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Voorts

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Monitors: ScottishFinnishRadish

Nomination

Voorts (talk · contribs) – Voorts joined the project in 2022, but I came to know him through NPP in late 2023, and I’ve been paying closer attention ever since. I’ve been impressed with his ability to show good judgement in closes, weighing in as a third party in discussions, and in efforts towards dispute resolution. I’ve found he takes the time to ask the right probing questions, to reflect and grow if he’s challenged, and to show humility and admit when he could have done better. I’ve been thrilled to watch him grow and explore other areas since then, doing so thoughtfully, carefully, and with attention to detail.

In addition, his content work speaks for itself, having promoted 12 articles to good article and 7 to featured article status, 5 of which he received Four Awards for. His temperament, patience, and willingness to help would be an asset to the admin corps, and I hope you’ll join me in supporting him. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:39, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Co-nomination statement

Voorts came to my attention via his strong nominations at FAC on topics as varied as law, film, and a political aphorism. In addition to his content work, he has found the time to engage in necessary administrative tasks, including carefully reasoned discussion closes and new page patrol. He has the varied experience and even temperament that are the hallmarks of a successful candidate, and it is my pleasure to co-nominate him in this first-post-admin-election-RFA. Vanamonde93 (talk) 16:49, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept, with thanks to Josh and Vanamonde for the kind words. I have never edited for pay and never will. I have never edited under another username, except for my sole alt account.

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 have been actively contributing to Misplaced Pages for a bit over a year and half now. During that time, I have come to appreciate the importance of behind-the-scenes tasks that ensure the smooth functioning of the community and its machinery. I am volunteering to be an admin because I am willing and able to take on additional responsibilities to help with those tasks.

I primarily plan to use the tools in the areas of deletion and user (mis)conduct. Those areas align with my current backend interests, which are participating in AfD, patrolling with NPP and RCP, opining at AN and AN/I, providing third opinions, and closing discussions. I am potentially interested in using the tools in other areas, such as at AE and in SPIs, but I would first have to learn the ropes and feel fully comfortable with any relevant policies, guidelines, and norms.

2. What are your best contributions to Misplaced Pages, and why?

A: My content contributions. I have created articles (and earned some 4As along the way), and brought several of them to FA, GA, and DYK. The articles that I am proudest of are Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., which I brought from an unreferenced stub to FA after an editor asked a question about the case at WP:LAW, and Costello's, a short article on a slice of old New York City.

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, I have been in conflicts. An example: In December 2023–January 2024, I was in a conflict over a discussion that I had closed. After the close, some editors came to my talk page and requested that I overturn my closure; I declined and suggested a close review at WP:AN. Thereafter, another editor overturned my closure without discussion, and things ended up at AN/I in a roundabout way. I’ll admit that at that point I probably should have just dipped out of that particular conflict, but instead I continued to post defensively at AN/I. After all was said and done, I sought a peer review of my close and have since incorporated the feedback that I received into my closing practices.

I have been in conflicts both before and since that close, and I anticipate that as an administrator who would continue to close discussions, I will face more—including when I get things wrong. I plan to deal with editing conflicts in much the same way that I currently aim to: remain civil, assume good faith, follow our dispute resolution processes, and seek advice of more experienced admins.

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.

Discussion

• Links for Voorts: Voorts (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
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Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review his 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.

Support

1. charlotte 21:10, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
2. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:10, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
3. Support as nominator. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:18, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
4. I've come across voorts a few times, but we didn't have a solid interaction until they volunteered to take a GA review on my first big Supreme Court case article, Heckler v. Chaney. Why they chose to go for my 3000-word newbie monstrosity and stick it out for two months of review is a mystery, but I'm grateful they did, because they had a metric ton of invaluable feedback and they were incredibly patient as I did my best to sort through it all. Voorts is polite, methodical, reasonable, and sharp – doesn't get better than that. Easy support :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 21:24, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
5. (edit conflict × 2) Heck yeah. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 21:26, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
6. Support ((edit conflict × 3), well-standing editor, substantial edits. Myrealnamm (💬pros · 📜cons) 21:27, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
7. Support net positive.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 21:32, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
8. Support will be a net positive to the project. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:33, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
9. Support Good luck. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 21:35, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
10. Mach61 21:36, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
11. Support, no concerns. Cremastra (u — c) 21:39, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
12. Support, can't quite put my finger on where we've crossed paths before, but certainly a net positive also per noms, also per theleekycauldron — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 21:51, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
13. Support definite net positive with an impressive content creation track record. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 22:12, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
14. Support per my nomination statement. Vanamonde93 (talk) 22:18, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
15. Support Leijurv (talk) 22:21, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
16. Support Tazerdadog (talk) 22:22, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
17. (edit conflict × 1) Support Wait a- I thought he already was a mop! Like, legit, I thought he already had the bit! MM (Give me info.) 22:24, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
18. Support – meets my criteria. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:32, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

General comments

• Placing myself as a WP:MONITOR. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:01, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

  Thank you for volunteering. voorts (talk/contributions) 22:02, 1 November 2024 (UTC)