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Go Phightins!

Voice your opinion on this candidate (talk page) (60/0/1); Scheduled to end 10:21, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Nomination

Go Phightins! (talk · contribs) – has been active in the project for several years already and got over 15,000 edits to his name. I first encountered him in discussions at WP:BASEBALL, where usually keeps a calmest and rational mind in a rather hectic and busy WikiProject. He got one featured article to his name in Jim Thome and a number of good articles. He is active in AFD, particularly baseball related, where his comments are policy based. Also, he works at prod, and CSD, though not as active on CSD recently because he decided to work on content instead. He is also active in helping new users as well with sound, policy based advise. I been convincing him to run for a few months now and I'm glad he decided to accept this nomination. Go Phingtins! is long overdue to join our administrative corps. Thanks Secret 22:59, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Co-nomination from Dennis Brown

I've worked near and around GP for some time so I'm glad I finally get to be here, nominating him for admin. Go Phightins! asked me for an admin review in November of 2012, 18 months ago. What impresses me is that instead of being eager and asking again in 6 or 9 months, he listened and followed the advice given, waited until he was confident he was ready, all while working diligently on learning the ropes in policy and in editing. He has matured into an excellent, well-rounded Wikipedian. As for content, he's created over 30 articles, he's kept his article contribs to 45% of the total even while he has been very active helping other editors. I find his contributions to be very balanced, all 17,000 of them. He's been here over 3 years but really active for the last two. He understands the basics of policy well, and where to FIND the policy when he isn't sure. In short, I think he will make a very thoughtful, cautious (but not timid) admin. I'm confident that he will grow into the role in a way that inspires confidence from the community. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 10:12, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Co-nomination from TParis

To say that I can recall the first time I ran into anyone on this project would be a blatant lie. I can't recall who I meet or the specific things that surround them. All I remember about people are the gut feelings I get when I see their names. As far as Go Phightins! goes, I've always had good feelings whenever he's around. And there is good reason to. I could tell you about his content contributions, but anyone can plainly see the FA and over a dozen GAs on his user page. I could tell you that a look through his CSD deletions shows a clear understanding of A7, amongst others. But what I really find commendable is that we have a user who has enough of a taste of admin related areas but it's clear that he doesn't revel in them. I looked through a random dozen of his ANI contributions. I'll note first of all that he rarely responds to threats on ANI. In 2013, he had a total of 43 edits to ANI. 2014 - none. But looking at the 2012 and 2013 ANI edits, what we can see is a thoughtful editor who collects his facts before making claims. Even when in a topic area he is involved, his responses are polite, calm, and directly on the matter at hand. I think that speaks to his character. We've got a well rounded candidate here that would be an asset to the admin corps.--v/r - TP 04:16, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I gratefully accept. Go Phightins! 10:12, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

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

1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?

A: As an editor whose predominant focus is sports and secondary focus is politics, I have experience with page protection requests in those areas, and would like start working at WP:RPP. Additionally, though not as much recently, I have done a fair amount of work at CSD, and can help in that department should there be a backlog. AFD is another area in which I have a decent amount of experience, and my success rate is about 80% as far as being with consensus. For fairly cut-and-dry closures, I can help there, but I would leave the controversial big ones to more experienced administrators, and learn on the side, eventually easing my way into those. Finally, when and if there is a backlog at AIV, I can help there, as almost all of my reports there have been successful.

2. What are your best contributions to Misplaced Pages, and why?

A: Jim Thome, my first and to date only FA, is by far my best article, but I have also contributed several other GAs (17 to be exact plus 4 pending nominees) predominantly Philadelphia Phillies baseball players (e.g., Cole Hamels and John Mayberry, Jr.) and some college football bowl games and seasons (e.g., 2013 Penn State Nittany Lions football team). I also have a bunch of DYKs, and during their respective seasons, I write the season articles for the Phillies and Penn State. Outside of content, I have thoroughly enjoyed working in the adopt-a-user program, though my participation there has waned recently. Also, I have done a lot of work at the Teahouse, answering questions over the years. I also sporadically participate/have participated at DRN, NPP, and AFC. (I promise, that is all of the alphabet soup I plan to list ).

