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EPIC

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I would like to apply for CheckUser access here at Meta, after also having been met with voices to candidate.

You may already know me, I am EPIC, a steward and an administrator at Meta-Wiki, Wikidata and the Swedish Wikipedia (although, in this past month most of my activity has been at focused at the first-named). I've been one of the most active stewards this year, having made over 24,000 steward actions at the time of this request, and I plan to remain this active throughout the year if nothing changes until then.

In my steward role, I frequently encounter cases of LTA/spambot abuse. Since I am a steward I have CheckUser access at loginwiki, which I heavily use, but a lot of the time multiple cases require performing checks on Meta, either because LWCU is not possible or not sufficient. As such, I've sometimes already asked some fellow stewards who are also Meta CUs to perform checks, but out of Meta-Wiki's seven checkusers, three are more active in CUing, and out of those three, only one is located in my time coverage. As a result, I am sometimes not able to reach them when needed. As I'm already one of the most active users in this area of work, active on IRC and located in a stable time zone (UTC+1/UTC+2) which makes me quickly reachable at most hours of the day, CheckUser access here at Meta would be of great use, not only to me but also to the rest of the community.

Additionally, I would like to help out at RfCU; while requests there are not too frequent, it is an area within which I feel comfortable and have experience in.

For transparency, in my Meta RfA, I got some concerns that due to my activity and the amount of work I did, I would make myself prone to making mistakes and possibly burn myself out. In the months after that RfA, I have tried keeping my usage of admin rights here as neutral as possible (hopefully I have succeeded with that), and I feel that I have improved and gained more experience since that RfA, and that I have taken the concerns into account and learned from them. I do not act when unsure without consulting with others, I have not made any major mistakes in the past few months, and also do not feel that I have burned myself out, despite high activity levels in the past couple of months.

If you want something to indicate how active I would be in this role, I will refer to my CheckUser statistics at loginwiki, where I have been one of the most active users of LWCU throughout this year, as well as the steward with the highest amount of monthly loginwiki checks in April and May. Additionally, as a steward I already have full access to the CheckUser log and can currently perform checks here in emergencies.

In short; with my activity throughout the past couple of months, existing experience with CU as well my availability and coverage, I believe that the community could benefit from having me as a CU, so I will leave the decision up to you whether I have your trust for this role. As a steward, I have also already signed the confidentiality agreement. Lastly, in case of any questions or concerns, just feel free to bring it up here and I will answer it as thoroughly as I can. Thank you, EPIC (talk) 23:14, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Two more separate notes:
  1. I am currently abroad and might not have as much time for steward duties at the moment, but will once again increase my activity once back home.
  2. A current Meta CU has stated that they are fine with me joining the team should this be successful.
EPIC (talk) 23:14, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support
  1.   Support I realise that some may say this request is TOOSOON, but I disagree (though I don't think anyone who thinks that way is wrong; I just don't feel the same way) – they have the knowledge, expertise and are trusted, so I don't see why not if they're willing to help out. --SHB2000 (t • c) 23:20, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Der-Wir-Ing ("DWI") talk 23:31, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  3.   Support following the answer to my question. Experienced, active, trusted, competent, all-around brilliant editor. --Ferien (talk) 23:36, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  4.   Strong support EPIC is a highly-trusted user. Zero doubts about him. --Stïnger （会話） 00:03, 29 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]
  5.   Support only due to how restrictive Meta:MSR is; otherwise, I would much prefer MSR be modified to allow you to do this work without asking for CU. Leaderboard (talk) 05:29, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  6.   Strong support --Count Count (talk) 05:31, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  7.   Support altough I do not know what a "stable time zone" is --Ameisenigel (talk) 10:49, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Ameisenigel, I would interpret that as someone who doesn't move about time zones often. --Ferien (talk) 21:28, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  8.   Support AramilFeraxa (Talk) 16:47, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  9.   Support Thought EPIC was about to be checkusered, not to get him checkuser rights :P Fine with the latter as well.--A09|(pogovor) 21:33, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  10.   Support This user has shown themselves to be trustworthy many times and their stewardship shows to me that this user understands the relevant policies related to Non-public info.-FusionSub (talk) 22:00, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  11. He is EPIC, his performance is quite good and beyond doubt. i   Support you.
    🍃Zulf🍃talk 23:41, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  12.   Support --Syunsyunminmin 🗨️talk 04:18, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  13. --Johannnes89 (talk) 14:38, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  14.   Support – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:27, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  15.   Support Good work. Please remember to "keep calm and have a $drink_of_your_choise" whenever you deem necessary. Ciao, M/ (talk) 20:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  16.   Support SkrzydlatyMuflon (talk) 00:47, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  17.   Support trusted user Wooze★ 00:52, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  18.   Support Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 00:58, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  19.   Support -- EN-Jungwon 01:16, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Comments
  • Hi, thank you for running! About a month and a half ago, you resigned all your advanced rights, before withdrawing the resignation later on. I don't want to be too nosey in something that ultimately doesn't affect me, but I would like to ask why you submitted the resignation and what changed to make you withdraw it, and perhaps whether any changes have happened since then, in order to keep your workflow sustainable and ensure you don't burn out. --Ferien (talk) 23:22, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi Ferien! Thanks for your great question; I simply had a lot going on behind the scenes which I felt was affecting me and my work negatively. I didn't see myself suitable because of that which is why I did not want to continue. I later decided to stay on because after all, I do like working on Wikimedia (and I still find it a good hobby) and I also got some voices off-wiki wanting me to continue.
    Since then I have calmed my work down a tiny bit (although still continued being quite active here), but I intend to keep up roughly in the same level in the future, if nothing else drastically changes until then, which I hope not. In short; I do promise to stay consistently active in the role, and if I find that I can't keep up that promise and am not going to be active in the role in the near future I would be considering uncontroversially resigning instead, since I don't want rights I do not have use for.
    Hope that is enough of a satisfying answer; feel free to inquire otherwise. EPIC (talk) 23:32, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! I get that completely. Glad to see you still around :) --Ferien (talk) 23:35, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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