Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Malcolm Farmer

Malcolm Farmer

final (15/0/0) ending 16:00, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I am extremely pleased to be able to nominate Malcolm Farmer for adminship. He is among the first of the Wikipedians, having made his first edit in March 2001; there are only five still-active Wikipedians who have been here longer. He has made over 2000 edits. He has stayed involved and is still reverting vandalism without the benefit of a rollback button. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 15:42, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

While Malcolm has already indicated his acceptance of the nomination on my talk page, I will ask him to do so here as well. --The Uninvited Co., Inc.

Yes, I'm OK with being nominated. Malcolm Farmer

Support

The Uninvited Co., Inc. 15:42, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Support. Anyone who's put up with vandalism for so long deserves a medal to go with the sysop privileges! - Lucky 6.9 01:49, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
An impressively consistent trickle of good edits, which adds up to lots of work when you've been around as longs as Malcolm Farmer. Support. --fvw *† 03:18, 2004 Dec 2 (UTC)
Impressive! Enthusiastically support. Everyking 06:37, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
<insert perceptive comment here>! Tuf-Kat 06:43, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)
Support Duk 11:52, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Someone who's been around this long is likely to still have the original goals of Wikipedia in sight. Also, a good user. Support. Andre (talk) 21:17, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)
-- Grun t 🇪🇺 01:29, 2004 Dec 3 (UTC)
Cribcage 06:41, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Support. 172 18:51, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Lst27 (talk) 02:12, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Wow, I didn't know that he had been around for this long. --Slowking Man 03:02, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)
Rje 05:48, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Support. Would like to see this user be a touch more active, but see no reason whatsoever not to award adminship. Pedant 01:16, 2004 Dec 7 (UTC)
Around since March 2001? Now that's impressive context. Support. Fire Star 06:25, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Comments

For the record, 2577 edits as of now. Shane King 23:24, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
I've been asked to answer the generic questions for wouldbe admins. So:

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

A. Basically, reverting vandalised pages. Being logged in today when a whole bunch of kids were vandalising pages faster than I could revert them was the last straw...

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

A. The historical Anniversaries: The early edits record is lost in the mists of time, but I actually started those pages, with about three random events from history. The anniversaries pages have been through multiple changes from others contributions since then: it's good to see how they caught on. (Though it's inevitable that sooner or later someone would have started it)

Currently, I'm scanning caricatures from Punch to add to the pages of various Victorian worthies. This will be a slow process, as some of them will require creating an accompanying article. But the cartoons are gorgeous and deserve to be given a wide distribution.

And the articles on Marvelman and Inoculation simply because so much of what I initially wrote has survived subsequent edits.

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. None, really. Someone disputed a comment I'd made that the Scientology page presented a rather rosy view, as if there was no dispute about any of the facts as presented by the Scientologists, but that was very minor, and way back in 2001. There have been far bigger disputes since then on that subject.

I generally stay away from controversial subjects as I don't think I know enough about them. Malcolm Farmer