Wikibooks:Requests for permissions/Uncle G

+Administrator
I'm nominating Uncle G because he has proven himself to be an avid supporter of new ideas here on Wikibooks and has a very through understanding of policies both here at Wikibooks and elsewhere on other Wikimedia projects. By looking at his list of contributions, he has also been very active in a wide number of areas on Wikibooks, and has made numerous positive contribution. I have not agreed with him on some issues, but his replies have always been well versed and based on solid principles and concepts, even when I thought he was wrong. I don't expect him to be 100% active in administrative duties, but we certainly can use some more administrators here on Wikibooks, and this is one person who I would not object to at all becoming an adminstrator. I hope you accept this nomination. --Rob Horning 10:51, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * My reply is the same as it was at Wiktionary, Wikinews, and Wikipedia. As far as I'm concerned, what are important are whether you (plural) think that I can be trusted with the abilities to delete/undelete/protect/unprotect articles and block/unblock users; and whether giving me those tools will benefit the project.  I haven't nominated myself anywhere, but I have accepted where nominated.  In addition to my edit history here, you may also consider whether you think that that trust would be well placed by looking at my history of wielding (and indeed not wielding) administrator tools on the aforementioned three projects.  As I said the very first time at Wiktionary, much of what I do doesn't involve the need for administrator tools, although I add to that from experience since then that the ability to actually block Ass Pus straightaway and then roll back efficiently has proven to be handy. Uncle G 03:26:26, 2005-08-23 (UTC)


 * Support - I think that making Uncle G and administrator would be good for Wikibooks. Geo.T 04:01, 23 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Support -- From what I've seen of Uncle G I can be sure that we can trust him with our little book project we have going here. :-) MShonle 19:54, 23 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Support - Kellen T 18:24, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Done - Aya T E C 15:36, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

+CheckUser
Uncle G is a long time sysop of Wikibooks and is really devoted to site cleanup. He fights vandals, deletes rubbish and is active on the project. I don't know him personally, so I think he would be good person to control my CheckUser activity. I hope he will be accepted by the community of Wikibooks. --Derbeth talk 21:10, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

For what it's worth, I plan to be very strict about user privacy. Uncle G 23:41, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I've come back to this discussion after a period of absence, to find to my surprise that it is still going! Uncle G 15:57, 1 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Support. --JMRyan 21:46, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --Dragontamer 21:47, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support &#45; Athrash | T a l k 22:01, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * He'll get my support as soon as he accepts the nominations. --Whiteknight (talk) (current) 23:36, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I already accepted it on my talk page. &#9786; Uncle G 23:41, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --Gentgeen 07:05, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --Krischik T 10:37, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --Xerol Oplan 11:00, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --kwhitefoot 11:01, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --Rob Horning 14:26, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose -- I guess a vote that was cast over 7 months ago can be reviewed. This opposition is mainly due to inactivity, and that other strong candidates seem to be coming forward.  Uncle G certainly has done some good things on Wikibooks.  --Rob Horning 09:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support -Matt 17:47, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose - User has become inactive and we need a constant contributor here to perform CheckUser look-ups. -within focus 15:33, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --Derbeth talk 18:00, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose 4 months of inactivity. --Derbeth talk 20:39, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --Kernigh 21:50, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --Gabe Sechan 22:01, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Guanaco 03:44, 6 January 2006 (UTC) Weak oppose. I would support, but I don't think we need anyone with checkuser at this time.
 * Support. We need people who are better equipped to fight vandals. Vandalism isn't a huge problem here yet, so we don't need many users with these permissions, but we can pick some of the most active and trustworthy people off the top of the list, and let them get used to the new privledges. --Whiteknight (talk) (current) 05:02, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Decent editor. Seems trustworthy. -- LV (Dark Mark) 16:21, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Abstain. Just to indicate that I am aware of this potentially useful tool – and hope never to witness the need for it. David Kernow 20:57, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --Hagindaz 13:35, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. Uncle G is one of our chief caretakers (and has been for some time), I see nothing wrong with giving his broom some new bristles. :) GarrettTalk 04:59, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Support RobinH 12:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Kellen T 10:56, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Junkeater 19:23, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Junkeater 19:24, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Support - I've seen Uncle G in action on WP, and he seems quite trustworthy and dedicated, which pretty much sums up my list of qualifications for someone holding this tool. SB_Johnny  | talk 18:15, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Withdrawing my vote due to inactivity (neutral, not opposing). -- SB_Johnny | talk 21:41, 1 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Support AlbertCahalan 22:27, 20 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Could not achieve in almost a year's time. Stagnated and thus failed. -within focus 02:35, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

-Administrator
Uncle G was elected 1 September 2005. Based on VVV's adminstats tool, which counts admin actions, not edit (so I may have missed someone inactive). &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 21:41, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Last edit was December 2007.
 * Last admin action was May 2007.
 * I'm still here. Uncle G (talk) 12:23, 6 November 2008 (UTC)