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Nomination
Neurolysis (talk · contribs) – Ladies and gentlemen, may I present for your consideration Neurolysis. Neuro is a prolific and valuable editor in many areas of Misplaced Pages. Call in now and you'll get over 25,000 edits, tons of wiki-gnoming, extensive vandal fighting, three featured lists, bot writing, NPP, ANI, AN, UAA, RPP, AFD, account creation, template work, and help desk experience. I've personally witnessed his ability to competently handle whatever strange problem comes up, be it resolving a conflict amicably or creating scripts to automate needed tasks. While Neuro is a skilled content creator, he's also one of those utter freaks that rejoices in thankless, arduous maintenance tasks - a perfect storm/deadly cocktail of adminship.
A relevant piece of Neuro's story is the personal growth he has undergone in his work here. Until the beginning of October 2008, Neuro worked under the username Asenine. In this account, Neuro made many positive contributions and had a clean block record, but like many of us found that he was developing an on-wiki persona that was not himself. He started to receive criticism over his manner towards others - especially accusations that he was not assuming good faith and being overly bureaucratic. Rather than dismissing these criticisms and blaming those that raised them, Neuro self-reflected and recognized that these evaluations carried weight. In response, he dropped this username and began Neurolysis, in which he addressed the previous concerns and concentrated on becoming a valuable and courteous editor. That is the editor that I'm presenting for your consideration now. (Neuro's account of these events is here.) FlyingToaster 19:16, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
- I accept, and would like to thank FlyingToaster for the kind words. If I may, I will say a little bit here.
- My last RfA was not easy to endure for me. It meant embracing that I had been acting in a way which I do and even then did resent. I guess User:Neurolysis/Apology says most of it, but the gist of it is that I am sincerely sorry for all of the wrongs which I committed, all the mistakes I made, and the malicious things I did. I regret ever doing them, and apologise to anyone who was offended by my actions whilst operating under that handle. I am, however, glad that I had a chance to go through the RfA process that second time - it gave me a strong sense of guilt for my actions, and most importantly a will to actively change my ways and rectify the severe issues listed therein. My name change was a quick decision to get away from something which I by now so resented, and attempt to rectify them whilst starting afresh. I did tell a few people who I was at the time, but I did not publicly admit that the two accounts were indeed one and the same until December of last year. My motivation behind changing username was that I hoped that I could build enough of a base to demonstrate that I was sincere and serious about changing my ways. I hope that my actions indicate that I have changed for the better, and that six months is enough time to demonstrate such a change. — neuro 19:45, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Questions for the candidate
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:
- 1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
- A: Mostly blocking inappropriate usernames at WP:UAA, deleting blatantly inappropriate pages at WP:CSD, closing discussions which demonstrate an obvious consensus for a particular action (say, SNOW deletes and keeps after 2/3 days) at WP:AFD, issuing rollback to trustworthy users who have interest in the tool at WP:PERM, and generally helping out at WP:AN, and WP:AN/I. One area I would almost certainly stay well away from would be WP:RFPP, or at least I would stay away from it until I felt confident working there. I guess the best way to answer this question is simply by saying "a bit of everything". I have a habit of enjoying working at certain areas for periods of time, and then stopping there and going somewhere else for a while, and then returning later — it helps keep my work here enjoyable, refreshing, and generally rewarding; not least in that it broadens my knowledge in areas which I might not regularly visit or contribute to otherwise. For a few months now I have been doing new image patrol with the bots. If given the bit, I plan to work deleting images which need to be deleted, but not deleting those which I can fix myself. I would stay away from blocking users until I felt comfortable doing so, which could be a little or a long time — this goes for all but blatantly disruptive users, who I would have no problem issuing blocks to if necessary. I would also help out users requesting {{adminhelp}}.
- 2. What are your best contributions to Misplaced Pages, and why?
- A: Define 'contributions', really. If you mean article work and content creation, I particularly enjoyed and am proud of my work on featured lists, I have three - Hughes Medal, Gabor Medal, Davy Medal, and a few more coming up soon. For a long time I stayed out of content creation in general — mostly because I enjoyed and enjoy repetitive maintenance work, and didn't see the need to venture into other areas. However, after a while I found that I was doing a lot of maintenance work on mainspace articles, which gradually got me into wanting to work on content. After Ironholds prodded me about whether I wished to work alongside him getting some articles to featured list status, I realised that my love for technical jobs and mindlessly repetitive tasks could equate to content work with lists and tables. Aside from mainspace work, some of my best contributions have came about through helping out at WP:HD, WP:NCHP, and WP:RD/C (although I should probably contribute to those more often -- I have not been very active at them as of late). I also enjoy mindless technical jobs, and perform them a good bit (although more often than not for my own leisure, I do love a good puzzler).
