Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Luna Santin

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Luna Santin

Ended 15:14, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Luna Santin (talk · contribs) – Luna Santin is a fellow Wikipedian from San Francisco, California. A civil, respectful and intelligent editor who has amassed in excess of 7500 edits in a period of three months. Areas which he has been involved in include:

• Article editing and creation, including California High School Exit Exam
• RC Patrol, CSD tagging, Vandalism reverts and issuing appropriate warnings.
• Mediating disputes as an excellent mediator
• Wikifying articles

I've also seen him spend time on various article talk pages resolving disputes in a civil and rational way. An extensive survey of his edits has made me feel sure that he has done well as a user and will do well as an admin. Luna is a self-confessed WikiGnome and has wikified many articles to date. In my opinion, Wikipedia will be a better place with him having the tools. --Nearly Headless Nick 10:16, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: Thank you for your kind words; I accept and look forward to feedback from the community. Luna Santin 12:17, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia in this capacity. Please take the time to answer a few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.

A: I plan to answer {{

AIV

and similar tasks -- before you groan and say we have enough of that, let me point out that you probably haven't been on around 9:00 to 14:00 UTC, when the admins are fewer and further between, and the AIV backlog sometimes extends for hours. Every user deserves a second chance, even a third, but there generally should be at least one admin watching over AIV in the event that the vandals picked tonight for some fun. I always try to take more out of a backlog than I put into it, and I'd like the opportunity to help out with some more.

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

A: I am, I think, most known for two things:

AfD

, with somewhere around 700 Wikipedia namespace edits, I think, between those and other policy-related discussions.

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 how will you deal with it in the future?

A: Ah, conflict. Oddly enough, my very first edit as an anon user was at AfD. As I mentioned

assume good faith

and work things out.

More recently, the userbox I'd created for

User:AmiDaniel, and then redeleted by Cyde (still without comment at the time). I unfortunately left a bit of a fiery note at Cyde's talk page, at which point I discovered that he'd (also unfortunately) managed to miss all of my prior messages. We apologized to each other, and continued going about our business. See his talk page here, and the DRV discussion here

. My biggest regret is that I wasn't more civil towards Cyde, and I've learned from that.

Question from  Netsnipe  ►  13:53, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

4. I've noticed that in the three months of vandal fighting since you've been here that you haven't really come across any substantial abusers in the form of persistent sock-puppeteers or long term abuse cases and your involvement on the Administrators' noticeboards so far has been small. Can you provide any examples where you think you've been challenged? Do you think you are ready or experienced enough to deal with the darker side of Wikipedia should you be pushed to the breaking point one day?

Hmm, a fair question. I have dealt with some sockpuppets, mainly at the

WP:DENY

.

Now, I think I can display my approach to solving tough problems with my efforts at Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-06-16 alumni link (or some of my user talk messages involved in the same case, between new users, experienced users, and sysops). Some problems, ideally most problems, can be solved through discussion. Some can't, and I'm prepared to accept that, as well. I'm a patient person; I need not "have my way" right away, as I'd say is demonstrated by my refusal to propogate a revert war during the dispute at Libertarianism.

It's true that I don't have a lot of edits at

AN/I. In part this is to avoid cluttering up those already-busy boards. When I do contribute, I believe I do so with value -- take this

as an example. A project I'm involved with was listed at AN, ANI, MFD, and WT:AFD, there were veiled threats of banning and mass reverts, and I was calm (at least, I think).

Question from Andeh

5. Could you point me to some of your AfD nominations and any AfD discussions you've been involved in, created AfDs should still be on your watchlist. Thanks.

A: To be honest, most of my deletion nominations in the past month or so have been successful speedies and prods, which unfortunately makes them tricky to link to. Demonstrative AfD discussions would include Bricemanning, Erik Widman, Chris DeJoseph, Man-Faye (2nd nom), Chiricheppu, Islamophobia (3rd nom), OMHPC, January Malkus, List of songs in English labeled the worst ever (3rd nom), and nominations include Blend corp, Blades of Aason, and Branden Rooney. I also fix broken noms from time to time. While not technically on AfD, I sometimes leave new users notes like this. I can't find the diff(s), at the moment, but User:JoanneB and I once talked a pageblanking new user through the prod/AfD process, effectively reforming their behavior.

