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Requests for adminship (RfA) is the process by which the Wikipedia community decides who will become administrators (also known as admins or sysops), who are users with access to additional technical features that aid in maintenance. Users can either submit their own requests for adminship (self-nomination) or may be nominated by other users. Please be familiar with the administrators' reading list, how-to guide, and guide to requests for adminship before submitting your request. Also, consider asking the community about your chances of passing an RfA.

This page also hosts requests for bureaucratship (RfB), where new bureaucrats are selected.

About administrators

The additional features granted to administrators are considered to require a high level of trust from the community. While administrative actions are publicly logged and can be reverted by other administrators just as other edits can be, the actions of administrators involve features that can affect the entire site. Among other functions, administrators are responsible for blocking users from editing, controlling page protection, deleting pages, and editing elements of the site interface that can appear on every page.

About RfA and its process

Recently closed RfXs (update)
Candidate Type Result Date of close Tally
S O N %
Jbhunley RfA No consensus 6 Aug 2018 196 86 10 70
Sro23 RfA Successful 10 Jul 2018 277 4 0 99
TheSandDoctor RfA Successful 16 Jun 2018 163 18 9 90
Pbsouthwood RfA Successful 6 Jun 2018 213 62 12 77
The Diaz RfA WP:NOTNOW 19 May 2018 0 13 2 0
GreenMeansGo RfA Withdrawn 2 May 2018 169 60 8 74
Hoppyh RfA WP:NOTNOW 22 Apr 2018 0 6 3 0

The community grants administrator access to trusted users, so nominees should have been on Wikipedia long enough for people to determine whether they are trustworthy. Administrators are held to high standards of conduct because other editors often turn to them for help and advice, and because they have access to tools that can have a negative impact on users or content if carelessly applied.

Nomination standards
There are no official prerequisites for adminship other than having an account, but the likelihood of passing without being able to show significant positive contributions to the encyclopedia is low. The community looks for a variety of factors in candidates and discussion can be intense. For examples of what the community is looking for, you could review some successful and some unsuccessful RfAs, or start a RfA candidate poll.
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Nominations
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Most nominations will remain active for a minimum of seven days from the time the nomination is posted on this page, during which users give their opinions, ask questions, and make comments. This discussion process is not a vote (it is sometimes referred to as a !vote, using the computer science negation symbol). At the end of the discussion period, a bureaucrat will review the discussion to see whether there is a consensus for promotion.
Consensus at RfA is not determined by surpassing a numerical threshold, but by the strength of rationales presented. In practice, most RfAs above 75% support pass. In December 2015 the community determined that in general, RfAs that finish between 65 and 75% support are subject to the discretion of bureaucrats (so, therefore, almost all RfAs below 65% will fail). In calculating an RfA's percentage, only numbered Support and Oppose comments are considered. Neutral comments are ignored for calculating an RfA's percentage but they (and other relevant information) are considered for determining consensus by the closing bureaucrat. In nominations where consensus is unclear, detailed explanations behind Support or Oppose comments will have more impact than positions with no explanations or simple comments such as "yep" and "no way".[1]
A nomination may be closed as successful only by bureaucrats. In exceptional circumstances, bureaucrats may extend RfAs beyond seven days or restart the nomination to make consensus clearer. They may also close nominations early if success is unlikely and leaving the application open has no likely benefit, and the candidate may withdraw their application at any time for any reason. If uncontroversial, any user in good standing can close a request that has no chance of passing in accordance with WP:SNOW and/or WP:NOTNOW. RfAs with not even the slightest chance to pass per WP:NOTNOW can be tagged and deleted under WP:CSD#G6. Do not close any requests that you have taken part in, or those that have even a slim chance of passing, unless you are the candidate and you are withdrawing your application. In the case of vandalism, improper formatting, or a declined or withdrawn nomination, non-bureaucrats may also delist a nomination. A list of procedures to close an RfA may be found here.
If your nomination fails, then please wait for a reasonable period of time before renominating yourself or accepting another nomination. Some candidates have tried again and succeeded within three months, but many editors prefer to wait considerably longer before reapplying.

Notes

  1. ^ Historically, there has not been the same obligation on supporters to explain their reasons for supporting (assumed to be "per nom" or a confirmation that the candidate is regarded as fully qualified) as there has been on opposers.


Current nominations for adminship

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Philafrenzy

Voice your opinion on this candidate (talk page) (56/16/7); Scheduled to end 11:23, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

Nomination

Philafrenzy (talk · contribs) Philafrenzy is very much a "content creator"; he's started over 4,000 articles, and contributed substantially to the good articles The Indian Antiquary and Pietro Annigoni's portraits of Elizabeth II. He's got a good track record at Articles for deletion and he's a prolific contributor to Did You Know, with over 300 nominations making the main page.

Philafrenzy primarily approached me for adminship because he thinks there are not enough people monitoring and updating the DYK queues, particularly when issues are reported there, or at Main Page errors. Having had a go at doing the work myself, I agree that we need some more admin resource in this area. His work elsewhere gives me full confidence he will be able to use the tools in a responsible manner, and be civil and polite to all. So, let's give him a go. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:33, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Co-nomination by 78.26

I am very pleased to present for your consideration the candidacy of Philafrenzy for Administrator. Additionally, I am honored that such a candidate has selected me to be one of his nominators. Philafrenzy is one of our most prolific content creators. Since he began contributing regularly in February 2011, he has amassed more that 175,000 edits, of which more than 80% are in the article space. That’s more than 1500 improvements per month to article space alone. More than 4000 new articles are the result of Philafrenzy's endeavors.

Philafrenzy has a long and respectable record at AfD, where his "correct" voting totals more than 85%. It is refreshing that when he does not match consensus there is no particular pattern of "delete" against a "keep" result, or vice versa, showing an independence of thinking which is sometimes lacking in that area.

Philafrenzy is communicative. His page is full of useful discussion with new and experienced editors alike. He is open to suggestions and new ideas, but knows his way around Wikipedia’s labyrinth of guidelines and policies. My personal interactions with him has revealed a character of collegiality, flexibility, thoughtfulness and perseverance.

Philafrenzy has a true need for the additional tools. The areas of WP:DYK and WP:ERRORS are always in need of further administrative attention, and it is here that the candidate wishes to focus his attention in an administrative capacity. Here is no hat collector, it has only been at the repeated (I hope gentle) prodding of several highly experienced editors that Philafrenzy has agreed to proceed with this RfA.

