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Ealdgyth

Voice your opinion on this candidate (talk page) (21/0/0); Scheduled to end 14:19, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Nomination

Ealdgyth (talk · contribs) – Now, some people think just because I wrote this, I know something about writing articles around here. Well, compared to Ealdgyth I know nothing - this editor has a phenomenal track record with over 50 featured articles and 100 good articles including getting such heavyweights as the Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror and (gasp!) the Middle Ages to FA; something I am truly in awe at. So when she decided it might be a nice idea to have the admin tools, I, like several others, leapt at the chance to nominate.

Now, I think I should be honest and say that Ealdgyth is not the sort of "career admin" who is drawn to the maintenance areas of the project, but her AfD stats, showing 95% correct out over 100 discussions, convince me she is not going to cause any harm with the tools, and she is always willing to lend a hand where possible. In particular, I think she would be a good fit for working at WP:ERRORS, where we need more admins with a good understanding of content and sourcing, and can fix a wide variety of articles with the minimum of fuss.

I just showed my other half the list of accomplishments and her response was, "she shouldn't have to request adminship - it should simply be given to her!" I hope there's an unanimous agreement that's the case. Ritchie333 19:33, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Co-nomination I've known and worked with Ealdgyth for many years on Misplaced Pages. She is knowledgable, helpful and humorous. Her work in pushing articles through the Featured Article process shows many excellent qualities for adminiship - striving for excellence, collegiate working, persuading people, dealing with less knowledgable people who 'know' they are right, dealing with WP:OWN and a whole heap of other useful stuff.

To those who may wish to accuse her of liking to collect shiny things, with her impressive set of FAs and GAs, note this. She is very unselfish. In addition to pushing through her "own" quality materials, Ealdgyth is willing and able to give copyediting time and dedicated attention to those of others. Over the years, she's weighed in at WP:PR and WP:FAC on a number of articles I've been involved with, on a range of topics she mostly knows little about - and cares even less, spotting mangled English, misplaced punctuation and missing citations as keenly on cricket articles as in her own beloved medieval history genre (eg here). (Thanks again, Ealdgyth).

I think the one Achilles heel Ealdgyth may have here is the thorny old issue of 'need for the tools'. I'd say a few things in response. First, she has expressed interest in helping at ERRORS, where we are desperate for more admins since the most active administrator there is no longer able to help. She'll be a massive asset, as Main page quality issues are a constant problem, with difficulties over nuance of language etc. Second, I have no doubt that as she eases into the toolset she will, as we all do as admins, find areas that interest her that she can bring her mindset and experience to grips with. What you're !voting on is her aptitude for the tasks she'll face, not whether she already has demonstrable experience in every aspect of the various tools.

We are desperately short of even-tempered, knowledgable, experienced Wikipedians who give their time unselfishly ... and have the tools. I implore the community to give the toolset to this excellent candidate. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 09:53, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Co-nomination I'd also like to sponsor the nomination. I don't want to repeat everything that's been said above, though I agree with it. In addition to taking on big, amorphous articles that are the hardest to write and get to FA, Ealdgyth has been a voice of reason in the often contentious disputes we have had at WT:FAC, and her effectiveness in that is shown by the fact that she is one of the few people there that everyone is on speaking terms with. :)

I am not greatly concerned with need for the bits. Our purpose here, though we contribute in many ways, is to put high quality content before the public. We are not short of mops. It is quite sufficient if she uses the bits to expedite her own work, as I do, and as other admins do who are principally content contributors. Anything she cares to do beyond that is bonus.

I understand that others wish to co-nom as well, so I'll shut up and get out of the way, but not before saying that in my view there are very few people, if any, more qualified to have the bits than Ealdgyth.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:00, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept this nomination, although I'm blushing quite a bit from the praise above, which I don't honestly feel is quite deserved. Ealdgyth - Talk 14:07, 3 January 2017 (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. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?

A: The main areas I would see myself regularly participating in would be WP:ERRORS, once I figure out how to safely edit things on the main page. I would also try to help out some with WP:DYK, but probably not to a great extent. I am unlikely to become involved in blocking many editors, as I'm really not into that sort of behavior. I could see some work at WP:RPP, if things got backlogged. I'd also try to weigh in a bit more with my opinion on the various noticeboards where admin input is sought. As far as my own editing, I would find the ability to move articles over redirects to be useful as well as occasionally seeing deleted articles that might need recreating.

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

A: I enjoy working on historical topics - especially medieval and equine topics. Personally, I'm most proud of the obscure topics I've brought up to snuff - such as Jersey Act or Monroe Edwards. For a while, I seemed to specialize in "bad boy" bishops - such as William Longchamp, Stigand, or Geoffrey (archbishop of York). I do recognize, however, that many folks are more impressed with the "big topics", and I do know we need more work on topics such as Middle Ages or Norman conquest of England. I am proud that I've slowly been working on bringing up the coverage of medieval English ecclesiastics to a higher standard. I've branched out somewhat lately, due to being in a (very lengthy) process of moving, and haven't been doing as much content work as much of my library is being packed up. This is one reason why I was willing to consider becoming an admin - the desire to contribute while unable to do the in-depth research I'm used to (at least until the move is finished).

