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Lady Aleena

Voice your opinion (talk page) (33/3/7); Scheduled to end 21:35, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Lady Aleena (talk · contribs) - I am more than happy to nominate Lady Aleena for adminship.

Lady Aleena has been with us since 2005. Her editing has been sporadic, she even spent a year without a contribution (September 2006 to September 2007). She has still managed 17,000 edits, 9,000+ to unique pages. Lady Aleena works primarily on Wikiprojects and Templates, with over 1,400 Template space contributions.

I'll be the first to acknowledge that Lady Aleena has little experience in page deletion and blocking. She spends little time in that regard to the project, and the answers to the questions will probably reflect that. This nomination is based on my belief that Lady Aleena can be trusted to use the tools in maintenance of the encyclopedia, primarily in editing protected pages, templates, and moving pages protected against moves.

Lady Aleena is civil, has never been blocked or even warned about anything, really, and is an asset to the project. Spend some time reading over her contributions, and then decide. If adminship is to not be a big deal or a golden ticket, I trust the user to not misuse the tools and I urge the community to support her nomination. Keegantalk 17:48, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Co-Nomination by RyanGerbil10: As one of the top closers at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion, I have found Lady Aleena's work in the template namespace to be exemplary. I have always found her nominations of templates for deletion to be spot on, and her opinions in TfD debates to be invariarbly well-reasoned and firmly grounded in policy. I also urge the community to support her nomination as administrator, it would be of great benefit to the community. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the Dishpan!) 16:19, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept Keegan's nomination. - LA @ 21:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have a basic understanding of the tools available to sysops since I am one on a small non-Wikimedia project called Abulafia Random Generators. They don't have all of the processes that are here being so small.

Let's give this a go, and see where it leads.

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What admin work do you intend to take part in?
A: I will work mostly with WikiProjects to help them run smoother. Until I am totally comfortable with the various processes, I will take my time getting into renames and deletions and other administrative duties. I will gladly take questions on my talk page to help new users and, in the beginning, any advice of where my help is most needed. I will be available on several IRC channels for quick help, though I believe that any policy related discussions should happen on Wiki.
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
A: I do not have a best contribution, just a lot of little ones that are mostly the clean-up of articles fixing mostly bad formatting such as unfinished Wiki code. I started the Films based on books project which Pegship is now coordinating. One of the biggest tasks I had undertaken was a over a year ago when I organized the User templates (which is now called Userboxes) by categorizing them all. Another more recent task was getting all of the WikiProject Doctor Who articles and other pages assessed by and creating an assessment committee page for that project.
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: Yes, one was over the naming of the Disaster film, List of disaster films, and Category:Disaster films. I was trying to bring them inline with the WikiProject Films naming conventions, but there was some resistance. I eventually let it lie and others got them renamed to suit the naming convention later after I went on an unannounced sabbatical. For other issues I have taken the same route by letting them lie for a while taking a cool off period before going back into the issues.

Optional questions from jc37

4. In order to illustrate that you have at least a passing knowledge/understanding of the tools and responsibilities that go along with adminship, could you describe/summarise:
4a. Generally, why and when should someone be blocked?
A: A user should be blocked for edits that are against policy, such as vandalism, and does not respond to or ignores talk page warnings about it. I will read the block document thoroughly before placing one.
4b. When would it be appropriate to protect a page?
A: When it meets the required criterea for protection.
4c. When would it be appropriate to speedily delete a page?
A: Upon a user request as long as the page meets the speedy deletion requirements.
4d. How does one determine consensus? And how may it be determined differently on a talk page discussion, an WP:XFD discussion, a WP:DRV discussion, and an WP:RM discussion.
A: That is one of the things that I will look into as soon as I become an admin.
4e. User:JohnQ leaves you a message on your talk page that User:JohnDoe and User:JaneRoe have been reverting an article back and forth, each to their own preferred version. What steps would you take?
A: First, thank JohnQ. Second, leave messages on User talk:JohnDoe and User talk:JaneRoe to see if they would like me to informally mediate their dispute. Third, if both agree on my informal mediation, Wunderbar! If they don't, I would post a message on the article's talk page that their dispute has be brought to my attention and ask for other editors of the article to tell me what they think on the article's talk page to keep the discussion in one place. (Don't you hate it when discussion get fragmented all over the place?) Hopefully, the fact that an admin is involved will stop the revert war, but I know that realistically that may not happen. Once I have been involved with admining for a while, I will have all of the levels of dispute resolution down pat. At the moment I don't so, in the beginning, I will get advice from other more established admins.

