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Well there is always that chance ...

but hey, if you can risk it, I suppose I could. :-) ... good to see you back too Floq. — Ched :  ?  — 02:10, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

The chance of resysopping me breaking the wiki is actually 3 orders of magnitude larger, but still worth it (IMHO). --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:29, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Pings

Yo, just as a quick FYI in the RfA, I did indeed get two pings, so pinging from the edit summary worked. (I had no idea.)

For what it's worth, I like "re-oust from sysop role", but it's wordy. Or we could go super poor and have de-de-desysop. I'm sure I'll come up with something. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski 06:24, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

I imagine a de-de-sysop is what ba-ba-Barbara Anne would get around here. In other news: up the non-even-keeled option! :p ——SerialNumber54129 10:19, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

Weird, I guess the first mention pinged you to then too. I'll wait to see what you come up with. Cheers. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:31, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

numbers

looks like you're heading into dhmo/Giggy or Cullen territory. Stay positive my friend. — Ched :  ?  — 01:57, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

thanks, but I'm guaranteed not to break 300, and... Giggy didn't work out too terribly well. I think I'll go with whatever is behind curtain 3, Monte. --Floquenbeam (talk) 02:01, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

What gets me is all the votes for or against either the WMF/T&S or Fram. (that's right, I left the "!" off of vote, I did it) — Ched :  ?  — 02:28, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

There was really no way around that. I'm not sure that's good or bad, it just is. Would have been the same if I'd waited. --Floquenbeam (talk) 02:31, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

just look at the support ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:16, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Already the sixth highest number of supports ever.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:18, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

I wonder where it ranks in the number of opposes.... --Floquenbeam (talk) 12:27, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Go over to my talk, look for the smile and read "go on with life, have a laugh, don't get too upset over this". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:33, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Just withdraw

70+ opposes and almost 20 neutral votes for someone who had been an admin for 9 years with an established record is not a good sign. If it weren't for your many admin friends, I doubt you'd have that many supports. Do the honorable thing and withdraw, and maybe come back after a year or so because it's clear you're not wanted around anymore by a lot of people. The RfA might likely head into 'crat chat and you'd put 'crats in a difficult position once more because they'd likely favor promoting due to their familiarity with you making the chat non-neutral and would upset a lot of people. Just withdraw. Also, all the recent drama starting with WP:FRAM might actually make you understand what I meant by "the dirty politics of Misplaced Pages". Regards. 91.134.2.190 (talk) 08:48, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Bold words from someone who won't login, but considering what side of the fence you seem to be sitting on, I can't say I'm surprised. — Ched :  ?  — 10:39, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Glad you did not withdraw! This will be a close one... Cheers - Ret.Prof (talk) 14:43, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

BTW having "many admin friends" is a good thing. They are both knowledgeable and experienced! If they think you are a good admin. then you are a good admin. - Ret.Prof (talk) 14:51, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

• Speaking of T&S bans, this is 98.94% likely to be Kumioko, in case there are any admins around.... --Floquenbeam (talk) 12:29, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
  • Huh. SQLBot should have caught that one in its open proxy search. I've hard blocked the range for 3 years, and I'll poke SQL next week about adding new search terms to whatever he's using. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:24, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
    • I was going through old edits the other day, God knows why, and ran into a bunch of Kumioko stuff. Such sadness. Almost forgotten, like tears in rain. Drmies (talk) 02:16, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

July

... with thanks from QAI for being you

I also went over old edits, why, because of that RfA, and found three things to be mentioned, here's one. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

• Sorry Floq - got my tools back - just didn't know. — Ched :  ?  — 14:58, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
  • I know, glad to see it. I didn't mean "any admins around, Ched isn't one", but "an admins around now that I've ID'd the IP as a ban-evading troll". No worries. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:27, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Question on editing for pay at RfC

Floq,

I added an additional question at your RfC."WP:Admin states "Candidates are also required to disclose whether they have ever edited for pay." You seem to have missed that requirement. If a candidate were to pass RfC without fulfilling that requirement, would he or she be an admin?"

This is not really a substantive question - it does not state that you would be blocked from becoming an admin if you had been paid for editing, it only says that you should answer the question, presumably so that editors !voting on the RfC can consider that information.

Note that I'm not accusing you of editing for pay. I'm just saying that you missed answering that question. It's quite an important question as it will help prevent our core of admins from becoming advocates or supporters for paid editors. Please correct your omission as soon as possible.

Smallbones_(smalltalk) 14:11, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

OK, I see that you've answered it. Thanks. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 14:15, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Support

For what it’s worth. My vote wouldn’t have counted for anything, seeing as how I’m just someone’s wife (so not a real person), but pulling for you anyways. Kafka Liz (talk) 22:36, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks very much, Liz; your thoughts count as much to me of "officially recognized" comments, support percentage be damned. I couldn't vote either, but at least that makes a tiny modicum of sense. --Floquenbeam (talk) 00:06, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

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Congratulations

Congratulations on bumping me into 2nd place at Misplaced Pages:RFX300. It has been kind of lonely there for the past two years. Cullen Let's discuss it 04:31, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks; I'm in excellent company. 100 opposes takes a little bit of the shine off, though. --Floquenbeam (talk) 14:39, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

That's a different page that is: WP:TIMES100WIKIPEDIANSGOTITBLATANTLYWRONG  ;) ——SerialNumber54129 15:22, 30 July 2019 (UTC)