2012-01 admin

Mpaa (talk • contribs) • activity • Global
I would like to nominate Mpaa for the position of administrator on Wikisource. He is a constant source of help, rational advice, and knowledgeable in the use of the necessary programming tools required for maintenance. He is active and contributes on a regular basis. — Ineuw talk 19:24, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

• support has been doing excellent work through the site and more recently with MpaaBot (talk • contribs), totalling >12k edits for both; and use of the tools would allow the tasks being undertaken to be done more easily, eg. no need to add {{sdelete}} when demonstrated capability to make that decision correctly. Valued contributor. — billinghurst sDrewth 06:02, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support, both Mpaa & Ineuw have been doing great work on the project, the extra tools would be good for either of them. JeepdaySock (talk) 11:33, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support ---Zyephyrus (talk) 21:39, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support - AdamBMorgan (talk) 22:35, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support — George Orwell III (talk) 23:10, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support- If the nominator can also vote :-) — Ineuw talk 00:49, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
  • Certainly can but it's a bit superfluous, I certainly hope you support. ;-) --Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 11:03, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support --Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 11:03, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support--Jusjih (talk) 02:43, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support. --Eliyak T·C 05:27, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
• Support — Very capable editor, would find good use for tools. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 01:57, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

2013-02 confirmation

• Support - —Maury (talk) 16:28, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
• Support - AdamBMorgan (talk) 22:54, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
• Support --Zyephyrus (talk) 11:37, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
• keep valued member of the community — billinghurst sDrewth 06:28, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
• Support--EncycloPetey (talk) 21:08, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
• Support--Jusjih (talk) 17:02, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
• Support—Beeswaxcandle (talk) 17:13, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
• Support—ResScholar (talk) 05:46, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
• Support — George Orwell III (talk) 06:05, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

2014-03 confirmation

•  Support — Ineuw talk 02:32, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support —Maury (talk) 04:02, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support — George Orwell III (talk) 04:06, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support — Charles Matthews (talk) 08:23, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support —Clockery Fairfeld ^[t·c] 08:33, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support — Zyephyrus (talk) 13:34, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support — Prosody (talk) 05:24, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:37, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support — billinghurst sDrewth 12:30, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support - AdamBMorgan (talk) 14:12, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support--Jusjih (talk) 03:27, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
•  Support -- Cirt (talk) 06:46, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

2015-04 confirmation

•  Support --EncycloPetey (talk) 14:07, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support --Zyephyrus (talk) 14:12, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support —Clockery_Fairfeld 16:12, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support — Ineuw talk 06:40, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support very strongly Beeswaxcandle (talk) 07:05, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support — George Orwell III (talk) 23:30, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support — billinghurst sDrewth 12:32, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support—Zhaladshar ^(Talk) 18:06, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support BD2412 T 22:08, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support--Jusjih (talk) 02:29, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
•  Support John Vandenberg ^(chat) 08:05, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

2015-09 bureaucrat

Mpaa (talk • contribs) • activity • Global

Hi all,

We've had three bureaucrats since 2011, and in my view this is the right number for our site. With the recent loss of BirgitteSB we are down to two, so I would like us to look at promoting a new 'crat. I have had a brief email discussion with Billinghurst on this, and amongst some good candidates in terms of character and conduct, Mpaa floated to the top as someone who also has a good knowledge of bots. This is seen as valuable because the current 'crats are handling admin nominations and confirmations just fine, but have not been very active in bot approvals / confirmations.

Hesperian 02:45, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

I am glad to accept the nomination. Thank you for considering me as a possible candidate.— Mpaa (talk) 16:57, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

• Starting the ball rolling with Support Hesperian 02:52, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support knowledgeable of the community, good for the evaluation of bots — billinghurst sDrewth 03:42, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support, but only because there is no template for "strong support". A consistently present contributor and admin. BD2412 T 03:43, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
• Strong  Support :) --Zyephyrus (talk) 20:36, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support Of course I support Mpaa should he wish to proceed with this. However he should have first right of refusal before everyone puts the pressure on for him to undertake extra duties. AuFCL (talk) 08:4920:57, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support -- Green Giant (talk) 23:55, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support—Mpaa's level-headed and clear thinking through potential issues before jumping in has rescued me more than once from creating a mess that would have taken a lot of work to fix. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 06:03, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support -- Captain Nemo (talk) 06:09, 23 September 2015 (UTC).
•  Support --EncycloPetey (talk) 13:28, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support. -- Cirt (talk) 16:36, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Support — George Orwell III (talk) 21:01, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
•  Comment -- I wonder what does Mpaa stand for? I hope not Motion Picture Association of America ?? :P ... -- Cirt (talk) 03:41, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Not Flatland? I thought Mpaa would be a guide into a lot of multidimensional spaces  ;-) --Zyephyrus (talk) 11:20, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