- 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 tend to disengage from situations before anything I would consider to be reminiscent of a 'conflict' occurs, and the same for stress, really. If I get stressed, I go and get a coffee, listen to some music, and generally check that I am in a good state of mind and make sure I am calm before proceeding. One of the benefits of an online encyclopaedia like Misplaced Pages is that if I am getting worked up or a little annoyed, I don't have to stick around. I can go and take a break whenever I like, since we are all volunteers -- that is, I see absolutely no need to get in a destructive conflict about things here, because unlike in a real world situation where it is very easy to get drawn into a dispute and not want to leave it until you have demonstrated all of your points and your opponent has conceded that they were wrong, Misplaced Pages is accessible through the medium of the internet — and there is plenty for me to go and do to take my mind off of the issue or issues at hand. If I were to get into a conflict with someone about my edits, I would discuss it with them first before continuing further, and if that avenue proved to be unsuccessful I would re-evaluate the situation, more than likely getting a second opinion from another user that I trust to tell me what they actually think about the situation at hand as opposed to merely what I am wanting to hear. If a group of users were to tell me that I was in the wrong, I would concede that such a thing was so and proceed to move on.
- Optional Q. from Protonk (talk)
- 4 Why did you come back? This is open ended, so you can feel free to answer in whatever manner makes you feel comfortable. I also want to make clear that I don't mean this in the snarky "Why did you flare out just to reappear" sense. I mean literally what brought you back to the project? Do you think, in retrospect, that your leaving was permanent (at the time)? That sort of thing.
- A: I rejoined only a few hours after my departure. I think there was one point at which the leaving was permanent, but I think that point was short lived. Being told by an overwhelming majority that I was what I so resented at first had the effect of being particularly upsetting. It is still upsetting to remember what I was like. It also, however, kicked some sense into me. After a few hours I felt I could turn myself around, stop acting the way I did, and I did not feel that I would lapse into old habits again. As such, I felt no need to stay away. My retirement was not so well thought out, not least in the fact that it only existed for an incredibly short period of time.
- Optional questions from Dylan (chat, work, ping, sign)
- 5. What is the difference between a block and a ban? In your own words, please, no cut-and-pasting.
- A. A block is a technical restraint on editing, whether it be on an account, an individual IP, or a range IP (rangeblock). A ban is a broader term — if we are talking about a straight out ban, a ban is a block which is not technically enforced (although it is issued in conjunction with a block). A ban also straight out allows reversions of all of a banned users contributions which were made whilst they were banned. A banned user is someone whose contributions are straight out considered to be unwanted, whereas a block is a preventative measure (it does not imply good or bad faith). A topic ban is something slightly different, that is, there is no technical restraint placed on the editor, there is, however, a disallowance to edit in a particular manner, at a particular place, or in a particular scenario.
- 6. This is normally Xeno's RfA question, but I like it too. As an administrator, you will come across some extremely vulgar language and often come under attack for your actions. You will most likely have to deal with some fairly troublesome users. The users you block will sometimes ask to be unblocked. Please review the very NSFW scenario outlined at User:Xeno/RFAQ and describe how you would respond to the IP's request to be unblocked.
- A. IP editors are, in general, not blocked indefinitely, so blocking the user "for life" is pretty much out of the question. I think unblocking after such a spree would not only be incorrect (there is a level of AGF'ing I am willing to do, but that was pretty blatant vandalism, and personal attacks), but also unnecessary. If the user has truly learnt from and understood why their actions were wrong, then hopefully they will also understand why the block was imposed. We have a lot of IPs and users that use WP:BROTHER sort of remarks to try and get around sockpuppetry, and this is somewhat similar. The user is saying one thing, whilst they have been actively demonstrating the other. In this case, I would discuss the issue with another administrator, and see what we both thought. That might be seen as sitting on the fence, but these questions are here to ask me what I would do, not what people want to hear. I realise this might need some elaboration, if it does, please just ask away. :)
- 7. How do you feel that you have improved since your last RfA?
- A. In just about every way, I hope. Back then I acted in a fashion which I realise was unacceptable, and unjustifiable. I guess my main improvement has been in my attitude. I do my best to assume good faith, help people out, and generally I have tried to turn my back on my previous actions. If we want to talk content, see Q2. I was sorely lacking in article work last time around (although that wasn't really brought up due to the fact that there were more serious issues), but this time I have three FLs. Admittedly FLs aren't as highly thought of as FAs, but I enjoy doing them, and they are good, solid mainspace work.
- Additional questions from Jennavecia
- 8a. What is your view of the current BLP situation? Do you believe there is a problem or do you believe that we are doing a sufficient job in maintaining our BLPs and protecting the subjects of them? If the former, please explain how significant you feel the problem is.
- A: I believe there is a problem, yes. That said, I don't really know what sort of thing you want me to comment on here. I've been writing answers and then looking back at the question and realising it wasn't really what you said at all. Assuming you didn't want as much of a short answer to this as I have provided, could you rephrase?
- 8b. What is your stance on each of the following for BLPs?
