I felt the need to have a place here to group together my participation in the things that require either a Support, Oppose, or Neutral vote, that I have participated in which relate to a particular user.
I do not participate in every RfA, although I routinely read and review most if not all that are submitted. I participate in less than 50% of current RfAs, and it is even rarer for me to oppose or declare neutrality.
My Standards
My standards are very fluid and they regularly change. I also reserve the right to
ignore my standards when I deem appropriate. That being said, there are some constants which do not change or only slightly vary:
Actually answer the standard questions and not just post a one-line response.
Displays knowledge of the policies through prior contributions to the areas the user requests the tools for.
Mainspace contributions not limited to vandalism reverts (even the creation of multiple stubs is enough to fulfil this)
DYKs; Good Articles; Featured Articles, Lists, Pictures, Topics are an even better indicator of the quality of the mainspace contributions.
Clean block log or last block occurred over 4 months prior.
Not have a previous Arbitration Committee ruling against which imposed editing restrictions or blocks/bans.
Edit summary usage near-perfect for at a minimum the last 150 major and minor edits.
Display a general helpfulness and willingness towards new editors when approached.
Nominations
The ed17 - Unsuccessful co-nomination with
TomStar81, closed 13 January 2009 by
EVula at (52/28/17) - 65%
TomStar81 (3rd attempt) - Successful co-nomination with
Roger Davies, closed 8 July 2008 by
WJBscribe at (80/18/2) - 81%
Parsecboy - Successful co-nomination with
Pewwer42, closed 24 February 2008 by
WJBscribe at (63/1/0) - 98%
Zeibura - Vandal-fighter, Good Article contributor, Acalamari nom.
Malinaccier - Recent change and username patrol, good answers to questions.
Gonzo fan2007 - Username patrol, Featured List contributor, impressive answers to questions.
Jauerback - Recent change patroller, impressed with interactions with fellow editors, and modified monobook.
Gwen Gale - Seen the editor around, and trust with the tools. Ignored my standards regarding ArbCom rulings.
Unsuccessful; Closed with the tally: (43/27/0)
Islander #2 - Recent change patroller, Impressive answers to questions.
Keliana - Reconfirmation RfA for an admin who used the right to vanish to combat real-life events surrounding a previous username. No controversial circumstances were found or disclosed. (
WP:100)
This one I was on the fence about and almost switched my support to neutral in the last days as a result of the arguments put forward from the opposes.
Walton One - Reconfirmation RfA for an Admin who relinquished the tools without controversial circumstances.
Tony Fox - Recent change patroller, DYK and Good Article contributor.
Ioeth - Recent change and new page patroller. Creator and maintainer of
Friendly.
Oppose
MZMcBride #4 - Still no trust with the tools and his judgment, even a year later.
MZMcBride #3 - No trust with the tools and judgment — both of these have been called into question by the Arbitration Committee during two cases before that committee.
Successful; Closed with the tally: (203/67/6) (
WP:200)
MZMcBride #2 - Reconfirmation RfA submitted two days after resigining while an Arbitration Committee case against him was still pending which included a passing remedy which would have de-sysoped him indefinitely. Absolutely no trust with the tools. (See
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/MZMcBride which I initiated for more)
Withdrew early; Closed with the tally: (65/56/11)
Ottava Rima - Behavior, temperament, incivility, block log, absolutely no trust with the tools. Badgered almost every single oppose and made semi-personal attacks, and told an editor that he should retire again.
Unsuccessful; Closed with the tally: (60/108/17)
Redmarkviolinist #3 - Numerous concerns about communication, hasty decision-making and maturity.
Withdrawn by 'crat early; tally: (10/22/6)
The Transhumanist #5 - 5th RfA in 10 months (3rd self-nom), complete lack of RfA etiquette, replied to most opposes, actually saw people !vote per Kurt.
Withdrew early; Closed with the tally: (65/84/16)
Jordan Payne - Extremely low edit count, fortress mentality, didn't heed consensus not to nominate.
thedemonhog - Limited contributions to anything outside of TV-related articles. Suggested waiting a few months and gaining additional outside experience before another RfA.
No Consensus; Closed with the tally: (31/14/12)
Notes
^Holds the record for lowest edit count prior to being granted adminship (less than 50 edits)
I usually participate in every RfB that I see when looking at
WP:RFA on a regular basis.
My Standards
Generally, I do not have set standards like RfA, for RfB, but there are certain things that will lead me to either not participate, oppose, or abstain via a neutral !vote.
To be expanded
Support
MBisanz - A well-rounded and capable user who has my trust. (
WP:200)
Juliancolton - A prolific and capable user who has my full trust. (
WP:200)
Closed as unsuccessful after
discussion, tally: (237/39/4)
Oppose
Maxim - Poor communication concerns regarding recent administrative actions.
