User:Tznkai

Status
Inactive, unfortunately. Nothing is keeping me away (aside from the usual duties of life), but not enough is drawing me back.--Tznkai (talk) 22:03, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

I am

 * Completely and totally incompetent when it comes to the look and feel of user pages, please help

I was

 * An administrator on the English language Wikipedia and regular patroller of Requests for Arbitration Enforcement
 * A clerk for the Arbitration Committee
 * An Election Administrator, coordinator, and architect of the Electoral Commission
 * A member of the now defunct Audit Subcommittee. and in that capacity, aFunctionary identified to the Wikimedia Foundation.

In all of these things I was both a success and a failure.

Virtual office

 * My desk For my own personal use, and drafts

Free advice
Today's witticism: TMI. Especially applies to bad writing.

From me

 * Something all Wikipedian's should remember.
 * Spend more time with your family and/or friends than with Wikipedia.
 * Peace-making is the first step in right-making.
 * Sometimes you're wrong.
 * It can happen to you.
 * Wikipedia is huge.
 * The more time you spend talking, the more likely you've already said something stupid.
 * Don't stand on principle. Be principled, stand on reasons.
 * Policy is a tool, not an end.
 * Keep threaded discussions short and sweet so new readers can keep up without having to emotional energy catching up.
 * Loyalty is the most beguiling of virtues. It leads the evil to kindness, and the kind to meanness.
 * Don't use policy as a weapon.
 * Sometimes the only solution is one that makes no one happy.
 * If you use it like a weapon, consensus will forever be beyond your grasp.
 * If a standard process leads you to the right result but takes a lot of work, follow the process. If process leads you to a result you don't like, follow the process. If process leads you to an absurd result, ignore the process.
 * Learn the difference between absurd and unfortunate.
 * Understand the reasons behind the policy you invoke.
 * Contextualization ruins everything.
 * A fanatic is someone who has forgotten where they are going - but has redoubled his efforts to get there.
 * A partisan is someone who has forgotten that the goal is to win the war, not to beat the enemy.
 * To no editor is any process due, but every editor is due respect.

Add your own

 * Bwilkins first rule of Sockpuppet Accusations: Put up or shut up. Either file your SPI, or STFU
 * Bwilkins first rule of Edit Warring: Except for clear vandalism, DON'T. No excuses
 * Jehochman's rule of regret: When you feel the tingle of adrenaline, DON'T hit the save button.