User:Novem Linguae/Essays/2024 administrator election voter guide

There are so many 2024 administrator election candidates now (36 candidates as of October 15) that it may make sense to create some user subpages analyzing the candidates in a bit more depth (also known as "voter guides"). I'm going to keep this page factual, using criteria that I think RFA candidates are often evaluated on.

Keep in mind that even if a candidate fails one of these criteria, administrator elections are a chance for voters to lower their standards, if they think that type of RFA reform is healthy. Be the change that you want to see.


#	Name	AELECT subpage	Edit count >8000?	>1000 edits in the last year (Oct 2023–Sep 2024)	Account age >2 years?	No blocks in last 5 years	Good article?	User talk archiving & transparency	Nominators	Previous RFAs	Other high-trust permissions
1	Ahecht	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Wbm1058
2	AntiDionysius	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y^[1]
3	Bastun	link	Y	Y	Y	Y^[2]	N	N^[3]
4	DoubleGrazing	link	Y	Y	Y	Y^[4]	Y	Y
5	Dr vulpes	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Femke
6	EggRoll97	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y			Edit filter manager, global edit filter helper
7	FOARP	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
8	Frost	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
9	Hawkeye7	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		[1] [2] [3]	Former admin
	~~Iwaqarhashmi~~	link	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N^[5]
10	Knightoftheswords281	link	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y
11	Leonidlednev	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y			Global rollbacker
12	LindsayH	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
13	MarcGarver	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y		[1]	Steward, Wikibooks sysop & checkuser
14	Mdewman6	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
	~~NoobThreePointOh~~	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N^[6]	Y
15	Pbritti	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
16	Peaceray	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
17	Pharaoh of the Wizards	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N^[7]
18	Queen of Hearts	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
19	Robert McClenon	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y		[1] [2]
20	Rsjaffe	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
21	Sable232	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
22	SD0001	link	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Novem Linguae, Hey man im josh		Bot Approvals Group
	~~SheriffIsInTown~~	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N^[8]
23	SilverLocust	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Extraordinary Writ, HouseBlaster		Arbitration Committee clerk
24	Sohom Datta	link	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Novem Linguae, Clovermoss		Global interface editor
25	Spy-cicle	link	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
26	Starship.paint	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
27	SWinxy	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
28	ThadeusOfNazereth	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Vanamonde93
29	The Squirrel Conspiracy	link	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y^[9]		[1]	Wikidata sysop, Commons sysop
30	Valenciano	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y^[10]
31	Velella	link	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
32	Zippybonzo	link	N	N	Y	Y^[11]	N	Y

Notes

^ Example of not archiving a reasonable message.
^ Blocked in 2023 for 3RR, but admin unblocked saying it was an erroneous block.
^ Example of not archiving a reasonable message. Also see evidence of snappy edit summaries (1, 2), both in response to hate speech.
^ Has a 5 minute test block.
^ Deleted 31 sections from user talk archive page.
^ Has 1 GAN as of 16 October 2024 (had a GA previously, but article was later demoted, and renominated article after working on it).
^ Examples (1, 2) of not archiving a reasonable message.
^ Example of not archiving a reasonable message. Edit summary was "rewritten". Another example of not archiving a reasonable 2024 thread. Does not appear to have any user talk archives.
^ Example of not archiving a reasonable message.
^ Example of not archiving a reasonable message.
^ Blocked in 2021 for "abusing multiple accounts". Unblocked 30 minutes later by same admin for "AGF" (assume good faith). Possible erroneous block?

[1] Example of not archiving a reasonable message.

[2] Blocked in 2023 for 3RR, but admin unblocked saying it was an erroneous block.

[3] Example of not archiving a reasonable message. Also see evidence of snappy edit summaries (1, 2), both in response to hate speech.

[4] Has a 5 minute test block.

[5] Deleted 31 sections from user talk archive page.

[6] Has 1 GAN as of 16 October 2024 (had a GA previously, but article was later demoted, and renominated article after working on it).

[7] Examples (1, 2) of not archiving a reasonable message.

[8] Example of not archiving a reasonable message. Edit summary was "rewritten". Another example of not archiving a reasonable 2024 thread. Does not appear to have any user talk archives.

[9] Example of not archiving a reasonable message.

[10] Example of not archiving a reasonable message.

[11] Blocked in 2021 for "abusing multiple accounts". Unblocked 30 minutes later by same admin for "AGF" (assume good faith). Possible erroneous block?

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