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ManawatuNZ would like a name change to "Little Bellbird"

I'm helping her out. Her current name is related to a "real-world" group. Please see her talk page. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 21:03, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

 Done Someone please remember to unblock her. MBisanz ^talk 21:31, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

WikiRevival

Greetings! I'd be much obliged if my adminship could be restored; I'm in the process of recovery from a two-year WikiDeath. Cheers! — madman bum and angel 22:41, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

 Done as clearly uncontroversial following removal for inactivity; welcome back! I recently returned myself. -- Pakaran 04:23, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Civility and vote weighing for borderline RfAs

There's been an interesting discussion over at RfA talk, where its came to light that at least one oppose voter is reluctant to soften criticism in case it weakens their Oppose in close call situations. Per "Stated simply, editors should always treat each other with consideration and respect." from WP:Civility and my general impression of Crats, Id guess you actually give more weight to constructive thoughtful oppose votes like this , compared to overly terse or otherwise non constructive !votes. Folk have been looking for workable incremental improvements that could be made to the levels of civility at RfA, so if its true you'd give weighting to the more constructive opposes, maybe one of you could make a statement to confirm? FeydHuxtable (talk) 15:51, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

SOPA Blackout January 18 - effect on RFA

Note that the RFC with respect to the January 18 SOPA blackout proposal has now been closed in favour of a global blackout. The closing discussion recommends that any ongoing RFA be suspended during the 24-hour blackout. Risker (talk) 23:58, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the note. I've incremented the open RFA by one day and I or another crat will lock the RFA during the blackout. MBisanz ^talk 00:25, 17 January 2012 (UTC)