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Can't sleep, clown will eat me

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Can't sleep, clown will eat me (talk · contribs) – This is a self nomination. Entering my sixth month with Misplaced Pages, and around 10,000 edits since the close of my first nomination, I now feel confident in asking the community to grant me the opportunity to better serve the project as an administrator. According to Interiot's edit counter, my editcountitus addiction has launched me somewhere into the neighborhood of the 16,000s.

As my username might imply, I tend to keep odd hours, allowing me to mix and mingle with Wikipedians from all over. Aside from vandalism patrol, I also try to maintain a good balance of editing, categorization, tagging articles for deletion, and new article creation (a reforestation effort of sorts). Some of my interests include pop-culture, unusual snacks and drinks, distance running, and food and sports in general.

With the added privileges and responsibilities that come along with being a sysop, additional tasks I intend to help out with include merges requiring administrator intervention, watching the backlog at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, responding to the WP:AIV queue, and whatever else may come my way.

Thank you for your consideration. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:00, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 00:01, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Support

  1. 3rd times the charm?  ALKIVAR™ 00:02, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Support per my vote on CSCWEM1 -- Jjjsixsix /(c) @ 00:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  3. Extreme First Second Third Shazaam Support!!! --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 00:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  4. Ohhhh yeeeees--Doc 00:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  5. Support like crazy – Can I vote twice? – ClockworkSoul 00:04, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  6. Support Naconkantari e|t||c|m 00:04, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  7. Support. Last post before my wikibreak. Time for my record to fall! BDAbramson T 00:05, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
    He lied, he has edited twice since this message! Let's de-sysop him! ;-) Prodego 02:04, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
    There is one record of yours that this RfA will certainly not beat ;-). NoSeptember 14:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  8. Support, of course! Kirill Lokshin 00:07, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  9. Support absolutely, give the clown the mop - I've been waiting to vote on this one --Krich (talk) 00:08, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  10. Support as well --He:ah? 00:09, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  11. Support. Very good user. Needs the tools. SlimVirgin 00:09, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  12. Support -- Can't sleep, Misplaced Pages is too addictive 00:10, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  13. Can't sleep or leave, Misplaced Pages is too addictive Support --Jaranda 00:11, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  14. Support. Looks like a fine editor, and you gotta love the name. Weatherman90 00:12, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  15. Strong support for the third and hopefully final time. Great editor; nothing more to say. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 00:14, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  16. I finally get to support support! SoLando (Talk) 00:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  17. Oppose we can't let BDA's record fall Oh well, Support Prodego 00:17, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  18. Support —Locke Cole • t • c 00:18, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  19. Support Based on his handling of his second RfA, and of course his contributions to wikipedia, I think clown has proved himself to be worthy of the mop and flamethrower. :)--Shanel 00:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  20. Edit Conflict Support. Great editor, and I like his answers to the questions. Also, I said I would "probably support him in a couple of months" in his previous RfA; it's been more than 2 months now, and he hasn't done anything that would make me want to oppose him, as far as I can tell. --Idont Havaname (Talk) 00:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  21. NSLE (T+C) at 00:22 UTC (2006-04-01)
  22. Support - It's about time! ProhibitOnions 00:23, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  23. Some asshat edit conflicted with me support! —BorgHunter (talk) 00:27, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
    Your lucky my RFA isn't over yet, or I'd block you for 39.86433214 billion seconds! Prodego 00:30, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  24. Support. Has my full trust. ~ PseudoSudo 00:27, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  25. Support. Assumed he was one already. Sarge Baldy 00:28, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  26. Support. —A 00:35, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  27. Support (after edit conflict) with reservations to the finest restauarant in the tri-county area that you last mentioned. Silensor 00:36, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  28. w00t for yu0 :) — Rickyrab | Talk 00:45, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  29. Strongest support possible per above and the other 33 and 1/3 times :) — Deckiller 00:47, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
    He has, presumably, only been nominated 32⅓ times prior to this. You appear, therefore, to have somewhat over-voted. (Not that you have voted in the least, of course, but it's klutzy to suggest that you may have over-discussed something...) -Splash 01:22, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  30. Support Give the clown the mop so he can clean up after those elephants.--Adam 00:48, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  31. Extremely strong support. Mushroom (Talk) 00:50, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  32. support on the condition he orders mamrot tarte more often! Benon 00:56, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  33. Strong Support As per previous: Always running across his good deeds and until I saw the first RfA presumed he was an admin. ĢĿ€Ñ §τοĿĿ€Ŗγč 01:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  34. Can't oppose, clown will eat me. Kusma (討論) 01:08, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  35. Support. You go clown. No Guru 01:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  36. Support. I had my alarm set to midnight UTC so I could vote on this... and then I slept through it. And then a clown ate me. --Elkman - 01:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  37. Support. Although, given the strong focus on vandal-whacking, I would encourage taking some invisible driving lessons in some other parts of adminning before leaping into them. The orange bar has teeth. -Splash 01:22, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  38. Support. Was wondering why all the stupidity was happening, and realized it was April 1st Misplaced Pages time. Still the 31st here. VegaDark 01:24, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  39. You mean, he... er... support. - BanyanTree 01:27, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  40. Support everything has been executed with the best of clown. The date (April 1st (fools)) the precise time (00:00) etc. The most smashing RfA I've ever endured. Now, to the business: Solid work in the cleanup effort, and a good member of the community. Use the mop well. --Jay(Reply) 01:28, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  41. Support. For my time zone, April Fool's day has been over for 90 minutes, and yet I still support CSCWEM.-gadfium 01:31, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  42. Template:Rfa cliche1 --Cyde Weys 01:38, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  43. Support must ... support ... clown ... In all seriousness, great editor --Deville (Talk) 01:40, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  44. Support, One of the best user names out there, always love a good Simpsons reference. Good editor wherever I've seen him. Croat Canuck Go Leafs Go 01:44, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  45. Support! Give 'em those anti-clown tools already! =) — TheKMan 01:55, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  46. Support The Clown will make fools of us all. --Jscott 02:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  47. I'm reluctant to support since I don't like clowns, but I'll do it anyway. :) Support. Gflores 02:13, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  48. Do we have a WP:200 yet? :-P Can't oppose, vandal will eat me! Great job of vandal fighting by the candidate. — Kimchi.sg | Talk 02:19, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  49. Support. Again. --Myles Long 02:24, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  50. This user constantly beats me to reverting vandalism. Admin tools would only make him faster. Obvious Support! Jude (talk,contribs,email) 02:25, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  51. Extreme April Fools' Day Support — Ilyanep (Talk) 02:41, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  52. Support - Just make him an admin and end the nonsense of his previous RfAs. - Richardcavell 02:44, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  53. Support again. --a.n.o.n.y.m 02:51, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  54. He's not already an admin? support .:.Jareth.:. 