He has the correct temperament. He has more than adequate experience, both in edit count and tenure. He has the WP:CLUE. He is an exemplification of WP:HERE. It is for these reasons I request that Philafrenzy receive your positive consideration as an administrative candidate. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 21:17, 20 August 2018 (UTC)


Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: Thank you Ritchie333 and 78.26. I accept. Philafrenzy (talk) 11:20, 21 August 2018 (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. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
A: I anticipate working in DYK and ERRORS as I am already quite active at DYK. Both are always crying out for admins to fix problems and there seems to be a shortage so I should be able to help. I also anticipate being more active at AFD but starting with non-controversial closes. I haven't done any non-admin closes as I think all closes should be by admins.
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
A: I am mainly a content creator and so would say my 300+ Did You Knows, most of them joint. Working in a team to expand an article from almost nothing to complete enough to appear on the front page is something I enjoy. I have two GAs.
I have created over 4,500 articles that are listed on my user page, mostly on biographical or historical topics. Many of these are stubs but there are plenty of longer ones mixed in. I know not everyone likes lots of stubs and I don't claim that my stub creations are great works, just that every article adds to the richness of the encyclopaedia.
In terms of the wider community I have mentored new users and have done outreach work. I was the organiser and one of the presenters at the event to train new users at the Black Cultural Archives in London and I helped train at events at King’s College London and the British Library. I started the meetups in Oxford, Reading, and Glasgow. I maintain the London meetup page and that's the one I attend now. I have contributed over 10,000 of my own photographs to Commons some of which are in use here.
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: There was a discussion on ANI in 2015 about articles I created for professors of history and the interpretation of WP:PROF. They were criticised for being too short and lacking a strong assertion of notability, which was fair criticism. I have taken that on-board and I don't think I have had any problems in that area since then.
I declined a request for mediation this year as the request came from the PR agent for the article subject and I don't see how they can ever approach mediation in good faith with a neutral point of view. I oppose paid editing.
I have had some AFDs in the last year. Some were for articles that on reflection I shouldn’t have created such as a tax lawyer who was just another lawyer and a vet who was too soon. Others were kept such as British Society for Surgery of the Hand or even found their way on to the main page like Columbine cup. I find the best way to handle them is to expand with plenty of referenced content.
I have had the usual minor disputes about article content but they have all been resolved through discussion. Wikipedia is not a source of stress for me. I have never been blocked.

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.

