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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
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Hey, Vanamonde. Regarding the topic ban, I didn't engage in the talk page much as I didn't have a strong opinion on either arguments, and the two reverts that followed (here and here) were only made to have the disputed content in status quo until the closure of the WP:RFC, as per WP:STATUS QUO. I admit that the last block was warranted considering my edits were against editorial and community consensus, and would be described as treating Wikipedia as a battleground. However, with the most recent edits, I truly had no intention of causing that, and I'm sorry; thus, I ask for a second and last chance, and pledge to be more careful moving forward. Thank you. Snowstormfigorion (talk) 06:52, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm sorry but I do not find that convincing. You didn't simply revert in disputed content - you reverted in a version where verifiability was in dispute, and then reverted a failed verification tag, which is in no way covered by STATUSQUO. And you did this despite the verification issue having been discussed on the talk page, and after you were pinged to that discussion. That is not behavior compatible with editing in a contentious topic. Especially considering you have a previous block from the same page, and a lengthy list of warnings for edit-warring, I will not be lifting this TBAN. You may appeal it at AE or AN in the usual way. Vanamonde93 (talk) 15:58, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

The verification concerns I genuinely thought to be a matter of debate between the two sides, and not an agreed upon aspect. I messed up these two edits, but I truly and wholeheartedly give you my word to be most careful and avoid these mishaps in the future. I've been on Wikipedia for just over a year, and in that time frame I have admittedly made mistakes, but I'm learning, day by day. So, please, I ask for a last and final chance, where I will prove to you the former. Snowstormfigorion (talk) 14:46, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

You're missing the point in multiple ways, I'm afraid. I take no personal position on the verification concerns, but they had been accepted by someone making the same revert as you. You were also pinged to the talk page and specifically told you had reverted in misinformation, and subsequent to that you chose to remove a tag without participating. There's so many things wrong there that I'm not going to grant an appeal. Vanamonde93 (talk) 15:28, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

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voorts RfA

Hi Vanamonde -- Your recent response to the latest oppose seems to me (admittedly biased) to fall towards badgering. Can't we just let the process run -- the candidate seems plainly heading for election -- and just correct clear mis-statements, particularly where admin tools are necessary to do so? Writing here to minimise drama. Additionally @ScottishFinnishRadish: Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 00:41, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Is your concern this edit? I don't think there's anything there that isn't directly addressing the substance of the oppose. I agree that it probably won't make a difference, and I believe another supporter already addressed that oppose, but I wouldn't take any action at this point. I appreciate you coming to a talk page to prevent drama. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:49, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

ScottishFinnishRadish That was the edit, yes. I think it would be acceptable for a general editor but I feel nominators should hold back from making such comments. It's clear that they support the candidate, and find their content contributions adequate -- they nominated them and mentioned their content contributions in the nomination rationale. I wish it were possible just to vote/comment (either way) and have only factual inaccuracies challenged or clear attacks removed, especially in an RfA where the outcome has seemed pretty clear from the outset. Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 01:48, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Espresso Addict I do as a rule try to contain myself - obviously, by definition, I disagree with every oppose at least in a matter of degree. I do believe factual inaccuracy should be called out though - the oppose section of an RFA is no exception to that. Stating that Voorts had insufficient experience with content creation is in my view very far removed from a reasonable judgement, not very different from the other oppose that you and I both responded to. I don't intend to pursue it any further. Vanamonde93 (talk) 03:56, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

I think there's an obvious difference between audited content (eg featured articles) and creating new content (eg short articles), per discussion under neutral comment of ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ, and that the oppose comment is attempting to articulate that, and is not in any way unreasonable or inaccurate. But hey, maybe I'm just having a bad day. Espresso Addict (talk) 04:04, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

There is a difference, certainly, but also considerable overlap. But in any case, I was responding largely because that !voter has a history of opposing based on a generic lack of content, and I saw what I believe was inconsistency rather than simply a matter of judgement. Vanamonde93 (talk) 04:12, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

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Goodness, I had entirely forgotten I had signed up as a member. I don't have very much to say here, I'm afraid: it's still something of a mystery to me what keeps some projects active and makes others go quiet, though of course it comes down to editor time at the end of the day. My content work is has been tangentially related at best. Vanamonde93 (talk) 00:10, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

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