Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/The bellman

The bellman
(441 edits since 15 NOV 04) AS OF: 21:09, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I'd like to be an admin, because this experiment needs people who are awake when Aussies are (basicly when the rest of the english speaking world (save NZ) is asleep). I have never been in a flame war, edit war, revert war, etc. anywhere on any wiki. My first (or maybe second) post to the foundation list was a little rude, but was not meant to be, and i am sorry that brion vibber (i think) took it as an insult towards devs. i have since developed (i think) a good relationship with various devs. Other than this i am not aware of ever having caused offence to anyone (in relation to wikis). Ive written quite a few articles on wikinews and edited a whole heap more. I also created the original research template, because i thought it would be interesting. As an admin (and a user), i would be willing to lend my support to any idea that seemed inovative or interesting (obviously this is sujective). The bellman 05:54, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Support User is a regular contributor, has been editing since at least November, and may be painfully honest... - Amgine 23:33, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry if my honesty causes any pain. *offers Amgine an asprin* -The bellman 10:49, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose, sorry. User doesn't like creating articles with geographically-specific headlines, which is annoying, and seems to be trying to run the site on Australian time rather than UTC. Neither suggests that the user has the depth of understanding of the site that I feel an admin needs. Dan100 (Talk) 12:19, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn in light of comments below. Now neutral (personally I see no current need for new admins, but that's not a reason to object). Dan100 (Talk) 20:47, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * G'day, to your first objection, the titles of the Australian articles you changed the names of today were not named by me. However in the case of Paedophile forced to flee Australian town, although i wrote the article the title was chosen by Borofkin not myself, maybe i should have changed it, but in all honesty i barely even looked at the title. To be fair i have created some articles about australian events with out 'Australian' in the title but when i noticed that these were all being changed on RC to include the word 'Austrlian', i thought. yep. cool, i can accept that and decided that i would include some mention that it was aussie in the future. Honestly it was an oversight on my behalf the first few times, one which i am trying not to repeat. As for the second objection, i strongly feel that the news should not be reported in UTC or AEST, but in local time. If an event happens somewhere on the second of feb (for example), i feel it should be reported as feb 02, even though UTC could well still be feb 01. Equally even if UTC is Feb 02 and something newsworthy happens somewhere where it is Feb 01, then it should be reported in Feb 01 not Feb 02. If this is not the opinion of the rest of the community im cool with that, and i will bow to consensus, but from my discussions on #wikinews about the subject i am not acting outside the consensus. I hope i have answered you concerns The bellman 12:51, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * After having thought about the time issue further, and having discussed it with others, i now support the use of UTC. The bellman 00:03, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Trustworthy and would be nice to have a pair of eyes in his time zone. -- Davodd | Talk 06:52, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Object. Candidate is incapable of answering a few simple questions regarding his reasons and intentions regarding his request for adminship. I cannot possibly support (nor trust) someone who can't provide such basic information. Sorry! Dan100 (Talk) 21:28, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC) Dan100 (Talk) 12:43, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * What? i answered the questions, that were posted here, then davodd (i think) got rid of them, then amgine (i think) moved them back here, then they were moved again, and now they are on my talk page. I didnt have anything to do with the moving of them, but i did answer them. I will move them back here, and ask that anyone who wants to have a debate about whether they should be here or not, have it on the talk page. I personaly think its a bit over the top to have them on such a small project, where all the active users, know the other active users. The bellman 03:09, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Support. Looks like The bellman will be mainly engaged in RC patrolling and blocking vandals, good stuff. Dan100 (Talk) 13:23, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What admin chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with?


 * A. RC patrol (which ill be starting again in a couple of days anyway, when i manage to get gaim working so i can lurk on IRC).

2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikinews, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?


 * A. Nepal's King names new cabinet, cause it was wikinews' first featured article.
 * I didn't know we had featured articles... Dan100 (Talk) 01:34, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * well, what ever we want to call the main article on the front page, it was the first (due more to luck than anything else) The bellman 02:45, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

3. Do you have any particular plans if you gain adminship?


 * A. Write a better set of questions for potential admins...? Try and deal with vandalism mostly.