User talk:Daniel.Bryant/Archive/RfA Message

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A quarterly breakdown of Archives is listed below. For the purpose of this list, Archive 1 (which began on March 11, 2006) will be included in the third quarter (July–September), as it is the only one in the second quarter of 2006.

Third quarter, 2006 (July–September)

1  •  2  •  3  •  4  •  5  •  6  •  7  •  8  •  9  •  10

Fourth quarter, 2006 (October-December)

11  •  12  •  13  •  14  •  15  •  16  •  17  •  18  •  19

First quarter, 2007 (January–March)

20  •  21  •  22  •  23  •  24  •  25  •  26  •  27  •  28  •  29

Second quarter, 2007 (April–June)

30

In addition, I have a number of "special" archives for various things. Please see the bottom of the main archive directory for details.

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In lieu of sending 239 messages...

Thank you to everyone who considered my nomination for adminship over the last week. I am humbled by the feedback this discussion received - 233/3/3 (99%) - and I must acknowledge my genuine surprise at such an overwhelming result.

Thanks hugely to Sarah Ewart, my nominator. Sarah is someone I have become great friends with during my time here, and is someone who I unreservedly respect. Her every action, every comment, is an attempt to improve Wikipedia and Wikipedians, something not a lot of people can say about themselves. I barely knew who she was until two months ago - I have since learnt that she has gathered the respect of a lot of other Wikipedians as well as myself - and her attitude has always been brilliant and friendly.

In addition, thanks to my seven co-nominators. Especially, thanks to Newyorkbrad, who, like Sarah, I have become very good friends with over the last two months (incidentally, Brad and Sarah are great friends also, making this some sort of cosy friendship triangle). Brad has very similar circumstances to myself - we both joined about the same time, have very similar interests both in real life and on Wikipedia, very similar methods of discussing and acting on Wikipedia, and was promoted with similar RfA results a week apart after being both nominated by Sarah . He is certainly no "has-been"[1], by any stretch of the imagination; rather, a top-notch person and great Wikipedian :)

As I stated in the RfA discussion, I value peoples' comments that analysed my contributions highly. In particular, the people who expressed doubts - not only the oppose/neutral, but also some of the support - have given me another, added incentive, to work hard and learn from their comments. In addition, thanks very much to the couple of users who asked me customised questions, which in turn allowed them to make an extremely informed decision.

In tribute of dodgy RfA clichés - 17-or-so in my RfA - here's one of my own masqueraded in the form of a generic RfA thankyou statement (by "generic", I really mean "copied from NYB with slight modifications"...):

Thank you for your input regarding my candidacy for adminship, which was closed as successful earlier today. I am grateful and humbled by the confidence and support the community has placed in me and I'm looking forward to assisting with maintenance of Wikipedia in the future using my new tools. I greatly appreciate any feedback, comments and/or suggestions, especially as I am currently only "learning the ropes". Best regards, Daniel.Bryant 11:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

As I stated in the last paragraph of my answer to Q6, I am first and foremost an article writer and editor. To ensure this, I would like to reaffirm my pledge that I made during the RfA process:

I will write one Featured Article or two Good Articles or one Featured List every year for the next two to retain my adminship. If I do not do so, I will ask a steward to voluntarily removeI will not use my +sysop bit until such a time that I have met this threshold, and then I will ask to be speedy reappointed. I do this in an attempt to become less like a policeman and more like an article writer.

I honestly mean to stick to this and I encourage anyone to give me a kick-up-the-proverbial if I'm failing to do so.

I find my "story", for want of a better word, to be one that exemplifies why I believe Wikipedia really kicks ass: forgiveness. I have made some stupid and pathetically ridiculous comments - to say the least - way-back-when, and to see a consensus of users say "you've obviously reformed, that was an exception to the rule, come on in" was, for me, a reassurance that Wikipedia will continue kicking for many years to come, rather than imploding.

Thanks everyone for everything over the last six months - to all those who have taught me everything they could about being a good administrator, especially Luna and Glen - I owe you one. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant 11:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Modified slightly after a discussion with a steward. Same principle, really, just slightly different logistics. Daniel Bryant 22:32, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I have met the criteria above for the calendar year of 2007; see Central Coast Mariners FC and Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Central Coast Mariners FC. Daniel Bryant 22:59, 31 March 2007 (UTC)