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you [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard here] RE Kevin's EFM rights. Regards, [[User:Only in death|Only in death does duty end]] ([[User talk:Only in death|talk]]) 09:09, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
== Thanks ==
Hey Reaper -
Thanks for throwing a bunch of rights on my account. Although unfortunately I really can't do edu outreach without a couple tools that are only in the admin toolset (most of my past or theoretical future edu contracts essentially specify that I need to be able to delete inappropriately posted student info faster than I can normally find an admin or OSer,) I'm not poofing from Wikipedia, and will make use of the rights packages - including EFM. I self-granted it at Wikiconf USA 2015 after all non-admin attendees were autoblocked and due to an undocumented feature or bug, it let me see more information about the unusual block logs, which let me track down the editor in question and fix the issue before the four or five CU's present trying to figure it out (amusingly, including a lot of IAR checkusering...) I greatly appreciate the vote of confidence, but if another admin wants to push the issue, please strip the right off of my account if there's even a chance of you getting put before arb accused of wheelwarring. (Actually, {{ping|Xaosflux}} - it occurs to me that wheelwarring does have an exception if the first admin is okay with the decision being modified. Although it's obviously preferable to do that ex-ante instead of ex-post, if you're okay with the action, would you mind stating so explicitly?) Although I don't think this is technically wheelwarring since that has a rather important clause in it - "administrator tools are then used in a '''combative fashion''' to undo or redo the action" - I'm sure some people will disagree with me.
Either way, seriously, thanks. After that turkeyshoot, it certainly makes it less unpleasant feeling to have a sysop I don't have hugely substantial previous interactions with put on useful rights without me explicitly requesting them. Best, [[User:Kevin Gorman]] | <sup><i>[[User talk:Kevin Gorman|talk page]]</i></sup>
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