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#'''Support'''. I thought he was an admin too. Very positive contributer. [[User:Jtmichcock|Jtmichcock]] 03:55, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
#'''Support'''. I thought he was an admin too. Very positive contributer. [[User:Jtmichcock|Jtmichcock]] 03:55, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
#'''Support'''. Near record-breaking support vote. [[User:Carbonite|Carbonite]] | [[User talk:Carbonite|Talk]] 03:59, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
#'''Support'''. Near record-breaking support vote. [[User:Carbonite|Carbonite]] | [[User talk:Carbonite|Talk]] 03:59, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
#:Wait a second...My vote did break the record! Congrats, BDAbramson, you deserve it. [[User:Carbonite|Carbonite]] | [[User talk:Carbonite|Talk]] 04:01, 3 December 2005 (UTC)


'''Oppose'''
'''Oppose'''

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BDAbramson

Requests_for_adminship/BDAbramson|action=edit}} Vote here (109/0/0) ending 00:07, Wednesday, December 7, 2005 (UTC)

BDAbramson (talk · contribs) – BDAbramson is a great Wikipedian. He has been here since February and since then has amassed a whopping 32,763 edits! He participates a lot in VfD and has written (or participated in writing) many law-related articles which have reached a quality that I envy. He is civil, intelligent and I know that he would use his SysOp rights very carefully. I'm sure he would make an excellent administrator. Izehar 00:04, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: With gratitude to Izehar - and everyone else who has offered - I accept this nomination, and hope for the approval of my peers. BDAbramson T 00:07, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Support

  1. No fair jumping the gun! Support -- DS1953 00:39, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  2. I've found BDAbramson to be very reasonable and helpful, even if he does spend an unhealthy amount of time at AFD. We can certainly use more lawyer Wikipedians, though how one can find time to make 30000 edits and still pass the bar is a wonder to me. Dragons flight 01:14, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Strong support. An excellent editor. I thought he was an admin already. Mushroom 01:28, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Even stronger support. Didn't think he was an admin, but knew he should be. All due apologies to the community for not having nominated him sooner myself. TomerTALK 05:00, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Support, with no reservations. Jkelly 06:19, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Massive Support BDAbramson has been unfailingly one of the very best of the good eggs. Admin this one fast, before he changes his mind...Hamster Sandwich 16:44, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Strongly Support Everything above clearly sums it up. Prodego 17:39, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support, Why not!?

