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Regarding [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/MB&diff=1131162691&oldid=1131161395 this edit]: I imagine you hope that regardless of the outcome of the request for administrative privileges, the candidate may learn from the raised concerns? The conditional in your statement makes it seem otherwise. isaacl (talk) 21:20, 3 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Er, yes, that's fair. I can clarify. Andre🚐 22:08, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Hopefully that suitably clarifies Andre🚐 22:11, 3 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I have to say this, and for 's benefit, that I'm surprised that you, as a once respected veteran Wikipedian, Bureaucrat, and prolific content creator 'par excellence' do not understand the differences between policies, guidelines, essays, and so called rules made up on the fly, and then voting 'as per' without doing your own research and checking the veracity of laundry lists of others who are determined to destroy an RfA because of the non existent rules some users perceive as policies - a logical fallacy. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:39, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * My comment was strictly regarding clarity of the message, and shouldn't be construed as support for the message. Please don't feel a need to provide comments for my benefit. isaacl (talk) 04:43, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I do understand the difference between policies, guidelines, and essays. I was under the impression that there was indeed a rule about contesting drafts, but apparently I was mistaken. There are many minutiae about Wikipedia and drafts did not exist at all when I was mostly active as an admin from 2004-2011 or so. In my view there should be a rule that a contested draft should not be re-draftified, similar to PRODs. I think enough reasonable concerns were raised in this RFA by other still-respected admins that I am not alone on this. The RFA may still yet succeed, but I do not think you should assume that legitimate concerns are "determined to destroy" the RFA either way. Andre🚐 04:47, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * What may be 'in your view' is not a reason to oppose an RfA so vehemently on a rule that does not exist even if you believe it should. RfA is not the venue to create new polices for the benefit of the voters and giving them right. If you want to establish such a view, what we do nowadays on Wikipedia is to hold a site-wide RfA and let the community decide, but bear in mind that there are 750 New Page Reviewers who will vote for what they know best from their vast anecdotal experience. The reviewers handle literally hundreds of thousands of new pages and they know best how to proceed in all situations - especially the edge cases, and it is the rare edge cases that some voters have deliberately singled out to destroy the good faith of a user who has done more to modernise NPP than I did 11 years ago. Hence any concerns voiced about non observance of rules that do not and never existed are certainly not legitimate.I'm not Wikilawyering, but  am sure that you as a user with once the highest rank as a former Bureaucrat will understand that. It's just rather shameful that an RfA can be torpedoed on 'as per' the one vote that got it it all completely wrong (and incidentally I do have the proof). If it goes to a 'crat chat, let's hope that today's bureaucrats are up to date and get it right. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:31, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * But again, Kudpung, RFA is about more than simply whether a user followed the policy on the books, and these are legitimate concerns about attention to detail and how experienced users deal with new articles from new users. I stand by the concerns. Andre🚐 13:28, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * While we are here: with all due respect to Sdrqaz, I do not think they can be called an "experienced admin", given that they became an admin became an admin less than a year ago (and I say this as someone who supported them at WP:ACE2022). You were probably confused because they seem like they have been doing it forever ;) HouseBlastertalk 07:42, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Hmm, maybe I confused them with someone else. Andre🚐 13:28, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

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 I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Mark Wiens. Thanks! 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 14:08, 4 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the message. I also started a discussion at WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk Andre🚐 14:10, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I think "wait and see" is likely to be the best, here. The reviewer's remit is to accept borderline drafts if they believe there is a better than 50% chance of it's surviving an immediate deletion process. I think this has a 55% chance, and will be edited down by the community which will raise the probability.
 * I could also be in error, but I'm old enough and ugly enough to take that on the chin 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 14:20, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * No problem. Thanks. Andre🚐 14:22, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Mark Wiens (January 4)
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 * @CNMall41, as should have been obvious if you did the diligence, I am not a new user. There are more than a few sources on Draft:Mark Wiens and it meets WP:GNG so why was this declined again? Andre🚐 13:29, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I am inclined to agree. See my most recent comment on the draft. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 14:11, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * What is obvious? I did due diligence so please WP:AGF. If there is an issue, please enlighten me. If it meets GNG and you are an experienced user, why submit through AfC?--CNMall41 (talk) 21:28, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry, don't mean to come across as snippy. I would assume it would be obvious that I am not a new user from my user page and contributions. I didn't create the draft, it was created long ago by someone else, and I didn't want to just override the AFC process. Anyway, there is a related discussion at WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk and Draft talk:Mark Wiens if you are interested. Andre🚐 22:23, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * It did come across that way but so does a lot of things in Wikipedia so no offense taken and no apology necessary. I actually do not look at user pages of a submitter in most cases and the message above is auto generated. I also understand what you mean by circumventing the process although I don't think you would get any flack from other editors if you moved it to mainspace. The worse case would be someone recommending it for AfD. I will take a closer look at the discussion later today and provide input. Cheers! --CNMall41 (talk) 11:25, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * No problem. Thanks Andre🚐 17:53, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Totally reasonable to move it to mainspace. It may take its chances there. I am almost certain it will arrive at AfD. I intend to stay neutral in any further discussion. 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 09:49, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I moved it to mainspace. Thanks for your help and working with me on this. Andre🚐 15:56, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

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Your responses at the laptop article
I appreciate your responses on the talk page. It's an excellent example for the civil acceptance of a consensus that you may not agree with. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:04, 16 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the note! Andre🚐 22:51, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:Allegations of CIA drug trafficking
Hello Andrevan. I asked you about your closure of an RFC. Although I ed you you did not respond so I am asking here. You provided the closure justification-

"There is a reasonable consensus that the RFC question is not answerable as it does not pose a constructive question relating to a change to the article or a question of fact. The question is not neutral and leading per WP:RFCNEUTRAL since it jumps to a conclusion as to the implication of a truth value of a statement."

That is not asserted by any editor in the thread Talk:Allegations of CIA drug trafficking. That is not so much as mentioned by any editor. Where did that idea come from? Invasive Spices (talk) 19:47, 6 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi Invasive Spices, I assumed that ScottishFinishRadish had said what needed to be said that is my paraphrase of the close - because this was a procedural close based on a consensus (commonly called a "Bad RFC" consensus). The 2nd statement is a suggestion of what kind of improvement you could make to open a new RFC based on policy. If you are objecting to the rationale because it contains a policy interpretation for a procedural close, I could strike the whole thing and replace it with simply the words "Bad RFC - procedural close." Andre<span style="border:2px solid #073642;background:rgb(255,156,0);background:linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,156,0,1) 0%, rgba(147,0,255,1) 45%, rgba(4,123,134,1) 87%);">🚐 20:30, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
 * ScottishFinnishRadish's reply doesn't resemble your statement and your statement doesn't resemble any opinion in the RFC thread. Certainly SFR's reply did not help and did mislead.
 * This is an opinion I have not seen you state before. This opinion Bad RFC comes from what part of WP:RFC? — Invasive Spices (talk) 21:48, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 5 users said it was malformed and should be closed. Those who did respond responded to a different question. "Bad RFC" is the Wikipedia jargon for this. Andre<span style="border:2px solid #073642;background:rgb(255,156,0);background:linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,156,0,1) 0%, rgba(147,0,255,1) 45%, rgba(4,123,134,1) 87%);">🚐 22:48, 6 February 2023 (UTC)