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Oshwah

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Nomination

Oshwah (talk · contribs) – Ladies and gentlemen, I’m happy to present you Oshwah for your consideration as an administrator. Oshwah is a prolific editor who frequently assists with reverting vandalism, making AIV reports, contributing to AfD discussions, tagging articles for speedy deletion, and assorted wiki-gnoming. He is best known for welcoming and supporting new editors. Whether it’s creating accounts for new contributors, guiding them through the editing process, or explaining policies, he does so in a kind, patient, and helpful fashion. His talk page is a testament to his willingness to lend a hand to those who could benefit from his aid. 

Since his last request for adminship Oshwah has taken the constructive comments to heart. He helped bring two articles to good article status by writing Windows Push Notification Service and contributing in part to Sakurai's Object. In addition, he has created a handful of articles with substance, including: Fast Dormancy, Universal Windows Platform, Android Cloud to Device Messaging, and Microsoft Push Notification Service. Overall, I’ve found Oshwah to be calm, courteous, thoughtful, and eager to go the extra mile for others. I think Oshwah would make an excellent administrator and I hope the community feels the same.  Mike V • Talk 14:55, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Co-nomination

Oshwah (talk · contribs) – It is my great pleasure to co-nominate Oshwah for adminship.

Administrators are in a tough position. The admin backlogs are huge and we have a real need to clear those, but we also have another problem – we need thoughtful, kind administrators who are willing to pitch in and help a newbie. Oshwah more than meets this mark. I could clutter this statement with diffs of ANI sections in which Oshwah offers to mentor and guide new editors and editors who need a little bit of help. His well of kindness is bottomless, and I have no words for his willingness to assume good faith.

Oshwah wants to help the project, and he has gone the extra mile to make himself useful. He stood for RFA once and when it was unsuccessful, he devoted months to addressing the concerns and issues that were pointed out to him. He has brought two articles to GA status, has created new articles, and has continued to keep the great attitude and cheerful countenance that every administrator needs.

Oshwah will make an awesome administrator. Please give him your support. Katie 11:14, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept the nomination, and I thank both Mike V and KrakatoaKatie for their time, their trust, and for their kind words. ~Oshwah~ 15:22, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages as an administrator. Please answer these questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?

A: I plan to continue my work and extend my participation in recent changes patrolling and the reversion of vandalism. As an administrator, I'd process and respond to AIV reports instead of simply piling on reports for someone else to handle. Instead of filing RFPP requests (and the numerous AIV reports that follow) and repeatedly "chopping the vandalism tree down" on an article as it's being slammed with vandalism by multiple users while I wait, I'd be able to protect those pages myself and actually process RFPP reports and respond to them. I would also be able to respond to blatantly inappropriate usernames that are against UPOL and help with UAA, which is typically a huge backlog of reports from concerned editors and bots. Of course, my participation in administrative backlogs and noticeboards would expand into other areas as I become proficient (such as AN3, SPI, and other noticeboards), but my primary area of focus (at least initially) would be helping to "man the front lines" and be available to respond to disruption, vandalism, trolling, and other issues that disrupt our number one goal: to build an encyclopedia.

2. What are your best contributions to Misplaced Pages, and why?

A: My best contributions to Misplaced Pages (apart from the time I spend patrolling for vandalism and disruption) would be the time and effort I spend helping new and misguided users with Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines, offering mediation and insight towards disputes, diffusing heated disputes and situations where the editors and participants are obviously very angry, and mentoring editors and helping them to turn their issues around. It always makes me happy to help new editors and to make sure that they feel welcome and that someone has their back in good faith, and nothing brings a bigger smile on my face than to mentor users and help them overcome difficulties (one example: 1, 2, 3, 4) or help angry editors establish a middle-ground, put past incivility and negativity aside, and agree to work together (such as here). My responses and collaboration with others (no matter what) have always come with civility and treating everybody with respect in-mind. I find that the best way to "put ice on heat" and help steer anger and negative disputes is to always respond with kindness and respect and with relevant Misplaced Pages policies and guidelines cited, and to always remain calm and professional with others... even when they are not. It's not easy at times; there have often been discussions like this one, this one, or this ANI where you have to be patient and professional with others regardless of the situation, or (if that doesn't work), you sometimes just have to walk away. I don't like walking away; I always try my best to offer help and try to deflect anger and incivility with respect and appropriate knowledge and insight. But sometimes you just have to.

I've also ventured into article creation and expansion. I created Windows Push Notification Service, Microsoft Push Notification Service, Android Cloud to Device Messaging, Universal Windows Platform, and others. I've also helped expand articles such as Sakurai's Object, Google Cloud Messaging, and Apple Push Notification Service. I've thrown my hat into the ring and offered some insight by writing Misplaced Pages:Identifying test edits for anyone who cares to read it, and created help templates (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) which are currently live on Misplaced Pages pages. After being given the feedback that I received on my previous RfA, I can honestly say that I'm glad that I didn't pass. I wouldn't have created this content, it's absolutely important and relevant experience to have, and I feel that the feedback was absolutely spot-on.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

A: Of course. There have been many instances where conflicts have caused me some stress, such as a discussion I had regarding Paul Ryan (1, 2) where I reverted an edit the user changed and left a talk page message (which I agree wasn't blatant vandalism and could have been handled differently), or on Budbrooke Barracks which led to this discussion. I've made mistakes that have caused me a great amount of stress as well, such as what caused this discussion, as well as this one (where I completely dropped the ball and derped hard). There have been some disputes that I've tried to help mediate that have been a somewhat stressful wall to climb. One such example was with Kingdom of Ulidia (ANI, my talk page, article talk page), which quickly became a wall of text between two contributors and resulted in me making a decision for them, rather than simply mediating. There have also been users that you could say caused me some stress, such as my attempts to help mentor MassiveLizard (1, 2, 3, ANI) and Winterysteppe, which ultimately weren't successful and were disappointing let-downs for me at the time.

When in a discussion, it's always best to remain neutral, assume good faith, and cite appropriate policy where needed. The ultimate bottom line is that you must remain calm and professional, and treat everyone with civility and respect. Period. I've handled the stress caused by mistakes on my part by apologizing and doing what it takes to undo the mistake and make things right with those affected (if any). As I've said many times to new contributors: you have to forgive yourself, learn from your mistakes, and (most importantly)... you have to let it go. I am not a perfect editor, and I will never be; It's not the end of the world if you make a mistake... we all do it. They're are a normal part of growing and learning and good editors never stop doing such. When I'm caught in a disagreement, it's always best to try and see the other editor's perspective and side of things, try to come to a common agreement between everyone involved, and make improvements from there. If anything starts to get stressful or start to bog you down, take a break. There's a whole list of other things that you can participate in while you're stepping away for a bit. It's much better to walk away for a bit rather than allow yourself to lose your cool and respond in an uncivil and unprofessional manner to anyone. It's something I take seriously and will continue to do.

You may ask optional questions below. There is a limit of two questions per editor. Multi-part questions disguised as one question, with the intention of evading the limit, are disallowed. Follow-up questions relevant to questions you have already asked are allowed.

Additional question from Ritchie333

4. A new user adds an infobox to Ian Fleming. An experienced editor with 50,000 edits and 10 FAs reverts with an edit summary of "not again". The new user puts the infobox back, saying "we need these to be consistent". It is re-reverted by a different, but equally experienced editor, with a summary "don't you know what consensus is, fuckwit?" The new user adds the infobox back with a summary, "Stop bullying. The article is better. Don't call me names, troll". The second editor re-reverts with a summary "Which part of FUCK OFF do you not understand?" A third party files a report on WP:AN3 with a summary "I've had enough of these clowns who come off the street with their infobox vandalism, they all need a bloody good block if you ask me". You are the first admin on the scene looking at the AN3 report. What action do you take, if any?

A: Ah, so there are some very important things to note with this particular situation:

1. The article is an FA.

2. There is an existing ArbCom case regarding the addition of infoboxes here (WP:ARBINFOBOX). Depending on who these experienced editors are, the ArbCom case would be very relevant due to the remedies applied.

3. Looking at the archives on the article's talk page, a discussion was in fact held and a consensus reached regarding the addition of an infobox in 2012 here.

All involved parties would be warned for incivility and making personal attacks at one another per the edit summaries they used, and that further incivility will result in blocking. The three editors reported would also be warned to discuss the dispute on the article's talk page (it also wouldn't hurt to cite the discussion as well) and that further edit warring and incivility would also result in blocking. I wouldn't make any blocks nor change the protection status of the page at this very moment (even though protection would be justified per content dispute); I'd instead wait to see how the editors proceed with their dispute, and be prepared to take appropriate action if the editors continue engaging in edit warring despite the warnings they received. I would also remind the reporter of the AN3 that the edits were not vandalism; it's a content dispute.

