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Sennecaster

The following discussion is preserved as a request for adminship that has been automatically placed on hold pending a decision as to the outcome. Please do not modify the text. The result of the discussion will be posted soon.

Voice your opinion on this candidate (talk page) (40/0/0); Scheduled to end 17:20, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Monitors:

Nomination

Sennecaster (talk · contribs) – It is my great pleasure to finally present Sennecaster as an admin candidate. This is a long-overdue nomination of an editor who, if successful, will bring an immediate benefit to the encyclopedia in the area of copyright cleanup.Senne's talent for handling difficult administrative tasks is evident in her copyright work, where not only does she deal with the day-to-day effort of actual copyright cleanup, but actively works to make the area easier to work in for everyone else. She is almost single-handedly responsible for a complete rewrite of the previously confusing process at Copyright problems, making it far more streamlined and editor-friendly. She has led the way in reducing redundancy by phasing out tags like {{cv-unsure}} and merging the two sets of copyright clerks into one. Finally, Senne has demonstrated her commitment to mentorship by training all three of the copyright clerks who have volunteered within the past few years. If she ever gets tired of copyright issues, I'm certain that Senne will bring her ability to act decisively but conscientiously to other administrative areas. Outside of copyright, she processes requested moves, slogs through backlogs like unreferenced articles, works on cross-wiki file maintenance, and occasionally dips her toes in at AfC. She has been an active VRT agent for over two years. Her PROD log is small, but shows a 100% success rate, and her logs show that she uses CSD and XfD with similar judiciousness.I hope you will agree with me that Senne is exactly the kind of person who should be trusted to have the admin tools. I have no doubt that Senne will be an even stronger asset to the project as an administrator. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 05:03, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
Co-nomination statement

Every once in a while, you come across a candidate who doesn't just have a need for the tools, but a compelling case for why the project needs them to have the tools. Well, Sennecaster is absolutely one of those candidates! She has a ton of experience at CCI, a project that needs new admins very, truly badly. (Go look at how long the oldest case has been open for.) Sennecaster is among the most tenured copyright clerks on the project and specializes in some of the trickiest and least accessible cases, like copyright violations from offline sources, close paraphrasing, and translation copying. With the tools, she could not only take her own revdels off other admin's plates, she could handle other requests in the copyright area that could use a more experienced eye.

Outside of copyright, Senne does lots of other good work for the project. She takes up lots of actions from requested moves, including technical requests and discussion closes, and helps out with VRT, PROD, and and AfC. She's also written a GA, Through the Darkest of Times, and while it's on the shorter side as GAs go, I'm impressed with how it handles some fairly controversial content and puts together a very good reception section from the available reviews.

Sennecaster and I have had many interactions through our time on Misplaced Pages, coming from roughly the same class of editors who came here because of the pandemic and stayed here because of the fresh opportunity to do something useful and rewarding. I've always found her to be thoughtful, fresh, courteous, and insightful, the best qualities we could ask for in a new admin 😄 a long overdue candidacy I'm proud (and very excited!) to be a part of. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 17:00, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: The fine print: I have not and will never edit for pay, and I have 1 (so far) unused alt account that is disclosed to ArbCom. I accept this nomination. Sennecaster (Chat) 17:20, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

