Commons:Administrators/Requests/Nick
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Support = 25;
Oppose = 1;
Neutral = 2 – 96%. Result: Successful. odder (talk) 15:55, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
Nick (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)
- Scheduled to end: 15:41, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
Nick is an active Commons editor, and the time has come for him to given the admin toolset. Nick is a former admin but lost the tools due to inactivity. Nick is now a dedicated Commons editor, and a knowledgeable one at that. His onwiki contributions only show part of his dedication -- he is ever active on IRC in #wikimedia-commons where he shares his knowledge of copyright issues, and is always willing to help visitors to the IRC channel with issues they might be having. There is little doubt that Nick and this project would benefit from him having the admin toolset. russavia (talk) 15:41, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
- I accept, many thanks for the nomination. Nick (talk) 15:53, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
Votes
- My first encounter with him was at Commons:BN when he requested to restore the admin bits which was rejected by the 'crats (not by Michael if I remember well). Me and Fæ stated our arguments gently and clearly; but Nick pointed the case of Michael and asked to restore his rights again and again as in case of Michael. I saw there many admins like Jcb too discouraged him; but he started attacking Michael there, in the De-adminship policy page, and now on every instance where Michael's name is involved. He is desperately trying to bring Michael to new discussions too.
- Coming to the point where Michaeldsuarez mentioned me: I still believe Nick's only interest in that discussion was it opened by MichaelMaggs. In fact his comment "If I take a photo, all I need to do is release it under a suitable licence and that's it, I've set an irrevocable and permanent copyright status for the next 70 years, after which it enters the public domain and that's that." was a personal attack against the great photographers here who spend most of their life in difficult situations to nourish this project. That's why I responded boldly (""If I take a photo, all I need to do is release it under a suitable licence and that's it." - Hmm; I'm thrilled by your knowledge on copyright. I wondered on your reasoning that following US law will "protect everybody who chooses to use Commons to the best of our ability and we're not doing that it we start to be less cautious about deleting potential infringing material." Remember Commons is not only for US people.") which was a bit rude that I agreed later. [3]
- Personal attacks, unwilling to accept criticism, and tendency to create and maintain close groups for their own agenda: I've high tolerance against personal attacks and I usually ignore such case if against me. But I try to defend a fellow being from attacks even if it makes more enemies. That is just part of humanity and I've no predefined friends or enemies here. Unwilling to accept criticism is a blocking stone for anybody who wish to progress. Sadly many of has this limitation and my advice to anybody who want to become an admin is to consciously fight against this bad habit. Making close groups will not help any for longtime; people will lose their self respect soon. Who want to become a slave dog of his master. :)
- Do I made personal attacks: I had responded boldly in many situations including in humorous ways (fate of our poor contributors in the hands of rude admins); but I don't think they are personal attacks. I don't think this or that are personal attacks. :)
- Hope Nick will come out of his grudges against MichaelMaggs or any others, and learn how to act neutrally out of his emotions. Best of luck. Jee 03:26, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Weak support per ^^ --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 12:27, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Comments
- @Nick: Do you still have a copy of your January 2014 draft RfA statement? If so, can you please share it with us? Although it is nice to know what Russavia thinks about you, it would be nicer to know what you think about yourself. What do you have to say about yourself? What are your qualities and skills? How do you wish to serve the Commons community? How do you describe yourself? --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 21:50, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
- No, I'm afraid not. I didn't keep a copy. I'm sure if you speak to an administrator they may be able to provide you with a copy of the text. I do wonder however, why you ask this question after already deciding I'm too easily offended to work on Commons as an administrator, and opposing my candidacy. Nick (talk) 22:10, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
- The online world is fact-paced, and votes tend to pile up quickly. It's best to act decisively and early, and I believe that I already have enough information to make a statement that I can stand by. I already know what you had to say about yourself in 2007 ([4], [5]). I'm curious about what what you have to say about yourself today, although I doubt my opinion will change. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 23:20, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
You have a small talk page archive, but you haven't archived you talk page since 2007. Why so? Taivo (talk) 09:39, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
- I archive my talk pages here and at English Wikipedia when I feel they're getting too long for people to use effectively, rather than monthly or yearly. If you would prefer I archive on a more organised basis, I'm quite happy to do that using one of the archive bots that exist to create monthly archives. I'll of course wait until the conclusion of proceedings here, to ensure there's no suggestion I'm archiving my talk page to hide anything. Nick (talk) 12:13, 25 April 2014 (UTC)