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: The short answer is yes; it is inevitable when working in a collaborative encyclopedia to run into disagreement, but when I do, I strive to handle it in such a way that I promote a collegial atmosphere. However, I am not always successful. A recent example is the Thome FAC, in which, particularly through edit summaries, I expressed some disagreement with one reviewer who was undoubtedly acting in good faith. We just happened to disagree on a few components of the article, but ultimately, we worked it out, and it is now a featured article. In the future, I will ensure that my edit summaries address solely what I changed, not what I thought of changing something. I know that in the past, when reverting vandalism over and over on a page, I have likely also utilized some less-than-ideal edit summaries. As far as a bona fide conflict, the closest I have come is an encounter with User:Fjozk several years ago, in which, while patrolling new editors’ contributions, I fixed a format error in an article he created, which caused an edit conflict for him, which caused him to lose text, and which ultimately caused him to be frustrated and subsequently be blocked. Since then, I have sought not to edit any brand new articles if possible to avoid a future situation like the aforementioned.

General comments

• Links for Go Phightins!: Go Phightins! (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
• Edit summary usage for Go Phightins! can be found here.
• Editing statistics are posted on Misplaced Pages talk:Requests for adminship/Go Phightins!.—John Cline (talk) 11:12, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

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

Discussion

Support

1. TBloemink _talk 10:26, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
2. Support Damn, I was too busy trying to fix the transclusion to get the first support vote in... I've always been impressed by GP's competence, it's about time he got his admin trousers. Yunshui _水 10:27, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
3. Support - this is an RfA I decided to support long ago; and then waited for this day. I am happy seeing its arrival. I have rarely been more confident in a candidate's strength; or more certain of their potential.—John Cline (talk) 10:47, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
4. Support no red flags, a name I've seen around the place and look forward to seeing more from in the future - likely to be a net positive with the tools and that's enough for me. Bencherlite 10:53, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
5. Support precious ball rolling, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:01, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
6. Support - Go Phightins! has always been helpful and productive in many areas. He also helps both new and experienced editors in various ways. A great addition to the admin team. TheGeneralUser (talk) 11:07, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
7. Support No worries at all. --Stfg (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
8. Support I'm going to go primarily from seeing their work around, plus just did a quick skim across their overall contributions. I think the nom's have covered what I personally have always seen the panda ɛˢˡ” 11:22, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
9. Support as conom and friend. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 11:27, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
10. Support A great candidate with a level head and superb manner. I'm happy to support. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:41, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
11. Support. I have seen the candidate around the project, and trust his judgement. Should have been an admin a long time ago. — Mr. Stradivarius 11:51, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
12. Support One of the more helpful and friendly editors around. Definitely fit for the mop. Soni (talk) (Previously TheOriginalSoni) 12:09, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
13. Support Having 3 respected noms is a good start. Solid, good manner to all, and with a broad range of competencies. A good admin to-be. Irondome (talk) 12:17, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
14. Support Excellent! --Randykitty (talk) 12:24, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
15. Support A Great contributor to the Encyclopedia and the community. For the past year and a half, he and I have been involved in a project that started with 12 others. He is the only one that stayed involved week after week. A solid person that deserves support. ```Buster Seven Talk 12:49, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
16. Support as nom Secret 12:50, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
17. Support about time! Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:53, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
18. Support based on review. Kierzek (talk) 12:55, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
19. Support. Piling on here - have seen this editor around a lot, good impression of them, plus good article contributions ... and stellar nominations. Yngvadottir (talk) 13:09, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
20. Support Warrenkychu (talk) 13:35, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
21. Support - I recall being one of those asking him if he's interested in RFA at the time, and let's just say I was not expecting to see one now. ZappaOKCMati 13:47, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
22. Support - You bet. --JustBerry (talk) 14:22, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
23. Support per noms, Buster7, and I've seen his highly positive, clueful contributions around. No concerns. 78.26 (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 14:47, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
24. Support No concerns; thought this editor was an admin already. Mkdw 15:27, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
25. —Kusma (t·c) 15:29, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
26. Support No issues here. James12345 15:33, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