- 1. Flagged revisions
- 2. Flagged protection and patrolled revisions
- 3. Semi-protection (liberal use or protection for all)
- A: I don't (and didn't) support the trial of FlaggedRevs when it came around. I believe any sort of straight out blanket flagging or semi-protection for all BLPs may be over the top. It is my belief that if we wish to stop BLP issues in their tracks, we must influence a change in editing, not only a change in the software. IP editors are not the only ones causing issues with BLPs, and whilst I concur that Flagged Revisions or semi-protection would no doubt have an effect, I feel that the positives would fail to negate the negatives if we were to implement FlaggedRevs on BLPs — that is, I feel they undermine our ethos, and would need a demonstration that they had a significant effect before supporting them, and I don't believe that semi-protection should be applied in such a liberal way. Not least, I also oppose them because I believe that flagged protection and patrolled revisions would be the best way to go about combating this sort of problem in a fashion which still conforms to our core values. FP/PR promotes more editing, not less, and it also promotes review of those edits as opposed to straight out limitation. So, in summary:
- 1. No
- 2. Yes
- 3.
- Global protection for BLPs? No.
- More liberal use? Yes.
- 8c. For BLP AFDs, closing as "no consensus", do you believe it is better to default to keep or default to delete? Why?
- A: I've been sitting here wondering how to answer this, if it is okay with you, could I have a day or so to think it over?
- Additional questions from Backslash Forwardslash
- 9. Would you speedy delete an article with an {{underconstruction}} tag?
- A: That would depend. If the article was blatantly unwanted (such as an attack page), I would not hesitate to delete it. If the article was simply not asserting notability, I would hold off. I guess {{underconstruction}} just says 'I am working on this', but that tends to not mean anything for pages with no salvageable content whatsoever.
General comments
RfAs for this user:- Links for Neurolysis: Neurolysis (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
- Edit summary usage for Neurolysis can be found here.
- Promote Neurolysis
Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review Special:Contributions/Neurolysis before commenting.
Discussion
- For those that prefer them:
Support
- Support as nom. FlyingToaster 20:00, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Had it watchlisted for some reason support (deja vu!) - clueful editor. –xeno (talk) 20:01, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Would-have-nominated-Support. Per Xeno ;-) SoWhy 20:14, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Does good work, no reason to believe he'd abuse the tools. I must say that I'm unpersuaded by the concerns in the oppose section thus far. –Juliancolton | 20:17, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- My intention wasn't to persuade anybody, just letting you know where I stand. iMatthew : Chat 20:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- I know, but the purpose of a rationale is to let others know your thoughts. Otherwise it'd be a straight vote. –Juliancolton | 20:20, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Hmm, perhaps I misunderstood at first. Sorry, nevermind. ;) iMatthew : Chat 20:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- I know, but the purpose of a rationale is to let others know your thoughts. Otherwise it'd be a straight vote. –Juliancolton | 20:20, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- My intention wasn't to persuade anybody, just letting you know where I stand. iMatthew : Chat 20:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support I believe the nomination statement was sincere. And while I am not a fan of extracting apologies, I think it was probably necessary. I think Neuro/Asenine will be a net positive as an admin. Protonk (talk) 20:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Yup, been around the block, as it were, i see no reason the mop will cause brain fail. --GedUK 20:26, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support on the condition he stops making me hip-hop mixtapes, rapping on WP and doesn't shave HAGGER? into my head while I sleep. Ironholds (talk) 20:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- As for the latter: Mmmhh...beans *off to buy a shaver* SoWhy 20:35, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Have I coined WP:SHAVE?. WilliamH (talk) 09:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- One might want to create that page as something similar to WP:WTHN: "The fact that they will not shave HAGGER? into someone's head while they sleep is a reason to support a user running for adminship..." SoWhy 09:38, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Have I coined WP:SHAVE?. WilliamH (talk) 09:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- As for the latter: Mmmhh...beans *off to buy a shaver* SoWhy 20:35, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support I trust this user not to abuse the tools and I hate IRC DRAMA. Hipocrite (talk) 20:36, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Hopefully the new op guidelines will go some way to combat drama on IRC, Martin drafted them a few days ago. — neuro 20:39, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- per Ironholds. Keegan 20:37, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- I opposed Neurolysis' last RfA based on some behavioral concerns. However, in the time since that RfA I have kept an eye on him, and I think he's done a great job in improving himself since then. He experienced with policy, is friendly, gives good input and does good work wherever he participates, and is a helpful editor overall. I am pleased to support this nomination after opposing the last one. Acalamari 20:39, 6 April 2009
- Support? Hell yeah! Inferno : Chat 20:42, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- A very approachable and helpful user, Neuro will do well with the tools. GARDEN 20:45, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Neurolysis has been very active in a wide range of areas across Misplaced Pages and is very trustworthy. In my opinion, he has improved greatly in the last six months since his last RfA and would be very helpful as an administrator. GT5162 20:46, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support I can work with him. MBisanz 20:50, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support I like what I've seen, & I think he'll be okay (okay meaning not abusing the tools). hmwithτ 21:01, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support I've seen neurolysis around, and all indications are that he'll be a great admin. I actually thought he was an admin already. Best of luck. Timmeh! 