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Slgrandson

Voice your opinion (15/1/2); Scheduled to end 20:31, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Slgrandson (talk · contribs) - Slgrandson or Dylan is a user that I ran across many moons ago and I have always been deeply impressed by him. He is clear headed, understands policy, sees right from wrong and would use the tools for the overal betterment of Misplaced Pages. He has over 6,000 edits and has been with us for over 2 years and most certainly gained the trust of the community. Out of those 6,000 edits, roughly 2,000+ have been in the mainspace while some 800 odd have been in the projectspace. Though I must admit I find it odd that he has a heavy habit of editting articles about the carebears, but that is a minor oversight. Honestly, I think Slgrandson is the ideal admin candidate and will be nothing but a progressive step forward. Yanksox 23:17, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: By the powers that beseech God's Kingdom, Waterbury, the Bronx and my birthplace, Dominica—I truly, madly, deeply accept! --Slgrandson (page - messages - contribs) 20:16, 26 April 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, if any, do you intend to take part in?

A: Something I've always looked forward to since I got used to this site: blocking users and deleting pages. I will be of more assistance in the new page and RC patrols, and will help out in WP:Prod. And—did I forget something else?—as a member of WP:DS, I will assist in the discussion and closure of XFDs, all of whose sections I have visited, as well as WP:AIV and WP:RFP.

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

A: Anything with Jerry Beck's Animated Movie Guide as a citation is sure to put a smile on my face these days. Early in my career, I created and edited pages about three favourite books of mine: Minty Alley, The Richleighs of Tantamount and The Family from One End Street. In recent times, I have been a main contributor to three GAs: The Care Bears Movie; the studio who created it, Nelvana; and another children's film, Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw. My one-time edit to a "Did you know?" selection, the page about the 1975 animated feature Tubby the Tuba, has put me one step closer to the Triple Crown. One of the eight featured potentials on my to-do list is sure to cut the mustard any time in the coming months.

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: Apart from confilcts with Angry Gnome (talk · contribs)/Jonmon6691 (talk · contribs)/71.111.56.139 (talk · contribs) in June, and Brainyshane640 (talk · contribs) in November—through both of which my page was a target—I've not seen much worry over my WP life. I now feel that I am risking another such scenario whenever I warn and welcome users and IPs of all trades, a job I am always ready to do.

A question from bainer (talk)

4. Under what circumstances should one ignore a rule?

A: As much as I follow site policies and guidelines, I truly find a question like this hard to answer. However, I have seen prolific users like Zanimum (talk · contribs · count) and Esn (talk · contribs · count) contribute without providing edit summaries, and even I participated in a recent RFA where the candidate, Earle Martin (talk · contribs · count), didn't answer any of his questions until the last minute! (The same thing is starting to happen for Ragesoss (talk · contribs) in his debate, yet support for him has been rather surprising.) In short, I prefer—and all users should prefer—to ignore this "ignore all rules" schtick.

General comments

• See Slgrandson's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.
• Sorry about the rushed opportunity to participate—the original library computer on which I typed this restarted three times! --Slgrandson (page - messages - contribs) 20:16, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

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

Discussion

Looking through your talk page, I really don't see much at all. Do other users just not contact you for some reason? By comparison, I have 17 talk page archives with an average size of absolutely huge. I don't know if I'm able to judge how well you work with other users, as it doesn't seem to happen too often? --Cyde Weys 02:11, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Support

1. Support I see no problems with this user. Captain panda 20:33, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
2. Support I've also seen the user around, and he seems quite level-headed; ready for the mop. Xoloz 20:57, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
3. Support - He has contributions in nearly all categories and he is well experienced and seems to know what he is doing.sure.:)..--Cometstyles 21:26, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
4. Support Aren't the Carebears all about restoring love, harmony, and caring to the world? That's an ideal for an sysop. --Valley2city 21:28, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
5. Troppus I've also been deeply impressed. Good luck! Majorly (hot!) 21:46, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
6. Support I see no problems with this user. (aeropagitica) 22:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
7. Support, I've seen Dylan around quite a lot. The quality of his work seems top notch, and his interactions with others are most pleasant and level-headed. Gladly cleared for the mop! Phaedriel - 22:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
8. Support looks good to me.-- danntm _C 22:18, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
9. Support A diverse and effective contributor. No problem. YechielMan 22:29, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
10. Support John254 23:29, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
11. Support Great work on Misplaced Pages, Slgrandson. I was thinking of nominating you, in fact. Nishkid64 (talk) 01:03, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
12. Support. You had a pretty interesting approach to the standard IAR question. Nice contribs. bibliomaniac15 01:37, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
13. Support Another familiar name, for good reasons. --Húsönd 01:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
14. -- Y not? 01:45, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
15. Support. I consider myself to be most well-versed in wiki-events, so I am ashamed to say: "I thought he already was an admin." Mandatory support. RyanGerbil10(Don't ask 'bout Camden) 02:02, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
16. Support - Two reasons: 1) I've seen this user around and I get the impression that he knows what he's doing and won't abuse the tools and 2) Kelly Martin opposed because of a userbox and images. Sean William 02:19, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

    I don't think it's fair to the candidate to support because another person opposed. Yanksox 02:21, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

    That wasn't the only reason why I supported. He's a good candidate. (I feel that the oppose !vote is a bit ridiculous, though...) Sean William 02:23, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

    Kelly is entitled to Kelly's opinion. One opine does not make a consensus. Yanksox 02:24, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

    I don't agree with her. We'll agree to disagree. Rest assured that I would have supported regardless of Kelly Martin's stance. Sean William 02:27, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

17. Support Very impressive contribution record --Shirahadasha 02:20, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
18. Support. As all the orphaned images mentioned in the notices on his talk page were uploaded quite early in his career here, I believe Slgrandson has learned from his early days. I imagine most editors here did things when they first started which they would never do now. Based on his contributions, I believe Slgrandson can be trusted with the tools, and see no indication the tools would be misused. ···日本穣 02:29, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
19. Support No blocks. No objectionable answers to questions. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ Yell ○ 03:19, 27 April 2007 (UTC)