Nomination: I hereby nominate User:Hamaryns as a local English Wiktionary Administrator. Hamaryns, also known as H. and earlier henne, has been an active contributor since October of last year, working not only on translations into his native Dutch and other languages, but also on templates that make that work more uniform. He recently put together a successful vote on example sentences, which is an issue that I personally have tried but never been able to get any resolution on. DAVilla00:14, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Vote ends: 30 August 2007 23:59 UTC
Vote starts: 16 15 August 2007
Acceptance: of course.
Languages: nl, de-4, en-3, fr-3, ru-2, is-1 and quite some others which I won’t bother to mention.
The problem was that the vote was supposed to start on the 16th, one day ahead. I'm not so sure it's so important to have a "deadline" start time for nominations. DAVilla06:43, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SupportConnel MacKenzie22:41, 15 August 2007 (UTC) Although he originally supported the Proto forms, he learned somewhere along the way (as I did) that not all policies here are personally agreeable. He seems to respect the community's wishes, despite his own difference of opinion on that particular topic. Clearly, en.wiktionary.org will benefit from his having the sysop flag.[reply]
I don't think so, no; at least, I certainly voted in these votes before I became an admin, and no one commented. Besides, admins are supposed to enforce community policy, so the question is whether the community supports a person, not whether the other admins do. —RuakhTALK16:49, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Anyone but sockpuppets of blocked users can nominate & vote. Bureaucrats have the option of ignoring votes they feel may be invalid, but AFAIK, none have done so yet. There is no minimum edit count required, as other language Wiktionaries are sometimes affected by votes here, the door is kept open to allow contributors elsewhere to have a voice here. --Connel MacKenzie22:47, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Anyone can vote, not just admins, and they should! And the nominee can certainly vote. In "ordinary" elections, politicians always vote for themselves: they are as entitled—of course—to vote as anyone else! ;-) Robert Ullmann23:04, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]