Wikibooks:Requests for permissions/Kellen

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A "seasoned" veteran (pun intended), Kellen knows wikibooks top to bottom, including tools like DPL which few others completely understand. Primarily active in the Cookbook, but as that's probably our largest project, it's appropriate that active members there should have admin tools for blocking, deleting, and of course importing wikipedia's huddled masses of unappreciated recipes. --SB_Johnny | ^talk 16:17, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[]

Thanks for the nomination; I'll accept. In my defense: I've been active on wikibooks since 06 January 2005, and have made over 6000 edits to wikibooks. I've been involved in a good number of policy and deletion discussions in that time and in particular have pushed for a greater understanding of consensus and a more inclusive idea of what a textbook is or can be. A point of concern about my adminship may be that I have mostly focused on the Cookbook. The cookbook is the largest book, and unfortunately is also the most disorganized and full of poor content; it has been my goal to standardize formatting, naming, templates, and categories, and to delete or clean up low quality material. Pursuant to this goal, I've written Cookbook:Policy and done much of this reorganization myself. So I hope I can be forgiven for a narrow focus in the past. Kellen ^T 16:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[]

• Support -- --Panic 17:01, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[]
• Support. Kellen was kind enough to welcome me and has done what they can to help me find my way around. A safe pair of hands I'm sure Herby ^{talk thyme} 18:14, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[]
• Support - I thought you already were one. This shows that there are too many active usernames starting with the letter "K". Also, I don't think being a specific book editor is bad at all. I personally maintain the Muggles' Guide which needs the work due to its size. Now the Cookbook can have a sysop to clean up when it's needed. -withinfocus 22:16, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[]
• Support The same applies to me, I always thought that Kellen had sysop rights. Doing lots of work in Cookbook (largest book on Wikibooks), I think he should become a sysop. --Derbeth ^talk 08:57, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[]
• Strong Support. Kellen fits the very definition of an admin: helpful, trusted, active. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 13:25, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[]
• Support. Two years active, and no admin yet? The current admins must have been sleeping ;) --Kempm 16:03, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[]

Due to the overwhelming support, I see no reason to delay this vote any longer. This user is now a sysop. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 17:06, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[]

Kellen was elected 31 October 2006.

• Has been editing recently, but no admin actions since April 2007.
• Based on VVV's adminstats tool, which counts admin actions, not edit (so I may have missed someone inactive). — Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 21:41, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[]

  Yeah, I'm not very active here at the moment, and I only got admin superpowers after I had already done the bulk of cookbook-related cleanup (thus no deletions, etc). Adminship shouldn't be a big deal, so I don't really think there's a problem with inactive admins (including the others here), but if consensus is to de-op inactive admins I can always reapply in the future. Kellen ^T 10:31, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[]

  Suggest not desysopping. This user is still active. Geo.plrd (talk) 17:59, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[]

  Suggest we do. Sysops is no big deal, and by their own admission they have done what they have set out to do and have explained why they have not had a need for the tools in over a year. As Kellen has also said, they can request them again if ever a need arises. --darklama 18:53, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[]