Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/JoJan

JoJan

final (18/0/0) ending 23:06 24 June 2005 (UTC)

I'm honored to be the guy to make this nomination. JoJan's a fine editor with a steady head, one of the WP:1000. UtherSRG 23:07, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

I thank Uther SRG for nominating me. JoJan 14:49, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Support

1. UtherSRG 23:08, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
2. Since I just offered to nominate him myself, I support strongly. Great work on taxonomy and plants. Good editor, pleasant person to deal with. Guettarda 23:26, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
3. -gadfium 08:53, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
4. Strongly support. A very helpful wikipedian. Billlion 10:47, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
5. Support- seems like good Wikipedian! Flcelloguy | Give me a note! | Desk 15:57, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
6. Support ~~~~ 19:28, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
7. Support communicates well with users, does janitorial chores and is a great contributor--nixie 06:32, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
8. Support JoJan is a natural choice for an adminship. He is an ever-constant support to new users, like myself for whom I would have had a much more diffficult time adjusting to Wikipedia from Academy. JoJan's advice is excellent, honest, to the point, always guiding the new user to better climb that learning curve on Wikipedia. As well, JoJan's advice on what a Wikipedia article should be has been a constant beacon of style, formate, structure, etc. He guides patiently the new user to the right outcome. tdwin476 Tim Winchester 09:38, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
9. Support - MPF 11:39, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
10. Support. I've recently put one of JoJan's picture contributions up for FP. He seems to be a very good, all round contributor. --Silversmith Hewwo 13:01, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
11. Michael Snow 22:23, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
12. Support, Definitely! Over 8,000 edits with significant article content and image contributions, a prolific and collaborative editor. --MPerel ^{( talk | contrib)} 00:56, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
13. Support: Respectful, collaborative/consensual and extensive contributor who would use his Adminship powers for the betterment of Wikipedia.-- Cyberjunkie ^TALK 05:04, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
14. --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 05:28, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
15. Waerth 04:46, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
16. Support: Hardworking, knowledgeable and co-operative contributor seglea 08:24, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
17. Support. Sure. - Darwinek 11:30, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
18. Support. Has by gentile persuasion introduced us to new places. Any editor who can do that to my "made-up-mind" has a special talent and deserves to be an Admin. And, we're not easy to "pull along". hydnjo talk 02:48, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Comments

Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

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

A. I'll do (as I already did in the past) new pages patrol, looking for speedy deletions or Vfd. I'll contribute to cleanup (recently Soapwort) and requested translations (Dutch-English).(insofar as they are inside my sphere of competence). Since perfection is not possible, I strive for high quality in my works but request it equally in work of others.

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

A. There are many. I have at the moment 564 pages on my watchlist. Most of them are articles I wrote myself. The others were stubs or articles of just one paragraph that I expanded into full-length articles. Since I am mainly working on Tree of Life articles, I'm particularly proud of Gastropoda (not the easiest subject), Orchidaceae and many related articles. I'm also proud of the several biographies I've written (see my user page). To write most pages, I had to do extensive research. But when I see the end result, it gives me a certain satisfaction. I hope it gives you and my readers the same satisfaction.

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. Due to the specialized nature of my articles, real conflicts are rare. When they happen, an exchange of rational arguments quickly resolves the matter. As to other conflicts, I'm rather rational and I'll only participate when I can make a positive contribution. During my working career I've had several times training in handling a conflict. And as to stress, I've been working 42 years under stress, even heavy stress, and it never got the better of me.