Additional question from Glrx

5. Please comment on the following interaction. Dominican Republic IP changes height of Trump Tower (New York City) from "203 m (664 ft)" to "203 m (666.01ft)" with no edit comment. You revert in the same minute with the comment "failure to cite a reliable source". The given ref, which the IP did not change, states the height is 664 ft. An hour later the IP leaves a note on your talk page showing the conversion of 203 m is 666.01 ft. IP then changes value in article back to 666.01 and changes ref to cite metric conversion. BollyJeff reverts that edit in the next minute. IP leaves another comment on your talk page 20 minutes later. IP apparently never gets an answer ("All replies will be made underneath your message on this page.").

A: Well, I'm not going to beat around the bush -- I didn't notice that the editor also changed the unit with the edit he/she made. Hence, I didn't realize that the editor was actually converting the height of the tower instead of modifying it. I reverted and messaged the editor about referencing a source to support "the modification" as a result. Obviously, I was incorrect with reverting the edit in the first place, as the math appears to check out and the edit looks to be good. But on top of that, the editor received a talk page message that probably confused him/her, and the editor never heard back from me at all. That disappointed me (and still disappoints me) quite a bit; I should have payed closer attention and I should not have allowed a message with a request for assistance (especially due to a mistake I made) to go unanswered. It just wasn't cool of me to do :-/

Additional questions from Gerda

6. Please clarify how assuming that the article mentioned in Ritchie's question was a FA influences your view on the situation. (I happen to know that the example was constructed from a different article that was not an FA yet.) Is less civility permitted when you "defend" a FA?

A: It didn't; I noted that it was a FA in my answer simply because FA's usually come with loads of talk page discussions, and it's a bigger clue to check the talk page of the article for discussions that may be relevant to the dispute. That's all I meant to convey when I mentioned it in my answer; I was just explaining my train of thought. And no - incivility and personal attacks are just as unacceptable and cause the same disruption; it doesn't matter what the article is.

7. I'd also like to know (same example) how the arb case comes into play, more precisely which part of its ruling influences your view on the situation, and how. (Just knowing that there was a case is not enough. Many quote that case and have no idea what it was about.)

A:

Additional question from GeneralizationsAreBad

8. What is your opinion on the practice whereby admins speedy-delete pages that have not yet been CSD-tagged?

A: Primarily, it depends on the rationale for the deletion. If it's a rationale such as G12, A10, or G5, then yeah definitely go for it. Those need to be deleted pronto. However, if it's something such as an WP:A7, it's a BITEY move to simply delete those articles yourself and it would highly discourage and chase away new editors. Instead, you should tag the article and give the user the courtesy of being notified and allowing them time to contest the deletion. Deleting the article straight-away robs the creator from being able to do so. Not to mention, if you perform a deletion with no CSD tag, remember to notify or warn the user appropriately if it's not a VOA or similar vandalism account! Don't just delete the article and walk away!

Additional question from User:Begoon

9. Below, SMcCandlish links to a regex search he did for your NACs: . As he points out, there are unblock request declines by you in that search. This is clearly an admin function only, the resultant template specifically (mis)informing the user, in the bold heading, that an administrator has declined their request. Why did you do this, and do you think it was wise?

A: The reason I NAC'd these unblock requests was because they were blatant trolling requests created by LTA's, VOA's, socks, or other users that clearly had absolutely zero chance at all of being unblocked. Administrators have plenty of tasks on their plate and I felt that, instead of having them take precious time away from other tasks in order to close a troll request, I'd save them the time and the trouble and close them myself. I simply stated "Declining" in order to avoid feeding the troll as much as possible, and I added {{nac}} to the end of each decline response. Obviously, if the account made another request, I'd leave it for the admin to handle so talk page access could be revoked. I honestly didn't think that I was doing any harm. I was only trying to help. However, good intentions can often have bad consequences. The bottom line is that it wasn't something I should have done. I acknowledge that it was an overstep, and I will learn from it, and I will honor it.

I would like to expand upon my answer to this question, as well as the concerns that many have raised about my non-administrator closes to unblock requests based on what I've read in this RFA. While most of the users here have agreed that my NAC's were a good-faith miss-judgment on my part (which is true; I can assure you that I had purely good intentions when doing so), most have also agreed that this violation of policy is very serious. When I made the decision to IAR and perform them, I'm sure that you understand... I never imagined nor did I ever intend that it would be viewed as a breach of policy this seriously by the community, and for that I offer my most sincere apologies and (should my RfA not pass) my absolute 100% promise that the NAC closures of unblock requests will stop and will not occur again. I acknowledge that it was absolutely not something I should have done, that it was against policy, and the use of IAR here was not acceptable. I respect everyone's input and I acknowledge the community's concerns regarding editing and perhaps even collaborating in over-confidence, and you've done quite an amazing job making this RfA stress me out... haha ;-). While I feel terrible about what I've done (and I really, really do), I can't take it back and I can only look and walk forward with this as a learning opportunity and first-hand experience regarding maturity and growth. I offer my sincere promise that my use of any Misplaced Pages tools (whether they be administrative or not) will reflect Misplaced Pages policy, and used with care.

Follow up: Thanks for the reply, and expansion, and sorry to "stress you out" further... From the fact that you link to non-administrator closes (an essay about deletion discussions, move discussions and RFCs, incidentally, not unblock requests...), and WP:IAR, I'm assuming that you knew that this was against policy when you did it, and decided that ignoring that policy was for the good of the encyclopedia. I disagree, and think that was a poor application of IAR (and note that you accept that, above), but I don't doubt the motive, only the judgment. In the light of that, would you please give some examples of when you think, as an admin, the application of IAR will be appropriate?

A: Hey, no apologies necessary :-) (and when I said "you", I meant everybody; I wasn't referring to you, specifically - I was just being silly). Ignoring all rules, down to it's very core (evolving from how it was defined in the first place), was meant to work hand-in-hand with WP:BOLD and assure new editors and those that aren't "Misplaced Pages rulebook brainiacs" that it's okay to make a positive contribution without having to know every single rule on Misplaced Pages in order to do so. For example, adding an infobox to an article to improve the overall quality of its information and how its displayed, but maybe not using the correct infobox template that should have used. Or adding good quality content, but without correct formatting or styling per WP:MOS. This is where ignoring rules can come into play... if you're faced in these situations and feeling as if you have to go "diving into the rulebook", or if something technical or minor is going to prevent you from making these changes, worry not. Just add the positive change that should be made, and go about your business. Because if done correctly, but maybe not perfectly, someone will inevitably improve that content, let you know about Misplaced Pages's guidelines and how you can better yourself, and allow you to learn and grow. In a nutshell, IAR is intended to allow editors the ability to expand the project without getting "nervous and depressed" (as put originally) about having to know every single friggin' rule. Because changes can always be undone, and it can always be fixed later.

Take what I explained above, and compare that to my use of IAR recently... and it's very clear that I allowed my use of that rule to be come very very warped. I was invoking IAR like an absolute crazy fool and to the point that people might probably might think, "oh wow, this guy is a loose cannon ready to explode at any moment!" This RfA has helped me to realize just how wrong I was when invoking IAR (with the "clerking", NAC closes, all of that...). Either way that this RFA closes, I will leave with a completely reborn person in regards to this rule. I hope you believe me when I say this, but I sincerely and honestly think that this is the absolute best outcome that could come with this process, more-so than whether I'm given a few extra buttons or not. I really mean that.

Thank you. I understand that you accept that you overstepped, and regret doing so. That's a positive thing. I hope you don't think this is pushy, but my actual question was In the light of that, would you please give some examples of when you think, as an admin, the application of IAR will be appropriate?, because I'd like to see how you would apply this new understanding in practice. To perhaps be clearer, I was looking for examples of admin actions you might take yourself whilst invoking IAR, or maybe actions you have seen other admins take which fall into this category, and with which you agree. --Begoon  05:04, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Hahaha... I might be going bonkers here, you're either going to absolutely hate me or love me for what I'm about to say, but I'm just going to say it. DO NOT IAR AS AN ADMIN! Follow the policies and guidelines at all times when you make an administrative action, and do not fucking click an admin button without the ability to cite a policy to the book and explain your actions. It might be a bad answer, but after learning how badly I've done with IAR, that's sure as hell what I'm going to do if I'm given the tools.

It's certainly not a bad answer. The occasions it would be necessary and acceptable are pretty rare, and stating you would not do it is perfectly prudent. You can always seek the opinion of others if the need arises. I tried to find an example, and found this:, but even that was not done without discussion. Thanks for patiently answering my long cross-examination. Good luck. --Begoon  08:12, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thank you :-)

Additional question from User:78.26

10. You come commended by many highly-respected editors because of your demeanor and ability to help resolve conflicts. Thank you for your example regarding user:Nuro Dragonfly. I'm sorry to bother you with a question that will frankly take some time to answer, but can you give a similar examples regarding other users, and can you demonstrate where your participation at one of the "dramah boards" has resolved a conflict, calmed spirits, or otherwise specifically benefited the encyclopedia? 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 21:12, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

A: Sure. ANI is a big archive to search through, but I located a few that I believe that you're looking for. One example I can provide is this ANI, where I encouraged the use of good faith and the importance of not BITING the newcommer, as well as offered mentorship. Another ANI example is this one, where I recognized the issue as content-related; I provided input to help with the dispute, and recommended against any use of the mop.

