User:Aervanath

A bit of personal wiki-history
Hi there. I have been a contributing editor on Wikipedia since November 10, 2006, although I was a reader for much longer before that. After a few months of editing, I dropped into reader-mode for the better part of a year, but started editing again in late 2007. After that, I became pretty intense about it, performing a few hundred edits a month from the spring of 2008 to mid-2009. On November 15, 2008, the Wikipedia community accepted me as an administrator. I was quite active as an admin for a while, but recently life has led me away from Wikipedia, although I continue to use it incessantly and make small changes where I see the need.

Areas of focus
In my time on Wikipedia I have participated in a number of areas. My main focus as a new admin was on CAT:ADMINBACKLOG, and anything in there. I particularly enjoyed evaluating consensus in WP:DRV, WP:RM, WP:MFD and WP:RFD deletion discussions. I'm rarely active at WP:AFD, because there's almost never a backlog there anymore. In the past I was very active in WikiProject Orphanage, de-orphaning the immense backlog of orphaned articles. I don't write many articles, which was an issue in my request for adminship, but I think I sufficiently proved I could handle the responsibility without that qualification. I almost never participate at WP:AN and WP:ANI, because I like to avoid the drama that crops up on those pages. I was also briefly involved with investigating allegations of sockpuppetry towards the end of my active period on Wikipedia.

On asking me for help: Do it!
Feel free to ask me any questions you might have about any aspect of Wikipedia, although I'm probably not as knowledgeable and up-to-date on policy as I used to be. Also, since I'm not logged on all the time anymore, I may not see a message for a bit. But I'll try to get back to you as soon as I see the message.

On reversion
If you have any problem with any of my actions, it is not necessary to talk to me first, although a polite note telling me the reason for the reversion is always appreciated. I try to hold myself to the one-reversion rule, but I don't expect others to follow it. If I feel strongly about the issue, I'll discuss it and develop a consensus before auto-reverting.

On evaluating discussions

 * From User:Aervanath/How to evaluate consensus.

Things I am proud of

 * Reducing the size of the administrative backlog; when I was an active admin, I prided myself that the pages I was active on were never backlogged for more than a day. (Note: As I've gotten busier in real life, I haven't been able to help out with the backlog so much. But I still chip in when I can.)
 * If it ain't broke, don't fix it (shortcut:WP:AINT) - An essay about not wasting people's time on stuff that doesn't matter. A few other editors have seen fit to reference it in their discussions, and it's always flattering when people agree with you.

Ego boosters
&mdash;harej (talk) 16:38, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

I've seen you closing a lot of deletion discussions, doing requested moves, and doing other (usually boring) administrative tasks. I know that it can feel as though nobody notices or appreciates your work, but I wanted to drop a note saying thanks. Efforts from people like you keep this place running smoothly. :-) Cheers. --MZMcBride (talk) 17:01, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

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Sandboxes

 * Sandbox: Community testing ground: everyone's free to experiment there
 * /Sandbox: My personal sandbox, for, you know, stuff
 * /Sandbox2: Yet another sandbox
 * /X1: my sandbox for template testing