Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Candidates/Frost

Nomination

Frost (talk · contribs · he/him) – Hello, I’m Frost! I spend most of my time on Wikipedia patrolling recent changes, reverting vandalism, identifying and removing spam, tagging improper pages for deletion, reporting vandals, sockpuppets, and users violating the username policy, among other activities.

About me - I created my account in 2017 and started to edit actively in late 2019. I took a break in early 2021 and returned in mid that year when I was granted the rollback right, though I was not as active as I had been before. A few months ago, I decided to put the rollback right to good use by getting into anti-vandalism. Since then, I've been on Wikipedia pretty much every day for hours.

I consider this a productive hobby as I learn new things here all the time. I try not to take anything on Wikipedia or the internet personally, so I’m able to navigate most situations without becoming stressed. I learn from mistakes and try to never repeat them. I observe how things are done by others and the feedback given to them then try to adopt those qualities myself.

I’ve never edited for pay, and this is my only account. Frost 08:43, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Please disclose whether you have ever edited Wikipedia for pay.

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. Please answer these questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. Why are you interested in becoming an administrator?

A: As someone who patrols recent changes regularly, I come across hundreds of problematic edits and page creations every day, many of which require blocking, deleting, protecting, revdeling, and other actions. Becoming an administrator would grant me the ability to deal with them directly instead of relying on the noticeboards. Furthermore, I would like to use the tools to help out at less frequented areas, such as Histmerge and Linkspam.

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

A: I’d say my best contributions come in the form of helping to keep the place clean from vandalism and other detriments. In the last four months, I’ve made hundreds of reports to AIV, RfPP, SPI, UAA, etc, against disruptive users and problematic pages, and hundreds of speedy deletion requests. Content-wise, I’ve worked on many Liverpool F.C.-related articles and created several articles about footballers. While I may not have any GAs, I believe my content creation work has demonstrated a strong understanding of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and improving articles I've created and other articles I'm interested in to achieve the GA assessment is a goal on my checklist for the future. However, for now, I am more active in the janitorial side of Wikipedia, and I intend to use the tools mostly for this.

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: There may have been disagreements regarding my actions here and there, but I believe my responses to them have been overall positive. When I do find myself in a conflict with another user, I try to understand their point of view and assess the situation neutrally, then see if there’s a mistake on my part or theirs before sharing my thoughts. An example of me handling a conflict is Giorgi Mamardashvili, where I made a change to the article and was reverted. I then proceeded to engage with the other user on the article's talk page and a resolution was reached.

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Discussion

• Links for Frost: Frost (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
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