User talk:Athaenara/Archive 000

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Adminship

→ Pre-RFA and RFA discussions from April through November 2007.

Adminship?

I'll create the nom pending your acceptance. MER-C 10:22, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Give me at least 24 hours to think about it, OK? — Athaenara 10:41, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

MER-C, what are your reasons for considering this? — Athaenara 21:36, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Several reasons: we need more people able to swing the banhammer at the COI noticeboard, especially now that a proposal to permablock COI/VSCA only accounts* is going unopposed. And delete the rather large amount of prods the noticeboard produces. You seem to be the more ideal candidate (I'm way too deletionist). And you also seem to be the only one standing between us and huge backlogs at WP:BLPN.

I'll probably be burninating unsorted stubs and vandal patrolling for the rest of the day, but I'll keep an eye out. MER-C 06:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

That is a GREAT proposal *. I'll give the rest of this more thought. At the moment, catching up with the {{prod}} backlog is the only admin task I can imagine doing. — Athaenara 07:10, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

* Wikipedia talk:Blocking policy/Archive 11#Blocks for Conflict of interest-only accounts.

Hello, Athaenara. I join MER-C in asking you to give this serious thought! You would add to the pool of administrators who are well-informed on COI and NPOV matters. If you haven't been reading RfAs lately, you might check out what's happening there, to get ideas for your application. EdJohnston 01:38, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I keep watching this space waiting to see you accept Athaenara. Remember adminship is no big deal, and the tools available to you will help you in the great efforts you put into wikipedia. You certainly have my support and encouragement should you accept. Russeasby 15:46, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind adminship if I could limit my activities to diminishing the {{prod}} backlog, but I suspect a nom based on that alone would not be taken seriously, especially considering how elaborate the process seems to have become.

Feel free to dispute this, anyone, it's just how it looks to me. — Athaenara 10:52, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I still think you would make a great admin, even if you were a SPA (single-purpose admin ;-) ). See here for a current RfA that is going well where the candidate is primarily interested in working with images and {{IFD}} (albeit with two other areas of interest expressed). I assume you could say honestly that while you initially would only work on prod backlogs, it is possible you would get involved in other areas later. I think if you could say this, it would be honest and also allow for further expansion, which might allay SPA concerns. I also see there is Wikipedia:Admin coaching, perhaps someone there could weigh in on this question if asked? Or perhaps ask an admin you've worked with? Ruhrfisch 13:04, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Ruhrfisch, there is no rules on what an admin should be doing and how many things they should be involved in. The prod backlog is something sorely in need of more help and I am sure it would be viewed very favorably that you wish to focus on that. Plus your very active on both the COI and BLP noticeboard, where admin tools may come in handy as well. Russeasby 13:11, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I think that work on {{prod}} would be eminently suitable. However, to ensure your qualifications, the skeptics at RfA will likely want to scrutinize your contributions to be sure you have a lot of experience applying {{prod}} in the past, will expect you to have joined many AfD and DRV discussions, and maybe even policy discussions on deletion-related Talk pages. Not a big challenge for you if you choose to go that route! EdJohnston 13:31, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I was willing to consider it from the "we need more people" perspective, but as should be obvious by now I have no ambitions for adminship and won't tailor my participation in Wikipedia to pursue it. Thank you anyway, MER-C, Russ, Rührfisch, Ed. — Athaenara 22:55, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Postscript: I've been an IRC channel operator on EFnet, so I know what it's like to be a cross between a janitor and a cop. Taking on those roles on Wikipedia (or anywhere, really) just doesn't appeal to me. — Athaenara 04:55, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

WP:COIN needs more administrators

If I nominate you, will you accept? Jehochman ^Talk 22:50, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

MER-C suggested this in April… I don't mind a bit when administrators find me reliable and respect what I say, but I'm not at all sure I want to be one myself. — Athaenara 22:58, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, but you could always accept the nomination and just speak your heart.* There's no need to change your agenda just to please some narrow minded people. I completely understand your position if you don't want to do this. We do need more admins on COIN, and you are certainly trusted well enough to have access to the tools for use when needed. Jehochman ^Talk 23:42, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I repeatedly misread that as "just break your heart."* — Athaenara ✉ 02:55, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Again?

→ Content fork: See User talk:Athaenara/Archive 1#Disruptive editing noticeboard.

I think you can keep doing the same things, but if you spot somebody who needs to be blocked, or an article that can be speedily deleted, you can take care of it yourself instead of asking somebody else. It would be more efficient and be better for the project. You are so well trusted that it's just silly for you not to have a few extra buttons on your console in case you want to use them. - Jehochman ^Talk 02:23, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

OK. I did some homework on it. Comments? — Athaenara ✉ 02:34, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to line up a nomination for you. I'm too new. I'd like to see you pass 200-0, or better. - Jehochman ^Talk 02:38, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Could you enable your email? I've found somebody who'd like to help you. - Jehochman ^Talk 02:48, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I'd rather keep all wikicommunications on site. Is that a problem? — Athaenara ✉ 02:52, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Ah, admins are expected to have email enabled. I recommend you set up a dedicated Gmail account for wiki correspondence. It only takes a moment. Your sponsor should discuss the nomination privately with you. - Jehochman ^Talk 03:38, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

After checking Help:Email confirmation, I'm not sure how to keep my main email enabled for meta-purposes while also enabling a second account (acquired) for administrative purposes. — Athaenara ✉ 04:18, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure about that. If you create a Gmail address, you can enable email, and specify that address for all Wikipedia email. From Gmail you can forward inbound mail to any account you like, so you are promptly notified. To reply, you would login to Gmail and respond from there. Gmail doesn't tell the world anything about your identity. - Jehochman ^Talk 04:27, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Instead, if you prefer, you can email me and I will put you in touch with a potential sponsor. - Jehochman ^Talk 04:53, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Unreadable in bsd shell—send to gmail address? — Athaenara ✉ 05:40, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Preference change wasn't accepted a few hours ago (what was confirmed last year was automatically restored), perhaps because enabling wasn't switched on in the same change. At any rate, that's done now, on what I consider an experimental basis. — Athaenara ✉ 06:32, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Adminship?

