Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Numberguy6

Numberguy6

Voice your opinion on this candidate (talk page) (0/0/0); Scheduled to end 01:36, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Nomination

Numberguy6 (talk · contribs) – I have been editing Wikipedia for nearly 8 years, and I have over 43,000 edits (120,000+ edits across all projects). I have experience as an AfC reviewer, new pages patroller, template editor (see Template:Expand language), and bot writer (see Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Numberguy6Bot, and please expedite the review process if possible). I have been awarded the following barnstars: Categorization; Energy; Random Acts of Kindness. I have received 250 thanks. Numberguy6 (talk) 00:58, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. Please answer these questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. Why are you interested in becoming an administrator?

A: I am very active on Wikipedia, and I already have a very large amount of editing experience.

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

A: Toss-up between three things:

• I am the site expert on Template:Expand language. I have made edits to the template itself, and I have added and removed the template from a very large number of articles, aided by my Python scrapers.
• I created more than half of the articles titled "Plug-in electric vehicles in [country/state/province]."
• I have dealt with Template:Page needed by writing a Python script to search through the citations with the template, extract the ISBN, and check to see if the book is available at my local library; I then go to the library and go through the list.

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: In the past year, I have not had any major issues. I have been told to reduce my usage Template:Expand language, but I haven't gotten into any arguments over that.

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Optional question from CanonNi

4. Hi Numberguy6, if this RfA succeeds, which areas of adminship do you think you'll be active in?

A: I would go through Category:Administrative backlog and do the stuff there. Also, I would deal with users who I caught vandalizing pages on my watchlist.

Optional question from HouseBlaster

5. Looking at Special:PageHistory/Template:Expand language, I don't see any edits by Numberguy6. What exactly do you mean by I have made edits to the template [{{expand language}}] itself in your answer to question 2?

A: I am referring to the sub-templates, e.g. Template:Expand French.

Discussion

• Links for Numberguy6: Numberguy6 (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
• Edit summary usage for Numberguy6 can be found here.

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Support

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Oppose

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Neutral

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General comments

• Numberguy6: could you expand on your answers to the three questions? As far as I can see, you haven't stated what you would do if you become an administrator. —Ingenuity (t • c) 01:55, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
• Experienced, no skeletons in the closet as far as I can see. Sure, there's no "need" for the tools, but do I care? Not really. Maybe you could argue that they haven't shown the appropriate familiarity with the most up-to-date guidelines, but do they need to? If they don't, that's what the new desysop process is for. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 02:32, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
• Is there a listing somewhere of the articles you've written, Numberguy6? I went through some of your contributions in search of articles you'd written that were beyond start-class and came up empty-handed. It would be helpful for us to assess your contributions if we could see the articles you consider your best work (like, 5 or fewer specific articles, with links). Trainsandotherthings (talk) 02:40, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
  • FYI, articles that Numberguy6 has created. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 02:49, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

    While article creation isn't something I care about much personally, it's worth noting for those who do care that only three articles they've created are above Start-class (two C-class, one B-class). Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 05:20, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

• Thanks for your interest in becoming an administrator. Be aware that your lack of nominator and your short answers to questions is an unorthodox way to do RFA, and may create apprehension among some community members. Especially the short answers thing. That may raise some concerns about communication style, effort, and evasiveness. But hey, with the recent RFA reforms, we're also in a time of RFA experimentation, so maybe short answers aren't a big deal anymore. Guess we'll see soon. Good luck. –Novem Linguae (talk) 05:19, 25 May 2024 (UTC)