Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Sdkb

Sdkb

Voice your opinion on this candidate (talk page) (174/1/0); Scheduled to end 18:01, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Nomination

Sdkb (talk · contribs) – Dedicated, talented, friendly, knowledgeable, and prolific, Sdkb is one of our best editors and would make a fantastic administrator.

Sdkb has been editing Wikipedia seriously for over five years, since mid-2018. Their Wikipedia contributions in that time have run the gamut. Their content work is impeccable—most impressively at Pomona College, which they almost singlehandedly brought to FA, but there are many more articles I could mention. In addition to content work, Sdkb has a knack for doing the work nobody else wants to do, often when it's most important to do it. Sdkb is a talented technical contributor and runs SdkbBot. A friendly face at the Teahouse, you can often find Sdkb patiently fielding questions from new users. Speaking of new users, I've seen Sdkb work very hard to improve the editing experience for newcomers, and I'm not the only one—when Sdkb received the Editor of the Week last year, the citation highlighted their hard work in streamlining a lot of the templates used to welcome new editors.

I now want to take a moment to touch on the less measurable qualities that make a good sysop. I have watched for many years as Sdkb has developed as an editor and as a maintainer of this project, and Sdkb has grown to evince precisely the kind of judgment, character, and temperament I like to see in our administrators. When we've talked over the years, Sdkb has shown a willingness to stop, reflect, and change their mind, as well as an ability to thoughtfully consider and engage with new ideas and arguments.

Sdkb is a real joy to work alongside. It's quite a privilege to present Sdkb to the community for adminship. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 10:43, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Co-nomination statement

For every RfA participant out there who wants to see a candidate with a strong content record, I am thrilled to present Sdkb, a longtime editor who weighs in at over 40 DYKs, a good article for Jean Walton, a featured list for List of Pomona College people, and a featured article for Pomona College that reaches nearly 6,000 words. Much of their work runs the gamut on Pomona, from its alumni to its administration and faculty to related student organizations and even sister schools. But they've also taken on lots of other topics, including folk music, journalism, the arts, and various Eastern United States locations.

Now, lots of candidates can and do come through here with solid content records such as this one, where count and breadth alone make the candidate's content bona fides quite strong. But in terms of real quality writing, their FA of Pomona College is in a class by itself – quite literally, it is the only FA on an institution of higher education. Writing an FA in an area where no current article has that distinction requires a certain clarity of purpose and creativity in content; these are mental muscles that normal Wikipedia contributing doesn't require an editor to flex, but Sdkb has those talents in spades. In our conversations, I've always found them to be diligent, civil, and incredibly sharp – when we sparred over a niche application of sourcing guidelines for DYK, they brought a clear and convincing argument with evidence to back it up, and in the end, I was persuaded that they were right and that their article was good to go. A level-headed, dedicated, and, as my fine fellow nominators have laid out, all-around talented editor. With that, I am happy to offer Sdkb's name for the mop :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 10:44, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Co-nomination statement

I first encountered Sdkb in late 2020, seeing their name in edit requests and bot approvals. Since early on in our interactions, I've been struck by their deep attention towards the experiences of new editors, shown from their work improving our introduction pages and the article wizard, to over 700 edits at the Teahouse. In every interaction I've found them polite and conscientious, clueful about policy, and able to communicate clearly—all important qualities in admins, who often form the first impression of our community for new users.

As a technically minded editor, Sdkb has spearheaded high-visibility changes like improvements to the welcome template and talk page banners, but they are also happy to work on less glamorous maintenance tasks, like responding to edit requests, improving template readability, and operating their bot. Though I have interacted with Sdkb most in these areas, I know them best as a truly well-rounded editor, and as an admin, I expect them to help out with exactly these kinds of important but understated maintenance tasks that make up so much of the admin workload. It's my pleasure to co-nominate them for adminship. — The Earwig (talk) 13:51, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept the nomination, with gratitude to my three nominators as well as everyone else who has helped lay the foundation for my candidacy. I’d also like to thank the community for taking the time to review and evaluate my contributions. The standard disclosures can be found on my user page. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 17:55, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

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

1. Why are you interested in becoming an administrator?

A: Fundamentally, I'm interested because I support Wikipedia's aspiration to build an encyclopedia that makes information accessible to everyone, and the admin tools would allow me to help out. I have been approached a few times over the years with nomination offers, and I feel I’m at a point now where I’m ready to expand my work into administrative areas to help out with some of the sizable backlogs there.

I have worked in many different non-admin areas, seeking variety and searching for areas of need. I will bring this knowledge base and approach to my work as an admin, exploring different tasks — dabbling cautiously at first while I familiarize myself — to figure out where I can be the most useful. More concretely, I could see myself initially using the tools to close XfDs and other discussions that require admin action (here's an example of a close I made), making edits to full-protected templates when consensus has been established (e.g. stuff like this), viewing deleted contributions of newcomers seeking help at the Teahouse, and applying my professional copy editing background to correct errors on the Main Page (e.g. stuff like this on this TFA, or this on this TFA).

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

A: I am most proud of my work to improve help resources for newcomers. To document the full scope of the world's knowledge, we desperately need to expand and diversify our ranks. I regularly respond to queries as an active host at the Teahouse, but my efficacy is limited when offering personalized help to individuals because I can only assist one editor at a time. Therefore, I have focused on improving help pages and templates that can reach thousands of editors. In 2020, I proposed changes to the standard welcome template that simplified it to make it less overwhelming. I also did a full revamp to improve the roughly 60 pages in the Help:Introduction tutorial series. More recently, I have collaborated with the WMF's Growth team to inform the development of their features to aid newcomers. For instance, my vision for a better Article Wizard is being used as a model at their project on article creation for new editors.

My second area of focus is usability and templates, another realm with the potential for large-scale impact. I've launched successful proposals on things like revamping the left sidebar, merging {{Auto Archive Notice}} into {{Talk Header}} (i.e. why this banner is no longer cluttering talk pages), removing portal links from the top of the Main Page, and streamlining the wording of the universal editnotice. I've worked on numerous editnotices and template documentations, revamped talk page messages like {{uw-ewsoft}}, and added automatic short descriptions to the 70,000 transclusions of {{Infobox song}}.

