Final (104/12/3); ended 05:22, 26 July 2011 (UTC) - There exists a consensus that questions about Qwyrxian's understanding of WP:CSD#A7 and similar policies, and Qwyrxian's inter-user interactions, are insufficient as to prevent Qwyrxian from receiving the English Wikipedia project administrator toolkit. However, it is always worthwhile to learn from the constructive criticism offered in an RfX. -- Avi (talk) 05:22, 26 July 2011 (UTC) [reply]
Qwyrxian (talk · contribs) – Ladies and gentlemen, it is with pleasure that I nominate Qwyrxian to become an administrator. I first encountered him when we worked together to stop BLP violations from being inserted into the article on Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto. It turns out there was a whole group of articles centred around the NYC public relations firm of 5W Public Relations that were falling prey to the same treatment by a sockpuppeteer. Qwyrxian was instrumental in resolving the matter and assists to this day in watching for further disruption. He has recently been active, with User:Anna Frodesiak, in developing a strategy to fight the "TV station vandal", a mysterious IP-hopping editor who makes massive numbers of unsourced changes to TV station articles. Have a look in the black sandbox; this type of detailed work goes beyond ordinary vandal hunting. Qwyrxian has lately been delving into the complex world of our articles on India and Pakistan. He is not afraid to jump into difficult and complicated situations and try to resolve them; in fact he seems to relish the work. He is always very reasoned in his arguments, and has an excellent knowledge of policy. Admin tools can only be an asset in the hands of this editor. Diannaa (talk) 19:04, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I hereby accept this nomination. I've been editing Wikipedia seriously for a little over a year now (though I signed up in 2008), and, as my userpage says, I can't believe it took me so long to start. I believe that my work thus far has provided me with the knowledge needed to use the tools correctly, as well as demonstrated that I have the temperament to apply them wisely and appropriately. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:43, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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p.s. 1) this is my first-ever vote in an RfA, 2) I was aware of the RfA prior to hearing from Diligent, 3) wasn't sure I was eligible to vote (I had assumed RfA voting was for Admins and above), 4) didn't research voting eligibility further for two reasons: a) approve looked unstoppable, so what's the point? and b) Qwyrxian is currently working on something of value to me (i.e., building possible exception language to WP:COLLAPSE) and I didn't want to risk teeing him off w/ a negative vote, 5) I thought about the ethics of that, deciding to speak up outweighs my own personal interest.
Last, I think it's interesting to witness Qwyrxian during this voting period. (Look what he did! ... He used policy to stomp down on Diligent, even there isn't anything fathomable he could possibly gain from doing so. [To stop an influx of oppose votes which might tip the voting balance!? Nonsense. To dispense helpful, corrective education to Diligent at an opportune moment for learning? I hardly think so!] So what explains Qwyrxian's interest to bring policy to the attention of Diligent, instantly and during the voting period? I see only one answer that makes sense: an overriding affection for policy, for policy's sake. His answers to the vetting sample questions could all be perfect, his conduct might be friendly and polite as heck, but IMO, those things don't matter, if a predisposition rules.) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 08:33, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]