21:06, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support. Been waiting for this one. Solid, personable, and he cares. I'll be happy to look at Wisdom's diffs or anyone else's diffs, but it will have to be pretty bad for me to switch teams. - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 21:07, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support, and Support strongly I might add. While his tremendous efforts to get me clued in and up to speed during my fist days at WP may be a personal feeling, rather than objective evidence, I can also state with clear conscience that Neurolysis does have a clue, will benefit the community, and the tools would only further enhance his ability to maintain, sort, and protect the project. (sorry for the run on sentence - I got carried away) — Ched : ? 21:08, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Oppose Too many administrators currently.No.Oppose - I view self-noms as prima facie evidence of power hunger.No!Hello, I would like to place an order... oh sorry, wrong queue.NO!!! Wait, I got it! Very strong support - I've seen Neuro around, and have seen nothing but good from him. A hard worker, civil, kind and helpful; if not him, then who? --Dylan (chat, work, ping, sign) 21:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)- The sarcasm isn't really constructive. Just sayin'. Townlake (talk) 21:30, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Yarr! Neuro is an excellent editor, polite, mature, and clued-up. Excellent administrator candidate, I keep having to remind myself that he isn't one. ~ mazca 21:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Give him the tools already! Hersfold 21:23, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Neurolysis is a tremendous contributor to the community who would clearly use the tools responsibly. Took all my advice to heart in the editor review he recently conducted, even the stuff he could have bristled at. Neurolysis seemingly always defaults to assuming good faith absent a good reason to believe otherwise. I'm proud and happy to support. Townlake (talk) 21:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support No bad interactions, only good ones. America69 (talk) 21:28, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support About time. Whatever his past, neuro is a clued in editor who usually (thankfully not always!) makes sense. With all the odd jobs he's been doing around wikipedia he's already a janitor - about time someone handed him a mop! --RegentsPark (My narrowboat) 21:30, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Meh Mr.Z-man 21:35, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Strong support --Giants27 /C 21:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support No problems here. Good luck! Pastor Theo (talk) 22:02, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support You've been around and that's what counts. —Admiral Norton 22:17, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Definitely trustworthy. rootology (C)(T) 22:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support May the force be with you, young Jedi. ^_^. Meetare Shappy 22:26, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Strong support, will make the kind of administrator of which we really need more. J Milburn (talk) 22:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support — Jake Wartenberg 22:40, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support -download | sign! 22:45, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support: Per above. South Bay (talk) 22:47, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Strong Support Been expecting this rfa for awhile - would have nominated you myself eventually. Neurolysis has much experience in many aspects of the project, a high level of approachability, and will definitely not abuse sysop rights. - Fastily (talk) 22:57, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Neuro has always been able and willing to help me when I've had problems and has always been calm during a crisis. I think he would make a great administrator. Soap /Contributions 23:11, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Been waiting for this. Sumoeagle179 (talk) 23:17, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support --Xavexgoem (talk) 23:23, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Aye - probably the RfA that I've had to think the least about (ooh, must've been about five seconds) recently. Black Kite 23:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Duh - won't abuse the tools. Donnez le mop, toute de suite. —Preceding unsigned comment added by roux (talk • contribs)
- Secret 23:58, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Can be trusted with the bit. --Patar knight - /contributions 00:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support. I am amazed by how much growth Neurolysis has shown from his past as a rather disagreeable character to someone with whom it is a pleasure to work with. I am certain that Neurolysis will make an excellent admin. bibliomaniac15 00:34, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Too tallToo youngMajorly talk 00:41, 7 April 2009 (UTC)- I've seen this request coming for quite some time now. There was a time when I had already thought Neuro to be an administrator, and then I had happened upon his logs and noticed he wasn't. I wondered, "why? He'd be a wonderful admin." I have seen Neuro's name around a lot lately and have generally had a positive impression of him — he is always willing to assume good faith when there isn't especially strong evidence of bad faith, and he admits and learns from his past mistakes. He is very active in a lot of administrator-heavy areas of the project, and is very thoughtful and patient when it comes to dealing with newcomers who don't understand Misplaced Pages's processes quite yet. We need more administrators with these traits, and we need more highly active admins. That said, I feel it would be against Neuro's wishes for somebody to not be honest and forth-right with him, and I will not lie; I have at times been concerned by Neuro's handling of certain situations. There are times when Neuro makes judgmental mistakes (and he knows this, he's not afraid of owning up to his mistakes), and on occasion I find he is a tad too willing to give obviously bad-faith editors more chances than they should have. I'm not suggesting that he AGF less often, but I just wanted to offer a reminder that sometimes, rules can be ignored if it's better to do so. I also took the liberty to check his prior RfA and found that there were significant concerns at the time, just around six months ago. But simply looking at his contributions as of late, it is obvious he has come a long way since that time. He has matured a great deal ever since he first came here, and those issues are pretty much a faded memory now. It is obvious that Neuro has been working to become an administrator for some time now (not that it was his only Misplaced Pages goal, but it is still evident that Neuro wanted to be somebody others would turn to for help) and I cannot find any reason why not to give the mop to somebody who is honest, considerate, thoughtful, and open-minded. In short, I trust Neurolysis fully. Master&Expert (Talk) 00:43, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support I've had good interactions with this user and I think he'll be a good admin. Camw (talk) 00:47, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- My impression of neuro has always been that he is