Additional question from User:TeeTylerToe

11. By the nature of things, Admin interactions with users tend to be confrontational. How do you intend to handle this, particularly with maintaining impartiality, and especially when it comes to prejudging users?

A: When interacting with an editor, I’d rather not begin by considering it a confrontation. Administrators should enter an interaction with an open mind and create positive interactions. That’s part of not prejudging an editor who’s had a poor start on Misplaced Pages.

12. What do you think about territorial users, and ownership behavior? How many like-minded territorial users does it take to make a consensus? How much sway should the biases communities be over verifiable and notable additions? For instance over something like intelligent design?

A: Nobody on Misplaced Pages "owns" content. Everyone's discussion towards a consensus regarding an article or its content should be reached based on the merit of their argument. The fact that someone created the article or contributed to the majority of the content added to it (the common thing that "owners" try to cite when claiming such), or anything such as the longevity or edit count of an editor's account is irrelevant.

Followup It looks like you answered the first part about singular editors. What about small groups of editors with similar views as is common with hobbies, and other groups unconsciously working to push the orthodoxy of their group, e.g. hobby group. What do you think about these groups using their numbers against individual editors to combat even the slightest change to their preferred version of an article. Why do you think actions of groups get viewed so drastically differently from groups of individuals?

HiTeeTylerToe. I'm just letting you know that I intend to answer your question here. I'm currently mobile at the moment and will be for a few hours; once I get back on a workstation, I'll replace this message with my response. Stand by.

Additional question from Nairspecht

13. Hello Oshwah! You have noticed that a huge part of an article, say 50%, does not fully abide by any one of Misplaced Pages's policies and you think that it is better to not have it there. However, this content in question has been added by several editors (with appreciable history of edits) who have just been following the flow and expanding the article without realising that one of the policies was not followed there. What will you do? (Please talkback, if you can, after you answer. All the best!)

A: It really depends on the situation and the policy that the content doesn't fully abide to. Obviously, serious violations such as per BLP or COPYVIO would have to be removed immediately. Usually, if the content doesn't violate any Misplaced Pages policies but doesn't quite measure up to a Misplaced Pages Guideline, it's always best to improve the content so that it does, and open a discussion on the article's talk page if you feel that others may want to discuss your changes. An important thing that should be noted is the fact that all content is equally open to being challenged, improved, or modified; the fact that it's "been there for a long time" is not a justification for keeping the status quo if changes are needed. Shoot, we've seen instances where blatant vandalism had gone many years before being discovered and removed. It's just one reason as to why asserting the longevity of the content's existence when arguing that it shouldn't be modified can be seen as, to put it quite frankly, a silly argument.

Additional question from SSTflyer

14. You see these usernames at WP:UAA. What do you do?

• Adria Airways Bombardier CRJ700
• CB240HYKbmjdpr
• Female Wikipedians
• Lara Croft (WMF)
• NeoNazisMustDie
• Pashto script
• Space exploration technologies
• Wayback@archive.org

A:

Adria Airways Bombardier CRJ700 - It's an interesting account name, and looks to be the name of a series of Bombardier airliners. This may raise some eyebrows to some editors, but this is a good faith scenario; maybe the guy just really likes airplanes. This would be a {{UAA|e}}, as their edits could certainly uncover potential problems or COI. But this would not call for a hard-block per UAA.

CB240HYKbmjdpr - BLOCK, because Asus monitors are clearly the way to go. :-P

I'm joking :-). The username is definitely a weird choice... the model number of an Acer monitor? A really sweet one, I might add. Heh, okay. But either way, it falls into the similar situation as the username above. Like the first example, this is not a blatant violation of UPOL. I'd AGF and watch their edits, as they may uncover potential problems / possible COI. But this is not a "block-worthy" account solely because of the chosen username.

Female Wikipedians - This account implies shared use to me, as it's plurality can imply that more than one person shares this account. However, this isn't problematic enough to hard-block the username based on the name alone. I would discuss the concerns with the editor, and add {{UAA|d}} to the report. (I'm assuming that I don't have definitive proof that the account is actually being shared; if, for example, the user responds and states that it is being shared, the account would be immediately blocked).

Lara Croft (WMF) - Having (WMF) at the end of your username is reserved only for Wikimedia Foundation staff. However, the global title blacklist disallows the creation of accounts with .*WMF.* in the title. While it's perfectly acceptable to check with someone within WMF to verify that the account is legitimate, these accounts are typically okay (because of the blacklist) and seeing it reported to UAA shouldn't raise any alarms or bad assumptions from the get-go.

NeoNazisMustDie - Obvious {{Uw-uhblock}}.

Pashto script - I'm not seeing any blatant issues at first glance, but this username is of an article that relates to a topic that is currently under discretionary sanctions placed by ArbCom. If anything, I'd talk to the user and let them know (while also assuming good faith and the fact that they might be completely new and unaware). Of course, as with the first two examples above, it's advisable to also watch their edits.

Space exploration technologies - {{Uw-softerblock}} as the name of an Organization. ({{Uw-spamublock}} is for usernames that blatantly imply spamming, or have made promotial-only edits on top of having a promotional username).

Wayback@archive.org - Email addresses are typically not allowed as usernames. I know that older accounts that are email addresses are allowed to keep theirs as such, since the rule was invoked afterwards (example), but I would explain the concerns to the user and ask the user to change his/her username without invoking a block. It's perfectly understandable that a user may not know about this; blocking them out-right would be BITEY; just kindly explain the issue to them with a personal message, or (worst case scenario) using {{uw-username|it violates Misplaced Pages's ] as an email address}} or something similar.

Additional question from AntiCompositeNumber

15. Under what circumstances would you consider resigning as an admin? Will you hold yourself open to recall?

A: If I screwed up so badly that it was to the point where I knew that, if put through the "admin zapping" process (ArbCom), it would result in my tools being yanked, I'd resign them. There's no need to waste the community's time and effort going through all the "hoops and processes" (which are far far too many, by the way) to have them yanked if it's going to result in the same outcome.

On that note... Yes. Yes, I would. I feel that a significant amount of the community agrees that there are aspects of adminship that are broken or fundamentally flawed (including myself, to be honest). One reason that I believe this to be true is the fact that ArbCom is the only committee that can yank those tools from somebody. The community itself is the one who gives those tools to editors, why can they not take them away? I think that it would improve adminship as a whole if the community had an easy and fair process where they could start a "Request for take his mop away", achieve a consensus, and have your tools yanked; it would add more accountability with administrator actions knowing that the community can, at any time, smack you on the back of the head and say, "Yeah you're done. Yoink!" What would my criterion be? Good question. I'd have to look up some recall criteria that other administrators use for themselves and get an idea of something that is both fair for the community, and myself. My first thought is to take the number of supporters you get at an RfA, divide it by a certain number, and if enough editors stand together and say "he needs to go", then yeah... I think I'd deserve to be smacked with the mop I used. (I wanted to link a youtube video from Disney's Fantasia where Mickey Mouse gets smacked in the butt with the mop, but that's copyrighted so...)

Additional question from Darreg

16. Do you think consensus can ever go against a guideline? If consensus on an issue is moving towards one direction, and a Misplaced Pages guideline on the same issue is clearly towards the opposite direction. And you're to take a quick action on the case. How will you close the discussion?

A: You should never take "quick action" on any discussion closure. All discussion closures should be made with absolute care and accuracy, and when the time is right to do so (which might not actually be right now). Can a consensus be reached that a guideline shouldn't apply in a certain situation, etc? Certainly; consensus can change. As with any discussion, the proper determination of consensus should take into account the quality and merit of the arguments presented, not just the number of supporters behind the argument. It's also important to note that there are policies and guidelines that are exempt from this, such as Wikimedia Foundation policies, office actions, and binding decisions imposed by ArbCom.

Discussion

• Requests for adminship/Oshwah
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• Links for Oshwah: Oshwah (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
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Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review their contributions before commenting.

