User talk:Athaenara/Archive 000

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 * See also Requests for adminship and WikiProject on Adminship

Adminship
→ '' Pre-RFA and RFA discussions from April through November 2007. ''

Adminship?
 MER-C would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact MER-C to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Requests for adminship/. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state and sign your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

I'll create the nom pending your acceptance. MER-C 10:22, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Give me at least 24 hours to think about it, OK?  — Athaenara  10:41, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * MER-C, what are your reasons for considering this? — Athaenara  21:36, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Several reasons: we need more people able to swing the banhammer at the COI noticeboard, especially now that a proposal to permablock COI/VSCA only accounts * is going unopposed. And delete the rather large amount of prods the noticeboard produces. You seem to be the more ideal candidate (I'm way too deletionist). And you also seem to be the only one standing between us and huge backlogs at WP:BLPN.

I'll probably be burninating unsorted stubs and vandal patrolling for the rest of the day, but I'll keep an eye out. MER-C 06:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)


 * That is a GREAT proposal * .  I'll give the rest of this more thought.  At the moment, catching up with the prod backlog is the only admin task I can imagine doing.  — Athaenara  07:10, 17 April 2007 (UTC)


 * * Wikipedia talk:Blocking policy/Archive 11.

Hello, Athaenara. I join MER-C in asking you to give this serious thought! You would add to the pool of administrators who are well-informed on COI and NPOV matters. If you haven't been reading RfAs lately, you might check out what's happening there, to get ideas for your application. EdJohnston 01:38, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I keep watching this space waiting to see you accept Athaenara. Remember adminship is no big deal, and the tools available to you will help you in the great efforts you put into wikipedia. You certainly have my support and encouragement should you accept. Russeasby 15:46, 29 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't mind adminship if I could limit my activities to diminishing the prod backlog, but I suspect a nom based on that alone would not be taken seriously, especially considering how elaborate the process seems to have become.


 * Feel free to dispute this, anyone, it's just how it looks to me. — Athaenara 10:52, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I still think you would make a great admin, even if you were a SPA (single-purpose admin ;-) ). See here for a current RfA that is going well where the candidate is primarily interested in working with images and IFD (albeit with two other areas of interest expressed). I assume you could say honestly that while you initially would only work on prod backlogs, it is possible you would get involved in other areas later. I think if you could say this, it would be honest and also allow for further expansion, which might allay SPA concerns. I also see there is Admin coaching, perhaps someone there could weigh in on this question if asked? Or perhaps ask an admin you've worked with? Ruhrfisch 13:04, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with Ruhrfisch, there is no rules on what an admin should be doing and how many things they should be involved in. The prod backlog is something sorely in need of more help and I am sure it would be viewed very favorably that you wish to focus on that.  Plus your very active on both the COI and BLP noticeboard, where admin tools may come in handy as well. Russeasby 13:11, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I think that work on prod would be eminently suitable. However, to ensure your qualifications, the skeptics at RfA will likely want to scrutinize your contributions to be sure you have a lot of experience applying prod in the past, will expect you to have joined many AfD and DRV discussions, and maybe even policy discussions on deletion-related Talk pages. Not a big challenge for you if you choose to go that route! EdJohnston 13:31, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I was willing to consider it from the "we need more people" perspective, but as should be obvious by now I have no ambitions for adminship and won't tailor my participation in Wikipedia to pursue it. Thank you anyway, MER-C, Russ, Rührfisch, Ed. — Athaenara 22:55, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Postscript: I've been an IRC channel operator on EFnet, so I know what it's like to be a cross between a janitor and a cop. Taking on those roles on Wikipedia (or anywhere, really) just doesn't appeal to me. — Athaenara 04:55, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

WP:COIN needs more administrators
If I nominate you, will you accept? Jehochman Talk 22:50, 16 June 2007 (UTC)


 * MER-C suggested this in April… I don't mind a bit when administrators find me reliable and respect what I say, but I'm not at all sure I want to be one myself.   — Athaenara 22:58, 16 June 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, but you could always accept the nomination and just speak your heart. * There's no need to change your agenda just to please some narrow minded people. I completely understand your position if you don't want to do this.  We do need more admins on COIN, and you are certainly trusted well enough to have access to the tools for use when needed. Jehochman  Talk 23:42, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

''I repeatedly misread that as "just break your heart." * — Athaenara  ✉  02:55, 12 July 2007 (UTC)''

Again?
→ '' Content fork : See User talk:Athaenara/Archive 1. ''

I think you can keep doing the same things, but if you spot somebody who needs to be blocked, or an article that can be speedily deleted, you can take care of it yourself instead of asking somebody else. It would be more efficient and be better for the project. You are so well trusted that it's just silly for you not to have a few extra buttons on your console in case you want to use them. - Jehochman Talk 02:23, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * OK. I did some homework on it.  Comments?  — Athaenara  ✉  02:34, 22 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm going to line up a nomination for you. I'm too new. I'd like to see you pass 200-0, or better.  - Jehochman  Talk 02:38, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Could you enable your email? I've found somebody who'd like to help you.  - Jehochman  Talk 02:48, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd rather keep all wikicommunications on site. Is that a problem? — Athaenara  ✉  02:52, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, admins are expected to have email enabled. I recommend you set up a dedicated Gmail account for wiki correspondence.  It only takes a moment.  Your sponsor should discuss the nomination privately with you. - Jehochman  Talk 03:38, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * After checking Help:Email confirmation, I'm not sure how to keep my main email enabled for meta-purposes while also enabling a second account (acquired) for administrative purposes. — Athaenara  ✉  04:18, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure about that. If you create a Gmail address, you can enable email, and specify that address for all Wikipedia email. From Gmail you can forward inbound mail to any account you like, so you are promptly notified.  To reply, you would login to Gmail and respond from there.  Gmail doesn't tell the world anything about your identity. - Jehochman  Talk 04:27, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Instead, if you prefer, you can email me and I will put you in touch with a potential sponsor. - Jehochman  Talk 04:53, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Unreadable in bsd shell—send to gmail address? — Athaenara  ✉  05:40, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Preference change wasn't accepted a few hours ago (what was confirmed last year was automatically restored), perhaps because enabling wasn't switched on in the same change. At any rate, that's done now, on what I consider an experimental basis.  — Athaenara  ✉  06:32, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, here's the place to talk about your potential candidacy. You've got plenty of mainspace experience, moplike work (especially in areas I like to see), and to the best of my knowledge no significant conflicts. Is there something you want to know or ask me? I like to nominate COIN volunteers. We need more of them. Durova Charge! 08:40, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Adminship?


