Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Candidates/ThadeusOfNazereth

Nomination

ThadeusOfNazereth (talk · contribs · he/him) – It is a pleasure to present ThadeusOfNazereth to the community as a candidate for adminship. Thadeus has the sort of well-rounded contribution history we need more of in administrators. He has worked on a considerable number of articles, including producing 3 Good Articles, 2 Featured Lists, and a handful of DYKs. He has done work at New Page Patrol; he has been a thoughtful participant at AfD; he has done some recent-changes patrol; and he has performed non-admin closes of discussions. He has demonstrated a nuanced understanding of policy, and is unfailingly courteous, even when his actions are challenged. I first asked Thadeus to run at RFA more than a year ago, and he wisely declined, noting that he expected to be less active in the near future. Thadeus has assured me that he is returning to full-time activity, and as he was keen on using the new election process, here we are. I hope you join me in supporting him. Vanamonde93 (talk) 17:24, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I am happy to accept this nomination! I have never (and will never) edit Wikipedia for pay. I do not have any "real" alternative accounts, but edited under Football1607 briefly as a teenager - I no longer have any access to that account. ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)^{Talk to Me!} 17:38, 10 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've been a Wikipedia editor since I was thirteen years old and I'm finally at a spot in my editing where I'm confident enough in my understanding of processes and policies to contribute in a way that goes beyond standard content creation. I also have spent the last two years as a volunteer advisor with the Wikimedia Foundations Elections Committee, which oversees elections to the WMF Board of Trustees. Serving in that role has reinforced the importance of Wikipedia as a free and unbiased source of information and has also helped me learn a lot about conflict resolution and cross-cultural communication. There are a few areas that I am interested in spending time as an admin. I'd like to help reduce our backlogs, especially at the various deletion noticeboards, WP:AIV, and the WP:RPP backlogs that pop up during edit wars. I am also interested in helping with WP:DYK and helping close discussions at WP:RSN.

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

A: I am definitely proudest of my content contributions to Wikipedia, with my two favorite articles probably being the Featured List of Washington (state) ballot measures and the Good Article Competitive debate in the United States. I also take a lot of pride in my articles about people from historically underrepresented groups - Stella Alexander, Jeffrey Veregge, and Shiro Kashino all come to mind. And who wouldn't be proud of being recognized as Precious?

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: I hold WP:AGF very close to my heart and try to embody those principles, even when there are editing disagreements. Several years ago, there was a dispute over my closure of a discussion about the reliability of The Federalist - Atsme brought the concerns to my talk page, I engaged with her concerns in good faith, and we eventually followed the standard conflict resolution process by going to WP:AN. More recently, there was a dispute about the mention of Jeffrey Veregge's tribal membership in the lead of his article due to some ambiguously phrased guidelines. Again, I engaged with those concerns and made the decision to not push too hard on having things "my way." If I were to pick a single ideal that I try to hold myself to during editing conflicts, it's collaboration. With that in mind, I try to remind myself that I am not the most important person in the room and make an effort to place myself in other editor's shoes before I criticize their actions.

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