Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Proteus

Proteus

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Proteus, or Peter Tilman, has been a user for several months now, and has approximately 2300 edits next to his name. He has made several important contributions in terms of maintenance: reverting vandals, correcting errors in form and usage, moving articles to their correct locations and the like. His expertise, especially in matters pertaining to the United Kingdom, is invaulable. He is always polite, answers the questions of novices and avoids hostilities. -- Emsworth 21:16, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks, Emsworth. I accept the nomination. Proteus (Talk) 13:00, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Support

1. —No-One Jones ^(m) 21:18, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
2. -- orthogonal 21:43, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
3. ffirehorse 22:09, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
4. ugen64 22:41, Sep 17, 2004 (UTC) - Emsworth, I assume there are five supports, including your invisible vote :-).
5. MerovingianѤTalk 23:27, Sep 17, 2004 (UTC)
6. We can always use more grunt workers! :) -- Grunt 🇪🇺 00:27, 2004 Sep 18 (UTC)
7. Gzornenplatz 16:44, Sep 18, 2004 (UTC)
8. –Andre (talk) 17:46, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)
9. Of course! Great contributor. --Lst27 20:33, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)
10. Jiang 21:48, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)
11. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 05:18, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)
12. Netoholic @ 22:01, 2004 Sep 20 (UTC) -- Good worker, seems quite civil, and participates in the community.
13. Yes. {Ⓐℕάℛℹℴɴ} 10:22, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
14. Oh, wow, I just assumed... James F. (talk) 19:35, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
15. Support. Jayjg 20:26, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
16. Absolutely... Mackensen 21:06, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
17. Of course. john k 00:31, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
18. 172 03:47, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
19. Strangely, it would appear that a nominator may support a nomination he or she has made ... -- Emsworth 02:10, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)
20. Andris 16:17, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)

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Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. Have you read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list?

A. Yes.

2. Are you interested in, and do you think you'll have some time to perform, the chores that only sysops have access to do, to help keep Wikipedia up to date?

A. Yes.

3. If you become a sysop, which sysop chore or chores (WP:VFD, recent changes, watching for vandals and vandalism, responding to editor requests for assistance, any other) do you especially think you would be able to help with.

A. I try to help wherever I can, and I have quite a lot of free time, so I'd try to contribute in every way I could. When I revert vandalism at the moment, I don't really see it as a chore, anyway - more as satisfying myself that vandals aren't ruining brilliant articles or making WP look bad.

4. In your opinion, what article have you contributed the most succesfully and helpfully to?

A. Probably one of the peerage articles, like List of Life Peerages or List of Baronies.

5. In your opinion, what has your best contribution to the running and maintenance of Wikipedia been? (i.e., have you reverted a bad stretch of vandalism, done extensive work categorizing articles, helped mediate a dispute?)

A. Probably creating Category:Members of the Privy Council and adding all its current members with articles to it, or perhaps the moving of numerous articles on peers to more appropriate locations.

6. 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 will deal with it in the future?

A. I try to avoid avoid conflict if I can, but if necessary I usually ask other Wikipedians I know have knowledge in that area to see if they can provide input, which normally helps settle things down.