Tznkai

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Rawr! This user remembers a kinder, gentler Wikipedia, before the meteor killed everyone.

This user observes Daylight Saving Time.

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Pr-3	This user believes that process is a good servant, but a poor master

This user likes pie.

Status

Inactive, unfortunately. Nothing is keeping me away (aside from the usual duties of life), but not enough is drawing me back.--Tznkai (talk) 22:03, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

I am

Unified login: Tznkai is the unique login of this user for all public Wikimedia projects.

• Completely and totally incompetent when it comes to the look and feel of user pages, please help

I was

• An administrator on the English language Wikipedia and regular patroller of Requests for Arbitration Enforcement
• A clerk for the Arbitration Committee
• An Election Administrator, coordinator, and architect of the Electoral Commission
• A member of the now defunct Audit Subcommittee. and in that capacity, aFunctionary identified to the Wikimedia Foundation.

In all of these things I was both a success and a failure.

Virtual office

• My desk For my own personal use, and drafts

Personal policies

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Administrative actions: I will never under any circumstances wheel war. If for some reason it appears that I am doing so, I encourage any and all users to leave me a note on my talk page I will not protect an article, if I have made both content edits to that article, AND the current version is substantially similar to a version I have authored. I will not take any administrative action if I have good reason to believe my judgment is compromised by favoritism. Blocking: When in doubt, I do not block. I prefer shorter blocks to longer blocks. I will lean heavily towards indefinite blocks when a user is displaying a battleground mentality. I use common sense and tolerance when dealing with users. I am more likely to block in cases of incivility, especially combined with personal attacks, deceptive sock puppetry, IP changing, and abuse of administrator noticeboards. Mailing lists Updated 18:13, 2 December 2009 (UTC):I have access to the Functionaries-en, Checkuser-l, Overslight-l, and Clerk-l mailing lists. Updated 18:13, 2 December 2009 (UTC):I release copyright and privacy concerns on all work material on these e-mails for internal use. Updated 18:13, 2 December 2009 (UTC):I release copyright and privacy concerns on the contents of all of my e-mails if there is a request from law enforcement from the United States, or the 50 states. Updated 18:13, 2 December 2009 (UTC):I retain copyright and copyright concerns on the contents of all of my e-mails in all other situations, including requests by private parties, the press, and the Wikimedia Foundation. Permission and access revocation I explicitly authorize the immediate removal of my sysop permission if any of the following occur: Any steward has a reasonable suspicion my account has been compromised (this account should also be blocked indefinitely) I have been inactive without warning for more than six months I have been inactive beyond posted warning for more than one year.

Free advice

Today's witticism: TMI. Especially applies to bad writing.

From me

• Something all Wikipedian's should remember.
• Spend more time with your family and/or friends than with Wikipedia.
• Peace-making is the first step in right-making.
• Sometimes you're wrong.
• It can happen to you.
• Wikipedia is huge.
• The more time you spend talking, the more likely you've already said something stupid.
• Don't stand on principle. Be principled, stand on reasons.
• Policy is a tool, not an end.
• Keep threaded discussions short and sweet so new readers can keep up without having to emotional energy catching up.
• Loyalty is the most beguiling of virtues. It leads the evil to kindness, and the kind to meanness.
• Don't use policy as a weapon.
• Sometimes the only solution is one that makes no one happy.
• If you use it like a weapon, consensus will forever be beyond your grasp.
• If a standard process leads you to the right result but takes a lot of work, follow the process. If process leads you to a result you don't like, follow the process. If process leads you to an absurd result, ignore the process.
• Learn the difference between absurd and unfortunate.
• Understand the reasons behind the policy you invoke.
• Contextualization ruins everything.
• A fanatic is someone who has forgotten where they are going - but has redoubled his efforts to get there.
• A partisan is someone who has forgotten that the goal is to win the war, not to beat the enemy.
• To no editor is any process due, but every editor is due respect.

Add your own

• Bwilkins first rule of Sockpuppet Accusations: Put up or shut up. Either file your SPI, or STFU
• Bwilkins first rule of Edit Warring: Except for clear vandalism, DON'T. No excuses
• Jehochman's rule of regret: When you feel the tingle of adrenaline, DON'T hit the save button.

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