Support

1. Support as nom. Mike V • Talk 16:06, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
2. Support Absolutely no qualms. Oshwah would make a great admin. I trust the judgement of the nominators, and the answers to the initial questions are just what I want to see. clpo13_(talk) 16:10, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

   Support With the utmost HIGHEST yes! Oshwah has a great demeanor, can work patiently with new editors, and is knowledgeable. Misplaced Pages would be a better place with Oshwah as an admin. RickinBaltimore (talk) 16:12, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

3. Support - I have worked with Oshwah over at ACC and it is safe to say he will be an excellent administrator. He is friendly to newcomers, level-headed, and overall a net positive to the project. -- LuK3 (Talk) 16:15, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
4. Support. A read of Oshwah's talk page is telling that they'll make a fine admin. Oshwah has to deal with so many questions and complaints and they are all handled wonderfully, with civility and a positive attitude. This is exactly what I like to see. -- Tavix 16:21, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
5. Support - I have been waiting for this day for a while and I know he will make a great admin. Woodstop45 (talk) 16:23, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
6. Support. I am not unfamiliar with this user. -- zzuuzz 16:24, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
7. Support after seeing Oshwah around and always being impressed by their work and demeanor. Happy Squirrel (talk) 16:25, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
8. The strongest possible Support. Absolutely. I have absolutely no reason for Oshwah to not be an admin. He's a fantastic editor, and will be a great admin. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 16:27, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
9. (edit conflict) Absolute support. Perfect candidate. Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 16:27, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
10. Support great work on mentoring, anti-vandalism and content creation Atlantic306 (talk) 16:32, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
11. Support - Excellent candidate, No issues, Good luck :) –Davey2010 16:35, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
12. Support Great candidate for the mop. I can not think of anyone I better qualified for the admin toolset. 10 out of 10 would recommend! --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ 16:37, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
    • So some editors below are complaining about the lack of reasons in the support column I figured I'd explain my support a little better. Oshwah is one of the most patient editors I have seen on this project. He has routinely taken the time to help out newbies and often offers support to editors who don't understand something. Oshwah rarely (if not ever) looses his temper dealing with others on Misplaced Pages which is less than I can say for some current admins. Oshwah is a Vandal Fighter which is pretty much the definition of what administrators do. Oshwah Would make an amazing administrator, he's familiar with policy, is willing to own up to his mistakes and is the kind of person this project needs in an administrator. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ 14:23, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
13. Support per Mike V. Has been around since 2007 and has been editing regularly since August 2014 ,good policy knowledge and feel the Project will only gain with the user having tools.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 16:38, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
14. Support for the same reasons I gave on his last RFA. Oshwah will be a WP:NETPOSITIVE to the project and he is for sure trusted to hold the mop. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 16:53, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
15. Support per nominations. It's about time! Jianhui67 17:10, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
16. Support. I have seen Oshwah around for some time. While I understand the concerns expressed below, I am still comfortable supporting, because I can trust that Oshwah will not abuse the tools, and also that while they may make mistakes, they are willing to listen and learn. Vanamonde (talk) 17:22, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
17. Support Such a great temperament as evidenced by the many helpful responses on his Talk page and elsewhere, along with a tireless enthusiasm for keeping Misplaced Pages vandal-free - a win-win combination and a successful candidacy would probably be a relief for the administrators at AIV who keep having to deal with his requests! Mike1901 (talk) 17:37, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
18. Support. You're hired. SlightSmile 17:54, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
19. Support I gave Oshwah some advice on their first poll. They followed up with me and we had a further discussion. I've seen an improvement at AIV though they sometimes still make mistakes and are too quick on the revert button. Nonetheless, I suspect Oshwah will be more careful with the adminship tools. The consequences are much steeper and the responsibility all that much more. Best of luck, Mkdw 18:01, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

    The declining of unblock requests is very worrisome. It should not have been done and is expressly prohibited under our blocking policies. There are a number of tools admins use to assess these situations. They have also been given the trust of the community to review these types of situations; blocking and unblocking are the most consequential actions administrators can take. I have never reviewed an unblock request without checking the editor's deleted contributions. Even ones that seem like a very straight forward decline. That being said, I've read Oshwah's response to question 9 and while clearly a huge misstep, they've acknowledged their mistake. I am therefore still supporting Oshwah's RFA and I hope they take this as a cautionary warning because any use of the admin tools in contravention of administrative policies may not be received as well. At 91% I think the outcome is fairly clear and I wish them the best of luck on their new responsibilities. (I do think they should respond to the rest of their RFA questions though) Mkdw 01:29, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

20. Support With 91.2% success rate at AFD and experience and victim of two ridiculous blocks. And and and if KaisaL can be sysop with less than 8000 edits, I don't see one strong reason, why Oshwah can't be an administrator. Marvellous Spider-Man 18:02, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
21. Support – good work in the trenches; attitude as yet unsullied from having to deal with the scum of the earth. Great addition to Corps of Admins. Favonian (talk) 18:06, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
22. Support - Oshwah is a great Wikipedian and has contributed in numerous places around the encyclopedia. I've seen his work several times in passing over different articles and it's always high quality. -- Dane2007 18:08, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
23. Support as co-nominator. Katie 18:09, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
24. Support: Would make a great admin. Oshwah has beaten me to too many reverts on Huggle. Oh well :) But that means that he's done a great job. —MRD2014 (talk) (contribs) 18:15, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
25. Support, and happy to do so. In my experience: This editor has the right temperament. Does great work fighting vandals. Exemplary efforts to welcome, help and nurture new editors. From the comments. Reading the comments above, I'm also impressed that this editor went through the RfC process once, was not chosen, and then accepted and followed the advice others provided. Again, exemplary. David in DC (talk) 18:23, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
26. Support - Oshwah should've been given the mop long ago! A definite net positive. Having had several interactions with this helpful user, I can see no issues at all. Best of luck sir :-) Zero 18:25, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
27. Strong Support: (edit conflict × 3) Oshwah is great with the admin tools, handles problems nicely. KGirlTrucker81 18:31, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
28. Support. Oshwah has shown through his years of service that he can be trusted; as he mentioned above himself, he's not perfect, but he doesn't have to be. He's responsible, he cares about the project, he knows what he's doing, and he's probably not going to sabotage the encyclopedia with his admin tools. As such, I'm happy to support. Colonel Wilhelm Klink (|_Mistakes) 18:48, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
29. Strong Support Oshwah has proven that he will be a great admin. He's nice to just about everyone (something I do need to work on), he faithfully reverts vandalism and test edits, and there is nothing bad about him from what I can see. Peter Sam Fan 19:24, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
30. Support Trustworthy editor who would benefit from having the tools. One time this month, it took 45 minutes after a BLP was reported to WP:RFPP before the article was protected, with mass vandalism continuing the whole time. This took up valuable time from several editors who had to keep refreshing the page history and revert all that. Extraordinary backlogs in critical areas require extraordinary evidence against prospective admins willing to work in those areas to oppose them. Gap9551 (talk) 19:42, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
31. Support. Oshwah is very on-the-ball in every interaction I've had with him. He doesn't hesitate to ask questions if he's unsure of something, and he has done a great job in the last few years. I think he would be an excellent admin. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:02, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
32. Support Oshwah is a good vandals fighter, I'm hope and he should be a good admin. SA 13 Bro (talk) 20:08, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
33. Support A few hiccups here and there, but overall Oshwah is a vandal-fighting machine and would make better use of the toolset than most admins. "Manning the frontlines", as he puts it, is indeed how I picture Oshwah as an admin, but one look at those AfD stats leads me to believe he'd do well working on content-oriented backlogs. I think there's still some perfecting to be done, e.g. when to use page protection over blocks, etc, but few enter adminship with perfect expertise.More than anything, I admire Oshwah's attitude and ability to keep cool when things get hot: whether it be an editing dispute, backlashing vandals, or nosey admins like me calling out his trivial mistakes. I find people like Oshwah make Misplaced Pages fun, improve the collaborative spirit of those who encounter him, etc, and with a mop this positive influence is only going to carry more weight. In response to the current opposition, this is the temperament we should look for, not his supposed over-eagerness to join the ranks — MusikAnimal 20:18, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
34. Support Good candidate. CAPTAIN RAJU 20:28, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
35. Support About time! Oshwah will be a clear net positive with the mop. Tazerdadog (talk) 20:33, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
36. Support because I see no good reason not to. Someguy1221 (talk) 20:39, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
37. Support About damn time. One of the nicest, most competent, users Misplaced Pages has. Always willing to help out wherever needed. 100% net positive. Absolutely no issues with giving him a mop. --Majora (talk) 20:45, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
38. Support I'm surprised you aren't one already! I thought you were one when I first came across you. You revert vandalism constantly and you're great with the newbies. Best of luck!! Linguist 111 Moi. 21:02, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
39. Support I´ve lurked at his talkpage, and I say it´s a good bet he´ll do a decent job. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:10, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
40. Strong Support - Absolutely. I also wish to echo MusikAnimal's admiration for Oshwah's attitude and commitment to the project. Best of luck :) Mlpearc (open channel) 21:19, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
41. Support. Fully qualified candidate. To anyone opposing Oshwah I say "bushwah!" Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:26, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
42. Strongest support I tottaly think this should of happened years ago, Oshwah will be a great admin, I see him helping out on IRC, and doing some anti-vandal and other tasks onwiki theres no better person to become admin Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ (talk) 21:28, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
43. Support--Why not?--Church 21:32, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
44. Support largely on the reputations of the noms. Mr Ernie (talk) 21:37, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
45. Strong support - I detected murmurings of a second RFA run a while ago, and I'm very glad to see that my sources suspicions have been confirmed. Oshwah is an incredibly cordial, helpful, and prolific editor whose good faith is absolutely out of the question. He also has a real, demonstrated need for the tools, which would be extremely helpful. Oshwah has done valuable work, and I wish him the best of luck. GAB 21:44, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
46. Support DavidLeighEllis (talk) 22:04, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
47. Strong support Obviously a WP:NETPOSITIVE. My interactions with Oshwah have shown that he's incredibly civil, calm and helpful towards everyone, especially towards newcomers, which is something I'd expect in an admin. His countervandalism work is excellent and he would be a huge help around WP:AIV and just in dealing with vandals in general. I have no doubts that he'll use the admin tools wisely. Oh yeah, and how could I oppose someone with such amazing hair? Omni Flames (talk) 22:11, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

