UESPWiki:Patrollers/Nominations/Completed/2016

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AlphaAbsol

AlphaAbsol (talk⁺ • contribs • edit count • logs • email)

I’ve been aiming to nominate myself for Patroller for a while, and I’m doing so now. I’ve been on the wiki for around a month now. Over that time I’ve done quite a few things; mostly small things such as expanding on stubs. However, occasionally I take on a bigger project such as archiving pages or categorizing archived pages. I have also created the Arena Places Redesign Project. I have made a lot of changes in the Template namespace recently; this is because I am in the process of creating documentation for a lot of templates. I plan to soon start working on a lot of ESO pages, as there is really not enough information in that namespace yet.

Recently, a lot of my Skyrim contributions have been checking pages for the Skyrim Houses Redesign Project, but I also expanded quite a few NPC pages earlier. I often can learn things quickly and I know most of the rules and policies very well now; and I also know quite a lot about wiki markup and templates. I have also read over the patrolling guidelines a few times, and know almost everything on there, and I often patrol Recent Changes (especially non-registered users). I am also a Userspace Patroller, showing that I have some experience with patrolling. Because of all this, I feel like I would be well-suited as a Patroller. —AlphaAbsol (talk) 10:22, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for reading my nomination!

Votes

• Support: I did a count, and your content edits (at least the edits I consider to be "content" edits) came out to 262. Just barely above the threshold for becoming a patroller, but "just barely" is still eligible. I've taken a random sampling of about a dozen edits from you, trying to get some from each content area you've edited, and they all have looked good to me. I'm confident that you know what you're doing, so I see no reason why we can't promote another full-time, daily patroller. -damon  ^{talk ♥ contribs} 13:07, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support: All seems good here. --AKB ^{Talk Cont Mail} 01:29, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support: I'm very impressed with how well AlphaAbsol has learned the ins and outs of the site in such a short time, along with his willingness to ask when he doesn't know something. It's also nice to see someone doing maintenance work on our templates as well—they've been on my "to do" list almost since my last pass through them several years ago, but with my already highly intermittent work on HotnBOThered2, I've been reluctant to take on another major project. – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 17:22, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
• Comment: I'll leave it to another admin to close this nomination and make the call on whether consensus was established here or not. My main concern is a simple lack of experience due to AlphaAbsol's period of editing, which is still relatively short. However, from the pool of edits he has made so far, I see nothing of major concern, and he's demonstrated a willingness to quickly learn. Perhaps a little bit more time editing would lend itself to a broader consensus. —Legoless (talk) 11:33, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support: When you are competent and a quick learner, I value this potential over formalities. From several of AlphaAbsol's edits I think he shows that he has these qualities. He is also communicating, helping and replying to other/new editors, which is very positive. (Speaking of formalities, it might be too late for this vote, but I'm throwing it in because the nomination is still open...If it's not eligible, then just ignore it) Tib (talk) 11:28, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

  Until the vote it closed, it's never too late. – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 15:56, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose: I've been hesitant about this nomination since I first saw it, but have decided after thinking about it a bit more that I am going to oppose. Alpha has been doing a lot of impressive work and has been a quick learner, including in concepts such as working with and making templates which I myself don't really understand the inner workings of still. He has also actively watched recent changes and has made a lot of patroller-type edits, such as welcoming users and making adjustments to recent additions in articles as needed.

However, as Legoless mentioned earlier, I think it would be best to let the community get to know Alpha a bit more before giving him this position. Patrollers are seen as leaders of the community and I do not know if it is in the best interest of the wiki to provide a relatively new contributor such a role. The relative lack of activity in this nomination may be somewhat indicative of this concern of mine as well and might not have been seen if Alpha had waited longer before nominating himself for the position. Regardless, this is only a small concern and with two administrators backing Alpha I'm sure he will be fine taking on the role should he receive it; I simply wished to express my hesitance in supporting him. Baring some great need for patrollers, I think it would be best to wait a little longer before welcoming Alpha onto the team. Forfeit (talk) 22:54, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

• Comment: It has now been just over two weeks since this nomination was placed. It's not ideal that I be the one to close it, since it's not unanimous and I've voted on it. I don't think it's fair to drag out a nomination too long, however, so this is a notification that if no other admin has closed this by November 10 (three weeks from the original nomination), I will do so. – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 16:38, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose: As with Forfeit, I have been struggling with this nomination. While I feel his edits are more than beneficial to the wiki, both the number of content edits and the relative quickness of the nomination concern me. When I view content edits, I view them as edits in gamespaces + Lore. Using this method, I came up with 167 edits when the nomination occurred, and 187 edits now. Now, some may argue for a different criteria for content edits, but it does concern me that the number of edits in the gamespaces and lore is so low. Because of this, I believe that Alpha should have a bit more seasoning on the wiki in order to increase both his exposure to the community and his contributions to gamespaces. I do believe that he will make a good patroller one day, but I can't support it today. Jeancey (talk) 19:04, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

• Support: He's done some great work in his time here, and I believe that his skills would be put to good use as a patroller. - KINMUNE ﴾TALK﴿ 23:25, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Consensus: Support. Supported 5:2. At 5:2, I feel comfortable closing this as supported, despite the fact that I am an involved administrator. I agree that just over a month of activity is short, but current guidelines only require one month, so I think that's what we have to go with. It does, however, bear further discussion on the Community Portal, and I will be doing that shortly. – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 23:57, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Contraptions

Contraptions (talk⁺ • contribs • edit count • logs • email)

There are a few editors who make you just say "Why aren't you a patroller already?" This is one of them. Just take a look at Contraptions' contribution history, and you'll see what I mean.The number of giant projects you'll see tackled will simply astound you.