Lastly, in the area of content, my biggest achievement is taking Pomona College through FAC. Colleges are complex and multifaceted topics, which makes them hard to improve to FA level. When I nominated it, no article on a contemporary higher education institution had passed FAC in more than a decade, which compounded the challenge — since there were no good precedents, the reviewers and I had to formulate and agree on standards for what college FAs should look like at every turn. I also sometimes help out at FAC (Inuit clothing, Red panda, and Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication are examples of my reviews), and I was one of the main editors at COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. I have about 40 DYK credits, a mix of Pomona-related topics and articles in politics, journalism, sociology, the arts, and other assorted areas. I have also written a handful of essays.

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 find that heated responses to a situation almost never help, so I avoid them. Since I care about Wikipedia, I occasionally find it stressful when I believe the project is making a mistake, but I can always put on some classical music and take a step back to breathe, and I retain faith in the consensus process to work everything out in the end.

Given how actively I edit, including in controversial areas, I've naturally encountered conflict every so often. I find it's helpful to stay calm and adhere to WP:CIVIL and other guidance designed to minimize conflicts. Being human, I haven't always lived up to the standards I set for myself, but on the whole I like to think I'm fairly good at de-escalation. Some examples where I think I interacted well with editors disagreeing with me are here, here, here, here, and here.

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You may ask optional questions below. There is a limit of two questions per editor. Multi-part questions disguised as one question, with the intention of evading the limit, are disallowed. Follow-up questions relevant to questions you have already asked are allowed.

Optional question from Ganesha811

4. Are there any areas of adminship you do not plan to participate in, due to unfamiliarity or lack of technical knowledge? If you later decided you wanted to help in these areas, what would be your plan to become an effective admin in those areas? —Ganesha811 (talk) 20:12, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

A: Although I'm struggling to think of any area I would not be at least open to exploring, there are still plenty of realms with which I am unfamiliar. SPI and UAA are two that come to mind. I also have yet to learn the Lua programming language used in modules. My approach when entering a new area is to go gradually. I'll start by reading relevant guidance and looking at examples (which carries zero risk because I'm not making any edits). From there, I'll start participating in more minor ways (perhaps coding a very simple module or actioning a UAA report that looks very non-borderline), consulting with knowledgeable editors as needed. Once I've done that for a while and feel comfortable, I'll progress to more major or difficult actions (e.g. coding a more complex or high-usage module, or making a call on a borderline UAA report). {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:37, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Optional question from MaterialsPsych

5. Hello Sdkb. Thank you for volunteering to stand at RfA and seek out adminship. I have been leaning towards supporting you, but I came across something in your user rights log that I would like to learn more about. You were first granted temporary template editor rights on May 6, 2020, by Primefac. Approximately 48 hours later, these rights were removed by JzG, seemingly with cause. I then see that you were re-granted the rights a few months later by L235. I have dug into this a bit to try to apprise myself of what happened (and I'm a little surprised you didn't mention this event in your Q3), but I would like to hear directly from you. In your view, what exactly led to your template editor rights being removed? Do you feel the removal of your rights was justified? (These can be considered two separate questions for the purpose of the limit.) MaterialsPsych (talk) 20:21, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

A: That was a stressful experience I had when I was a novice editor. It was a complicated situation, but the essence of it is that, after a VPR discussion found consensus to overhaul the standard welcome template, I attempted to roll out the new design to 17 welcome templates that styled themselves as variations on the standard welcome. An editor who had opposed the redesign opened an ANI thread asserting that I had made an undiscussed mass template change, omitting any mention of the VPR discussion or a relevant follow-up. Others in the thread were understandably alarmed, and an admin closed it a little less than two hours later — before I had seen it — and removed my template editor bit. He also attempted to roll back the edits but unfortunately misclicked and ended up also reverting a large portion of all the template edits I'd ever made. I offered my perspective when I saw what had happened the next day, and although the tenor of the discussion changed after that, the original close was left in place. A few admins later expressed regret about how it all unfolded and my TE bit was restored, giving me a second chance for which I'm grateful.

Looking back on it all now, nearly four years later, there were several lessons I took away. The first was that the importance of consensus and level of caution needed to make a given change scales with its potential impact. A change to 17 templates, even lesser-used ones, should have been discussed explicitly first; inferring consensus from prior discussions was not sufficient. Second, once consensus was established, I should have linked to it in my edit summary, which could have prevented the edits from being misconstrued. I'm a much more cautious editor these days — when I use template editor rights, I like to establish a (typically silent) consensus on talk even for very minor tweaks and then link to it in my edit summary, e.g. here. Lastly, I should have let the matter rest sooner, rather than asking for the ANI thread to be reclosed — there's only so much one can expect of that noticeboard.

As for your second question, I think that the ANI participants were certainly justified in being spooked by the edits, given the limited information they had, and that pulling TPE was an understandable response. However, I do wish that the thread had not been closed so quickly — absent extraordinary circumstances, editors should have a right of reply to defend themselves against criticism. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:21, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Optional question from Chetsford

6. Hi Sdkb. First, thank you very much for making yourself available. Occasionally, in Articles for Deletion discussions pertaining to companies, editors invoke a liberal reading of WP:PRODUCTREV that presumes many product reviews are WP:ROUTINE. If an article you created, Photofeeler, were nominated for deletion, how would you defend its WP:N using only the four references present as of your last substantive edit?

A: I created that article five years ago, so it's been a while since I've reviewed it. Starting from a broad perspective, the relevant notability guideline is WP:NORG, which is commonly understood as a stricter version of GNG. That's for very good reason — as I encounter all the time at the Teahouse, there are countless companies seeking publicity through having a Wikipedia article, and to maintain our neutrality it's important we have rules constraining that pressure.

Looking through the sources, all four provide significant coverage, so the main question is whether or not they are sufficiently independent and reliable:

• SnapMunk is a mixed bag. On the positive side, the article includes critical commentary (beginning from we're not quite sure what that all means) and mentions a competitor (Rate My Picture), both signs that the author is writing independently rather than just republishing a press release. The author is also named, which shows a measure of transparency. On the negative side, her bio does not include any meaningful journalistic credentials, the site's about page contains mainly platitudes and lacks elements like a corrections policy, and I cannot find outside sources attesting to it having any reputation for accuracy.
• Good is similar. On the positive side, the writer is named and indicates that he tested the company's product. The publication also has a Wikipedia article that indicates that notable professional journalists have been involved with it and that it has won a National Magazine Award. On the negative side, the article ends with (H/T Photofeeler) (a common indication that it was based off a press release), the author's bio includes no meaningful journalistic credentials, and the site appears to lack an about page entirely.
• KTLA is from a large local TV station, a category that often includes passable but not sterling sources. The reviewer indicates he tried the product.
• Online Profile Pros is a blog post from a company selling dating coaching, and appears designed to capture search traffic. Although it does mention a competitor, I would not consider it reliable.

