User:Reaper Eternal/Election thoughts 2016
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These are my thoughts on the various candidates. Note that, in order to try to promote the candidates I think are best suited for the job, I will only support at most seven candidates for the seven positions. The rest of the ones whom I would have supported will receive neutral votes. I shade the background of the table when I've reached my final decision on the candidate and am very unlikely to change my vote. I don't post everything I find on this page with a million links to encourage people to do their own research.
Skip to the results table if you just want my brief summary without the dross. :)
Crucial evidence[edit]
Level II desysop of Yngvadottir[edit]
For reversing an arbitration enforcement block out of process, Yngvadottir (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) is desysoped. They may only regain adminship after a successful RfA.
- Supporting: Courcelles, Thryduulf, Seraphimblade, Guerillero, Salvio giuliano, LFaraone
- Opposing: None
- Recusing: GorillaWarfare
- Inactive: AGK, Euryalus, Roger Davies, DeltaQuad
For the Arbitration Committee, Salvio Let's talk about it! 21:10, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
As in my last recommendations, this appallingly-bad misuse of the "emergency desysop" procedures means that I cannot support any of these arbitrators in the future.
Compromised accounts[edit]
- Account compromised. Please desysop. Login details for millions of accounts from various data breaches have been readily available in the public domain for months now. A small list can be seen here. If you use the same password across multiple websites including Wikipedia, your account might have already been compromised. Please force a password reset for all admin and functionary accounts across wikimedia projects immediately. Salv, sad to see an admin account with both UTRS and OTRS access using a 6 digit number as password. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 08:28, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
- Posting from another admin account to show how widespread this is. Please use a different password for your Wikipedia account, especially if you are an administrator or a functionary. WMF, at the very least consider implementing 2FA for accounts with advanced permissions. Meanwhile, desysop this one and CU other admin accounts to check for any unauthorized access. I assure you, there is no malicious intention on my part, just letting y’all know about this in the most effective way. OhanaUnited, please don't use your dob as your password - anywhere. OhanaUnitedTalk page 08:33, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
I have desysopped both accounts. If there are consequences for not waiting for the go ahead from ArbCom so be it. My reason for desysopping straight away is that these accounts have now been exposed to the world as compromised, with information provided about their passwords and hints about how to find them. The person who did so (thanks for bringing this to our attention) does not say that they changed the passwords, which means that anyone can still log into them and (at the very least) view deleted edits, which is not acceptable. WJBscribe (talk) 09:01, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
Not supporting candidates with bad security practices.
Results table[edit]
Being an engineer, I like tables. So here's one for your viewing pleasure!
| Candidate | Years of experience | Thoughts | Verdict |
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| Calidum (talk · contribs) (nom) |  0
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Previously known as User:Hot Stop. Under that name, demonstrated lack of temperament to be an arbitrator over a multi-year period. |  Oppose
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| DeltaQuad (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (nom) |  2
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Supporting based on her temperament, experience, and general competency. I wish she had more article experience, though. |  Support
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| DGG (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (nom) | 2
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Am not impressed by their tenure on the committee. | Strong oppose
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| Doug Weller (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (nom) | 2
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| Euryalus (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (nom) | 2
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A very reasonable guy. Not much more to be said! | Support
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| Ks0stm (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (nom) | 0
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Supported in the past, will support for the same reasons again. He now has more experience with oversight and functionary tools too. | Support
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| LFaraone (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (nom) | 2
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See here. | Oppose
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| Mkdw (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (nom) | 0
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Definitely one of the good guys. Good article experience too. I cannot find significant evidence of him "blowing the safe spacer dog whistle". | Strong support
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| Newyorkbrad (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (nom) | 7?
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His long tenure speaks for itself. One of the easiest votes here. | Strong support
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| Salvidrim! (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (nom) | 0
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Account was compromised a couple years ago. I do not want someone with poor security near the CU/OS tools. | Strong oppose
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| Writ Keeper (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) (nom) | 0
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Definitely one of my favored candidates, but has been relatively inactive for awhile. | Weak support
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