    I Am Ri¢h! My Rich Contributions/My Wealthy Talk 2024-12-28 14:34 UTC

  9. Support. I kid you not, I came to this page via Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/nominate as I was preparing to post Abramson's nomination at 00:00 GMT, about 15 minutes from now. Hall Monitor 23:43, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Support No problems here. Good editor. --a.n.o.n.y.m t 00:10, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  11. (after edit conflicts) Flcelloguy (A note?) 00:11, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Support Wow, just wow. Okay, I'm leaving again. Quentin Pierce 00:15, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Lukewarm support in expectation of an extremely easy passage. Tintin 00:17, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Universal support - Is this an April-Fool's Day or a December's one?!! I've always thought BDA was the president of Wikipedia! -- Svest 00:19, 1 December 2005 (UTC)  Wiki me up™[reply]
    Hey now, don't get me confused with this guy! Would've been a regular riot if I'd waited until next April 1 to accept a nom, though. BDAbramson T 16:56, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    I didn't mean the king! But really, as Tito comments just an inch below; I was like this guy has always been an admin! -- Svest 23:38, 1 December 2005 (UTC)  Wiki me up™[reply]
    I am not sure about the record of support votes ever gotten by a candidate but I guess that it would be around 208! Don't ask me how I got that number! -- Svest 20:33, 2 December 2005 (UTC)  Wiki me up™[reply]
  15. (after five edit conflicts, this isn't funny!): Oppose, not enough edits. No, seriously, Strong support, extremely active Wikipedian, has a ton of substantive edits to the Project namespace, and I seriously thought he was an admin when I was a newbie. Titoxd(?!? - did you read this?) 00:21, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Support - Excellent and dedicated contributer. Sango123 (talk) 00:22, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Support; he's not one already?! Kirill Lokshin 00:23, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Cue (yet again) I thought he was an admin support. SoLando (Talk) 00:27, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Strong Support; he's a ridiculously dedicated editor who I've seen around, and been impressed by, many times. For months I've thought this was long overdue. --Idont Havaname 00:39, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Summa cum support - Without a single reservation. FCYTravis 00:40, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Support I thought he already was one. --Wikiacc (talk) 00:58, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Support. NatusRoma 01:10, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Support vote is a no-brainer Dlyons493 Talk 01:16, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Support - I thought he was an admin already too. Cookiecaper 01:17, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  25. support he is a good person Yuckfoo 01:22, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  26. Support, good guy. Christopher Parham (talk) 01:27, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Support I don't believe he isn't an admin. NSLE (讨论+extra) 01:29, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Strong support Absolutely. Robert T | @ | C 01:36, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Support; been impressed by this one for a while now. Antandrus (talk) 01:42, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  30. Support seen this user around doing good things. And so many edits!!!--Alhutch 01:43, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  31. Support Will make a fine admin --Rogerd 01:51, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  32. Strong Support of course. Great work at AfD! Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 02:00, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  33. Seriously, not an admin?! Andre (talk) 02:21, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  34. Support This is only a formality, and a long overdue one at that. This will greatly enhance Wikipedia's quality level.--MONGO 02:23, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  35. Support. Looks like Christmas came early this year! TenOfAllTrades(talk) 02:42, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  36. Geesh. Take a few hours off and look at the Support pile already. --hydnjo talk 02:51, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  37. Speedy Support Just close this already and promote him a perfect canditate for adminship --Jaranda(watz sup) 02:53, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  38. Strong support. Can't believe he isn't... etc. Cnwb 03:04, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  39. Support. Look ma, a bandwagon! Can I jump on? Huh huh please? Thanks! —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 03:37, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    No. Mom 07:59, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
    Wah! I never get to do anything fun. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 15:57, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  40. , without a second thought. Splashtalk 05:03, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  41. Easiest RFA decision ever. Redwolf24 (talk) Attention Washingtonians! 05:09, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  42. Oppose I will leave Wikipedia if he gets admin! zomg cabal! erm...I mean.....Support, for obvious reasons. --Phroziac . o º O (mmmmm chocolate!) 05:12, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  43. OH MY GOSH, BD's becoming an admin! Super-super-super-super-super-super SUPPORT Yeah, I sorta think he's qualified.  ;) Xoloz 05:14, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  44. Support, I guess I can't really add much other than to say that I also very much respect BD's judgment and look forward to his help in admin tasks. Dmcdevit·t 06:05, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  45. Support I thought he already was an admin. --TheParanoidOne 06:33, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  46. Support. Absolutely. Excellent contributor to the encyclopedia and the community. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:11, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  47. Support, just piling up here :) Lectonar 07:24, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  48. Support oops, I'm too late.  Grue  07:44, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  49. Support --pgk(talk) 07:45, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  50. Oppose. He wouldn't stand when I offered to nominate him (pout). Grutness...wha? 08:08, 1 December 2005 (UTC) oh, all right. Support, then. [reply]
    For the record, Grutness was the first editor to extend such an offer, and more than six months ago at that. BDAbramson T 16:50, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  51. Support – =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:30, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  52. Support. Hey, I honestly thought he was one already. I've had much positive experience with him. He's a sure candidate. — JIP | Talk 08:34, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  53. Support - I too must join the "I thought he was one already" bandwagon. Lets see if he can get 100 support votes - he sure deserves them. Thryduulf 09:16, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  54. Support - a very familiar name, a very deserving name. Barneyboo (Talk) 09:21, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  55. Oh my god you're not an admin yet support. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 09:47, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  56. I plead the fifth err I mean support.  