I've also participated quite a bit at

CfD. My first nomination there, Omega models, eventually involved tagging somewhere around 100 categories (fun!). Other demonstrative discussions would, I think, include People killed by or on behalf of Muhammad, Vespa scooter riders, and especially Wikipedians by organization

and similar discussions.

• See Luna Santin's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool.
• Edit count on talk page Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 12:19, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Final tally: (97/4/4)

Support

1. Beat-the-nominator-support - Very good editor, great vandal fighting and such. Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 12:17, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
2. Support - glad to be one of the first here. MER-C 12:17, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
3. Strong support keep up the level of contribution. We need more dedicated users (and admins for that matter) such as you. Good luck! --Alex ^{(talk here)} 12:28, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
4. Support -
   J Di^talk 12:31, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
   ]
5. Support - civil, helpful, knowledgeable --
   ^(talk) 12:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
   ]
6. Support per answer to question 1. --james^(talk) 12:58, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
7. Support per nom, good answers to questions, and user's record of contributions in a number of areas. Newyorkbrad 13:03, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
8. Support Helps new users; reports and reverts vandalism; lots of descriptive edit summaries; many additions to user Talk pages; nice user page. Let this editor help with the mop and bucket. (aeropagitica) 13:25, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
9. Strong support - Strongly recommend this user. Has been very helpful helping new users, knows the admin rules inside out and not at all trigger-happy, will make a fine admin. - Tangotango 13:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
10. Concerned about the short time on wiki, but his contribution record, answers to questions, review of the Talk Libertarianism archive, and general approach suggest nothing to be concerned about. A "no big deal" support. ++Lar: t/c 13:36, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
11. Strong support Look at the accolades he's earned, friends he's made "in 3 months." Rama's arrow 14:16, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
12. Support. Opposers too picky. User is solid and excellent thus far, and I see no evidence why this will change. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 14:19, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
13. Strong Support - trust me guys, fantastic editor with a fantastic attitude that will do us all proud with the tools - Glen 14:35, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
14. Support on wheels!! Solid user, very helpful.--
    e^{(Talk•Contribs)} 14:36, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
15. Support, great guy. --
    T | C) 15:04, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
16. Strong Support due to anwser to question #1 - AIV backlog can get long and unblock is an important part of the vandal-fighting process ST47 15:12, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
17. Support. Just met him last night, and was quite impressed after a readthrough of the answers and a lookthrough of the contribs. We need more like this. Antandrus (talk) 15:13, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
18. Yup. --Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 15:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
19. Support. --
    Steel 16:31, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
20. Support: Trusted by others to moderate
    WP:AIV. --  Netsnipe  ►  17:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
21. Merovingian - Talk 18:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
22. Support Looks like an excellent user, though 3 months is a little short compared to most prospective admins. Ya ya ya ya ya ya 18:38, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
23. Moderate Support - I've come across him and found him concerned and helpful. Possibly inexperienced tho. Nigel ^(Talk) 18:42, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
24. Support. Experienced vandal fighter amongst other things, three months is long enough in my opinion. Very strong answers to questions. — 
    talk
    ) _{19:13, 03 September 2006}
25. Support per nom. —Khoikhoi 19:29, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
26. Hrm, thought he was already an admin Support I like the candidate's willingness to watch
    WP:AIV, as it can never have enough eyes. Helping out with some of the backlogs is great, also, as is his willingness to answer unblock requests; it's very important that these be answered in a timely fashion hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 20:01, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
27. Support— The issue should not be how long one has contributed or what specifically has been contributed, but rather whether the editor shows the skills, intellectual scope and predisposition to thoughtfully and successfully handle the admin tools combined with enough Wiki-mileage to understand the pitfalls. The best indicator of future performance is past performance—I’m comfortable that Luna Santin can be trusted to delete, undelete, block, & unblock without abusing these powers—anyone who can survive the Libertarianism discussions without a lingering taint of partisanship and & still wants to be an administrator gets my support. Williamborg (Bill) 20:53, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
28. Support. A safe pair of hands. Mike Christie (talk) 21:09, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