Well, here's the place to talk about your potential candidacy. You've got plenty of mainspace experience, moplike work (especially in areas I like to see), and to the best of my knowledge no significant conflicts. Is there something you want to know or ask me? I like to nominate COIN volunteers. We need more of them. Durova^Charge! 08:40, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I found Jehochman's "good for the project" line of reasoning persuasive, so I followed up on some of his suggestions. I'm not sure what he meant by "sponsor" though. I am willing to consider adminship, and if nominated I'll probably have the grace to accept, but truly I do not hope to spend a lot of time on email, online chat, admin ingroup subculture, etc. — Athaenara ✉ 07:51, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

There's always /dev/null, especially if you have an email program that deletes certain messages that match certain criteria before you even notice they're there. MER-C 10:25, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I'd probably still co-nom you, if I can say anything original. MER-C 10:25, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I'll remove ‘as if!’ from my Rfa homework and accept. — Athaenara ✉ 02:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Please go ahead! Only one comment: the RfA reviewers do like to see one or two examples of conflicts listed, even if you only speak vaguely, so they know you won't melt down in a crisis. Having fought the good fight at COIN should give you lots of examples to pick from. EdJohnston 03:51, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Some examples of conflict/stress/deal? — Athaenara ✉ 07:25, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Quite appropriate! Mention of WP:DE/N would heat up the discussion, though, since there are many senior editors who believe it is a form of 'votes for banning.' With enough discussion this may get clarified, but it's not ideal for your RfA to become a forum on it. EdJohnston 13:39, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree—it's just homework ;-)   Should the (now 6) examples be pruned further, do you think? — Athaenara ✉ 19:00, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Looks good now! EdJohnston 20:29, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Athaenara. I won't bother with the template thingy. MER-C 09:55, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Accepted. — Athaenara ✉ 10:10, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Cited your RfA

I cited your Request for adminship page, at the current ongoing AfD discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Noah Lottick, as directly relevant to statements being made about/by a certain user in both locations. I wanted you to know. This is not a solicitation for comment about the ongoing AfD itself, though you are of course free to do as you wish. Good luck in the rest of the RfA, by the way. Curt Wilhelm VonSavage 10:33, 29 October 2007 (UTC).

Thank you for telling me, and for your encouragement. — Athaenara ✉ 11:10, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Any time. Curt Wilhelm VonSavage 11:12, 29 October 2007 (UTC).

Your RFA

It appears that your RFA will be successful, with a couple of hours left. Then again, the community trusts me to make featured pictures, not admins. Congratulations!

Now go forth and nuke those vanity/spam/attack/nonsense pages (within reason and policy, of course). MER-C 07:08, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, MER-C, you're a good troop. — Athaenara ✉ 20:35, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Your RFA was successful

Yipee! Addhoc 11:05, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations, I have closed your RfA as successful and you are now a sysop! If you have any questions about adminship, feel free to ask me. Please consider messaging me on IRC for access to the #wikipedia-en-admins channel. Good luck! --Deskana (talk) 10:49, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

• Congratulations! Curt Wilhelm VonSavage 10:50, 2 November 2007 (UTC).
• Congratulations too! Well deserved, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 11:40, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
• You Have New Messages: Congratulations! - Jehochman ^Talk 12:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
• Good luck in your new role! EdJohnston 12:58, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
• Congrats. One of the purposes of RfA is to see how well you can tap dance on a bed of red hot coals. You survived with only slightly singed shoes. Try to draw what you can from the criticism you received. - Crockspot 14:13, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
• Congratulations and best wishes on this new phase of your Wiki-journey! --Parsifal _Hello 17:43, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
• 'Grats! Wished I'd had more chance to coach, but really you didn't need it. Feel free to look me up if you have questions while you get the hang of this. It's a pleasure to have you with the mop brigade. Durova^Charge! 17:44, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
• Congratulations and well-deserved. None of us are perfect, and I have no doubt you'll learn well from the criticism offered and make an excellent admin. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 06:46, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
• Congrats on the successful RFA! I was actually shocked there any oppose at all, but I guess there is always someone unhappy about something. Anyways, well deserved adminship. Russeasby 16:39, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

  To all who participated, many thanks for your encouragement! I will not take up the tools immediately but will be studying in the new admin school soon. — Athaenara ♨ 17:00, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Mop can be a tedious tool. Thank you for your contribution! —⁠andrybak (talk) 16:59, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

@Andrybak: Thanks! – Athaenara ✉ 17:40, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

A goat for you!

You are a great

Dr_Salvus (talk) 16:45, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

EdJohnston RFA

→ In re: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/EdJohnston.

Hi Athaenara, and thanks for your interest. If you could look at the current draft of answers in my Sandbox, I'd be grateful. See if I left anything out that most people would want to have answered. EdJohnston (talk) 19:04, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I couldn't think of anything conspicuously absent. I think you'll make a great admin and I'm glad you're considering acceptance of the nom. — Athaenara ✉ 21:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

In re your ability to communicate without losing your temper with editors who are violating policies and guidelines, could you have a look at this AFD? — Athaenara ✉ 04:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

It was appropriate to have an AfD discussion on this. From what I can tell, your speedy deletions were reasonable. The article seems to be improving slightly due to the AfD criticism. I don't feel like weighing in without more study, since the darn thing could be notable. The creator's COI is bothersome, though she is participating in discussions and responding to what people say. With better writing (and maybe some links to similar devices) the article might be worth keeping. As DGG said, finding any product reviews at all would be useful. A Google search for 'xs2theworld' finds the WP article for Speaking Dictionary only on the fourth page of results, which is a good sign. I've been looking at some other AfDs where the WP article is always the #1 hit. EdJohnston (talk) 06:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks. One thing that bothered me was that it seemed like it should be notable, but it isn't the only such product on the market. — Athaenara ✉ 06:42, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

For example, a search for speaking dictionary without xs2 (the company which produces this one) yields nearly 300,000 ghits. — Athaenara ✉ 06:47, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Athaenara, thanks so much for your support! And since you've been an admin for a while, maybe you can give advice on mistakes that new admins should avoid. (I wasn't aware of the new tabs and so far nearly deleted my user page. That would have been an auspicious beginning :-). EdJohnston (talk) 18:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

You are welcome! — Athaenara ✉ 02:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

One of many areas which need attention is Category:Temporary Wikipedian userpages, not only because there are so many (thousands), but because most {{indefblocked}} templates now automatically add pages to that category.

Many of the pages so tagged involve sock puppets. Those should not be deleted, because sock puppetry case tracking is more time-consuming (finding the deletion log, bringing up the page to check the categories and usernames, etc.) if the user pages are gone.

If the template was substed, it's easy to remove the category from the embedded text. If it wasn't, the page may be edited to subst it (with {{subst:templatename}} as here), then edited again (as here).

