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Shubinator

Voice your opinion on this candidate (talk page) (13/0/2); Scheduled to end 20:12, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Nomination

Shubinator (talk · contribs) – Shubinator joined Misplaced Pages around January 2009, and has since made about 11,000 edits and developed several tools (mostly for DYK maintenance) such as DYKcheck.js and DYKHousekeepingBot, as well as helping with templates. He has been a major asset to the maintenance of that project, especially on the technical side of things, and his technical expertise has also helped in other areas (for example, he also helped when I was working on my bot). While the majority of Shubinator's edits are DYK-related maintenance, he also has content experience: he's created several new articles and written an FA, Icos, which demonstrated to me that he knows what makes good content. Looking at his deleted contribs, he also has experience with CSD tagging for maintenance-related deletions, such as db-talk, and image fair use; in my skim of his contribs since about September I didn't see any incorrect CSD taggings. Finally, Shubinator is a very patient and civil user; I have never seen him lose his temper at anyone; the most recent content disagreement I see in his history is User talk:Nerdseeksblonde#Further reading sections, which looks quite civil to me. All in all, I think Shubinator's technical expertise, along with admin tools, will make him an asset to the areas he has experience in, particularly template/bot/script work (being able to edit protected pages, etc.) and maintenance-related deletions and such. rʨanaɢ /_contribs 17:25, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Co-nomination by JamieS93

Since he began editing in January, I've noticed Shubinator's continually helpful work with the Did You Know (DYK) process and I began following his contribs. Having accumulated nearly 2,800 edits to T:TDYK, he's very experienced with the process of approving hooks and maintaining accuracy with information on the Main Page. Shubinator possesses a solid knowledge of image copyright policy and has diligently worked "behind-the-scenes" tagging files with license issues (deleted contribs ). Still, he also manages to be a productive content writer, his most notable achievement being the improvement of Template:FA Icos. Through his maintenance-related work, Shub has had some discussions and disagreements with others, all of which have been handled in a straightforward, productive manner. He has also demonstrated a fair level of clue during decisions and interactions with others – once, an editor offered him an RfA nom back in August (1) which he respectfully declined, feeling that it wasn't the time yet.

Another watchful set of eyes would be beneficial at WP:ERRORS, too. Considering his generally calm demeanor, technical abilities (as Rjanag covered above), and strong level of administrative experience, Shubinator would clearly be a net positive with the extra tools, and I'm pleased to co-nominate him. JamieS93 19:57, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept. Shubinator (talk) 18:23, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

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

A: I'll mainly work with the Did you know section; anything from loading the queues to fixing mistakes reported at WP:ERRORS. The admin bit would also be useful for improving protected templates. I've done a little image work in the past, and I might help out there as an admin, with the coaching of experienced admins in the area.

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

A: My DYKcheck script has streamlined the DYK process for reviewers and nominators. It's saved a lot of human time and allows reviewers to focus more on content instead of checking off a list. Icos is my best content contribution. I nurtured the article from this to featured article status.

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: I've been in a few "conflicts", most notably this and with a troubled user (a few links: 1, 2, ended in 3). I try to discuss the issue at hand and I don't let my emotions get the best of me. If the discussion isn't going anywhere, I ask other neutral editors for their opinion.

Additional optional questions from Doc Quintana

4. What is your opinion on "cooldown blocks"?

A: Cooldown blocks shouldn't be used. A user can be blocked for continuing disruptive behavior, but if the user has stopped, there's no need for a cooldown block.

(Expanded) A user shouldn't be blocked just for cooling him down. However, if the user is vandalizing (for example), and hasn't stopped, he can be blocked for vandalism.

Additional optional questions from Coffee

5. If you were to close an AFD, on a BLP, (such as this), where there is no easily determined consensus how would you close it?

A. I don't plan on closing BLP AfDs any time soon. That said, I would default to delete on no-consensus BLPs if there's unsourced material. If the article's sourced, I would default to keep.

6. What is your opinion on the current BLP policy, and what work have you done (if any) with BLPs?

A. BLP articles certainly should be watched more closely than other articles. Our current system doesn't catch a fair number of false statements inserted into BLP articles. Just a week ago Misplaced Pages was in the news for an article stating a journalist was dead. We should find the right balance between "the encyclopedia that anyone can edit" and protecting people. I haven't worked directly with BLP articles, but quite a few go through DYK. I've often asked editors to provide less negative hooks, and we've outright rejected a few articles that were almost entirely negative.

