User:Femke/2024 admin election notes

We've got an amazing 35 editors signed up for the election. This means it's a challenge to give each candidate enough attention. I'm collecting these elections notes to make it easier for myself and others to find key information on candidates. My personal RfA criteria focus on showing clue and being civil/kind, and these metrics are of course only part of the equation.

Given the spirit of the elections, I won't say who I will be supporting. That said, I'm pleasantly surprised by the quality of candidates, given the large numbers here. I've tallied my "Probablies", "Maybes" and "Don't supports", and my "Probablies" group is largest, followed by the "Maybies". We seem to be attracting different types of candidates than at normal RfAs, for instance those mostly active on different projects who could use the tools for cross-wiki issues, the old anti-vandalism admin candidate, or those with some gaps in editing due to real life.

This is a fork from User:Novem Linguae/Essays/2024 administrator election notes. Other guides will be listed at the bottom.

If you see mistakes, feel free to correct them. If you want to help fill the table out, chime in. I'd like to look at Edit summary usage, and add a note in misc if this falls under 90% in the last ~6 months. For those candidates who want to help out with deletion tasks, I'd like to add AfD/CSD stats if time allows. And finally, I'd like to note those who got a nomination offer from a trusted user (in the past or for these elections).


	Name	Edit count >7.5k (10k)?	Active >12 mos (15)?	Content	Archives critical talk page messages	No blocks or active bans?^[1]	No AN(I) about them^[2]	High-trust perms	Misc	Wants to help with (experience)
1	Ahecht nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y FL	Y	Y	Y	AP, NPP, PM, TE	Nom: Wbm1058	fully protected pages, G6
2	AntiDionysius, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	N	Y^[3]	Y	Y^[4]	-		Blocking vandals (Y^[5])
3	Bastun, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	N	N^[6]	Y^[7]	N^[8]	NPP		PROD, CSD, AIV
4	DoubleGrazing nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y GA	Y	Y	Y^[9]	AP, NPP, PM	Had nom offer: [1]	SPI, AfD, copyvio
5	Dr vulpes nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y GA	Y	Y	Y	NPP, PM	Nom: Femke	Redirect CSD, RfPP, PERM
6	EggRoll97 nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y^[10]	Edit filter manager, global edit filter helper, NPP, PM		AIV, view deleted content for edit filters
7	FOARP, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y 2x GA	Y	Y	Y	PM	Had offer nom [2]	RM, AfD
8	Frost, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y ~8 creations	Y	Y	?^[11]	PM		Vandal fighting without burdening admins
9	Hawkeye7, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y Many	Y	Y	Y^[12]	Former admin, AP, MMS, NPP, PM	Previous RfAs: [1] [2] [3]	DYK, RfPP, RM
10	Iwaqarhashmi, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y^[13]	AP, NPP, PM, TE		AIV, UAA, RfPP, CSD, PERM
11	Knightoftheswords281 nomination, Xtools	N	Y	Y? B	Y	Y	Y	AP		ITN
12	Leonidlednev, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Global rollbacker		AIV, UAA, XfD, CSD G3/G11
13	LindsayH, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y ~ 15 creations	Y	Y	Y	NPP		Clear backlogs
14	MarcGarver, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	N^[14]	Y	Y	Y^[15]	Steward, Wikibooks sysop & checkuser, AP, NPP	Previous RfA: [1]	Clear backlogs
15	Mdewman6, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y some creations	Y	Y	Y	NPP, PM		Close RfDs, RM
16	NoobThreePointOh, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	B1 (DGA, sourcing issues, B2	Y	Y	Y	-		AIV, UAA, ANI
17	Pbritti, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y FA and GAs	Y	Y	Y^[16]	AP, NPP	Multiple people have contacted him to run.	AfD, PROD
18	Peaceray, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y GA	Y	Y	Y^[17]	AP, MMS, PM, TE		Vandal fighting & helping
19	Pharaoh of the Wizards, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	N^[18]	N^[19]	Y	Y	AP		AIV, AfD, UAA
20	Queen of Hearts, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y 3x GA	Y	Y	Y	NPP, PM	Had offer(s) nomination, AWOT	XfD
21	Robert McClenon, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	AP, NPP, PM		MfD, Deletion review, G6/G11
22	Rsjaffe, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y FA	Y	Y	Y	NPP		SPI, vandals, UPE
23	Sable232, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	N <5% authorship on top 2 Bs.	Y	Y^[20]	Y^[21]	-		SPI, RfPP, AIV
24	SD0001, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y GA	Y	Y	Y	BAG, NPP, PM, TE	Noms: Novem Linguae, Hey man im josh	Editing protected modules etc, backlogs
25	SheriffIsInTown, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y Many (vital) Bs	N^[22]	Y^[23]	N^[24]	AP		Backlogs
26	SilverLocust, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y GA	Y	Y	Y	MMS, NPP, PM, TE	Noms: Extraordinary Writ, HouseBlaster	RM, work as arb clerk
27	Sohom Datta, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y many GAs	Y	Y	Y	AP, NPP, TE, Global Interface Editor	Noms: Novem Linguae, Clovermoss	Technical stuff, start slowly DYK
28	Spy-cicle, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y FL, GAs	Y	Y	Y	-		AIV, RfPP, AfD
29	Starship.paint, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y FAs, GAs	Y	Y^[25]	Y^[26]	AP		AN(I), AE, ITN
30	SWinxy, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	N part of a B	Y	Y	Y	TE	Rhododentrites encouraged them to run	View deleted, change fully protected
31	ThadeusOfNazereth, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y GA, FLs	Y	Y	Y	AP, NPP	Nom: Vanamonde93	XfD, AIV, RfPP, DYK, RSN
32	The Squirrel Conspiracy, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y FLs, GA	Y^[27]	Y	Y	Wikidata sysop, Commons sysop, AP, NPP	Previous RfA: [1]	cross-wiki spam/vandals
33	Valenciano, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y 3x GA	N^[28]	Y	Y^[29]	AP, NPP		AIV, UAA, RFPP
34	Velella, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	Y Many creations, but^[30]	Y	Y^[31]	Y^[32]	AP, NPP		vandalism, UPE, AfD
35	Zippybonzo, nomination, Xtools	Y	Y	N	Y	Y^[33]	Y	NPP, PM		CSD, PROD, AIV, UAA

