Talk:Stewards/Confirm/2024

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This page allows for general discussion and questions regarding the 2024 steward confirmations.

Final decisions (by stewards)

Confirmation discussions will remain open from 29 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) till 7 March 2024, 14:00 (UTC). This may be extended to two weeks for one or more confirmations at the discretion of the Election Committee if the committee believes further input is required before concluding. The Election Committee will close these discussions and implement the outcome (which also means making a decision in non-obvious cases).

This page is for steward discussion only. Please do not comment in this box unless you are a steward.

The summaries below provide a very strict overview of the most relevant confirmation comments.

Stewards: Please leave your comments right below the boxes after reviewing the actual confirmation comments and your understanding of relevant policies. You may summarize the confirmation discussions in individual comments, but no overall summary is given.

Status Candidate Notes
   Under discussion
AmandaNP
   Under discussion
AntiCompositeNumber
   Under discussion
Base
   Under discussion
Bsadowski1
   Under discussion
DerHexer
   Under discussion
Elton
   Under discussion
HakanIST
   Under discussion
Hasley
   Under discussion
Hoo man
   Under discussion
Jon Kolbert
   Under discussion
MarcGarver
   Under discussion
Martin Urbanec
   Under discussion
Masti
   Under discussion
Mykola7
   Under discussion
RadiX
   Under discussion
Sakretsu
   Under discussion
Schniggendiller
   Under discussion
Sotiale
   Under discussion
Stryn
   Under discussion
Superpes15
   Under discussion
Tegel
   Under discussion
Teles
   Resigned
Tks4Fish Did not run for reconfirmation
   Under discussion
Vermont
   Under discussion
Vituzzu
   Under discussion
Wim b
   Under discussion
Xaosflux
   Under discussion
علاء
Results

AmandaNP

  Keep: 129 (good coordination of the steward clerks / good actions / professionalism and responsiveness / activity / cordial and patient / no concerns / no comments)
  Remove: 0
  Neutral: 0

Note
You can either choose to leave a comment on every candidate or to confirm/remove all at once. --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

AntiCompositeNumber

  Keep: 104 (activity / responsiveness / quickness / professionalism / helpful / tech knowledge / no comments)
  Remove: 1 (no comments)
  Neutral: 0

Note
You can either choose to leave a comment on every candidate or to confirm/remove all at once. --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Base

  Keep: 87 (good activity / useful contributions / helpful / no comments)
  Remove: 2 (no comments)
  Comment: 1 (Unconvincing reconfirmation statement)

Note
You can either choose to leave a comment on every candidate or to confirm/remove all at once. --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Bsadowski1

  Keep: 85 (truly committed / no issue / great job / truly committed / active / no comments)
  Remove: 1 (Replying "o_o" to an IRC report)
  Neutral: 0

Note
You can either choose to leave a comment on every candidate or to confirm/remove all at once. --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

DerHexer

  Keep: 125 (excellent work / great steward / resolute / helpful communicator with WMF / no comments)
  Remove: 0
  Neutral: 0

Note
You can either choose to leave a comment on every candidate or to confirm/remove all at once. --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Elton

  Keep: 60 (good work / no concerns / Thanks for commitment / no comments)
  Remove: 0
  Neutral: 0

Note
You can either choose to leave a comment on every candidate or to confirm/remove all at once. --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

HakanIST

  Keep: 68 (increased activity / helpful for SRG backlog / no reason to remove / good steward / no comments)
  Remove: 5 (not enough activity / no comments)
  Neutral: 0

Note
You can either choose to leave a comment on every candidate or to confirm/remove all at once. --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hasley

  Keep: 77 (good activity / great anti-LTA work / excellent work / no comments)
  Remove: 0
  Neutral: 0

Note
You can either choose to leave a comment on every candidate or to confirm/remove all at once. --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hoo man

  Keep: 51 (good anti-vandalism work / more activity is needed / good contributions / little help is helpfuf / no comments)
  Weak keep: 4 (more activity would be good)
  Remove: 12 (low contributions as steward / pointless steward / too inactive to justify the flag / minimal activity / no comments)
  Weak remove: 1 (more activity needed)
  Neutral: 3 (concerns about inactivity / not direct benefit from removing / no comments)