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: The biggest conflicts have taken place on the "big articles" - William the Conqueror, Middle Ages, Norman conquest of England, and Battle of Hastings. One conflict is the "anti-Bulgarian bias" problem that's documented in the archives of Middle Ages. Some of it's at Talk:Middle Ages/Archive 8 and Talk:Middle Ages/Archive 7 which spilled into Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Sumatro/Archive. The lead image at Middle Ages has also attracted controversy which is documented at Talk:Middle Ages/Archive 6 and Talk:Middle Ages/Archive 5. The Bulgarian issue was definitely a POV pusher (who turned out to be a sockpuppet), and the best way to handle those is to remain calm and attempt to reason. That particular disupte did, however, teach me that I'm not well suited to hunting out sockpuppets - I just miss them entirely. You can be assured I will not be involving myself in WP:SPI! In the image issue, I got a bit testier than I'd probably like to get, but there are times when wall-of-texts just get to me, and my way of coping is to step back, get outside input on my own behavior, and try to ride out the storm.

The issue with Norman conquest of England is documented at Talk:Battle of Hastings#September/October 2016 was again a situation where just getting outside input and riding out the storm was the best solution. Sticking to the best sourcing possible, being willing (within reason) to listen to the other side, and avoiding edit warring are the best solutions to these sorts of disputes. I will admit that having that dispute blow up and ruin Hastings' chance at being on the main page for its 950th anniversary did make me a bit crankier than I like to be.

There's also the run in with this sockpuppeter: here. This one was easier to deal with, but again, I totally missed the sockpuppeting. Oops?

As I'm sure most folks know, I've collaborated with Eric Corbett quite successfully in the past. I generally avoid commenting much on his language or behavior, but I did get a bit testy here, which wasn't my finest hour, I'll admit. I know that I'm much too involved to ever possibly block/unblock/take any admin action on EC, and am also quite clear that I need to avoid doing administration actions on other people with whom I've worked closely on Misplaced Pages over the years. I do, however, reserve the right to comment on such situations at noticeboards or talk pages, while also noting my involvement.

Further to stress levels, one major source of (non-wiki) stress is no longer relevant in my life so my stress levels as far as editing are much less than they had been in the past few years. Besides the move, nothing else major is on my horizon - I am officially an empty-nester and no longer need to care for my elderly and ill mother, so life is much better than it had been the last few years.

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Discussion

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Support

1. Support as nominator Ritchie333 14:21, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
2. Support I think the ORCP gives a pretty good summary of Ealdgyth, which is extraordinarily positive. Dat Guy_Contribs 14:22, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
3. Support After making a long examination of the candidate, well more than I usually do, I found every reason to support and not a single reasonable reason to oppose. Chris Troutman (talk) 14:23, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
4. Support Looks like an excellent candidate. All the best, The Bounder (talk) 14:24, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
5. Support. One of Misplaced Pages's finest editors. Please don't stop working on content! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:27, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
6. Support, nice to have a candidate with almost 100K edits.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:29, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
7. Support without hesitation. SagaciousPhil - Chat 14:30, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
8. Support Full Rune 14:32, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
9. Support. I was delighted to see this one in the making, as Ealdgyth is surely in the running for our most clued up editor and one of the biggest contributors of top-quality content that we have. She knows the rules and how to apply them better than most, as any look at her history will show. What's more, Ealdgyth is mild-mannered, courteous, and very helpful with people - I really wish what she regards as being a "bit testy" (above) was the worst I've ever been guilty of. I'm humbled to be able offer my strongest possible support. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:32, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
10. Support as my default stance since I see no reason to oppose. Also, I don't see my opinion changing in the future either thanks to the rather helpful nomination statements outlying the candidate's qualifications. Steel1943 (talk) 14:33, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
11. Support I can think of few other editors whose hard work and good judgment I've admired more in my years on Misplaced Pages. --Laser brain (talk) 14:34, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
12. Support as co-nom. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:35, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
13. Support it's about time this went live! Lepricavark (talk) 14:36, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
14. Support (edit conflict) Extremely strong candidate. 9 years of continuous activity, 95k edits, 50+ FAs, and a clean block log. If she isn't qualified, I'm not sure who is. Joshualouie711 14:37, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
15. Support marginally. I don't think Ealdgyth will clear any administrative backlogs or contribute administratively in a significant way, as she prefers content creation to such things. I also don't think Ealdgyth will cause any harm, though, so she's a net positive as an administrative. ~ Rob₁₃ 14:42, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
16. Support unreservedly. In my time on WP I have seen Ealdgyth display the attributes that I have appreciated most when observing or interacting with admins. Nortonius (talk) 14:44, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
17. Support -- The only deserving candidate for well over a year. I share Joshualouie711's comments, above, although I consider someone's block log to be irrelevant. . Cassianto 14:47, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
18. Strong Support—this is an utter no-brainer of a candidacy. Ealdgyth is perfectly qualified for the role of administrator and I am honored to be able to support. –Grondemar 14:48, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
19. Support I've known her for a long time. She'll make a good administrator even if she continues to work mainly on content. Doug Weller talk 14:52, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
20. I usually don't bother voting in RFAs that I think are going to be landslides (knock on wood!), but I just want to express my happiness that Ealdgyth finally decided to do this. --Floquenbeam (talk) 14:54, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
21. Support unreservedly. (Can we do this by acclamation?) Kablammo (talk) 14:58, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

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