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#'''Support''' Has taken a drastic turn from a now gone Arbcom probation, and become a productive and friendly editor. I can trust Khoikhoi, and I believe a change for the best has occured. Loyality exists greatly here. ] 14:50, 14 October 2006 (UTC) #'''Support''' Has taken a drastic turn from a now gone Arbcom probation, and become a productive and friendly editor. I can trust Khoikhoi, and I believe a change for the best has occured. Loyality exists greatly here. ] 14:50, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
#'''Strong Oppose''' ] has an organized group to purvey the NPOV on wiki and is discriminating the users on national basis. ] 15:51, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

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Khoikhoi

Voice your opinion (33/0/0) Ending 08:55, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Khoikhoi (talk · contribs) – I've known Khoikhoi on Misplaced Pages for a fairly long time, a year or more. In that time he has shown himself to be an impartial, reasonable and kind user. He had a request for adminship earlier (see here), but withdrew when it was going badly. The man edits contentious and controversial articles (well, someone has to!), and even in fairly fierce ethnic disputes manages to keep his cool. He has been blocked a few times for the 3RR, but not within the last seven monthsand has a heap load of edits (interested users can check for themselves). In conclusion there is really not much case to not promote him. Oh, and I know I should comment on some of his work that qualifies him for admin tools, he reverts a lot of vandalism, particularly by serial vandals, and while one doesn't need admin tools to do this it helps to be able to block these guys once in a while. Furthermore special protection can be a godsend when facing down what seems like unlimited amounts of IP reusing sockpuppets. In conclusion, VOTE SUPPORT, I AM! :) - Francis Tyers · 08:55, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I humbly accept. —Khoikhoi 23:12, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages in this capacity. Please take the time to answer a few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Misplaced Pages backlog and Category:Administrative backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
A: I'd be more than happy to do things such as WP:AIV, checking on the 3RR reports page, and WP:RPP. As I've been doing, I'll look for vandalism to revert, usually from pages on my watchlist, although I've also done some RC Patrol work as well. I've been involved in tracking down the banned users Bonaparte and -Inanna-, which has resulted in the blocking of their sockpuppets all the time. Tasks such as these usually require admin capabilities.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A: I guess I'm the most happy with my first featured article, which I contributed to along with Tombseye. Incidentally, it also happened to be Misplaced Pages's 1000th (see press release and article). In addition to this, I've worked hard to improve other articles: History of Azerbaijan, Western New Guinea to name a few. Regardless of the outcome of this RfA, I will continue my work here.
3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
A: Yes, I've normally had conflicts over controversial articles. During the dispute, I've kept cool, not made any personal attacks (even when I was attacked), and tried to work things out and explain things to the user or users. Sometimes a dispute will be resolved immediately, sometimes they drag on much longer. However, I try to remain reasonable and attempt compromise (or agree to compromises put forth). In the future, I will continue to do this. One of the things I have noticed is that disputes are always solved faster when there is less edit waring and more discussion.
General comments

Khoikhoi's editcount summary stats as of 00:11, October 14 2006, using Interiot's tool. (aeropagitica) 00:13, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Discussion (for expressing views without numbering)