Optional question from Keepscases

5. Why on earth haven't you seen Revenge of the Sith?
A. The Phantom Menace turned me off that block of films in the series; and it wasn't Jar-Jar that was to blame, it was the mirror finished spaceship that killed the film for me. I haven't seen the one after TPM either.

Optional question from DarkAudit

6. What should be done with editors found to be members of groups like CAMERA, per this discussion, where they make public their intentions to stack Wikipedia with editors and admins to push their agenda?
A: As this is a long standing issue, I would follow any policies put in place by those who have been with this from the beginning. I am against such groups, since they would disrupt the project with their bias.

Optional Question from Dominik92

7: What is your opinion on "myspace" activity on Wikipedia, such as secret pages, guestbooks etc.?
A: To me there is no such thing as a secret page. If a user wants to truly keep something secret, the user should not put it on Wikipedia. Special:PrefixIndex can find any subpage. Guest books or signature pages really don't bother me as long as they don't get out of hand, though I find them a bit silly.

Optional Question from VegaDark

8: You have repeatedly reverted editors that remove or change user categories on your user page who are performing standard UCFD closures. While re-adding deleted categories to one's user page is not currently against any Wikipedia policy, under what reasoning can you justify this, keeping in mind that some editors feel this is disrespecting consensus, and considering such categories show up in Special:Wantedcategories if enough editors follow suit (substantially increasing the likelihood that such categories will be re-created against consensus)?
A: See Consensus can change, and if consensus changes because I leave a red linked category on my user page, then so be it.

Optional Quesion from Balloonman

9: I want to be able to support, but before I do so, I need to know why you took a year off from working on the project?
A: Real life and burnout, I had to take a break then slowly work myself back into the mix.

General comments

Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Lady Aleena before commenting.