(Posted because you asked about advice.) — Athaenara ✉ 04:44, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

So you should only delete one of those pages if you're sure it's *not* part of the evidence for a sockpuppet report? Why is it appropriate to delete them, rather than ignore them? EdJohnston (talk) 05:51, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

See if you can make sense of the "they should not be in this category in the first place, but if they are, please leave them" caution and get back to me on it, please :-) — Athaenara ✉ 06:00, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

It's confusing. My interpretation of "they should not be in this category" is to get them out of the category. My interpretation of "please leave them" is "don't delete them," not "leave them in the category." — Athaenara ✉ 06:40, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

This admin stuff is not going in a good direction. From the glamor and excitement of the COI noticeboard, to the Temporary Wikipedian userpages?.. I guess it's important to be useful. EdJohnston (talk) 06:52, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Glamour? Excitement? What'd I miss?! — Athaenara ✉ 06:54, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

(Probably the irony.) — Athaenara ✉ 07:01, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Really, no irony, just a little hyperbole. I looked at some of the other RfAs running the same time as mine, to see the kind of WP work the other candidates had done, and one man did so much vandal-fighting his user page was vandalized 49 times. It's hard to think it would be fun to work in such an area long term. At COIN people are relatively polite, and when new editors show up that don't seem inclined to follow the rules, you can feel the support of the community in dealing with them. EdJohnston (talk) 14:05, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

And I'm just a little slow ;-) In the long run, or even in the short run, if one spends a lot of time on tasks one finds tedious and aggravating, one is likely to contribute less and less. So, in the interest of your individual well-being as well as in the interest of the community at large: involve yourself in the tasks you enjoy, you'll do them well. — Athaenara ✉ 14:14, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

ArbCom

→ in re: Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008 (candidate statements, results‎)

You should run for ArbCom. Jehochman ^Talk 20:36, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

I should? Say what? — Athaenara ✉ 20:40, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

You have very keen analytic skills, great resistance to trolling, and a tendency to avoid wikipolitics. You have a female username, and females are under-represented on the committee. Jehochman ^Talk 20:47, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Well. Hmm. So, this would mean that I would have to be nominated, whether by another user or myself, and if elected I would have to subscribe to a mailing list? (that last would annoy me most ;-)

I am quite exceptionally pleased when analytic skills, resistance to trolling, and wikipolitic-o-phobia are commended, but I don't know about the female bit, really. Of course I am a woman, and when I was an undergraduate math major I heard similar arguments (sometimes negatively, e.g. the "you'll have it easy because of affirmative action/PC quotas/reverse discrimination" sort of thing). Being far more enchanted by math than by feminism, I became a bit averse to the issue and I guess I am still.

Truly, I'm thinking no, but when you make suggestions I'm inclined to think they have a worthy basis, so I will give it more thought. — Athaenara ✉ 05:00, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Think yes. --Regents Park (bail out your boat) 21:17, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm not ignoring you, I'm just thinking oh, $#!+ ... — Athaenara ✉ 19:30, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I had feared that answering questions would take a long time, but it was not all that difficult. I decided to answer most off the top of my head, in order to provide a candid look at my thinking. In some sense, it is more authentic to answer quickly than to try to calculate how to please the most people. The worst that happens is not "winning". We need more people to volunteer who are not interested in power. Jehochman ^Talk 19:33, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

It's not the questions, and I'm not such a crusader that I feel compelled to throw myself into a fray. It's not wanting to be on a mailing list and not wanting to be part of what looks now like a major cluster fuck (weeding out silly* and pointy self-noms would improve it). I don't think any of the current arbs should be re-selected. — Athaenara ✉ 19:00, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

[extremely* - 18:00, 23 November 2008 (UTC)]

Bottom of the ninth on this. You should think about it. Whatever the positives and negatives of arbcom itself, it can always use a few calm people on it. (Of course, even for someone like me at the bottom of the totem pole, wikipedia takes up far more time than is wise ......) --Regents Park (bail out your boat) 20:15, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm encouraged that some admirable folks [J & RP] support the idea, but I really don't want to be on that [Arbcom mailing] list. Maybe next year! — Athaenara ✉ 20:20, 21 November 2008 (UTC) [03:30, 22 November 2008 (UTC)]

Surely, a sensible decision. Wikipedia is extraordinarily good at consuming time! --Regents Park (bail out your boat) 20:05, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

It's that time of the year again ...

... arbcom elections. So how about giving it a go this time? (Third opinions welcome!) --RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 16:15, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Maybe when I'm sixty-four! — Athaenara ✉ 21:05, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I Should Have Known Better --RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 20:24, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

It's a long and winding road but the nominations closed and I've escaped again! — Athaenara ✉ 00:30, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

... "up to 100 emails a day"? you won't see me ... — Athaenara ✉ 00:14, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Arbcom

→ in re: Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2010/Candidates (election report)

It's that time of the year again, so it's time for that question again! Hope you're considering a run. --RegentsPark (talk) 12:09, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Man, that just makes me want to duck (quack). Why me? Why not you? – Athaenara ✉ 22:30, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Me? You're kidding. Have you seen the number of questions that need to be answered! :) --RegentsPark (talk) 23:12, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Whoa, I'm straight to question 2 and answering NO, full stop. Wading into conflicts driven by bitterly opposed points of view from deeply entrenched positions, ArbCom's raison d'être, is not how I'm going to shorten my life, tyvm! – Athaenara ✉ 01:27, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

ArbCom?

You have been an incredible admin. I should remember to stop by and thank you at least once a year. Jehochman ^Talk 01:47, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

• @Jehochman: Well, hell's bells and spider's ankles (thanks, Maeve Binchy [it's in Echoes]), what a nice thing to say. Thanks for not suggesting I run for ArbCom again. Oh, you did? And I said no again. – Athaenara ✉ 01:47, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
  • You’d be amazing at a job like that if you were ever inclined due to your excellent sense of fairness, perceptiveness, accuracy and tireless work ethic. Jehochman ^Talk 01:58, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
• @Jehochman: As preserved in User talk:Athaenara/Archive 000#ArbCom, this came up before (I remember I particularly enjoyed communicating via Beatles song titles). I studied those discussions again and now realize that I need to hear what I might enjoy about being on ArbCom and reading 100 emails a day. There's a window of opportunity here while I'm keeping an open mind: bring on the persuasion. – Athaenara ✉ 09:43, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

