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November 2004

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Eloquence

See also w:User:Eloquence. Wikimedian since late 2001, sysop on en:, de: and commons:. I initiated the Wikinews project - wrote the proposal and related pages, rewrote it, organized the vote, asked the Board to approve the demo, created the first few index pages and subject lists, and wrote most of the policy proposals that are here right now. I have developer rights, so I made myself an admin when the Demo went live in order to be able to edit system messages and the like, but now that the community is growing, I am submitting my admin status for review.--Eloquence 02:10, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I don't have any objections to your Admin status Foeke 16:37, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
No objections at all. Lyellin 16:43, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Support. Tomos 02:36, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
No objection Lankiveil 02:29, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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Lyellin

Since no one else is putting themselves up.... ;). My main work has been on en, w:User:Lyellin. In general, I do more organizing and small things than write full articles, although I do have pet projects. w:Cathedral of Learning is one. I'm getting started working on wikibooks as well, especially the Wikijunior project. In terms of Wikinews, I popped on the first day and have basically inhabited the IRC channel and preyed on Recent Changes all day. I will state that I am a student, so sometimes workloads get heavier- cutting down on Wiki time. I don't know if that should be factored in, but just so everyone knows. Lyellin 04:25, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Addition: My goal with Wikinews is to work on pushing articles through the review process, as well as being somewhat of a checker for English from our non-native editors. I'm on the East Coast of the US, so I'd be a different time zone than Eloquence. Lyellin 15:53, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

No objections here. Ambi 07:35, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I haven't seen any problems caused by lack of administrators yet. If I'm not missing some problem, I think we should wait to draw from a larger community. --119 04:31, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Withdraw objection as vandalism has been not-infrequent after the Wired mention. --119 09:00, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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Lankiveil

Well, I guess I'll nominate myself. I've been involved for some months now in Wikimedia, mainly on en:Wikipedia (en:User:Lankiveil) and ga:Wikipedia (ga:Úsáideoir:Lankiveil). I also hang around Wikipedia-L a fair bit. In terms of Wikinews, I voted "yes" early, and I've been here pretty much since I first saw the announcement of this demo. I've authored a few articles, and followed the early formulation of policy closely.

If chosen to serve, my prime area of interest, at least at present, would be to ensure that all articles get a timely review. Eloquence is doing a fantastic job, of course, but it's a pretty big job, and as Wikinews becomes more and more successful, it's only going to get bigger. I'm also outside the US/EU sphere of influence geographically, so I'll be able to look at things that might get overlooked while the North Americans/Europeans are off in bed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lankiveil (talk • contribs) 05:10, 20 November 2004‎

I haven't seen any problems caused by lack of administrators yet. If I'm not missing some problem, I think we should wait to draw from a larger community. --119 04:30, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Withdraw objection as vandalism has been not-infrequent after the Wired mention. --119 03:26, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  1. Support-Stevertigo
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Tomos

I am not yet sure how continuous my participation would be in the long run. So I would like to be an administrator temporarily, until enough trusted users emerge among ourselves and become administrators.

I nominate myself because it is not clear if we get enough administrators soon. And I consider myself as a fairly safe choice for an administrator here, because of my experiences and policies.

Please see my user page on those and other things. Thank you for your consideration, :-) and questions are welcome. Tomos 08:05, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

  1. Support-Stevertigo
  2. Support. 119 09:10, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  3. Support. Davodd | Talk 02:38, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  4. Support. Lyellin 03:41, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  5. Support Very helpful in IRC, quick response. - Amgine 21:12, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  6. Support. IlyaHaykinson 01:11, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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December 2004

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Kmweber

I've been working on the English wikipedia for some time now, mostly copyediting and minor additions; however, I also wrote w:Testor Corporation and am now researching for rewrites of w:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and w:Second Lateran Council. On wikinews, I've been writing one or two articles a day, making some policy suggestions (and raising questions) and generally trying to keep things organized as new people get used to the proto-policies.

Should I be selected as an admin, I would continue with keeping category pages clean and free of debris (links to non-existent stories, etc.) and helping to enforce the review process. I would also work on keeping the existing category system in check and in use--making sure articles are listed in all the appropriate categories, and possibly grouping articles on related topics together in their own categories. Kurt Weber 03:16, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I haven't seen any problems caused by lack of administrators yet. If I'm not missing some problem, I think we should wait to draw from a larger community. --119 04:30, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Withdraw objection as vandalism has been not-infrequent after the Wired mention. --119 03:26, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  1. Support-Stevertigo
Nothing personal, but I'd like to wait a few more weeks, based on my experiences on IRC with Kurt.--Eloquence 09:07, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Object. He's disrespectful to users, among other things telling a French speaker who said "a" instead of "an" to "learn proper English" today. 119 09:09, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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Stevertigo

Sysopdom is "no big deal," so I wont make anykind of statement, save that I have long been interested in seeing this pig fly, and was delighted to see that Erik and JW finally did it and are doing it right. I'll admit I still have my doubts, but it just (re) occurred to me how synergetic a relationship to Indymedia could be: What WN may lack in ground base, they lack in real editorship and open editing process... NufSaid- Stevertigo 10:21, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

  1. Support. Davodd | Talk 01:18, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. Neutral. Stevertigo is probably on holiday (no contributions since Dec 25th), so I'd like to see him resume making regular contributions and then I will endorse him. — DV 07:08, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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