03:02, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  55. Support will be a fine admin. this one's pretty obvious.--Alhutch 03:15, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  56. Support, definitely! He will be a great admin and needs the tools by now. --Terence Ong 03:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  57. Support again. In fact, here's a pre-emptive support for next time, you know, just in case! --Alan Au 03:27, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  58. yep Derex 03:36, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  59. Support good candidate --rogerd 03:37, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  60. Support Fight back!! Eat the clowns right back! -- Samir (the scope) 03:43, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  61. Support Pegasus1138 ---- 04:32, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  62. Strong Support. It is hard to imagine a better candidate for an adminship. Or a better user name. Bucketsofg 04:49, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  63. Support' Or a better time. JoshuaZ 04:56, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  64. Support of course. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 05:02, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  65. Support once again. TheJabberwock 05:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  66. Support, good editor, not likely to abuse admin powers --TBC 05:14, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  67. We need more people who are scared of clowns. Grace Note 05:25, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  68. Support --Constantine Evans 05:30, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  69. Support - I can't even be funny on April Fools Day, hell yes :D --lightdarkness 05:31, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  70. Support. Let's quit clowning around and make the guy an admin already. dbtfz 05:36, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  71. Support, long overdue and all. Kuru 05:55, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  72. Support I have never seen someone get so many support votes so fast. joturner 06:08, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  73. Support - Good enough editor --LBMixPro 06:10, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  74. Support, honk, honk. Sandstein 06:11, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  75. Support, of course. - Mailer Diablo 06:18, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  76. Support, clearly! Just wished I had seen that rfa before I went to bed Agathoclea 06:20, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  77. Support, a great contributor with mainspace. Shyam 07:00, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  78. Support - I seem to be too late. But I am concerned about the oppose votes he seems to be getting. If people start opposing because of user names, then it is a sad day for wikipedia. - Aksi_great 07:27, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  79. Support of course, long overdue for this one. Yamaguchi先生 07:32, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  80. Support. One of the best RC patrollers ever. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:36, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  81. Support - consistently run across this editors changes. Well deserved.--Looper5920 08:31, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  82. Strong support - what else can I say? - Wezzo (talk) (ubx) 09:00, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  83. Support--Urthogie 09:13, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  84. Oppose— He's very active in countervandalism, a good user overall, and would be a great administrator. // Pathoschild (admin / ) 09:51, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  85. Support Pegasus1138 ---- 10:17, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  86. Strong oppose, this user will most likely abuse his admin powers. He can't be trusted. April fools! Really, I have waited weeks to get to support him. JIP | Talk 11:09, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  87. Support Yes indeed, don't see why not. --kingboyk 12:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  88. Oh Long Johnson / Oh Don Piano / Why I Eyes Ya? // Gargaj 12:28, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  89. Strongest support - what a great guy. --Celestianpower 12:50, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  90. Support for the 435th time this morning. David | Talk 13:01, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  91. I came here for an arguement! Oh this is abuse. Arguements are down the hall. --Syrthiss 13:12, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  92. Support --Ahonc (Talk) 13:24, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  93. Let's move faster to that WP:100 support! Misza13 13:57, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  94. Support Good overall knowledge of editing. --WikiCats 14:06, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  95. Strong Support Finally, another nomination! I have been waiting for your RFA and you will always have my support. It is time you became an admin! --Siva1979 14:29, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  96. Support Garion96 14:44, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  97. Extreme Scott Baio Support And shame on you for not being an admin already! --InShaneee 15:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  98. Support. — FireFox • T
  99. Support. I may be fairly new around here but you have my vote. The Golux 16:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  100. WP:100 Support. Of course. — TKD::Talk 16:26, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
    Is there a statistic for the most votes in the shortest amount of time :P 100 support in 16 hours :D --lightdarkness 16:34, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  101. Support  Grue  16:45, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. Oppose. Not enough RC Patrolling. Titoxd 00:42, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
    This comment has tempted me to change my vote to Strong Oppose. Hmm.....moreover, I am troubled by his lack of portal talk posts...— Deckiller 00:51, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
    Does RC patrolling have anything to do directly with RfA promotion? --Deryck C. 06:05, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Oppose. Horrific record of controversial edits, too few edits, has shown a capacity to deface the encyclopedia, cannot be trusted with admin tools, fails to abide by consensus, does not take heed of other's opinions, does not use edit summaries, shows no respect for process, ignores criticism, has gargantuan issues with humility, and generally is an all-around good-for-nothing non-contributor. Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 00:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC) <--(april fools)
    Well-said, and I agree wholeheartedly :) — Deckiller 00:56, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
    This user constantly beats me to reverting vandalism. Admin tools would only make him faster. Oppose. Jude (talk,contribs,email) 01:50, 1 April 2006 (UTC) Moved to support, obviously. ;) Jude (talk,contribs,email) 02:25, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  3. While I commend the excellent timing of this nomination, I must oppose for violating the policy against inflammatory usernames, as the name is clearly offensive to sufferers of coulrophobia. --Michael Snow 03:35, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  4. Oppose Per above, and inactivity with the Misplaced Pages community. --Masssiveego 04:47, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
    Comment Um, Massive I think you may want to reread the above. JoshuaZ 04:56, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
    Jeez who burned your calendar in the toilet? — Ilyanep (Talk) 05:11, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
    Respect the sacredness of time zone differences and holidays to Siberian caves! SoLando (Talk) 15:51, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  5. Oppose. Eats babies, and refuses to give me the recipe. I would also like him to answer a question: 'twere he to become an admin, whose souls would he want to be eaten first when the Great Old Ones return from beyond the stars to end our pathetic civilization? --maru (talk) contribs 06:04, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Neutral

