Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Candidates/Mdewman6

Nomination

Mdewman6 (talk · contribs · they/them) – Hello all, I am User:Mdewman6 and I've been gnoming around the English Wikipedia since 2019. I spend most of my time dealing with redirects and naming convention/disambiguation issues. I happily put myself forward to grab the mop should the community deem me worthy. I have only ever edited on any Wiki with this username. Mdewman6 (talk) 00:22, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Please disclose whether you have ever edited Wikipedia for pay.

I have never edited for pay and never will. Mdewman6 (talk) 00:34, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

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. Why are you interested in becoming an administrator?

A: I have a lot of experience at WP:Redirects for discussion and would like to join the corps there in closing more discussions, and many discussion closures there result in deletion. I also would like to help more with the backlogs at WP:RM and WP:RM/TR, and despite my views on this in the past, there are many cases where a WP:G6 deletion to make way for a move makes more sense than the cumbersome round-robin moves I currently undertake as a page mover (though there are certainly cases where redirect history should be preserved). I would venture into other admin areas in which I have little or no experience very carefully (seeking guidance from others as needed) or not at all.

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

A: Helping to update WP:NCCHEM, specifically WP:OCHEMNAME, WP:CHEMPREFIX, and WP:CHEMGROUP, comes to mind, and performing page moves and creating redirects to bring articles into line continues to be a focus. While a contentious topic, I also work on WP:QUALIFIER issues (many via requested moves) as described at WP:MISPLACED.

With respect to content, I particularly like Neptune Odyssey (and, after being passed over in favor of Uranus, updating Uranus orbiter and probe) as well as (with help from others) Chiafalo v. Washington.

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: As we all know, conflict is an unavoidable part of any collaborative endeavor. I think the most contentious time I've experienced editing was in regard to a 2022 move review regarding a requested move I had initiated. While there were some strong differences of opinion there and sharp discussion, I think all participants maintained WP:CIVIL and kept things from getting out of hand, and in my humble opinion, the piles of text and time devoted there ultimately resulted in the correct outcome. I know I was certainly a bit on edge during that time. One thing I like to keep in mind, especially when editing is bringing me down for any reason, is to stop editing and simply read Wikipedia- enjoy the thing you have helped build and maintain. I take a break and visit the Wikipedia article on a random topic I am thinking about, even if I already know a lot about it, just to see what we have to say on the topic. (Of course sometimes this leads to copy edits and other gnoming, but that's okay.)

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