Wikipedia talk:AOTM

The following thread has been moved from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Nominations and is the Genesis for the Administrator of the Month Award

Acalamari

 * nominated by $oHƎM 16:01, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
 * NOTE: Administrators, while deserving, are not eligible to receive the Editor of the Week award. I have informed the Nominator```Buster Seven   Talk  16:52, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Attention Clerks User: Go Phightins!,User:TheOriginalSoni,User:Yash!, User:Gtwfan52, User:Status, User:Hahc21, User:The Interior, User:JustBerry, User:AutomaticStrikeout: The nominator has requested dispensing with the Admin restriction (see the editors talk page). Please discuss . ```Buster Seven   Talk  21:11, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Attention Clerks (Let me try notifying each of you again).... User: Go Phightins!,User:TheOriginalSoni,User:Yash!, User:Gtwfan52, User:Status, User:Hahc21, User:The Interior, User:JustBerry, User:AutomaticStrikeout: The nominator has requested dispensing with the Admin restriction (see the editors talk page). Please discuss . ```Buster Seven   Talk  14:11, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * If I understand this correctly, we are seeking to recognize editors who go largely unnoticed. There are some admins who do go unnoticed, but if we change the rules to make admins eligible, we risk causing this process to become very political. AutomaticStrikeout (₵) 14:18, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I too am concerned about the precedent we would set. Perhaps a WER barnstar?  Go  Phightins  !  14:33, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I too want to nominate the person but don't want the process to be political. I know about kind the of consequences EotW will face if it awards an admin so if it has such dire consequences lets find a way out since overlooking this admin just for avoiding controversies will be unjust and prove her years worth of service for Wikipedia's welfare to be meaningless. Won't it? $oHƎ M❊ আড্ডা 14:41, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * This is not the first time this has come up and I'm sure it won't be the last. We probably should think about creating some kind of supplemental award for deserving admins. Lets wait to see what other clerks have to say. ```Buster Seven   Talk  14:51, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I fully endorse your suggestion. AutomaticStrikeout (₵) 15:09, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Me too!$oHƎ M❊ আড্ডা 15:15, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I think maybe it is getting to be time to have an award for underrecognized admins also. Maybe monthly instead of weekly, due to the fact that it is a pretty big recognition just to be an admin and due to the lesser numbers.  I feel that simply being endorsed as an admin by the community is too much recognition to qualify for EoW. Gtwfan52 (talk) 18:29, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * WP:AOTM is a red link - admin of the month. It has potential, but again, we need to gear it towards underrecognized admins ... that said, we will need more structure and rules if we go forward with this on how to decide who is "underrecognized".  Go  Phightins  !  18:57, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * $oHƎ M❊ আড্ডা 05:32, 21 August 2013 (UTC)