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Closed as withdrawn, per request. Tempodivalse [talk] 14:35, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Result

[edit] Srinivas (talk · contribs)

Hi, this is Srinivas. I am user mainly editing on Wikipedia but I manage to take time in editing Wikinews as I found it very interesting. I have over 4,000 edits on Wikipedia along with the rollback right, and some 300 edits here. See my list of articles here. Tempodivalse said that I can request for editor though I wanted to wait till December. I must have a mistake here and there but I think I have never abused my privileges and Wikinews. I think I can contribute better with this Editor privilege. Thank you, Srinivas 09:49, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Let us stop this process right here. I have understood that I am not capable of the status right now, but I will surely come back with new spirit and life next month to request this status. Thank you, Srinivas 12:46, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Comments - Questions

Question Special:ListGroupRights says that Editor comes packaged with rollback. So, can I use Huggle once I have editor rights? Srinivas 09:49, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

It doesn't work here. But there's not much need for it, we don't have as serious a vandalism problem as Wikipedia. the wub "?!" 10:42, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

The wub is right. Huggle isn't configured to work here, and there's really no need for it, as we get very little vandalism anyway (usually only 6-7 changes per day need to be reverted). Tempodivalse [talk] 14:13, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Per above, Huggle will not work here, and I think that is a good thing. I'd be very unhappy seeing people running around with anti-vandalism tools where there is minimal vandalism. This tool does not seem to be aware of Flagged Revisions which could have disastrous consequences were Huggle misused. If there becomes a reasonably clear need for this tool to be used here then clear functional specifications for needed changes should be agreed first. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 17:23, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

• Question How confident are you in your knowledge of the style guide? Are you confident that — if reviewing an article and performing appropriate copyedit prior to publication — you will pass articles that comply with WN:SG and are grammatically correct? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Brian McNeil (talk • contribs)

I am confident 4/5 to be truthful! Srinivas 14:30, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

I asked because I noted your work on this the other day. Several edits made, but never renamed to the WN:SG standard of downstyle. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 17:13, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Votes

• Support User has written a few good articles, and will do well with the editor bit, methinks. Tempodivalse [talk] 14:13, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Support—the user seems competent to me. Dendodge _T\^C 17:15, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

• Neutral I'm not sure if this user is fully aware of the standard layout of articles. If you view the first revision histories of this article, Srinivas categorised the article into Category:Wackynews and Category:Obituaries. While I personally didn't confront this as "wackynews", the second category is definitely irrelevant. My claims can be wrong though - maybe it could've been an error? Rana (talk) 11:00, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

I totally agree that I did a mistake but sorry if I have offended you, but, we all learn through mistakes. Now that I have done this mistake, I have learnt what is obituaries, about death. Tempodivalse has corrected the mistake. To be frank, I never repeat the mistakes I have done. (I may have again by mistake! :P) Thanks for pointing it out, Rana, I will keep that in mind. Srinivas 13:32, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose per concerns raised by Rana (talk · contribs), plus other investigation of that article. I am particularly concerned that someone be able to review an article and not know what an obituary is — so a little more work needed to improve my confidence. A side-issue that everyone who worked on that article should chastise themselves for is that w:Kilimanjaro is a redirect. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 18:34, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
• Weak oppose—sorry, but I have had a closer look at your contributions and am not sure you are quite ready yet. Your English is the main problem, it seems (I understand that English may not be your first language, but this job requires a slightly better command of the language), with problems being unusual sentence construction and lack of knowledge of the meanings of words (obituary, for example). I am sorry, but I'm not quite sure you are ready just yet. Try again in a month or so. Dendodge _T

\^C 16:18, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

• Oppose --I'm afraid the concerns highlighted above have made me a tad unsure. I think if you could demonstrate that you had learned and improved and try again in a month, then there's no reason why I would oppose. Good luck and keep it up!    Tris   20:10, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

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