• Asking the candidate: How would you expect to be an active bureaucrat for the next year? If you and all other bureaucrats become inactive for several days, after how many days would you like to allow any disinterested steward to temporarily take over? This did happen on Wikimedia Commons once a few years ago with more bureaucrats.--Jusjih (talk) 00:07, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

With the same level of engagement I had so far as admin (i.e. frequent monitoring but with on and off periods due to RL, sometime of several weeks). Maybe it is obvious, but I cannot guarantee any kind of "SLA" here, so if there are such urgent issues that the local group cannot manage, external support is welcome as soon as such situation will happen.— Mpaa (talk) 09:34, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

As nominator I would prefer to recuse from closing this. However the discussion is clearly finished, the outcome is clear, I have not been able to flush out our other 'crat, and there is precedent for me to act in such situations.

Hesperian 02:12, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Appointed. Hesperian 02:16, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks to all for your trust.— Mpaa (talk) 17:35, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

2016-11 confirmation

•  Keep --Prosfilaes (talk) 02:30, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Keep --EncycloPetey (talk) 03:23, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Keep — Ineuw talk 03:33, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Keep - excellent, in all of his roles. BD2412 T 17:22, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Keep --Zyephyrus (talk) 00:06, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Keep—without question. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 05:28, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Keep—Londonjackbooks (talk) 22:24, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Neutral on bureaucrat flag.  Keep administrator flag.--Jusjih (talk) 03:04, 10 November 2016 (UTC)
• Remove permissions because he is no good. Barney is a dinosaur (talk) 18:17, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
• keep clear leader and doer — billinghurst sDrewth 19:29, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
•  Keep —C. F. 14:23, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

2017-12 confirmation

•  Keep --Zyephyrus (talk) 08:30, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
•  Keep — Ineuw talk 08:58, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
•  Keep — Hrishikes (talk) 09:57, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
•  Keep --EncycloPetey (talk) 16:33, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
•  Keep --Prosfilaes (talk) 08:46, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
•  Keep — Londonjackbooks (talk) 22:42, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
•  Keep - I would go so far as to say that we should do away with these annual confirmations for admins with a level of participation like that of Mpaa. BD2412 T 03:11, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

  they are quick and easy and do give people the time to cite issues — billinghurst sDrewth 03:58, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

  I grant that they are usually quick and easy, but if there are issues to be cited, they need not wait for an annual confirmation process. For admins with steady activity, I would rather have a process such as this every two or three years. BD2412 T 19:10, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

•  Keep — billinghurst sDrewth 03:57, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
•  Keep--Jusjih (talk) 04:02, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
•  Support —C. F. 16:28, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

2019-01 confirmation

•  Support --BethNaught (talk) 11:46, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:56, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
•  Support. BD2412 T 16:23, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Zyephyrus (talk) 20:54, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
•  Support — Ineuw talk 04:40, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
•  Support--Jusjih (talk) 03:29, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
•  Support — Hrishikes (talk) 05:37, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
•  Support--Prosfilaes (talk) 07:10, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

2020-02 confirmation

•  Support BethNaught (talk) 09:57, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Zyephyrus (talk) 10:13, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support — billinghurst sDrewth 12:03, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --Xover (talk) 15:06, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support — Ineuw (talk) 22:20, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support BD2412 T 00:51, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support --DannyS712 (talk) 08:38, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

2021-03 confirmation

Note: Mpaa is resigning as bureaucrat. This confirmation discussion is for the admin role only. Hesperian 01:08, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

1.  Support --EncycloPetey (talk) 06:10, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
2.  Support --Zyephyrus (talk) 19:39, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
3.  Support --DannyS712 (talk) 00:09, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
4.  Support --Jan Kameníček (talk) 21:27, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
5.  Support --Xover (talk) 04:48, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
6.  Support --BethNaught (talk) 12:14, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
7.  Support — Ineuw (talk) 03:19, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

2022-04 confirmation

•  Support --Zyephyrus (talk) 19:09, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
•  Support--Jusjih (talk) 00:53, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --DannyS712 (talk) 02:06, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
•  Support PseudoSkull (talk) 05:01, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --Xover (talk) 07:44, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
•  Support --EncycloPetey (talk) 05:06, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

2023-05 confirmation

•  Support --Xover (talk) 09:33, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Jan Kameníček (talk) 13:15, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
•  Support PseudoSkull (talk) 19:43, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:53, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Zyephyrus (talk) 19:10, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
•  Support. BD2412 T 04:50, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
•  Support — ineuw (talk) 06:35, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

2024-06 confirmation

1.  Support --EncycloPetey (talk) 04:21, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
2.  Support --Xover (talk) 05:22, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
3.  Support--Jusjih (talk) 00:00, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
4.  Support --DannyS712 (talk) 03:32, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
5.  Support --Zyephyrus (talk) 23:39, 10 June 2024 (UTC)