  You are amazing at analyzing data and research. Look how you found that old conversation. My experience is that people are really good at the things that they love. Your skills would be put to great use, and if you have the time, this will be intensely satisfying. Among life’s great pleasures is admiring the results of a job well done. (I already gets hundred of emails per day and end every day with an empty box. Filters and the gmail snooze feature work wonders.) why don’t you go ask GorillaWarfare what it’s like. She is presently the best researcher on the Committee. Jehochman ^Talk 11:10, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

None of that is ringing any bells. I'll just say this: on the basis of this alone I wouldn't mind being the first support in a re-certification RfA (requiring which is a gratuitous insult at the very least), and I'm one who never heard of the guy before the Fit hit the Shan a couple of months ago. – Athaenara ✉ 19:45, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

I'd never heard of him either. Super active admin + I never heard of him = Must be doing a good job. All the productive editors are the people one never notices, for the most part. (Not me, I'm lazy and bumble around project space too much, though I occasionally take flight and make something wonderful.) Jehochman ^Talk 20:14, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

RfX report

→ in re: this edit to User:X!/RfX Report

Hey, thanks for fixing that! Odd; I was *just* about to do exactly the same thing, after Mentifisto (talk · contribs) complained that it looked wrong when transcluded on their userspace page.

I made the edit because the bot missed the fact that MacMed's RfA was closed and re-opened, and wanted to fix that; also wanted to note that I had amended it ('coz I know how much DRAMA goes on around those parts).

Anyway - all good now; thx again.  Chzz  ►  20:10, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

No problemo (that non-admin closure was faulty, too). — Athaenara ✉ 20:20, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Indeed; that's really why I wanted to fix the table - it was unfair on MacMed to close it in that fashion; yes, I know they were clearly failing, but that's not the point. Anyway. All's well that ends well, apparently; MacMed seemed (online chat) to be OK with things, so hopefully will continue improving as an editor.  Chzz  ►  08:17, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

→ in re: this edit to RfX Report

{{bureaucrat candidate}} is the name of the template; whether it's an RfA or an RfB is decided by one of the parameters (either rfa=yes or crat=yes). -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 13:08, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks (syntax obvious, my question dumb!) — Athaenara ✉ 22:36, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

RfC on Community de-adminship

→ see also: page histories for RfC and its talk page

You are receiving this message because you contributed to Wikipedia talk:Community de-adminship/Draft RfC and have not participated at Wikipedia:Community de-adminship/RfC or been directly informed this RfC has opened. Please accept my apologies if you have been informed of and/or participated in the RfC already.

This RfC has opened and your comments are welcome and encouraged. Please visit Wikipedia:Community de-adminship/RfC. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 16:15, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder. – Athaenara ✉ 20:47, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Administrator activity policy update

Hello, Athaenara. This message is to let you know about a change to the administrator policy:

The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

1. Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
2. Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work. — xaosflux ^Talk 20:30, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: I realize you're probably doing this via script or bot but nonetheless I do appreciate being notified. Thanks. – Athaenara ✉ 22:08, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Athaenara - we did send a big batch by bot, but yours was at least a copy-paste since you are opted out of MMS. — xaosflux ^Talk 22:54, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

For your efforts...

		The Admin's Barnstar
		Thanks for deleting all those old, dusty, cobweb infested subpages for me! – CGTalk 00:49, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

You are welcome, and thanks for the star! – Athaenara ✉ 01:51, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassadors

→ see also: Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-12-27/Ambassadors

Wikipedia Campus Ambassador needed

Hi! My name is Annie Lin - I'm the Campus Team Coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm contacting you because you're listed as a resident of San Francisco, and we're currently looking for a friendly Wikipedian to teach students in a University of San Francisco class how to use/edit Wikipedia. This is a role titled the "Wikipedia Campus Ambassador," and you'll basically be doing in-class presentations about Wikipedia, running Wikipedia labs/workshops, and in general providing face-to-face Wikipedia help for the professor and the students in the class. The time commitment is about 3-5 hours a week (with variations throughout the semester), and for this particular University of San Francisco class, most of the workload will be between March and May.

Please let me know if you're interested!

Thanks. Annie Lin (Campus Team Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 18:49, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

It's a good initiative, sorry I can't do it. – Athaenara ✉ 03:52, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

→ in re: Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors#Becoming an Online Ambassador

Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors

Hi! Since you've been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, I wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.

If that sounds like you and you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors during the current term, which started in January and goes through early May. If that's something you want to do, please apply!

You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).

I hope to hear from you soon. --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:59, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. Mike V • Talk 20:46, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

'We're colleagues, not livestock'...

→ in re: this post on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Pvmoutside

...bet you've sometimes longed for that virtual cattle prod through  ;) great line! Cheers, — O Fortuna ^{semper crescis, aut decrescis} 12:40, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! – Athaenara ✉ 22:53, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Wishing Athaenara a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Slightlymad 05:29, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

• What a lovely mission, keep up the good work. – Athaenara ✉ 20:51, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Great day in the mornin', hey, thanks, man! – Athaenara ✉ 02:10, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

• @CAPTAIN RAJU: Thank you! 14 years! – Athaenara ✉ 20:03, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Wishing Athaenara a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Bobherry Talk Edits 00:36, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

• Thanks, man! – Athaenara ✉ 01:41, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Wishing Athaenara a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Best wishes! CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 02:36, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much! – Athaenara ✉ 04:50, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	For your swift and wonderful job in curtailing this as it had become borderline disruptive. Celestina007 (talk) 03:54, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

It may interest you to know that i opened this SPI. Celestina007 (talk) 03:57, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

@Celestina007: Thanks, the SPI looks like a good move, too. – Athaenara ✉ 04:00, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Neutral 39

→ in re: this edit to Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Harrias 2

After-the-party-intrigued. What do you find stupid about the offside law? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:59, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

At the time it was 40, not 39, and I called it "absolutely idiotic", not stupid. – Athaenara ✉ 08:30, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Lol. Love your pedantry. What is it that you dislike about it? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:37, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Do you lack a sense of humor? – Athaenara ✉ 23:13, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Some might say so. It was obvious it was a joke, but if I was looking for an example of something "absolutely idiotic", I'd pick something I thought was absolutely idiotic. It seems you just chose to name something random that you don't actually think absolutely idiotic. OK. You could have just said that straight away. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 11:49, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Not admining any more

→ in re: Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/Archive 42#Wish to retire my mop (November 2019)
→ see also: Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/Archive 43#Resysop request (Athaenara) (February 2020)

BN

I noticed your post at WP:BN and can easily understand giving the mop back, but I do hope you'll still be around to contribute. If you ever see anything admin related that you'd like a hand with - feel free to ping me. — Ched (talk) 17:53, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, @Ched: very kind offer! – Athaenara ✉ 19:06, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

This prompts a certain degree of nostalgia. You were an active administrator when I was just getting involved in Wikipedia, and I very much associate your name with that period, and there's a certain sadness in seeing the end of an era. You have been doing a significant amount of admin work right up to a couple of days ago, so your suddenly dropping it all is a surprise. However, I see that as far as editing is concerned that you have made something of a comeback in the last couple of years, so like Ched I hope you'll still be contributing. JBW (talk) Formerly JamesBWatson 16:39, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

It was kind of odd, I noticed in the past several weeks that it was beginning to feel like drudgery.

