikipedia and (more recently) English Wikinews emails. And, thanks to this community's gratitude, I have accreditation to help me cover big events, although Adelaide has been devoid of these 'big events' for a while now (*crosses fingers*). My accreditation request is here.

On Wikinews, I've written these articles since I joined back in December. I've recently become more active here than on English Wikipedia in the article sense, because my true writing love is in reporting current events.

So, feel free to ask me any questions below, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible (I'm in-and-out of hospital/doctor's clinic in the next couple of days, and sleeping a lot to recover, so please forgive any short delays). I hope the Wikinews community can trust me enough to give me the extra three buttons so I can help maintain Wikinews :)

Cheers,  Daniel  05:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Questions

 * What is the meaning of life? Thunderhead - (talk) 05:40, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought I knew the answer to this question, until I saw this exchange. Now I'm just confused :)  Daniel  05:42, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright ... how about ... what is the numerical equivelant of infinity? Thunderhead - (talk) 05:45, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? --TUFKAAP 17:31, 15 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I hope you have not forgotten about our new archiving method we are now using :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It seems AWB has since been given the feature to bot-like protect pages. That page, which was intended to solve the manual issue, may now be redundant to the AWB auto-protect feature (I'm not sure, having never tried protecting on Wikinews, not being an administrator). We'll have to see if anyone still wishes to use the APL...  Daniel  06:14, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * also. I think ArchiveBot runs soon (second week of each month?) using these methods Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 06:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)


 * You say you will be "cleaning out abandoned etc. categories", will you also be saving articles from the floor of the newsroom by formatting and expanding them? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Most certainly. Copyediting/'wikifying', as it's called on English Wikipedia, is something I really enjoy. Myself and Doldrums helped publish this (see right at the bottom - it's since changed a lot, such is the nature of Wikinews). There was also this one (where I changed this initial IP version into this published story). I am all for improving stories which meet our content guide, and it is a good area for experienced Wikinewsies to help out (the WN:SG can take some getting used to).  Daniel  11:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Will you list yourself as an Admin open to recall ? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I want to do some research about AOR on Wikinews before I commit either way. I didn't place myself in this category on the English Wikipedia as it was clearly being abused by people simply being annoying over petty little things, but from my limited experience with such disputes on Wikinews you guys seem to be a lot better. As I said, please give me a chance to read the history of AAA and reconfirmations in the archives of this page before I announce either way. Cheers, and thanks for understanding,  Daniel  11:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Follow-up: Yes, I will, however I won't commit to it permanently. As I say, if the situation with regards to AOR at Wikinews becomes like English Wikipedia, then I will withdraw myself from that category. Otherwise, yep, I'm in.  Daniel  00:45, 13 July 2007 (UTC)


 * As a Wikipedia vet, how do you think we can improve cooperation with and/or lure users from Wikipedia, if that would be something we want? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I like to slip in a word wherever possible when something notable happens and there's a discussion on Wikipedia about a recent event. I also like the templates which bring attention to Wikinews (ie. "Wikinews has news articles on..."). Beyond that, a little invitation or two to grace us over here to some people I know when they are feeling pissed off with the unique environment at the English Wikipedia can't hurt either :) To answer the last part of your question, there are certainly some users we would want, and there are others who we wouldn't want. The key to continuing this brilliant community's run of success is keeping the balance, wherever possible, on the 'good' side.  Daniel  11:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Votes

 * Absolute Support Thunderhead - (talk) 05:40, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support I wanted to be first, but Thunderhead came in like a bolt of lightning (heh) Zachary 05:42, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Haha, very funny ;) Thunderhead - (talk) 05:43, 12 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Strong Support This is unfair. Conspiracy I was going to be the first to support Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:48, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Brian McNeil / talk 08:31, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Adambro 08:58, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support and get well soon. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support: DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 12:16, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support: Jacques Divol 20:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 06:57, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support --SVTCobra 09:39, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Always need an extra hand! --TUFKAAP 17:33, 15 July 2007 (UTC)