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Notes

^ I've looked at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions and Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement log
^ I've also checked all open and closed CCI cases. None of the editors have a case against them under their current name.
^ Example of not archiving a reasonable message.
^ An IP editor started a discussion after poorly sourced text was reverted, which led AD to reply curteously.
^ Admin score shows experience at AIV/RfPP
^ Example of not archiving a reasonable message. Also see evidence of snappy edit summaries (1, 2).
^ Blocked in 2023 for 3RR, but admin unblocked saying it was an erroneous block.
^ Proposal to topic ban from J.K. Rowling, after introducing text-source integrity issues (pluralize opposition, which was one person f.i.). ANI disagreement on 2020 Irish general election, where multiple editors objected to conflict resolution behaviour.
^ Remained calm and kind when an IP editor made wild accusations. Generally kind but firm in discussions
^ Misunderstanding of the copyright exception to 3RR (did not reach 3RR even with these reverts).
^ Too difficult to search, given loads of false positives
^ Odd comment about IPs not being allowed to make editorial decisions. Hawkeye disengaged with ANI thread before answering what was meant. I've not looked at COIN archives for other candidates, but I'm aware of this discussion where it took a while to get full clarification from Hawkeye.
^ An ANI was starting about correct deletion tagging and Waqar defended himself.
^ States 1 GA on userpage. Wrote 3.2% of Clifton Suspension Bridge. No edits to the GA review page.
^ Reacted to retaliatory editing by described contributions of other as "stupid stuff" (or other way around, as I didn't look at deleted edits)
^ Once, an IP got blocked for block evasion after "reporting" Pbritti.
^ IP editor didn't like being asked for more sources. Kind response from Peaceray.
^ 5% authorship of an old GA
^ Examples (1, 2) of not archiving a reasonable message.
^ Has a block but it is ancient history. 2007.
^ Two threads from before 2010, one related to the 3RR block
^ Example of not archiving a reasonable message. Edit summary was "rewritten".
^ Blocked a long time ago. 2018. Successfully appealed within 2 hours. Topic banned in 2018, eventually repealed.
^ Editing in contentious topic (Pakistan), so difficult to avoid AN(I) completely. Some unwise editing was noted in 2018, in 2024 there was a discussion about POV editing, where at least one mistake was noted from SIIT. Further feedback received and accepted on editing in 2024 at ANI after complaints.
^ One block for outing >5 years ago, as explained in nomination statement. Lesson learned, quickly unblocked
^ A user warned for NPA opened an thread on S.p, calling this harassment.
^ Example of not archiving a reasonable message.
^ Example of not archiving a reasonable message.
^ An 2011 incident where Valenciano made an unfortunate remark on Hispanics, and apologised when it was pointed out calmly.
^ Not all the creations are fully cited. For instance Point of use water filter, pressure sewer, reservoir safety contain uncited content
^ Ancient sockpuppetry (2006)
^ New editor opened an ANI thread after being warned by Velella for disruptive editing. Closed before Velella could reply.
^ Blocked in 2021. Reversed 30 minutes later.

