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{{User|Tangotango}} – It is with great pleasure that I nominate Tangotango for adminship. Many of you probably know him as the creator of the very useful and popular ]. Tangotango, who first joined the project in March 2005 (active since Feb 06) is an amazing Wikipedian who has contributed to multiple areas of Misplaced Pages. A highly effective RC Patroller, he has made umpteen reports to ] and also actively participates in the ] discussions. He has helped innumerable newbies get acquainted with Misplaced Pages at the ], ] and the . His IRC bot (Tangobot3) regularly provides updates from the Help Desk and the New contributors' help page to the Bootcamp. He is also active in mainspace, making several contributions to Japan-related articles. He is the founder of ] and has helped improve Misplaced Pages's coverage in this area. His interactions have always been found to be very civil and courteous. I sincerely feel that Tangotango will be an amazing administrator given his dedication to the project, obvious technical expertise and high level of civility. Thanks -- ] <b><sup><small>(] | ])</small></sup></b> 10:29, 19 June 2006 (UTC). {{User|Tangotango}} – It is with great pleasure that I nominate Tangotango for adminship. Many of you probably know him as the creator of the very useful and popular ]. Tangotango, who first joined the project in March 2005 (active since Feb 06) is an amazing Wikipedian who has contributed to multiple areas of Misplaced Pages. A highly effective RC Patroller, he has made umpteen reports to ] and also actively participates in the ] discussions. He has helped innumerable newbies get acquainted with Misplaced Pages at the ], ] and the . His IRC bot (Tangobot3) regularly provides updates from the Help Desk and the New contributors' help page to the Bootcamp. He is also active in mainspace, making several contributions to Japan-related articles. He is the founder of ] and has helped improve Misplaced Pages's coverage in this area. His interactions have always been found to be very civil and courteous. I sincerely feel that Tangotango will be an amazing administrator given his dedication to the project, obvious technical expertise and high level of civility. Thanks -- ] <b><sup><small>(] | ])</small></sup></b> 10:29, 19 June 2006 (UTC).

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Tangotango

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Tangotango (talk · contribs) – It is with great pleasure that I nominate Tangotango for adminship. Many of you probably know him as the creator of the very useful and popular RFA Analysis tool. Tangotango, who first joined the project in March 2005 (active since Feb 06) is an amazing Wikipedian who has contributed to multiple areas of Misplaced Pages. A highly effective RC Patroller, he has made umpteen reports to Administrator intervention against vandalism and also actively participates in the Articles for Deletion discussions. He has helped innumerable newbies get acquainted with Misplaced Pages at the New contributors' help page, Help Desk and the #wikipedia-bootcamp. His IRC bot (Tangobot3) regularly provides updates from the Help Desk and the New contributors' help page to the Bootcamp. He is also active in mainspace, making several contributions to Japan-related articles. He is the founder of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Trains in Japan and has helped improve Misplaced Pages's coverage in this area. His interactions have always been found to be very civil and courteous. I sincerely feel that Tangotango will be an amazing administrator given his dedication to the project, obvious technical expertise and high level of civility. Thanks -- Srikeit 10:29, 19 June 2006 (UTC).

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I humbly accept and thank Srikeit for nominating me. - Tangotango 10:51, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Support