27. Support No concerns. I am One of Many (talk) 15:41, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
28. Support No concerns, will be a useful presence in the relevant areas. BethNaught (talk) 16:09, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
29. Support Well-qualified candidate, who will be even more of a help with the mop. Miniapolis 16:15, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
30. Support per above.--Jasper Deng (talk) 16:19, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
31. Support: what? He's not already an admin? Competent and good editor. Thanks, Matty.007 17:55, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
32. Support - A case of you're not already a sysop? Will fill the role well. DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·ʇuoɔ) Join WER 18:07, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
33. Support – No concerns. EdJohnston (talk) 18:55, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
34. Support as co nom.--v/r - TP 18:57, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
35. Support Looks god across the board. I've had good experiences with him and I trust the noms to have done a good job vetting. Hobit (talk) 19:06, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
36. Support I happily support this RfA. I watchlisted Go Phightins' RfA more than 9 months ago, and for good reason. GP knows his stuff and more importantly if he doesn't he would more importantly do the due diligence before taking action. All in all he is well qualified to wield the mop. —  dainomite   19:09, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
37. Support With pleasure. One of the best things to come out of the Teahouse experiment is GoPhightins' user-friendly, ever-helpful, thoughtful approach to engaging with this community. Cheers! Ocaasi 19:20, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
38. Support I have encountered this candidate in discussions of AFD. The candidate was really helpful too. TheQ Editor (Talk) 19:50, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
39. Support, finally. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 19:59, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
40. Support. I've seen the candidate around, and it has always been positive. Strong nominations, and good answers to the standard questions. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:33, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
41. Support. Very happy with the contribs I've seen so far. - Dank (push to talk) 21:06, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
42. Support. Very well qualified candidate. Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:50, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
43. Support - Always good to work with the candidate and represents a good net positive for the project. Seeks advice and cooperates with others on a regular basis. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 23:10, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
44. Support - Green flag. I don't see any problems. Good luck! -24 23:43, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
45. Support Really friendly user!! ///EuroCarGT 23:51, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
46. Support Most definitely! I've never seen any problems with you before, and I agree that you are more than competent for the task. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:32, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
47. Support. Drmies (talk) 00:33, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
48. Support About time. Go Phightins wasd the first wikipedia user to really reach out to me when he adopted me about 18 months ago. He showed me around the place, and really got me what I needed to know. I have absolutely no concerns with him having the tools. Good Luck! Tazerdadog (talk) 02:02, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
49. Support Active user and has been for years --Lixxx235 (talk) 02:14, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
50. Support. Solid work in dispute resolution, keeping a calm head in rough waters. Binksternet (talk) 02:19, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
51. Wizardman 02:46, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
52. Suppport. --Kinu /_c 03:07, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
53. Support Solid candidate.(Littleolive oil (talk) 03:16, 23 May 2014 (UTC))
54. Oppose because you didn't wait for me to nominate you. Nah, just kidding. Best of luck with the tools. → Call me Hahc21 03:41, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
55. Stephen 03:43, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
56. Support A solid, qualified candidate. Cullen Let's discuss it 04:09, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
57. Support, and happy to do so. SlimVirgin 04:56, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
58. Support. Long standing, helpful user. Count me in as one who thinks this is long overdue. Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:13, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
59. Support. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 07:19, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
60. Support. Absolutely the right type of candidate for the mop. — sparklism 07:48, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

1. Neutral. Only 5 CSD tags in the last one year. Historically, CSD tagging has generally been okay. Intermittently active in AfD. Most AfD comments are sensible, although AfD nominations show the occasional anomaly like List of sports writers and Neil Cornrich. Overall, I am not confident that Go Phightins! is sufficiently active and accurate enough in deletion areas to be entrusted with deletion. Axl ¤ 10:40, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Matters of admin action come with training, experience and cooperation, its not like Go Phightins is going to go rogue and be free from oversight. Deletion may not be something they are interested in, but heck, every case I've seen with Go Phightins is open and welcoming. Sensibility does not require perfection, but the former is still a terrible article in need of care and the latter had COI and was completely redone by its withdrawing. But its your !vote. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 23:09, 22 May 2014 (UTC)