ALKIVAR™ 10:24, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  57. Disambig Support. - Darwinek 12:16, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  58. Supreme support. One of those names that pops up everywhere. --bainer (talk) 12:57, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  59. Support: This has been a looooong time coming. He is the epitome of deserving. I've joked with him before that he kept delaying a nomination so that he could set the record for most supported nomination. I suspect the joke might become true. 59 support votes in ~13 hours. Wow! --Durin 13:53, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  60. Support Steve block talk 13:53, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  61. Oppose. 32000 edits in 9 months is silly, I want proof that he isn't some editing-machine... Bah, see as though it's nearly the holidays, I'll Support. Rje 14:48, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  62. Support we don't always have the same view, but this guy is a great contributor and will use the mop wisely. Alf melmac 14:59, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  63. Strong Support! - I've worked with this editor on Pizza delivery Always helpful, always easy to work with. I'd love to see him get the mop! ;] --негіднийлють (Reply|Spam Me!*) 15:02, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  64. Strong Support - Why did you make us wait so long? ;-) Now we have to figure who will take your role as the best non-admin at en.wiki. NoSeptember talk 17:06, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  65. Support! He has essentially been doing admin work for longer than many admins, and doing a fine job at that. Owen× ☎ 17:15, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  66. Support. Insert lawyer joke here. --Deathphoenix 17:31, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  67. Speedy promote and delist from RFA. Silensor 17:35, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  68. You're not? I could have sworn you were. Wow. Ral315 (talk) 17:43, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  69. It's 'bout time Zzyzx11 (Talk) 17:45, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  70. Support.It's time Looks like a good choice. It's time.--Dakota t e 17:49, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  71. Support. FireFox 17:59, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  72. —Cryptic (talk) 19:16, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  73. Support. --Kbdank71 19:53, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  74. Support Why havent I supported yet? The old clichè, I seriously thought he was a senior admin. Great guy, great editor, (will be) great administrator. Banes 20:38, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  75. Support. I think he will be a fair admin. Also, I see his name everywhere. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 20:53, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  76. Support So many edits?? wow, just based on that alone you get my support, good luck. Gryffindor 20:56, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  77. Support Very worthy. PJM 21:10, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  78. Michael Snow 21:14, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  79. Extreme "Sorry I'm late" support - How could I have missed this? --Celestianpower hablamé 21:23, 1 December 2005 (UTC)support -[reply]
  80. Yeah. Yippee, I'm 80! JFW | T@lk 21:32, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  81. Duh BDAbramson's so good that I don't need to tell you how good he is, so i'm going to talk about Chewbacca. karmafist 21:36, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  82. Support. Seems like good admin material, and I've encountered this user many times while reverting vandals. Wait, that didn't come out right... Honestly, another person who I already thought was an admin. :/ --Syrthiss 21:42, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  83. Speedy promote per all above. — Phil Welch 21:44, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  84. You have got to be kidding me. --Merovingian 22:25, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  85. Support for the guy with the green sig --TimPope 22:25, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  86. Support I thought he was already, as others have said. Tedernst | Talk 22:29, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  87. Support thought he was already an admin, definitely deserving. JtkieferT | C | @ ---- 22:36, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  88. — Dunc|☺ 23:02, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  89. Support - about time! Guettarda 23:04, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  90. TO PILE IT ON!εγκυκλοπαίδεια* (talk) 23:24, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  91. Support, BDAbramson's green sig has been followed by too many eye-catching sigs, also I suspect that this vote was conceived only to catch as many support votes as possible, hmm. feydey 00:49, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  92. Strong support One of the greatest Wikipedians. CanadianCaesar 01:13, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  93. Strong Support. Its about damn time. Oran e (t) (c) (e-mail) 02:03, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  94. Support yayness! --cj | talk 02:51, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  95. EXTREME SUPPORT! I thought BDAbramson was a bureaucrat already....wow. How can you have that many edits and not be an admin? :-D I'm glad (and downright proud) to have this support in my contributions list, and to have the opportunity to support you, BD. --WikiFanaticTalk Contribs 22:44, 1 December 2005 (CST)
  96. What!? He's not already an admin? Support. --TantalumTelluride 05:48, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  97. Gasp! Flowerparty■ 13:53, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  98. The first time I can truly say I THOUGHT YOU WERE AN ADMIN! Now all those awkward glances and strange discussions make sense. :) — BRIAN0918 • 2005-12-2 15:06
  99. Support Joke137 16:53, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  100. 100th Supporter Support ∾ → Ξxtreme Unction {yakłblah} 17:21, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  101. Support This person is arguably the most important person to Wikipedia right now, and if he wants the mop, he should have it. Youngamerican 17:30, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  102. I don't usually bother voting when an Admin candidate already has a clear majority, but in this case I'll make an exception. Support, support, support! --Angr (t·c) 17:49, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  103. Going for the record support. He deserves it. Lord Bob 18:09, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  104. . Like he needs this vote, looks like a good bet.--Che Perez 18:12, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  105. Unnecessary but very enthusiastic support vote. Szyslak ( [ +t, +c, +m, +e ]) 20:22, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  106. Support, I've seen this editor around frequently; good edits, reasonable, polite. --MPerel ( talk | contrib) 21:55, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  107. Support How can I not? -Greg Asche (talk) 22:03, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  108. Support. I never thought I'd utter the cliche RfA words "I thought he was already an admin," but I'll be damned. 108 votes, I love it (go for the record!) -Mysekurity 00:40, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  109. Support --tomf688{talk} 01:46, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  110. Support December is a cold month, this is a cold editor, I can see why he wanted to wait until December to stand for adminship. Smmurphy 02:51, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  111. Baaaa (-: JYolkowski // [[User talk:JYolkowski|talk]] 03:38, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  112. Support. I thought he was an admin too. Very positive contributer. Jtmichcock 03:55, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  113. Support. Near record-breaking support vote. Carbonite | Talk 03:59, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    Wait a second...My vote did break the record! Congrats, BDAbramson, you deserve it. Carbonite | Talk 04:01, 3 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

