Wikibooks:Requests for permissions/Adrignola

User:Adrignola has been doing some great work around here cleaning and organizing things. As he travels through our collection he should be able to mark good pages when he sees them, and also to revert any vandalism that he finds. I would really like to promote him to admin since his organization shows that he really understands some of our policies and our procedures. But, being a Rollbacker and a Reviewer is a good first step in turning people into admins later. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 17:40, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[]

Support I've been helping him here and there and agree he's been doing some good work, even if I don't agree with him all the time. --darklama 17:49, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[]

Does he / she know they need to come here and accept first? Unusual? Quite ^TalkQu 18:28, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[]

I will accept and take seriously any responsibilities you feel should be entrusted to me. -- Adrignola ^{talk contribs} 22:40, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[]

Support His (her?) dedication is both remarkable and obvious. --Jomegat (talk) 23:26, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[]

Comment This user's gender is male. -- Adrignola ^{talk contribs} 23:54, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[]

Thanks for clarifying. I hate to assume! --Jomegat (talk) 00:03, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[]

Done per support here & my own observations of good work over several weeks.  — Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 01:37, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[]

I think it's high time Adrignola was made an administrator. The work he's done here clearly demonstrates his thoughtfulness, attention to detail, and general knowledge not only of the MediaWiki software, but also of how the Wikibooks community operates. Having him as an admin here would do nothing but enhance this project. --Jomegat (talk) 14:43, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[]

Adrignola has been doing great work helping in improving the category system and I would like to see that continue. Even though the tools can be helpful at times, they can also be a source of distraction and take time away from doing other things like categorization. I would rather Adrignola waited until most of the categorization work has been finished before accepting the tools. I hope Adrignola will decline the tools at this time. --darklama 15:00, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[]

I have always defended the view Darklama expresses above, but it seems that it hasn't been a very convincing argument in the past. Adrignola has already expressed his intention to accept in private, he seems to be vary calm and able to engage in dialog to access his options going so far as requesting comments from older Wikibookians. I doubt that in this case he will stop the extensive work he has been doing (that would probably mean the undoing of most of it given some time). I'm still hoping to see how things shape up and see some guidelines (categories and subject) be worked out on how best to maintain the order that is now emerging, as the most interested party on having that happen I don't think Adrignola will quit the job because of a new shiny toy :), the only issue would be the impulsive use of the tools on the task at hand but using a timeout for actions I don't foresee any problem, categories were always a very chaotic issue, we all have our preferences but having someone clearing out the mess is a boon. --Panic (talk) 18:20, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[]

I would say it is a matter of focus and knowing when to do certain things. My immediate plans for the near term are organizing the remaining subject category I have not touched yet, Subject:Science, and clearing out Special:UncategorizedPages, Special:UncategorizedCategories, Special:UncategorizedFiles, Special:UncategorizedTemplates, and Special:WantedCategories. Any additional rights that may or may not be granted will not change that. The only things I can think of that I would do differently in the near future would be things that would ease the burden on the current administrators, such as deleting new page vandalism, which I cannot roll back with rollbacker rights and can only mark for speedy deletion, and immediate removal of empty categories instead of tagging them for speedy deletion. Edit history merges or the satisfaction of transwiki requests would have to wait until I have time to read the documentation on performing them correctly. Being granted editor and rollbacker privileges did not break my stride; I fail to see how this would be any different. I have my priorities and intend to see categorization and the replacement of the bookshelves to completion, regardless of the outcome of this discussion. I accept either result. -- Adrignola ^{talk contribs} 22:37, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[]

Support- --Panic (talk) 22:48, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[]

Support I cannot think of a more qualified person to get these tools. --Jomegat (talk) 23:42, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[]

Support Chazz (talk) 06:12, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[]

Support Unusual? Quite ^TalkQu 11:19, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[]

Support - I don't find darklama's argument very convincing, and I think Adrignola will make a good administrator. They're doing good work which would be helped by having access to the sysop toolset, I trust them with the tools, and so they should have the tools.  — Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 13:41, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[]

Support - The work that Adrignola has undertaken has undoubtedly benefited the project massively, and access to the sysop tools can only help further this good work Reece (Talk) (Contributions) 21:59, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[]

Support - Our first admin candidate in some time who is quite so active in doing such a copious amount "dirty work" ;-). (Closing, but thought I'd pile on anyway) --SB_Johnny ^talk 20:39, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[]

Done Congrats! --SB_Johnny ^talk 20:39, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[]