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#'''Support''' - as per Ched Davis above, I can't recall seeing Skomorokh involved in anything problematic in any sphere. Will make a solid admin. [[User:Tony Fox|Tony Fox]] <small>[[User_talk:Tony Fox|(arf!)]]</small> 16:31, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
#'''Support''' I'm confident this editor will make a good administrator. [[User:ChildofMidnight|ChildofMidnight]] ([[User talk:ChildofMidnight|talk]]) 16:32, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
#'''Support''' the clueful contributor.—[[User:S Marshall|<
#'''Support''' I see no indication Skomorokh would misuse the tools. For some reason I thought he was an admin already. [[User:Timmeh|<span style="color:darkred;font:bold 10pt kristen itc">Tim</span>]][[User talk:Timmeh|<span style="color:black;font:bold 10pt kristen itc">meh</span>]] 16:35, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
#Good work around UAA, very clueful. '''[[User:Ceranthor|<font color="#2F4F4F" face="Century">ceran</font>]]'''[[User_talk:Ceranthor|<font color="#2F4F4F" face="Century">''thor''</font>]] 16:53, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
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#'''Support''' Civil, conscientious, courteous, well-informed, a consensus-builder – the editor has an great knack for “walking away from a fight" if the editing environment becomes too heated and personal. I wish that I had his patience. I admire him. [[User:J Readings|J Readings]] ([[User talk:J Readings|talk]]) 05:09, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
#'''Support''' per TRMan. [[User:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">'''Tony'''</span>]] [[User talk:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</span>]] 08:52, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
#'''Support''' Good content contributor and a decent amount of edits unlike the usual 4,000 been here 4 months lets grab some tools tyoe of candidates.[[User:Dr. Blofeld| <span style="border:1px solid blue;padding:1px;"> <
#Support. The candidate appears to be here to do what is necessary, what is compatible with the goal of the project, and what is clueful. —<strong>[[User:Anonymous Dissident|<span style="font-family:Script MT Bold;color:DarkRed">Anonymous Dissident</span>]]</strong>[[User_talk:Anonymous Dissident|<sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:Gray">Talk</span></sup>]] 14:27, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
#:<s>Support. Credit where it is due. [[User:Peter Damian|Peter Damian]] ([[User talk:Peter Damian|talk]]) 15:36, 10 July 2009 (UTC)</s> Back to oppose. I have a very uneasy feeling about this one. [[User:Peter Damian|Peter Damian]] ([[User talk:Peter Damian|talk]]) 17:18, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
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:I am troubled by that ANI report. Mathsci, a respected editor, had some critical things to say there. It's odd that Skomorokh never responded there. Skomoroh, admins must be responsive to criticism. Can you explain why we should not see this as a potentially bad omen? --[[User:Goodmorningworld|Goodmorningworld]] ([[User talk:Goodmorningworld|talk]]) 15:28, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
::I had a look at that incident too; in the end the conclusion I came to was that it was rather overblown. My impression of Skomorokh's activities there was that at worst s/he was possibly taking a slightly too verificationist stance - the ANI report seemed premature and possibly based on personal disagreements; and the diffs provided to demonstrate a 3RR violation were ''seriously'' pushing the definition of a "revert". Skomorokh seemed, to me, to be removing the unreferenced PoV from the article rather than adding more; and cutting the content down to only that which was strictly supported by the sources. I'm not entirely sure Skomorokh behaved quite ideally there (a lucid response to the allegations at ANI probably would have helped, and perhaps a slow-down in editing while disagreements were settled) but ultimately I did not come to the conclusion that there was anything overtly bad going on. ~ [[User:Mazca|<span style="color:#228b22;">'''m'''a'''z'''c'''a'''</span>]] <sup>[[User_talk:Mazca|talk]]</sup> 16:58, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
:::Yup, I was aware of that too, and I disregarded it. You can expect most people who come to RFA with 40k edits to have had some drama in their history (and if not, they aren't ready to be an admin because they're not venturing into controversial areas and hence lack relevant experience). In that case, I find the complaints against Skomorokh ill-founded, and his handling of drama by ignoring it rather appropriate.—[[User:S Marshall|<
:Yo, sorry for not addressing this earlier. Mazca above nails the aspect of my approach that contributed to the problem; I could certainly have handled the matter better, not realising at the time the sensitivity of American race relations. I don't remember that particular ANI thread, though the initiator [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Skomorokh&diff=260336655&oldid=260331057 did notify me]. Of course, for an administrator, ignoring drama is not an option. The issue spawned multiple threads as I recall, including [[Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive503#Stormfront_.28website.29|this one]] in which I discussed the article with Mathsci. Cheers, [[user:Skomorokh|<span style="background: #222; color: #fff;"><font face="Goudy Old Style"> Skomorokh </font></span>]] 18:54, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
#I think Skomorokh is a smart editor, makes intelligent comments in discussions and has contributions commensurate with what I expect from an administrator. On the other hand, Skomorokh has (on one occasion that I've seen) criticised the blocking/banning of disruptive pro-pedophilia advocates and Holocaust deniers - describing the former (since banned) of [[ephebophilia]], and the latter (since banned) of having an ''epistemological'' difference of opinion on the Holocaust. Perhaps this will sound like sour grapes, as the comment I refer to was left on my own RfA over a year ago. I hope the fact that this is a neutral and that more than a year has passed will allay those concerns, but perhaps not. But for his position on these issues, which I still find troubling, I would support. [[User:Nathan|<strong style="color:#0033CC">Nathan</strong>]][[User talk:Nathan|<sup><strong style="color:#0033CC"> T </strong></sup>]] 21:28, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
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