Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Carioca

The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful request for adminship. Please do not modify it.

Carioca

Final: (31/4/1); ended 03:12,

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept. Thanks, Snowolf. --Carioca 03:04, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. You may wish to answer the following optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What admin work do you intend to take part in?

A: I will try to reduce the speedy deletion backlog, as there are more than a hundred pages currently nominated for speedy deletion, and every day more pages are nominated, close AFD discussions, because several old discussions where the consensus was already reached are still open, and I will page protect pages when it is needed, as this can happen in pages with a higher visibility (for example when there is an important event happening or when a famous person dies, or when there is a content dispute in the page). Also, in several situations it is necessary to semi-protect the page to prevent several acts of vandalism made by different anonymous users in the same article. I will also continue to revert vandalism (as vandalism is obviously harmful to Wikipedia), as several articles, including the articles I usually edit, are constantly vandalized and the vandalism needs to be quickly reverted. After I revert a vandalism, I warn the user and I also check the user's edits, so, if he vandalized other articles, I revert the other vandalisms too. --Carioca 03:04, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?

A: I created and expanded several Brazilian football (soccer) articles (mostly football clubs but also players, coaches and competitions), as well as some South American and African football articles, some basketball articles, and I created some Rio de Janeiro neighborhood articles. I consider the

Bangu (neighborhood) article as one of the best contributions I did made to Wikipedia, because the article is well-referenced and it contains information about the neighborhood's history as well as information about its maximum security prison, which is a well-known prison in Brazil. I also contribute by adding images to Wikipedia when it is needed. The images I add are usually made by myself and are uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, so, the images can also be used in the other languages versions of Wikipedia. --Carioca 03:04, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply

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3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

A: Yes. I had a conflict in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A article. In that conflict, as I always do, I used reliable sources (in that situation was the Brazilian Football Confederation's official website, as this organization is the competition's organizer) to make the article reliable and neutral. I always deal with conflicts by discussing and trying to reach a consensus, and I always try to be neutral, and I always check if there are reliable sources for all sides of the conflict, because I understand that anyone can make a mistake. I also always remain civil and I understand that it is important to assume good faith, as some users do wrong edits only because they are unexperienced with Wikipedia's policies and after talking to them they can became productive Wikipedia members. --Carioca 03:04, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Optional question from Durova

4. What would you do as an administrator about ideological or profit motive attempts to manipulate Wikipedia? Bear in mind this statement from Brad Patrick as well as this news story, this conference summary, this press release, and these blogs. Durova^Charge! 04:42, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Optional question from Abu badali

5. - Soccer/policy question: Do you believe it's important to have pictures in bio articles for soccer players? If so, what do you believe to be the best ways to acquire this pictures? --Abu badali ^(talk) 18:14, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A: I don't believe that an article becomes better only because there is a picture in it. A picture in football players articles is usually only a cosmetic change, it is not essential. However, the best way to acquire pictures is by uploading free images (for example GFDL images, or public domain images). --Carioca 19:13, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

General comments

• See Carioca's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.
• Links for Carioca: Carioca (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)

Please keep criticism constructive and polite. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Carioca before commenting.

Discussion

Support

1. » supports this candidate for adminship, as he is confident that this user won't do anything stupid with the tools (added on 02:06, 14 May 2007 (UTC))[reply
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2. Support Seems to be a good user for adminship. Captain panda 03:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
3. Support - An excellent editor. Great work regarding editing, conflict solving and vandalism reversion. —Lesfer ^(t/c/@) 03:54, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
4. Support per nom. --Phoenix 04:40, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
5. Support I must say I am pleased with the nomination; I hope the user can expand into sysop-hood, and prosper. Jmlk17 04:45, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
6. Strong Support per nice answer to Q1. Admins who will help with the CSD backlog are exactly what we need right now.
   ^{Need some help?} 10:11, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply
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7. I support. Good answers, no reason not to trust. Conscious 11:57, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
8. Support - good answer to Q1 and sufficient overal experience.
   Addhoc 13:15, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply
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9. Support - Good candidate.
   talk 17:13, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply
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10. Rettetast 19:44, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
11. Support Good answers. Seems trustworthy. - TwoOars ^{(T | C)} 21:00, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
12. Support - Football area (soccer if you like) needs more admins. Good luck. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 18:53, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
13. Support: Has plenty of experience and an excellent edit summary usage. Should make a fine administrator.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 21:32, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
14. Support Let's stack up the useful people. Manderiko 22:26, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
15. Support - I see no reason not to. Good answers and seems trustworthy and reliable. --pIrish ^Arr! 04:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
16. Support Good answers and seems to be a good candidate, has plenty of time and experience. GDonato (talk) 12:26, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
17. PeaceNT 17:30, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
18. Support Nothing to suggest will not be a good admin. Davewild 20:49, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
19. Support good 'pedia builder. cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 11:17, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
20. Support - besides being a great editor in his area of interest, seems engaged in Wikipedia's core mission. We need more admins like him. --Abu badali ^(talk) 20:15, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
21. Support. There's no valid reason not to. WODUP 21:51, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
22. Support Zsinj^Talk 03:03, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
23. Why the hell not? Ral315 » 05:33, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
24. Support The concerns of Xoloz and Husond are surely not unfounded, but I think Carioca's participation here provides a history sufficient for one to be reasonably confident that he is possessed of a deliberative demeanor and sound judgment, such that one can be confident that he will act cautiously and avoid partaking qua admin whereof he does not know; because I cannot imagine that Carioca should abuse or misuse (even avolitionally) the tools, then, I feel comfortable concluding that the net effect on the project of Carioca's being sysopped should be positive. Joe 23:32, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
25. Terence 05:43, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
26. Default support. —AldeBaer 12:31, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
27. Support --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{walkie-talkie} 14:26, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
28. Support, edit history looks good, no concerns of substance raised thus far. Christopher Parham (talk) 19:30, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
29. Support, if 200 monthly edits is "recent inactivity" then I'm a bit concerned about editcountitis.--Wizardman 00:42, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
30. Apoio este usuário. O segundo administrador brasileiro na Wikipédia no inglês, não é?
    masterka 04:11, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply
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31. Support Joe I 05:41, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

1. Oppose, sorry. Good editor, but there's simply no need for the tools and no evidence that this user is experienced enough to use them adequately. Very little participation in admin-oriented tasks in the past few months.--Húsönd 12:47, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
2. Oppose per Husond. More of a record is needed (especially in project-space) to judge properly the candidate's fitness for adminship. Xoloz 18:12, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
3. Recent inactivity is worrying, and I have concerns per Xoloz about this users' capability in dealing with issues arising in project-space which he will encounter when he gets the tools. Sorry, but at this stage, I don't feel you're ready. Daniel 05:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
4. Oppose Per Husond. Weak in Wikipedia space, will he be ready when the admin challenges approach? I'm not sure.
   ! 02:23, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply
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Hi. I expanded my answers. Regards, --Carioca 06:18, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to support.

talk 17:13, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply

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1. Not awfully active lately -- Y not? 18:00, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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