Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/NGerda 1

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

NGerda

My works include:

Scouring the NASA Image Database to find the right image of Opportunity stuck in a sand dune for this article, which then was picked up by several big-name news sources (See Space.com and Discovery Channel).
Making this satellite image from NASA to Satellite imagery shows viewing stand for North Korean nuclear test.
Frequent updates to Lead Articles
Adding the new Special Report image.
Currently working on fulfilling this request by translating this article from Portuguese to English, here

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by NGerda (talk • contribs) 00:06, 11 May 2005‎

Just too soon, I'm afraid. We really need to get to know you over a few months before we can make you an admin. Don't be put off though - no-one has been made an admin without contributing for some months first. Further, being an admin is no big deal. It really isn't. All they can do is delete and protect pages (but only after consensus with others), and block vandals. You can list stories on Latest news etc yourself right now. Dan100 (Talk) 12:32, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - This user is much to new. --Cspurrier 20:34, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. → CGorman (Talk) 21:20, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh well, I'll try again in a few months. Thanks for being honest guys. NGerda 22:38, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

To me, the issue in these decisions is whether a user can be entrusted with the additional tools that administrators have. After using transclusion instead of renaming at Croatian election results, and then replacing a redirect with a transclusion at Results of 2005 Croatian local government elections despite this explanation, this help page, and this edit history comment, it is clear that this user needs more experience with the ordinary editing tools and more knowledge of the basic mechanics of wikis before being let loose with more powerful tools. The user is clearly well-intentioned, and wants to impove Wikinews. But at the moment there's too great a risk of similar mistakes being made when wielding the administrator toolset. Oppose. Uncle G 13:48, 16 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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