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Mercury (talk · contribs) - This is a reconfirmation RFA after a recall. Mercury 21:22, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Questions

• Hi Mercury. Good to see you back. This reconfirmation appears rather sparseof information. Are you open to answering questions? Spartaz 21:36, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Editing the articles is addictive. Absolutely I 'll answer questions. Yes. Regards, Mercury 21:37, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

1. OK. Please can you explain from your point of view why you think the community should reconfirm your adminship? Spartaz 21:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Sure. I think historically, from the logs, there is no real abuse in the past. I've protected a page I should not have, and incorrectly closed an AFD. These are mistakes, but I'll assure no pattern. I've learned from them. I'm not much of a wordsmith, but I try. I can do some cleaning up with the mop. The tools are also helpful to me on OTRS related items. I don't have to go thru extra steps. I hope this helps. Thanks you, Mercury 21:50, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

2. Can you tell us the circumstances of the recall, with links? --Tagishsimon (talk) 21:48, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Ok. User:Mercury/Recall and User:Mercury/RFC with talk pages. Regards, Mercury 21:50, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

3. Do you agree that access to talk archives is useful when seeking to get the measure of a candidate? Can you tell us why all of your talk archives are blanked? --Tagishsimon (talk) 21:51, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes they are important. I'm seeking to restore them now. Regards, Mercury 21:52, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Linked from my talk page. You may have to see the actual page history from my main talk to see recent messages, I don't think those were moved over by the archiver. Mercury 21:54, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

4. Will you remain open to recall on the same basis as last time? --Tagishsimon (talk) 21:56, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't feel particular comfortable with the process. Was it fairly applied, I am not sure. The reasons for this recall request were the opposition to my AC candidacy, and an AFD. I don't know if any sysop should be recalled on two or three incidents like that. People make mistakes. People learn. To answer your question, I don't think I will join this voluntary category again. Regards, Mercury 21:59, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

5. What have you learned from the events that lead to your recall? Sean William @ 22:15, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

General comments

• Links for Mercury: Mercury (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)

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

Discussion

Support

Oppose

1. Strongly, as well. He is immature - first, he deleted all his userspace and almost resigned when his arbcom bid failed, then he got recalled and stormed off the project. He is power-hungry, or over-eager for adminship, his request at WP:BN got turned down and he rushes here, with a once-sentence nomination and no mention of the questions as well. I think a lot of the community may be interested in hearing an answer to question #3, for example. And there are reasons that a recall started, and going back after 12 days, of which all were under a different account speaks greatly of immaturity and power-hunger/over-eagerness. Maxim_(talk) 21:38, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

   If I may, I've been a sysop before. There is no real power to hunger for. It is as they say, mopish. I've observed that if you are using the tools to wield power, the community will call you on it. As for the rest, I think we learn. Regards, Mercury 21:45, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

2. Oppose. I agree with Maxim's comments above, the storming off after the ArbCom elections, the silly edit summaries on your talk page, the sudden leaving, then coming straight here after WP:BN is not a good sign. Qst 22:15, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
3. Oppose. Since I oppose the entire recall process, those admins who agree to submit themselves to that bureautcratic circle jerk farce don't deserve the tools, as they only add more drama than is needed to the entire adminship process. Corvus cornix_talk 22:19, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Neutral

1. For now at least, I'm still thinking. While I opposed the recall, I think the early closing was in poor form. Mr.Z-man 22:06, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

   It was very poor form, and if this were a sport(it is not a sport), I would have garnered a yellow card. I'm embarrassed by my behavior. Regards, Mercury 22:11, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

2. Neutral Leaning Towards Support I'm thinking. The closure of Angela's AfD, and the evidence presented in the recall are enough to warrant substantial thought about outright support in your favour, but there's little evidence of any significant abuse with the tools in the past. Perfect Proposal 22:15, 28 December 2007 (UTC)