Overall, I think a case for notability could be made using SnapMunk and KTLA, but it's a pretty weak one. Other, better sources would be needed for me to create something like it today. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 08:13, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Optional question from Chetsford

7. Hello, again! Here, you removed [1] a notability template placed by Onel5969 to an article you created, Ralph Lyman. In the edit summary you wrote: "reported obituary in the Los Angeles Times and a 137-page biography is enough to pass GNG; I also strongly suspect he held an endowed chair, meeting WP:NPROF criterion 5". In a hypothetical situation in which this article were nominated for deletion, do you believe the current sourcing – the LA Times obit, a self-published book, and two sentences on the Pomona College website – would establish WP:SIGCOV for WP:N? If not, is your strong suspicion that the subject held an endowed chair sufficient to meet our WP:V policy?

A: I created that article three years ago. The L.A. Times obituary, while not super long, reads to me as a notability-qualifying source, given that it was a reported obituary (rather than a paid one) in a reliable publication. However, the other source I cited as qualifying, the self-published book by Murphy, is not something I would consider reliable today. My thinking at the time was that, if there was enough information to write a 137-page biography of him, surely there is enough material to write an encyclopedia article. I have since come to understand better that just because information was published in the form of a book does not necessarily make it reliable, and that many self-published biographies are little more than hagiographies. My suspicion that Lyman held an endowed chair would not be persuasive at an AfD unless it was verified. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 08:13, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Optional question from Lightburst

8. Can you provide me some context for this warning that you left at AD's talk page with no follow up?

A: I do not directly recall this interaction, but looking at it in retrospect, I don't fault AD for dismissing the warning. By violating the rules of WP:VPI, I was referring to the rule, found in the page's editnotice, that it is for developing ideas rather than !voting support or oppose. That rule exists to help differentiate it from WP:VPR, which is for concrete, actionable proposals. It has long been a small pet peeve of mine that we often don't do this differentiation particularly well. I opened the discussion being referenced by noting that I'm not looking for supports/opposes here, and reiterated the point after AD left their !vote, but they chose to retain it. In the grand scheme of things, that was extremely minor, and did not warrant the overly strong warning I gave to them; I apologize for that. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:08, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Optional question from Thebiguglyalien

9. In this AfD, you !voted to keep because there was "major billing in global media, easily meeting WP:EVENTCRIT #2". WP:EVENTCRIT #4 just below that says that most accidents are not notable, even if "widely reported at the time", and the subsections below this establish the expectation of widespread effects and long-term coverage beyond "a burst or spike of news reports". With all this in consideration, at what point do you believe that media coverage confers notability on an event?

A: Starting from a broad perspective, I'd say that the most essential difference between Wikipedia and a news organization is that Wikipedia endeavors to take a long-term perspective, whereas news organizations are focused on recent news. I feel this difference perhaps more acutely than most, given that as a journalist I work in both realms. (My essay Wikipedia:Build content to endure is one example of my commitment to helping Wikipedia take the long-term view.) There is a place in the world for both approaches, but the nature of human psychology means that it is a lot easier to think in the short term, and when combined with the fact that Wikipedia is built largely off of news coverage, this creates a pressure toward excessive coverage of news events.

The event notability guideline exists as an important bulwark against that pressure. Although it provides many helpful considerations, there is a bit of a paradox at its heart, as the duration of coverage is often a key factor but is impossible to know immediately after an event. Because of this, AfDs on recent current events often involve a degree of editorial judgement. Later on, the appropriate course of action often becomes clearer, as in my AfD of List of events affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Looking at the specific example you gave, 2023 Battagram cable car incident, I !voted keep because news organizations around the world, presumably reacting to its novelty, not only wrote about it but gave it major billing, sending out push alerts and featuring it on their home pages. Given that level of immediate coverage, I found it probable that there would be enough enduring coverage to meet NEVENT. I would not have found EVENTCRIT #4 a persuasive argument for deletion, given that it refers to routine kinds of news events, listing accidents as just an example, and a dangling cable car is a very non-routine kind of accident. Looking back today, I see scattered English-language follow-up reports in the weeks after the accident (from Reuters [2], The Express Tribune [3], and Dawn [4]), and there is likely further coverage in Urdu, so if the article were nominated for deletion today, I would !vote to keep.

As an administrator seeking to close XfDs, I will evaluate the consensus formed by the discussion participants rather than applying my own views, which would be inappropriate. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:17, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Optional question from Andrew D.

10. "Sdkb" is the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, right? It's no big deal but, iirc, I figured this out myself and so this is a good opportunity to confirm it. Does it have some special significance for you, please?

A: Our ability to find meaning in chaos is infinite :) It actually does not refer to that, nor to anything else that someone who does not know my off-wiki identity would have the information needed to figure out. But it's cool to learn that the letters can refer to something other than a "Semantics in Data and Knowledge Bases" conference series or possibly a small (non-notable?) airport in São Paulo! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:37, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Optional questions from Robert McClenon

11. Can you please give one or more examples of your experience in conflict resolution on Wikipedia, addressing either content disputes or conduct disputes?

A: My answer to Q3 includes some examples of times that I've been involved in conflicts as a participant, and a few others have provided additional examples in their comments. Given that discussion closes are the main way we address content disputes on Wikipedia, some examples of closes I've made in more controversial topic areas are here, here, and (less seriously) here. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:12, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

12. There was discussion about the conduct of a user at WP:ANI months ago, and then the user was indefinitely blocked by an admin as an ordinary single-admin action. The user has now made an unblock request on their talk page that appears to address the reasons for the block and appears valid. When, in your opinion, should you be ready to unblock the user, and when should you ask WP:AN to consider the unblock request?

A: It is a little difficult to answer a question like that in the hypothetical, as the best course of action depends on many factors specific to the circumstance. But as a general principle, I will check with the blocking admin whenever possible before reversing an action of theirs, and if there is any disagreement or other factor that makes the situation particularly sensitive, I would lean toward a broader review. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:12, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Optional questions from Red-tailed hawk

13. To what extent do you plan to deal with copyright issues as an administrator? Do you plan to involve yourself with file deletions, contributor copyright investigations, RD1 requests, or otherwise take administrative action in this area?

