theleekycauldron
(talk page) (11/1/0); Scheduled to end 21:29, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Nomination from Maile66
theleekycauldron (talk · contribs) – Admins play an important role in maintaining Wikipedia as a living project. theleekycauldron is an editor who has shown initiative towards the future of Wikipedia, offering ideas to enhance our existing processes. Two examples are:
- Proposal for Spoken Wikipedia on the Main Page: [1], 2
- Instituting the DYK Monthly wrap newsletter at the Did You Know (DYK) project.
Primarily editing on English Wikipedia since 2017, theleekycauldron has also edited at Commons, Simple English Wikipedia and Wikidata. They have contributed 32 successful nominations to DTK Their keen interest in further assisting DYK with its Admin-restricted processes, would certainly be a gain for that project. They are already part of a larger cross section of Wikipedians seeking ways to help the encyclopedia segue into the future as a contemporary participant of the global community. Giving theleekycauldron the mop would further enable their efforts to keep Wikipedia in good working order. — Maile (talk) 11:26, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Co-nomination from Valereee
I'm extremely pleased to recommend for the mop theleekycauldron, who first came to my attention through their work at DYK, where they've been invariably helpful and have taken a lot of initiative in multiple ways. I've been very impressed with their general level of judgement and willingness to accept advice. For me this candidate ticks all the boxes: invariably civil, competent at their chosen tasks, and willing to listen to others. It doesn't really get much better than that.
In addition to their extensive work at DYK, TLC has created significant content, including a Featured List, a Featured Article, and several Good Articles. valereee (talk) 12:53, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept with gratitude! I'm open to recall; I have used one other account to edit, a full explanation for which can be found here. I have never made a paid contribution, nor do I intend to do so in the future. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 14:53, 27 January 2022 (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: I've been active with the Did you know project, assembling new sets and working with nominators to improve their hooks. I'd like to help out more—I can move preps to queues,[a] tweak hooks in the queues when necessary, provide assistance at WP:ERRORS, and maintain other parts of the project that require admin access. The majority of what I do is most likely going to be moving preps to queues, since DYK frequently suffers a backlog; that is, a shortage of ready-to-go admin-approved queues. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 14:53, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- 2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
- A: I've helped promote three articles to Good Article status, starting two of them from scratch; I also have a Featured Article, SLAPP Suits; it's a segment of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and I started working on the article around a year ago. The GAs I worked on include the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant, another one of Oliver's comic adventures, Mrs. Landingham, a character from The West Wing, and Pronunciation of GIF, which covers the debate about whether it's pronounced "gif" or "jif". I've also created lots articles about episodes of The West Wing (I really do love that show) and U.S. state legislators.
- I'm equally proud of my work at DYK; this is some combination of building prep sets, flagging nominations that don't look right, revising hooks, helping nominators improve hooks, nominating hooks of my own, responding to requests and questions at DYK's discussion page, and maintaining the DYK statistics archive with new templates and a script, both of my own creation. I like that DYK brings attention to new, interesting, but also incomplete content; it provides help to creators looking for their next steps, as well as a great incentive to create quality new content. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 14:53, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- 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 generally try to lay out my thinking as best as possible, let the other person know that I understand and sympathize with their concerns, and see if there's a compromise or solution that can be worked out. I always try to offer solutions next to problems (or even just fix it myself), but if I'm unable to think of one, I try to brainstorm with the other person and/or any other eyeballs I can get on the situation. I also tend to be flexible, and I'm willing to work with the preferences of lots of others. If there's a concrete policy issue at stake, or I feel that the other person does not have all the information, that's something to discuss further. This discussion from my talk page would be a good example.
- My experience has also imparted unto me a pretty good rule: don't edit when stressed. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 14:53, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Notes
- ^ under the hood of DYK, sets are made in the "prep assembly area"—admins approve sets by moving them from the prep assembly area into the Queues, which automatically feed into the main page once or twice a day.
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 questions from Pahunkat
- 4. Hello theleekycauldron and thanks for volunteering to be a sysop. This discussion at WTDYK caught my attention - could you clarify what you mean by "Gibraltar situation"?
- A:
- 5. Further to the discussion linked above, what course of action would you take as a sysop (if any) if an editor was blocked for UPE just as their DYK hook appeared on the main page? Why?
- A:
Discussion
- Links for theleekycauldron: Theleekycauldron (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
- Edit summary usage for theleekycauldron can be found here.
Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review their contributions before commenting.
Support
- Support as nominator.— Maile. (talk) 11:26, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Support as nom. valereee (talk) 12:53, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Support DYK being the way it is needs active admin work, but we also have to consider that our current dear admins are humans and can burn-out just because it's one repetitive area. The DYK process needs more admins and I had been considering throwing my hat in the ring, but this was before recent changes to the process - RfA as-it-was, was something of a deterrent, but I still gave it consideration.
shortly before the, er, renovation of RfA I was considering throwing my hat in the ring.Lo, I feel leeky is absolutely taking this step after lengthy consideration of their position, of the use of the tools, and is hella brave to do so. Would really benefit, if nothing else, the quirkiest corner of the MP, and as for the rest - it's No Big Deal, right? Kingsif (talk) 21:47, 27 January 2022 (UTC) - Support obvious candidate to help with prep queues for DYK. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:50, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Support I see no problems, thanks for running. Signed,The4lines |||| (Talk) (Contributions) 22:04, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Support This member is active and has a great many contributions to DYK so I am willing to vote for support. MrMeAndMrMeContributions 22:06, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Support Would be a great asset to DYK. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 22:10, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Trusted, competent. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:14, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Support No problems here. --Ferien (talk) 22:19, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Support per valereee and Mrs Landingham. What's next? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:25, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Support – I've met this editor in several places through WP:TV and have never had any issues with them. They certainly seem to have the right personality and motivations for the role. RunningTiger123 (talk) 22:32, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Oppose
- Oppose, respectfully. You've been active for ~1 year, but in your desired area only ~6 months. In September, after a close, you also removed this talk page message which contained valid criticism about the close. While I don't necessarily agree with the tone of the message, it did contain a valid point, and in my view shouldn't have been removed, but responded to. Outside of DYK, I can't see much admin experience, with a total of 4 edits to RfPP and 7 to AIV, and no AfD/CSD/PROD log. I understand that you only currently intend to use the tools in DYK – and not in those places – but I would strongly prefer to see experience in more than one sysop-related area, especially given your short tenure here (for a hypothetical sysop). To me this feels like WP:NOTYET, but thank you for volunteering nonetheless. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 22:32, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Neutral
General comments
- I'm unlikely to do the research needed to support or oppose here, but for anyone else who is easily confused: this isn't current active editor User:Leaky caldron. If you associate the name with vague recollections of good or bad prior experience, make sure it's the right editor you're thinking of. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:53, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- Probably not a huge deal, but shouldn't this be at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Theleekycauldron instead? (as all usernames beginning in a letter begin in capital ones) --Ferien (talk) 22:21, 27 January 2022 (UTC)