Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Planoneck

Planoneck
Hope it's not too arrogant of me, but I'ma go ahead and request adminship. I figure the worst that could happen is to be rejected and go back to doing the same stuff I've always been doing. Then maybe I can even improve myself and make my editing not suck as bad, so that I won't be rejected the next time.

The thing is, I'm more interested in creating articles than the technical stuff that admins usually do. But if I become an admin, I'll probably find myself doing more of the technical stuff, since I'll have access to more tools. Maybe I'll even find time to (gasp) participate in a community discussion!

So give me your honest opinion, and don't be afraid to tell me I suck. Believe me, I'm used to it. ;) ~Planoneck~ 02:20, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Questions/Comments

 * Why do you need the tools? What admin tasks will you help with?
 * When I'm not writing articles, I usually watch recent changes, looking out for vandalism and the like. I can revert most vandalism, but sometimes it takes an admin a couple of minutes or longer to notice a vandal page and delete it. That's the kinda stuff I want to help out with. I might also be involved with archiving, if it happens to be a slow news day. Oh, and being able to make requested edits to protected articles would be pretty cool. ~Planoneck~ 00:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Will you put yourself Category:Admins open to recall?
 * Sure, I guess. Just in case I do suck as an admin. ~Planoneck~ 00:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * What do you think should be the minimum age for admins?
 * I don't think there should be a minimum age. If someone is trusted by other users and they have made good edits, their age shouldn't matter. Of course, I may be just a tiny bit biased... ;) ~Planoneck~ 00:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)


 * What is your greatest personal weakness with regards to adminship? And your greatest strength? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:02, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * My greatest weakness would have to be my age. No matter how nerdy and wiki-oriented I may be, I'm still a teenager, and teenagers by definition do stupid things. Hopefully I won't do anything too stupid. My greatest strength is my life - or rather, my lack thereof. This means that I have a bunch of time to waste on wiki stuff. Expect this to change next year when I enter high school, and I have to suffer the self-imposed workload of too many Advanced Placement classes. I'll probably still find time to edit at 3:00 in the morning, though. Don't worry about me. ~Planoneck~ 00:29, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Votes

 * . And I assume by "suck" you mean having the ability to assemble a portfolio with dozens of extremely well-researched and well-written articles such as you have? :) --Jcart1534 - (talk) 21:55, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * , was waiting to nominate you, excellent user! --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:02, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * , absolutley! Glad to see that you've nominated yourself. Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 19:52, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I can't imagine you doing anything stupid. Be more self confident! For "suck" read "kick ass". Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:48, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * --David Shankbone - (talk) 01:45, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:51, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * - as far as your worries about the AP courses, I'll say that in my experience (admittedly many years ago), they are less repetitive (thus more interesting) and fewer people will try to copy your test answers. That's the main difference. --SVTCobra 01:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * --Anonymous101 (talk &middot; contribs) 16:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * leaning towards oppose because you make me feel old. --Skenmy(t•c•w) 17:26, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Adambro - (talk) 17:29, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, whaddya know? Reverse psychology really does work. :-P --Brian McNeil / talk 18:08, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Jacques Divol - (talk) 07:37, 19 March 2008 (UTC)