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Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Candidates/SWinxy

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The following discussion is preserved as an archive of an administrator election candidacy that did not succeed. Please do not modify it.

Final (168/177/271); See official results (non-admin closure) – DreamRimmer Alt (talk) 17:15, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination

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SWinxy (talk · contribs · he/him) – Hi, I'm SWinxy (/swi:ŋksi:/), an editor who got into this at the start of the COVID lockdowns, joining in May 2020. I've written articles such as Steve (Minecraft), Catturd, and Keffals. I'm also a press photographer for Wikimedia Commons—one of my photos is in the 2023 collage image!—and member of WP:WMNYC. Being a user on this site has made me better equipped to do research, and gave me my life's mindset. I feel beholden to discussions, which I liken to talking with colleagues. I've never edited for pay, and I have a zero-edit bot account called User:SWinxyTheBot. SWinxy (talk) 04:35, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

Please disclose whether you have ever edited Wikipedia for pay.

Questions for the candidate

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Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. Please answer these questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. Why are you interested in becoming an administrator?
A: The tools I desire out of the admin toolbox are to protect and unprotect pages, view and restore deleted pages, and editing fully-protected articles. Modifying protection levels would be nice to have, as I edit in contentious topic areas where alterations may need to be made. Viewing deleted pages would assist me greatly in writing and deletion discussions. (Are there useful sources in a deleted page I missed? Is there context to an old deletion discussion I need?) While I don't think I've ever made a fully-protected edit request, I've often wanted to make tiny changes to articles temporarily under full protection, brought to my attention because they were fully protected. I don't really want to have the mop so I have the ability to block users or delete pages—that's not my thing, but maybe later as the site's needs change? I've been encouraged by User:Rhododendrites to cast my hat into the ring, and here I am. Backdropping this is the concern about shedding administrators over time. I want to become an admin to stem the outflow of great people with me in their stead.
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
A: I think by best contributions are around the prosecution of Donald Trump in New York. I created the page, originally as the indictment, and moved up to being member of the press on the scene. (I even went into the courtroom one day!) While I was stationed there for ~six weeks, I took a ton of photos, and added photos to reporters who never have had any photo added to their articles (there were so many). I'm very proud of it all!
3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
A: Oh, yes (namely cricketer AfDs). But I don't think in the past year I've been in any highly-stressful or uncivil conflicts. I try to lay out my view as I would to a colleague, and hope consensus is in my favor. If it's not, well, that's OK. From past conflicts, I've changed how I approach them. Briefly mentioned in my opener, AGF is my prevailing, core attitude to pretty much everything in my life. We're all here, of course, with a purpose.

You may ask optional questions below. There is a limit of two questions per editor. Multi-part questions are disallowed, but you are allowed to ask follow-up questions related to previous questions.

Optional question from Z1720

4. In your response to question 3, you mention how you have had conflicts in the cricketer AfDs. What was the nature of the conflict(s) in the AfD space, and how specifically do you handle such conflicts now? Diffs to recent examples would be beneficial. Thanks, Z1720 (talk) 00:48, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A: My conflict had been with a few members of Wikiproject Cricket, who I felt were both ignoring the notability guidelines on sports and were considering databases and routine coverage to add to a person's notability. Scrolling back it looks like there were three that got under my skin: Van Holten, Safiullah Khan, and Manzor Elahi. I regret being so much even if I still disagree with the opinions. I stepped back from regularly participating in AfDs because I recognized that I was getting too high-strung and needed space. For the past year I think, I've just made a comment and left it at that (e.g. Jessica Reed Kraus. SWinxy (talk) 04:35, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Optional question from Thryduulf

5. Why did you choose to seek adminship via election rather than via a standard RFA?
A: Going through the RfA process puts a ton of pressure and scrutiny on candidates, and something that I am too afraid of. I care a lot of what my peers here think of me. Being a part of a cohort going through the same thing at the same time makes me feel more at ease to do this. Because I know I'm not alone. SWinxy (talk) 04:35, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Optional question from Ganesha811

6. Are there any areas of adminship you do not plan to participate in, due to unfamiliarity or lack of technical knowledge? If you later decided you wanted to help in these areas, what would be your plan to become an effective admin in those areas?
A: ANI is an easy 'no' to me. I feel like it requires someone who is able and willing to commit a substantial amount of time moderating occasionally large conflicts between editors and the wider community, and I don't see myself as capable as others to properly adjudicate that area at the moment. If someone asked me to go out of my regular areas, even for things outside my comfort zone, I'll surely try. Y'know, go slowly at first and keep an ear out. SWinxy (talk) 04:35, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

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Please keep discussion constructive and civil. If you are unfamiliar with the nominee, please thoroughly review his contributions before commenting.

  • The candidate wants o protect and unprotect pages, view and restore deleted pages, and editing fully-protected articles. The candidate also states they have never made a fully-protected edit request. It's not as negative as it sounds though: they have made other requests for page protection. Seventeen in the last three years, [including one this year. The Steve (minecraft) article is pretty good (although I see another editor took it to GA). SerialNumber54129 15:59, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regarding prosecution of Donald Trump in New York, the photojournalism stuff there is really cool and worth admiring. With that said, note that SWinxy didn't really write the article; he was the first person to edit it and then helped build it up at the beginning, but he only contributed to 1.9% of the article. Elsewhere, his userpage implies that he got Technoblade to GA even though most of his contributions to the article were a few cleanup edits and he only contributed 2.6% of the article. It's not the end of the world if a candidate doesn't have much editing experience, but it's inflated here. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 00:56, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm pretty proud of what I started at the Trump article, even though others took up where I left off and my additions—large components at the time—were chipped away. Seeing what of mine remains now is purely vestigial. I don't want to steal any valor from the editors of Technoblade; I just wanted at the time to say "look! I helped* make a GA!". Mentions have been removed from my userpage. SWinxy (talk) 04:35, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GAN & FAC notes. No activity at GAN or FAC. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:14, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Declined speedies

Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:28, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh right I forgot about the G13s. Back over that summer I thought that I would help clear out the backlog of expired drafts, which used {{Draft article}} and categorized them as eligible for G13. That was a Bad Idea. (s/o to Liz for helping me clean my mess up 😭) SWinxy (talk) 18:33, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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