A: I find copyright fascinating, from the classic monkey selfie copyright dispute to recent case law like Warhol v. Goldsmith. That said, most of my recent copyright-related work has taken place on Commons, where I am collaborating with the WMF to help inform improvements to the Upload Wizard (e.g. here and here) and working through some of the challenges related to AI image generation (for instance, I recently created {{Prompt}}). I could see myself exploring some of the Wikipedia copyright tasks you list in the future — if I do, I will use the gradual/cautious approach I outlined in my answer to Q4. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:01, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

14. You identify yourself on your user page as a professional journalist. If you were to cover a specific dispute on Wikipedia as a part of your journalistic writings (for which you are paid), would you commit to recusing yourself from acting as an administrator in that same dispute? Why or why not?

A: There are two quite different types of journalism to consider here, although in both cases I would recuse myself from administrative action:

• In opinion journalism, the writer argues for their preferred stance on a topic. I would consider myself involved in any dispute I had written opinion journalism about, and would not take admin action there.
• In news journalism, the reporter is expected to have a level of remove from the topic they are covering so that they can remain objective, just as admins acting in an area are expected to have a level of remove to remain uninvolved. In that case, I would recuse myself because admin action might damage my credibility with readers who expect me to remain detached from topics I report on to preclude any possibility of a conflict of interest.

{{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 23:32, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Optional question from Andrew D.

15. I see some indications that you give special attention to vital articles. This sounds good as my impression is that these are undervalued as compared with FAs, say. Please tell us more about this.

A: In an ideal world, we would serve readers best by giving attention to articles proportional to their importance. In the actual world, some topic areas benefit heavily from systemic bias while others are neglected. Additionally, the social incentives on Wikipedia, which primarily reward an editor's number of quality content nominations without regard to their importance (Million Award notwithstanding), have led to excessive attention on niche topics that are often easier to improve.

My interest in vital articles comes from its potential to help remedy this issue. While VA is hardly free of systemic bias, its top-down approach of setting quotas for different topic areas and then filling them does result in much less bias than you'd find in our article corpus as a whole, since it's comparatively easy to e.g. agree on a reasonable limit for the number of VA sports figures. Browsing the lists, it's easy to identify topic areas that are suffering from systemic bias by their lower average quality ratings. To the extent that we need to be able to measure problems in order to address them, I find VA valuable as the best measure we've got of how good a job we're doing prioritizing important content.

VA certainly has issues. Historically it was bogged down by debates over which articles should be listed at which level (exacerbated by the fact that there is no universal consensus on how to define importance), rather than on improving those articles. But I would encourage anyone looking for tasks to browse the lists or the article alerts to find good work to do. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 05:23, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Optional question from DaxServer

16. Do you disagree with any of our policies or guidelines or any other established/informal general practises? If so, which and why?

A:

Optional question from Queen of Hearts

17. Here's a (lighthearted) question: how do you pronounce your username? I've always thought it was "sid-kib", but that's just me.

A:

Optional question from JPxG

18. ________________________________________? (feel free to fill in with whatever)

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Discussion

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

Support

1. As nominator. KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 18:04, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
2. Qualified ten times over. HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 18:06, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
3. Support. I see a good track record, good content creation (5,379 pages!), many additional rights like template editor, rollback, and new page reviewer. There is a good namespace balance as well. 2003 LN6 18:08, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
4. Support - Seddon ^talk 18:11, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
5. As co-nominator. — The Earwig (talk) 18:12, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
6. Support Strongly. Great content creator. --Enos733 (talk) 18:17, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
7. Of course! I definitely appreciate their efforts to support new editors. That's something very important to me. Good luck :)! —asparagusus (interaction) ^sprouts! 18:19, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

   Their answer to Q5 is very well-written and they seem to know what they've done wrong in that situation, while explaining why it happened and what they've learned from it. —asparagusus (interaction) ^sprouts! 22:40, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

8. Support per noms and personal interactions. Been hoping this might come. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 18:20, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
9. Support as has lots of technical knowledge to be able to competently perform administrative tasks. Awesome Aasim 18:20, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
10. Support LGTM Prodraxis _(talk) 18:22, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
11. Support Why ever not? ResonantDis_tortion 18:23, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
12. Support. If anything, HouseBlaster is underestimating how many times over they are qualified. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 18:24, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
13. Support. Over qualified for the position. Easy one! Content work is not on main userpage for some reason, but can be found at User:Sdkb/Pages. May you have a smooth week! –Novem Linguae (talk) 18:26, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
14. Support will be a net-positive to the project. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 18:28, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
15. Support Honestly thought they already were one. SportingFlyer T·C 18:29, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
16. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 18:32, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
17. As nominator :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 18:33, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
18. Support Leijurv (talk) 18:34, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
19. Support Conducts themselves already with the poise and responsibility of an administrator. I am particularly appreciative of the efforts to streamline talk page banners, and look forward to continued good work with the added tools that come with the mop. Fritzmann (message me) 18:49, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
20. About darn time! NW1223<Howl at me•My hunts> 18:49, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
21. Support Waiter, waiter, more content admins! Generalissima (talk) 18:53, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
22. throws criteria out of window ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:54, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
23. of course. — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 18:57, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
24. Support: Duh! ResPM (T🔈🎵C) 19:00, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
25. Support and suggest adding extra free guac on the side. Panini! • 🥪 19:04, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
26. With those noms, it's hard to do anything but support. (Oh, and that Pomona College article is pretty amazing, granted.) --DoubleGrazing (talk) 19:05, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
27. Support -- Pawnkingthree (talk) 19:08, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
28. Support no evidence that user is actually a mammal. Polygnotus (talk) 19:20, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
29. Support: I've always had a good impression of Sdkb, and reading through their handling of the two Pomona College FACs has solidified this. Good content contribution, level headed, able to handle a high-pressure environment. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 19:23, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
30. I was waiting for this! Aimed for #50, lost my patience though ;) NotAGenious (talk) 19:25, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
31. Support. In particular I'd like to endorse the response to Q2. Sdkb's interactions with me as a newcomer are part of why I'm still here. Absolutely a conscientious person who has been and will continue to be an asset to the encyclopedia. -- asilvering (talk) 19:26, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
32. Support: an excellent temperament and a Wikipedia polymath. The nomination statements and A1-3 provide an excellent introduction to the editor's work, which has improved the encyclopedia in many different directions. Thank you for running. — Bilorv (talk) 19:26, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
33. Support especially reading their answer to Q2. RickinBaltimore (talk) 19:27, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
34. Support Hameltion (talk | contribs) 19:27, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
35. Support, with enthusiasm.-- Cerebral726 (talk) 19:30, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
36. Support long overdue. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 04:30, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