Additional question from SoWhy
4. Your edit summary usage is below 55%. Can you elaborate why?
A:There was a discussion about this on my talk page. It depends what tool you use. I create a lot of new material and if I am creating an article in 20 or 30 straight edits that I know is not on anyone's watchlist I tend just to use CE (copy edit) to save time. Where an article is more mature or for anything contentious or high traffic I will use a fuller edit summary. Philafrenzy (talk) 14:17, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
The higher count in the edit counter tool probably stems from section headings counted as edit summaries. But a look at your last 50 non-minor edits at this moment reveals more than thirty edits without edit summaries which makes it pretty hard to track your edits and understand your motivations. Are you willing to change your behavior and use useful edit summaries for all edits? Regards SoWhy 14:34, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Yes indeed SoWhy. Starting with this edit! Philafrenzy (talk) 15:51, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Additional question from Nihlus
5. As someone not entirely familiar with the WP:DYK process, can you show where your lack of administrative tools has negatively impacted the DYK process?
A: Please see the archives of WP:ERRORS Nihlus. It's empty right now but is often littered with non-admins reporting errors, for which there is consensus over the necessary changes, and no admin available to action them. Often they remain unfixed on the main page for hours or even the whole time the relevant article is there. Philafrenzy (talk) 17:41, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
@Philafrenzy: This does not answer my question. I am more concerned about the main DYK process. Please elaborate on how the process there has been impeded by your inability to take administrative action, as you have little experience at WP:ERRORS. Nihlus 23:57, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Additional question from Fram
6. Considering that you want the mop partly to help at DYK / Errors, where it is especially necessary to be careful with sourcing, correctness, and other policies: you created Robert Kirkpatrick-Howat three days ago. How did you decide that the subject is notable, considering that all sources you give only have a very passing mention of the subject? Additionally, how did you decide that all sources are about the same Robert Kirkpatrick-Howat, and not e.g. his father, who died in 1863, and who may well be the one mentioned in source 1?
A: The article is still under construction Fram and will need further research but I have sufficient sources to say definitely that the subject was a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant of Kirkcudbrightshire and a notable figure in his part of Scotland. There are far more sources than currently in the article but I haven't had a chance yet to go back and develop it. In policy terms it is GNG as JPs and DL's aren't automatically deemed notable. Philafrenzy (talk) 14:30, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
I moved it to Draft:Robert Kirkpatrick-Howat, where it should stay until it is decided which of the two Roberts it's about, and until it demonstrates some notability. Fram (talk) 15:17, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Additional question from Nosebagbear
7. Why do you believe that even completely non-controversial, Non-Admin Closes by experienced AfD editors should be prohibited in AfDs, given both that they can't close "delete" and that it would significantly increase admin workload unnecessarily?
A: Early in my Wiki career I saw a number of questionable closes where there was insufficient voting to assess the consensus accurately in my view (not on articles I created). For instance 2/1 or where the nominators vote wasn't given any weight. It was a long time ago and maybe things have changed. I understand the rationale for getting non-admins to help and I don't feel terribly strongly about it but it did put me off from ever doing my own. Philafrenzy (talk) 14:22, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Additional question from Jbhunley
8. DYK and ERRORS are areas with lots of conflict between editors with strong opinions. An admin in that area needs to be able to both function in that environment and have the skills to deescalate or otherwise manage conflicts. Please describe either some situations where you have done this or how you plan on doing so in the future. My concern is that demonstrated skill in writing articles in not necessarily a good proxy for how one deals with conflicts between other editors.
A: I don't have a great deal of dispute resolution experience Jbhunley, unless you count DYK reviews of which I have done 100s, many contentious, but I try to approach disputes by AGF and with patience and persistence. Philafrenzy (talk) 23:35, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Additional question from Northamerica1000
9. What are your thoughts regarding WP:NEXIST?
A: I agree with what is said there. This is particularly the case with offline sources which are often overlooked and sometimes there is a lack of persistence in tracking down the sources, but ultimately, if they are not found the article or the unsourced material in it cannot exist until they are found. Philafrenzy (talk) 16:15, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Additional questions from Ivanvector
You've said a couple of things in your nomination statement which stuck out to me as being a personal qualification on a widely-accepted policy. Administrators must be able to put aside their personal opinions and enforce community-consented policies, which can lead to tough situations. A couple sample scenarios:
10. A non-admin user comes to your talk page with a complaint. They have closed a requested move in favour of keeping the article title as is (closing as "not moved"). They explained in their closing statement that the opinions of the supporters were outweighed by policy-backed arguments from the opposers, and signed with the {{nac}} marker. In addition you note that the opposers outnumbered the supporters three to one. One of the supporters has reverted the close, with an edit summary "you can't close this, you're not an admin". Noting WP:NAC and considering this RfC, how do you respond?
A: Per WP:NAC, a non-admin is allowed to make that close and in the scenario you describe it sounds like the right decision too. If arrived at properly it can't be overturned just because the closer is a non-admin and the revert should be reversed to allow the original close to stand. Philafrenzy (talk) 21:57, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
11. An editor with a paid contribution disclosure notice regarding the article Trade Air has edited the article's table of destinations, adding a new route the airline has recently started servicing, and updating the source provided. A second editor has reverted them with the edit summary "NO PAID EDITING!", and requests indefinite semiprotection at WP:RFPP citing vandalism. In response, the COI editor adds an {{edit request}} to the article's talk page, asking for the same information to be restored. The second editor also reverts this using rollback, adds a {{uw-vandalism4im}} notice to the user's talk page, and starts a thread at WP:ANI complaining of "all the paid editing on Trade Air". As an administrator, what would you do?
A: The COI's edits are not vandalism but they are contrary to our policies and they should be warned to stick to talk page requests. I wouldn't think the page needed protection if the matter was a one off as it might block good edits from other users. The reporting editor should be warned not to revert the COI's attempts to engage on the talk page as they were doing the right thing. I would remove the vandalism warning from the COI's talk page. Incidentally, I would question whether the constant updating of detail like travel routes is actually encyclopedic content. It is the sort of content that is hard to maintain with reliable third party sources and tends to date quickly. It could be considered on the talk for deletion from the article. Philafrenzy (talk) 18:18, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Additional question from Amakuru
12. Looking at Oppose #2 below, there's a copyvio / close paraphrasing identified at Chicago Milk Commission, with the IWS history page at [1]. Please could you comment on this?
A: That's one part of the lead sentence. Maybe it's too close but it's also a statement of the basic purpose for which they were formed - to fight the consumption of unpasteurized milk. The sentence as a whole is OK I think. I tweaked it slightly. Philafrenzy (talk) 16:47, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Additional question from Wumbolo
13. All reviewing jobs, including at DYK, require a sharp eye for promotional material, even if the article appears well-written and well-sourced. Just by looking at this COI-written revision, can you spot the extremely fishy COI self-promotion issue?
A: It's not difficult to spot the promotional tone of that one is it? Philafrenzy (talk) 20:00, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
I meant a specific content issue (a specific part of the article), not a tone issue. wumbolo ^^^ 20:07, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
I assume you mean the feuds section where famous people are quoted criticizing her which might give the appearance of making the article seem more neutral but actually is promotional? Philafrenzy (talk) 20:33, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Good guess, but no. wumbolo ^^^ 21:06, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Additional question from Dolotta
14. What area(s) of Wikipedia do you consider yourself to be the weakest?
A: Some of the more obscure aspects of Wikicode slightly baffle me still, such as tables and some of the more unusual referencing systems. Non-diffusing subcategories are a mystery to me. I am under no illusion that there is still plenty to learn Dolotta. Philafrenzy (talk) 20:51, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Additional question from Beeblebrox
15. I see an oppose below based on your knowledge and abilities regarding image copyright. While the criticism may be fair, I am curious as to how you think it might impact your ability as an admin. So my question is: Do you plan to work with image copyright in an administrative capacity?
A: Not as a specialism. I feel I have a good track record on images and that the criticism made was not accurate. Please see my reply Beeblebrox. Having said that, I do realise that copyright of images can be very complex. Philafrenzy (talk) 20:41, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Additional question from Banedon
16. Why did you approach Ritchie333 for adminship instead of self-nominate?
A: I needed the advice of an experienced nominator as to whether I was a suitable candidate. It's difficult to be objective about oneself. Philafrenzy (talk) 22:50, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Additional question from Vanamonde93
17. I'd like to give you the opportunity to answer the close paraphrasing issue more broadly, since a number of users have now brought them up. Are things like this a problem? If so, how would you make certain the issues didn't crop up again? Regards, Vanamonde (talk) 07:47, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
A:
Additional question from Cwmhiraeth
18. I see that if successful, you are proposing to work in the area of DYK and ERRORS on the main page. Apart from your nominations at DYK, and the QPQs you have done in connection with these, what other part have you played up till now in the administration and decision-making processes at DYK?
A:
Additional question from Lee Vilenski
19. This is more of a question regarding the above question for number 5. The crux of this request for adminship is regarding the need for admins specifically for the WP:DYK project. However, I'd like to know more, as I don't know much about the project what exactly is it that DYK needs administrators for? (I understand they get vetted by administrators.) What is the current and previous backlog in the project, and how much time would you spend in that area, above say, closing WP:AfDs, or the administrators noticeboard, or WP:ERRORS as stated above. I'm a little worried that the request above is regarding to helping out at one portion of Wikipedia; but you would clearly be using them across the encyclopedia.
A:

Discussion


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

Support
  1. Support as nominator Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:24, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  2. Support We have talked about this together - net positive for Wikipedia. However, one thing is please try to use edit summaries more often but apart from that, you would be an excellent administrator. Pkbwcgs (talk) 11:25, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  3. Support Dedicated at the coalface, + all the boxes ticked, - dramaz = WP:CLUE. Good luck. —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap sh*t room 11:30, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    @Serial Number 54129: erm... whats coalface? —usernamekiran(talk) 14:51, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    kəʊlfeɪs... Lourdes 16:53, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  4. Support I've met Philafrenzy at the pub before, and he seemed a very nice chap. More importantly, he is experienced, has a clue, content creation aplenty, and the proposed DYK work is certainly needed, particularly when it comes to correcting errors and misleading hooks.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:51, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  5. Support - Clean block log, adequate tenure, excellent contributions to some art history content, no concerns. Carrite (talk) 11:51, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  6. Support I have known Philafrenzy for several years, mainly through Wikipedia meetups at Oxford, Reading and London (also Wikimania 2014). Always helpful. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 11:54, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  7. Support Matt14451 (talk) 11:55, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  8. Suppport Great content creation and seems an obvious net positive. SEMMENDINGER (talk) 12:02, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  9. Support - exemplary candidate with a good track record in a diversity of content areas Chetsford (talk) 12:07, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  10. Support - you had me at ERRORS. Fish+Karate 12:08, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  11. Support - Some stunning work, and a great track record. Orphan Wiki 12:14, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  12. Strong support Great content creator & very level-headed. Johnbod (talk) 13:02, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  13. Support as nom, or course! 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 13:35, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  14. Support ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 13:45, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  15. Support - has clue, has demonstrated that they could use the tools, and they're not a jerk, so I think this would be a net positive. I'm not particularly impressed by the low edit summary percentage, but it's not such a big of a deal for me to oppose.--SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 13:48, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  16. Support, I do not have any worries.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:49, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    Close paraphrasing is a concern, I will be doing additional research on how widespread this problem is.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:31, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
    Support per Amakuru, whose judgement I trust. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:04, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  17. Support precious, responsive, to the point. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:20, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  18. Support Has a very strong history of being useful and anyone that wants to help are errors, well Jimbo bless them. PackMecEng (talk) 14:22, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  19. Support: Edit summaries should not be required for articles that have just been created or have only one major contributor Catrìona (talk) 14:47, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  20. Support definitely deserving of the tools, we need more admins in DYK. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:58, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  21. Support. It's not clear to me exactly why they need the tools but there hasn't been any significant reasons raised why not. Ifnord (talk) 15:02, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  22. Support Happy to support - looks like he'll be useful with the mop Brookie :) { - like the mist - there one moment and then gone!} (Whisper...) 15:06, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  23. Support: Though we need admins at DYK, that's not the reason why I support this RfA. Philafrenzy has done an amazing job at DYK/GA and new content creation. I've followed his editing and work over the years and can only speak great things about his contributions. He's an invaluable asset and I have no reason to believe he will abuse admin powers if granted to him. Give this man a mop! MX () 15:11, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  24. Strong support: clearly has a clue and wants to work in an understaffed area. I approve of the "starting with non-controversial closes" qualifier regarding AfDs. In 178,000 edits and 4500 page creations, people will always be able to find a plethora of problems, and indeed there is good advice to bear in mind from the sections below. I encourage the candidate to be careful with copyright concerns and AfD nomination justifications in the future, particularly when admin actions are involved. Edit summary usage, using a couple of unreliable sources and making a mistake with two identically named people do not concern me at all. Bilorv(c)(talk) 15:26, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  25. Support. Solid background in content creation and a willingness to assist in areas where help is needed. Cbl62 (talk) 16:10, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  26. Support --Johannes Maximilian (talk) 16:30, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  27. Support - seems like a good candidate. Also, since it was brought up in an oppose below, I am also supporting because of the lack of involvement at the dramaboards. It is absolutely acceptable for an admin to work away in the background without engaging in those no-win scenarios. -- Ajraddatz (talk) 16:36, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  28. Support Per the noms. Lourdes 16:51, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  29. Support Great content creator, admirable work with DYK (and as admin could help out more efficiently there), helpful to others and just the kind of well rounded admin we need. JC7V-constructive zone 17:09, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  30. Support Per nominators, excellent candidate.--I am One of Many (talk) 17:16, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  31. Support Wikipedia needs workhorse admins to keep the wheels turning and the candidate seems to have an aptitude for such work. Notice that the Picture of the Day co-ordinator has just retired after 13 years service and some friction at WP:ERRORS. The candidate wants to take up the slack in this area and so will help in filling the gap. Andrew D. (talk) 07:21, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  32. Support Has clue, shows need for tools, no major problems (as others have said above, this editor should also use edit summaries more often). SemiHypercube 17:34, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  33. Support Excellent prior contributions to Wikipedia, with clear ability to meet an area where more admin attention is needed. Daask (talk) 17:43, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  34. Support Reasonable AfD record, good article creation. (some edits could have been combined, and polished a hair, but that is not related to being an admin at all.) Best of luck! Collect (talk) 17:53, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  35. Support Amazing amount of content creation, clean block log, and lots of experience at DYK, where admin tools will make him even more productive. --MelanieN (talk) 18:16, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  36. Support — Damn, that's a great amount of mainspace participation, including having participation in good and DYK promotions; the concern raised by B about improper upload of files is a cause of concern, yes, but, at the end—to me. at least— Philafrenzy is a clear net-positive.
