Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Lear's Fool

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Question #6
Wow what a tough question! It's essentially asking how you would balance your dedication to Wikipedia versus a BLP subject's personal wishes but the hypothetical situation it's framed in is plausible and really well thought out. Good one fetchcomms. -- &oelig; &trade; 13:07, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

On extension
I have extended the RFA discussion by 3 days. To me, the consensus is simply not clear on this one. The addition of 3 supports and 1 oppose after the scheduled ending signaled to me that there's still discussion left to have. That being said, my decision was not motivated by indecisiveness, but because I believe that the fundamental questions a crat asks when he/she closes an RFA are not being satisfactorily answered by any section. I can't say whether I speak for my colleagues, but I believe that this is a case where more time is helpful.  bibliomaniac 1  5  02:05, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure asking people to bicker over this for 3 more days (to see which side gets tired of arguing first?) will be the least bit productive. It's been seven days; the strongest arguments on each side have been stated. The candidate deserves a decision. Townlake (talk) 02:12, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * My oppose may have been added after the deadline -- I didn't check first. If it will help speed things along I'm willing to withdraw it. Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 02:16, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * !votes at RFA are traditionally accepted even past the deadline. The closing time is an "on or after" type of deal.--Chaser (talk) 03:55, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok. My thought was that a delay like this can't be pleasant for the candidate so I don't want to stand in the way of closure. Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 04:25, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

(crossposting from BN) Personally, I'm not sure that this was the best idea. Both sides have had 7 days to extend their opinions. Extending it further only makes this RfA more of a war of attrition - which side will give up first? There's nothing that extending will achieve except for making hell week a hell weekplus3days. This idea has already been shown by other areas of WP. Unless new info comes up, which has not happened here, extending a closing time does not change consensus. ( X! ·  talk )  · @139  · 02:19, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

For those who don't have it watchlisted, please note that this discussion has continued at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard. -- Lear's Fool 03:09, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I began to write my vote maybe a minute or two before X! put it on hold. I saved my vote and found out he had closed it about 2 minutes before. So much for reading my vote to make it simple and shorter. It was a support. Not sure they will let it through. delirious &amp;  lost  ☯ ~hugs~ 01:31, 9 January 2011 (UTC)