    Quite impressed by the answer to Q5. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 04:30, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

37. Support Everything looks solid and proven out in the types of areas that they plan to work in, including experience level. Beyond that, I really like the patience and dedication to helping newbies. North8000 (talk) 19:35, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
38. Support will make an excellent admin. Polyamorph (talk) 19:37, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
39. Support giving the tools to this skilled and thoughtful editor! ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 19:44, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
40. Support. One of those people you always think "surely they already are", and then they're not, but now they will be :) ♠PMC♠ (talk) 19:45, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
41. Support. 14 novembre (talk) 19:47, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
42. Support.~Gwennie🐈｟💬 📋｠ 19:48, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
43. Support Babysharkboss2!! ^{AC/DC (Talk Page btw)}
44. SupportSVcode(Talk) 20:00, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
45. Support, no concerns here. Dr. Duh 🩺 (talk) 20:01, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
46. Support thrilled to support with no reservations. Their advocacy for readers and newbies is sorely needed, and their admin work will certainly be exemplary. —Ganesha811 (talk) 20:06, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
47. Strong support It is an absolute pleasure to see Sdkb's contributions at Teahouse and be a welcoming presence for new editors. I hope all editors reading this RfA emulate Sdkb. Thank you for volunteering! ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 20:10, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
48. Support in the strongest sense of the word. This is an editor who took time out of multiple days to answer several basic questions I had about a form of content creation I wasn't familiar with. Their Pomona College work speaks for itself. Outstanding to see others agreeing that they deserve the mop. Best of luck! ~ Pbritti (talk) 20:13, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
49. Support Thrilled to see this RfA :). Very welcoming user, will make a great admin. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 20:14, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
50. Support. I had an excellent experience collaborating with Sdkb on a template, which predisposes me to support. Looking over the nomination statements and Sdkb's answers to the standard questions gives me every reason to believe that they will be an exemplary admin. Generalrelative (talk) 20:15, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
51. Support, great user who I thought was an admin already. – Hilst [talk] 20:18, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
52. Support. Super Ψ Dro 20:19, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
53. Trusted, competent. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:32, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
54. More than qualified. 2 FAs, a GA, and years of experience here! Justarandomamerican (talk) Have a good day! 20:36, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
55. Support - Easy one. Thanks for volunteering! — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 20:38, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
56. Support Has clue (many). Civil (very). Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 20:39, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
57. Support my interactions with this user have been positive. Therapyisgood (talk) 20:40, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
58. Support absolutely. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 20:42, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
59. Support: From what I've seen from them I think they'll do well with the mop. Hey man im josh (talk) 20:45, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
60. Absolutely! CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 20:46, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
61. Support – happy to see this. :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:53, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
62. (edit conflict)Support. Will make a fine admin I'm sure. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 20:54, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
63. Support - the genius behind this deserves a mop of their own. GiantSnowman 20:55, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
64. Support, thought you were one for forever. ^Queenof_Hearts 21:00, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
65. Support. MarioGom (talk) 21:02, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
66. Support per other users positivity. Good luck! User:Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 21:04, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
67. support – robertsky (talk) 21:07, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
68. Support totally the cliche but I thought they were an admin, but assumed SDkb was. talented, friendly, knowledgeable, and prolific sums it up, especially the combination of knowledgeable and friendly as I appreciate how they explain things: whether their position, a technical issue or anything else. Star Mississippi 21:13, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
69. Support like the honesty in the answer to 4. UserMemer (chat) Tribs 22:09, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
70. Easy support. SWinxy (talk) 22:30, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
71. Support. Easy decision for me. A long-time contributor, and everything looks good. I've seen them around a lot, and as for the cliché of thinking they already were an administrator, well, I did, but I actually have had them confused with Sdrqaz. Woops! But seriously, an excellent track record, and the few issues that have been brought up so far in this RfA are insignificant. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:54, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
72. Support. Trust them with my life. — GhostRiver 23:01, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
73. Support Joyous! Noise! 23:05, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
74. Support. Good editor who I'm confident will use the tools well. ser! ^{(chat to me - see my edits)} 23:10, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
75. Suppport. Sdkb is a great user, and I 100% support adminship for them! –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 23:14, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
76. Support. Sdkb is a shrewd, thorough, and thoughtful writer who goes out of his way to be friendly. We need more Wikipedians like him!Crunchydillpickle🥒 (talk) 23:16, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
77. Support. No problems here. Bgsu98 (Talk) 23:32, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
78. Support Absolutely sure there is nothing wrong with Sdkb gaining adminship. RfA makes no sense if somebody like him does not pass it. (AlphaBetaGammsh (talk) 23:46, 9 February 2024 (UTC))
79. Support. I'm pretty happy with the candidate's answer to my question, and I have no other concerns to note. They seem to have a good temperament and sufficient experience. Best of luck, Sdkb! MaterialsPsych (talk) 00:18, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
80. Support We need more admins. Sdkb seems like a good choice. Harej (talk) 00:33, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
81. Totally. Sdkb is a trusted technical user who has a need for the tools, and their content creation is definitely a plus as well. – Epicgenius (talk) 00:39, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
82. Support – Always astounded me that Sdkb was not mopped long ago. 5225_C (talk • contributions) 00:54, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
83. Support net positive.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 00:57, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
84. Support per all the RfA clichés (which are all true): net positive, not a jerk, has a clue, no concerns, thought they were already an admin. 🌺 Cremastra (talk) 01:22, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
85. Support. I was genuinely surprised when I learned they weren't already an admin. I find the answers to the questions satisfactory too. The 🏎 Corvette 🏍 ZR1^{(The Garage)} 01:29, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
86. Support. No issues here, I was hoping that this RFA would come. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:14, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
87. Support glad to see you're finally running :) Elli (talk | contribs) 02:17, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
88. Support, pending answers to Q13 and Q14. Happy to see the user run. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 02:31, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
89. Support, since it is unlikely that answers to Q11 and Q12 will be disqualifying. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:34, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
90. Support—I either thought they were one, or I knew they weren't and thought they should be. Either way, let's rectify that. Kurtis ^(talk) 02:54, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
91. Support: They deserve the mop. Came across them quite recently and I thought they were already an admin. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 03:22, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
92. Support I've seen this editor before. I love their work on vital articles! Mox Eden (talk) 03:36, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
93. Support (with nonsense) Okay, time to make the doughnuts. Another non-plant editing candidate to review. Lots of anti-vandalism, visit their user page... What the... That's a lemur! What are you thinking letting this {{u|Sdkb}} lemur be an admin? Lemurs! You can't let lemurs in here, they'll see the big board! 🌿MtBotany (talk) 03:46, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
94. Support Good content creation, good technical skills required for adminship. Just a random Wikipedian^(talk) 03:52, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
95. Support editor has grown by leaps and bounds in just a few years. We need more admins familiar with the back side of Wikipedia.Moxy- 03:56, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
96. Support. Good past interactions, extremely qualified for the mop. Thanks for volunteering! 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 03:58, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
97. Support More than qualified for adminship. –FlyingAce^✈hello 04:04, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
98. Support can't think of many users I have a better impression of than Sdkb. – Teratix ₵ 04:25, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
99. Support. I think it was receiving Sdkb's constructive feedback and perceptive feedback for pandemic-related graphics that I gained a very positive impression. —RCraig09 (talk) 04:46, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
100. Phenomenal editor, good track record, and low-key thought they were an administrator already—net positive to have them take up the mop. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 05:06, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
101. Support – Plenty of experience in content-creation, does great work with technical matters, and is quite friendly to newcomers. Would make a great admin. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 05:12, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
102. Support. If you prioritize temperament for admin candidates, check out the banner shell discussions. This was a huge task that needed to be done after an RFC revised how we rate articles. Sdkb has really helped keep that update trucking along. Other editors have hopped in with conflicting proposals and sometimes accusations, and Sdkb has taken it all as feedback and managed to mine consensus out of the muck. Good luck! Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 05:16, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
103. Support. Nothing problematic here! TWOrantula^TM (enter the web) 05:18, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
104. Frostly (talk) 05:58, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