    Regards, SshibumXZ (Talk) (Contributions). 19:23, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  37. Support Excellent nomination for a great contributor who has shown enormous care and dedication to the project for 8 years with countless hours, hundreds of DYKs, as well as other, smaller articles, in addition two very nice Good Articles. The contribution part is extremely important, and it is people like Philafrenzy, who assist wikipedians toward quality within the articles. I am confident that his experience with DYKs will be a push to the DYK process. We need admins that are heavy contributors: they are an example to all contributors, especially to newbies, with their leadership skills in content building. I am also sure that his participation in the AFD closing process will be important, we need admins in that area too, especially someone like him, who has successfully started ~4600 pages in enwiki, and thus is very aware of the notability issues. That experience is not matched easily by many candidates at an RFA. Last: No behavioral issues, no blocks in 8 years, and, by looking at his talk page, everyone has good words for Philafrenzy, especially for the great help that he distributes to fellow wikipedians continuously and generously. That shows a great spirit of collaboration, which does not come easily and doesn't go away easily. I would have no issues trusting the mop to Philafrenzy, and he won't disappoint. --1l2l3k (talk) 20:16, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  38. Support. I like what I've seen so far. -- Tavix (talk) 21:34, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  39. I do not see anything to make me believe that the editor will misuse the tools. SQLQuery me! 22:03, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  40. Support ERRORS needs more admin involvement, and someone with 300+ DYKs seems like the perfect person to chip in there. For the record I asked my question because similar concerns came up at my second RFA, and I felt like it was not a good reason to oppose as image copyright/fair use is a very complicated topic with significant grey areas. If the candidate is not planning to work around it their relative knowledge of it is of minimal concern. I also think working at the “bottom end” of new content is a great way to prepare for being an admin as that is where most content-related admin work is needed anyway, but they also have GA credits to their name, which shows they have solid content work experience (more than I did when I became an admin to be sure) No other serious, recent issues found, current oppose rationales not at all convincing. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:12, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  41. Support 4600+ contributions and less than 1% deleted is a remarkable track record. I feel confident they understand what we're doing here and DYK sure as heck needs the help. Innisfree987 (talk) 22:18, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  42. Support I have had lots of conversations with this candidate at London meetups, delighted to see and support this RFA. ϢereSpielChequers 22:23, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  43. Support - good content creation is very hard work so it is pleasing to see someone with such an excellent content creation record being prepared to take on some admin duties, as well. Just Chilling (talk) 22:57, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  44. Very Strong Support - As a physician keen to see medical articles improved and expanded, they have made more than average contributions to WikiprojectMedicine, not just in their existence, but to their quality. In addition, regarding articles on minorities, women and others, they have demonstrated without doubt that they are capable of sifting out sensible from otherwise. Best virtue- tolerance. Whispyhistory (talk) 23:19, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  45. Support. Philafrenzy is a helpful and trusted editor. SarahSV (talk) 23:39, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  46. Support. Impressive content creation, very good answers to the questions. Figureofnine (talkcontribs) 23:42, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  47. Support - No concerns, clear net positive. Tazerdadog (talk) 00:14, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  48. Support No concerns about this editor gaining the tools. Mr Ernie (talk) 00:45, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  49. Great candidate, great experience and I strongly respect the answer the question 16. Acalamari 01:20, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  50. Support: would be a valuable addition to the admin corps. Thank you for volunteering. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:24, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  51. Support -- Well put answer to my question. -- Dolotta (talk) 02:12, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  52. Support - The sheer amount of content creation speaks to this nominee's level of dedication to the project. That coupled with the support of many editors I look to as bellwethers seals the deal.  spintendo  02:31, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  53. Support - Very impressive level of content creation, one of the most prolific and dedicated editors. DYK is an important area and needs dedicated people, which Philafrenzy has really shown Captain Eek Edits Ho Cap'n! 02:40, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  54. Support: I am familiar with the candidate's work in DYK and ERRORS, and I am certain that they will be a net positive as an administrator in these areas. Unconvinced by the close paraphrasing concerns; Template:Did you know nominations/The Pheasantry was troubling, but that was 2014. I am under the impression that Philafrenzy works tirelessly on large volume of articles, and consistently tries to address concerns that are raised (although not always successful). As long as they are willing to adjust their approach to recognise that if a information cannot be paraphrased well and can be left out, it is best to just leave it out, then I have no concerns. Alex Shih (talk) 05:41, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  55. Support. Will be a net positive. No concerns. --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:42, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  56. Support. I am sure that Philafrenzy would make an excellent admin. James500 (talk) 08:06, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Oppose
  1. Oppose because of the upload history. Wikipedia values the promotion of free content. We begrudgingly accept images used under a claim of fair use under rare cases, but only when we cannot reasonably expect to obtain a public domain or creative commons one. In the case of someone who was famous in the United States prior to 1978 or who lived in the digital camera age (e.g. File:Michael Peter Kaye.jpg), an effort should be made to obtain a freely licensed image rather than just declaring, "He's dead, Jim, let's upload a photo we found on the internet". An example I use sometimes is Jerry Falwell. After he died, I emailed his ministry and asked if they had a photo they would contribute under the GFDL. They did and we have a professional-quality freely licensed photo of him. But if we just declare he's dead, let's find a photo of him on the internet somewhere, we will NEVER get anything else. If someone was famous in the US prior to 1978 or they were famous in the digital camera age, we really shouldn't be settling for photos used under a claim of fair use because we can "reasonably expect" to receive a free one. You retouched File:Dawson Williams.png, which has the dubious claim of being public domain, "It iwas created before 1928 and is therefore in public domain." Okay, sure. It was published in the British Medical Journal in 1928 and is most likely NOT public domain. You uploaded File:Earnest Elmo Calkins.jpg. In 30 seconds of searching, I found [2], which is from a 1905 publication and clearly public domain. In File:C. Stowe Myers.jpg, you give [3] as the source and say the "Author or Copyright holder" is unknown, but the book says "C. Stowe Myers, ca. 1950s (courtesy Industrial Designers Society of America)". Technically, we don't know that they are the copyright holder, but that's information that you didn't give on the image description page. I see a lot of your uploads where you give the website you found it on as the original publication and original source and say unknown for the author. Maybe for some of them we can't easily figure out what the original source is (unless you were to do something truly unthinkable like asking) but others give a source and adding that source would be better than not having it. --B (talk) 12:49, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    Thank you for finding the free image of Calkins. I see you have already uploaded it to Commons. I will nominate the fair use file for deletion. The free one was either not around at the time I searched or I missed it. If the later, I apologise. Note I did not upload the Dawson Williams image or place it in the article. On C. Stowe Myers, the Industrial Designers Society of America supplied the photograph. We have no idea who owns it or took it, hence "unknown". Philafrenzy (talk) 14:00, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    Without trying to derail this too much, Peter Kaye was an 82 year old notable surgeon who had very little/no publicity in the last decade of his life. Certainly he was not going to be near the top of the list for having free photos available alive or dead. Jerry Falwell was a televangelist preacher constantly in the public eye, speaking at public events, activism etc. The comparison between the two is incredibly biased. Like it or not, the WMF and ENWP NFCC policy has been interpreted to (for deceased subjects) be "not reasonably likely". Its reasonably likely a recently deceased high profile individual in the public eye will have a free picture available. Its not reasonably likely an obscure surgeon not in the public eye will have such media available. Its also not required for editors to actively contact deceased subjects relatives or close acquaintances in order to solicit a photo in their time of grief