    @Omni Flames: He shaved his head, sadly. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 22:24, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

    @ThePlatypusofDoom: Oh dear, well then I suppose I'll have to strike my comment and move to oppose. Omni Flames (talk) 06:48, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

    Obviously, he grew rather tired of the constant "Dude, you must be Yahoo Serious! Could I get your autograph?" :) RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 08:52, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

48. Support Been seen around, I see no problems here with giving him the mop. Ronhjones  22:27, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
49. Support - I don't think I ever ran across Oshwah until a few months ago, but what I've seen has been all good, and I think he'll turn out to be an excellent admin. ​—DoRD (talk)​ 22:35, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
50. Support: Oshwah has repeatedly demonstrated a clear willingness and ability to take on difficult situations with patience, thoughtfulness, and a neutral point of view. He has always been willing to listen to advice, help others, and work towards the overall improvement of Misplaced Pages. In all honesty and frankness, I believe him to be one of the most genuine, competent, and enthusiastic editors we have on the project and that it would be pure foolishness to pass up this opportunity to give him the ability to do MORE work improving the project and to relieve the burden on our other hard-workings administrators who are already overworked. To the concerns of "hat collecting" and the quality of his content, I respond as such: Misplaced Pages admin-ship does not have to be about content creation, many (if not most) admins do very little content creation. Regarding the hat collecting, how does gaining user rights to clearly help improve the encyclopedic equate to hat collecting? We've been steadily unbundling admin tools into user rights, thus more "hats" for people to "collect". Oshwah clearly intends to use the admin bit to improve the encyclopedia and has demonstrated good jugdment and competence. 'nuff said. Waggie (talk) 22:38, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
51. Support - I've examined his contributions in articles and interactions with editors I know something about, and his contributions have generally been timely and good-humoured. Looking at his AFD votes, I'm pleased by how they've generally been well-reasoned and backed up with clear explanations, often taking the lead rather than just chiming in. Overall, I feel happy for him to get the mop. Blythwood (talk) 22:43, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
52. Support Oripaypaykim (talk) 22:44, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
53. Strong Support – I've seen Oshwah around and he always behaves extremely respectfully and seems to have exactly the kind of personality one would want in an admin. Also he's eager to jump into areas where more admins to shoulder the burden of work are sorely needed. See no reason not to support strongly, even after reading the concerns brought up below. Snuge purveyor (talk) 22:50, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

    I applaud SMcCandlish for their technical sleuthing skills! Below, they bring up Oshwah's non-admin declines of unblock requests, which concerned me. After a look through all of them, there is only one that stands out as possibly hasty or inappropriate. Several have been closures of unblock requests where the reason parameter was used to conduct personal attacks (, , ); several have been declines to obvious, definite, or self-admitted trolls and vandals (, , , ). Some were second or third in a series of rapid-fire declines (third of three in 11 hours: , third of three in 31 minutes: , second of two in 1 hour: ). The only incident that stands out is here where Oshwah declines an unblock with an empty reason parameter by an IP editor, with the text "Declining" and edit summary "Obvious troll." Maybe some better explanation in decline parameter ("Procedural decline; please specify a reason"?) would have been a little nicer. The IP editor seemed so genuinely confused that they thought the byte change in their edit history was the number of editors who had 'liked' or 'disliked' their edit. (Might still have been a troll; not my specialty.) In all I feel that these non-admin closures are trivialities, obviously aimed at reducing admin workload. Having reconsidered my position, I find that I still strongly support Oshwah's promotion. Snuge purveyor (talk) 01:12, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

    Reading through everything here, and on Oshwah's talk page, I find my support wavering a little. I'm still in favour of promotion, but with the advice that the candidate slow down. 78.26's comment about being "a bit hasty with IP editors" hits the central concern, and Begoon's oppose about "spraying bullets" is apt. MRD2014 at support #24, and Meltingwood on Oshwah's talk page both say that the candidate has made reverts that they were about to make, so clearly there are others who can take up the slack if Oshwah slows down and acts a bit more carefully. I would go so far as to advise the candidate to attempt to become the number two or maybe even number three Huggle user for awhile, by exercising more caution with each revert. I'm confident Oshwah will take to heart the lessons of this RfA, especially since he agreed to stand for recall in the answer to Q15 :P Snuge purveyor (talk) 21:23, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

54. Support A fine choice. And Adoil Descended (talk) 22:53, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
55. Support Perfect choice, Oshwah always behaves extremely respectfully and has the kind of personality one would want in an admin. He clearly intends to improve Misplaced Pages and has always shown good judgment. Chris "WarMachineWildThing" (talk) 23:30, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
56. Support I find the opposes unconvincing; Oshwah is a recent changes/anti-vandalism patroller, has been doing this a while, and does it well. Geogene (talk) 23:40, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
57. Strong support. Oshwah fairly regularly asks me on IRC to help him out with tasks that he can't do himself without the tools (usually page protections, VOA accounts, etc.) The requests are always well thought out, and it's clear he'd put the same thought into doing them himself. I've corrected him before on some misunderstandings and he is very good at taking feedback and learning from it. GorillaWarfare (talk) 23:56, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
58. There's really nothing that can go wrong here. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (reason) 00:04, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
59. Support We need more admins like Oshwah, or more admins in general.—CycloneIsaac (Talk) 00:34, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
60. Support Excellent user with a great track record of counter-vandalism, good decision-making, and helpfulness. Sn1per (talk) 00:39, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
61. Support - no reason not to. I will say that the non-admin closure of an unblock request was troubling; on the other hand Oshwah has stated that it was a mistake and (s)he will learn from it. That is good enough for me. Banedon (talk) 00:55, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
62. Strong support Oshwah was terrific user and he will make an excellent admin. Mona778 (talk) 01:21, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
63. Strong support - Man, I have known Oshwah for a long time. He is helpful, really nice and has a strong record of counter vandalism. So @Oshwah:, dude, you have my support!!! --EurovisionNim (talk to me)(see my edits) 02:10, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
64. Support No big deal Rhoark (talk) 02:59, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
65. Support From what I have seen, Oshwah has the right temperament to be a good admin. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 03:45, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
66. Support Montanabw in particular raises serious concerns, but ultimately my personal observations of the user (we often overlap on Huggle) more closely match match the noms' picture: dedication, kindness, and humility. That's exactly what we need from an admin. FourViolas (talk) 03:49, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

    Noting my concern that the answer to Q4 didn't include any newbie TLC. The "new user's" actions here are consistent with those of a good-faith editor whose only problem is unfamiliarity with dispute resolution guidelines. Being told to "fuck off", responding quasi-politely ("troll" is a reasonable term for a confusing and uncivil person on the Internet), and then getting told off for it by an admin would have been more than enough to drive me and many other good-faith editors from the project early. Still supporting for now, but with reservations. FourViolas (talk) 19:15, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

