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#'''Support''' Good to add several Admins [[User:Legacypac|Legacypac]] ([[User talk:Legacypac|talk]]) 19:00, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
#'''Support''' Good to add several Admins [[User:Legacypac|Legacypac]] ([[User talk:Legacypac|talk]]) 19:00, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
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# '''Oppose''' A trifle ''over-eager'' to delete articles, alas. [[User:Collect|Collect]] ([[User talk:Collect|talk]]) 19:00, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
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Cordless Larry

Voice your opinion on this candidate (talk page) (3/1/0); Scheduled to end 17:04, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Nomination

Cordless Larry (talk · contribs) – Cordless Larry is an absolute tour de force. He's got a fine corpus of articles he's worked on, including the featured article Gateway Protection Programme, and is a major contributor to Somalis in the United Kingdom where's he's kept a cool head despite numerous discussions and disagreements over the content. He's created some perfectly serviceable short biographies from scratch too, including Susan Baker, Susan Hanson (geographer) and Fiona Macpherson, and I fully trust him to know exactly what it takes to put things in mainspace.

Away from content, Larry is one of the most prolific participants at the Teahouse and the open ticket request system, where he seems to be able to answer just about any question from anyone, anywhere. He gets involved in seriously unpleasant sockpuppet investigations without a fuss and he regularly participates in Articles for deletion discussions, offering a sensible viewpoint even when people disagree with him. Indeed, on the occasions that I have found myself on the other side of the debate to Larry, he has been courteous, polite and respectful.

Like all great RfA candidates, Larry has been cautious about making sure he is ready to take the plunge. He's been "headhunted" for about a year, and has just run a extremely positive poll at WP:ORCP with a near-unanimous consensus that he should give RfA a go. So let's do it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:34, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Co nomination by TonyBallioni

It gives me great pleasure to present Cordless Larry to the community for consideration to become an administrator. Cordless Larry has been around for more than a decade, first registering in December 2005. In that time he has contributed substantially to our efforts here.

Not only has he has done some great content work, which Ritchie has already covered in detail, but he has been a voice of stability and sensibility in project space for some time. He is one of the most active users in OTRS, and in that capacity I have worked with him on several copyright issues. He was always good to investigate, find where there might be a problem, and seek out administrative help when it was necessary. Indeed, one of the things that most strikes anyone who has ever worked with Cordless Larry is how he is so good to request a second opinion when it might be needed: this is a trait that all administrators need, and something that will serve him well.

In every interaction I have had with him, Cordless Larry has always been kind, civil, and easy to work with, even if we've had vastly different opinions on the subject at hand. I think all of these traits will make him a great administrator, and I hope you will agree with me. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:02, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:I am pleased to accept this nomination. As required, I declare that I have never edited for pay or any other form of compensation. I also declare that this is my sole account. Cordless Larry (talk) 16:59, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
A: I would intend to contribute to administrative work primarily through processing speedy deletion nominations and working at Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention and Wikipedia:Requests for page protection, where I often observe backlogs, plus helping out at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. In addition, having access to the tools would enable me to strengthen the existing work I do helping new editors at the Teahouse and OTRS, by allowing me to see the content of articles that have been speedy deleted and advise users why this has happened and how they can improve their contributions.
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
A: I am proud of my one FA, Gateway Protection Programme, and also of the work that I have put in over a long period of time to improve the articles in Category:Immigration to the United Kingdom by country of origin and to monitor them for changes. British Cypriots and Somalis in the United Kingdom are obvious examples of this work, but I am at least as pleased that the vast majority of the articles in this category now have reliably sourced population estimates. These might not all be the latest such figures available, but before I started working on them, many of the population estimates were unsourced or, in some cases, simply made up.
I also take a lot of pleasure in my work at the Teahouse and, more recently, OTRS. This work has reduced the amount of time I have been able to spend on content creation in the past couple of years, but I believe that the Teahouse in particular is an invaluable service.
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: As is often noted in RfAs, anyone who has edited Wikipedia for a significant period of time will have encountered conflicts, and I am certainly no exception. One in particular stands out, which is a dispute with the editor Middayexpress, mostly concerning Somalis in the United Kingdom. We had a long-standing disagreement over the content of this article and discussion on the talk page was largely between the two of us, despite attempts to solicit third-party opinions. This caused me some stress. Eventually, I realised that quite a few editors had similar experiences with Middayexpress across a wide range of Somalia-related articles, and the eventual result was Middayexpress's topic ban. The lesson here was to emphasise to me the value of taking a step back from what might initially appear to be personal disputes, of seeking third-party input into disputes, and of patiently collecting evidence of problematic editor conduct.

