Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Duk

Duk

final (22/0/0) ending 14:40 24 December 2004 (UTC)

Duk has been here for almost 7 months and has 2290 edits. They run the gamut from image creation to creating and bringing an article to featured article status to fighting vandalism to participating in VfD to good old grunt work. He gets involved in talk pages and encourages discussion. When he's wrong, he's not afraid to admit it. Even though he and I have been on opposing sides of debates before, I can say without reservation that I strongly feel he would benefit from the tools of adminship and use them appropriately. CryptoDerk 14:52, Dec 17, 2004 (UTC)

Accepted, thank you for the nomination.

Support

1. CryptoDerk 14:52, Dec 17, 2004 (UTC)
2. Strongly support. Soda can stove is the best article ever (or at least since exploding whale). [[User:Blankfaze|VOTE BLANKFAZE]] | (что??) 16:34, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
3. Lst27 (talk) 22:34, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
4. soren9580 11:06, Dec 18, 2004 (UTC) Support. Soda can stove is very informative, and this user clearly has contributed a great deal to the community.

   User has 3 edits. CryptoDerk 15:40, Dec 18, 2004 (UTC)

   I have a few more now --Soren9580 02:10, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

   Quite right. User:Soren9580 now has edited six articles. --Ben Brockert 05:27, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

5. A. D. Hair 12:09, Dec 18, 2004 (UTC)
6. Andre (talk) 20:33, Dec 18, 2004 (UTC)
7. I hope you're as great an administrator as you have been an editor. --Ben Brockert 01:07, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)
8. Support. I quite liked Soda can stove and it got to the front page. Seems like a good editor, not too controversial. Should be OK (fingers crossed!) - Ta bu shi da yu 08:51, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
9. Support. I haven't encountered this user before, but his list of contributions shows lots of good edits. jni 08:53, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
10. Looks good, lots of maintanance work. --fvw* 17:56, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)
11. Support. The quality of this user's work suggests sufficient knowledge to help other users, as well as a commitment to the encyclopedia. Nathanlarson32767 19:00, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
12. Good Wikipedia:Wikipedia maintenance work. Will be good as admin. utcursch 06:53, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
13. Duk is an awesome user! [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality/^talk]] 07:36, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
14. Sure, why not? A fellow April 2004 registree. :) --Slowking Man 08:40, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
15. An X-mas eve admin if it is up to me. Anárion 13:00, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
16. Support Arminius 22:44, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
17. Support. Jayjg 23:20, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
18. Support. (why do we write "support" when there is a separate section for opposing votes?) Tuf-Kat 23:28, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

    (Not all of us do. Be bold. --Ben Brockert 02:50, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC))

    I dislike boldness, for it excites the common folk and sometimes leads to ideas... Tuf-Kat 02:59, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)

19. Support. SWAdair | Talk 05:09, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
20. Support Pedant 05:53, 2004 Dec 22 (UTC)
21. Sounds like a great admin. Go for it. RSpeer 23:01, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
22. Support.Node 01:06, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Comments

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

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)

A. At first, the rollback button for vandalism, assist IFD (alongside the image tagging project), and avail myself to anyone needing sysop assistance. Later, help deal with vandals.

2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A. Gas turbine, Soda can stove, because they were a good example of a community effort. Grand coulee, Columbia Basin Project, Similitude (model) (still working on), because I learned a lot while doing it. Some of the Water turbine pages, because they were non-existent or redirects when I started. User:Duk/My_Images because they add a lot of value to Wikipedia and I learned several new software packages for this purpose.

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 will deal with it in the future?

A. Very rarely. I think I've had edit disputes only a couple of times. I have been lucky, because they have been with people who have the best intentions, same as me. When an argument flairs, I find that a step back, a little bit of humility, and a clearly stated argument has always been reciprocated.

As far as others causing me stress, not much. People sometimes do things I don't agree with, I'm sure I do things that other people disagree with. So I try to have patience (and I've sensed other people's patience with me). In the future, I see myself becoming more patient and more engaging in edit discussions.