User:Jeancey/RfA

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Request for Adminship: Jeancey

Jeancey (talk⁺ • contribs • edit count • logs • email)

When ESO first came out, we appointed three patrollers as temporary administrators. Two of them have since become inactive, but Jeancey has stuck around and continued working tirelessly on the site. During the time he has been a temporary administrator, I think he's shown that he can use the tools appropriately and responsibly. He has good interpersonal skills and is always willing to discuss edits or give opinions on site policy. I believe he'll make an excellent full-time administrator.

I accept this nomination for Administrator :) Jeancey (talk) 22:02, 13 October 2014 (GMT)

Questions

Q1: What do you hope to accomplish as an administrator?

As administrator, I hope to continue what I have done as temporary administrator. Helping to maintain the consistency and quality of the site, especially in the namespaces that I have been most active in (Morrowind, ESO, and Lore). Given that Legoless is the only active administrator who plays ESO, and given the sheer volume of information still left to be added in that namespace, I believe that having another administrator who plays ESO would be beneficial.

Q2: What do you see as the UESP's main challenges in the near future?

I think that one of the main challenges for UESP in the near future is keeping the Online namespace accurate and up to date with the constant additions and tweaks that are present in an online game. That, coupled with the inability to save and redo specific quests make the middle areas of the game especially difficult to complete accurately. Also, when another single player game is released, we will essentially have two games that we have to complete namespaces for, as the Online namespace will (hopefully, if the game is doing well) be an ongoing work in progress.

Q3: How do you interpret the balance between enforcing policies and being innovative when policies prove to be problematic?

I believe that policies should be a guide to how to deal with issues, not always a 100% hard and fast rule. Just today, we have had a situation where our policy dictates that we shouldn't put a voice actor as voicing the character without official proof, but we have an anonymous user who says that he emailed the actor and they confirmed that they voiced the character. Since the actor voiced the same character type in Oblivion (Dremoras), and since they sound the exact same in Skyrim, it is likely that they did in fact voice them. I had proposed that we have a second user also email the actor to provide a second confirmation of that actor's role in Skyrim. This, while not precisely following the policy, provides for the information to be added with a reasonable amount of proof to its veracity. I think that this represents a good balance between enforcing the letter of the policy and following the intention of the policy.

Q4: What action will you take if you see another administrator perform an action that you completely disagree with? Do you believe it is ever necessary or permissible to revert the actions of another administrator?

I believe, as I have done in the past, that a single revert of anyone is acceptable, given what you believe is a clear reason for doing so is present. For instance, if it breaks the page or if the information added is clearly incorrect, and that you explain those reasons in the edit summary. If you are mistaken in this, I believe it is acceptable for the person reverted to revert you and then open a discussion either on the talk page of the page in question or on my own talk page detailing why they were correct in the first place. If the issue is much more complicated or contentious, I believe that you should always open a talk page discussion first before reverting the person. The reversion should only occur if there is a clear and unambiguous reason, not simply if you believe they are incorrect. One must have proof, rather than simply an opinion, for the reversion to occur. Hopefully that doesn't confuse anyone, or make anyone think I revert people out of hand. I also think that if I have had issue with a particular administrator (or any user really) in the recent past, the talk page discussion should happen, and I wouldn't revert them at all, as that would just create an additional problem unrelated to the edit in question.

Feel free to ask any additional or clarifying questions :) Jeancey (talk) 22:02, 13 October 2014 (GMT)