an extremely civil and respectful editor; just about every interaction I've had with him has involved neuro keeping everyone civil (I have sometimes been on the receiving end of that). I don't know anything about neuro's past, before I was a Wikipedian, but the neuro of the present certainly commands my respect. rʨanaɢ /contribs 00:50, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support No concerns. Wronkiew (talk) 00:52, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Weak Support. Not the perfect history, but a very improved Wikipedian. Useight (talk) 01:00, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Great editor, very helpful. Per all the above. LITTLEMOUNTAIN5 01:08, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Through my lengthy interactions with Neuro through anti-vandalism, FPC, and other places, I have always had good experiences. Spencer 01:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support- I don't see any reason to deny this user the mop. Neuro has always struck me as level-headed and intelligent, and will probably be responsible with the tools. Reyk YO! 01:23, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support miranda 02:08, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support. I wondered a few days why you hadn't run for adminship. Best of luck, Malinaccier (talk) 02:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support - I've seen good work from this user and believe he would make a fine and trustworthy administrator. Kafka Liz (talk) 02:55, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support- it's about friggin' time. Neuro is quite prolific and I've had positive interactions with him. Valley2city 02:57, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support No reason not to. Seen good stuff so far. Marlith (Talk) 03:21, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Strong support. He's not an admin? Wizardman 04:25, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support thought he was an admin, a crat, a CU, an oversiter, an ArbCom member, a Steward, a Founder, etc, already. Ottava Rima (talk) 04:57, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Keep up the good work. Steven Walling (talk) 05:39, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Skinny87 (talk) 05:41, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Has clue, will travel. WilliamH (talk) 09:26, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support - I don't generally get involved in these Admin elections (mostly because I just don't care about Admins), but I've seen some of his anti-vandalism work and I was impressed enough to have to speak up. He has my support for his Admin bid. Nutiketaiel (talk) 11:41, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Support Any off-wiki behaviour, unless it is atrocious, doesn't bother me. Neuro is a responsible editor and, as an administrator, would act with probity. ∗ \ / (⁂) 11:58, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Yes - honestly per Wizardman, also per WilliamH. —Ed 17 13:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Oppose
- My interactions with Neuro have been very inconsistent. At times, I will approach him on IRC about something he's done that I don't necessarily agree with. I'll admit that most of these times, I lose my cool, and start acting rude, and I've tried to stop acting like that. However, one more than one occasion, I've been talking to Neuro in a channel, and before we finish the conversation, he makes a comment, and leaves before I have the chance to reply. I don't like the idea of having an administrator that walks away from issues, instead of trying to handle them. Besides this, I've read User:Neurolysis/Apology again before considering my !vote here, and I'm not exactly impressed by it. I don't like that he left his account because he couldn't handle the criticism. That shows immaturity, IMO. After he came back on his new account, I would at least expect him to come right out and say "This is me, I've created a new account." Instead though, it seems he only announced it because many were getting suspicious. Neurolysis is generally a great help to the community, and we do get along very often, but I'm not comfortable placing the tools in his hands. My mind is not shut close, and I'm open to discussing anything. iMatthew : Chat 20:15, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- So your oppose is based entirely on IRC events which have no impact here. Do you have diffs to back up your comment that he created that page only after people started questioning him about his identity? Ironholds (talk) 20:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- I seem to be reading his apology page slightly differently to how you are. He's admitted to his actions, and his attitude back then; rather than him trying to go "that wasn't me" I read it as "that was the face I show the internet - now I'm going to go for a fresh start without such a mask". He isn't dissociating himself from his actions, he's just saying that from now on that isn't how he will behave. Ironholds (talk) 20:22, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- (ec) It's based on my lack of trusting him with the tools. I took that from the first sentence of the page, "Many people suspected it and many people have been out with it and told me their suspicions, so I am going to be out with it now, because I believe transparency is one of the things that needs to be retained on Misplaced Pages, even if it is a nigh-on impossible task." - It seems he would have stayed hidden if he wasn't questioned. iMatthew : Chat 20:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Yay, wordplay. Your lack of trust then is based on IRC interactions and his apology message, yes? Ironholds (talk) 20:26, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, it is. iMatthew : Chat 20:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) I promised myself I wouldn't respond to opposes, but I guess this is more of a clarification than a response. I actually admitted it because I believed that two months or so was a reasonable grace period to show that I was serious. I actually abandoned the account because I resented what I was shown to have become, not because I couldn't take the criticism. Thanks for giving me a chance to comment, I probably should have made them clearer. I respect your opinion, and you make some good points. :) — neuro 20:23, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- And guys, it's fine. iMatt brings up some solid points. — neuro 20:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) I promised myself I wouldn't respond to opposes, but I guess this is more of a clarification than a response. I actually admitted it because I believed that two months or so was a reasonable grace period to show that I was serious. I actually abandoned the account because I resented what I was shown to have become, not because I couldn't take the criticism. Thanks for giving me a chance to comment, I probably should have made them clearer. I respect your opinion, and you make some good points. :) — neuro 20:23, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- So your oppose is based entirely on