67. Support as he is very experienced editor and I think he will make good use of admin tools. Fuortu (talk) 03:55, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
68. Support per nom. Experienced, super responsive on IRC and I think they'll make an excellent admin. :-) --Az1568 (talk) 04:30, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
69. Support per the others above. Should be an excellent admin. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 04:36, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
70. Support Why not? -FASTILY 04:37, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
71. Support I support few RFAs that will easily pass, as this one will, but I've met Oshwah on IRC many times. He's consistently kind and polite to everyone and seems very trustworthy. I don't think admins need many more qualities, not that I think he has none. KSFT 05:31, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
72. Support--Stemoc 05:43, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
73. —Kusma (t·c) 05:58, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
74. Support – He's not an admin yet? Hurry up. Strong editor, prolific as hell, apparently friendly... I think he has earned the unpaid non-promotion. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 06:23, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
75. Support -- I thought Oshwah was already an admin :-) . That would be an excellent addition; our interactions were all positive. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:43, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
76. Support I've been stalking Oshwah from last week , when I got EC while reverting vandalism, I must say they are the best Wikipedian I've ever seen; Oshwah seriously deserves admin tools! ;-) — RainFall 07:02, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
77. Support Whenever I see this editor around, it is always good news. Can't beat that. Dr. K. 07:16, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
78. Support I would have loved to have given a well reasoned, policy and experience backed !vote here, but I'm on holiday and I think Oshwah's actions speaks louder than I ever could. I've known Oshwah for quite some time, and always found them to be polite and knowledgeable. They've gone out of their way to help new editors (and myself when I've gotten into a pickle!). I can't recommend Oshwah enough for adminship -- samtar 08:06, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
79. Support Oshwah is the #1 huggle user, and is responsible with rollback. Giving him adminship will reduce the burden on other admins significantly. On top of that, he is quite civil, particularly with new editors.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 08:16, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
80. Support although I wish Oshwah would concentrate more on things he really wants to do, not so much on what others expect from him. Widr (talk) 08:22, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
81. Strong, Strong Support- I have had the pleasure of working with Oshwah in the counter vandal department and I was very suprised he wasn't an admin before I saw on his talk page, He is always kind to others, and helps newcomers, which for me is a big positive. I think Oshwah will be a brilliant addition to the admin team, he will do a great job. A net positive for the encyclopedia. Class455 (talk) 08:37, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
82. Support 08:35, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
83. Support One of the issues I see often is that it can take some time to block vandals and protect pages, and the consequence is that there will be dozens of highly disruptive and rude edits, and edit summaries. As Oshwah is often patrolling on Huggle (Heck, he is Misplaced Pages's number one user), he will be able to quickly respond to these incidents. Also, I regard him as Misplaced Pages's number one in dispute resolution, and I have often sent difficult editors his way, which he has always dealt with calm and patience. Another indicator, IMHO, is the number of times he has had attack pages created, or his talk page vandalised, and that it doesn't faze him one iota. I also regard Oshwah as my Misplaced Pages bestie (and I'm sure others feel the same way), and so it would certainly be an asset to have him as backup. No one else that I know of (apart from the more famous administrators like Materialscientist, Bgwhite, John of Reading, Gilliam, I dream of horses, Widr and Boing! said Zebedee) has worked so hard to keep Misplaced Pages great, and so it's with great pleasure that I support his adminship. PS. Whenever human cloning is made possible, I would nominate that Oshwah be the first to be cloned, and that they are all made administrators. 😀 David.moreno72 09:04, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
84. One of the friendliest, calmest editors around here and maintains civility in tensed situations. Has demonstrated the need for mop and I'm pretty sure they'll make a good use of it. Regards—UY Scuti 10:24, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
85. Support - likely net positive. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:24, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
86. Strong Support Excellent editor. Will be an excellent admin. --NeilN 11:31, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
87. Support - with a . I'm sure there will be lessons to take from the RfA, but that is a good thing. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 11:36, 23 August 2016 (UTC).
    
88. Support. zomg Oshwah is like the BEST WIKIPEDIA EDITOR OF ALL TIME zomg !!!!!!11111one1 lol (Also, Oshwah has good contributions. His AfD comments are well-considered and his CSD tagging is generally good.) Axl ¤ 11:53, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
89. Support - sure, they look like a solid candidate for a mop. Plus MikeV's endorsement as nomination goes a pretty long way. -- Euryalus (talk) 11:59, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
90. Support: A net positive! - Ret.Prof (talk) 12:57, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
91. Support Didn't have a chance to support last time. Will be fine with the mop. Miniapolis 13:07, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
92. Support I'm not particularly bothered by the content "issue" - it is perfectly fine for admins to be interested in things besides creating articles. We need more admins to deal with the various backlogs and enforcement even more than we need them to write. Oshwah has a good head on his shoulders, the right temperament, and a willingness to learn from mistakes. Also unlikely to delete the Main Page. Overall a very promising candidate who I think will make an excellent admin. The Wordsmith 14:06, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

    @The Wordsmith: Yeah, but besides creating articles, I often create redirects to highway related articles. KGirlTrucker81 00:49, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

93. Support Ticks all the boxes for me. WaggersTALK 15:23, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
94. Support - I've interacted with the editor in various discussions, and don't recall any red flags that would have me discourage them being an Admin. Sergecross73 msg me 15:24, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
95. Support—my interactions with this editor have convinced me of his competence. Dschslavaparlez moi 15:32, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
96. Support.. Although I have never directly interacted with Oshwah, I have seen him around in AIV, Vandalism, NPP and at AfDs. He seems to be a level headed guy, never involved in any disputes and very consistent. Although not a "requirement", the only feedback I have for him is more content creation (only six new articles created). DYK and GA contributions should also be worked on. I wish him all the best for the nomination. Cheers, Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) 17:14, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
97. Support I have seen this editor frequently, participating in various admin-related areas; CSD, AfD, and so forth. The edits made were appropriate and constructive; I am sure that granting the mop and bucket would be a net positive for the project.--Anthony Bradbury 17:24, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
98. 20 mule team Support His work in various areas is levelheaded and fair minded. He is already an asset to the project and having the mop and pail will increase that fact. MarnetteD|Talk 17:53, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
99. Support I would have been inactive for a month if Oshwah's RfA didn't appear in my watchlist. Oshwah is a prolific editor with an outstanding record for helping new users as well as having detailed understanding of policy. With a wealth of experience he is by far worthy of the mop. It disheartens me to see even this many opposes over completely trivial stuff -NottNott|talk 17:56, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

    Support I have often encountered Oshwah around Misplaced Pages and found him uniformly constructive and courteous. Doing my usual research: His record at AfD, CSD, and PROD shows a very good understanding of deletion. He is very familiar with admin-related pages such as AIV, UAA, RFPP etc. He has more than 100,000 edits (how many of us can say the same?). He shows a commendable willingness to accept advice and criticism. I trust him with the tools and feel he will be a good addition to the admin corps. --MelanieN (talk) 18:15, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

    P.S. I still support him, but the actions revealed at Begoon's question concern me. Oshwah not only declined unblock requests (which as a non-admin he was not entitled to do) but he gave no reason, just "declined". IMO it is absolutely incumbent on the person declining an unblock request to explain why they are declining it. The explanation should demonstrate that some thought went into the decision, and should directly respond to the user's reason for requesting an unblock. Oshwah, I hope you will take this correction to heart. --MelanieN (talk) 19:09, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

    Ouch! I just saw the bit about doing "non-admin clerking" at AIV, and even inventing a template for such actions. It isn't clear to me if he only endorsed AIV reports (which is harmless but not helpful) or actually declined some (which would go way beyond what a non-admin should do). Worst of all, when people began to express disapproval of his actions at WT:AIV, he actually said that he would stop "if there was consensus for him to stop". Whereupon he was properly zinged that he shouldn't require consensus to stop doing something that he should have gotten consensus to do in the first place! I'm very sorry, but I am moving from "support" to "neutral". This shows way too poor an understanding of Misplaced Pages policies regarding the uses and limitations of admin tools for me to continue to support him. --MelanieN (talk) 20:34, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

    P.S. BethNaught kindly provided some examples (in the Comments section below) of cases where Oshwah formally declined some AIV reports, and even closed the reports after declining. IMO he could have been brought to ANI for that. --MelanieN (talk) 20:57, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

100. Support Haven't interacted personally but responses indicate they'd make a great admin. Lord Roem ~ (talk) 18:55, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
101. Support, based on review. Kierzek (talk) 19:00, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
102. Support No problems here. Have seen your good work in different places. ~EDDY ~ 19:08, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
103. Support - obviously, should have been one after the last request. Just keep in mind that Misplaced Pages isn't everything; you do a lot of good work here, but maybe step back every now and then :-) -- Ajraddatz (talk) 19:23, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

     @Ajraddatz: May I ask, to whom are you addressing your question; who should 'maybe step back every now and them'...? _Muffled 19:40, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

     The candidate. That's who we're here to talk about :-) -- Ajraddatz (talk) 19:59, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

