User:Amgine/Review of TempoD contribs

'kay, the drill, been asked to do a review of Tempodivalse contribs and actions on-wiki.

Caveats: I don't know Tempodivalse very well, never having spent time with xyr as a colleague, though I've been in occasional conversation with xyr for years I think. I believe I may have voted/comment in xyr RfA, but I cannot recall. I would not say we've had any relationship, and while I do not think I have any specific biases I have to say I have strong feelings regarding VOA which are probably mostly unaligned with those of Tempodivalse.


 * 1), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , : bot Admin actions.
 * 2), , : Miscellaneous communications which seem pointless.
 * 3), , , , , : Watercooler policy discussions, whingeing, etc.
 * 4) *, , , , (not on WC, pointing toward it.), , : Noteworthy sub-thread - arbcom.
 * 5), , , , ,  (indef block, no reason given but should have been vandalism), , , , , , ,  (No communication with user after de-self-publishing), : Normal admin work
 * 6), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , : Normal contributor/wikignomishness.
 * 7) * : Edit reverting w/o communications
 * 8), , , , , , , : Flagged revs votes, comments, threads.
 * 9), , , : Welcomebotting.
 * 10) * : Welcomebotting anon IPs.
 * 11) : BrianMC drama
 * 12), , : User talk page archiving, communicating

Logged items from the same time period (note: less than 48 hours):
 * Page protecting (archiving): 14
 * Changing user permissions (own): 1
 * Page deletions: 6
 * Page moves: 5
 * Username block: 4

Well, that's another wade through the manure tank.

The first thing to note is that in a bit less than two days of editing the majority of the user's contributions/actions are normal administrative and contributor edits. While apparently lacking a larger picture of the Wikinews project, the non-productive in-community warfare does not make up an appreciable percentage of the edits I examined, although that number took place over a shorter period of time which was selected deliberately for its lower level of in-community warfare.

Overall, these edits show Tempodivalse is an active journalist and copyeditor, and extremely active on policy discussions, votes, and polls, often initiating them even where no issue has been raised. This is not positive for the community, as only extant problems should be addressed, and then only to the minimum necessary to resolve the documented problem; going beyond such minimal interventions tends to be disruptive. Despite extensive project history and a position of responsibility, xe continues to ask simplistic questions and make ignorant remarks which illustrate a lack of understanding of basic concepts of copyright, trademark, and journalistic writing. As an active admin xyr personable writing style makes xyr an effective mentor, and with only a couple of minor errors in applying blocks, reverts (which may in fact have been addressed in IRC, without a record on-wiki) is an excellent admin/wikignome.

There are two elements in this record which struck me, however: slightly under a majority of xyr contributions are simplistic, either performed by a bot/script or might just as well have been; and the user initiated two news articles. The former are very valuable edits, but are coupled with a low efficiency of actions/edits; a slow but steady contributor. The latter is invaluable.

Based solely on these edits I would happily nominate Tempodivalse for adminship. Xe is an extremely useful wikignome, is conversant with policy, and is a reasonable journalist. I would strongly fault xyr over-interest in policy whonking and wiki-lawyering, as well as running a guerrilla war against Brian McNeil, both of which in my opinion are strongly disruptive of the community. Related to this I would give xyr a condescending tongue-lashing regarding hasty, ill-thought inter-admin/inter-community attacks which cannot result in benefit to the community, which in part I have done.

Here endeth the *final* (yes, I'm refusing to do any more such reviews) splatcher hike, with the encore caveat to the community:

YOU'RE A BUNCH OF LOONS! THIS IS CHILDISHLY STUPID! GROW UP, QUIT SQUABBLING LIKE TODDLERS IN A SANDBOX!