29. Support 3 months is quite less, but I have seen that this user is phenomenally active in wiki from my experiences. We need this user to be an admin. --Ageo020 22:29, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
30. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 22:34, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
31. Support. G.He 22:50, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
32. Support --Jay(Reply) 23:06, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
33. Support per above and personal interaction. AuburnPilot 00:14, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
34. Support I have seen this user around, I'm certain that he can be trusted with admin tools.--
    Konstable 00:25, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
35. Support Vandal fighter needs tools abakharev 01:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
36. Support. I see a lot of long-time admins on
    masterka 02:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
37. ^{wat's sup} 02:49, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
38. Seen this user around, consistently impressed. Support.
    =hello?= 03:43, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
39. Support. I've seen nothing but good things from this guy. We always need more admins, so I'm pleased to support. alphaChimp ^laudare 03:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
40. Support Can't be too harsh upon time, some of the best admins we have were adminned in about the same time. This user did have me convinced at moments that they were an admin. I see nothing here that will show a complete or any kind of abuse with the tools. Yanksox 04:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
41. Support. Michael 05:33, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
42. Strong support will make a fabulous administrator -- Samir धर्म 05:35, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
43. Support I have only the utmost respect for the candidate. Canadian-Bacon ^{t c e} 05:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
44. Support - Seen this user around, everything looks good to me. --WinHunter ^(talk) 08:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
45. Support I see no major concerns here. A great user. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 08:55, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
46. Support. Good and responsible contributor. Experienced in a number of areas. Sjakkalle (Check!) 10:51, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
47. Support. Good vandal fighter and a level headed editor. We need more of those as admins. --Woohookitty^(meow) 11:16, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
48. Support. DarthVader 12:47, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
49. Support per answer to Q1. --Nishkid64 16:03, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
50. Support -
    review me) 16:28, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
51. Support Nominator support added by Aksi great - Nearly Headless Nick
52. Support. -
    Mailer Diablo 18:10, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
53. Opposition is spurious.--
    T 18:33, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
54. Support Luna Santin looks like a solid, dedicated editor. We need more good admins. I don't see any issues here. JungleCat talk/contrib 18:55, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
55. Support --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 18:56, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
56. Support~Luna was one of the first Wikipedians I interacted with when I became a "real" editor, and I was overwhelmed by his kindness in helping a newbie like myself. Throughout my short time here I've only seen more of the spirit of willing helpfulness. I think he'd make a great admin. —Keakealani •talk•contribs• 19:12, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
57. Support. Good vandal fighter Bugtrio 19:23, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
58. Support. Excellent countervandal and a fine all-around contributor.
    Heimstern Läufer 22:39, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
59. Support. Although short time on Wikipedia, looks dedicated to the project. - Darwinek 23:15, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
60. Support. Very impressed by answers. - Mike 01:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
61. Support Very dedicated to the project Hello32020 01:23, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
62. Support - a little AWB issue w/ subst has nothing to do w/ adminship -- Tawker 04:07, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
63. Support A terrific editor who will mop wisely. Baseball,Baby! ^{balls•strikes} 05:07, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
64. Support - great vandal fighter. --Ixfd64 07:59, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
65. Big support -- Szvest 10:27, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
66. Support: We certainly require more new administrators who are honest and unbiased to run the show without bringing into elements of subjectivity to their approach. --Bhadani 14:17, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
67. That's hot. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 15:40, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
68. There is No Mediation Cabal Support. CQJ 18:09, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
69. Support. RFerreira 18:23, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
70. Support I've seen this user's work and been impressed. Will make good use of the mop. Gwernol 19:51, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
71. Support Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 23:00, 5 September 2006 (UTC).[reply]