     To expand a bit on my vote: First, it is clear that Oshwah wants to be an admin here. And with the pedestal that admins are put on, is it really any surprise that people who want to be involved in the governance side of the project gravitate towards the role? I would argue that there has always been a "career path" to becoming an admin, and most successful candidates have gone down it, with the expressed intention of becoming administrators. There are boxes to check before entering the role, and I don't think that checking them is a bad thing. After all, we want people who are a) excited about the role and b) experienced enough to perform in it. I also, as always, fail to see the relevance of content work here. Even if Oshwah had 50 FAs under his belt in some obscure topic, that wouldn't prepare him well for all content disputes; moving between different types of content here, you find all sorts of different standards and expectations. I think what is important is that he understand broadly the policies related to content work here, even if that isn't his main focus. I see no evidence that he doesn't understand them. And there is nothing wrong with anti-vandalism, because we need to maintain the quality of the articles as well. It's just as important as writing them. The one (and serious) concern I have is regarding his error rate. I've never been incredibly happy with Huggle spam, and it is disheartening to see so many messages on his talk page regarding mistaken reverts. But to put it in perspective, Oshwah's last 500 reverts go back a week, and that's with him slowing down for the RfA. I think the number of errors relative to the reverts he does is quite reasonable, though of course there is still room to improve. All of this to say: is he perfect? No. But does he plan on being active in admin areas, and can he be trusted to use the tools well and maturely accept responsibility for his actions? All indications say yes. So, thanks for applying, and hopefully when you become an admin you'll realize how small of a deal it is. :-) -- Ajraddatz (talk) 06:40, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

104. Support - per last time, net positive. GiantSnowman 19:48, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
105. (edit conflict) Support per nom. I don't buy the rationales below: the base question is, can we trust him with the advanced access of adminship (including appropriate judgement)? Everything seems to point to yes.--Jasper Deng (talk) 19:49, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
106. (edit conflict)Support Oshwah was one of the very first editors I interacted with on WP and I've lately been watching his talk page and noticing how he unfailingly interacts with other users with courtesy and good will. I've read some of the reasons for opposition, but on balance I am still in favor.  —jmcgnh 20:03, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
107. Support Been nothing but friendly in helpful in my interactions with him. AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 20:21, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
108. Support I voted Nay the previous time due to lack of article work, but now he has that experience so I am satisfied. --Frmorrison (talk) 20:43, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
109. Support. Oshwah suffers from overeagerness, as do many potential administrator candidates. Who can blame them? When an editor knows how to handle something, has the experience to do so, and genuinely wants to help out and improve the encyclopedia, I can absolutely see why many editors try to ignore all rules and help out. I'm a huge fan of aggressively expanding the role of non-admins, but I think Oshwah jumped the gun a bit (or a lot, rather) on the unblock request closes. But no-one is saying Oshwah's response was incorrect, and is the solution to overeagerness really to make it even more difficult to get into the roles they're eager to help out in? We need admins, people. We need them badly. If we slap down everyone who tried to help a bit too much before their RfA, we're going to be left with only those candidates who don't plan to dig in and take care of backlogs. The only remaining question is whether Oshwah's overeagerness is evidence of a broader lack of judgement, which is a fair question. I don't think it is. I offered to help Oshwah get involved closing discussions prior to his RfA with the hope that he'd come to RfA with a more solid record to judge. His response was that he's a vandal fighter, not a closer, and he had no interest in doing anything just for the purposes of passing an RfA. That response removes any doubt in my mind that Oshwah will jump into unfamiliar areas and wield the tools in an amateurish manner. He knows what he's good at, and he is damn good at it. ~ Rob₁₃ 20:53, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
110. No objections, and a nom from KrakatoaKatie makes this an easy support. Ed  21:21, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
111. Support. I'm inclined to agree with Rob. Based on what I've gleaned from the responses, I think he will do a good job. I'd still like to see a 3 to 6 mos. "internship" for newly elected admins before giving them full access to all the tools and/or ability to block, etc. I remember some discussion about it in the recent past but don't know what came of it. 21:23, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
112. Support Seems to be a positive influence at ANI from what I've seen. Number 57 21:37, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
113. Solid judgement, polite, been around for a while, knows the rules. Would block again Strong Support SQL 21:47, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

     Database errors. Sheesh. ;-) Katie 23:12, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

     Welp. SQL 23:14, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

114. Support A dedicated editor that has a good grasp of policies and all the edits I have seen from them show good judgement. More content would always be nice, but they do have some and we also need editors that are willing to get dirty fighting vandalism. Think they will make a fine admin. AIRcorn (talk) 22:10, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
115. Support – not surprised. 333-blue 23:11, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
116. Oppose candidate has made mistakes, works in areas of the encyclopedia that aren't my personal favorites, and appears to want the job. No, wait, that would be silly; I sure don't want to deal with AIV. Support. Opabinia regalis (talk) 23:34, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
117. Support - <humor>I dunno, when the dirty laundry is supporting the RFA, they must be a good candidate!</humor> In all seriousness though, Oshwah is a hardworking user. He is enthusiastic, and always tries his best to help. Of course, he does make mistakes, but all I have seen him do wrong, I have also seen him most apologetically resolving these mistakes. -- The Voidwalker 00:45, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
118. Support Would make a great admin, been a long time coming. --Charitwo 00:50, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
119. <joke>Oppose; user has a non-trivial block log!</joke> Supporting, basically, because of the things some of the opposers raise. If he's already reporting lots of vandals, familiar with responding to unblock requests, etc., he knows what to do, and the admin tools will enable him to do what's right instead of waiting for someone else to come along and do it. Every additional good admin means less work for the rest of us. Nyttend (talk) 01:56, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

120. Support Has a clear need for tools and can be trusted as demonstrated in edits. — Music1201 01:59, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
121. Support - I'm not gonna argue with myself from the last RFA, when I opined, "While I'm tempted to ask whether Beano still kicks butt, I think we can safely consign that 2007 edit to the realm of juvenilia. I'm impressed that you dove from being a new account straight into vandal fighting — strong props for that. Adequate tenure, clean block log, seemingly a need for janitorial tools. Keep up the good work." Congrats on passing this second time around. Statement of principle: vandal fighters need the tool box and their access should be expedited. Carrite (talk) 02:35, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
122. Support - Outstanding candidate. I fully support. He is a tireless patroller who is doing quite a lot to keep the encyclopedia free of vandalism, disruptive editing and errors. He has a helpful and civil demeanor that is important for an administrator. His talk page in recent years more than adequately shows that. I also have seen him provide help on user and article talk pages. I discount any passing remarks by a much younger person several years ago (not that they were that bad). He has made enough contributions in other areas to show that he is trustworthy. Anyone who thinks that there are no backlogs at AIV should look at it at this time. There have been several others over the past week. Oshwah will help prevent that. He also has made good contributions at AfD, CSD, PROD, UAA and RFPP which show a good grasp of Misplaced Pages policies. As more of an aside, I suppose, in my opinion, a point that someone who has been a helpful contributor for over nine years and now seeks adminship with a record of a very large number of edits is hat collecting is not persuasive. When someone can make the kind of contributions Oshwah has proven he can make in maintenance areas especially, he should be allowed to make the additional contributions that his record proves he can make. Donner60 (talk) 02:57, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
123. Support I foresee some likely issues with jumping into issues too quickly based on the problems I've seen described here, so be careful with that and try to err on the side of keeping editors. That said, I think you'll do a fine job overall, just look a bit more before you leap. Hobit (talk) 04:40, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

     Weak support I do kind of agree with Ritchie333 on Oshwah's content creation but I see many positives about this user as well. They are civil, they like to help users (new and old) and they seem like he would be happy to work at the areas where more admins are needed. Overall, Oshwah would be a WP:NETPOSITIVE to Misplaced Pages if he became an admin. However, I do suggest that you send a bit more of your time on content creation/expansion/improvement. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 06:27, 24 August 2016 (UTC) Moving to oppose. - Yellow Dingo (talk) 07:19, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

124. Support - I've actually thought you are an admin at a first place actually. Looks experienced and ready for admin's force! NgYShung 08:05, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
125. Support I agree with many of the support comments. Good contributions in many areas convince me that Oshwah will use the tools for the benefit of the project. From my point of view the two issues brought up for opposing are not serious enough and are clearly outweighed by his contributions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crystallizedcarbon (talk • contribs) 10:49, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
126. Support – I see his competent anti-vandal actions every day on my watch list. I'm sure a mop will make him even more effective in that field. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 13:30, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
127. Support I have found this user to be a competent wikipedian and I respect their judgement and trust them with the tools. HighInBC 13:40, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
128. Support - I could have sworn I'd seen an RfA of his recently, but apparently not. Anyways, Oshwah's a very helpful editor and we would benefit from having him as an administrator. Kurtis 14:11, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

     Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Oshwah Linguist 111 Moi. 14:12, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