Note
You can either choose to leave a comment on every candidate or to confirm/remove all at once. --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Jon Kolbert

  Keep: 70 (brilliant with proxies / good work / great at clearing backlogs / no concerns / no comments)
  Remove: 1 (no comments)
  Neutral: 0

Note
You can either choose to leave a comment on every candidate or to confirm/remove all at once. --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

MarcGarver

  Keep: 41 (good activity / more activity would be good / no issue / no comments)
  Weak keep: 3 (more activity would be good)
  Remove: 1 (activity has not improved in the last year)
  Neutral: 1 (concerns about inactivity)
  Comment: 1 (Unconvincing reconfirmation statement)

Note
You can either choose to leave a comment on every candidate or to confirm/remove all at once. --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Martin Urbanec

  Keep: 101 (worked with many Vietnamese users / One of the best and the most well-known stewards / talented steward / excellent technical knowledge / vandal fighting skills / no reason to remove after a single incident / helpful / active in every area / good work / valuable steward / no issues / no comments)
  Remove: 2 (applying different rules to different users as ElectCom / membership in the chapter board)
  Neutral: 0

Note
You can either choose to leave a comment on every candidate or to confirm/remove all at once. --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Masti

  Keep: 64 (good experiences / quick on IRC / good acting steward / isolate incidents / good work at locking LTAs / helps in many areas / strong expertise with LTAs / good job / no reason for removal / no comments)
  Weak keep: 3 (good work and helpful with quick actions on IRC but lack of response is concerning / should be more responsive)
  Remove: 20 (no response / needs to be more responsive / no reply to basic accountability questions / accountability is fundamental / non-responsive / no comments)
  Neutral: 11 (productive steward / lack of responses is a bit concerning / communication skills need improvement / should be more responsive / no comments)

Note
You can either choose to leave a comment on every candidate or to confirm/remove all at once. --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • Confirm - I understand the concerns raised, though do not believe it rises to the level of a removal. Vermont (🐿️🏳️‍🌈) 17:14, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • I think the concerns are valid, and I know first hand how annoying it can be when stewards who make global blocks aren't available to discuss/deal with the fallout from them. That said, this isn't about my personal opinion - and I think there is still a weak consensus to confirm among the community who voted. – Ajraddatz (talk) 17:21, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • I am concerned that Masti did not respond to a simple question when given multiple opportunities, until it began to pose a problem for their reconfirmation. I also feel that the eventual response is incomplete, and am concerned about the message that re-confirming in these circumstances sends. However, I am judging consensus and not voting in this case. At 77% I find it difficult to see consensus to re-confirm but could be convinced. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 23:32, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Due to the limited participation in confirmations compared to elections, I tend to be willing to support a bit of leeway (probably no lower than 75% outside canvassing concerns, etc.) and this case falls right at the lower end of what I would be comfortable calling a weak consensus to confirm. Numerically the numbers are very similar between Masti and Hoo man. However, I think there is some value in considering the arguments, and votes to remove due to unresponsiveness are in my eyes a more serious charge than inactivity, so I could also be convinced that this falls into a no consensus to retain situation. – Ajraddatz (talk) 16:42, 1 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • Remove there does not appear to be sufficient consensus to retain. — xaosflux Talk 00:13, 1 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • Confirm per Vermont. The concerns raised have been valid, but overall there appears to be a weak consensus to confirm. EPIC (talk) 16:53, 1 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Mykola7

  Keep: 94 (great first year as steward / no concerns / thanks / for sure / no comments)
  Remove: 3 (concerns about scrutineering and ElectCom / no comments)
  Neutral: 0

Note
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RadiX

  Keep: 64 (no problems / good work / no concerns / Thanks / no comments)
  Remove: 0
  Neutral: 0