Increasingly aware that if I were not doing the work it would still get done, I'd just do it, beginning to wonder if experiencing it as drudgery would be a permanent condition. Then one day I came around a virtual corner and realized I don't have to do this! And I don't have to go through a week long Request for Release from Servitude, either, I can just stop! Quit! Retire! Whatever you want to call it!

Following a wrong link, I submitted my request in the wrong place but was soon directed to the right place and free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I'm free at last! – Athaenara ✉ 19:44, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

OK, if you experienced the work as drudgery, and you now feel "free at last", then obviously you were right to drop it. Whatever one thinks Wikipedia is, Wikipedia is not important enough to sacrifice yourself to it if you are not finding it a positive experience. However, I don't agree with "if I were not doing the work it would still get done". While that may be true of most of the individual admin tasks any admin performs, each one of those tasks performed is one less task in the backlog of tasks to be performed. That means that the admin who would have performed that task can instead spend the time on another task, and the admin who would have done that one can do another... The end result is that even if the task you performed would have been done anyway, somewhere along the line of tasks waiting to be done, there will be one which gets done that otherwise wouldn't have been done. There are always admin tasks waiting in a backlog, and a proportion of them just don't get done because there aren't enough admins. However, none of that means that you were wrong to retire as an admin. If you do continue as an editor (which at present you look like doing), there are non-admin tasks that you can do which are just as useful as the

admin ones you won't be doing, just different ones, and if you retire from editing all together, well, as I said above, Wikipedia is not important enough to sacrifice yourself to. Anyway, happy retirement, whether it's retirement from editing or just from mopping. JBW (talk) Formerly JamesBWatson 11:11, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

• I was sad to see this as well, but also get it. Enjoy the break/freedom/whatever :) TonyBallioni (talk) 02:16, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, @TonyBallioni: keep up the great work! – Athaenara ✉ 04:08, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

• I hope you'll refind joy in simply editing. Wikipedia should be a fun hobby, not a drudgery! It's a cautionary tale you're giving me here. --valereee (talk) 13:51, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Unblock requests

In the light of what you have said above about being "free at last", my guess is that you don't wish to be burdened with anything to do with administrator-tasks, so you would prefer not to be consulted about unblock requests from editors you blocked. If I'm wrong about that please let me know, as otherwise I will assume I am free to review such requests without contacting you. JBW (talk) Formerly JamesBWatson 11:17, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

I'll see most of those, from my practice of checking user talk page histories in my contribs for post-blocknotice activity. Anyone can ping me or not as they wish. – Athaenara ✉ 17:52, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

I guess I'm a little late noticing this. You were one of the first admins I interacted with, and you were one of the first users to encourage me to become an admin (sorry I never took your advice there). You've also been the admin most likely to process my requests for deletions in my userspace. I'm glad you decided to drop the mop when you felt the time was right, rather than feeling you had to be burdened with something you no longer desired. Thanks for your years of service, Athaenara. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:53, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

@Mandarax: Hi, it's good to see you again! You and I have been in the trenches together several times: those are good memories because we were going after mischief-makers who needed going after and the spirit of cooperation in getting it done was strong. Keep up your good work, and thanks for your support! – Athaenara ✉ 09:44, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

While I was in the neighborhood, I checked out your gallery again; thanks for adding my signature! However, it didn't look quite right, and I noticed that the one immediately above mine had some formatting errors. I fixed an issue on that signature which was making all of the ones below it (including mine) display incorrectly. Hey, I kinda have a notion that admins are expected to have conservative signatures; now that you're free of that constraint, you could probably go wild if you wanted to! MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 08:50, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing that missing markup. In my first months here in 2006, I had what I thought was an elegant Edwardian Script ITC sig but it displayed properly only on some systems, not others, and I stopped using it after some weeks or months when it didn't display properly even on my own computer. All that exposure to so many complicated creations from other editors while building the gallery muted the attraction of constructing a complicated handle of my own, too. – Athaenara ✉ 08:50, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Apology

About this, I should have corrected it before publication. I've been using the {{his or her}} formatter but that sentence was added by another, uncredited, editor. ☆ Bri (talk) 20:57, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

@Bri: Hey, I didn't for a moment think of blaming you, I just wanted that gallumphing great uber-PCness of Wikipedia monkey off my back in this one tiny instance. – Athaenara ✉ 04:48, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Thank you for contributing to the Wikipedia as an admin. Keep it up. ─ The Aafī (talk) 19:58, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

→ in re: Crazy Gangsta (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

	The Admin's Barnstar
	By way of endorsement, for quickly and correctly imposing a WP:NOTHERE block on an irksome vandal. BD2412 T 01:30, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

• @BD2412: Thanks! – Athaenara ✉ 01:36, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Message from Athaenara

Athaenara is reading her talk page messages but, under the recent site-wide strictures (see https://en.wikipedia.org/sec-warning), not editing or logging in until OS updates or a replacement computer enable it. She is taking advantage of this initially unwelcome respite and treating it as a brief sabbatical. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.89.241.52 (talk) 14:00, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

(The absence forced by browser issues lasted 40 days, from my last 1 October edit until my first 10 November edit below.) – Athaenara ✉ 22:50, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

• Update: connected and reading messages today. – Athaenara ✉ 19:54, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
• Update 2: ANY reliable administrator is free to reverse ANY administrative action I have taken, whether page protection, page deletion, user block, or anything else. – Athaenara ✉ 20:02, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Assorted RfA thanks (succeeded)

Victuallers (talk · contribs) adapted this image map for his RfA thankspam.

An early RFA meeting to decide if Victuallers can be included as a sysop - use cursor to identify. Find the bucket...