105. Support unless I see anything majorly off, I think this candidate would make for a good admin. I've seen them around being very helpful and providing excellent responses to questions. I don't understand the !oppose vote, but based what I've seen on-wiki, the user has comported themself well. Will be curious to see their answers to the other questions asked. ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 06:30, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
106. no reason not to! sawyer * he/they * talk 06:46, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
107. Thank you for stepping up to this... Best wishes - Volten001 ^☎ 07:21, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
108. Support Why not? Okoslavia (talk) 07:46, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
109. Support, no big deal, no reason not to. BilledMammal (talk) 09:00, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
110. Support seen around, has a clue, not a jerk. AstonishingTunesAdmirer 連絡 10:17, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
111. Support Most certainly. REDMAN 2019 (talk) 10:22, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
112. Support – why not? Graham87 (talk) 10:43, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
113. Support very happy to see this RfA, long time coming. Sdkb has been committed to wiki-improvement for a long time, notably by handling UX improvements with great diplomacy and tact. He has the right demeanour for adminship. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 11:12, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
114. Support Have seen them around in technical spaces Sohom (talk) 11:22, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
115. Support. Have seen them around and have good impression. CapitalSasha ~ talk 11:49, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
116. Support Easy support here. CoconutOctopus talk 11:50, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
117. Support No issues! -Kj cheetham (talk) 11:58, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
118. Support per ProcrastinatingReader. Geardona (talk to me?) 12:09, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
119. Support sure, good positive work, seen them arround - no concerns. KylieTastic (talk) 12:48, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
120. Support - thought they were already Mujinga (talk) 13:41, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
121. Support, precious --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:46, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
122. Support No concerns, thought they were already an admin. ~ Matthewrb ^{Talk to me · Changes I've made} 16:02, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
123. Support Looks okay to me. Deb (talk) 16:07, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
124. Support another one in the camp of "I thought you were an admin already". Great editor and has a clue. --JackFromWisconsin (talk | contribs) 16:18, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
125. Support Heck yes! Scorpions1325 (talk) 16:41, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
126. Support An incredibly helpful editor, fully engaged in improving the experience of new users - both at the Teahouse and in improving ease of use of many templates. I would have been happy to co-nominate Sdkb, but I must apologise to him for failing to respond to emails, as real life problems have rather got in my way of late. He will make a superb administrator! Nick Moyes (talk) 16:54, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
127. Support Recognisable as someone with enough sense to have a mop. NebY (talk) 16:56, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
128. Support Rcsprinter123 (comment) 16:58, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
129. Support – Well qualified. EdJohnston (talk) 17:19, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
130. Support ULPS ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:39, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
131. Support Entirely valuable editor with the knowledge, skills, and experience worth taking up the mop. Jerium (talk) 19:03, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
132. Support 777burger ^{user talk contribs} 19:58, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
133. Support I like the candidate's record and I am convinced that they will protect content and content creators. I had just remembered this DRV initiated by them showing that they are not afraid to speak truth to power. Additionally the answer to question 8 is reasonable. I have made extended comments in the neutral section about their collegial discussions and their helpful ANI action... all of it convinces me that this is a good candidate who will make a fine administrator. Lightburst (talk) 21:04, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
134. Support. Fully qualified candidate. Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:24, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
135. Support. I've not always agreed with this candidate; however, there is no doubt in my mind that they will use the tools to help the project and its editors. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 21:53, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
136. Support I've seen them around and find their interactions to be thoughtful and civil even when in opposition to my own opinions. I respect this editor and I'm glad to see them here at RfA. Good luck with the mop! TipsyElephant (talk) 21:58, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
137. Support YES! Sdkb is among the most dedicated and passionate editors that Wikipedia has ever seen. He has dipped his toe into almost every area of the project, and specialized in several, which he has innovated and improved from the ground up. This is the kind of person we want to watch over things, have our back, and look to for advice. I have never met an editor more deserving of adminship. Aza24 (talk) 22:01, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
138. Suppport I have seen them around the wiki and trust the nominators, so I support this candidate. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 23:14, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
139. Support Why not? -Fastily 23:57, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
140. Support My vague memory has generally positive opinions of Sdkb, and their answers to Q4/5/8 were clueful and impressive. Soni (talk) 00:15, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
141. Oppose, too uncontroversial, too conflict-free, too competent, almost like an alien here ;) — kashmīrī ^TALK 00:27, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
142. Support, As per others Centuries123 (talk) 01:08, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
143. Support. No concerns, clearly a great candidate. Chocmilk03 (talk) 01:35, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
144. Support Solid record. Has a clue. Couldn't find any red or yellow flags. The sole oppose is unpersuasive. Good luck. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:43, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
145. Support They seem proactive and helpful enough to be a good admin. J390 (talk) 04:23, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
146. Support - No issues here. Bringingthewood (talk) 05:35, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
147. Support Trustworthy, experienced candidate, will benefit the project with the tools. Spencer^T•C 06:12, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
148. Support Will make a good admin. Bduke (talk) 06:46, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
149. Support per many of the above. Solid, has a clue, no red flags etc. - SchroCat (talk) 07:41, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
150. Support - seen this editor around. I have no concerns. Mjroots (talk) 07:44, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
151. Support; not a jerk, has clue, etc etc, despite my misgivings about people who attend college. jp×g🗯️ 11:38, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
152. Support per nominators. MichaelMaggs (talk) 11:42, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
153. Support, I see him a lot and I think he will be great as an admin. Youprayteas (talk to me? | contribs) 13:26, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
154. Support I've seen Sdkb around; they do good work, and I have generally found KevinL's judgement impeccable. Cheers, ——Serial 13:52, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
155. {{support}}! Chlod (say hi!) 15:01, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
156. Support Helpful in numerous areas, well-considered in opinions and seems willing to learn from mistakes. No concerns. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 15:04, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
157. Support- Absolutely a terrific candidate. Give the mop already.   Aloha27  talk  17:05, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
158. Without reservation. Sdkb is one of our best editors. – Joe (talk) 17:22, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
159. Has good experience in areas where admin tools would be useful — DaxServer (t · m · e · c) 17:42, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
160. Support Great candidate based on my experience. Alextejthompson (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 17:43, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
161. Support   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  17:46, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
162. Support. I see no reason for concern. BD2412 T 18:11, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
163. Support. A great candidate. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:10, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
164. Support: I always had an impression that Sdkb was an admin. ─ Aafī (talk) 20:00, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
165. Support jengod (talk) 21:49, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
166. Support I have observed Sdkb in a number of different areas and have always noticed their excellent contributions and demeanour. Gizza (talk) 22:54, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
167. Support Has a good track record and seems like they would do well. Takerlamar (talk) 23:48, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
168. Support Good replies to 6 and 7. No issues. Chetsford (talk) 01:22, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
169. Support - A highly qualified candidate. Thanks for volunteering. Netherzone (talk) 01:41, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
170. Full support, excellent contributions. Zoozaz1 (talk) 02:39, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
171. Support LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 03:10, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
172. Support I have seen Sdkb's work on many occasions and totally agree with the nomination statements. Highly qualified and excemment demeanor. Donner60 (talk) 03:20, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
173. Support Easily. Great track record in driving forward proposals for making the site more newcomer-friendly and for UX improvements. We need more editors who think like Sdkb. – SD0001 (talk) 06:15, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
174. Support Excellent editing history, looks like a super candidate. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:27, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Oppose The first time I interacted with Sdkb was during this discussion, where he seemed completely dismissive of the entire WP:TFA process--didn't care that FAs were promoted on their quality alone and didn't care that TFAs were scheduled months in advance.
   Much more to be said regarding off-site conduct. I was provided evidence that Sdkb has been using off-site means of communication to rope other users into edit warring on their behalf. As just one, albeit minor, on-site example: a user leaves a kitten on Sdkb's talk page for an unrelated matter. Less than 12 hours later – presumably after that user came back from a nap – that user makes their first and only edit to an article to edit its lead to Sdkb's preferred version. I am horrified at the prospect of Sdkb being granted CheckUser rights, considering what I've seen. Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 20:41, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