just to illustrate an article. Not to mention incredibly insensitive. Only in death does duty end (talk) 23:19, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  2. Oppose. Utterly disappointing answer to question 6. At the moment you have an article with probably incorrect information (an article about two different persons mixed up), no actual indication of notability, and no sources to suggest such notability. "I haven't had a chance yet to go back and develop it. " You have created 5 other (unrelated) articles since you abandoned this one. Coupled with your use in other recent articles of unreliable sources like familysearch, and external links to be avoided at all costs like findagrave, I don't think you have the right priorities to be an admin, especially for DYK and the main page in general. Never mind what you did at Chicago Milk Commission (also from this week), where the first line, "The Chicago Milk Commission (CMC) was established in 1908 to combat the consumption of unpasteurized milk [...]" is rather too similar to this, "The Chicago Milk Commission was established in 1908 to combat the consumption of unpasteurIzed milk". Fram (talk) 15:12, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    "Rather too similar" is putting it nicely. I checked a dozen other of their creations though and couldn't find any pattern of such copyvios. Do you have more evidence that suggests a pattern of copying sources verbatim? Regards SoWhy 15:19, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    It's not recent, but the discussion at Template:Did you know nominations/The Pheasantry is relevant to that question. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:51, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    Personally I found the answer to your question 6 solid. Debresser (talk) 18:02, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    Yes, it was a solid answer. Philafrenzy has successfully started ~4600 articles, and has a great experience with Notability. I actually found it excessive that this article needed to be brought back to draft when GNG is easily demonstrable, but I feel that it was done exactly so that it would not interfere with the voting process, and it shouldn't. --1l2l3k (talk) 20:36, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  3. Oppose Per deletion action related to of one of his recent article,Robert Kirkpatrick-Howat[4] and lack of participation in Administrator boards (ANI, AN, SPI, AIV). शिव साहिल (talk) 16:20, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    Robert Kirkpatrick-Howat wasn't deleted, it was moved to Draft:Robert Kirkpatrick-Howat (which you know, as you linked to the move). Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 16:23, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  4. Oppose even granting the content creation, which I'm not completely convinced about, I still have worries about this editor's ability to be an effective admin in the areas they have identified. I don't think the candidate really addressed #3 in a meaningful way, I find the whiff of a response to what I considered a fairly easy question in #5 disappointing, but these are perhaps not surprising given the admission of lack of experience in the conflict resolution of Wikipedia admitted to by the answer to question 8. I started off as a neutral given my respect for the nominators and several of the supporters above, but then couldn't find the positives beyond the content creation (of which I also have questions). The lack of experience in dispute resolution wouldn't bother me so much if there were really great answers to questions. Since I have big question marks about what his approach would be, and don't think even he knows, I guess I'm not neutral and am really an oppose. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 00:44, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
    Do you mind spelling out what the big question marks are? Mr Ernie (talk) 00:47, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
    My big question marks are his ability to handle dispute resolution as an admin at ERRORS and DYK given the answers to questions 3, 5, and 8. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 00:50, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
    @Barkeep49: I think Mr Ernie was asking about the "big questions" you have in regard to "content creation" (as you mentioned it twice), not "DR @ errors and dyk". I'm also curious about the "questions" and the "lack of being convinced" you mentioned, in reference to content creation. Thanks - wolf 01:13, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
    Given the questions raised on this page, most convincingly for me by Randykitty, I am not convinced. I'm not saying there's something wrong, just not convinced. But even if I were convinced my oppose would remain given my concerns about how he would handle conflict as an admin in his chosen areas of ERRORS and DYK. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 01:42, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  5. Oppose. Upon Fram's observation above of the paraphrasing, I looked through Philafrenzy's other contributions and found that this is a troubling pattern. From Lisa Littman: "Littman received her undergraduate degree from Brandeis University and her MD from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, now Rutgers Medical School. She completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Women and Infants Hospital of Brown University. She completed a residency in general preventive medicine and public health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital from where she also obtained a master's degree in public health."; compare to [5]: "She received her undergraduate degree from Brandeis University, her MD degree from UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (now Rutgers Medical School) and completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Women and Infants Hospital/Brown University. She also completed a residency in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health and obtained a Master’s in Public Health...". From José Eugenio Olavide: "He found himself in charge of the 120 beds of the San Juan de Dios Hospital and had to teach himself dermatology..."; compare to [6]: ""Back in Madrid, he found himself in 1860 in charge of the 120 beds in the San Juan de Dios Hospital... and he began the difficult task of teaching himself dermatology on the job". From Alisa LaGamma: "In 2012 she received the Iris Award for Outstanding Scholarship of the Bard Graduate Center in recognition of her contribution to rethinking the history of sub-Saharan African art and culture."; compare to [7]: " In 2012, the Bard Graduate Center recognized her contribution to rethinking the history of sub-Saharan African art and culture with its Iris Award for Outstanding Scholarship." This contributor created over 4,000 articles? xplicit 01:06, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
    I invite you to possibly reconsider your vote, Explicit: Cardinal Richelieu said "Show me six lines written by the most honest man in the world, and I will find enough therein to hang him". Philafrenzy has written not six, but hundreds of thousands of lines, and actually the examples you brought above do have paraphrasing, and even Richelieu would be scratching his head in finding any solid proof to hang anybody. This is proven by the Earwig's copyvio detector for all three examples that you brought: Lisa Littman is an unlikely violation. José Eugenio Olavide is an unlikely violation, and Alisa LaGamma is also unlikely violation. The Earwig tool is very used in the DYK process by many reviewers. Yes, the paraphrasing of Lisa Littman may be a further improved, but from there to saying that there is a "troubling pattern" or even mention plagiarism, such as @Audacity: is doing, below, I believe is far fetched. Such words cannot be thrown so easily. --1l2l3k (talk) 04:04, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
    (edit conflict) Note that I just edited Lisa Littman to remove the copyvio (though using Philafrenzy's version only increases the score slightly). Regardless, this tool seems to be intended to detect straightforward copy-and-paste copyvios, whereas the issue here is Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing, which is in fact still plagiarism. Λυδαcιτγ 04:26, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
    If the concern is now WP:CLOP, I believe that it is mostly the result of physicians' long titles, which, if changed and paraphrased, would no longer be correct. Further, bringing an article which the creator just composed three days ago, in the middle of his RFA should take in consideration that he may not have had the time in the last three days to refine the article. Some AGF? --1l2l3k (talk) 04:43, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
