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Werdna

Voice your opinion (2/1/0); Scheduled to end 12:27, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Werdna (talk · contribs) - Hello, all. I'm Werdna, MediaWiki developer, long-time editor (since July 2005), and creator of Werdnabot. I've amassed over 3500 edits, and Werdnabot over 30, 000. Most of you know me as the author of Werdnabot, cascading protection, blocking without autoblock, retroactive autoblock, Special:Protectedpages, expiring protection, and many other MediaWiki features. I last ran in September of last year, but withdrew due to civility concerns, and because I got a bit caught up in the whole process. After several wikibreaks, partial involvement in Husnock's Arbcom case, becoming a developer, and many other events that have changed who I am on Misplaced Pages, I feel like having another shot. — Werdna talk 12:27, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I self-nominated this time, as I don't think it's necessary for me to find a nominator. I speak for myself. — Werdna talk 12:36, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

(BY THE WAY: Please Don't Bite The Opposers by arguing with them. If they're showing faulty reasoning, the crat'll take that into account at the end. Whether they're right or wrong, opposes tend to stick anyway (people who are wrong are often stubborn, and people who are right will obviously stay opposing), and all arguing causes is bad blood and a long page )

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages in this capacity. Please take the time to answer a few generic questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Misplaced Pages backlog and Category:Administrative backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.

A: I don't anticipate using my sysop tools as often as most sysops, but they would be helpful to me in the various occasions when I've had to bug a sysop on #wikipedia-en-admins when I've needed something deleted, or a protected page checked out, or a vandal blocked. In my capacity as a developer, it might be useful to have the tools for various reasons (I can't think of many right now, but I'm sure they'll be useful there). As for chores, I'll probably lend a hand with CAT:CSD, seeing as it's permanently backlogged, and whatever backlogs I'm pointed to on IRC. — Werdna talk 12:36, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

2. Of your articles or contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A: As most of you know, I'm not really an article-writer. I am, at heart, a developer — that's my strength, and that's what I've spent most of my effort on. Most of you know about Werdnabot, which has been running for close to nine months now, and is responsible for the archival needs of some 721 pages. Most of you have also seen some of my features on wikitech-l or in the Signpost, including cascading protection, expiring protection, Special:Protectedpages, blocking without autoblock, retroactive autoblock, undo, automatic edit summaries, and the list goes on (with per-page blocking, amongst other things planned). I provide support and answer technical questions for editors, as well. I've probably contributed other stuff that I haven't thought of right now — take a squizz at the barnstars section on my userpage if you want to know more. — Werdna talk 12:36, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

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: You bet! Those of you who've seen my previous three (I think) RfAs, two months apart last year (in May, July and September) will know that I've always been marred by civility issues, some of which I've considered baseless at the time, but which I've sought to improve on. I've always been fairly blunt with people, but recently I've attempted to curtail this — I found that often I'd say things that weren't necessary to get my point across; and despite my viewing of civility as of lesser importance to actually getting things done, I've found that removing some negative stuff from what I say, and making it purely factual, rather than condescending or otherwise negative, has made a pleasant experience for all. The "read before you save" doctrine works wonders. — Werdna talk 12:36, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

General comments

• See Werdna's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.

Please keep criticism constructive and polite.

Discussion

Support

1. Strong support. It's about time. ~Crazytales (IP locations!) 12:51, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
2. zomg support. --Deskana (request backup) 12:56, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose — lack of contributions, lack of activity, still seems slightly incivil at times, lack of edit summaries, fails my criteria, user shows no actual need for the tools realistically tbh :-\ thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 12:47, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Neutral