[1] I've looked at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions and Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement log

[2] I've also checked all open and closed CCI cases. None of the editors have a case against them under their current name.

[3] Example of not archiving a reasonable message.

[4] An IP editor started a discussion after poorly sourced text was reverted, which led AD to reply curteously.

[5] Admin score shows experience at AIV/RfPP

[6] Example of not archiving a reasonable message. Also see evidence of snappy edit summaries (1, 2).

[7] Blocked in 2023 for 3RR, but admin unblocked saying it was an erroneous block.

[8] Proposal to topic ban from J.K. Rowling, after introducing text-source integrity issues (pluralize opposition, which was one person f.i.). ANI disagreement on 2020 Irish general election, where multiple editors objected to conflict resolution behaviour.

[9] Remained calm and kind when an IP editor made wild accusations. Generally kind but firm in discussions

[10] Misunderstanding of the copyright exception to 3RR (did not reach 3RR even with these reverts).

[11] Too difficult to search, given loads of false positives

[12] Odd comment about IPs not being allowed to make editorial decisions. Hawkeye disengaged with ANI thread before answering what was meant. I've not looked at COIN archives for other candidates, but I'm aware of this discussion where it took a while to get full clarification from Hawkeye.

[13] An ANI was starting about correct deletion tagging and Waqar defended himself.

[14] States 1 GA on userpage. Wrote 3.2% of Clifton Suspension Bridge. No edits to the GA review page.

[15] Reacted to retaliatory editing by described contributions of other as "stupid stuff" (or other way around, as I didn't look at deleted edits)

[16] Once, an IP got blocked for block evasion after "reporting" Pbritti.

[17] IP editor didn't like being asked for more sources. Kind response from Peaceray.

[18] 5% authorship of an old GA

[19] Examples (1, 2) of not archiving a reasonable message.

[20] Has a block but it is ancient history. 2007.

[21] Two threads from before 2010, one related to the 3RR block

[22] Example of not archiving a reasonable message. Edit summary was "rewritten".

[23] Blocked a long time ago. 2018. Successfully appealed within 2 hours. Topic banned in 2018, eventually repealed.

[24] Editing in contentious topic (Pakistan), so difficult to avoid AN(I) completely. Some unwise editing was noted in 2018, in 2024 there was a discussion about POV editing, where at least one mistake was noted from SIIT. Further feedback received and accepted on editing in 2024 at ANI after complaints.

[25] One block for outing >5 years ago, as explained in nomination statement. Lesson learned, quickly unblocked

[26] A user warned for NPA opened an thread on S.p, calling this harassment.

[27] Example of not archiving a reasonable message.

[28] Example of not archiving a reasonable message.

[29] An 2011 incident where Valenciano made an unfortunate remark on Hispanics, and apologised when it was pointed out calmly.

[30] Not all the creations are fully cited. For instance Point of use water filter, pressure sewer, reservoir safety contain uncited content

[31] Ancient sockpuppetry (2006)

[32] New editor opened an ANI thread after being warned by Velella for disruptive editing. Closed before Velella could reply.

[33] Blocked in 2021. Reversed 30 minutes later.

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