Discussion

Support
  1. Wonderful editor: I gave her rollback, as I trust her with it. I am happy to be the first to support. Acalamari 21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Support - Good mainspace contributions with templates, Wikiprojects and categories. Applause. I can't see a reason to oppose as you've indicated in your questions how you'll approach Wiki with the tools. Recommend going slow and WP:NAS. Wisdom89 (T / C) 21:42, 22 April 2008 (UTC) Changing to neutral. Wisdom89 (T / C) 17:39, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support Seems to be one of those editors who gets on and edits rather than attracts drama - ie exactly the sort of editor we need as an admin. A good all-rounder and I have no worries the tools will be misused. Adminship is not a big deal, or a level-up, and this user appears to tick the right boxes. Good luck George The Dragon (talk) 21:42, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support No problem :) -- P.B. Pilhet 21:44, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support. A proliferation of solid contribs, a general feel that you mean only the best for Wikipedia, and a general feel that you would use the extra tools well and within bounds. A specialist is welcome! Happy to support. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 21:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  5. To counteract the ridiculous oppose. seresin ( ¡? ) 21:57, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Seresin, it would be much better to !vote based on your evaluation of the candidate and not your evaluation of the other !voters. After all, he did say he may switch his opinion. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 21:59, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  6. !Oppose - will not make requisite 50 deletions, blockings and page protections every day. Contributions are of good quality, and the tools will not be abused. EJF (talk) 22:02, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  7. My first experience of her was when she removed some categories from my userpage when I was a n00b. Anyway, now the tally is back, I feel comfortable in supporting this user, although the oppose is very concerning (well, not really.) Majorly (talk) 22:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support Not much article-writing or admin-related experience, but her template and category knowledge is good. Epbr123 (talk) 22:09, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Support Why the heck not? No warnings, no blocks, a good history of communication and contributions. Yngvarr (c) 22:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Support It is time to give her the mop. --Siva1979Talk to me 23:02, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Support. Inactivity isn't a problem for me. bibliomaniac15 Do I have your trust? 23:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Support Has been around since April 2005 and has a period of inactivity but plans to get more involved.Track is okay no concerns.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 00:06, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Support - sure, what the heck. Tiptoety talk 00:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Strong support. Rarely do I consider this, but I had thought, more than once, to nominate Lady Aleena for adminship. I have seen her work with templates, and it is exemplary, enough to convince me that she would be an excellent administrator. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the Dishpan!) 00:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  15. I am confident that this user will not misuse administrative functions out of ill-intent or ill-judgement, and that once they feel comfortable with the tools, they will be an even more valuabel contributor to the project. Skomorokh 01:24, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Support a valuable contributor, seems trustworthy and civil. Polly (Parrot) 01:35, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Support. Was inactive there for a while, but the past is in the past, she's definitely active now. Does a lot of mainspace work, experienced in the Wikipedia namespace, sounds good to me. Useight (talk) 01:41, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  18. The nominator shows up. Keegantalk 02:55, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Support: Fine for me. --Bhadani (talk) 03:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Support A good wikipedian who will make a fine sysop. --SharkfaceT/C 05:09, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Support. She doesn't seem to have any terribly ambitious plans for the tools once she gets them, but that is not necessarily a bad thing, nor is it a reason to withhold the mop from her. She has been around a long time, she knows what she is doing. I would surmise that the odds of her accidentally deleting either the main page or Jimbo's userpage are quite low. I see absolutely zero reason to think she would abuse the tools, so what the hell. Trusilver 06:58, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  22. —Dark talk 08:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Support - I'm in that sorta mood tonight. X Marx The Spot (talk) 11:12, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Weak Support. Start slow, visit WP:ARL, WP:NAS, and check and re-check everything if you get the mop. I'm slightly worried because of short answers to questions especially like that to 4b. Malinaccier Public (talk) 12:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  25. support no evidence that this editor will abuse the tools. Dan Beale-Cocks 12:46, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  26. Support Not much trouble with this one. Seems to have a cool head. --Dweller (talk) 12:58, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Support - trustworthy editor. Answer to Q4b is especially impressive. PhilKnight (talk) 14:47, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    To me it appeared to be: "To do whatever it says on that page you linked to, that I couldn't be bothered to read, much less summarise as requested." - jc37 16:40, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    That's also what I thought, hence my "Weak Support". Malinaccier Public (talk) 16:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Support, seen her before and she can definitely be trusted, but check the school before you do anything, to avoid mistakes. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 15:02, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Support reliable user. SexySeaShark 16:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  30. Strong Support Everyone has periods of inactivity, so that concern is moot for me. Candidate has a solid background. Also am supporting because of the unrelated-to-RfA Q5. ArcAngel (talk) 16:31, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  31. Support - Garion96 (talk) 16:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  32. Support, nothing but good from her contribs. Sceptre (talk) 17:06, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  33. Support - Nothing amiss here, and I haven't seen Revenge of the Sith either. ;) --Bedford 17:10, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose
  1. Oppose - Lengthy inactivity. And while a good editor, I don't see a wont or need for the tools. Question one in particular indicates a lack of - really - anything. Interest or desire. That said, depending on responses to questions, I may shift position. - jc37 21:53, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Isn't the fact that the editor in question accepted a nomination an indication of desire? (zOMG, if it is, I'm sure there will be some power hunger opposes to follow....:-) Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 21:55, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Hmmm, I'm supporting based on power hunger too then. Wisdom89 (T / C) 22:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    (response to Keeper76) - Yes and no. (Note that this was one of the several reasons Kelly Martin's last RfA failed.) That aside, I was more indicating no "specific" wont or need. CfD? AfD? RM? Vandalism patrol? Editing protected templates? Now, after the fact, she could list these as options, but I just don't see such in the current answers, and now would like to see more than a listing of typical admin-tasks, and instead would like to see something explaining how and why she would choose to help in those areas, her experience with such things in the past, etc. And her inactivity works against her here also - Is she "up-to-date" on policy and process? There have been constant "updates", and we have several rather important new ones - such as BLP - and as she is active in film-related articles, ascertaining that she understands that policy might just be valid. - jc37 22:09, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    (response to others) If you feel that this oppose is "way off-base", please take a moment to read User:Jc37/RfA/Criteria. I wrote it a while back during a discussion, and decided to make it a sub-page. It should (hopefully) clarify the above. If not, please feel free to ask for further clarification. - jc37 22:24, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Response to Jc37. Actually, I really like your subpage! Very clear, yet at the same time very precise and uncomplicated. I suppose we'll have to agree to disagree about this particular candidate though, as I see a candidate that has a very precise need for the tools (and while specialized, also very unlikely to be abused). I see a trustworthy candidate, that has been around for a long time, is currently active, and will not misuse tools, and likely will not use tools that she is not familiar with without prior consultation. Thanks for your civil response, Jc37. Cheers, Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 22:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    What is this "precise need" you see? I don't see it in any of the introduction or question answers. What did I miss? - jc37 00:33, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Hey, Jc37. In the nomination I mentioned editing protected templates, as well as protected pages as uses for the tools. I didn't mention in the nomination but I could add that Lady Aleena could use the tools in closing TfD debates, where she has experience, and in merging page histories to clean up templates and Wikiproject pages. You are free to opine how you choose, my apologizes if I was missive in not adding that information in the nomination. Keegantalk 06:38, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I saw that, but (in my opinion) while it's great that you introduce her, and even suggest how she may use the tools, the whole point of the first question is to give her the forum and opportunity to tell us all specifically. She didn't. Her answer doesn't indicate any need (or wont) for the tools. Everything she mentioned can be done as a regular editor. But thank you for your clarification and pointing it out for me. Re-reading my comments, I can see how it could appear that I might have missed it in your nomination. (And I always appreciate clarification - a distinct must in a text-based forum such as this). - jc37 16:40, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    And now I find I must stay "opposed". Her "light" (non-descriptive) answers to the questions (and in particular, her answers to 4d and 4e), leave much to be desired. Especially if she intends to close TfD discussions, as the nominator suggests. TfDs have notoriously low turnout (even worse than CFD/UCFD) and if one doesn't have a handle on consensus now, I have concerns about their closures after becoming an admin. "Counting votes" just won't do in such situations.
    And question 4e. Too many concerns to list, but the main is about her apparent belief about what being an admin is, and about how such a "title" should affect a discussion. Quoting the sentence that seems indicative of this: "Hopefully, the fact that an admin is involved will stop the revert war, but I know that realistically that may not happen." - An admin is "just another editor". How about: "Hopefully, with the assistance of someone as a third party opinion (who needen't be an admin), the warring factions will come to an understanding. If not, then steps a, b, c, etc."
    All that said, it seems clear from the numbers that she'll be granted adminship. I sincerely hope that she does do the reading that she suggests that she will, (albeit after-the fact). And does learn from it. - jc37 16:40, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose Not enough content contributions, so don't feel safe giving her deletion and blocking buttons. User is productive elsewhere, so if any positive substantial answers [to questions posted] are forthcoming I could change my vote. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 01:28, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. I'm not exactly comfortable with her question to answer 8. It seems like she is saying she can go against consensus because consensus can change. One person going against consensus does not mean it has changed. --Kbdank71 16:19, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral
  1. Neutral. Aleena is a helpful editor whom I feel could go beyond her capabilities if she was granted Admin powers. However, the long periods of inactivity and her lack of content editing are swaying me from voting Support. However, if you are granted Adminship, congratulations. And if you aren't, you are a great editor anyway. Either way, if you show more activity and content, I will be very happy to change my vote to support. Cheers! -ṜέđṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ Drop me a line§ 01:40, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm curious as to why inactivity is a concern, would you mind explaining if it's not too much trouble? Skomorokh 03:33, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Neutral I will check back later on when the questions are answered. miranda 02:50, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Neutral pending answers Fattyjwoods (Push my button) 03:22, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Neutral I need to really study this one before supporting. TheProf - T / C 11:22, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but I will have to remain neutral. Good user, but the concerns raised over answers to the questions can not be ignored. TheProf - T / C 17:51, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Neutral Leaning towards a support, but I need a while to really check through the contributions. The DominatorTalkEdits 13:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Neutral lean oppose Candidate's LONG extended leave with a generic explanation is of concern. Not enough to get me to oppose, but enought that I can't support.Balloonman (talk) 14:37, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Neutral - Based on the extremely short lackluster answers to questions. I felt compelled to change as the user clearly hasn't bothered to study anything before or during this RfA. Yes, you learn as you go when you're an admin, but a little understanding of policy would have been nice to see, especially with regards to consensus, something that should be easily apprehended by a general editor. Wisdom89 (T / C) 17:40, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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