Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Skenmy

User:Skenmy
Current Count: 6/2/2

I am nominating myself for en:Wikinews adminship as I feel that I would be able to make a good contribution to the community in the admin field, whether it be helping with chores, menial tasks, or vandal-fighting (although we thankfully get very little vandalism compared with Wikipedia, where I am primarily a vandal fighter).

I was originally drawn to Wikinews by a link on the Wikipedia homepage. I have no idea why I have chosen to stay - but I love the project and what it provides and offers, and I hope that this somewhat shows through my contributions. I am especially proud of the articles I have written, all the way back from my very first article at Pelicans held on suspicion of being drunk up to my most recent article (published today) at Two children killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in Corfu. I have also dipped into the Original Reporting pool with my article PDPC President Rob Levin has died. My full article list is available here on my User page.

While my edit count is not high by any means ( at sub 200 edits at just over 200 edits at just over 300 edits) I feel proud that every one of my edits has been constructive, and I, to my knowledge, have never done anything detrimental to the Wikinews community, such as become involved in article wars. I feel that my previous experience on en:Wikipedia, as well as on my own three wikis that I administrate (using the MediaWiki software), will assist me in assisting the Wikinews community in any way I can and/or am called to do so.

I ask that you vote truthfully, and give reasons for your vote. I will gladly accept any Oppose votes with any constructive criticism of myself or my articles, and/or with suggestions on how to improve for the future so that one day I may renominate myself for adminship. Various links that may assist you in voting are placed after this statement. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 10:45, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

(Contributions • Edit Count)


 * Accept as nominator - just in case nomination doesn't count. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 10:45, 28 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Support--Article and edit-count seems to be a bit low, but Skenmy has a clean record and is an experienced RC Patroller. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 11:50, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. User quietly gets on with chores that need doing. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:16, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral. Well, although his is a great user, I think that his small edit count is not fitting for an administrator, although I can't talk, can I, Brian? Thunderhead (talk) 23:21, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Brianmc mutters something about reading tea leaves and personally needing another 266 edits. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:30, 2 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Support User seems like he knows how to handle his admin tools :) — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  23:10, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose Need more trust and activity on the site. Jason Safoutin 00:11, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Support, Trustworthy contributor, Shyam  ( T / C ) 19:20, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral: seems ok, but 84 edits in main...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:00, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * comment/abstain User is active on IRC, which I think is a good thing for an admin. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:37, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * comment His wikipedia page is quite impressive. He is part of many different anti-vandal type activities which is to be applauded. Hopefully he will do the same on wikinews ~The bellman | Smile 04:14, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. While I find the user to be a good contributor, I don't think that we're suffering from a lack of administrators.  Given that I'd rather have a better opinion of the user's application of policy as a non-admin. With so few edits it's tough to judge.  I would support another nomination in a couple of months. -- IlyaHaykinson 02:56, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. little low on Wikinews experience, nonetheless. &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 06:25, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --Cspurrier 16:06, 4 November 2006 (UTC)