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

1. Why are you interested in becoming an administrator?
A: I've spent the past 3 1⁄2 years mostly in copyright cleanup, and I have run into many situations where my work on an article, listing, or file is halted because it needs an admin to do something that not many admins are familiar with. My copyright work that would use admin tools is deleting articles unsalvageable but not clearly unambiguous, presumptive deletions after 7 days, RD1ing removals, moving rewrites, and more rarely, blocking people that have repeatedly violated without improvement. The bus factor is extremely low in copyright for the amount of work to do; there are only about three other people besides me that routinely check and clear listings at CPN, and most of our copyright admins are currently busy elsewhere both offline and online. Additionally, a lot of moves at RMTR don’t need a swap, since the history is redirect targeting, and a better use of time would be to G6 delete and move into place.
The laundry list: Processing copyright problems and CCIs, RD1, doing histmerges off of WP:NHML, un-revdelling files that were once fair use but later determined to be PD to transfer them to Commons, CSD F8, F9, F11, G12, and db-moves. The short answer: Continuing what I enjoy doing here, but with extra buttons. :)
2. What are your best contributions to Misplaced Pages, and why?
A: My best work is in copyright cleanup. I started clerking WP:CP a little over 3 years ago, and I’m proud to have participated in some major cleanups like Misplaced Pages:Contributor copyright investigations/20110727 and WP:CCI/IEP. These two cases in particular were massive time sinks to our community; the first one I completed a majority of the image portion and overall took a 12 year effort from copyright cleanup members, and the second was an equally-longrunning CCI on a university program that unfortunately encouraged widespread copying from textbooks. I am also proud of Through the Darkest of Times, which I created and took to GA. I learned plenty about writing reviews and better understood how to navigate quotation usage in those sections.
I have been a VRT agent since 2022, doing mostly permissions queues but also replying to info-en at times. I am happy with how I’ve helped people with photo permissions or resolved their concerns, even if I can’t share the specifics.
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: I've had disagreements with editors both over content decisions and copyright matters, and I use a lot of strategies to keep the discussion cool. I like to give myself at least 10 minutes between reading someone disagreeing with me and responding to have time to get past my initial reaction. In content discussions like an RM, I try to stick to the rule of only replying if I have a point I’d like someone to consider that hasn’t been brought up in the discussion at all or if I’ve been replied to myself.
At copyright problems, there’s a lot of gray area for how an issue can be handled, and I'm always willing to admit and revise when I've made a mistake. My approach tends to fall along the lines of what happened at Misplaced Pages:Copyright problems/2024 September 18; a user disagreed with my judgment, so I re-checked the article and issue, and we went back and forth as we figured out what options were available. We concluded that a rewrite/BLAR was best.

You may ask optional questions below. There is a limit of two questions per editor. Multi-part questions are disallowed, but you are allowed to ask follow-up questions related to previous questions.

Optional question from Conyo14

4. You obviously have a lot of passion in the copyright sector of Misplaced Pages, but are there any other topics/subjects you enjoy editing too (i.e. Science, sports, politics, etc.)
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Discussion

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

Numerated (#) "votes" in the "Support", "Oppose", and "Neutral" sections may only be placed by editors with an extended confirmed account. All other comments are welcome in the "general comments" section.

