On 6/14/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
Just when you think you've seen it all...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Herostratus
One editor opposes adminship on the grounds that Herostratus has some nicely executed fake "categories" on his user page:
Categories: Wikipedians who have a crowbar embedded in their skull | Wikipedians who insist that the word "lobster" be included in every article | Carbon-based life forms | Wikipedians who are Floyd Alvis Cooper | Delightfully insouciant Wikipedians | Animated cartoon squirrels
Probably just fallout from the usebox thing. Although it does show that the candidate has a poor taste in skins.
Others think that his use of non-standard warnings means he doesn't take vandalism seriously enough
Yeah well not everyone has been here long enough to remeber the hayday of User:Grunt and User:Grunt/Blocked
(does every admin have to be at the forefront of the fight against vandalism?)
No but historicaly most admins have had a background in vandle fighting. Always been tricky for non vandle fighters to get through.