Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Candidates/Valenciano

Nomination

Valenciano (talk · contribs · they/them) – I joined Wikipedia in 2005. In that time I've made over 60,000 edits here and have been active as a new page patroller, WP:RFPP, WP:AIV, WP:UAA. I maintain a log of pages I've nominated for speedy deletion here. I've created over 400 articles here plus over 40 on other Wikipedia language projects, including 26 DYK hooks on the main page and 3 Good articles. I have also been active at AFD. I have never edited for profit or used alternative accounts. Valenciano (talk) 22:57, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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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: There has been a call for more admins in recent times and concern over falling admin numbers. I believe I have more than enough experience to help. I have been active at WP:AIV (240 edits), WP:UAA (558 edits) and WP:RFPP and it would be useful to have the tools in those areas.

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

A: All 3 of my good articles were written by me from scratch and I've over 25 main page DYK hooks credited to me. One of the articles I started (Last use of capital punishment in Spain) was on the main page in the "on this day" section at the end of last month. I have had autopatrolled rights for many years.

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: Editing a lot in the politics area, it would be impossible to avoid disagreements. Over the years, with experience, I've learnt to focus disagreements on what the sources say rather than being dragged into personal disputes on involvement on drama boards like WP:ANI. I have a clean block log and have never been sanctioned for anything.

You may ask optional questions below. There is a limit of two questions per editor. Multi-part questions are disallowed, but you are allowed to ask follow-up questions related to previous questions.

Optional question from Z1720

4. In your response to question 3, you outlined the process you take in response to a potential conflict. Can you please give a specific example of a recent conflict or disagreement you have been involved with, and describe either how you successfully managed the conflict or what you would have done differently? Thanks, Z1720 (talk) 00:41, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Optional question from Thryduulf

5. Why did you choose to seek adminship via election rather than via a standard RFA?

A:

Optional question from Ganesha811

6. Are there any areas of adminship you do not plan to participate in, due to unfamiliarity or lack of technical knowledge? If you later decided you wanted to help in these areas, what would be your plan to become an effective admin in those areas?

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Discussion

Links for Valenciano: Valenciano (talk · contribs · deleted · count · AfD · logs · block log · lu · rfar · spi)
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AfD record: 93.70% match rate, n of 277. 51 keep !votes to 238 delete !votes. Mildly subjective comment: these stats are great but they're very stale - only 1 AfD in the past year, and only 9 in the past five years. -- asilvering (talk) 06:42, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]