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#'''Oppose''' No joke, Rexxs is qualified to become an administrator. However, for daring to ruin our fools day with serious topics (we are serious cats) {{fbdb}} I oPpOsE. <sup>Thanks,</sup>[[User:L3X1|L3X1]] [[User talk:L3X1|<small>◊distænt write◊</small>]] 18:49, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
#'''Oppose''' No joke, Rexxs is qualified to become an administrator. However, for daring to ruin our fools day with serious topics (we are serious cats) {{fbdb}} I oPpOsE. <sup>Thanks,</sup>[[User:L3X1|L3X1]] [[User talk:L3X1|<small>◊distænt write◊</small>]] 18:49, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
#'''Real support''' a serious moment on a silly day.[[User:Worm That Turned|<b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">''Worm''</b>]]<sup>TT</sup>([[User talk:Worm That Turned|<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>]]) 19:23, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
#'''Real support''' a serious moment on a silly day.[[User:Worm That Turned|<b style="text-shadow:0 -1px #DDD,1px 0 #DDD,0 1px #DDD,-1px 0 #DDD; color:#000;">''Worm''</b>]]<sup>TT</sup>([[User talk:Worm That Turned|<b style="color:#060;">talk</b>]]) 19:23, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
#I disagree with RexxS more often than I agree with him but he's one of the few editors on Wikipedia whom I'd trust completely and without reservations, as someone who's willing to listen when others disagree with him. Frankly, I'd consider someone being willing to tell people who are fucking around with things they don't understand to stop fucking around with things they don't understand to be a positive not a drawback; nowhere in [[WP:Civility]] does it say we're obliged to accept disruption because it would upset the disruptor were we to point it out.&nbsp;&#8209;&nbsp;[[User:Iridescent|Iridescent]] 19:26, 1 April 2019 (UTC)


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RexxS

Voice your opinion on this candidate (talk page) (12/3/2); Scheduled to end 17:07, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Nomination

RexxS (talk · contribs) – Pleased to nominate young User:RexxS, also known as T-Rexx or Dino, for adminship. None too soon! The little user extremely clever, has been on Wikimedia board, and done... mmm... stuff in the important field of accessibility. Runs little socks User:Famously Mild and User:Famously Sharp, inspire confidence. Technical skills matchless! Is one of masterminds behind fabulous Insultspout! (Together with Shakespeare.) Also, hmm... mature in years, no feckless teenager. Not as mature as BIshzilla, but that not to be expected. bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 16:05, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I am humbled by the trust the mighty 'Zilla has shown in this poor little user, and I am honoured to accept her nomination. --RexxS (talk) 16:56, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Questions for the candidate

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

1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
A: Maintaining and improving fully protected (and cascade-protected) modules and templates would be my most likely use of the tools. I'd apply for interface admin as well to help out in that area. In addition, I'd like to help at Arbitration Enforcement, as I feel that area really needs more active admins. Beyond that, I'd consider helping with any backlogs, although I fully aware of the need to ease into new areas gently, by researching beforehand and steering clear of controversial decisions until I gained experience.
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
A: Probably Oxygen toxicity, an article I steered through GA and FA. I'm also quite proud of the work I did at Featured Lists, in preparing templates and workflow for when FL first gained a regular spot on Main Page. I was honoured to have the FL that I wrote, List of signs and symptoms of diving disorders chosen as the first list to be featured when it went live. I also work to improve accessibility on Wikipedia – for example, creating the hlist class and giving advice on making content accessible to assistive technology. On the technical front, I've created around 100 Lua modules/documentations, in particular Module:Wikidata and Module:WikidataIB, which read information from Wikidata into infoboxes and similar templates on Wikipedia. Indirectly, I contribute as a trustee of Wikimedia UK (on whose behalf I've trained hundreds of new editors), and as secretary of meta:WikiProject Med Foundation, which aims to improve the development and distribution of health care content on Wikimedia projects.
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: Yes, I've been in hundreds of conflicts over the years, but fortunately I don't get stressed, and I believe that in 90% of the cases I've remained on good terms with those that I've disagreed with. I deal with conflicts by seeking reasoned discussion on talk pages to start with (I try to stick to 1RR, wherever possible). If necessary, I have escalated to other forms of dispute resolution, either for content or behaviour, but I find that most disagreements can be resolved amicably by looking for common ground.
On the other hand, I know that I don't suffer fools gladly and I realise I can be acerbic at times. Looking forward, I accept that administrators have to be held to higher standards of behaviour, so I would be obliged to more passive in my responses if acting in any admin capacity. --RexxS (talk) 16:54, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You may ask optional questions below. There is a limit of two questions per editor. Multi-part questions disguised as one question, with the intention of evading the limit, are disallowed. Follow-up questions relevant to questions you have already asked are allowed.