   I don't usually respond to oppose !votes, but your logic/train of thought here is giving very much 'Pepe Silvia' vibes, and admins don't automatically get CheckUser rights, it's a completely separate right... GiantSnowman 20:58, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

   This looks like an overblown content dispute arising from Marilyn Manson; in reviewing it, I see nothing objectionable about the candidate's behavior. I would also note that after interacting with editors on one subject, I have from time to time checked out their contributions and seen what else they're up to, sometimes resulting in me editing a page they have recently edited. Unless you are willing to share your evidence of off-wiki malfeasance with the appropriate forum (or already have), I don't think it's right to cast aspersions like this. —Ganesha811 (talk) 20:59, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

   SDKB had edited several hundred articles since their last contribution to Marilyn Manson, and it would not have been noticeable from their contributions page. I have ignored their off-site behavior for quite a long time, but now is indeed the time for ArbCom to investigate. Compiling now. Homeostasis07 (talk/contributions) 21:06, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

   Crat note - administrators do not gain the CheckUser role. Whilst someone who has an administrator role can get the CheckUser role on another avenue, it is not bundled into this toolset. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:07, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

   To clarify Homeostasis07's final position in that discussion—in which multiple admins and editors supported SDKB's position and literally none Homeostasis07's—they apologise[d] for the trouble [they] caused, had a deep sense of shame and regret, would not have nominated it in the first place, and was sorry for all the headaches [they] clearly caused to everyone. It's unfortunate that their current 'oppose' rests on a somewhat imaginary discussion, to put it mildly, or at least one which never took place in the way it has been portrayed here. Cheers, ——Serial 15:50, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Neutral

NeutralI'm almost certain to support this fine candidate and look forward to doing so. I place my !vote here in the Neutral section only as a formality pending response to the questions I asked.Moving to support based on good replies to my questions. Chetsford (talk) 21:30, 9 February 2024 (UTC); edited 01:21, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Neutral moved to support but leaving my comments here so that I do not have to repeat Goes the extra mile like this and has some collegial discussions. I see that they use talk pages regularly to communicate and leave positive messages. I was however concerned that they seemingly made an accusation here and then never followed up to comment or apologize. I see they regularly participate in RFAs except for the RFAs of MB, Interstellarity and the Tails WX. (all failed). I just need context on that talk page accusation before I move my vote.

The AfD participation looks good, and I appreciate that they are not ivoting when the outcome has already been decided. They have 77k edits and regularly contribute to the project. They did create 129 stubs which while not against policy... I believe these perma-stubs are a negative. I would ideally like to see more good content since they created only than only one GA level article, many stubs and 20 C level articles.