You may ask optional questions below. There is a limit of two questions per editor. Multi-part questions disguised as one question, with the intention of evading the limit, are disallowed. Follow-up questions relevant to questions you have already asked are allowed.

Additional question from Andrew D.
4. I watched the recent ORCP but didn't form any particular opinion. I'm mainly curious about the user name Cordless Larry which has a nice ring to it but seems rather surreal. Does it have some meaning, please?
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Additional questions from User:Amorymeltzer
5. I'm not one to criticize (and this isn't criticism!), but despite having being highly active since 2006, you pulled away from the project for nearly four years due to busyness and loss of interest. What brought you back in 2015 and has sustained your interest since, and what might make you pull away again?
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6. You say you have an interest in processing CSDs. Looking over the last six months of your log, you seem to like G11 and U5. Let's say at 12:30AM you come across an article about a person with: their birthdate (sometime in mid 1990s), a single sentence saying that they are a Ghanaian singer, no references, and an infobox with some genres, etc. What would you do and when?
A:

Discussion

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

Support
  1. Support as nominator Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:06, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support excellent candidate per nominators. --I am One of Many (talk) 17:22, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support - No issues here, should make a good admin! Class455 (talk|stand clear of the doors!) 17:29, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support as co-nominator. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:33, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Support Long term user Has been around since 2005 ,clear net positive.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 17:37, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  6. support per nominators. meets my standards. seen him around. definitely a good choice.--Dlohcierekim (talk) 17:37, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Support - Excellent co-nominators, stats look good, see no reason to oppose. Good luck! Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:42, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support candidate seems willing to put time towards anything the encyclopedia needs: creates content, mans the teahouse and OTRS, does cleanup on a broad array of articles, participates with well thought out rationales at AfD, and contributes at various talk pages when useful. Plus the candidate keeps a cool head in discussions and seems so non-bitey that we start to wonder if the candidate has teeth. Easy support. Ajpolino (talk) 17:46, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Support minecraftr chat / builds 17:51, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Support Absolutely, per the noms! Lourdes 17:52, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Support Highly active OTRS user, so has a clear need for the tools in many different occasions talk to !dave 17:53, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Support In the times I have run across Cordless Larry, I found them to be a measured voice of reason. I have no concerns. — CactusWriter (talk) 17:57, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Support – like 331dot, another competent and experienced editor who can be trusted with the tools; no obvious reasons to oppose. LinguistunEinsuno 17:59, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Support very experienced, no concerns. Johnbod (talk) 18:01, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Support: an excellent candidate; would be a value to the project. Thank you for volunteering. K.e.coffman (talk) 18:02, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  16. SupportFull RuneSpeak, child of Guthix 18:02, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Support I just happened to be perusing my watchlist and noticed Ritchie has brought forward yet another candidate. It's good to see WP:RFA not being such a ghost town all of a sudden. I know that this is cliché and getting old fairly quickly, but I really did think he (Larry) was one already. No concerns here. --TheSandDoctor Talk 18:34, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Support Been seen around, no problems with this one. Ronhjones  (Talk) 18:41, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Support Should make a good admin. Number 57 18:42, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Support Anyone who is still editing after 12 years gets my support everytime. SethWhales talk 18:44, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Support per my experience with the user in some AFDs. –Ammarpad (talk) 18:52, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Support, no issues--Ymblanter (talk) 18:59, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Support Good to add several Admins Legacypac (talk) 19:00, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose
  1. Oppose A trifle over-eager to delete articles, alas. Collect (talk) 19:00, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Neutral


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