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Indeed, that was an interesting RfA, with strongly held opinions covering both ends of the spectrum as to the value of it. This post is a good reflection on the value of feedback. I've been an admin for nearly eight years now and if anyone has feedback for me (good or bad), I'd certainly be interested to hear it. Schwede 66 22:49, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You said: "I find it hard to conceive of a scenario that an administrator's petition meets its requirement for RRfA, and that administrator goes on to be reconfirmed." I don't know about that one ... had I not accidentally dropped accelerant on my recall petition (or in a scenario in which I hadn't encountered the editor whose block brought it all to a head), maybe it might have limped to 25 signatures on the 30th day and I would've been in a much better position regarding an RRFA. As for what actually happened, if my nominators hadn't had faith in me, I would've just resigned. Graham87 (talk) 07:58, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And yes, I basically rationalised the 2022 ANI against me, in short, because of the unusual situation in the main discussion and the relative inexperience of the user who brought up the 2020 block mentioned there. More specific discussion about that should probably go somewhere else. Graham87 (talk) 08:13, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is a really good point. I've never been dragged to AN, AN/I or ArbCom but is that because I'm doing a good job or simply because I'm flying under the radar? I have no way of knowing, other than the mantra "no news is good news". Some sort of feedback mechanism, without the threat of losing editing privileges/tools being attached to it, would be very welcome. It's very important that such a mechanism isn't used for nitpicking though. Yes I want to know what I can do better and how I can improve, but equally important is some encouragement and affirmation where I'm already doing good things. Assuming, of course, that some of what I do is any good! Waggers TALK 09:56, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice to know I'm inspirational, if not always a good example. Congrats on the re-RFA! --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 03:07, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats for the re-RFA!–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:07, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]