Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Candidates/Hawkeye7

Nomination

Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs · they/them) – Hi I'm Hawkeye7. Some of you might know me from the Military History and Spaceflight projects. Or you might have met me at Wikimania in Hong Kong in 2013, Italy in 2015 or Poland in 2024! I've been around a long time. I started editing almost twenty years ago and am one of the most active Wikipedians. I am primarily a content creator, having written 110 featured articles and 370 good articles, and have created over 500 articles!

I generally pitch in when there is work to be done. I have participated in numerous drives. I rarely turn down a request for help, even when it is outside my area of expertise like reviewing an article on ice skating or rock bands, or assisting with a workshop on articles on Bhutan. I have developed bots to streamline the featured article processes and clean up backlogs.

I was was once an admin but was desysopped by ArbCom in the Civility Enforcement case twelve years ago. I was the third of several admins in a chain of knee-jerk admin actions and as such was technically "wheel-warring". This may not have led to sanctions from ArbCom, but it was part of a wider disputes which ended up at arbitration. This decision was not taken lightly, nor alone, but the responsibility was mine. At the time I thought that the editor in question would persist with a course of unacceptable behaviour until finally blocked for good. Regrettably, that ultimately proved to be the case, but not until after several more ArbCom cases. Twelve years is a long time ago - many editors have not been around that long - and I have a clean block record. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:14, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: Please disclose whether you have ever edited Wikipedia for pay.

I have never edited Wikipedia for pay. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:09, 12 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 for nearly twenty years now. I was recently re-elected as lead co-ordinator of the Military History project. As such I am frequently called upon to perform various administrative tasks even though I am not an admin. I am an autopatroller, file mover, new page reviewer, mass message sender and template editor. I feel I can make a contribution as an admin. I am in a different time zone to most, so can particularly help in areas where a quick response is warranted. One area I am particularly interested in helping out at WP:DYK, where there are often logjams due to no admin being available to promote the queues. I have a lot of experience in this area, having written or expanded 480 DYK articles and having worked on assembling prep areas. I would like to help reduce our backlogs, especially those at WP:RPP and WP:RM that most impact the content creation process.

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

A: I am particularly proud of my work on featured articles. Initially, I wrote military articles based related to my PhD research, on the Second World War in the South West Pacific Area, like Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines, Admiralty Islands campaign, Landing at Nadzab, and Battle of Sio. I am particularly interested in logistics, and wrote on Allied logistics in the Kokoda Track campaign, British logistics in the Falklands War, British logistics in the Normandy Campaign and American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany (love the image I found for that one). I also wrote articles on the Manhattan Project, such as Robert Oppenheimer, and astronauts like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. I have conducted article writing workshops and was Wikipedian in Residence with Paralympics Australia, writing up my experiences in Paris 2024 for The Signpost

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: You cannot be active for twenty years without some conflicts. Over ten years ago I was desysopped by ArbCom. I have now been on Wikipedia for nearly twenty years and have never been blocked or banned. I have not appeared before ArbCom since that case over ten years ago. If this RfA is successful, you have my word that I will work quietly and diligently, and use the administrative tools to help build the encyclopaedia.

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Discussion

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