Support

  1. Support I've seen Khokhoi around and (s)he is a very useful contributor indeed and would benefit from admin tools. Has obviously learned from past mistakes of edit warring.--Konst.able 23:21, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
  2. I offered to nominate him last week, so that's a definite yes. >Radiant< 23:22, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
  3. Support just came across this user today. Looks great- good luck! --Alex (Talk) 23:25, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
  4. Support I am very pleased to see you nominated here. You do a very nice job. Valentinian 23:28, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
  5. Support A name that I have seen so often around WP spaces that I thought they were already an admin. (aeropagitica) 00:14, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  6. Merovingian ※ Talk 00:19, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  7. Crazy 40,000 edits Support. Although this user has a questionable past, I have no worries or doubts about the user at this very moment. In fact, I have seen this user everywhere and I am impressed. Best of luck with the RfA. Nishkid64 01:04, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  8. Support. A worthy user, and gets a definite yes from me for his sock-hunting alone. -- Grafikm 01:05, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  9. Strong support. We need more admins on controversial topics, not less. I've never seen anything to make me doubt this user and I was surprised when I looked at the previous RfA (I found it while digging around months ago.) I still think the project would greatly benefit from giving Khoikhoi admin tools. Grandmasterka 01:06, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  10. 2x edit conflict Unbelievably strong support. Give the man the mop, he can only do good things with it. I cannot believe the last one didn't work out. — riana_dzasta wreak havoc|damage report 01:09, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  11. Support I voted oppose in his last RfA, and with good reason. I'm proud to say that my concerns are now dealt with. Over the past year, he has made a strong effort not only to be more concious of policies, but to find different ways to contribute, even when unable to edit in his primary area of interest. Khoikhoi would, and WILL, be a great admin. --InShaneee 01:22, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  12. Support without hesitation -- Samir धर्म 01:23, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  13. Support  Doctor Bruno  01:39, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  14. Support The added tools given to him would only benefit this project. A great user. --Siva1979 01:44, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  15. Support He always doing more valuable work, and being civil in every situation. Daniel5127 (Talk) 02:41, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  16. Support. Goddamn absolutely. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 03:39, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  17. Support I've seen this user's (good) work countless times. Will make an outstanding admin.--Húsönd 04:24, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  18. Support I've seen khoikhoi in action in intense eastern-european-nationalism-conflicts, and he has always looked very poised, calm, and rational. We need firm but civil admins like him to defuse disputes. Borisblue 04:29, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  19. Support Khoikhoi made some very good edits to a page on a former Russian Prime Minister. I've seen nothing but hard work from him so far. KazakhPol 04:47, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  20. Strong Support no hesitation - a prolific editor. Rama's arrow 06:32, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  21. Strong Support - long overdue abakharev 07:11, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  22. Support.  Grue  07:34, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  23. Khoikhoi is a prolific, productive, and thoughtful editor. He's a fine writer (having do-authored the 1000th featured article, too ), pitches in with combating vandalism, and has been invluable in fighting problem banned users like Bonaparte and -Innana-. He's sensible and cool, and I think adminship is well deserved. I would have been pleased to nominate. Dmcdevit·t 09:40, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  24. Support. Khoikhoi is, thus far, the only editor to have been put on probation, to have continued to edit prolificly, not to have left Misplaced Pages, and to have had the probation removed after no restrictions had been applied. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 09:44, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  25. Support; needs block button asap. Please keep up the rc patrol of course!--Andeh 10:17, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  26. Support, have seen you involved in process for a long time, and well deserves the mop. - Mailer Diablo 11:46, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  27. Support, I have come across Khoikhoi a few times in my travels in wikipedia and I've only seen good reports although I am not sure he is a Khoikhoi. --Jcw69 12:01, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  28. Support, not one yet? With the experience and the time span here, he will make a good admin. --Terence Ong (T | C) 12:25, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  29. Strong Support so he can stop flooding WP:RFPP and protect those disputed articles himself! ;-) --Srikeit 12:45, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  30. Strong Support I was under the impression that Khoikhoi was already an admin, and apparently he isn't, so I'm certainly in favour of giving him the buttons so he can become one hoopydink 13:28, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  31. Support - Aksi_great (talk) 13:32, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  32. Support - Good user -- Lost 14:11, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  33. Support Has taken a drastic turn from a now gone Arbcom probation, and become a productive and friendly editor. I can trust Khoikhoi, and I believe a change for the best has occured. Loyality exists greatly here. Yanksox 14:50, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  34. Strong Oppose User:Khoikhoi has an organized group to purvey the NPOV on wiki and is discriminating the users on national basis. Sosomk 15:51, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral