Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight/2012 CUOS appointments/OS/Mentifisto

Mentifisto

CheckUser candidate pages: DeltaQuad • DoRD • Ponyo • Salvio giuliano

Oversight candidate pages: DeltaQuad • Foxj • Mentifisto• Mlpearc • NuclearWarfare • Ponyo • Salvio giuliano • Snowolf • Someguy1221 • Tiptoety • Worm That Turned

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Mentifisto (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

Nomination statement (250 words max.)

As oversighters are said to be needed, and I do at times use the mailing list to get personal (usually crosswiki) information deleted, I wouldn't mind if I could assist in that area as well. It's not a complex task, but essential nonetheless.

I currently do administrative stuff whenever needed, with my editing normally connected to requests on info-en queues, and as a steward I use oversight on small wikis as necessary.

Thanks for your consideration.

Standard questions for all candidates

Please describe any relevant on-Wiki experience you have for this role.

As above, I occasionally requested suppression of some edits throughout the years (which, if I remember correctly, were all acted upon). Other than that I'm familiar with admins' revdeletion policy and how it overlaps onto oversight.

Please outline, without breaching your personal privacy, what off-Wiki experience or technical expertise you have for this role.

None that is relevant, besides utilizing the tool on test wikis.

Do you hold advanced permissions (checkuser, oversight, bureaucrat, steward) on this or other WMF projects? If so, please list them. Also, do you have OTRS permissions? If so, to which queues?

Steward, checkuser on Simple English Wikipedia, and bureaucrat on Meta. I have access to the info-en, permissions, photosubmissions, and stewards queues (mostly work on info-en).

Questions for this candidate

Please describe your familiarity with the Wikimedia Privacy Policy, Meta Oversight Policy, ENWP Oversight policy, and ENWP Outing policy. Also, without breaching privacy, for each of these policies, give an example of a time that you have used the policy when evaluating a situation or taking action. Pine^✉ 01:20, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I keep the policies in mind when dealing with sensitive issues either as a steward (where the privacy policy applies in most cases) or in replying to the public's emails. With regards to the oversight policy, I'm accustomed with the nuances of what is appropriately private or not, and realize enwp's may differ from those of other wikis. -- Menti fisto 13:21, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
According to Wikipedia:ADMINSTATS, in your just over three years as an admin, you have only made 8 revision deletions. I understand that it's quality over quantity, I've only got 76 revision deletions myself so far, but please can you explain how well truly understand and are familiar with the revision deletion/oversight policy on the English Wikipedia specifically, as I imagine there are concerns that 8 revision deletions is not sufficient to have a good enough grasp of the policies. The Helpful One 14:09, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think that, generally, what is usually revdeleted relates back to the deletion policy (both of which are shown in the same log), and I utilized this over 7000 times - there are certainly edits that aren't deleted under the deletion policy, but both basically have the same purpose (e.g. with regards to content construed as an attack). Oversight, then, has more restricted targets, although I understand how this contrasts to local revdeletion based on crosswiki norms. -- Menti fisto 02:21, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

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There are only two users on the OS list that I cannot remember ever coming across, and this is one of them. Normally this would mean precisely nothing, but in this case I find it exceptionally strange and a little bit worrying because this user is asking for a highly trusted position and I really don't have enough contact with the user to say to myself "I might not necessarily vouch for him, but I don't see red flags". Arbs should feel free to assign my comment minimal notice. Sven Manguard Wha? 00:23, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Mentifisto has my trust and he certainly has experience of using the oversight tool as a steward.[1] That said, he hasn't been really active on enwiki for a long time (the last 500 edits go back over a year). That's an issue since high availability is a priority for oversighters. Jafeluv (talk) 08:10, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Just to note that I'm much more active in logged actions. -- Menti fisto 19:00, 25 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Again, commenting here due to a relative dearth of comments, and again t disagree with lukewarm comments (sorry Sven, I'm not picking on you in particular!). In their functionary capacity, oversighters should be more concerned with their inbox and the relevant OTRS queue than with what goes on on-wiki, so I don't think it's a big deal that he doesn't edit that much. While I respect Sven, and while being familiar to the community is important for a functionary, that a particular editor has heard of the candidate isn't a prerequisite. I've come across Mentifisto many times through OTRS and in his steward capacity, and I have the utmost respect for him. He is probably the most qualified candidate here (and it's a strong field). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:06, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Trusted candidate. Mentifisto is a Steward which are highly trusted users, has all the basic required experience and knows the policies well for the use of Oversight permission. TheGeneralUser (talk) 18:01, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Mentifisto is a Steward and knows the project very well and has the necessary experience and hence the user can be trusted with Oversight.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 21:09, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]