Stewards/Elections 2025/Statements/TheresNoTime

Hello, my name is Sammy, and I've been editing Wikimedia projects since around 2008.

I was previously a steward between 2018 and 2020, and then again briefly between 2022 and 2023. I am currently a global sysop, as well as a checkuser on the English Wikipedia.

As the result of an English Wikipedia ArbCom case in November 2022, I had both checkuser and oversighter rights removed for cause. In October 2024 I requested the restoration of my CheckUser permissions (via the normal application process) and was successful.

During my 2023 steward confirmation, I failed to mention this incident nor loss of tools. I should have been transparent and upfront about my mistakes, and I apologise for falling short of the high standard of transparency the community expects of stewards.

This incident is a blot on what I otherwise hope can be agreed to be a good record of stewardship — as many kindly pointed out in my successful 2019 confirmation, I committed significant time to reducing SRG's backlog and being responsive on IRC. Although the loss of permissions, and resultant inability to help in the ways I had gotten used to/enjoyed, has significantly impacted my local and global activity, I have maintained some activity helping out as a global sysop (SRGR).

If re-elected, I can again offer the steward team my technical knowledge, previous experience with the tools, familiarity with global policy, experience with combating spam/automated vandals, and a good chunk of my free time. I know I messed up, I am sorry about that, and hope that the community can see fit to give me a second chance to do the work that I enjoy and do well. — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 00:27, 15 January 2025 (UTC) [reply ]