In 2020 they had their Template editor rights removed by the community In 2021, they left a terse message like this in relation to a disagreement about the Marilyn Manson article. (I think this is the same snowball fight that Homeostasis07 speaks of in their oppose)

Finally I appreciate that they made a valiant effort to save everyone time by closing this behemoth discussion so it could get to a proper venue. But it was not to be because it was undone by EEng. I appreciate the effort by Sdkb. They also thankfully did not participate in the wilding that took place in that disgraceful thread. I am in neutral until I can see a response to their cryptic warning on AD’s talk page with no follow up.Lightburst (talk) 21:38, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

I would note that though their template editor right was revoked in 2020, it was not "by the community" - it was revoked as a unilateral action and the subsequent discussion did not exactly wholeheartedly endorse the initial report which triggered it... Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 22:30, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello Lightburst! The candidate has addressed their template editor rights being removed in their answer to Q5. —asparagusus (interaction) ^sprouts! 22:38, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

#Neutral Just neutral until the oppose is responded to (if that is allowed), then I will switch to support.Geardona (talk to me?) 02:59, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

@Geardona: There's an unwritten convention that candidates don't directly answer opposes at RfA, because that can be seen as "badgering" the oppose. If you'd like to see an answer, I encourage you to ask the candidate a question about how they'd respond to the oppose. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 06:06, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

Ah, ok I will just switch to support Geardona (talk to me?) 12:01, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

General comments

• Is the oppose about User_talk:Sdkb/Archive_5#EDIT_WARRING_NOTICE and User_talk:Sdkb/Archive_5#Editors_must_disclose_any_potential_CoI? If so, it sounds like a nothingburger. Polygnotus (talk) 21:30, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

  I want to nominate you simply for using the term “nothingburger” I commend you! Elvisisalive95 (talk) 21:44, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

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• Off topic, so beat me with a wet noodle. I don't have an opinion concerning the suitability of this candidate to become an administrator -- but I am mildly offended to learn from this discussion that Wikipedia's featured article of the day can be a music album (Heaven Upside Down) by a shock musician (Marilyn Manson) who, surprise! surprise!, is involved in a scandal. It's fine with me that Heaven Upside Down is determined to be a featured article and kudos to the editors who crafted it -- the articles I create are also relatively unimportant -- but, in the future, can't we find more significant articles and ones less liable to be embroiled in scandal to showcase as the featured article of the day? Marketing 101. Smallchief (talk) 22:41, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

  It's not really appropriate for editors to decide what topics are "important" or "significant". Thebiguglyalien (talk) 23:03, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

  Almost every featured article has run on TFA, and a few have re-ran. Mach61 (talk) 01:56, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

  Yeah. I know there's definitely a few articles that are not allowed to appear on TFA, but something like 89 percent of all current FAs have appeared on the Main Page. And most of these are either music, history, sports, video games, or warfare articles. That last category, warfare, makes up a third of all FAs that haven't yet appeared on the Main Page. Anyway, just food for thought. – Epicgenius (talk) 02:06, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

  According to [5], 8,380 fine articles and 2,205 fine lists are on Wikipedia. Thus, plenty of choices exist to pick an article to feature each day on the Wikipedia home page. All I'm saying is that care be taken to ensure an appropriate article is picked by whoever decides such things -- the foundation? the editors? -- to advertise Wikipedia. Smallchief (talk) 13:41, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

  There is a separate process for featured lists to appear on the main page; the featured lists/featured pictures have there own spot and there is always a featured article. WP:FA actually gives the featured article figure as 6,437, and WP:FL shows 4,261 featured lists, so I'm not sure where that is coming from. The today's featured article process runs through WP:TFA, which has coordination and heavily selects based on requests made at WP:TFAR and WP:TFARP. If I remember correctly, the album article in question had gone through the requests process. Hog Farm _Talk 15:06, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

  @Hog Farm, the 8,380 FA and 2,205 FL figure comes from Smallchief's link, specifically Wikipedia:Content assessment#Statistics.

  @Smallchief, Hog Farm is right. There was an RfC in 2017, back when there was a shortage of FAs that had not appeared on the main page. An option to run a featured list in place of a featured article was rejected. Currently, the TFA coordinators sometimes re-run old TFAs if there are not enough featured articles; there is a separate slot for TFLs further down on the Main Page. A new RfC would have to be started if there were a desire to display a featured list in place of a featured article. (Off-off-topic, but the Foundation has never had any editorial control over the contents of the TFA, to my knowledge. Everything is discussed by volunteer editors at WP:TFAR.) – Epicgenius (talk) 16:29, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

  The large number of warfare articles arises from the dedication of WikiProject Military History to our article review processes. Since the TFA coordinators like to vary the topics as much as possible, an article on a less popular topic area is more likely to run sooner. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:39, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

  What are the ones that aren't? jp×g🗯️ 11:48, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

  @JPxG, for one, Super Columbine Massacre RPG! has been nominated for TFA twice, and it failed both times. – Epicgenius (talk) 20:22, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

  Back in the day, Jenna Jameson (now delisted): see Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-08-18/Dispatches, footnote 1. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:29, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

  Lisa Nowak is a featured article, but was pulled on 14 September 2023. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:39, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

  Though it was promoted to Featured Article status in November 2020 (prior to public abuse allegations in 2021, though maybe when you say "is involved in a scandal" you're thinking of something else), it is in Category:Featured articles that have not appeared on the main page. NebY (talk) 16:17, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

  Smallchief, it was an album by an artist that was chosen to appear at TFA. That's all. In scheduling it, there was absolutely nothing to get anyone riled or upset about. The scandal came after the scheduling, and while TFA should probably have removed it from the mix, it was dealt with promptly once the concern was raised. I'm not sure why all the storm in a teacup so long after the event, but until we get TFA co-ords who have the power of prophesy and can spot a scandal a month or so before it happens, these situations will arise. - SchroCat (talk) 09:00, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

• For those who care, the schedule of TFAs for this month can be found here, with discussion of individual blurbs lower down the page. Any thoughts or suggestions on the general balance of articles scheduled to be TFAs is probably best put here. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:44, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

@Bureaucrats: As this is off topic, I think this could probably be dropped onto the talk page, to the overall benefit of the process. - SchroCat (talk) 10:51, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Please stop sending mentions to every bureaucrat. — xaosflux ^Talk 10:54, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

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@Bureaucrats: Qs 17 and 18 are either trolling or from an LTA. Or both. They are purely toxic, intent on muddying the waters and causing dissent. Could they be removed ASAP, please? Cheers, ——Serial 14:25, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Yes and done. Adjusted numbers accordingly, so 17 and 18 now are the old 19 and 20. Acalamari 14:47, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks very much Acalamari. ——Serial 15:06, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Just cross-referencing the other discussion: Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship#dynamic polish ip now at second RfA --Joy (talk) 09:16, 12 February 2024 (UTC)