Withdrawn by candidate early, tally: (10/22/3)
Neutral
Majorly #3 - Many issues, was a placeholder pending thorough investigation. Closed before my investigation of the candidate was complete.
Withdrawn early, tally: (41/27/5)
Arbitration Committee Elections
Standards
Must be an Administrator and have at least one extra position of special community trust (Bureaucrat, Checkuser, Oversight, OTRS, Mediation Committee, Arbitration Committee Clerk, WikiProject Coordinator).
Also, what I consider to be the most important, who would I want to judge me if I was named as a party to an ArbCom case.
Jayvdb - One of 299 supports for an Admin, Oversighter, and former ArbCom clerk.
Elected and appointed to a three-year term in an expansion seat in Tranche Beta
Rlevse - One of 306 supports for an Admin, Bureaucrat, Checkuser, and lead coordinator of the
Scouting WikiProject.
Elected and appointed to a three-year term in Tranche Beta
Roger Davies - One of 218 supports for an Admin, and lead coordinator of the
Military history WikiProject. He seems to be following in the footsteps of
Kirill and has been described somewhere (not by me) as "a clone of Kirill".
Elected and appointed to a three-year term in Tranche Beta
WJBscribe - One of 268 supports for an Admin, Bureaucrat, and chair of the Mediation Committee.
Withdrew from the election and subsequently retired due to real-life time constraints.
Oppose — I decided to oppose certain candidates this year due to a multitude of reasons including previous experience/observations of the candidates and their actions.
Charles Matthews - New blood, not continuity candidates (i.e. sitting arbs) are needed in the committee.
Fish and karate - Removal of OTRS access and behavior off-wiki are extremely concerning.
Kmweber - Seriously, if he gets 1000 opposes can we community ban him? His trolling has no place in this community, so ArbCom is way out of his league.
Elections to select the project's Coordinators are held every six months in February/March and August/September. The method of election is approval voting, therefore any votes cast are those in support of a candidacy.
Five Assistant Coordinators are standing for reconfirmation and/or elevation to Lead Coordinator
I was a candidate myself in this election, and garnered the most support for a candidate not selected in the election (22, the threshold was 31); My statement, questions and supporters are
here
I cast a total of 9 votes:
Blnguyen - Received 44 votes and selected as an Assistant Coordinator
Eurocopter tigre - Received 36 votes and re-elected as an Assistant Coordinator
Kyriakos - Received 36 votes and re-elected as an Assistant Coordinator
LordAmeth - Received 34 votes and re-elected as an Assistant Coordinator
I felt the need to have a place here to group together my participation in the things that require either a Support, Oppose, or Neutral vote, that I have participated in which relate to a particular user.
I do not participate in every RfA, although I routinely read and review most if not all that are submitted. I participate in less than 50% of current RfAs, and it is even rarer for me to oppose or declare neutrality.
My Standards
My standards are very fluid and they regularly change. I also reserve the right to
ignore my standards when I deem appropriate. That being said, there are some constants which do not change or only slightly vary:
Actually answer the standard questions and not just post a one-line response.
Displays knowledge of the policies through prior contributions to the areas the user requests the tools for.
Mainspace contributions not limited to vandalism reverts (even the creation of multiple stubs is enough to fulfil this)
DYKs; Good Articles; Featured Articles, Lists, Pictures, Topics are an even better indicator of the quality of the mainspace contributions.
Clean block log or last block occurred over 4 months prior.
Not have a previous Arbitration Committee ruling against which imposed editing restrictions or blocks/bans.
Edit summary usage near-perfect for at a minimum the last 150 major and minor edits.
Display a general helpfulness and willingness towards new editors when approached.
Nominations
The ed17 - Unsuccessful co-nomination with
TomStar81, closed 13 January 2009 by
EVula at (52/28/17) - 65%
TomStar81 (3rd attempt) - Successful co-nomination with
Roger Davies, closed 8 July 2008 by
WJBscribe at (80/18/2) - 81%
Parsecboy - Successful co-nomination with
Pewwer42, closed 24 February 2008 by
WJBscribe at (63/1/0) - 98%
Zeibura - Vandal-fighter, Good Article contributor, Acalamari nom.
Malinaccier - Recent change and username patrol, good answers to questions.
Gonzo fan2007 - Username patrol, Featured List contributor, impressive answers to questions.
Jauerback - Recent change patroller, impressed with interactions with fellow editors, and modified monobook.
Gwen Gale - Seen the editor around, and trust with the tools. Ignored my standards regarding ArbCom rulings.
Unsuccessful; Closed with the tally: (43/27/0)
Islander #2 - Recent change patroller, Impressive answers to questions.
Keliana - Reconfirmation RfA for an admin who used the right to vanish to combat real-life events surrounding a previous username. No controversial circumstances were found or disclosed. (
WP:100)
This one I was on the fence about and almost switched my support to neutral in the last days as a result of the arguments put forward from the opposes.