IRC events which have no impact here. Do you have diffs to back up your comment that he created that page only after people started questioning him about his identity? Ironholds (talk) 20:21, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose - I came here thinking that I would support, but as most RfA denizens know I am stringent, and a stickler, when it comes to UAA. I don't have the time right now to provide the actual diffs (I can do it later), but I am opposing on the grounds that Neuro thinks UAA is the proper venue to report and block suspected role accounts, or usernames that are actual entities, such as bands or companies. It is much more appropriate to kindly assert or instruct rather than hardblocking. Wisdom89 (T / ) 20:51, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- That's not an opinion shared by the admins at UAA. I've reported dozens of role accounts there, and I don't remember any not being blocked. And as I recall, your most recent attempt in this venue was shot down over leniency, rather than stringency, at UAA. What's up? Skomorokh 20:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- What I meant by "stringency" was that I am very scrutinizing of potential admins who wish to work at UAA. Perhaps it was the wrong choice of words. One could say that I am "lenient" towards usernames, but that's really what UAA is designed for - blatant violations. It isn't a venue to throw good faith attempts at article creation or misguided quasi-promotional usernames out the door. Wisdom89 (T / ) 21:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- If UAA isn't the place to report usernames that are bands or companies, please tell me now before I get in trouble. I block every username that both represents an organization and creates an article promoting that organization. I'll have to wait for the diffs before I say more. - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 20:59, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Chiming in - I also though that role accounts with role-account usernames were to go with UAA, and I thought I was pretty clueful. Obviously, if the user would create a new account with an acceptable name and access control that would be good, and instructing them to do that before going to UAA is right, but the old name still needs a block, right? Hipocrite (talk) 21:02, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Ditto. Nearly all my own UAA reports have been blatantly-named company role-accounts, and I have yet to have one declined. If that is not the correct venue then admins have been blocking wrong. ~ mazca 21:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Seconded. Though I'd hate to find out I'm wrong after about 500 blocks... –Juliancolton | 21:23, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Thirded. This is widely accepted and practiced WP:UAA practice in my experience. FlyingToaster 21:30, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Seconded. Though I'd hate to find out I'm wrong after about 500 blocks... –Juliancolton | 21:23, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Ditto. Nearly all my own UAA reports have been blatantly-named company role-accounts, and I have yet to have one declined. If that is not the correct venue then admins have been blocking wrong. ~ mazca 21:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Wisdom: Perhaps it would be useful to draw a distinction between reporting a role account and wanting it blocked. Since WP:UAA is a venue in which to report names for action, rather than specifically a block, I do not consider reporting there similar to WP:AIV, where the intent is more assuredly a block. Reporting to UAA is only a request for action - and in perhaps most cases that action can simply be a friendly note and help in changing a username. I certainly don't report names to UAA with the intent of them all being blocked - do you have evidence to suggest that Neuro does? FlyingToaster 21:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Reporting to UAA is essentially saying "I want this username blocked" - it isn't an observational area. Simply because trigger happy admins happily block on sight without much research isn't really an issue. A new user who isn't aware of Misplaced Pages's heavily detailed rubric, shouldn't be blasted with a block because he is calling himself "DeathJamMRecords" or "BlackWidowSlaughterhouse" and creating an article about said entities. Wisdom89 (T / ) 21:45, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- I think there is room for disagreement between reasonable editors on most of those claims. That said, I'm not sure that we will accomplish more than just disagreeing on this page. Perhaps we can push some of the discussions of the role of UAA and the habits of admins there to the talk page? Or Wis, if you like, we can directly pose a question to the candidate about this. Protonk (talk) 21:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Questions always appreciated. :) — neuro 21:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- I think there is room for disagreement between reasonable editors on most of those claims. That said, I'm not sure that we will accomplish more than just disagreeing on this page. Perhaps we can push some of the discussions of the role of UAA and the habits of admins there to the talk page? Or Wis, if you like, we can directly pose a question to the candidate about this. Protonk (talk) 21:53, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Reporting to UAA is essentially saying "I want this username blocked" - it isn't an observational area. Simply because trigger happy admins happily block on sight without much research isn't really an issue. A new user who isn't aware of Misplaced Pages's heavily detailed rubric, shouldn't be blasted with a block because he is calling himself "DeathJamMRecords" or "BlackWidowSlaughterhouse" and creating an article about said entities. Wisdom89 (T / ) 21:45, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- I can understand Wisdom's concerns about reporting usernames at UAA, specifically when they are likely to belong to users that are unaware of our policies and aren't doing anything to do damage Misplaced Pages, and I support the stance he is taking, but I strongly believe this Request for Adminship is not the correct venue to voice that opinion. Neurolysis has reported usernames in accordance with policy and/or long standing norms that are accepted by the community, that's exactly the sort of behaviour we expect from our administrators, and I feel it somewhat unfair to penalise a candidate because they're following policy or community norms. I've always considered it a slightly pointless endeavour to try and deal with usernames that contravene policy because some trigger happy edit count obsessed editor that has been on Misplaced Pages barely a few weeks longer than the account they're reporting will come along and report that account to UAA, and it'll invariably end up blocked long before a polite request can be acted upon by the user in question; a wholesale change in the way usernames are reported at UAA and how they are acted upon by administrators is necessary, picking up on a