 * I found Jehochman's "good for the project" line of reasoning persuasive, so I followed up on some of his suggestions. I'm not sure what he meant by "sponsor" though.  I am willing to consider adminship, and if nominated I'll probably have the grace to accept, but truly I do not hope to spend a lot of time on email, online chat, admin ingroup subculture, etc.  — Athaenara  ✉  07:51, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * There's always /dev/null, especially if you have an email program that deletes certain messages that match certain criteria before you even notice they're there. MER-C 10:25, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I'd probably still co-nom you, if I can say anything original. MER-C 10:25, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll remove ‘as if!’ from my Rfa homework and accept. — Athaenara ✉  02:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Please go ahead! Only one comment: the RfA reviewers do like to see one or two examples of conflicts listed, even if you only speak vaguely, so they know you won't melt down in a crisis. Having fought the good fight at COIN should give you lots of examples to pick from. EdJohnston 03:51, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Some examples of conflict/stress/deal? — Athaenara  ✉  07:25, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Quite appropriate! Mention of WP:DE/N would heat up the discussion, though, since there are many senior editors who believe it is a form of 'votes for banning.' With enough discussion this may get clarified, but it's not ideal for your RfA to become a forum on it. EdJohnston 13:39, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree—it's just homework ;-)  Should the (now 6) examples be pruned further, do you think?  — Athaenara  ✉  19:00, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks good now! EdJohnston 20:29, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Requests for adminship/Athaenara. I won't bother with the template thingy. MER-C 09:55, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Accepted. — Athaenara  ✉  10:10, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

I cited your Request for adminship page, at the current ongoing AfD discussion at Articles for deletion/Noah Lottick, as directly relevant to statements being made about/by a certain user in both locations. I wanted you to know. This is not a solicitation for comment about the ongoing AfD itself, though you are of course free to do as you wish. Good luck in the rest of the RfA, by the way. Curt Wilhelm VonSavage 10:33, 29 October 2007 (UTC).
 * Cited your RfA
 * Thank you for telling me, and for your encouragement. — Athaenara  ✉  11:10, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Any time. Curt Wilhelm VonSavage 11:12, 29 October 2007 (UTC).

It appears that your RFA will be successful, with a couple of hours left. Then again, the community trusts me to make featured pictures, not admins. Congratulations!
 * Your RFA

Now go forth and nuke those vanity/spam/attack/nonsense pages (within reason and policy, of course). MER-C 07:08, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, MER-C, you're a good troop. — Athaenara  ✉  20:35, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Your RFA was successful


Congratulations, I have closed your RfA as successful and you are now a sysop! If you have any questions about adminship, feel free to ask me. Please consider messaging me on IRC for access to the #wikipedia-en-admins channel. Good luck! --Deskana (talk) 10:49, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! Curt Wilhelm VonSavage 10:50, 2 November 2007 (UTC).
 * Congratulations too! Well deserved, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 11:40, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You Have New Messages: Congratulations! - Jehochman  Talk 12:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Good luck in your new role! EdJohnston 12:58, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Congrats. One of the purposes of RfA is to see how well you can tap dance on a bed of red hot coals. You survived with only slightly singed shoes. Try to draw what you can from the criticism you received. - Crockspot 14:13, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Congratulations and best wishes on this new phase of your Wiki-journey! --Parsifal Hello 17:43, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 'Grats! Wished I'd had more chance to coach, but really you didn't need it.  Feel free to look me up if you have questions while you get the hang of this.  It's a pleasure to have you with the mop brigade.  Durova Charge! 17:44, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Congratulations and well-deserved. None of us are perfect, and I have no doubt you'll learn well from the criticism offered and make an excellent admin. Seraphimblade Talk to me 06:46, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Congrats on the successful RFA! I was actually shocked there any oppose at all, but I guess there is always someone unhappy about something. Anyways, well deserved adminship. Russeasby 16:39, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

To all who participated, many thanks for your encouragement! I will not take up the tools immediately but will be studying in the new admin school soon. — Athaenara ♨  17:00, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! – Athaenara  ✉  17:40, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

A goat for you!
You are a great

DrSalvus (talk) 16:45, 12 March 2021 (UTC) 

EdJohnston RFA
→ '' In re : Requests for adminship/EdJohnston. ''

Hi Athaenara, and thanks for your interest. If you could look at the current draft of answers in my Sandbox, I'd be grateful. See if I left anything out that most people would want to have answered. EdJohnston (talk) 19:04, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I couldn't think of anything conspicuously absent. I think you'll make a great admin and I'm glad you're considering acceptance of the nom. — Athaenara  ✉  21:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * In re your ability to communicate without losing your temper with editors who are violating policies and guidelines, could you have a look at this AFD? — Athaenara  ✉  04:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It was appropriate to have an AfD discussion on this. From what I can tell, your speedy deletions were reasonable. The article seems to be improving slightly due to the AfD criticism. I don't feel like weighing in without more study, since the darn thing could be notable. The creator's COI is bothersome, though she is participating in discussions and responding to what people say. With better writing (and maybe some links to similar devices) the article might be worth keeping. As DGG said, finding any product reviews at all would be useful. A Google search for 'xs2theworld' finds the WP article for Speaking Dictionary only on the fourth page of results, which is a good sign.  I've been looking at some other AfDs where the WP article is always the #1 hit. EdJohnston (talk) 06:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. One thing that bothered me was that it seemed like it should be notable, but it isn't the only such product on the market.  — Athaenara  ✉  06:42, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * For example, a search for speaking dictionary without xs2 (the company which produces this one) yields nearly 300,000 ghits. — Athaenara  ✉  06:47, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Athaenara, thanks so much for your support! And since you've been an admin for a while, maybe you can give advice on mistakes that new admins should avoid. (I wasn't aware of the new tabs and so far nearly deleted my user page. That would have been an auspicious beginning :-). EdJohnston (talk) 18:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * You are welcome! — Athaenara  ✉  02:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * One of many areas which need attention is Category:Temporary Wikipedian userpages, not only because there are so many (thousands), but because most indefblocked templates now automatically add pages to that category.
 * Many of the pages so tagged involve sock puppets. Those should not be deleted, because sock puppetry case tracking is more time-consuming (finding the deletion log, bringing up the page to check the categories and usernames, etc.) if the user pages are gone.
 * If the template was substed, it's easy to remove the category from the embedded text. If it wasn't, the page may be edited to subst it (with  as here), then edited again (as here).
 * (Posted because you asked about advice.) — Athaenara ✉  04:44, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * So you should only delete one of those pages if you're sure it's *not* part of the evidence for a sockpuppet report? Why is it appropriate to delete them, rather than ignore them? EdJohnston (talk) 05:51, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * See if you can make sense of the "they should not be in this category in the first place, but if they are, please leave them" caution and get back to me on it, please :-) — Athaenara  ✉  06:00, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It's confusing. My interpretation of "they should not be in this category" is to get them out of the category.  My interpretation of "please leave them" is "don't delete them," not "leave them in the category."  — Athaenara  ✉  06:40, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * This admin stuff is not going in a good direction. From the glamor and excitement of the COI noticeboard, to the Temporary Wikipedian userpages?.. I guess it's important to be useful. EdJohnston (talk) 06:52, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Glamour? Excitement?  What'd I miss?!  — Athaenara  ✉  06:54, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * (Probably the irony.) — Athaenara ✉  07:01, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Really, no irony, just a little hyperbole. I looked at some of the other RfAs running the same time as mine, to see the kind of WP work the other candidates had done, and one man did so much vandal-fighting his user page was vandalized 49 times. It's hard to think it would be fun to work in such an area long term. At COIN people are relatively polite, and when new editors show up that don't seem inclined to follow the rules, you can feel the support of the community in dealing with them. EdJohnston (talk) 14:05, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * And I'm just a little slow ;-) In the long run, or even in the short run, if one spends a lot of time on tasks one finds tedious and aggravating, one is likely to contribute less and less.  So, in the interest of your individual well-being as well as in the interest of the community at large: involve yourself in the tasks you enjoy, you'll do them well.  — Athaenara  ✉  14:14, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

ArbCom
→  in re: Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008 (candidate statements, results‎) 

You should run for ArbCom. Jehochman Talk 20:36, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I should? Say what?  — Athaenara  ✉  20:40, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You have very keen analytic skills, great resistance to trolling, and a tendency to avoid wikipolitics. You have a female username, and females are under-represented on the committee. Jehochman Talk 20:47, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Well. Hmm.  So, this would mean that I would have to be nominated, whether by another user or myself, and if elected I would have to subscribe to a mailing list?  (that last would annoy me most ;-)


 * I am quite exceptionally pleased when analytic skills, resistance to trolling, and wikipolitic-o-phobia are commended, but I don't know about the female bit, really. Of course I am a woman, and when I was an undergraduate math major I heard similar arguments (sometimes negatively, e.g. the "you'll have it easy because of affirmative action/PC quotas/reverse discrimination" sort of thing).  Being far more enchanted by math than by feminism, I became a bit averse to the issue and I guess I am still.


 * Truly, I'm thinking no, but when you make suggestions I'm inclined to think they have a worthy basis, so I will give it more thought. — Athaenara  ✉  05:00, 1 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Think yes. --Regents Park (bail out your boat) 21:17, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not ignoring you, I'm just thinking  oh, $#!+  ... — Athaenara  ✉  19:30, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I had feared that answering questions would take a long time, but it was not all that difficult. I decided to answer most off the top of my head, in order to provide a candid look at my thinking.  In some sense, it is more authentic to answer quickly than to try to calculate how to please the most people.  The worst that happens is not "winning".  We need more people to volunteer who are not interested in power. Jehochman Talk 19:33, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It's not the questions, and I'm not such a crusader that I feel compelled to throw myself into a fray. It's not wanting to be on a mailing list and not wanting to be part of what looks now like a major cluster fuck (weeding out silly* and pointy self-noms would improve it).   I don't think any of the current arbs should be re-selected.  — Athaenara  ✉  19:00, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * [ extremely * - 18:00, 23 November 2008 (UTC)  ]
 * Bottom of the ninth on this. You should think about it. Whatever the positives and negatives of arbcom itself, it can always use a few calm people on it. (Of course, even for someone like me at the bottom of the totem pole, wikipedia takes up far more time than is wise ......) --Regents Park (bail out your boat) 20:15, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'm encouraged that some admirable folks [J & RP] support the idea, but I really don't want to be on that [Arbcom mailing] list. Maybe next year! — Athaenara ✉  20:20, 21 November 2008 (UTC) [03:30, 22 November 2008 (UTC)]
 * Surely, a sensible decision. Wikipedia is extraordinarily good at consuming time! --Regents Park (bail out your boat) 20:05, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

It's that time of the year again ...
... arbcom elections. So how about giving it a go this time? (Third opinions welcome!) --RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 16:15, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Maybe when I'm sixty-four! — Athaenara  ✉  21:05, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I Should Have Known Better --RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 20:24, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * It's a long and winding road but the nominations closed and I've escaped again! — Athaenara ✉  00:30, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 * ... "up to 100 emails a day"? you won't see me ... — Athaenara ✉  00:14, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Arbcom
→  in re: Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2010/Candidates (election report) 

It's that time of the year again, so it's time for that question again! Hope you're considering a run. --RegentsPark (talk) 12:09, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Man, that just makes me want to duck (quack). Why me?  Why not you?  – Athaenara  ✉  22:30, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Me? You're kidding. Have you seen the number of questions that need to be answered! :) --RegentsPark (talk) 23:12, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Whoa, I'm straight to question 2 and answering NO, full stop. Wading into conflicts driven by bitterly opposed points of view from deeply entrenched positions, ArbCom's raison d'être, is not how I'm going to shorten my life, tyvm!  – Athaenara  ✉  01:27, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

ArbCom?
You have been an incredible admin. I should remember to stop by and thank you at least once a year. Jehochman Talk 01:47, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Well, hell's bells and spider's ankles (thanks, Maeve Binchy [it's in Echoes]), what a nice thing to say. Thanks for not suggesting I run for ArbCom again.  Oh, you did?  And I said no again.  – Athaenara  ✉  01:47, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * You’d be amazing at a job like that if you were ever inclined due to your excellent sense of fairness, perceptiveness, accuracy and tireless work ethic. Jehochman Talk 01:58, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * As preserved in User talk:Athaenara/Archive 000, this came up before (I remember I particularly enjoyed communicating via Beatles song titles). I studied those discussions again and now realize that I need to hear what I might enjoy about being on ArbCom and reading 100 emails a day.  There's a window of opportunity here while I'm keeping an open mind: bring on the persuasion.  – Athaenara  ✉  09:43, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * You are amazing at analyzing data and research. Look how you found that old conversation. My experience is that people are really good at the things that they love. Your skills would be put to great use, and if you have the time, this will be intensely satisfying. Among life’s great pleasures is admiring the results of a job well done. (I already gets hundred of emails per day and end every day with an empty box.  Filters and the gmail snooze feature work wonders.) why don’t you go ask GorillaWarfare what it’s like. She is presently the best researcher on the Committee. Jehochman Talk 11:10, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * None of that is ringing any bells. I'll just say this:  on the basis of this alone I wouldn't mind being the first support in a re-certification RfA (requiring which is a gratuitous insult at the very least), and I'm one who never heard of the guy before the Fit hit the Shan a couple of months ago.   – Athaenara  ✉  19:45, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I'd never heard of him either. Super active admin + I never heard of him = Must be doing a good job.  All the productive editors are the people one never notices, for the most part.  (Not me, I'm lazy and bumble around project space too much, though I occasionally take flight and make something wonderful.)  Jehochman Talk 20:14, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

RfX report
→  in re: this edit to User:X!/RfX Report 

Hey, thanks for fixing that! Odd; I was *just* about to do exactly the same thing, after complained that it looked wrong when transcluded on their userspace page.

I made the edit because the bot missed the fact that MacMed's RfA was closed and re-opened, and wanted to fix that; also wanted to note that I had amended it ('coz I know how much DRAMA goes on around those parts).

Anyway - all good now; thx again.  Chzz  ►  20:10, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * No problemo (that non-admin closure was faulty, too). — Athaenara ✉  20:20, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Indeed; that's really why I wanted to fix the table - it was unfair on MacMed to close it in that fashion; yes, I know they were clearly failing, but that's not the point. Anyway. All's well that ends well, apparently; MacMed seemed (online chat) to be OK with things, so hopefully will continue improving as an editor.  Chzz  ►  08:17, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

→  in re: this edit to RfX Report 

bureaucrat candidate is the name of the template; whether it's an RfA or an RfB is decided by one of the parameters (either rfa=yes or crat=yes). -- Soap Talk/Contributions 13:08, 20 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks (syntax obvious, my question dumb!) — Athaenara ✉  22:36, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

RfC on Community de-adminship
→  see also: page histories for RfC and its talk page 

You are receiving this message because you contributed to Wikipedia talk:Community de-adminship/Draft RfC and have not participated at Community de-adminship/RfC or been directly informed this RfC has opened. Please accept my apologies if you have been informed of and/or participated in the RfC already.

This RfC has opened and your comments are welcome and encouraged. Please visit Community de-adminship/RfC. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 16:15, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reminder. – Athaenara  ✉  20:47, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Administrator activity policy update
Hello, Athaenara. This message is to let you know about a change to the administrator policy:


 * I realize you're probably doing this via script or bot but nonetheless I do appreciate being notified. Thanks. – Athaenara  ✉  22:08, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi @Athaenara - we did send a big batch by bot, but yours was at least a copy-paste since you are opted out of MMS. — xaosflux  Talk 22:54, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

For your efforts...

 * You are welcome, and thanks for the star! – Athaenara  ✉  01:51, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassadors
→  see also: Wikipedia Signpost/2010-12-27/Ambassadors  Hi! My name is Annie Lin - I'm the Campus Team Coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm contacting you because you're listed as a resident of San Francisco, and we're currently looking for a friendly Wikipedian to teach students in a University of San Francisco class how to use/edit Wikipedia. This is a role titled the "Wikipedia Campus Ambassador," and you'll basically be doing in-class presentations about Wikipedia, running Wikipedia labs/workshops, and in general providing face-to-face Wikipedia help for the professor and the students in the class. The time commitment is about 3-5 hours a week (with variations throughout the semester), and for this particular University of San Francisco class, most of the workload will be between March and May.
 * Wikipedia Campus Ambassador needed

Please let me know if you're interested!

Thanks. Annie Lin (Campus Team Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 18:49, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * It's a good initiative, sorry I can't do it. – Athaenara ✉  03:52, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

→  in re: Online Ambassadors  Hi! Since you've been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, I wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.
 * Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors

If that sounds like you and you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors during the current term, which started in January and goes through early May. If that's something you want to do, please apply!

You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).