72. Support 7500+ edits in 3 months? That's twice as many as I've made in 5 months. Experience is not measured solely by calendar time. Also, considering the well-thought through answers, I'm ready to support. --Richard 23:18, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
73. Support, very active and alert at recent changes monitoring - I'm very disappointed that I didn't notice this RFA until it was 70+ votes in. Kuru ^talk 02:30, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
74. Support Great editor to be around, would make superb admin. --CableModem 06:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
75. Support, I see no problems. Since when is 3 months considered not enough time? What happened to everyone having a minimum of 3 months, with barely anyone having minimums over that and a few having minimums of less? --Rory096 06:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
76. Strong Support - I have known Luna San (-tin omitted on IRC, where I first met the candidate, and it stuck) for a while now and have seen some excellent work in CVU, but also an excellent ability to converse with other members. The candidate doesn't strike me as someone to abuse the mop, and we need more good RC patrollers with sysop to handle blocks more effectively. I've seen AIV backlogs caused by none other than the candidate :) Good luck, Luna, not that you'll need it. --Draicone ^(talk) 10:43, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
77. Support. I can see how the oppose voters might be worried about the time he's been around, but I was nominated after a similar time frame myself and I do think in some cases it can be quite enough, both for the community to assess a candidate and for the candidate to gain the necessary skills and knowledge. I hope but also expect that Luna realises that a lot of learning is done 'on the job' but I expect that he'll do well. --JoanneB 11:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
78. Strong support - I've seen only good from this user. Metamagician3000 14:52, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
79. Support Good vandal whacker, good answers to the questions. 3 months is enough for me, especially since this user has show he has a fair understanding of policy. All admins learn while on the job, and I trust that this user will be a quick learner. There are two questions I have asked myself: Do I trust this user with the mop, and do I believe this user will benefit the encyclopedia with the mop? I answered yes to both. KOS | talk 19:30, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
80. Support Luna already watches and responds to admin notices, such as RFU. Though he can't do anything about it, he rationally explains blocks or expresses opposition while making it clear he's not an admin and does a bang-up job of it. I also know him from #wikipedia-bootcamp, where he has shown sufficient policy knowledge to weild the mop well. Teke ^(talk) 01:32, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
81. Support per above _
    Doctor Bruno_^_Talk_/_{E Mail} 02:19, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
82. Strong support – but it's all been said already :) —
    wreak havoc|damage report 02:23, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
83. Support per above. Very helpful user, great deal of impact on the community despite not being here that long. Three months isn't a reason not to support if he's shown that he's qualified. Of course, it doesn't seem to matter at this point, but I might as well say that. :P --
    talk. ^_^ 21:55, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
84. Support-- has done work with WDM. Luna is a careful person, I feel that there is 0% chance of any type of abuse. As "adminship is no big deal", and I can't find any reason that would cause me to oppose other then short time with the project. 3 months to me is plenty of time, especially since Luna-San has shown his use in backlogs and in general knowledge of policy. One fine canidate! ——
    ask me for help) 22:29, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
85. Support: good vandal-fighter, and on the flipside great at helping people out. Moppify this guy! -
    ^(talk) 01:14, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
86. Support, will make a good admin --- Deville (Talk) 03:09, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
87. Late support – Level-headed nice guy and great counter-vandal. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 04:53, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
88. Full Support Excelent User. Works on many many asspects of the Wiki. Hand her the mop Æon ^{Insanity Now!}_EA! 06:23, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
89. Support, Per all
    talk • contribs • Bot) 13:37, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
90. Late "Was counting on camping for #100" Support — Werdna talk criticism 17:22, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
91. 9 more til'
    WP:100 Support, great user, very civil and helpful--TBCTaLk?!? 20:40, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
92. Support Fits almost all admin criteria like a glove. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 21:16, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
93. Support per all the reasons listed above :D DemosDemon 21:53, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
94. Support. I initially wanted to doublecheck on the mediation things the nominator mentioned, but I couldn't contact him, but now I saw Luna have some real nice interactions with newbies. Great user. - Mgm|^(talk) 22:16, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
95. Support ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 04:56, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
96. Support. Very good mediator. enochlau (talk) 13:48, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
97. Support. Friendly user, helpful user. Good edit count, good sysop material. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 14:47, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]