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Theopolisme

Voice your opinion on this candidate (talk page) (2/1/0); Scheduled to end 15:31, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Nomination

Theopolisme (talk · contribs)

I'm pleased to present Theopolisme for your adminship consideration. This is his second RfA and I'm confident that the community will like what they see. At his last RfA, I was in the neutral column solely because I thought he needed more time with steady contribs but liked what I saw otherwise. Looking at the large number of neutral votes in the last RfA, this was a common theme. He now has most of a year of steady and dedicated contribs, totaling well over 24k edits. All the basics are there, over 44% contribs to articles, no blocks, variety of experience in admin areas, exceptional CSD ratio, and enough experience to not delete the front page. His current bits include accountcreator, eponline, reviewer, and rollbacker. He has clearly demonstrated he can be trusted and he is known for going out of his way to be helpful, a trait that will serve him well as admin. He will clearly be a net positive with the admin bit, as a measured and highly active contributor. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 15:12, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: Thanks very much for your kind words. I accept the nomination. —Theopolisme (talk) 15:26, 23 February 2013 (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 intend to participate mainly in administrative areas related to New Pages Patrol, namely CSD, PROD, and some AfD. Basically, I’ll try to help out where I’m needed most...and if that’s somewhere I’m not 100% comfortable, I’ll of course read the instructions, lurk a bit, and not hesitate to ask for help. Additionally: earlier in my Wikicareer I was active in anti-vandalism, and as such would not be averse to assisting at AIV and UAA (UAA especially, due to my experience with usernames as an account creator at ACC).

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

A: I’ve created an assortment of articles, but I will be the first to admit that article creation is not my fortissimo. I’m much more proud of some of my other contributions. These include WP 1.0 bot, of which I am the current co-operator and maintainer, the Education Program, where I serve as an online ambassador, Today’s articles for improvement, a WikiProject which I helped develop, as well as the Teahouse and other projects of that sort. I deeply enjoy interacting with and helping other Wikipedians, and love being able to help spread my admiration of the project to others.

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: My time on Misplaced Pages has been relatively devoid of conflict. I've been involved in a few minor kerfuffles; the old advice to simply "ignore the trolls," though, worked like a charm. I am an occasional volunteer at the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard, and as such "see" a fair amount of conflict: when attempting to resolve it, I of course try to speak clearly and rationally, as well as understand the concerns of the other editors...and climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.

Additional question from Leaky

4. List the learning points from your last RfA 6 months ago and for each, specifically what actions you have taken to address those developmental issues.

A: One of the main points made in my first RfA had to deal with my tenure and general experience level, which I believe time itself has rectified. To delve more into specifics, one of the main concerns had to deal with the CVUA, a group of editors whose goal was to help instruct new Wikipedians in proper counter vandalism. The project had become unnecessarily bloated, and frankly, quite a mess, resulting in myself being cast in a negative light. After my RfA, a group of editors (including myself) worked to "reform" the project, making it much more streamlined and eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy. Another concern had to do with a lack of complete understanding of the CSD criteria. After my first RfA, I studied the criteria carefully and learned from my mistakes and have since then maintained a 99% accuracy rate. General policy knowledge was another oft-cited issue in the opposes--like I said previously, time generally helps resolve issues like these...in my case, a strong willingness to ask questions also played a big part in my quickly grasping more detailed Misplaced Pages policies, like the intricacies of the notability guide and the shenanigans that surround copyright. —Theopolisme (talk) 16:07, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Additional question from TParis

5. You respond to an edit war on WP:ANEW. User A alledges that User B continues to revert sourced material about a secret affairs that software giant and well known philanthropist William Doors had in Peru last week and is sourced to the well known site E!. What action do you take?

A:

General comments

• Requests for adminship/Theopolisme
• Requests for adminship/Theopolisme 2

• Links for Theopolisme: Theopolisme (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
• Edit summary usage for Theopolisme can be found here.
• Stats on talk page. Tyrol5 15:48, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review his contributions before commenting.

Discussion

Support

1. Support Theopolisme is a great contributor who would definitely be a positive to the project. No issues here, and a great amount of experience. Vacation9 16:00, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
2. no issues Inka 16:53, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Oppose

1. I'm simply not convinced that things have changed significantly since the last attempt, barely 6 months ago. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:40, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Neutral