I hope to hear from you soon. --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:59, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
Hello,

Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. Mike V • Talk 20:46, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

'We're colleagues, not livestock'...
→  in re: this post on Requests for adminship/Pvmoutside 

...bet you've sometimes longed for that virtual cattle prod through ;) great line! Cheers,  &mdash;  O Fortuna   semper crescis, aut decrescis  12:40, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! – Athaenara  ✉  22:53, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
Wishing Athaenara a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Slightly mad  05:29, 2 November 2017 (UTC)


 * What a lovely mission, keep up the good work. – Athaenara  ✉  20:51, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

 Happy Adminship Anniversary! Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!
 * Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 00:37, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Great day in the mornin', hey, thanks, man! – Athaenara  ✉  02:10, 2 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Happy Adminship Anniversary!

<div class="boilerplate metadata" style="background-color:#E6E6FA; border: 1px solid #7D00B3; margin: 0.5em auto; padding: 0.5em; width:90%; text-align: center"> Happy Adminship Anniversary! Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 09:06, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you! 14 years!  – Athaenara  ✉  20:03, 10 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Happy Adminship Anniversary!


 * Thanks, man! – Athaenara  ✉  01:41, 2 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Happy Adminship Anniversary!

<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; height: 60px; padding: 1em; border: solid 7px orchid; background-color: yellow;"> '''Wishing Athaenara a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Best wishes! CAPTAIN RAJU''' (T) 02:36, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much! – Athaenara  ✉  04:50, 2 November 2021 (UTC)


 * A barnstar for you!
 * It may interest you to know that i opened this SPI. Celestina007 (talk) 03:57, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, the SPI looks like a good move, too. – Athaenara  ✉  04:00, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Neutral 39
→  in re: this edit to Requests for adminship/Harrias 2 

After-the-party-intrigued. What do you find stupid about the offside law? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:59, 3 January 2018 (UTC)


 * At the time it was 40, not 39, and I called it "absolutely idiotic", not stupid. – Athaenara  ✉  08:30, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Lol. Love your pedantry. What is it that you dislike about it? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:37, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Do you lack a sense of humor? – Athaenara  ✉  23:13, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Some might say so. It was obvious it was a joke, but if I was looking for an example of something "absolutely idiotic", I'd pick something I thought was absolutely idiotic. It seems you just chose to name something random that you don't actually think absolutely idiotic. OK. You could have just said that straight away. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 11:49, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Not admining any more
→  in re: Bureaucrats' noticeboard/Archive 42 (November 2019)  →  see also: Bureaucrats' noticeboard/Archive 43 (February 2020) 

I noticed your post at WP:BN and can easily understand giving the mop back, but I do hope you'll still be around to contribute. If you ever see anything admin related that you'd like a hand with - feel free to ping me. — Ched (talk) 17:53, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
 * BN
 * Thanks,  very kind offer!  – Athaenara  ✉  19:06, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
 * This prompts a certain degree of nostalgia. You were an active administrator when I was just getting involved in Wikipedia, and I very much associate your name with that period, and there's a certain sadness in seeing the end of an era. You have been doing a significant amount of admin work right up to a couple of days ago, so your suddenly dropping it all is a surprise. However, I see that as far as editing is concerned that you have made something of a comeback in the last couple of years, so like Ched I hope you'll still be contributing. JBW (talk) Formerly JamesBWatson 16:39, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
 * It was kind of odd, I noticed in the past several weeks that it was beginning to feel like drudgery.
 * Increasingly aware that if I were not doing the work it would still get done, I'd just do it, beginning to wonder if experiencing it as drudgery would be a permanent condition. Then one day I came around a virtual corner and realized I don't have to do this!  And I don't have to go through a week long Request for Release from Servitude, either, I can just stop!  Quit!  Retire!  Whatever you want to call it!
 * Following a wrong link, I submitted my request in the wrong place but was soon directed to the right place and free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I'm free at last! – Athaenara ✉  19:44, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, if you experienced the work as drudgery, and you now feel "free at last", then obviously you were right to drop it. Whatever one thinks Wikipedia is, Wikipedia is not important enough to sacrifice yourself to it if you are not finding it a positive experience. However, I don't agree with "if I were not doing the work it would still get done". While that may be true of most of the individual admin tasks any admin performs, each one of those tasks performed is one less task in the backlog of tasks to be performed. That means that the admin who would have performed that task can instead spend the time on another task, and the admin who would have done that one can do another... The end result is that even if the task you performed would have been done anyway, somewhere along the line of tasks waiting to be done, there will be one which gets done that otherwise wouldn't have been done. There are always admin tasks waiting in a backlog, and a proportion of them just don't get done because there aren't enough admins. However, none of that means that you were wrong to retire as an admin. If you do continue as an editor (which at present you look like doing), there are non-admin tasks that you can do which are just as useful as the

admin ones you won't be doing, just different ones, and if you retire from editing all together, well, as I said above, Wikipedia is not important enough to sacrifice yourself to. Anyway, happy retirement, whether it's retirement from editing or just from mopping. JBW (talk) Formerly JamesBWatson 11:11, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I was sad to see this as well, but also get it. Enjoy the break/freedom/whatever :) TonyBallioni (talk) 02:16, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, keep up the great work!  – Athaenara  ✉  04:08, 25 November 2019 (UTC)


 * I hope you'll refind joy in simply editing. Wikipedia should be a fun hobby, not a drudgery! It's a cautionary tale you're giving me here. --valereee (talk) 13:51, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

In the light of what you have said above about being "free at last", my guess is that you don't wish to be burdened with anything to do with administrator-tasks, so you would prefer not to be consulted about unblock requests from editors you blocked. If I'm wrong about that please let me know, as otherwise I will assume I am free to review such requests without contacting you. JBW (talk) Formerly JamesBWatson 11:17, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Unblock requests
 * I'll see most of those, from my practice of checking user talk page histories in my contribs for post-blocknotice activity. Anyone can ping me or not as they wish.  – Athaenara  ✉  17:52, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

I guess I'm a little late noticing this. You were one of the first admins I interacted with, and you were one of the first users to encourage me to become an admin (sorry I never took your advice there). You've also been the admin most likely to process my requests for deletions in my userspace. I'm glad you decided to drop the mop when you felt the time was right, rather than feeling you had to be burdened with something you no longer desired. Thanks for your years of service, Athaenara. M AN d ARAX •  XAЯA b ИA M  07:53, 9 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi, it's good to see you again! You and I have been in the trenches together several times: those are good memories because we were going after mischief-makers who needed going after and the spirit of cooperation in getting it done was strong.  Keep up your good work, and thanks for your support! – Athaenara  ✉  09:44, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
 * While I was in the neighborhood, I checked out your gallery again; thanks for adding my signature! However, it didn't look quite right, and I noticed that the one immediately above mine had some formatting errors. I fixed an issue on that signature which was making all of the ones below it (including mine) display incorrectly. Hey, I kinda have a notion that admins are expected to have conservative signatures; now that you're free of that constraint, you could probably go wild if you wanted to! M AN d ARAX  •  XAЯA b ИA M  08:50, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing that missing markup. In my first months here in 2006, I had what I thought was an elegant Edwardian Script ITC sig but it displayed properly only on some systems, not others, and I stopped using it after some weeks or months when it didn't display properly even on my own computer.  All that exposure to so many complicated creations from other editors while building the gallery muted the attraction of constructing a complicated handle of my own, too.   – Athaenara  ✉  08:50, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Apology
About this, I should have corrected it before publication. I've been using the his or her formatter but that sentence was added by another, uncredited, editor. ☆ Bri (talk) 20:57, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Hey, I didn't for a moment think of blaming you, I just wanted that gallumphing great uber-PCness of Wikipedia monkey off my back in this one tiny instance. – Athaenara  ✉  04:48, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
→  in re: 


 * Thanks! – Athaenara  ✉  01:36, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Message from Athaenara
Athaenara is reading her talk page messages but, under the recent site-wide strictures (see https://en.wikipedia.org/sec-warning), not editing or logging in until OS updates or a replacement computer enable it. She is taking advantage of this initially unwelcome respite and treating it as a brief sabbatical. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.89.241.52 (talk) 14:00, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
 * (The absence forced by browser issues lasted 40 days, from my last 1 October edit until my first 10 November edit below.) – Athaenara ✉  22:50, 30 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Update: connected and reading messages today. – Athaenara  ✉  19:54, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Update 2: ANY reliable administrator is free to reverse ANY administrative action I have taken, whether page protection, page deletion, user block, or anything else. – Athaenara  ✉  20:02, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Assorted RfA thanks (succeeded)
 adapted this image map for his RfA thankspam.

EdJohnston
 Requests for adminship/EdJohnston 

Athaenara, thanks so much for your support! And since you've been an admin for a while, maybe you can give advice on mistakes that new admins should avoid. (I wasn't aware of the new tabs and so far nearly deleted my user page. That would have been an auspicious beginning :-). EdJohnston (talk) 18:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

VanTucky
 Requests for adminship/VanTucky 2 

Xenocidic
 Requests for adminship/Xenocidic 

Hey, I just wanted to thank you for participating in my RFA. I've also left some thank spam below. =) happy editing, xenocidic (talk) 00:13, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I would like to thank the community for placing their trust in me during my recent request for adminship, which passed 72 13 2. Rest assured, I have read each comment thoroughly and will be addressing the various concerns raised as I step cautiously into my new role as janitor. In particular, I would like to thank Balloonman for putting so much time into reviewing my contributions and writing such a thoughtful nomination statement after knowing me for only a brief period of time (and for convincing me that I was ready to take up the mop now, rather than go through admin coaching).
 * Thank you for your support

To my fellow admins - please let me know right away if I ever take any mis-steps with my new tools. Should I make a mistake, and you reverse the action, I will not consider it to be wheel-warring (but please tell me so I can understand what I did wrong).

To everyone - please feel free to slap me around a bit if I ever lose sight of the core philosophy of Wikipedia as I understand it - the advancement of knowledge through the processes of mutual understanding and respect. As always, feel free to drop by my talk page if I can be of any assistance. =)

Sincerely, ~xenocidic, 01:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

AngelOfSadness
 Requests for adminship/AngelOfSadness 

Pinkville
 Requests for adminship/Pinkville 
 * Joining the ranks of the admins



Cenarium
 Requests for adminship/Cenarium 

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a final count of 42 supporting, 2 opposing and 2 neutral. I would like to thank Keeper76 especially for the great nomination. I look forward to assist the project and its community as an administrator. Thanks again, <font color="#000080">Cena <font color="#1560bd">rium <font color="#000090"> Talk 01:03, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Lenticel
 Requests for adminship/Lenticel 

SarekOfVulcan
 Requests for adminship/SarekOfVulcan 

Thank you for !voting on my RfA. If you supported, I'll make sure your confidence is not misplaced; if you opposed, I'll take your criticism into account and try to adjust my behavior accordingly. See you around the wiki!--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 00:12, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * ¡ǝɯoɔɿǝʍ ǝɹ,noʎ, I mean, you're welcome  — Athaenara  ✉  03:07, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Lifebaka
 Requests for adminship/Lifebaka 

Thank you, Athaenara, for your support !vote at my RFA. --<i style="color:green;">lifebaka</i> (Talk - Contribs) 18:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Frank
 Requests for adminship/Frank 

Thank you for your support in my recent RfA, which closed successfully. I felt the process was a thorough review of my contributions and my demeanor, and I was very gratified to see how many editors took the time to really see what I'm about and how I can be of help to the project. As a result, some editors changed their views during the discussion, and most expressed specific, detailed points to indicate their opinion (whether it was, , or ).
 * My RfA

A number of editors were concerned about my level of experience. I was purposeful in not waiting until a particular benchmark occurred before requesting adminship, because I feel - as many do - that adminship is not a reward and that each case is individual. It is true that I am not the most experienced editor around here, but I appreciate that people dug into my contributions enough to reach the conclusion that I seem to have a clue. Also, the best thing about this particular concern is that experience is something an editor - or administrator - can always get more of, and I'll continue doing that, just as I've been doing. (If I seem a little slow at it, feel free to slap me.)

Thanks for noticing (and correctly interpreting) what I said about vandals and consensus. I thought I was extending the idea of consensus a bit [diff], but not everybody saw it that way. Your support [diff] was appreciated!

I am a strong believer in the concept that this project is all about the content, and I'm looking forward to contributing wherever I can. Please let me know if I can be of any help. In the meantime, I'm off to school...

Thanks again! Frank |  talk  13:38, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

TomStar81
 Requests for adminship/TomStar81 3‎ 
 * The traditional rfa thank message

StephenBuxton
 Requests for adminship/StephenBuxton‎ 

Thank you for supporting me at my RFA, which closed a short while ago as a success. Thank you also for switching your initial oppose to a support - completely unexpected, but greatly appreciated. I understand now the concerns that people have about admin coaching, and had I been as aware of it before RFA, I might have been tempted to hold back for a month or so. Fortunately, it never became too much of an issue at my RFA, and the end result is that I can wield the mop! (But I shall be wielding it carefully...) Once again, thank you. StephenBuxton (talk) 23:38, 12 July 2008 (UTC)


 * As an aside, could you let me know please what the template is for that rather nice admin icon you have at the top right hand corner of your talk page - the one wielding the mop? If you could let me know on my talk page, that would be great - I have about 20 or so more thank you letters to type, and I'll only forget where I posted my request... Many thanks in advance, StephenBuxton (talk) 23:40, 12 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Done! — Athaenara  ✉  00:00, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

→ '' In re : block log, related post. ''
 * Inspired by Xenocidic

Hi! Seeing that you enjoyed Xeno's spoof blocking of the test user, I thought You might be interested in seeing what his block has inspired me to do. Still got a few more lessons to do, and I've resolved to be as silly as possible for those lessons, as I will have to be sensible with my comments once I graduate - gotta get the fun in whilst you can! StephenBuxton (talk) 11:54, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I found it very entertaining ;-)  — Athaenara  ✉  10:20, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Stephen - I don't recall you being authorized to have fun at this... Frank  |  talk  11:59, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Is this the time to quote WP:BOLD and WP:IAR, even if my log records to the uninformed show me to be a WP:DICK? ;-) StephenBuxton (talk) 15:54, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * As long as it's not WP:DGAF :-) Frank  |  talk  11:24, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Happyme22
 Requests for adminship/Happyme22‎ 

Ben MacDui
 Requests for adminship/Ben MacDui 

Okiefromokla
 Requests for adminship/Okiefromokla 

Steven Fruitsmaak
 Requests for adminship/Steven Fruitsmaak 

J.delanoy
 Requests for adminship/J.delanoy 2 

Thanks for your support in my RFA, which passed with 140 supporting, 11 opposing, and 4 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have given to me. If I can ever assist you with anything, just ask.

Cheers! J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds 19:40, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Gazimoff
 Requests for adminship/Gazimoff 

WilliamH
 Requests for adminship/WilliamH 

Just a little note to say thankyou for participating in my successful RFA candidacy, which passed with 96 supports, 0 opposes, and 1 neutral. I am pleasantly taken aback by the amount of support for me to contribute in an administrative role and look forward to demonstrating that such faith is well placed. Regards, WilliamH (talk) 09:08, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Paul Erik
 Requests for adminship/Paul Erik 

Athaenara, thank you for your contribution to the discussion at my recent RfA. If ever you have any concerns about my actions, adminly or otherwise, don't hesitate to let me know. Best wishes, Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 23:19, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

JGHowes
 Requests for adminship/JGHowes  <div style="background-color: white; border: #5B92E5 solid 2px; margin-bottom:.5em; padding: 5px; font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><font color="#084C9E">, I wish to say thanks for your support in my successful request for adminship, which ended with 82 supports, 3 opposes, and 1 neutral. I will do my best to live up to your expectations. I would especially like to thank Rlevse  for nominating me and  Wizardman  for co-nominating me. &mdash;  JGHowes <sup style="color:darkblue;">talk  -  19 August 2008 —Preceding undated comment was added at 04:27, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Smashville
 Requests for adminship/Smashville 

Cirt
 Requests for adminship/Cirt 

Thingg
 Requests for adminship/Thingg 2 
 * RfA thanks

Jac16888
 Requests for adminship/Jac16888 
 * Rfa Spam

Thank you so much for your support on my RFA, which today passed unanimously. I will do my best to make sure that I don't let any of you down. If you ever need any help with anything, feel free to ask me, i'll be happy to. Thanks again --Jac16888 (talk) 17:17, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Berig
 Requests for adminship/Berig 2 

Addshore
 Requests for adminship/Addshore 2 

Aervanath
 Requests for adminship/Aervanath 
 * Thanks for the support!

Thanks for supporting my successful Rfa! Hope to work with you more in the future! --Aervanath lives in <b style="color:green;">the Orphanage</b> 19:23, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Jclemens
 Requests for adminship/Jclemens 
 * Jclemens RfA

SilkTork
 Requests for adminship/SilkTork 2 
 * My round

Dravecky
 Requests for adminship/Dravecky 
 * Thank you for participating in my RfA

I just wanted to take a moment to say "thank you" for taking the time and effort to participate in my recent RfA. As you may know, the discussion closed 66/0/1 and I'm now a holder of the mop. I will keep working to improve the encyclopedia and appreciate the trust which you have placed in me. - Dravecky (talk) 23:10, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Dank55
 Requests for adminship/Dank55 
 * Thanks

Thanks for your careful consideration at my successful RfA. "No doubts" was generous and appreciated. Please let me know on my talk page if you have any suggestions for me. - Dan Dank55 (send/receive) 17:30, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

RegentsPark
Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RegentsPark
 * RfA thanks

Thank you for the trust you placed in me by supporting my RfA (which passed and, apparently, I am now an admin!). I will do my best to continue to act in a way that is consistent with the policies of wikipedia as well with our common desire to build and perfect this repository of human knowledge; and can only hope that you never feel that your trust was misplaced. Thanks again! --Regent's Park (Rose Garden) 23:37, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

FlyingToaster
Requests for adminship/FlyingToaster 2
 * Shameless thankspam



FlyingToaster Barnstar  Hello Athaenara! Thank you so much for your support in my  recent RfA , which passed with a tally of 126 / 32 / 5. I am truly humbled by the trust you placed in me, and will endeavor to live up to that trust.  Flying Toaster 

LessHeard vanU
Requests for adminship/LessHeard vanU 2
 * ThankSpam

Ironholds
Requests for adminship/Ironholds 5

You supported me in June 2008. You supported me in October 2008. You supported me in January 2010. I'm not sending out a lot of thanks - indeed, I think you're one of only two people getting some - but for a long time, whenever anyone said "what's the first thing you'd do as an admin" I've instantly replied with "drop Athaenara a line". I haven't really encountered you much outside RfA, but your constant support of my efforts to gain the community's trust have stuck in my mind, and while this may not be the first thing I've done since having sysop privileges, it is certainly the most heartfelt. In an RfA with 167 supports, any 1 support is not going to make that much of a difference. But if it could, it'd be your one. I will do my best not to let you and the other users down. Ironholds (talk) 04:54, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thankspam


 * Thanks for the note, and I'm glad it passed! – Athaenara  ✉  05:00, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Ansh666
→  in re: Requests for adminship/Ansh666 
 * Thanks!

Hi Athaenara, thank you for your comments at my RfA. Your support is much appreciated! ansh 666 21:17, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Lawrence Cohen
 Requests for adminship/Lawrence Cohen 

Thanks for your support in my RFA, that didn't quite make it and ended at 120/47/13. There was a ton of great advice there, that I'm going to go on. Maybe someday. If not, there are articles to write! Thanks for your support. Lawrence §  t / e  17:53, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

InDeBiz1
 Requests for adminship/InDeBiz1 and User:InDeBiz1/RfA Followup 

Hello, Athaenara, and thank you for your recent participation in my RfA, which was closed per WP:NOTNOW after reaching a vote tally of 5/15/2. While I am disappointed in the outcome, I understand that it - as well as the comments left by yourself and others - was in the best interests of Wikipedia at this time. I plan to take everything that was written to heart and improve myself here on Wikipedia with a goal of perhaps accepting a nomination again in the future, should someone choose to nominate me. As a way of gathering further feedback, I have created a page in my user space for other editors to leave comments about things that they might have observed during my RfA and to continue my "education process," as it may be considered. If you would like to contribute to that page, it may be found here. Again, thank you for participating and I appreciate your comments! --InDeBiz1 (talk) 17:55, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Tinkleheimer
 Requests for adminship/Tinkleheimer 

Thank you for your comments in my RFA. I will do my best to address the concerns, and I will try to help out with the hooks on WP:DYK, cause I know it's kind of frustrating for me when I hardly get any comments up until the last day. Hehe. Thanks again. :D  &lt;3  Tinkleheimer   TALK!!  21:19, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Ironholds
 Requests for adminship/Ironholds 

Thanks for taking the time to contribute, and of course, thanks for voting to support :). I'm going to be focusing on article writing for a bit as soon as the exams are all over, which will hopefully quieten down some of the naysayers. Hopefully i'll see you then, best of luck until that point :). <b style="color:#D3D3D3">Ir</b><b style="color:#A9A9A9">on</b><b style="color:#808080">ho</b><b style="color:#696969">ld</b><b style="color:#000">s</b> 21:39, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

NonvocalScream
→  in re: my oppose on Requests for adminship/NonvocalScream2 
 * My RFA...

Could you clarify what you mean a little. Your comment confuses me and I do want to learn from it. I'm not asking you to change it. Very best, NonvocalScream (talk) 23:15, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Tnxman307
 Requests for adminship/Tnxman307 

Kww
 Requests for adminship/Kww 
 * Finally made it at Requests for adminship/Kww 4 in April 2010


 * All is for the best, in this, the best of all possible worlds

One of the advantages of not having many supporters at your RFA is that there are fewer people to thank at the end. Thanks for your support and your willingness to look at my complete record. I'm going to try to interpret this resounding defeat as a statement that I should choose my words more carefully in the future, and remember that every statement I make gets recorded forever, just waiting to get carefully transcribed onto my next RFA. I would go insane if I believed that it was repudiation of what I truly meant: that no editor should consciously and willfully ignore guidelines and policies, and editors that repeatedly do so should not be rewarded for or supported in doing so.

I'm sure I'll get back to full speed editing soon, because, after all, every day, and in every way, I am getting better and better.&mdash;Kww(talk) 05:51, 9 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I like your attitude ;-) and I'd support you again, too. — Athaenara  ✉  15:40, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Dendodge
 Requests for adminship/Dendodge 3 
 * RfA thankspam

Greetings
Hello Athaenara! It's been a while. I hope you are well and happy. I recently resigned my adminship and was wondering if you could watchlist my userpage and help keep me safe. There are a few banned users who put on their socks and attack my page from time to time. Occasional revdels may be needed. Many thanks! Jehochman Talk 21:19, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, Jeh, it has indeed been awhile. I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, userpage protection, or check your user pages at regular intervals?  And what if I drop dead between now and Christmas, or even between now and Valentine's Day, then where will you be?  – Athaenara  ✉  15:49, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
 * You won't disappear. You can just watchlist me, please, and maybe pop in once and a while to say "hello"?  I have 500 talk page watchers, so if you're not around, somebody else will be there. You are important, because in my humble opinion, you are the best administrator on Wikipedia. Jehochman Talk 16:19, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Holy cow. – Athaenara  ✉  16:21, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

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