Meta:Requests for adminship/MusikAnimal

The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a closed Meta-Wiki request. Please do not modify it.

Hello! I'm MusikAnimal. I serve as an administrator, CheckUser and abuse filter manager on English Wikipedia, and am also a global renamer, and abuse filter helper. To give a brief history: My earliest contributions to Wikimedia date back to 2003 or so, limited only to occasional minor anonymous edits on English Wikipedia. In May 2012 I finally decided to start giving back, and by March 2013 I was editing heavily on enwiki. Eventually I made my way to Commons, occasionally contributing to English Wikivoyage and Wikidata, and to some degree here on Meta. I am a native English speaker with an aspiring fluency in Spanish.

Following a recent RfC, Meta admins are now allowed to manage global abuse filters. This, along with improving local filters, is the main reason I'm here today requesting adminship. General counter-vandalism is a strong interest of mine, and accounts for the bulk of my Wikimedia contributions. The most recent example of where I could help out is this cross-wiki vandalism report. For this I've been communicating with a steward off-wiki on how to combat the abuse (as we do not want to discuss the filter patterns publicly). Beyond this, I am committed to improving filter performance anywhere I notice it is needed. I monitor the slow filter dashboard and make recommendations if I observe filters are exceptionally slow (e.g. local: 1, 2, global: 3, 4).

I admit my contributions to Meta in particular are not profound. For my primary use-case (abuse filter management), it was recommended by some that I seek temporary adminship. However, I see this as an ongoing area where I can volunteer my expertise. Additionally, if given the privilege, I look forward to making myself helpful in other venues here on Meta, such as WM:RFH, general patrolling, wherever I see I have something to offer. So in summary, I hope I can be trusted to use the sysop tools wisely, as they would certainly be useful to me, as much as I hope I will prove to be to you. Thanks for your consideration. — MusikAnimal talk 00:08, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ending 21 May 2018 00:08 (UTC)


Done. Matiia (talk) 20:43, 21 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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