129. Support, this user has learned from their previous RfA request, gotten better, and seems to hit all the check marks I would want in a good admin. I see no reason to object here. - SanAnMan (talk) 14:25, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
130. Support - I think that giving him the tools will be a significant net benefit to the project, it allows him to be more effective with work that he is already doing well (albeit perhaps out of process, in an IAR sort of way). He readily admits his mistakes and comes up with ways to self-improve, which is to my mind one of the most important characteristics of someone given increased powers. PGWG (talk) 14:47, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
131. Support I checked out 7 of the non-admin unblock request declines and they were all from troll accounts. I can see why Oshwah thought they were doing a good thing and reducing administrative burden. I also see them admitting fault in A9 and saying they'll learn from it. Recognizing you're wrong and learning from mistakes are two of the qualities I value most in administrators, so Oshwah has my support. ~Awilley (talk) 16:09, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
132. Support. I think Oshwah gets a little overeager to help out sometimes, but that could become a positive if he channels it properly, such as tackling backlogs. If nothing else, we can always trust Oshwah to act in good faith. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 16:49, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
133. Support I'm not worried about lack of content work. I signed up at Misplaced Pages to remove rubbish, and have continued to do that. Interesting that nobody seems to have noticed those non-admin declines before. Looking through them now, I can only remember looking at one of them myself (and didn't see anything wrong with it at the time). They look like declines that are rather more polite than would be given by some admins that I won't name, in fact.Given his other work here, I'm quite prepared to accept that he was acting in good faith, and would have stopped if it had been pointed out as inappropriate. Peridon (talk) 16:54, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
134. Support Weak Support Oshwah is extremely nice and never bites a newbie. He has experience in counter-vandalism, and most other Misplaced Pages-related tasks. He also has decent content creation (at least better than mine!) Dat Guy_Contribs 17:54, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

     • Changed to weak support after a long thought about clerking at AIV. Dat Guy_Contribs 21:27, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

135. Support Without a doubt, this user would make a great admin. Oshwah is a hardworking and helpful user. His work on Misplaced Pages is very high quality. Ilyushka88 | _Contribs 18:27, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
136. Support Fantastic candidate, excellent vandalism fighter (can't tell you how many times I've gone to revert some vandalism in RecentChanges only to have Oshwah beat me to it). Responding to an unblock request as a non-admin was a very mild mistake done entirely in good faith; it doesn't concern me at all. -IagoQnsi (talk) 19:08, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
137. This is only a very marginal, weak, support. I take a lot of the oppose and neutral comments here very seriously, and I think what Drmies said was particularly apt. I've been wavering, and I came very close to opposing on the basis of those non-admin closures of block review requests. Blocking a user, any user, is a big deal. And therefore, a request to unblock is a big deal too. Until someone has been vetted by the community via RfA, they have no business closing the door on that. Taking that with the perceptions of being over-eager and of not enough sensitivity to content, and one has plenty of reason to be concerned. On the other hand, I think that being eager to help is a good thing, and I think I'm seeing more of that, than of over-eagerness. And I'm seeing enough intelligence and humility and willingness to admit mistakes that I really do believe the candidate will learn from mistakes. I think I can trust this person to help with the many routine tasks that we need administrators to carry out, and I offer the strong advice to go carefully with the more sensitive tasks, especially at first. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:06, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
138. Support Conscientious and diplomatic. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 20:18, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
139. Support - I have read the oppose views with interest and some consternation and wonder whether any keen editor who makes a mistake can ever hope to aspire to be an admin. Learning from mistakes is a positive way forward and it seems highly unlikely that past mistakes would be repeated. I have always found the edits by Oshwah to be balanced and appropriately judged. I firmly believe that people grow into jobs if supported and encouraged and I see no reason to doubt that here.  Velella    23:28, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
140. Support as I do not see any reason to think that the nominee will abuse using the toolset, so thus I see no reason to oppose. (I was actually the first "oppose" vote in Oshwah's previous RFA, but no longer consider my previous opinion relevant to assessing a nominee's ability or comprehension to be an administrator.) Steel1943 (talk) 03:19, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
141. Support, while Oshwah may not be perfect, he's good enough for me to support. --kelapstick 04:01, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
142. Support.--Cahk (talk) 08:17, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
143. Support - Oshwah has made mistakes (but who hasn't?), but I'm really impressed by the fact that they recognize the mistakes and have learned from them. We need more admins at AIV (and overall), and I literally see nothing that concerns me. However, at the time I write this, there are still two questions unanswered, though I do not expect the responses to change my opinion. — Jkudlick • t • c • s 11:55, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
144. Support. Based on this user's excellent work at WP:AfD alone, I would support; 90-plus % match rate after over 100 discussions. We need many more hands at AfD. Bearian (talk) 12:52, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
145. Support I remember Oshwah's previous RfA, and I thought that they would have made a decent admin back then as well. I see no reason to change my mind now. — Mr. Stradivarius 13:24, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
146. Support As nom for his previous RfA. He has only improved since his last time. I see no reason he will not serve the project to the best of his ability.—azuki (talk · contribs · email) 13:43, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
147. Support I don't see any problems when Oshwah if he becomes an admin. He looks back on his mistakes and seems to keep his cool. WikiPancake 14:50, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
148. Support encountered him several times on the front lines. Extremely (over?)enthusiastic, yes, but he gets it right when it comes to finding vandalism. Wouldn't dismiss given the number of other vandal fighting regulars who've voiced strong support. — Andy W. (talk · ctb) 14:53, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
149. If he's so eager to help, he probably would be able to help a lot. And I don't see enough red flags. SSTflyer 15:00, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
150. Support: I see an editor willing to do a lot of difficult work. He's been bold and made a few mistakes, but he seems to have gained wisdom along the way. Eagerness to help is a good thing.  SchreiberBike | ⌨  15:08, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
151. Support: seems qualified and not likely to cause too much drama. Jonathunder (talk) 15:42, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
152. Support. The nominators provided valid reasons for Oshwah to get sysop - Oshwah has made good content and wants to help deal with the admin backlog. His block log (one block where the admin blocked the wrong person, another where Oshwah offered his block log up for testing) showed good humour and interaction with admins. Deryck C. 16:33, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
153. Support User has my trust; will be helpful for the project as an admin. Spencer 16:54, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
154. just barely by the skin of my teeth support. I'll try (and likely fail) to avoid TLDR. I think enthusiasm for our project is a good thing. I'm not overly concerned about lack of content creation, and the candidate has taken steps to better understand this process per last candidacy. To be subsequently told they are too eager smacks of a can't-win situation for Oshwah. I appreciate the candidates vandal-fighting efforts. They seem good with new registered users, but a bit hasty with IP addresses, which I know from personal experience is an easy trap to fall into. The action regarding the unblock requests has me flabbergasted. The examples in answer to my question have me underwhelmed, sorry. I support this candidate for their tenure of contructive contributions, their enthusiasm to make Misplaced Pages better, a basic demonstration of WP:CLUE despite some SERIOUS missteps, and the ability to apologize, learn, and move on. (For instance, no sulking after failed RfA previously, but a demonstrated desire and ability to move on, continue contructively, and work on the points brought up.) I temper my support by the issues brought up by several of my betters on the "oppose" and "neutral" sections. I beg the candidate tread more carefully when they get the mop, for it seems they will, and to continue to accept guidance. In my suspect opinion your great weakness is over-confidence, but your great strength is humility, an odd combination. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 17:02, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
155. Support: I have a high impression of Oshwah and their edits, especially in administrative areas, just from the past month alone since I've returned to active editing. Airplaneman ✈ 19:17, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
156. Support. Seems very qualified. Net positive. Enterprisey (talk!) _{(formerly APerson)} 20:07, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
157. Support – the oppose votes hold no water with me. We're going to need more vandal-fighting admins in short order. I'm sure Oshwah will take some of the concerns (e.g. in the 'Neutral' section) to heart. But none of this is close to enough to oppose. (But keep up the good work, RfA!! Keep on keeping on, in the face of changing times, so that no one will ever want to run for Admin!!) --IJBall (contribs • talk) 01:53, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
158. Support because this editor is a net positive. kennethaw88 • talk 05:32, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
159. Support – I have considered the statements in opposition. They, being primarily fair, do not reduce my confidence in Oshwah's administrative fitness, nor show him less than the net positive he clearly is.--John Cline (talk) 06:04, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
160. Support - whilst recognising some valid concerns in the Oppose/Neutral sections (which I hope the candidate will reflect on) we should not be insisting on perfection, but asking whether Oshwah as an admin would be a net positive. DexDor 06:09, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
161. Support - Oshwah has great sight and knows what to do. Best, Nairspechtive Talk 06:39, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
162. Support - A positive candidate. Denisarona (talk) 11:13, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
163. Support – seems to be a competent and friendly user. —Granger (talk · contribs) 11:23, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
164. Support clearly has a firm grasp on administrative tasks and has demonstrated qualification to be an admin. The concerns about over-eagerness are something the candidate should take very seriously, but IMO that's not enough reason for me to oppose. Lepricavark (talk) 11:28, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
165. Support - has demonstrated clear competence. Is civil, kind and polite, especially to newbies. Tom29739 19:09, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
166. Support. I'm impressed by what I have seen from Oshwah. Nothing in the oppose section is a deal-breaker for me, but then I continue to think we set the bar too high for RFA - it makes adminship a bigger deal than it is (or ought to be).--Mojo Hand (talk) 21:32, 26 August 2016 (UTC)