candidate here isn't going to change anything, as I say, it's the wrong venue for the objectives you're trying to achieve Wisdom, as noble as they are. Nick (talk) 10:43, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the response Nick - I just want to make it clear that I am absolutely not using this RfA to soap box or voice my qualms/misgivings about how UAA is currently being handled by administrators or editors. This is a stance that I feel strongly about, yes, but I've said it before and I'll say it again, new users are the lifeblood of Misplaced Pages, and continually turning them away at UAA or NP with a virtual slap in the face will eventually sound the death knell for the project (a bit of hyperbole perhaps, but I trust you know what I'm saying). I will look deeper into his UAA contributions (and remember this wasn't some arbitrary thing I decided to do - it's the first thing Mr. Neuro cited he'd work) and revisit the discussion. Wisdom89 (T / ) 13:30, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- That's not an opinion shared by the admins at UAA. I've reported dozens of role accounts there, and I don't remember any not being blocked. And as I recall, your most recent attempt in this venue was shot down over leniency, rather than stringency, at UAA. What's up? Skomorokh 20:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose I am a bit concerned about Neurolysis' policy knowledge. It isn't uncommon that Neuro makes a request of an admin that gets turned down as unacceptable. For example, here, Neuro indicates that it is appropriate to oversight comments on request, if a user wishes to redact them. Regardless of if this passes or not, I ask Neurolysis please take care in ensuring actions are appropriate. Prodego 02:26, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- I'm not sure that particular incident is an example of a policy misunderstanding; my impression was just that the user didn't realize there was a such thing as oversight and neuro was just jumping in to say "I'll see what I can do" since the user himself didn't know how to go about it; I don't think he was trying to oversight it because "the user wished to redact it" but because he felt the edit summary was offensive or harmful (and yeah, it probably wasn't really bad enough to warrant oversight, but that's just a bad judgment call, not a policy misunderstanding—since neuro himself isn't applying for oversight, I don't think there's anything harmful in his being willing to ask an oversighter about stuff like this).
- Also, I should mention that just a few hours before it neuro and I had been involved in getting another edit summary oversighted at the same RfA (in this case, it was an edit summary that actually was extremely offensive, and the offending user was blocked not long after for incivility), so it's not like this was just some random decision from him; I may have set a precedent by requesting oversight on that other edit summ several hours before. I don't know if there are other similar policy concerns you can mention, but as for this particular incident I don't think it should be held against him. rʨanaɢ /contribs 03:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- It clearly does not meet either the deletion nor oversight policies, and he did ask on IRC specifically for oversight (or deletion, it doesn't matter which really). This is hardly the only example, I can find more if you wish, it isn't specific, but rather a general characteristic I have noticed in Neurolysis. Prodego
- Again, sorry for responding, I promised myself I wouldn't, but that seems not to have worked. I do consider myself to have a reasonably good grasp of policy, and admit that I have indeed had a few slip ups in the slightly less common areas (for a non-admin to look into). It is in part due to things like that why I answered Q1 the way I did -- it is not my intention to perform actions without being confident and sure of what I am doing. Whilst I concur that your concerns are legitimate, it is my belief that they aren't indicative of anything other than what they are literally. — neuro 09:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- It clearly does not meet either the deletion nor oversight policies, and he did ask on IRC specifically for oversight (or deletion, it doesn't matter which really). This is hardly the only example, I can find more if you wish, it isn't specific, but rather a general characteristic I have noticed in Neurolysis. Prodego
- I've interacted with this user off-wiki and am not comfortable with his general attitude. I think administrators should exhibit a certain amount of maturity and I don't see it in this candidate. - Rjd0060 (talk) 02:49, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- I suppose it won't mean much this oppose, since it looks like you'll pass easily, but nonetheless: I'm not sure I agree with those supporting that I trust this user completely, 100%. I like the improvement he or she has made, but I still have some lingering doubts. The dramamongering is a little offputting. Leaves in a huff, comes back a few hours later under a new name. Slightly fear a mass delete of amend something "important" a la Ed Poor (I think) and VfD. Fear a massive burnout and wanting to go down in flames. /amend Also, I think we have too many administrators... who haunt IRC. I'm a believer of on-wiki actions. Also, as Prodego highlights above, I'm not sure the grasp of policy, especially deletion/oversight, etc., is quite up-to-snuff. Some other lingering concerns as well, not necessarily concerning administratorship, so no need to outline here. I appreciate the work you do, neurolysis, and think you'll pass, so please be very, very careful using the tools. And don't put any 'thank you' spam on my talk page, if you would. Mahalo. --Ali'i 13:06, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Not a response, rather, a question. Why do you fear a 'mass delete' (not entirely sure what you mean)? And I will certainly exhibit some caution when using the tools, that is, if this request is successful. :) — neuro 13:11, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- E kala mai, my apologies. I started typing the sentence, but never finished. Amended to make sense of the senseless. Thanks. --Ali'i 13:44, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Not trying to make you switch (in fact I think your rationale is pretty solid), but what makes you think I would burn out? I'd be interested in combatting it, if you think my actions are indicative. — neuro 13:49, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- E kala mai, my apologies. I started typing the sentence, but never finished. Amended to make sense of the senseless. Thanks. --Ali'i 13:44, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Not a response, rather, a question. Why do you fear a 'mass delete' (not entirely sure what you mean)? And I will certainly exhibit some caution when using the tools, that is, if this request is successful. :) — neuro 13:11, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose per Rjd and others. Does fine work, certainly an improvement since leaving the Asenine identity behind; however, seems a little too drama prone.