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Sakretsu

  Keep: 78 (overall good work / great steward / capable of handling complex issues / single incident / no comment)
  Weak keep: 2 (one incident unsufficient to remove)
  Remove: 21 (locking Gitz6666 / loss of trust / failing to avoid COI / using steward tools on homewiki / no comment)
  Neutral: 5 (questioning Sakretsu's understanding of "home wiki" provisions in the Stewards policy / no comment)

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Schniggendiller

  Keep: 67 (good anti-vandalism work / no concerns / no comments)
  Remove: 0
  Neutral: 1 (no comments)

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Sotiale

  Keep: 85 (work on SRCU / helpful / no concerns / great steward / needed / thanks / no comments)
  Remove: 0
  Neutral: 0

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Stryn

  Keep: 75 (no concerns / no issues / thanks / no comments)
  Remove: 0
  Neutral: 0

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Superpes15

  Keep: 110 (often processing SR(G)P / friendly / has some humour / no comment)
  Remove: 0
  Neutral: 1 (unacceptable comment on SRP)

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Tegel

  Keep: 73 (no concerns / hope can improve on communication / diligent and consistent / thanks / no comments)
  Weak keep: 1 (no comments)
  Remove: 0
  Neutral: 2 (helpful and active steward but communication really needs improving / non-responsive)

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Teles

  Keep: 71 (no concerns / good work / no comments)
  Remove: 0
  Neutral: 1 (no comments)

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Vermont

  Keep: 96 (valuable / brilliant / very professional attitude / friendly / great steward / no concerns / professionalism and responsiveness to LTA locking / helpful and kind / great communication / skilled / no comments)
  Remove: 1 (concerns about a meta-wiki block)
  Neutral: 0
  Comment: 2 (concerns about handling of a WMF researchers request / concerns about opening a new RfC)

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Vituzzu

  Keep: 85 (valuable steward / no loss of trust / overall great work / responsive / no comment)
  strong keep: 1 (precious asset to Wikimedia projects)
  Weak keep: 1 (no comment)
  Remove: 47 (inappropriate response to critisism / inappropriate comments at Signpost / lost of trust in judgement / no comment)
  hard remove: 1 (doxing)
  weak remove: 1 (reinforcing a later-overturned global lock)
  Neutral: 3 (no comment)

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Wim b

  Keep: 78 (no concerns / selfless dedication to projects / no comments)
  Remove: 0
  Neutral: 0

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Xaosflux

  Keep: 88 (working a lot behind the scenes / great first year / positively bureaucratic / activity on VRTS / no comments)
  Remove: 0
  Neutral: 0

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علاء

  Keep: 111 (kind / helpful / highly trusted / very committed / available to provide support for admins / very active / best possible representative for Arab world / thanks / great work / arwiki action was not a steward action / no comments)
  Weak keep: 1 (the arwiki issue is not enough to remove when compared to user's activity and transparency)
  Remove: 10 (suspicious activity on Arabic Wikipedia / bizarre behavior / no comments)
  Neutral: 1 (not a good impression on arwiki mass-logout script removal discussion)

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All stewards running for confirmation

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Should you be decided to drop your comment here, please don't forget to add Confirm all or Remove all to your text. The discussion below applies to all stewards listed in the sections above, except the one commenting. Thanks, --Superpes15 (talk) 11:32, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

* Confirm all. For the case mentioned in Sakretsu/Vituzzu's confirmations, which are the ones standing out the most, I'm not sure entirely what has happened or who is in the wrong, but I'm glad they have been responsive and overall they have been competent and active stewards. As for Masti, I am also satisfied enough with the responses to the concerns addressed too. Overall, if they have learned from their mistakes, I don't think it's worth losing active and competent stewards over this, and thus I will still be leaning to confirm all. EPIC (talk) 14:22, 29 February 2024 (UTC) Reply

  • OK, I've taken a second look at the Vituzzu case, and I do not like what I am reading. I'm not too convinced by either side though, so for now, I will be neutral for that one. Other than that; confirm all as I do not have anything to say about the other stewards than what has already been said. EPIC (talk) 20:48, 29 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

After some further thought I'm striking this for now as there does not appear to be a consensus to confirm all candidates. EPIC (talk) 14:03, 1 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

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