The comments of the opposers make me cry. *Oppose, I can't help thinking that someone who resigned his adminship last month when he didn't need to does not have the best interest of the project at heart. *Oppose appears to brush off criticism, I tended to disagree with his decision processes on WP:OFFICE, his answers to the first few questions above reads to me sorta like "I'm danny I dont really need to go through this process". Sorry but I must oppose. (that one is awful - opposing because he doesn't respect RFA?) *Oppose Relinquished positions of trust along with his resignation from WMF. This is in itself a good thing. But he does not explain his reasons for departure. I would be happy to support if this was explained. Danny linked his departure with those positions of trust, including the admin position. Of course he did not need to explain why he resigned, but once the linkage is forged I can't evaluate his fitness without understanding the full reasons for his giving them up. *Oppose Sorry - unsatisfactory answers to questions. *Oppose per nom. (this is classy - he's opposing based on the fact that Cyde Weys supported him) Steve _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

There are some legit concerns on Danny's RFA, and a lot of "OFFICE bit me he sucks", sometimes written slightly more coherently.

I think the overall comments on that RFA (troll festival if you ask me which you don't) is quite annoying. The allegedly "legit concerns" about the office in my opinion has no bearing on weather or not he would abuse admin tools. I sincerely hope Danny continues to serve us despite us. - Cool Cat On 4/6/07, Ron Ritzman <ritzman(a)gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

On 4/6/07, Vee <vee.be.me(a)gmail.com> wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/… votes? While we're complaining about illogical votes, I found it incredibly odd for someone supporting to write "Danny = WP. WP = Danny." Perhaps it was just an ill-phrased comment, but I think it's dangerous to equate the project with any one person. Let's not go overboard, shall we? Johnleemk

On 4/7/07, K P <kpbotany(a)gmail.com> wrote: vote--can't attached I became an admin when I was 14. I can't see anything wrong with teenaged admins; IIRC at one point we had a 13-year-old 'crat. Still, as long as this ageism is only a fringe thing on RfA, it's probably not worth knocking the process itself over a few misguided Wikipedians. Johnleemk

I strongly encourage any 'crat to promote Danny to admin and publicly say that the RFA was not a factor in their decision one way or another - this was a slam dunk case by any standard, and if the community's head is too far up its own ass to recognize that it's not the fault of the bureaucrat.

Of course he will win RFA. Everybody's two cents are there, but it looks like the rational reasons for *Support* are dominating.

On 07/04/07, Jeff Raymond wrote: {{fact}}

Just take his dealings with newbies (such as blocking someone for a month for simple newbie mistakes, instead of educating them and trying to educate them and possibly create a solid wikipedian). This is something I personally care a lot about because that's one of the things I spend a lot of time doing. That sort of behavior is unacceptable, in my opinion. It's not like all the opposers are insane trolls. Look at that list and you'll see a whole lot of fantastic wikipedians.

I think, frankly, that Danny was left to do a hard job in terms of handling a huge volume of complaints and crap, more than he probably should have had to handle, and the stress of that is largely responsible for some poor judgment on occasion.

I also think that, freed of the load of the office, Danny will be a much better administrator.

On 07/04/07, Phil Sandifer <Snowspinner(a)gmail.com> wrote: Didn't Danny resign his adminship to go through the process of RfA again? -- Oldak Quill (oldakquill(a)gmail.com)

(that one is awful - opposing because he doesn't respect RFA?)