Neutral

Comments

Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
A. I’ve already been closing AfDs (within my limitations) for a while, so as an admin I’d be able to do that for those that run in either direction, and the same for categories, images, redirects, and miscellany. I have also had a number of occasions to bother admins with requests for page moves, and would like to be able to handle those myself. I have no compunction about blocking an obvious vandal – I was recently reminded of one time when I really wished I had administrative powers was when my friend Hamster Sandwich was being spoofed - twice in two weeks - by a vandal who signed up with punctuated variations of his user name.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A. Being a lawyer, I’m most pleased with the work I’ve done on Wikipedia:WikiProject Law, and on the law portal. I believe that those of us who have worked on that project are taking some concrete steps towards making Wikipedia the most comprehensive free internet source of information on the common law. For no particular reason, I like diversity jurisdiction, abstention doctrine, minimum contacts, lost, mislaid, and abandoned property, and I think demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States is coming along nicely. About half of the articles I’ve started have been law-related. I’m also very happy with the look of the many law-related templates that I started, which can be seen here right under Wikitools.
Outside of law, I've also been a regular on several projects, particularly disambig fixes – I’m sure I’ve done at least ten thousand by now. I have several a regular offenders on my user page which I check every few days to correct new links as they pop up. I’ve done a lot of work on Wikipedia:Most wanted articles, and on the Encarta missing articles project before it was deleted over copyright concerns. I prodded Beland to start Wikipedia:Templates with red links, and I also made and maintain the MiniAWFP, which I’m delighted to see is now a stock feature of the Wikipedia:Community Portal.
3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
A.Conflicts? I've had a few… but then again, too few to mention. I did what I had to do, and saw it through without exemption...
I've had several articles nominated for deletion (mostly early on), and each instance was upsetting, since I obviously thought them to be valid topics. In the early cases, I had failed to source or develop the articles sufficiently, or had written from a POV. I guess I resolved those pretty much by learning to write the encyclopedic way. I was too snippy when Self-induced abortion was so nominated (though it was resoundingly kept), and I apologized for that.
I had all kinds of controversy regarding Alleged causes of Hurricane Katrina, which I started as a sponge for "alternative" theories and conspiracy theories that were getting stuck in more mainstream articles about that event. It was nominated for deletion and came through about 50/50, but it raised some other disputes. One with Gmaxwell about the global warming materials, and the other with Prodego regarding his desire to censor some rather nasty quotes. Both were resolved through talk page discussion – with Gmaxwell, we just had a miscommunication – he was opposed to claims that global warming caused that specific disaster, while I was just trying to demonstrate that such claims were being raised in the context of Katrina, not that they were true. With Prodego, I just had to lead him to understand that Wikipedia is not censored, and now we get along fine.
Most recently, I've been in a running dispute with some tax protesters over articles such as Tax protester, Income tax in the United States, Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and Irwin Schiff. I've worked in a federal court and seen the consequences of tax evasion imposed firsthand. I doubt many people are coming to Wikipedia for tax advice, but I still think it's dangerous to allow such certain theories to be put forward without pointing out that courts have, in fact rejected these theories at every turn (and people who follow them may go to jail, and will definitely end up paying those taxes). I and a few other editors have been reverting the wholly unsupportable assertions, and neutralizing the POV inherent in the claims that sound reasonable, but are based on erroneous statements of law. Of course, as I'm involved in these disputes, I would never use the power to block an editor or protect a page as a tool to forward my position there.
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