Commons:Administrators/Requests/NEUROtiker

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

Support = 21; Oppose = 0; Neutral = 1 - 100%

Closed as successful by Huib talk 20:28, 7 October 2009 (UTC) per irc request from user:Bastique, he granted the rights.[reply]

NEUROtiker

Vote

Links for candidate: NEUROtiker (talk · contributions (views) · deleted user contributions · recent activity (talk · project · deletion requests) · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)

Scheduled to end 18:44, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

English: I'd like to apply for adminship. My first contribution to Commons was in March 2006. Since then, I uploaded more than 2700 images (a few examples), most of which depict chemical reactions or structural formulae. Besides providing images for chemical articles, my major aim here on Commons is to improve the accessibility and quality of chemical drawings. To achieve this, I participate in categorizing as well as tagging and replacing of incorrect images and those of poor quality, respectively. Apart from Commons I am active mostly in the German Wikipedia as an admin and member of the OTRS team. As an administrator on Commons, my main focus would probably remain on topics related to natural sciences, especially biology and chemistry. Being an admin would, for example, allow me to help out with deletion or renaming requests in that field. But this doesn’t mean, that I would constrict my activities to that area. I look forward to your comments and votes.

Deutsch: Ich möchte mich hiermit als Adminkandidat zur Wahl stellen. Seit meinem ersten Beitrag im März 2006 habe ich mehr als 2700 Bilder hochgeladen (ein paar Beispiele), bei denen es sich vor allem um chemische Strukturformeln oder Reaktionsdiagramme handelt. Neben der Bebilderung chemischer Artikel ist mein Hauptziel hier auf Commons eine Verbesserung der Auffindbarkeit und Qualität chemischer Grafiken. Um dies zu erreichen, beteilige ich mich bei der Kategorisierung sowie dem Markieren und Ersetzen fehlerhafter Bilder oder solcher, die von schlechter Qualität sind. Außer auf Commons bin ich vor allem in der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia aktiv, wo ich Admin und Mitglied des OTRS-Teams bin. Als Commons-Administrator würde mein Hauptaugenmerk voraussichtlich weiterhin auf den Naturwissenschaften, vor allem der Biologie und Chemie, liegen. Die erweiterten Rechte würde ich dort beispielsweise einsetzen, um Löschdiskussionen zu entscheiden oder Umbenennungen durchzuführen. Allerdings würde ich mich nicht ausschließlich auf dieses Feld beschränken. Ich freue mich auf Kommentare und eure Stimmen.