Walton One - Reconfirmation RfA for an Admin who relinquished the tools without controversial circumstances.
Tony Fox - Recent change patroller, DYK and Good Article contributor.
Ioeth - Recent change and new page patroller. Creator and maintainer of
Friendly.
Oppose
MZMcBride #4 - Still no trust with the tools and his judgment, even a year later.
MZMcBride #3 - No trust with the tools and judgment — both of these have been called into question by the Arbitration Committee during two cases before that committee.
Successful; Closed with the tally: (203/67/6) (
WP:200)
MZMcBride #2 - Reconfirmation RfA submitted two days after resigining while an Arbitration Committee case against him was still pending which included a passing remedy which would have de-sysoped him indefinitely. Absolutely no trust with the tools. (See
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/MZMcBride which I initiated for more)
Withdrew early; Closed with the tally: (65/56/11)
Ottava Rima - Behavior, temperament, incivility, block log, absolutely no trust with the tools. Badgered almost every single oppose and made semi-personal attacks, and told an editor that he should retire again.
Unsuccessful; Closed with the tally: (60/108/17)
Redmarkviolinist #3 - Numerous concerns about communication, hasty decision-making and maturity.
Withdrawn by 'crat early; tally: (10/22/6)
The Transhumanist #5 - 5th RfA in 10 months (3rd self-nom), complete lack of RfA etiquette, replied to most opposes, actually saw people !vote per Kurt.
Withdrew early; Closed with the tally: (65/84/16)
Jordan Payne - Extremely low edit count, fortress mentality, didn't heed consensus not to nominate.
thedemonhog - Limited contributions to anything outside of TV-related articles. Suggested waiting a few months and gaining additional outside experience before another RfA.
No Consensus; Closed with the tally: (31/14/12)
Notes
^Holds the record for lowest edit count prior to being granted adminship (less than 50 edits)
I usually participate in every RfB that I see when looking at
WP:RFA on a regular basis.
My Standards
Generally, I do not have set standards like RfA, for RfB, but there are certain things that will lead me to either not participate, oppose, or abstain via a neutral !vote.
To be expanded
Support
MBisanz - A well-rounded and capable user who has my trust. (
WP:200)
Juliancolton - A prolific and capable user who has my full trust. (
WP:200)
Closed as unsuccessful after
discussion, tally: (237/39/4)
Oppose
Maxim - Poor communication concerns regarding recent administrative actions.
Withdrawn by candidate early, tally: (10/22/3)
Neutral
Majorly #3 - Many issues, was a placeholder pending thorough investigation. Closed before my investigation of the candidate was complete.
Withdrawn early, tally: (41/27/5)
Arbitration Committee Elections
Standards
Must be an Administrator and have at least one extra position of special community trust (Bureaucrat, Checkuser, Oversight, OTRS, Mediation Committee, Arbitration Committee Clerk, WikiProject Coordinator).
Also, what I consider to be the most important, who would I want to judge me if I was named as a party to an ArbCom case.
Jayvdb - One of 299 supports for an Admin, Oversighter, and former ArbCom clerk.
Elected and appointed to a three-year term in an expansion seat in Tranche Beta
Rlevse - One of 306 supports for an Admin, Bureaucrat, Checkuser, and lead coordinator of the
Scouting WikiProject.
Elected and appointed to a three-year term in Tranche Beta
Roger Davies - One of 218 supports for an Admin, and lead coordinator of the
Military history WikiProject. He seems to be following in the footsteps of
Kirill and has been described somewhere (not by me) as "a clone of Kirill".
Elected and appointed to a three-year term in Tranche Beta
WJBscribe - One of 268 supports for an Admin, Bureaucrat, and chair of the Mediation Committee.
Withdrew from the election and subsequently retired due to real-life time constraints.
Oppose — I decided to oppose certain candidates this year due to a multitude of reasons including previous experience/observations of the candidates and their actions.
Charles Matthews - New blood, not continuity candidates (i.e. sitting arbs) are needed in the committee.
Fish and karate - Removal of OTRS access and behavior off-wiki are extremely concerning.
Kmweber - Seriously, if he gets 1000 opposes can we community ban him? His trolling has no place in this community, so ArbCom is way out of his league.
Elections to select the project's Coordinators are held every six months in February/March and August/September. The method of election is approval voting, therefore any votes cast are those in support of a candidacy.
Five Assistant Coordinators are standing for reconfirmation and/or elevation to Lead Coordinator
I was a candidate myself in this election, and garnered the most support for a candidate not selected in the election (22, the threshold was 31); My statement, questions and supporters are
here
I cast a total of 9 votes:
Blnguyen - Received 44 votes and selected as an Assistant Coordinator
Eurocopter tigre - Received 36 votes and re-elected as an Assistant Coordinator
Kyriakos - Received 36 votes and re-elected as an Assistant Coordinator
LordAmeth - Received 34 votes and re-elected as an Assistant Coordinator