EdJohnston

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/EdJohnston

Athaenara, thanks so much for your support! And since you've been an admin for a while, maybe you can give advice on mistakes that new admins should avoid. (I wasn't aware of the new tabs and so far nearly deleted my user page. That would have been an auspicious beginning :-). EdJohnston (talk) 18:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

VanTucky

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/VanTucky 2

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral. Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations. Thank you again, VanTucky 22:33, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Xenocidic

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Xenocidic

Hey, I just wanted to thank you for participating in my RFA. I've also left some thank spam below. =) happy editing, xenocidic (talk) 00:13, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your support

So...how do I use these things? ;>

I would like to thank the community for placing their trust in me during my recent request for adminship, which passed 72 13 2 . Rest assured, I have read each comment thoroughly and will be addressing the various concerns raised as I step cautiously into my new role as janitor. In particular, I would like to thank Balloonman for putting so much time into reviewing my contributions and writing such a thoughtful nomination statement after knowing me for only a brief period of time (and for convincing me that I was ready to take up the mop now, rather than go through admin coaching).

To my fellow admins - please let me know right away if I ever take any mis-steps with my new tools. Should I make a mistake, and you reverse the action, I will not consider it to be wheel-warring (but please tell me so I can understand what I did wrong).

To everyone - please feel free to slap me around a bit if I ever lose sight of the core philosophy of Wikipedia as I understand it - the advancement of knowledge through the processes of mutual understanding and respect. As always, feel free to drop by my talk page if I can be of any assistance. =)

Sincerely, ~xenocidic, 01:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

AngelOfSadness

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/AngelOfSadness

Thanks, Athaenara, for participating in my recent RfA, which recently passed with 81 support and 1 neutral !votes. I appreciate all the support and constructive criticism offered in my RfA and I thank you for taking the time to !vote in my nomination. I feel so honoured to be trusted by so many of you and please, if you have any advice, comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page. I would also like to thank Acalamari, Rlevse and Nishkid64, for their nomination statements. Thank you again. AngelOfSadness talk 23:26, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Pinkville

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Pinkville

Joining the ranks of the admins

Thanks for your kind words in my successful RfA. Now I’m off to do some fixin'... Pinkville (talk) 01:24, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Cenarium

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cenarium

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a final count of 42 supporting, 2 opposing and 2 neutral. I would like to thank Keeper76 especially for the great nomination. I look forward to assist the project and its community as an administrator. Thanks again, Cenarium ^Talk 01:03, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Lenticel

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Lenticel

Thank you for participating in my RfA. The Rfa was successful with 64 Support and 1 Neutral. None of this would have happened without your support. I would also like to thank my nominator Wizardman and my sensei/co-nom bibliomaniac15--Lenticel (talk) 09:12, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

SarekOfVulcan

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/SarekOfVulcan

Thank you for !voting on my RfA. If you supported, I'll make sure your confidence is not misplaced; if you opposed, I'll take your criticism into account and try to adjust my behavior accordingly. See you around the wiki!--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 00:12, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

    ¡ǝɯoɔɿǝʍ ǝɹ,noʎ, I mean, you're welcome — Athaenara ✉ 03:07, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Lifebaka

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Lifebaka

Thanks!

Thank you, Athaenara, for your support !vote at my RFA. I will be doing my best to make sure that your confidence has not been misplaced. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 18:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Frank

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Frank

My RfA

I hope the other kids at school play with me...

Thank you for your support in my recent RfA, which closed successfully. I felt the process was a thorough review of my contributions and my demeanor, and I was very gratified to see how many editors took the time to really see what I'm about and how I can be of help to the project. As a result, some editors changed their views during the discussion, and most expressed specific, detailed points to indicate their opinion (whether it was , , or ).

A number of editors were concerned about my level of experience. I was purposeful in not waiting until a particular benchmark occurred before requesting adminship, because I feel - as many do - that adminship is not a reward and that each case is individual. It is true that I am not the most experienced editor around here, but I appreciate that people dug into my contributions enough to reach the conclusion that I seem to have a clue. Also, the best thing about this particular concern is that experience is something an editor - or administrator - can always get more of, and I'll continue doing that, just as I've been doing. (If I seem a little slow at it, feel free to slap me.)

Thanks for noticing (and correctly interpreting) what I said about vandals and consensus. I thought I was extending the idea of consensus a bit [diff], but not everybody saw it that way. Your support [diff] was appreciated!

I am a strong believer in the concept that this project is all about the content, and I'm looking forward to contributing wherever I can. Please let me know if I can be of any help. In the meantime, I'm off to school...

Thanks again!    Frank  |  talk  13:38, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

TomStar81

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/TomStar81 3‎

The traditional rfa thank message

		Thank you for the support!
		Athaenara, it is my honor to report that thanks in part to your support my third request for adminship passed (80/18/2). I appreciate the trust you and the WP community have in me, and I will endeovour to put my newly acquired mop and bucket to work for the community as a whole. Yours sincerly and respectfuly, TomStar81 (Talk) 03:28, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

StephenBuxton

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/StephenBuxton‎

Thank you for supporting me at my RFA, which closed a short while ago as a success. Thank you also for switching your initial oppose to a support - completely unexpected, but greatly appreciated. I understand now the concerns that people have about admin coaching, and had I been as aware of it before RFA, I might have been tempted to hold back for a month or so. Fortunately, it never became too much of an issue at my RFA, and the end result is that I can wield the mop! (But I shall be wielding it carefully...) Once again, thank you. StephenBuxton (talk) 23:38, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

As an aside, could you let me know please what the template is for that rather nice admin icon you have at the top right hand corner of your talk page - the one wielding the mop? If you could let me know on my talk page, that would be great - I have about 20 or so more thank you letters to type, and I'll only forget where I posted my request... Many thanks in advance, StephenBuxton (talk) 23:40, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Done! — Athaenara ✉ 00:00, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Inspired by Xenocidic

→ In re: block log, related post.

Hi! Seeing that you enjoyed Xeno's spoof blocking of the test user, I thought You might be interested in seeing what his block has inspired me to do. Still got a few more lessons to do, and I've resolved to be as silly as possible for those lessons, as I will have to be sensible with my comments once I graduate - gotta get the fun in whilst you can! StephenBuxton (talk) 11:54, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

I found it very entertaining ;-)   — Athaenara ✉ 10:20, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Stephen - I don't recall you being authorized to have fun at this...  Frank  |  talk  11:59, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Is this the time to quote WP:BOLD and WP:IAR, even if my log records to the uninformed show me to be a WP:DICK? ;-) StephenBuxton (talk) 15:54, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

As long as it's not WP:DGAF :-)  Frank  |  talk  11:24, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Happyme22

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Happyme22‎

		Thank you!
		Athaenara, it is with deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust that I am honored to report that in part to your support, my request for adminship passed (87/14/6). I deeply value the trust you and the Wikipedia community have in me, and I will embark on a new segment of my Wikipedia career by putting my new tools to work to benefit the entire community. My best to you, Happyme22 (talk) 03:26, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Ben MacDui

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ben MacDui

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 90 support, 2 oppose, and 0 neutral. All the best, Ben MacDuiTalk/Walk 20:28, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Okiefromokla

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Okiefromokla

Thank you for participating in my RfA, Athaenara!