Discussion

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

Support
  1. Real support Also unclear if it is real or a joke, but I support for real. Trusted user, won’t abuse the tools. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:13, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support – excellent candidate. I hope this is not a joke. Bradv🍁 17:17, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support Good candidate. I hope this is not an April Fools' nomination. Jianhui67 T★C 17:22, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support The "real stats" seem reasonable enough, though I would like to see active BLP work. AfD vote stats seem better than many here. Joke or not - this vote is real. Collect (talk) 17:25, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Support: RexxS does seem to have the correct temperament and the needed skillset to be a qualified sysop. Waggie (talk) 17:37, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Real support One of our clearest thinkers and knows how to handle a dispute. I often turn to RexxS in some situations. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:58, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Real Support Good candidate, meets my criteria. Vermont (talk) 18:00, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support. I first thought this was a joke, because I was certain RexxS was an admin already... well, time to change reality to fit my expectations :) —Kusma (t·c) 18:06, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Support I have approached RexxS for questions about technical formatting of infoboxes and other templates, and he has always been helpful and polite. His experience and assistance at editathons and workshops has to be commended, his content work is easily beyond the level required for adminship, and he clearly understands policy. Give him the damn mop and bucket. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 18:40, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Oppose No joke, Rexxs is qualified to become an administrator. However, for daring to ruin our fools day with serious topics (we are serious cats) [FBDB] I oPpOsE. Thanks,L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 18:49, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Real support a serious moment on a silly day.WormTT(talk) 19:23, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  12. I disagree with RexxS more often than I agree with him but he's one of the few editors on Wikipedia whom I'd trust completely and without reservations, as someone who's willing to listen when others disagree with him. Frankly, I'd consider someone being willing to tell people who are fucking around with things they don't understand to stop fucking around with things they don't understand to be a positive not a drawback; nowhere in WP:Civility does it say we're obliged to accept disruption because it would upset the disruptor were we to point it out. ‑ Iridescent 19:26, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose
  1. the RfA nomintor is not an admin. So I cannot believe the candidate will become a good admin Hhkohh (talk) 17:16, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Hhkohh, the nominator is an admin, and this may very well be a real RfA. Bradv🍁 17:18, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    ?! Bradv, why did they not use their main account to nominate RfA? Also @Bishonen: Hhkohh (talk) 17:22, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Firstly, the nomination by Bishonen's alternate personality is clearly an April Fools joke. Secondly, who the hell cares?! Even if the nominator weren't an admin, how the hell could you possibly justify opposing a qualified RfA candidate automatically, without even looking into them? WTF??? ~Swarm~ 🐝 {sting · hive} 17:25, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    yeah. Today is fools day. Anyone can nominate an RfA. Bishonen can also use her alternative account to take their time. But, if she uses her alternative account to nominate an RfA, I do not think it is ready for now because they will be too hurry to conclude a conclusion if they are an Admin. I do not think we need this kind of hurried admin Hhkohh (talk) 17:38, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Huh? Natureium (talk) 17:39, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I can't find the part of WP:RFA/NOMELSE that says that the nominator must be an admin. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:01, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    again, Anyone can nominate an RfA. Hhkohh (talk) 18:05, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Little Hhkohh perhaps concerned Bishzilla as nominator will be in hurry to get result of nomination finished on April 1? But not worry. Bishzilla never hurry! bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 18:10, 1 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]
  2. Oppose. I am not convinced that RexxS has a good-enough grasp on the deletion process, as evidenced by a series of events that culminated with Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2019 March 13. -- Tavix (talk) 18:11, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose I don't think that a user who told me to stop fucking about with things [I] don't understand is fit to be an admin. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 19:14, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral
  1. Is this real or an april fools joke? Natureium (talk) 17:10, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Ping RexxS. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 17:12, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Natureium and Barkeep49: Disclosure: this was to fulfil a promise I made to Redrose64 at the Oxford wiki-meetup in January. My argument was that adminship shouldn't be treated as a big deal, and that the key issue was whether the community trusts a user or not. So I agreed to test that premise on April Fool's Day, on the grounds that if it completely bombed I could always tell myself it was "just a joke". Now that the cat's out of the bag, I won't be able to salve my battered feelings when I get 50 opposes on the grounds of "no need for the tools". --RexxS (talk) 17:33, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Neutral. There's precedent for an April Fool's Day RfA nomination succeeding: mine (by a non-admin). And Bishzilla is an awe-inspiring nominator (and an admin, I believe). I also appreciate the candidate's vigilance with respect to accessibility. And take it from those who know that their technical competence is excellent and will be useful in an admin. However, four years ago their high-handedness led to my saying goodbye to Wikipedia. This was one such edit; I was also informed that by opposing the addition of an infobox to any given article I was repelling new users. Four years is a long time, and it is possible the candidate has modified their approach to editors with whom they disagree on article formatting, so I will not oppose, but cannot take the risk of supporting their candidacy. Yngvadottir (talk) 17:56, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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