Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy (old)/Coordinator selection

Even though I voted and so am involved I'm going to add this template, note Dan has congratulated Theo on his selection [1] and in doing so closing this selection. The result is stong show of support for User:Theopolisme to assume User:Achowat's position as the new coordinator. Even though I didn't have a great deal of contact with Acho from what I have seen and heard he was a wonderful person to have involved in this project and was a "founding father". I personally would like to thank Achowat for his service to the CVUA and Wikipedia generally and wish him well in the future. I'm sure I speak for the Academy as a whole when I say that you will be a great loss and that you are welcome back at any time. But now I would to also extend my congratulations to Theo and wish him the best as coordinator. (If anyone feels that I have gone to far in adding the template or the comments above feel free to slap me across the face. Callanecc (talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 16:29, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Following the departure of Achowat, a new coordinator must be selected to succeed him, and join Dan653.

Process

There will be two phases to the selection process: nomination, and discussion.

During the nomination phase, editors may be nominated as candidates for the role, either by themselves or by other people. An editor may make as few or as many nominations as they wish. There are no requirements for nomination, other than the nominee is has a registered Wikipedia account, and is not currently banned. Once an editor has been nominated, other editors may endorse the nomination; however, this will have no effect on the outcome of the selection. Editors nominated by other users must signal their acceptance of the nomination (the acceptance or a link to it must be provided on this page). Editors do not have to accept their nominations immediately (they may have time to consider the nomination), but must have accepted by the end of the nomination phase if they are to be considered.

During the discussion phase, edits may discuss the various candidates, and indicate their support. Discussion should remain in the discussion section and not take place in the support section. Editors may signal their opposition to a candidate, but there will be no oppose section, and their opposition must be supported by rationale. Editors may also indicate additional preference choices (second, third, etc) in the support section. There will be an additional discussion section at the bottom for more general discussion, and for editors to express alternative preferences. All Wikipedia policies regarding civility and personal attacks apply. At the end of the discussion period, an uninvolved editor (either an administrator or another trusted, experienced editor) will determine the consensus, taking into account both the number of support votes and the discussions, and declare the new coordinator.

Schedules

The nomination phase will end on Friday 13 July 2012 at midnight UTC.
The discussion phase will begin on the morning of Saturday 14 July.
The discussion phase will end on Saturday 21 July at midnight UTC, and the results declared thereafter.

Nomination phase

To nominate someone, please add their username to the bottom of this table. To accept a nomination, change the 'Not yet' to 'Yes'. To decline a nomination, change the 'Not yet' to 'Rejected'. If a nominee has accepted or declined the nomination elsewhere, do the same and provide a link to the acceptance. Nominations have closed.

Nominee	Nominated by	Accepted?
Theopolisme	Riley Huntley and Dan653	Yes (here).
Electriccatfish2	Achowat	Yes (here).
ItsZippy	Electriccatfish2	Declined (here).

Discussion phase

Theopolisme

Discussion

My opinion (from what I've seen in my short time) is that Theo has had more experience with the enrolling side of the Academy (ie "looks good"). My only problem with the enrolling is Theo is very the willing to say I'll take you, given that we have instructors without students this could be a problem, however I'm inferring that after Dan's comment Theo realises this (or did beforehand) Since this is one of the main jobs of the coordinator would you mind just confirming it?

I'm not too concerned with the seeming inexperience regarding deteriming consensus, dealing with problems and answering questions, because at least for the first couple of times for each I would expect that he would ask Dan/Zippy/another experienced instructor to check the decision/answer he left?

Also Theo has been actively trying to improve the running and management of the Academy, both the little fixes here and there as well as the work around archiving the enroll page and creating an instrucing resources page.

Please don't read this as a negative side to Electric - it's note and I didn't think about Electric as I wrote it (well...until now that is). So my support is for Theo, depending on the answers to the two questions above (and anything else I think of in the next couple of days ;)... Callanecc (talk) 04:08, 14 July 2012‎ (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments! In re to #1, yes - I did realize the fact beforehand and was making my most recent remark purely as a joke- should have been more clear on this, oops! But yep- I think that keeping instructors engaged is KEY to the academy, and I would definitely make sure that, as various talk discussions have stated, that everyone gets a chance - by no means would I be a student hog! No worries about that- I'll be the last one... As I said before, instructor involvement is very important to the academy as a whole. Hope that clears that point up.

RE: #2 - yes. Agreed- A second opinion for anything coordinator like that I do (at leat for first few times) would be fantastic. Hope this answers questions, and sorry to be brief (on iPod)! If I totally skipped something or you have other questions, let me know! :) Theopolisme _TALK 04:21, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support

Support per above answers to my requests for clarification. (Plus he's amusing which is always good :) Callanecc (talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 13:21, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I would look to the new coordinator to take a leading role along with Dan to cast vision and ideas. A lot of what Theo has been doing at the CVUA (as well as his great work as an instructor) has been working on larger projects like this (the new Enroll page, and the work he's put in to getting a resources page up, for example). This is the kind of thing I'd like to see from a coordinator. ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 14:04, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support as nominator - Theo demonstrates responsibility, patience and good faith. I also like people that say "I sure ain't purrrrrfect!" Cheers, Riley Huntley _talk No talkback needed; I'll temporarily watch here. 17:56, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great instructor and has had some of the best ideas the academy has seen so far. Dan653 (talk) 15:53, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Electriccatfish2

Discussion

Any questions? Electriccatfish2 (talk) 23:46, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I would say keep doing what your doing, but focus on the RfA and adoption and students and so on.

The main reason I went with Theo is that since I've been here (thanks to you, by the way) Theo is the one who has had all the ideas and then done something to implement them (and both of those are what I'm after).

You are doing a great job, but Theo has surpassed (I think it's fair to say all of us?) in both his ideas and dedication to the Adademy more generally. Callanecc (talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 10:02, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've been less involved in the academy recently due to my RfA. I've gotten involved in areas such as new page patrolling, article creation, adoption, PERM and AIV clerking, AN/I commenting. I wish the best of luck to Theo and I will stick around here no matter what the result is here. Electriccatfish2 (talk) 12:37, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Where would this "RfA" of yours be?. Cheers, Riley Huntley _talk No talkback needed; I'll temporarily watch here. 21:12, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

His plan it to go for adminship in January. Callanecc (talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 07:21, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support

Close

If no one has any objections I would like to annouce Theo as the new coordinator. Speak now or forever hold your peas. Dan653 (talk) 18:34, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps make a note at the main CVUA talk page for those who might have missed this (yes it's unanimous at the moment, but we've only had 4 comment). If no one replies after a note there, I have no problems with an early closure, nor with you closing it yourself. ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 19:52, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone close this? I don't want to do it myself. Dan653 (talk) 15:27, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dan I don't think any of us would mind you do it yourself (and considering Zippy is involved as well it doesn't really matter), there is only one decision which can be made. Callanecc (talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 15:33, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No objections! Electriccatfish2 (talk) 11:03, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.