Final (119/0/0); Closed as successful by – xeno talk at 19:30, 19 May 2015 (UTC) ; Scheduled to end 19:29, 19 May 2015 (UTC) reply
Abecedare ( talk · contribs) – I have the honor of presenting Abecedare for consideration as an administrator on the English Wikipedia. “Superbly articulate, level-headed, and fair-minded” [1] was how one editor described Abecedare and that is a description that most anyone who has come in contact with him will recognize and agree with. Working mostly on our India pages (though he finds time to opine on other esoteric topics like Fast Fourier [2] - no, that’s not a horse at Belmont!), Abecedare is that respected editor who can cut through the partisan discourse and provide a reasoned policy based response that everybody usually recognizes as the encyclopedic solution (cf., this discussion where everyone ends up happy or this one where an irritated new editor is gently steered in the right direction). This ability to rise above partisan discussions and a strong knowledge of policy (example: copyrights) make Abecedare a model Wikipedian and an ideal admin.
But, Abecedare has been an admin before. Appointed unanimously by the community in his 2009 RfA, he was an active admin for a year ( blocks, protects, deletions) before real life took him away for a long enough stretch that his adminship timed out (by 10 days!) [3]. Much like his content work, his adminship is best characterized as polite but firm (cf. [4], [5]). Fortunately for us, Abecedare returned to Wikipedia a couple of years ago, has been working away on content, and is now willing to reapply for the admin tools. With his calm ‘willing to listen’ manner, experience as an admin, and his knowledge of the long term sock farms on India related pages, re-equipping him with the admin tools will be of great benefit to the project. regentspark ( comment) 15:30, 12 May 2015 (UTC) reply
Like Regentspark I have been impressed by the good work and even-keeled temper of Abecedare. I had completely failed to notice that they weren't an administrator anymore, until a couple of weeks ago when something brought me to their user page and I scratched my head for a little while. Abecedare is, as far as I'm concerned, among the best of admins even when they aren't an admin, and their expertise in a sometimes particularly difficult area is noted already by Regentspark. I have no qualms about co-nominating and can't wait until they're back among the admin corps. Drmies ( talk) 17:24, 12 May 2015 (UTC) reply
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Final (119/0/0); Closed as successful by – xeno talk at 19:30, 19 May 2015 (UTC) ; Scheduled to end 19:29, 19 May 2015 (UTC) reply
Abecedare ( talk · contribs) – I have the honor of presenting Abecedare for consideration as an administrator on the English Wikipedia. “Superbly articulate, level-headed, and fair-minded” [1] was how one editor described Abecedare and that is a description that most anyone who has come in contact with him will recognize and agree with. Working mostly on our India pages (though he finds time to opine on other esoteric topics like Fast Fourier [2] - no, that’s not a horse at Belmont!), Abecedare is that respected editor who can cut through the partisan discourse and provide a reasoned policy based response that everybody usually recognizes as the encyclopedic solution (cf., this discussion where everyone ends up happy or this one where an irritated new editor is gently steered in the right direction). This ability to rise above partisan discussions and a strong knowledge of policy (example: copyrights) make Abecedare a model Wikipedian and an ideal admin.
But, Abecedare has been an admin before. Appointed unanimously by the community in his 2009 RfA, he was an active admin for a year ( blocks, protects, deletions) before real life took him away for a long enough stretch that his adminship timed out (by 10 days!) [3]. Much like his content work, his adminship is best characterized as polite but firm (cf. [4], [5]). Fortunately for us, Abecedare returned to Wikipedia a couple of years ago, has been working away on content, and is now willing to reapply for the admin tools. With his calm ‘willing to listen’ manner, experience as an admin, and his knowledge of the long term sock farms on India related pages, re-equipping him with the admin tools will be of great benefit to the project. regentspark ( comment) 15:30, 12 May 2015 (UTC) reply
Like Regentspark I have been impressed by the good work and even-keeled temper of Abecedare. I had completely failed to notice that they weren't an administrator anymore, until a couple of weeks ago when something brought me to their user page and I scratched my head for a little while. Abecedare is, as far as I'm concerned, among the best of admins even when they aren't an admin, and their expertise in a sometimes particularly difficult area is noted already by Regentspark. I have no qualms about co-nominating and can't wait until they're back among the admin corps. Drmies ( talk) 17:24, 12 May 2015 (UTC) reply
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. Please answer these questions to provide guidance for participants:
Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review their contributions before commenting.
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