User talk:Asenine

I may come back under a different name, a fresh start, a chance to show the community what I have to offer without impeding myself with my constant jabs and biting at contributors. So alas, goodbye Wikipedia, you have been good to me for the past two years. I hope I will be back soon. I can indeed state that this is a sad day for me. Anyone who wants to talk to me can still e-mail me, but I will probably not be coming back online on this account again. Some will no doubt see this as me being a wimp with regards to my recent RfA, which I took the liberty of SNOWing myself. Let me put it this way, if I were in your position, I would be opposing too. That counts for something.

- Chris

Dude...

Don't go, man. Please. That is not the best way to deal with this. Look at my first RFA. I failed like a dead rat, but I kept on keeping on and learned from my mistakes, and after a few months, I had a successful bid. What you should do now is not leave, but stay on and try to learn from your RFA. Maybe take a week or so off, and then come back. As User:Asenine. You have what it takes to be an admin, all you need to do is pull that part of yourself into the forefront of your consciousness. I'm sorry for leaving this here, since you said you have retired. I just hope that you won't stay away too long. Failing an RFA is not the end of the world. You are one of the good guys, and you just need to keep on working on the areas that pulled you down. Before you know it, people will be lining up, asking if they can co-nom. 02:13, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm gonna second JD here. You're a good editor; unfortunately, you got called out for holding other people to standards higher than you expected they would hold you to. And I'm almost certain you didn't even realize it. We all do it sometimes; you just happened to do it very shortly before your RfA, and it got pointed out that you were opposing people for having edit profiles a lot like yours. It doesn't make you a bad person; honestly, it doesn't even make you a bad candidate, if you ask me. It does, however, probably feel pretty damn embarrassing...and for that, you have my empathy, because I think we've all had that "oh my god, i feel like SUCH an idiot right now" feeling. (There are RL things I've said or done that I blush over ten and fifteen years later.) But feeling silly is not, last time I checked, an incurable condition. Take a lirrle break, watch some crap on TV, maybe work on a new article offline or something. Then come back--under another name, if you feel you must, although I don't think it's necessary; this one bad RfA is not the sum-total of your entire legacy as Asenine, and if you abandon the account you'll be losing the good things--the article history, all your contributions, people who recognize you for some positive thing you did--you'll lose all that good, along with the bad. I think that's called "throwing the baby out with the bathwater"--and the sad thing is, there's not all that much bathwater. Hang in there, man. And good luck to you, no matter what you decide. No hard feelings.Gladys J Cortez 04:34, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Sigh... melodrama. . 20:35, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

"Oppose per badger" as an RfA trend

Hello Asenine, if you're still checking this page, I hope you see this. I have noticed at one or more points in time you using the rationale of "badgering" to oppose candidates at requests for adminship. There is currently a thread at WT:RFA attempting to analyze this trend as a whole in detail, and I would appreciate input from you, under whatever name you like. The thread is located at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship#The real problem. Thanks. 15:21, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Rfa question follow-up?

Asenine -- Assuming you just might check-out what has written on this page since your "retirement," I'm posting this query:

In light of WP:TL;DR, I wonder how would you might want to edit my follow-up to your excellent Q11 at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gladys j cortez? I was impressed by the range of response styles this question provoked; and I'm giving some thought to posting it myself in upcoming RfA threads now that you appear to be abandoning it. I have the impression that not everyone who addressed the question recognized a lady or the tiger aspect; and I would have thought that the RfA thread becomes an essential venue in which to inject an unanswerable conundrum. --Tenmei (talk) 19:56, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

AAU reminder notice

A friendly reminder from the Adopt-a-User project =)

Hey there Asenine! This is a friendly reminder to update your status at Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User/Adoptee's Area/Adopters whenever it is appropriate in order to provide new users with the most up-to-date information on available adopters. Also please note that we will be removing adopters who have not edited in 60 days. If you become active again (and we hope you do!) please feel free to re-add yourself. Cheers!

• Notice delivery by 14:04, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to butt in..

Saw your message regarding London 14 on WilliamH's talkpage. People normally get there around 11:15 onwards, so bringing a sign or whatnot is probably not neccessary. User:Jdforrester is the unofficial head of the meetup, so he's the one to talk to with any questions (although he's a busy guy, a message on the meetup talkpage might be better). It normally comes to a close between 7 and 8pm, but for obvious reasons most people leave before then. Ironholds (talk) 17:07, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

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