Feeling a little uncomfortable about the IRC cabal turning out in force to push this through.GlassCobra 15:36, 7 April 2009 (UTC)- May I ask which drama we are talking about? I genuinely am not sure. And just for the record, I only see 15 people I know from IRC on this page... — neuro 15:41, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- And what cabal? WP:TINC :) iMatthew : Chat 15:42, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Might you be talking about the group of editors from Juliancolton's channel? iMatthew : Chat 15:43, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- (e/c x 3)Yeah, too hasty of a statement on my part, I was coming back to strike it anyway. Sorry. GlassCobra 15:44, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Might you be talking about the group of editors from Juliancolton's channel? iMatthew : Chat 15:43, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- And what cabal? WP:TINC :) iMatthew : Chat 15:42, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- May I ask which drama we are talking about? I genuinely am not sure. And just for the record, I only see 15 people I know from IRC on this page... — neuro 15:41, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Neutral
- Neutral Too many administrators currently. DougsTech (talk) 02:26, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Do you even review candidates at all? Inferno, Lord of Penguins (talk) 04:02, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Just leave it. People coming after him and complaining causes just as much dramah as the initial vote. Ironholds (talk) 04:11, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Would you prefer oppose? This one is borderline, an oppose may have been more appropriate. DougsTech (talk) 04:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- You know, perhaps just not voting at all might resolve any/all the conflicts regarding things like this, Dougstech. - Fastily (talk) 06:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Not to perpetuate this discussion in a negative direction, but I'm curious as to how "this one was borderline" considering you feel there are too many administrators, which invariably causes you to oppose. Wisdom89 (T / ) 13:32, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Doug, to decide that this case was borderline implies that you must have made an individual assessment of the worth of the editor. If you are prepared to take the trouble to do this with all RfA applicants, can you not see the value of sharing your thoughts after doing so, rather than just producing a cut-and-paste comment that 'crats will ignore?--Anthony.bradbury 14:30, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- But now it's no longer a matter of Doug summarily opposing a candidate. Now he'd either oppose or neutral. What do you mean by "borderline"? 1636 admins is borderline "too much"? Do you have other criteria of which you have made none of us aware?Valley2city 16:46, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Would you prefer oppose? This one is borderline, an oppose may have been more appropriate. DougsTech (talk) 04:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Just leave it. People coming after him and complaining causes just as much dramah as the initial vote. Ironholds (talk) 04:11, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Do you even review candidates at all? Inferno, Lord of Penguins (talk) 04:02, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- I had no idea you were Asenine before today. Want I remember of that account, it wasn't all pleasant. — R 04:19, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- And he hasn't been Asenine for absolutely ages. I appreciate this is neutral, but actually looking at recent contributions is always useful before voting. Ironholds (talk) 05:03, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Fully aware of who Neurolysis is, just very surprised to find out he and Asenine are the same person. — R 05:07, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- The fact that you are surprised seems to suggest that a real change took place between accounts. Just sayin. :) FlyingToaster 09:04, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Kinda like the living proof that people can change - even on WP. SoWhy 09:33, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- He certainly has changed, I'll admit it. That is why I'm not in the oppose section. :) — R 09:57, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Kinda like the living proof that people can change - even on WP. SoWhy 09:33, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- The fact that you are surprised seems to suggest that a real change took place between accounts. Just sayin. :) FlyingToaster 09:04, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- Fully aware of who Neurolysis is, just very surprised to find out he and Asenine are the same person. — R 05:07, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
- And he hasn't been Asenine for absolutely ages. I appreciate this is neutral, but actually looking at recent contributions is always useful before voting. Ironholds (talk) 05:03, 7 April 2009 (UTC)