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Resolute

Voice your opinion (talk page) (16/0/0); Scheduled to end 19:37, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Resolute (talk · contribs) - I am here today to nominate a user I've been familiar with for a long time now, who goes by the name Resolute. Resolute has been editing September 2005 and editing consistently since February of 2006. At last count he has 9232 edits, which includes an astounding 1476 in the Misplaced Pages space. In my personal off-hand knowledge of him, I've known him to be a civil and tireless editor, undertaking various projects within the Ice Hockey Wikiproject (the type that take weeks to do) which tells me that he is definitely able to handle the thankless job of administrative duty. He's very knowledgeable and one of our more trustworthy editors on the WikiProject. His accomplishments just go on and on, so I'll just close by saying is that he has done SO much more for the betterment of Misplaced Pages at this point, then I did when I was elected an RFA way back when.... so he should easily be a shoo-in. Croat Canuck Say hello or just talk 19:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept. And thank you Croat for the kind words. Resolute 21:27, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages as an administrator. You may wish to answer the following optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What admin work do you intend to take part in?

A: I have been active with the XfD processes for some time now, as well as with new page patrolling. I believe I can help out with the consistent backlogs in the candidates for speedy deletion queues. Lately, more of my work has been related to vandal fighting, so if assistance is required at WP:AIV and WP:RFPP, I am willing to help out there as well. I am also open to suggestions on other aspects of Misplaced Pages maintenance that would require additional help.

In the future, once I had time to gain some experience as an admin, I believe I can assist with the WP:OTRS project. I work tech support in real life, and find that I have a much higher tolerance and understanding for user problems than most of my co-workers. I believe I could capably serve in such a position, which is important to maintaining the legitimacy of this project.

2. What are your best contributions to Misplaced Pages, and why?

A: My best, and favorite, contributions are the ones that forced me to research the subject I was writing about. List of ice hockey teams in Alberta was my first featured content, but through the time I spent on that article, I learned enough to improve the content of articles for the majority of the hockey teams on that list. I am also quite proud that the format I designed for ice hockey team season articles was adopted with minimal changes, and has been a popular addition to the project. At the same time, I have been quite receptive to the changes that have been proposed by other users, as all of them have served to improve the concept.

I am also proud of articles like Michael Dunahee and W. R. Myers High School shooting, which I was able to help save from deletion by offering extensive rewrites.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

A: Compared to tech support, nothing on Misplaced Pages can stress me out much. ;o) Misplaced Pages is an entertaining diversion, and there isn't much that some random screen name on the internet can do that would bother me. I was a moderator on a very large message board in the past, so I've been called every name in the book. Frustrated people say things they later regret, which is always forgivable, and trolls simply aren't worth getting upset over.

I generally prefer to seek out assistance from the community when I end up in a conflict. I am not always right, and more often than not, the community can resolve a potential issue far faster than two users fighting over an article can. Even when I think I am right, if someone disagrees, I prefer to take a step back and ensure that the position of others is considered.

General comments

• See Resolute's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.

• Links for Resolute: Resolute (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)

Please keep criticism constructive and polite. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Resolute before commenting.

Discussion

Support

1. Support as nom, no one beat me to it this time. Croat Canuck Say hello or just talk 21:31, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
2. Support worked with him in WP:HOCKEY for quite some time, and have seen him to be an excellent contributor. He undergoes some of the most thankless tasks within the project, and gives results that improve the content of Misplaced Pages. Kaiser matias 22:02, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
3. Support. No reason to distrust this user. J-stan _Contribs 22:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
4. Support per nom - I have no reason to believe this user would abuse the tools, and I like his answers to the questions. - Philippe | Talk 22:12, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
5. Support Great work in WP:HOCKEY. Could do well with the tools. T Rex | talk 22:16, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
6. Support Good answers, and good edit count. Won't abuse his powers. •Malinaccier• /C 22:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
7. Support Patient, Level headed, Hockey smart, Understanding -- sounds like Administrator material to me. GoodDay 22:50, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
8. Support Awesome choice. Jmlk17 22:55, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
9. Support A fine nomination -Lemonflash_(chat) 22:57, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
10. Support Having worked with him before, I can also say that he'd be a great fit for an admin role. NeoChaosX (talk, walk) 23:04, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
11. Support See no reason to oppose, editor seems experienced and trustworthy, and I actually enjoyed his answers to Q1 and Q3. Kinda surprised he doesn't already have a mop --Lucid 00:04, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
12. Support I very strongly support this nom. Possibly one of the best editors I have ever had the pleasure to work with on the site. Very level headed and always looking for the least hostile solutions to situations. --Djsasso 00:19, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
13. Support Actually though he already was an admin. I have much respect for this user, always calm. --Krm500 00:24, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
14. Support this candidate will make a good (if not better) admin. New England 00:33, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
15. Support Will make a fine admin. Politics rule 00:49, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
16. Support I was in a minor disagreement with Resolute at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/List of MLB seasons but he negotiated calmly and things ended well (the discussion kind of faded away but that's not his fault). Otherwise, I could find nothing but good history here. —Wknight94 (talk) 01:00, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
17. Strong supportA great candidate! Cheers, JetLover 02:04, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
18. Supoort per everyone above, especially Kaiser matias and Djsasso. Resolute is one of the best we have to offer. Skudrafan1 02:14, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
19. Support - Give him the mop! --Hirohisat 02:17, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Strongly Oppose Has not been active enough, not been a member long enough and does not contibute in a wide enough spectrum to receive admininship status. Mattbroon 02:28, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Neutral