Votes

• Support: As nominator. --AKB ^{Talk Cont Mail} 18:38, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
• Support: As AKB pointed out, Contraptions has taken on some huge ESO projects and edits the namespace with comfort. Completely qualified as a patroller! —Legoless (talk) 19:12, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
• Support: I've only patrolled a few of Contraptions' edits that I can recall, but they've all been good. As AKB said, though, Contraptions' contribution history speaks for itself. – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 20:20, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
• Support: -damon  ^{talk ♥ contribs} 21:54, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
• Comment: I'm not sure if all editors are allowed to vote, but I'd like to leave a comment. During the limited time I've been here, Contraptions has done very valuable edits, mainly to ESO namespace. Among some of the things that come to my mind are discussions regarding how to present NPC information, Contraband, adding many monster abilities/strategies (which is an extremely important aspect of the game!), and lately improving the Styles page. But there are many more, as Contraptions is one of the most active editors in the ESO namespace, which also speaks for itself. Tib (talk) 10:31, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Yes, all editors are allowed to vote on pretty much anything. The one exception to that that we have on the site is voting for Autopatrolled Users, which is because that's intended to save patrollers and admins some work, so the vote is left to the people it affects. – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 14:42, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

• Support: My support for Contraptions is not quite as strong as for Tib, but I do support them. My only hesitation comes from the fact that they seem to have an issue adding categories to images when uploading them. It isn't a major thing, but I did have to had a thousand or so categories a few weeks back. I completely forgot to mention it to them, so it isn't really something they may have known about. In any case, I support them. I believe they will do a great job as a patroller. Jeancey (talk) 16:05, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Consensus: Support. Supported by all participants. – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 20:23, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Tib

Tib (talk⁺ • contribs • edit count • logs • email)

Tib has shown extreme dedication to the project over the half year she has been a member of the site, almost approaching 3k edits in just 300 days. Providing a variety of support the the Online namespace, one which I think we are all in agreement needs the most, she is one of the best examples of what we need for that namespace. She has also provided numerous excellent images, has shown willingness and ability to do some of the larger edits, and is also pleasant to work with. I see no harm in adding her to the patroller team, and a lot of good.

I accept, now lets cork up some champagne bottles. They've been staring at me too long, too suggestively! Tib (talk) 16:24, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

Votes

• Support: As nominator. --AKB ^{Talk Cont Mail} 22:50, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
• Support: Entirely meaning to nominate her myself for about a month. Tib knows the Online namespace back to front and has been handling important content and maintenance edits for ages. Her contributions are always an easy autopatrol, so it'd be great having her on the team instead. —Legoless (talk) 23:11, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
• Support: Huh, I also wanted to ask her about a patroller nomination, though I wasn't certain how to contact her short of a talkpage message, since I usually gauge these things behind the scenes during my rare nominations, lol. Absolutely, she's got my support as well. -damon  ^{talk ♥ contribs} 23:29, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

Well, Damon, I'll add you to my friendlist in ESO. Unless you've joined the UESP guild, you loner? :) Tib (talk) 16:24, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

Not sure what the ESO guild has to do with the patroller nomination, but no, I'm not in the guild, and I am a loner. I don't like playing with other people, so I've been reluctant to join the guild. But, we can talk ESO on a talk page, email, IRC or whatever you'd like so we're not doing it on an inappropriate forum like your nomination. Although I notie\ce your userpage says you're Swedish, so are you on the NA server like I am or the Euro server?:p -damon  ^{talk ♥ contribs} 21:45, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

• Support: Certainly a rare but wonderful combination of both quality and quantity of edits, doing much-needed work in the Online namespace. Especially happy to see someone interested in adding so much dialogue, which I feel is a huge part of making quests and characters feel alive. I will still check out of lot of Tib's edits just because they are consistently high-quality and interesting, but it will save a lot of work not having to patrol them all! -- Hargrimm^(T) 03:18, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
• Comment: Since I don't edit or check the Online namespace, I'm not overly familiar with Tib's body of work, but a quick search of her contributions shows that she has a knack for talking things out to come up with useful solutions to problems while building a consensus. This is an incredibly useful quality for any editor to have, and an absolutely vital one for patrollers, which makes it all the more impressive, given that she's so new. Zul do onikaan^{Laan tinvaak} 13:53, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
• Support: She's been on my list of potential patrollers for a while now. I'm happy to support her. – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 20:20, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose: I wouldn't care about this nomination except for the recent unprovoked borderline personal attack I just received from Tib. Her nomination should not be passed unanimously on this basis. Silence is Golden^{Break the Silence} 21:46, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
  • Comment: Here's a link to the discussion, if anyone was considering taking this accusation seriously. —Legoless (talk) 21:53, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
• Support: I enthusiastically support this nomination and believe it has been a long time coming. :) Jeancey (talk) 16:05, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Consensus: Support. Supported 6:1. – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 20:16, 15 August 2016 (UTC)