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Taking this to the talk page to avoid disrupting the main page (though it may be a bit late for that).
First of all, the canvassing issue. Well, there's nowt I can do about that. But I've had a rethink about whether it is canvassing, and I now doubt it. Raul didn't vote, so I think we can assume he isn't strongly opposed to Oren0's adminship, at least yet; and the *questions* added to my talk page can be taken at face value, as questions. Pedro shouts make up your own mind which doesn't exactly engender respect: apparently I'm in thrall to Rauls least comment. This is deeply insulting and childish on Pedros part. Leave it out, guv. I have made up my own mind.
Meanwhile, Oren0 said: Global warming is only one facet of things I edit. WP:CANVAS forbids me from giving notice at, say Talk:Rock Band (video game), where I know several editors who would support me but haven't found this RfA. Why should William be allowed to solicit potential votes against me in only one area in which I edit? to which I answer: why do you think I'm soliciting against you? I left a strictly neutral note about your RFA on t:GW. If you think that the majority of editors there would be against you, that may well be a question for you. You've made action at GW a major plank of your adminship, which is why notification there makes sense, whereas over in the rock bands less relevant.
More importantly, Oren0 has totally failed to address the substance of my oppose: which is that the first major plank of his bid for adminship is nonsense. I'd like to see him do so. Who knows, if he can, I might change my mind William M. Connolley ( talk) 07:34, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
I'd like Pedro to butt out here and let Oren0 answer for himself. Its Oren0's answers & judgement I'm interested in, not Pedro's. Let me remind you that I objected to One major reason I'm applying for this is that the recent unprotection of several global warming pages and the subsequent retirement from the issue of a checkuser admin has left a void which needs to be filled by more admins to protect from sockpuppetry and vandalism as nonsense. If O had said he wanted to work at AIV, I wouldn't be objecting. The assertion he did make is wrong, and casts his judgement into question. Rather than accepting that its wrong, O now appears to be making bizarre defences (I'm not entirely sure why it's relevant anyway - err, its relevant because you made it your major plank. If you think its not relevant, please strike out that bit of your RFA and I'll reconsider). You say The question isn't "do we need this user as an admin?" but "is this user trustable with the tools?" which is a fair point. The counter-question is: if your judgement is faulty, and over this issue it clearly is; and if you're not prepared to admit being wrong; can I trust you? Will you show enough maturity to admit being wrnog over more important issues, instead of trying to change the subject? William M. Connolley ( talk) 08:56, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
If you still think we don't need more admins at GW or I couldn't do useful work as an admin there, have a look at Special:Contributions/Threop and my recent contribs. I just spent 20 minutes reverting several edits on several GW-related pages by an obvious Scibaby sock before someone noticed and blocked him. I would've been able to block him much earlier, saving several reversions for myself and others and saving a posting at WP:SSP. Oren0 ( talk) 03:09, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to point people towards this and this. I did not ask this user to canvas on my behalf and it was not my intent that someone would place this notice when I made the example in the RfA. I bow to the guidance of others here as to what, if anything, should be done about this notice. Oren0 ( talk) 16:17, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
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Taking this to the talk page to avoid disrupting the main page (though it may be a bit late for that).
First of all, the canvassing issue. Well, there's nowt I can do about that. But I've had a rethink about whether it is canvassing, and I now doubt it. Raul didn't vote, so I think we can assume he isn't strongly opposed to Oren0's adminship, at least yet; and the *questions* added to my talk page can be taken at face value, as questions. Pedro shouts make up your own mind which doesn't exactly engender respect: apparently I'm in thrall to Rauls least comment. This is deeply insulting and childish on Pedros part. Leave it out, guv. I have made up my own mind.
Meanwhile, Oren0 said: Global warming is only one facet of things I edit. WP:CANVAS forbids me from giving notice at, say Talk:Rock Band (video game), where I know several editors who would support me but haven't found this RfA. Why should William be allowed to solicit potential votes against me in only one area in which I edit? to which I answer: why do you think I'm soliciting against you? I left a strictly neutral note about your RFA on t:GW. If you think that the majority of editors there would be against you, that may well be a question for you. You've made action at GW a major plank of your adminship, which is why notification there makes sense, whereas over in the rock bands less relevant.
More importantly, Oren0 has totally failed to address the substance of my oppose: which is that the first major plank of his bid for adminship is nonsense. I'd like to see him do so. Who knows, if he can, I might change my mind William M. Connolley ( talk) 07:34, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
I'd like Pedro to butt out here and let Oren0 answer for himself. Its Oren0's answers & judgement I'm interested in, not Pedro's. Let me remind you that I objected to One major reason I'm applying for this is that the recent unprotection of several global warming pages and the subsequent retirement from the issue of a checkuser admin has left a void which needs to be filled by more admins to protect from sockpuppetry and vandalism as nonsense. If O had said he wanted to work at AIV, I wouldn't be objecting. The assertion he did make is wrong, and casts his judgement into question. Rather than accepting that its wrong, O now appears to be making bizarre defences (I'm not entirely sure why it's relevant anyway - err, its relevant because you made it your major plank. If you think its not relevant, please strike out that bit of your RFA and I'll reconsider). You say The question isn't "do we need this user as an admin?" but "is this user trustable with the tools?" which is a fair point. The counter-question is: if your judgement is faulty, and over this issue it clearly is; and if you're not prepared to admit being wrong; can I trust you? Will you show enough maturity to admit being wrnog over more important issues, instead of trying to change the subject? William M. Connolley ( talk) 08:56, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
If you still think we don't need more admins at GW or I couldn't do useful work as an admin there, have a look at Special:Contributions/Threop and my recent contribs. I just spent 20 minutes reverting several edits on several GW-related pages by an obvious Scibaby sock before someone noticed and blocked him. I would've been able to block him much earlier, saving several reversions for myself and others and saving a posting at WP:SSP. Oren0 ( talk) 03:09, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to point people towards this and this. I did not ask this user to canvas on my behalf and it was not my intent that someone would place this notice when I made the example in the RfA. I bow to the guidance of others here as to what, if anything, should be done about this notice. Oren0 ( talk) 16:17, 25 June 2008 (UTC)