  1. Wildly Vacillating I just can’t make up my mind. I feel like my head is going to explode. No!!! Ack! AAAAAgh! <<Ker-BOOM!!!>> Sifaka 01:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. Neutral or to be more precise: Support/Oppose. It is inappropriate to nominate two users on a single RfA. While we can all agree that Can't Sleep is an excellent user, we should not forget that clown will eat me has had his problems. NoSeptember 07:33, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  3. While I'm tending to support this dude, cos of such a like, awesome username...I cannot support due to the vandalism he has partaken in (I'll give you the diffs, but its pretty obvious). I mean, they'll be nominating Willy next for crying out loud! Banez 14:54, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Platypus

  1. I think I can whole-heartedly say that I platypus this RfA candidate. —Nightstallion (?) 10:46, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
  2. I agree this one too cuz I can! // Gargaj 13:57, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Comments

  • One pores over articles. When one pours over them, one gets them wet and makes a mess of all the paper they are written on. -Splash 01:22, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
    • WP:NOT paper; pouring over articles will fry the servers. Alphax 

τεχ 06:08, 1 April 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, 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: I anticipate that as an administrator, I will be better equipped in my efforts to help reduce vandalism, as well assist with requests at Category:Articles to be merged and handling articles listed at Category:Candidates for speedy deletion.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A: That is really difficult to say, I am proud of all my original contributions, but right now I could really go for a bottle of Manzanita Sol. I'm really most pleased with all the unusual things I've learned from Misplaced Pages through the course of pouring over thousands of different articles.
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: Thankfully, so far, Misplaced Pages has yet to invade my dreams or cause me any sort of personal stress. When faced with a dispute, I do my best to understand the concerns of each party and attempt to see things from their perspective. Often times a conflict is the result of a simple misunderstanding, easily diffused with the help of a neutral third party. There are of course other times when things are more complicated and the said third party may not be able to help bring about an amicable resolution that everyone can agree to. Misplaced Pages offers several avenues, both formal and informal, for handling disputes that cannot be resolved one-on-one, and I would make use of them accordingly.