I am grateful for your confidence: My RfA passed by a count of 64/3/3, so I am now an administrator! Of course, I plan to conduct my adminship in service of the community, so I believe the community has a right to revoke that privilege at any time. Thus, I will be open for recall under reasonable circumstances. If you have any advice, complaints, or concerns for me, please let me know. Again, Thanks! Okiefromokla questions? 21:08, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Steven Fruitsmaak

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Steven Fruitsmaak

Thank you for participating in my RfA, wich was successful with 73 support, 6 oppose, and 5 neutral. I'll try to be as clear as I can in my communication and to clear some of the admin backlog on images. If there is anything I can help you with, don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page! Cheers, --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:47, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

J.delanoy

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/J.delanoy 2

Thanks for your support in my RFA, which passed with 140 supporting, 11 opposing, and 4 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have given to me. If I can ever assist you with anything, just ask.

Cheers! J.delanoy^gabs_adds 19:40, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Gazimoff

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gazimoff

Thank you... ...for participating in my RfA, which closed with 119 in support, 4 neutral and 5 opposes. I'm honestly overwhelmed at the level of support that I've received from the community, and will do my best to maintain the trust placed in me. I 'm also thankful to those who opposed or expressed a neutral position, for providing clear rationales and superb feedback for me to build on. I've set up a space for you to provide any further feedback or thoughts, should you feel inclined to. However you voted, thanks for taking the time out to contribute to the process, it's much appreciated. Kind regards, Gazimoff 21:35, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

WilliamH

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/WilliamH

Just a little note to say thankyou for participating in my successful RFA candidacy, which passed with 96 supports, 0 opposes, and 1 neutral. I am pleasantly taken aback by the amount of support for me to contribute in an administrative role and look forward to demonstrating that such faith is well placed. Regards, WilliamH (talk) 09:08, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Paul Erik

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Paul Erik

Athaenara, thank you for your contribution to the discussion at my recent RfA. If ever you have any concerns about my actions, adminly or otherwise, don't hesitate to let me know. Best wishes, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 23:19, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

JGHowes

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/JGHowes

Athaenara/Archive 000, I wish to say thanks for your support in my successful request for adminship, which ended with 82 supports, 3 opposes, and 1 neutral. I will do my best to live up to your expectations. I would especially like to thank Rlevse for nominating me and Wizardman for co-nominating me.
                                                  — JGHowes ^talk - 19 August 2008

—Preceding undated comment was added at 04:27, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Smashville

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Smashville

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which succeeded with 71 support, 14 oppose, and 5 neutral. Thanks for your participation. I hope I serve you well! --SmashvilleBONK! 23:09, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Cirt

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cirt

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a count of (166/43/7). I appreciate your comments and in my actions as an administrator I will endeavor to maintain the trust you have placed in me. I am honored by your trust and your support. Thank you for saying that you feel you are impressed by my gains in coolheadedness and skill, coming from you that means a lot and I really appreciate it. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 02:54, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Thingg

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Thingg 2

RfA thanks

Hello Athaenara. Thank you very much for your support in my recent Request for Adminship, which was successful with 111 supports, 0 opposes, and 0 neutral. I have to say I am more than a little overwhelmed by this result and I greatly appreciate your trust in me. I will do my best to use the tools wisely. Thanks again. Regards. Thingg⊕⊗ 00:52, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Jac16888

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jac16888

Rfa Spam

Thank you so much for your support on my RFA, which today passed unanimously. I will do my best to make sure that I don't let any of you down. If you ever need any help with anything, feel free to ask me, i'll be happy to. Thanks again --Jac16888 (talk) 17:17, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Berig

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Berig 2

Hi Athaenara (what a beautiful name), and thanks for supporting my successful request for adminship. It was nice to see all the kind comments I got from my supporters and I hope that I will be more useful to the community now that I have the tools again.--Berig (talk) 15:58, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Addshore

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Addshore 2

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which recently passed with 126 in support, 22 in opposition and 6 neutral votes. Thanks for your support in my RFA!! • If you want to reply to this message please use my talk page as watch listing about 150 pages is a bit messy • ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 21:55, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Aervanath

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Aervanath

Thanks for the support!

Thanks for supporting my successful Rfa! Hope to work with you more in the future! --Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 19:23, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Jclemens

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Jclemens

Jclemens RfA

Jclemens' RfA Thankspam

		JClemens' RfA Thanks
		Thank you for participating in my Request for Adminship, which passed with 77 supporting and 2 opposing. Regardless of your position, I thank you for the time you took to examine my record and formulate your response. Jclemens (talk) 02:26, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

SilkTork

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/SilkTork 2

My round

Have a beer on me. Let the amber nectar flow all day and night. Let it run down the mountains and through the caverns and across the rich lawns to swamp the streets. Let it rain beer. Let the heavens open and shine forth beer. Let it all be beer. Wonderful beer. And let it be as deep as the heart of a lion. This is an acknowledgment of your participation in the RfA of: SilkTork *YES! 19:12, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Dravecky

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dravecky

Thank you for participating in my RfA

I just wanted to take a moment to say "thank you" for taking the time and effort to participate in my recent RfA. As you may know, the discussion closed 66/0/1 and I'm now a holder of the mop. I will keep working to improve the encyclopedia and appreciate the trust which you have placed in me. - Dravecky (talk) 23:10, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Dank55

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dank55

Thanks

Thanks for your careful consideration at my successful RfA. "No doubts" was generous and appreciated. Please let me know on my talk page if you have any suggestions for me. - Dan Dank55 (send/receive) 17:30, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

RegentsPark

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RegentsPark

RfA thanks

Thank you for the trust you placed in me by supporting my RfA (which passed and, apparently, I am now an admin!). I will do my best to continue to act in a way that is consistent with the policies of wikipedia as well with our common desire to build and perfect this repository of human knowledge; and can only hope that you never feel that your trust was misplaced. Thanks again! --Regent's Park (Rose Garden) 23:37, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