    Close paraphrase IS a copyright issue, not just some nice thing to avoid. If it is substantial, we revdel it. Our license does not allow for copyright violations to exist, for even an instant, on our pages. So no, AGF doesn’t apply to copyright issues and we don’t give people time to fix them. TonyBallioni (talk) 04:48, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  6. Oppose I simply can not support a candidate who wants to work in a high stress, high conflict environment who neither has experience dealing with managing conflict nor can articulate a conflict management strategy beyond mouthing a short platitude. (Answer to question #8 ) Administrators are more than just button pushers and lots of content creation, without demonstrated judgement and people skills, is not adequate experience and is likely to result in situations which are worse than not having an admin at all. The answers given in the other questions do not immediately inspire confidence either. They lack detail and specificity which raises concerns re, at least, the ability to communicate and support their reasoning in cases of ADMINACCT. Jbh Talk 01:09, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  7. Oppose concerns with unsatisfactory answers to questions and a general lack of experience with administrative matters. I'm also troubled by the candidate's lax approach towards files/copyright policy; since your RfA might pass, please take great care with files or avoid them completely. -FASTILY 03:28, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
    Whatever happened to "Why not?" Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:38, 22 August 2018 (UTC) Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:38, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  8. Oppose. Will not support an admin who's not putting in the effort to make sure their references actually refer to the subject - and who paraphrased Women and Infants into a division of Brown, as seen in Explicit's oppose. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 03:49, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  9. Oppose With regret, as I'm generally in awe of content creators with 200,000+ edits. However, significant copyvio concerns noted in oppose 5 above (e.g. Lisa Littman vs. [8]) make prolific content creation as much an area of concern as a good thing. I hope that, as with Draft:Robert Kirkpatrick-Howat, Philafrenzy was planning to improve/rewrite this article, but plagiarism shouldn't be left in the main space for any amount of time. Just too much of a red flag for me. Λυδαcιτγ 04:09, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  10. Spotting copyvio problems is an incredibly important part of an administrator's job, for which we have been given a special tool. That we'd have someone with thousands of article creations is great, but that such an editor would still paraphrase too closely, to put it diplomatically, is not a good sign. I oppose reluctantly, since I know Philafrenzy has done a lot of good work, and I also greatly value the work and opinion of their nominator, but I don't have a choice right now. (We have online training for this in the WikiEdu department...I just did it to see what my students will have to have learned by tomorrow.) Drmies (talk) 04:17, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  11. Oppose moved here from support, essentially per Drmies. I’ll note that having issues with text copyvio is especially concerning for an admin that wants to help out on the main page. TonyBallioni (talk) 04:42, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  12. Oppose. I see a lack of sustained or consistent focus in many administrative areas. It's not that editing and writing articles is bad; I just don't see how becoming an administrator will further enhance Phil's contributions. EclipseDude (talk) 05:30, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  13. Oppose - Given that the nominee lacks both a convincing need for the tools as well as anything resembling the wide breadth of qualifying experience most candidates are held to, I would expect to see an exceptional level of competence in the content space and in the answers to the questions to be comfortable supporting. I'm pretty disappointed with the answers to most of the questions, and the great mass of articles are almost all stubs, many of which are just single sentences. I agree with the "quantity over quality" points raised in the Neutral section. So, from the gate, I'm not convinced. I'm not much of a hardliner as far as fair use files go, but even I find the lack of conviction or even understanding in the reply to that oppose worrying. Then there's some minor concerns such as the fact that the candidate never enabled email until earlier this year when running an RfA was discussed, they keep their talk page absurdly long in spite of having an archive, and a low rate of edit summary usage, all of which are minor but quite simply not be issues to begin with. Then there's the lack of experience in non-content areas; the admin toolkit is very broad and admins should be experienced and demonstrably competent in a variety of project-space areas; I see no substantial experience in admin areas, not even in terms of making AIV reports, which is as basic as it gets. Likewise, as Jbh gets at, being an admin is a social position as well and candidates should demonstrate an ability to stay above conflict and help work through and resolve it as well, because mediating disputes and moderating discussions and managing conflict comes with the job as well, and the candidate simply can't come up with any experience in dispute resolution. I find that hard to believe. Then there's the actual problems, which are in the content space, namely issues with sourcing and copyright violations, which are quite simply serious enough issues on their own to oppose even the most qualified candidate. Sorry, it's a reluctant but firm oppose from me as well. Swarm 06:09, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  14. Oppose Per the copyright issues raised by a number of editors, but especially per 1l2l3k's arguing that they aren't copyright issues. We have enough trouble with so-called "close paraphrasing" all over this project without editors being granted admin status while they are actively writing articles that include plagiarized text (Lisa Littman was created three days ago) and editors supporting said nomination based on the claim that close paraphrasing is not plagiarism. I know a lot of the other supporters are actually very good on copyvio issues and may not have even been aware of this issue, but I won't ping them to ask if they'd reconsider like Tony did as that would probably be "canvassing" if I only did it with editors who are my "friends", and going through all of them to find all the supporters who didn't explicitly mention copyright/plagiarism/etc. would be a bit too much work for me at the moment. Hijiri 88 (やや) 07:07, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  15. Oppose The whole kerkuffle at Robert Kirkpatrick-Howat, though serious, could be forgiven as a one-off among many article creations, but the threads above turned up many examples of close paraphrasing (aka copy-pasting with a dictionary of synonyms). I also give a small but positive weight to the "does not search long enough for free files" argument. For the longer term, I also am concerned about their stance to paid editing. The answer to Q11 states that direct editing of article by paid editors is contrary to our policies, but it is not (it is "strongly discouraged", not forbidden). In Q3, they said they declined a request for mediation from a paid editor (which is fine) but I don't see how they can ever approach mediation in good faith with a neutral point of view seems out of line assuming "they" refers to paid editors in general (and not that one in particular for specific reasons) - in content dispute resolution, by definition at least one dispute participant does not have a "neutral point of view", the aim of mediation is precisely to compromise on what the NPOV is; and, of course, assuming no paid editor ever is in good faith or willing to compromise would be contrary to WP:AGF. For the record, I see two oppose arguments as meritless: (1) the idea that the candidate is an industrial stub-churner (bad!) rather than a GA artisan (good!) (not only does it not match my perception of the record, but even if true, creating decent stubs on notable topics is a worthy task); (2) the idea that having mostly avoided disputes in their numerous edits disqualifies them for the job on account of lacking dispute resolution skills (if anything, avoiding disputes is a good thing). TigraanClick here to contact me 08:26, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  16. Oppose - too many concerns raised above, I'm afraid. Take the comments as constructive, learn from your errors, and come back in the future for another run. GiantSnowman 08:53, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Neutral