Additional optional questions from Davewild

7. Reference your answer to question 5 are you saying that if there is no consensus and just a part of the BLP is unsourced you will close the AFD as delete? Are you aware of what the Misplaced Pages:Deletion policy says about closing BLPs with no consensus and the discussion on the Misplaced Pages talk:Deletion policy#Default to delete for BLPs where defaulting to delete for BLPs was not accepted? Will you follow that policy?

A. If a part of the BLP is unsourced, I'd try to trim the unsourced parts and keep the remaining article. I will follow community consensus. Misplaced Pages:Deletion policy does say no-consensus AfDs should be closed as keep, but also says that no-consensus BLP AfDs may be closed as delete in certain situtations.

Additional optional questions from Friday

8. Your earliest edits don't look like they were made by a new editor. Do you have previous accounts you have used?

A. No. For the record, this account and my bot's (User:DYKHousekeepingBot) are the only ones I've used or created. Also, I made fewer than 10 edits as an IP before this account.

General comments

• Links for Shubinator: Shubinator (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
• Edit summary usage for Shubinator can be found here.

Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Shubinator before commenting.

Discussion

• Re. Q8: the candidate's first changes do seem advanced for a new contributor, but I think this seems like a genuine series of newbie-questions. –Juliancolton |  20:52, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

• Hmmmm.. A new user shows up, uses good edit summaries right from the beginning, posts a userbox saying "I assume good faith" as their second edit, participates in RFA a mere few hours after their first edit, and then worries about getting CU'd because of it. This seems like a genuine newbie to you? Friday (talk) 21:08, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

• I didn't say that. I said the questions he posted on Steve's talk page indicates that either he's a master sockpuppeteer who knows just the right questions to ask, or he was a legitimate new editor. In the spirit of AGF, I like to think the latter. –Juliancolton |  21:11, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
• (ec) Keep in mind I was watching Enigmaman's RfA the previous night, where AGF was thrown around a fair bit, as well as CU. How did I get to Enigmaman's RfA in the first place? I'm not sure. I was bored that night, so I wandered around quite a bit on Misplaced Pages. I remember reading some of the morass on Talk:Sarah Palin. Shubinator (talk) 21:16, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

• Shubinator, could you expand a bit on Question 4? smithers - talk - sign! 21:03, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

• Done. Shubinator (talk) 21:16, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Support

1. Samir 18:48, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

   iMatthew  at 20:18, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

2. Strong Support Absolutely. He's been ready for months.--Giants27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 20:19, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
3. As co-nom. JamieS93 20:20, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
4. Support. I've worked with Shubinator before; he's a good guy, trusted and reliable. PeterSymonds (talk) 20:21, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
5. Great editor; works well with others. Has a need for the tools as evidenced by his at DYK especially. Considering that I offered to nominate him a few months ago, I better offer my strong support for this request. NW (Talk) 20:36, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
6. Support; trusted, productive and experienced contributor. 20:50, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
7. Support Have noticed Shubinator around at DYK for a while (he's given me several DYK credits!) and have not noticed anything bad there and being an admin will certainly help there. If you decide to close AFDs in the future I urge you to remember that the closers job is to decide consensus based on policy, not to decide what content should be in articles - your statement that you will follow community consensus and my own observation of your edits give me confidence that you will do fine as an admin. Davewild (talk) 20:53, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
8. Support your work at DYK is enough to make me support. You will be a great asset there.--Coldplay Expért 20:54, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
9. Support - I trust the nominator and his explanation that this user will make a great impression in the DYK area as an admin. Schfifty3 20:59, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
10. Support I think Shubinator will use the tools well and for the benefit of the project. The answers to questions 1 and 5, in my opinion, shows that Shubinator won't jump into the deep end and will stick to what they're best at. The handling of the FAC discussion and the conversation with Nerdseeksblonde linked above demonstrate that Shubinator has the right temperament and leads me to believe they would make a fine admin. Nev1 (talk) 21:05, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
11. Looks good to me. Malinaccier (talk) 21:06, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
12. Support - This user has lots of great DYK work, will make a good administrator. December21st2012Freak 21:11, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
13. Despite the weak answer to Q4, which indicates that the candidate isn't really familiar with the blocking process, I'm willing to support without reservation. A cool-headed, kind, individual, it seems to me. I doubt he will go into areas he doesn't know straightaway or without experience. ceranthor 21:52, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

1. Neutral Unsure about answer to #4. I'll look further through the candidate's contribs and i'll be willing to change my opinion with further statements from others here. Doc Quintana (talk) 18:50, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
2. Neutral for now. I want some more in question 4. smithers - talk - sign! 21:01, 23 December 2009 (UTC)