FlyingToaster

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/FlyingToaster 2

Shameless thankspam

FlyingToaster Barnstar

Hello Athaenara! Thank you so much for your support in my recent RfA, which passed with a tally of 126/32/5. I am truly humbled by the trust you placed in me, and will endeavor to live up to that trust. FlyingToaster

LessHeard vanU

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/LessHeard vanU 2

ThankSpam

My RfA Well, back to the office it is... Thank you for participating in my "RecFA", which passed with a final tally of 153/39/22. There were issues raised regarding my adminship that I intend to cogitate upon, but I am grateful for the very many supportive comments I received and for the efforts of certain editors (Ceoil, Noroton and Lar especially) in responding to some issues. I wish to note how humbled I was when I read Buster7's support comment, although a fair majority gave me great pleasure. I would also note those whose opposes or neutral were based in process concerns and who otherwise commented kindly in regard to my record. I recognise that the process itself was unusual, and the format was generally considered questionable - and I accept that I was mistaken in my perception of how it would be received - but I am particularly grateful for those whose opposes and neutrals were based in perceptions of how I was not performing to the standards expected of an administrator. As much as the support I received, those comments are hopefully going to allow me to be a better contributor to the project. Thank you. Very much. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:31, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Ironholds

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ironholds 5

Thankspam

You supported me in June 2008. You supported me in October 2008. You supported me in January 2010. I'm not sending out a lot of thanks - indeed, I think you're one of only two people getting some - but for a long time, whenever anyone said "what's the first thing you'd do as an admin" I've instantly replied with "drop Athaenara a line". I haven't really encountered you much outside RfA, but your constant support of my efforts to gain the community's trust have stuck in my mind, and while this may not be the first thing I've done since having sysop privileges, it is certainly the most heartfelt. In an RfA with 167 supports, any 1 support is not going to make that much of a difference. But if it could, it'd be your one. I will do my best not to let you and the other users down. Ironholds (talk) 04:54, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, and I'm glad it passed! – Athaenara ✉ 05:00, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Ansh666

Thanks!

→ in re: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ansh666

Hi Athaenara, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh666 21:17, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Assorted RfA thanks (did not succeed)

Lawrence Cohen

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Lawrence Cohen

Thanks for your support in my RFA, that didn't quite make it and ended at 120/47/13. There was a ton of great advice there, that I'm going to go on. Maybe someday. If not, there are articles to write! Thanks for your support. Lawrence § t/e 17:53, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

InDeBiz1

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/InDeBiz1 and User:InDeBiz1/RfA Followup

Hello, Athaenara, and thank you for your recent participation in my RfA, which was closed per WP:NOTNOW after reaching a vote tally of 5/15/2. While I am disappointed in the outcome, I understand that it - as well as the comments left by yourself and others - was in the best interests of Wikipedia at this time. I plan to take everything that was written to heart and improve myself here on Wikipedia with a goal of perhaps accepting a nomination again in the future, should someone choose to nominate me. As a way of gathering further feedback, I have created a page in my user space for other editors to leave comments about things that they might have observed during my RfA and to continue my "education process," as it may be considered. If you would like to contribute to that page, it may be found here. Again, thank you for participating and I appreciate your comments! --InDeBiz1 (talk) 17:55, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Tinkleheimer

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Tinkleheimer

Thank you for your comments in my RFA. I will do my best to address the concerns, and I will try to help out with the hooks on WP:DYK, cause I know it's kind of frustrating for me when I hardly get any comments up until the last day. Hehe. Thanks again. :D <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 21:19, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Ironholds

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ironholds

Thanks for taking the time to contribute, and of course, thanks for voting to support :). I'm going to be focusing on article writing for a bit as soon as the exams are all over, which will hopefully quieten down some of the naysayers. Hopefully i'll see you then, best of luck until that point :). Ironholds 21:39, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

NonvocalScream

→ in re: my oppose on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/NonvocalScream2

My RFA...

Could you clarify what you mean a little. Your comment confuses me and I do want to learn from it. I'm not asking you to change it. Very best, NonvocalScream (talk) 23:15, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Tnxman307

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Tnxman307

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which did not succeed with 41 support, 21 oppose, and 1 neutral. I appreciate both the supports and the opposes. Thanks again and cheers! TN‑X-Man 18:51, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Kww

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Kww

Finally made it at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Kww 4 in April 2010

All is for the best, in this, the best of all possible worlds

One of the advantages of not having many supporters at your RFA is that there are fewer people to thank at the end. Thanks for your support and your willingness to look at my complete record. I'm going to try to interpret this resounding defeat as a statement that I should choose my words more carefully in the future, and remember that every statement I make gets recorded forever, just waiting to get carefully transcribed onto my next RFA. I would go insane if I believed that it was repudiation of what I truly meant: that no editor should consciously and willfully ignore guidelines and policies, and editors that repeatedly do so should not be rewarded for or supported in doing so.

I'm sure I'll get back to full speed editing soon, because, after all, every day, and in every way, I am getting better and better.—Kww(talk) 05:51, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

I like your attitude ;-) and I'd support you again, too. — Athaenara ✉ 15:40, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Dendodge

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dendodge 3

RfA thankspam

		Thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which failed with 61/52/7; whether you supported, opposed or remained neutral. Special thanks go out to Wizardman and Malinaccier for nominating me, and I will try to take everyone's comments on board. Thanks again for the trust the community has placed in me. A special Christmas song for you all can be found at the right hand side of this message! Apologies if you don't like RfA thankspam, this message was delivered by a bot which can't tell whether you want it or not. Feel free to remove it. Dendodge TalkContribs, 17:19, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Pavlov's RfA reward Thank for !voting at my recent RfA. You voted Oppose so you get only one cookie, but a nice one. (Better luck next time.) All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 19:58, 16 July 2015 (UTC).

Greetings

Hello Athaenara! It's been a while. I hope you are well and happy. I recently resigned my adminship and was wondering if you could watchlist my userpage and help keep me safe. There are a few banned users who put on their socks and attack my page from time to time. Occasional revdels may be needed. Many thanks! Jehochman ^Talk 21:19, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Jeh, it has indeed been awhile. I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, userpage protection, or check your user pages at regular intervals? And what if I drop dead between now and Christmas, or even between now and Valentine's Day, then where will you be? – Athaenara ✉ 15:49, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

You won't disappear. You can just watchlist me, please, and maybe pop in once and a while to say "hello"? I have 500 talk page watchers, so if you're not around, somebody else will be there. You are important, because in my humble opinion, you are the best administrator on Wikipedia. Jehochman ^Talk 16:19, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Holy cow. – Athaenara ✉ 16:21, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

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