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The Transhumanist

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Nomination

The Transhumanist (talk · contribs) – The Transhumanist is a long time editor (4+ years, c 60k edits) in good standing (never blocked), who has launched and supported a number of projects including recently the Outlines of Knowledge series. He has shown understanding of the WP policies and procedures, and has successfully marshalled volunteer effort to achieve significant results for the project, and deals with conflicts with patience and good humour. The Transhumanist seems always willing to learn, and consider new approaches, has a profound grasp of the technical side of things but is not overly diverted from working on content, and with other editors to produce it. His edit profile reflects this 44% main space, substantial contributions to talk, user talk and Misplaced Pages spaces and significant work on templates. He has the rollback tool and makes some use (in the region of 7000 edits) of AWB, all without any problem. His extensive project work makes page moves a commonplace, and for this reason alone granting the admin tools will benefit WP. Rich Farmbrough, 12:41, 30 July 2009 (UTC).

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept.

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

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

A: Whatever problems I come across and whatever others point out to me or approach me with, when I have the time. I expect I'll develop more interest in admin activities in general, and will have more reason to visit admins' usual hang-outs. It would also be convenient to be able to delete cross-namespace redirects and other obvious speedies to remove a step in the process - currently, I pass those on via request to other admins. Once I get up to speed with the tools, I'll have a look at the support pages for those, to see if I can improve them.

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

A: The WP:CBB, because it has improved communications within the Misplaced Pages community. The WP:TOTD project and WP:OTS, because they help editors get up to speed. WP:DIR and WP:HELP (initially as User:Go for it!), because those help editors find their way around. Coordinating WP:WPOOK and outline development, because outlines help users find their way in the Sea of Knowledge, and around Misplaced Pages.

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: I have, most of it years ago. My current approach is to prevent problems as much as possible, by prevailing upon others for advice on the best way to proceed, and by posting explanations for major efforts to minimize uncertainty and confusion, and for the community to provide feedback. When a conflict occurs, I take it to the talk page if we can't work it out in edit summaries. In discussions, I answer the other person point-for-point, articulating the underlying reasons and philosophy for my actions as best I can, in the hopes of building a common understanding. I remain civil for the most part, even when the other person does not. I try not to escalate conflicts, taking it to admins if it starts to get out of control.

Additional optional questions from Kbdank71

4. What have you learned since your last RFA?

A: Long-term perspective. The value of cooperation. I've learned a lot about coordinating efforts, including team formation, task delegation, building morale, creating and maintaining support pages, promoting initiative, and role delegation. I've shared a vision, and I watch in awe every day as others continue to help transform it into a reality. I've learned that people with a common cause are truly amazing.

Question from Nick (talk · contribs)

5. Why do you not have a straightforward and easy to follow link to your talk page included in your signature, such as the usual (talk) favoured by the majority of administrators and users ? I'm aware that your signature does link to your talk page, but that just serves to further confuse new and unfamiliar users.

A: In all the years I've had this signature, no one has ever complained or commented upon where it leads to. (Until now). I've found that when I click on a signature, it is usually because I want to talk to the person, and so as a convenience, my signature lets others contact me directly. The Transhumanist    16:31, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Additional optional questions from S Marshall

6. Why were your five previous RFAs courtesy-blanked?

A: So they wouldn't show up in Google searches. The Transhumanist    16:31, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Additional optional questions from ThaddeusB

7. What is your opinion about notability as it relates to the inclusion/exclusion of content on Misplaced Pages? That is, what do you think an ideal Misplaced Pages would look like in terms of content? Do you feel that anything the meets the general notability guidelines should be allowed (excluding what Misplaced Pages is not type articles), or do you feel that some things aren't notable even if they have been covered in depth by multiple reliable sources? Are there any types of articles that you feel are automatically notable; that is, worthy of inclusion just by being verifiable without direct proof of in depth coverage in multiple reliable sources? (To be clear, I am looking for your personal opinion, and hopefully an insight to the way you think, not a restatement of current policy.)

A:

General comments

• Requests for adminship/The Transhumanist
• Requests for adminship/The Transhumanist 2
• Requests for adminship/The Transhumanist 3
• Requests for adminship/The Transhumanist 4
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• Links for The Transhumanist: The Transhumanist (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
• Edit summary usage for The Transhumanist: 99% for major edits and 100% for minor edits. Based on the last 150 major and 150 minor edits in article namespace.

Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/The Transhumanist before commenting.

Discussion

Support

1. Support I looked over this RfA and the candidate's contributions during the time before it went live and I am pleased to say that I think he will make a great administrator. -- Soap /_{Contributions} 15:27, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
2. Support Ditto. I'm very familiar with the user, and, you know, I think he'll be a trustworthy/responsible admin. It doesn't really matter to me if he's "too eager". Good. We could use more admins who are eager to work. As long as he's not going to abuse the tools, he's fine with me. I hope that more people look at his contribs instead of the number on this RfA. hmwitht 15:37, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
3. Support per my support on the previous RfA, 16 months ago. Tan | 39 15:39, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
4. Support Seems fine to me. Sixth time's the charm? :) LittleMountain5 15:41, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
5. Support A quirky but inoffensive editor, who would do sterling work with the tools, probably unnoticed. Hardworking and helpful, he's managed to find some quite exceptionally odd ways to irritate participants at previous RfAs. But the bloke who gets drunk before proposing to his girlfriend isn't necessarily condemning her to living with a drunkard. --Dweller (talk) 15:46, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
6. Support Excellent user. Triplestop x3 15:46, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
7. Support While 5 failed RfAs may cause many to pause, the last was well over a year ago. I did pause, but I can't see anything that would stop me from supporting. – B.hotep •talk• 16:03, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
8. An exceptionally hardworking editor who has use for the tools. I agree with Dweller here entirely. While he may have offended people in the past (even the recent past), I have also noticed that he is exceptionally willing to explain himself and listen to advice from others. NW (Talk) 16:21, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
9. Support Per NW. Pmlineditor  Talk 17:20, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
10. Support In my interactions with him at AWB, he has always been courteous. Would make a great admin. Alan16 (talk) 17:40, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
11. Support Some minor causes for concern, but a good candidate. Shappy 17:41, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
12. Prodego 17:47, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
13. Support It's been over a year since one of these? Wow, time flies. Keepscases (talk) 18:22, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

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