Votes

• Support: As nominator. – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 21:02, 13 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: Since I've joined the wiki in every interaction i've had with Jeancey he has been nothing but friendly to me. He has been a great contributor to the site and i think he would be a great addition to the admin ranks. Also while he was a temporary admin he showed no abuse of power and followed every guideline. Lorenut (talk) 21:11, 13 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: I agree with Lorenut; Jeancey has always been super friendly to me; in addition, he is knowledgeable and fair about anything and everything I can think of. I can't think of a single incident that detracts from Jeancey's stellar record here at UESP as long as I have been here. --likelolwhat ^{talk lulzy to me} 01:59, 14 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: Jeancey has been an excellent contributor since he has joined the site. He has made an astonishing number of contributions once he started editing, including creating the MWOP which has helped to improve an entire namespace and provide other editors with plenty of ways to contribute. He has also played a key role in getting the ESO pages to our high standards. Perhaps more importantly than all of this though, Jeancey is an excellent role model for how to interact with other contributors. All my interactions with him have been very pleasant, and his enthusiasm and dedication in working on the wiki will continue to greatly benefit the site down the road. Forfeit (talk) 04:10, 14 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: Jeancey has pretty much been performing admin-like duties for a while now, and is very familiar with the site. He's been tremendously helpful with adding or tweaking ESO content, which itself is no easy task. I can't think of any reason not to support. His sheer dedication to the upkeep of the wiki is impressive - its not often someone at Jeancey's level of activity is around to help out. Plus, having another active admin would be helpful. --Jimeee (talk) 11:54, 14 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: Jeancey is an absolute machine when it comes to contributions; in fact, he's above several bots in terms of edit count. And in all those edits I have personally have seen virtually nothing to find fault with, in terms of quality, scope, and friendliness. We did well to have him as an admin during ESO's launch, and I think it would only benefit the site to make it permanent. -- Hargrimm^(T) 14:06, 14 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: Jeancey is very dedicated to the site, and like others have said, I have had only positive interactions with him. He's done a massive amount of work on the wiki and continues to do so, and he's already proven, with the temporary admin powers, that he can handle it. It would be a good thing for the site to have him as an admin. - Alarra (talk) 06:03, 15 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: Friendliness: Yes Expertise: Yes Enthusiasm: Yes Diligence: Yes Accuracy: Yes --Holomay (talk) 07:13, 16 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: I fully support Jeancey finally becoming a proper admin. --AKB ^{Talk Cont Mail} 07:21, 16 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: I can't think of anything more to say that hasn't already been said. After a great run of being a temp-admin for ESO's release, I think Jeancey would make a fine permanent admin. --Enodoc (talk) 08:08, 16 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: For all of the reasons listed above. Jeancey has basically been an admin without the actual powers for most of the time I've been here. I haven't the slightest clue why I'd not support this. •WoahBro^►talk 12:28, 16 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: I don't think I can add anything, really ~ Dwarfmp (talk) 07:46, 17 October 2014 (GMT)
• Oppose: As someone with vast experience of both good and bad admins, I fear that recent events have led me to the conclusion that Jeancey will not be a good admin in the long run. His self-limiting to mostly Online namespace for his use of temporary admin powers simply hid the fact he is unfit to be an admin with free reign across the board. Silence is Golden^{Break the Silence} 01:06, 19 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: I read this and didn't plan to vote, but Jeancey PM'd me the other day to tell me he was in an RfA, so I figured "What the hell?" Jeancey's an excellent editor, when I've had problems or questions, we were quick to amicably resolve them, and he's a fun, polite guy to talk to. Not to mention a Contributions page showing over 50,000 edits across numerous regions of the site. He's definitely a team player, he's knowledgeable about the wiki, the functions involved in the management of the wiki, and he's a communicator, so he's an asset to the site as an long term administrator. -damon  ^{talk ♥ contribs} 03:25, 19 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: He is a bot-like creature, and a very effective one at that. Add friendliness on the IRC, along with good cooperating skills, and you have an admin. Supported. --Krusty (talk) 22:32, 19 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: I'll come out of hiding to vote. When I first started working with him, he was very enthusiastic and eager to work. He quickly learned the ropes and distinguished himself as a valuable contributor early on. That enthusiasm hasn't died after this much time and this many edits. He's used his administrator privileges well and I think it's only logical that he becomes a full-time admin. He's contributed an enormous amount to the website and the community as a whole, and as WoahBro noted above, he's basically been an administrator in all but name for quite some time. I strongly support this nomination. • JA^T 08:19, 21 October 2014 (GMT)
• Support: I think the only thing I can fault him on is the fact that I am still unsure as to whether he is a real person, or a highly advanced bot. I've never seen issues with what he does (That he doesn't revert on his own), he is extraordinarily nice to everyone, and I feel like he has been an administrator in all but title for a very long time now. ~ Ad intellige ^(talk) 21:52, 21 October 2014 (GMT)

Done and congrats Jeancey! -- Daveh ^(talk) 13:27, 23 October 2014 (GMT)