--NEUROtiker ^⇌ 18:44, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Votes

Support I fully trust NEUROtiker. He has been an administrator on de-WP for 1.5 years without generating controversy. As far I remember, he has always stayed mellow. NEUROtiker is likely to be one of the three top uploaders of (very nice SVG) structural formulae to Commons. And IMHO we need more natural scientist admins here. --Leyo 20:36, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - per his answers - Huib talk 20:46, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support I know him from de-wp and can't imagine, that there will be problems. Dr. Al. K. Lisch (talk) 21:00, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
support —DerHexer (Talk) 21:33, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral for now. Waiting for an answer. Multichill (talk) 21:46, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Trusted user, well deserving of the sysop bit. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:28, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yikrazuul (talk) 22:46, 30 September 2009 (UTC) We need more admins here with a strong scientific background![reply]
Support Quality assurance in natural sciences is required to improve the accuracy and reputation of Commons. Helpers using the admin tools to improve filenames, resolve disputes or replace inaccurate files are always welcome. --Martin H. (talk) 00:56, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support — YourEyesOnly (talk) 02:01, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support some people whose opinions I respect seem to think you are ok :). Thanks for helping --Herby ^{talk thyme} 08:29, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Orci Disk. 09:51, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support — NEUROtiker is a sensible and hardworking uploader and caretaker. There is a lot of work to do in categorising and improving chemical images on Commons, so we need more chemical admins, and NEUROtiker will make an excellent one. He is fair and balanced, and always seeks to discuss and achieve consensus. The clash between Commons:Deletion requests and {{Disputed chem}} is not NEUROtiker's fault, it's just a developing area in Commons policy. Don't let this issue get in the way of appointing good admins. --Ben (talk) 12:33, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Has a sound scientific background! --Jue (talk) 12:40, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support- NEUROtiker did a good job (and still does) in de.Wikipedia as admin as well as scientist. --FK1954 (talk) 17:41, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Rastrojo _(D•ES) 18:46, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Trustworthy, knowledgeable, reliable. Edgar181 (talk) 19:52, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Rocket000 (talk) 20:22, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Thanks you for volunteering to do more. :-) The extra tools will allow this knowledgeable and trusted user to do more helpful stuff for Commons. FloNight ♥♥♥ 09:22, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Looks like a useful and eager candidate. feydey ^(talk) 16:03, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support --JWBE (talk) 17:01, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support --ALE! ¿…? 12:21, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Pmlinediter (talk) 10:09, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Kjetil_r 14:10, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Comment - Are you aware of Commons:Deletion policy? Are you going to work according to this policy? Huib talk 19:05, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, I know the policy and of course I would follow it. Up to now I haven't been overly active at the deletion requests. That's why I wouldn't rush in the beginning, but instead begin slowly being open for feedback. Although I have gained experience as an admin on the german wp for over a year, things are quite different here on Commons, which I would always keep in mind. --NEUROtiker ^⇌ 20:10, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - So if I understand correctly you are willing to help in Deletion requests but would not take any action when you aren't complete sure? Huib talk 20:12, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Basically yes. I wouldn't start with very controversial cases. And if I discovered cases, where I'm not completely sure, there would always be the possibility to ask other admins for help or advice. --NEUROtiker ^⇌ 20:35, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - I see you're active at Category:Low quality chemical diagrams. Do you understand that deleting redundant/bad quality files without listing them at Commons:Deletion requests is not allowed? Do you understand that {{Disputed chem}} is a breach of this policy? What are you going to do about this? Multichill (talk) 21:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        Not again the "discussion" about "keep the crap"...--Yikrazuul (talk) 22:47, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        Your disrespect of our policies is shocking. Multichill (talk) 08:35, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        
        I would just like to remind that the goal of tagging chemical structures is to assure their correctness and their quality. We are a rather small group of users who spend many hours to find out the exact structure of substances (not always a trivial task), and to draw and upload images. By doing so, we also do quality assurance in projects such as Portuguese, Russian or Japanese Wikipedia, Italian Wikibooks among many others. If it is appropriate and after giving some time to the original uploader to do it him-/herself, we often upload the new version on top of the old (only with the necessary changes, but without changing unnecessary things like the perspective), which allows keeping the old version in the history and visible to all users. --Leyo 08:24, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        And in your enthusiasm you conveniently decide to ignore our policies. Multichill (talk) 08:35, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        This is your opinion. Other admins also have opinions on you. We both just have to accept that, but we do not necessarily have to agree. :-) --Leyo 09:08, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

@Multichill: I am aware that there's a discrepancy between the Deletion policy and the current procedure to treat chemical drawings that are disputed because of low quality or incorrectness. There has been quite a lot of discussion concerning this issue, that to some extent has lead to a consensus: e.g. here.
I approve the deletion of those disputed chemical drawings without regular DR in unambiguous cases, provided that they have been tagged for at least 30 days, the uploader has been notified, they are not used on any project and – if those images are not completely unuseable – that there is an adequate alternative. In ambiguous cases, in particular with images disputed only because of low quality, I consider a regular DR as essential. This also seems to be the consensus among the users that are involved in this process. In my opinion the best solution would be to add a clause to the policy reflecting the consensus. That would prevent having the same discussion over and over. --NEUROtiker ^⇌ 11:06, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Thank you very much for offering to spend more of you're free time here on Commons. Huib talk 19:05, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- You're very welcome! I certainly wouldn't do, if I didn't enjoy it here. --NEUROtiker ^⇌ 20:10, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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