Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ritchie333

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Ritchie333 (talk · contribs) – Another user of the right calibre who practically had to be frogmarched to RfA, Ritchie is one of those editors about whom many of you are going to say “I thought he was an admin already!”. Well, he isn’t, but in my opinion he should be, and that’s why we’re here. Software engineer and musician in real life and friend of real ale, Ritchie has been around since the days of yore when one could collect a mop from the store on 2,000 edits and 3 months tenure. Not only has he racked up a participation in no less than 41 good articles, he has created enough articles of substance to be truly autopatrolled, and has more than adequately demonstrated his knowledge of deletion/inclusion guidelines through more AfD than some recent RfA voters have made edits to Wikipedia. Ritchie has also written a raft of poignant but respectable short essays: How newbies see templates, Don't template the retirees, Wikipedia doesn't own you, The Dumpy test, and Hit and run editors. Do take a moment to read them before voting here because whether you like them or not or whether you have a genuine sense of humour or not, they all demonstrate one thing: that Ritchie genuinely cares about Wikipedia and the welfare of its editors and readers.

Like many experienced users, aware that RfAs of even the most mop-worthy candidates sometimes get turned into a fiasco, Ritchie was at first reticent but if there were a bot (heaven forbid) that would accord the bit based on tenure and experience, Ritchie would would be automatically accepted so I am asking the community to come to the same conclusion - from a human angle. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:43, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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