  1. On the fence waiting for the responses to a few more questions. I'd like to know more about the WP:DYK queue, as this seems to be the crux of the request. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 14:52, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  2. Neutral for the time being. I am very impressed with the numerous article creations and DYK contributions, but I am less than impressed with some of the users past AfD nominations that were based upon two or three words (e.g. "not notable") and appeared to possibly lack any WP:BEFORE searching to ascertain notability. Some of these nominations also may have simply been based upon the state of sourcing in articles, which is not a true indicator of notability, as per WP:NEXIST. To illustrate my concerns, here are some past AfD nominations that I found to be troubling: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14. North America1000 14:56, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    The only thing troubling about your example no. 1 (Becky's Diner — a "historic diner" first opened in 1991!) is that the first deletion debate didn't close Delete, which was the fairly strong consensus, but rather closed No Consensus. Not quite sure why redoing a No Consensus (strongly tending to Delete) was "troubling." Baffling. Carrite (talk) 15:12, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    I thought I was clear that I am concerned about past nominations with little rationale for deletion provided. For example, in example #1 in my !vote above, the entire basis for the nomination was "Non notable restaurant", with no further clarification qualifying said opinion. Also, my !vote herein is not intended to be a notability discussion about the topic. North America1000 15:16, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    Reassuringly, only one of those examples is more recent than...2014. —SerialNumber54129 paranoia /cheap sh*t room 15:18, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    (edit conflict × a lot) Most of these AfDs are from 2014 or prior; unless I'm mistaken, this is the only "recent" one and it's from June 2016. Do you have any evidence of WP:BEFORE omissions made by the candidate in the past year or so? (Of course you can apply whatever criteria you want – I'm just asking because it affects my opinion.) I see that some of their nominations are still lacking detail, but can't find any specific !votes or noms that are clearly misjudged (though I can't see deleted pages). Bilorv(c)(talk) 15:17, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    @Bilorv: In this AfD discussion, the user's !vote, placed on 15 March 2018 (UTC), is entirely based upon the state of sourcing in the article, "Delete Article at present does not have a single reference." Regardless of the actual notability or lack thereof for the topic, this goes entirely against the grain of WP:NEXIST, a significant part of Wikipedia's main Notability guideline page. As such, I'm not convinced that the user has a sufficient grasp of notability guidelines. Since the user opined for deletion using this non-qualifying rationale for a non-BLP article, I am concerned that they may incorrectly apply weight to said non-qualifying rationales when closing deletion discussions. North America1000 15:39, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  3. Neutral - For the time being at least. Reading through the first three answers, I uh, felt the answers were rather tepid overall. Without going into full analysis mode, I'll just pick on one thing that... well..: o.0? I am mainly a content creator and so would say my 300+ Did You Knows, most of them joint. Working in a team to expand an article from almost nothing to complete enough to appear on the front page is something I enjoy. Ok, so you're heavily involved in creating start-up articles for the encyclopaedia. 300 DYKs is also very impressive. That second sentence bugs me though, because getting an article to be "complete enough to appear on the front page" is a rather low bar: new article, 1,500+ characters of written prose, hook must be cited, and the article must comply with the core policies. This is a couple hours of work at most. Now one may say 300 DYKs by 3 manhours each is 600 manhours dedicated to the project. I am, however, a quality over quantity person. One detailed, comprehensive and well written article matters more to me than even a thousand Start-class ones. I also feel that the encyclopaedia has moved well away from creation to maintenance. Sure, there are articles to create, but there's so many more articles to improve. I did see the two GAs, and they are both short articles at around 9k bytes in length. Now, I've supported candidates with much less content creation under their belt. Moreover you're planning on working DYK and ERRORS, which you do seem qualified for. So why the fuss? In a word? seem. Your answer to Fram's question was weak. You suggest that you have many sources at the ready for the article. So why aren't they in the article? You've created a further five articles since then, and they're either stubs or very early start class articles. I will wait for a few days before I decide whether that seem is an is or not. Mr rnddude (talk) 16:06, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  4. Neutral. Basically for the same reasons as Mr rnddude. Content creation seems to prioritize quantity over quality. At best, creating bad stubs like Draft:Robert Kirkpatrick-Howat and leave them for others to deal with is bad form. --Randykitty (talk) 16:24, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    If I may reply to Mr rnddude and Randykitty jointly about Howat - It had an under construction tag on it because I was still working on it. It was not abandoned, just unfinished. Philafrenzy (talk) 16:53, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    [9], [10], [11]. --Randykitty (talk) 17:03, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    It is okay for an article (in article space) to be "incomplete" or a stub. It is not okay for an article in article space to be wrong (such as conflating two different people with the same name). Nor is it a great idea for it to be in article space if there is little/no evidence of notability. --B (talk) 19:09, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    What I see is a pattern: quantity/speed over quality. The examples I gave above: one was changed to a redirect by Philafrenzy when it was tagged for notability, the other two were expanded with little effort by others, adding content and independent references demonstrating notability. These are just three examples that I was personally involved with because of my interest in academic journals, so I'm reasonably confident that these three are more or less random examples, indicative of a pattern. --Randykitty (talk) 20:55, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    That might be a fair criticism of the overall quality of their content work, but how it is relvant to their fitness for adminship is a bit obscure to me. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:18, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    This may be a bit in the eye of the beholder; I also did a spot check and saw a good number of entries begun as stubs that attracted the interest of others who had something to add, and grew into nice entries (page histories to see these trajectories: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, etc.) I'd be more worried if a larger number had been shown to be non-notable, but with a deletion rate below 1% and responsiveness when a specific notability standard is raised (Q3), to me it seems like the method of beginning stubs to allow for easier addition of content is working to the benefit of the encyclopedia. And folks who don't want to work on developing the stubs don't have to, of course. Innisfree987 (talk) 22:40, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    Neutral Moved to oppose while I await further details and consider the issues already raised. As of now I'm fairly unimpressed by the content creation or answers to questions and am not seeing anything else this user is bringing to the table apart from being a warm body for DYK, certainly not impressed enough to participate in the an early-game pileon. I can be swayed either way at this point. Swarm 21:22, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
  5. Neutral I'm a bit concerned about low edit summary usage, and would like to see an answer to Q8. TeraTIX 23:49, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
    Answer is fairly vague and not exactly filling me with confidence. Q5 is also worrying. TeraTIX 02:11, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  6. Neutral leaning oppose. I'm concerned about the general creation of low-notability articles and close paraphrasings. Several articles sourced only to a Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists document appear to be too-close paraphrases (Gordon Fitzgerald, Archibald Donald). José Eugenio Olavide is another article that feels problematic. With the sheer volume of articles created, having a few issues like this is both inevitable and acceptable, but from a spot check it feels to me that it may be 5% of creations (especially if you discount stubs like Edmund Bray), which is a lot. As a result, I'm not yet convinced that his presence at DYK as an admin would be beneficial to the project. power~enwiki (π, ν) 05:01, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
    I may be missing something, but I don't see the expected WP:QPQ reviews of other DYKs. Most of Philafrenzy's nominations are co-nominations with Whispyhistory, who does have plenty of these. I don't see how they can expect to be an admin in this area if they haven't done reviews. power~enwiki (π, ν) 06:27, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
    Whispyistory wanted experience at reviewing and so has been doing them recently on joint nominations. You can find mine further down the list Power~enwiki. I don't know how many I have done but it must be over 100. Philafrenzy (talk) 06:50, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
  7. Will wait for the answers for the concerns related to AfDs, raised by Northamerica1000. Kraose (talk) 07:14, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
General comments
  • Duplicated first line - I feel the issue in Q12 seems a little OTT. A single line near-duplicate is both an excessive obligation towards paraphrasing and in some circumstances near-necessary by the line's topic and purpose. Nosebagbear (talk) 18:59, 21 August 2018 (UTC)


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