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Support
  1. First! 😄 theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 17:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  2. Overdue :). Full confidence. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 17:25, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  3. Obviously ;) ♠PMC♠ (talk) 17:27, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  4. Fuck yes charlotte 17:30, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
    @Queen of Hearts please redact the offensive part of that. If you were on the oppose side and wrote the "no" version of that, I believe it would be struck as incivil. The same should apply here. RoySmith (talk) 21:02, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  5. Support. Sennecaster is a treasure to Misplaced Pages and I would be exceptionally glad to have her competent and dedicated self among the admin corps. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 17:32, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  6. Support. A competent, friendly, level-headed editor I trust with the tools. Sdkb  17:34, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  7. Support I trust Sennecaster with the tools. Schazjmd (talk) 17:35, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  8. Good impressions when dealing with CLOP and similar. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:35, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  9. Sure. EF 17:37, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  10. Support. Very enthusiastically! –MJL ‐Talk‐ 17:46, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  11. Support: I've seen her cv related edits and expect she will make great use of the tools there. Nobody (talk) 17:51, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  12. Support Ktrimi991 (talk) 17:53, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  13. Support, very competent editor and fit for the job! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 17:53, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  14. Support genuinely thought this was another reconfirmation RFA at first, lol. Obviously support. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:02, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  15. Support Dealing with copyright issues is a complex but important area for Misplaced Pages and I have great respect for those who roll up their sleeves and get stuck in to what can be something of a thankless task! I have only peripheral dealings with the candidate but I trust the judgement of the nominators and if they say she'll make a great admin, that's good enough for me. Neiltonks (talk) 18:08, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  16. LGTM. QuicoleJR (talk) 18:13, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  17. Support thank you for standing. Mccapra (talk) 18:29, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  18. Support ULPS 18:36, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  19. "I've spent the past 3 1⁄2 years mostly in copyright cleanup" Yikes. I guess what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Need for the tools + has clue + not a jerk. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:43, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  20. The trope of "Wait, this user isn't already an admin?" has at this stage been used so many times it's basically become a part of RfA itself, but Sennecaster is a shining example of that trope. Thrilled to support, ser! 18:45, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  21. Support The fact that working in CCI for that long hasn't turned Sennecaster into the Joker is a strong enough reason to hand over the tools. Plus, she's been unfailingly civil and level-headed in all our personal interactions. — GhostRiver 18:47, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  22. * Pppery * it has begun... 18:49, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  23. Support: Exceptionally excited to see someone willing to take up the mop within the copyright space. The nomination statements are probably the most convincing I've seen. Best of luck! ~ Pbritti (talk) 18:53, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  24. Support absolutely, without reservation. A clueful and kind editor — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 18:54, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  25. Senne has been an asset in the Copyright area for years and has engineered a lot of great reform and change in the field. She is intelligent and hardworking, and I have no doubts of her ability to effectively use the tools. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 18:56, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  26. Support per noms. Folly Mox (talk) 18:58, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  27. Support per noms and my general sense of seeing the username around. Skynxnex (talk) 19:01, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  28. Support: Without a doubt, a highly qualified individual who I was also willing to nominate. PLEASE SO THEY STOP ASKING ME TO DO HISTMERGES! Hey man im josh (talk) 19:12, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  29. Support jp×g🗯️ 19:16, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  30. Support. Kind, polite, and thoroughly qualified. Giraffer (talk) 19:21, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  31. Support; they have done excellent work in the copyright area. Hog Farm Talk 19:24, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  32. Support One of the only times I can't say "Wait, this user isn't already an admin", because I know her from CP/CCI. Excellent work in copyright, and we always need more copyright admins. – dudhhrcontribsher 19:40, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  33. Long overdue. Elli (talk | contribs) 19:46, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  34. Support. Fcking finally. No admin who handles CSDs, RD1s, pdels, or histmerges is going to say "what, weren't they already an admin", because we've all been pestering her to run for ages so she can stop giving us more work to do. -- asilvering (talk) 20:06, 18 December 2024 (UTC)\
  35. Support Fully convinced by the nominators and a review of the user's history. Thanks for doing the thankless work! —Ganesha811 (talk) 20:10, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  36. Enthusiastic support. Candidate has both the willingness and the skill to handle complicated but necessary tasks. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 20:11, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  37. been waiting for this one! ... sawyer * he/they * talk 20:16, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  38. Support. Great candidate. Obvious need for the tools. Good luck! –Novem Linguae (talk) 20:27, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  39. Support We have an obvious need for administrators skilled in copyright issues, so that alone a strong plus. I am not a gamer but Through the Darkest of Times is an interesting read and very well done, indicating that the editor is a capable content creator. In the General comments section, we have an informal recommendation by an IP editor which I believe should be given a lot of weight. Cullen328 (talk) 20:28, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
  40. —Ingenuity (t • c) 20:32, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
Oppose


Neutral


General comments
  • Long-time editor across various IP addresses, aware that I don't have a !vote here, but... I've sought help on copyright problems I've spotted a couple of times and Sennecaster has been unfailingly polite and helpful, treating me like any other editor rather than "just" an IP or a troublemaker or the like (we have a problem with this here, and, no, me getting an account is not a good solution). On that basis alone, I believe Sennecaster would make a good administrator for the 'pedia. 81.2.123.64 (talk) 18:30, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
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