User talk:Dennis Brown

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Thank you, all of you

I want to thank everyone that took the time to participate in my RfA. I've said it before but it is worth repeating: I'm humbled by the tremendous amount of support I received during this entire process. It was unexpected, as was the amount of overall interest. More importantly, the vast majority of those who !voted to oppose, did so in good faith, offering constructive criticism and even some compliments. There was a little drama but it isn't in my nature to dwell on these things or hold grudges anyway. What matters is what we all do from here forward.

I want to thank Pedro and Elen for trusting me enough to nominate me, and too many others to list here, including everyone who took the time to fully research and publicly give me the benefit of the doubt. I did gain a lot of clarity during the process, and it changed my perspective on several things. Saying it was stressful is an understatement, more so that I expected. Fortunately, I had good advice along the way, and learned a great deal about myself and others. Several editors whom I respect have offered to help me address my shortcomings at CSD and I will take them up on their offers. Universally, it was made clear that I should tread lightly with deletions. I agree with and trust their assessment and pledge to do exactly that. In the short run, I have a lot to read up on and learn, but I want to keep up with regular editing as well, and allow myself enough time to learn what I'm doing, before I do it.

Now if you will pardon me, I think I'm going to grab a beer and spend the evening with the Mrs. and my two dogs. Dennis Brown 2¢ © 21:03, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

You are now an administrator

Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. I suggest bearing in mind the issues raised about CSD tagging during your RfA and taking it easy in this area for a while. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch on my talk page. WJBscribe (talk) 20:22, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Good news; despite the unruly misery of two days ago the community gave the right result. Any questions, please ask however as mentioned I'm going to be taking a break for a while. Best wishes. Pedro :  Chat  20:25, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

• Congrats from me too - the last couple of days perhaps got a bit fraught, but it looks to me like it actually did still remain civil and constructive. Anyway, my Talk page is always open, so pop on over any time if there's anything I can help with - and let me know when you feel up to starting on CSD stuff. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 20:33, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
• Congratulations, you held up admirably--that couldn't have been an easy week! Mark Arsten (talk) 20:53, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
• Congratulations. The CSD pile-on was out of proportion and you dealt with it well. Watch when tagging new pages for speedy deletion now... Twinkle's functions have changed slightly with your admin rights and you'll delete them automatically unless you uncheck a box. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 20:56, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

  That's a good point, yes - there's a Twinkle preference somewhere to set it so that CSD still only tags articles by default. I never use Twinkle to delete things - I only use it for tagging, and I use the standard "Delete" for deleting. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 21:04, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

• Congratulations! Mop carefully! Looks like you need an updated box for your userpage... BusterD (talk) 21:23, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Dennis wondered whether the reward really was worth the effort

• Congratulations. Got a little hairy for a moment, but you now have all these nice new buttons, and if you're anything like me, you're probably terrified that you'll either block yourself or delete the mainpage :) Don't panic, take it steady, and if you want some intensive tutoring in CSD, you know where to ask. Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:44, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
• Hear hear! Any questions on how to be an effective admin, just ask an unbiased non-admin like me, and after I give you my uninformed opinion (I thought buttons were on clothes), you can block me. Best.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:58, 25 April 2012 (UTC)