  1. Nominator Support Alright lets get this underway! --Srikeit 10:54, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  2. Support. Why not? :-) Jude (talk) 11:01, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  3. Aye. NSLE 11:04, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  4. {{RfA-cliche1}} Kimchi.sg 11:07, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  5. Mmm... tango Support, of course. — FireFox 11:15, 19 June '06
  6. Support --Ioannes Pragensis 11:19, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  7. Support, no question. dewet|✉ 11:31, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  8. Support Support without delay =) doktorb | words 11:40, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  9. Support, Tangotango will surely be a good administrator! Jacek Kendysz 11:44, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  10. Competence, common sense and usefulness. No further criteria, m'lud. robchurch | talk 11:47, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  11. Merovingian {T C @} 11:52, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  12. Support - Very good contributor. Afonso Silva 12:14, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  13. Support - With pleasure. --Bhadani 12:15, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  14. Support. Yep. DarthVader 12:27, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  15. Support. But where are the Help: and Help talk: namespace edits!? And what about the MediaWiki talk: space edits!? Disgraceful. You need to improve this, or you'll be beaten with a fish. --Lord Deskana 12:35, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  16. Support. Answered my question, good user.--SomeStranger 12:39, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  17. Support, gladly. Phædriel ♥ tell me - 12:47, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  18. Support I like the more original answer to question 1 - sounds like a good use of the admin tools. (NB: Despite the similarity in names, I have no connection to this candidate.) --Tango 13:17, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  19. --W.marsh 13:40, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  20. CLEARED for adminship Helpful to the newbies, among other users; won't abuse the admin tools. --Pilot|guy 13:52, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  21. Strong Support, Tangotango is a friendly, great and helpful editor. --Terence Ong (Chat | Contribs) 14:26, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  22. Support - With unalloyedpleasure. --sumal
  23. Strong support I was apparently the 3rd person to bug 'em to try for admin! :-) I've had very good confrontations with this user.--Andeh 15:13, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  24. Support - Helpful user. Especially with the answer to question 4. -- 9cds 15:15, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  25. Strong Support Will be a great addition. Yanksox 15:21, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  26. Support. SushiGeek 15:23, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  27. Support on Wheels - CrazyRussian talk/email 15:43, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  28. SupportHighway 15:57, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  29. Support Good all-round user, meets all my criteria. --Wisden17 16:21, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  30. Support - Wikiw00t! Iolakana| 16:39, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  31. Support. Civil, newbie-friendly, great wiki philosophy in general, good answers to questions, dedicated editor. --Fang Aili 16:48, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  32. Support - excellent user. --Xyrael 16:52, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  33. Support. Textbook candidate. --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 17:25, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  34. Support - per Tawkercat! Meow! -- Tawker 17:29, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  35. Support, good user. --Tone 17:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  36. Support, per nomination; good deal! --Mhking 17:41, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  37. Support, great answers. Roy A.A. 17:55, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  38. White Rabbit Support (Because I'm late! I meant to vote on this one much, much earlier!) ~Kylu (u|t) 18:15, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Comments
Tangotango's edit count Interiot's tool 2
Namespace # of Edits
(main) 2794
Talk 263
User 320
User talk 2213
Image 25
Image talk 1
Template 79
Template talk 14
Category 24
Category Talk 5
Misplaced Pages 664
Misplaced Pages talk 88
Portal 10
Total 6500
Distinct pages edited 4140
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, if any, would you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Misplaced Pages backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
A: One of the major activities I undertake at Misplaced Pages is helping new users learn the ropes, and the admin tools would help me be more productive in this realm. Many newcomers are caught unawares when their articles are deleted without even a {{nothanks-sd}} or {{vanity}}. However, at present, even if they seek help, I am unable to tell them what was wrong; hence the newcomer learns nothing from the experience. With the admin tools, I would be able to help them improve their future contributions. I would also be equipped with the right tools to speedily fix their mistakenly-created redirects and articles.
Fighting vandalism is also one of my commitments at Misplaced Pages. Besides having the convenience of the rollback buttons, I will closely monitor Misplaced Pages:Administrator intervention against vandalism so that Misplaced Pages can be protected from persistent vandals who continue oblivious to our pleas to stop.
I will also continue contributing to the Articles for deletion, Redirects for deletion, Images and media for deletion, and Templates for deletion processes, this time with the additional task of closing discussions whose participants have come to a consensus. I would also like to help out by deleting articles that meet Criteria for Speedy Deletion (especially attack pages, as they can be harmful to both their subjects and Misplaced Pages itself), at Requested moves and the 3RR Noticeboard, and will be open to any other chores as the community requests.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A: First and foremost, I am proud of Trains in Japan, and my contributions to articles in its scope and to the project itself. (One of my most recent articles in this area is Yoshioka-Kaitei Station, which appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know section). I constantly strive to make my article edits Featured Article quality, and I hope that I can improve as many articles to this standard as I can.
I am, of course, satisfied with my indirect contributions to Misplaced Pages in the form of my various bots and tools as described by Srikeit. I would like to improve my RfA Analysis tool so that it can better find duplicate "votes", and will be looking for other opportunities in which my expertise with PHP and other languages can come to life.
I also derive a lot of personal satisfaction and enjoyment helping newcomers. New editors are an important asset, and it is not always the case that our most knowledgeable editors – who can improve article content with their expertise – are technically apt or instantly familiar with our policies.
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: I have not been involved in any major conflicts. However, I have been party to a number of etymology-related disputes, such as at Islamophobia, Shooto, Gaijin, and most recently, Kawaii. I believe that in all these cases I have maintained my civility and have reasoned with my fellow editors in a respectable manner.
New page patrol (which I also do frequently) and fighting vandalism brings with them their fair share of trouble, ranging from users who do not understand our policies, to plainly malicious vandals. This has further reinforced in me the need to welcome newcomers appropriately and ensure that they are made aware of our guidelines and basic principles in a polite manner.

Optional Question from SomeStranger

4. In the answer to question one you say that without admin tools you are "unable to tell them what was wrong." Can you explain why you need admin tools to explain why articles are deleted? Thanks.
A: There are situations, especially on the Bootcamp IRC channel, when newcomers seek our help, asking why a particular article of theirs was deleted. Oftentimes these articles were in violation of our Notability, Verifiability and Vanity guidelines, and had been deleted by an administrator. However, it is difficult to ascertain this from the descriptions given by the user, and even more difficult to pass judgement over what should be done, without seeing the actual article. The admin toolset would allow me to actually take a look at the deleted page, and thus explain to the user what was wrong and how he or she can improve their contributions in future. I believe this will make me a better helper, and will encourage more newcomers to become regular contributors. - Tangotango 12:34, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Optional Question from Yanksox

5. Have there been any editors past and present that have influenced you? If so, what did you learn that could assist you as an admin? Yanksox 13:45, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
A: I have been influenced by so many Wikipedians it would be difficult to mention all of them. Commander_Keane has perhaps been the most prolific, with his stable, reasoned attitude towards everything. Even while dealing with the most difficult of users, he manages to keep his cool, carefully explaining Misplaced Pages policy and procedure. What’s more, he is always helpful and friendly in the various avenues of help that I frequent. He has taught me the importance of being civil and steady in my actions, and I believe this will help me as an administrator.
On the technical side, Bookofjude has been the source of endless inspiration. His almost continuous creation of various tools for Misplaced Pages and its sister projects has given me the urge to continue devising my own. Furthermore, his calm yet firm attitude towards vandalism reversions is one that convinces many, including myself, that reverting vandalism is a serious endeavour that helps maintain the integrity of the encyclopedia. - Tangotango 15:16, 19 June 2006 (UTC)