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Wow, I didn't see this one coming! A user by the name of Shianni asked TGD if he'd be interested in becoming an admin. The reply was a little evasive, and seems to be a way of making sure he has enough support before committing himself, but it appears that we may be seeing a second RfA from rpeh sometime soon.
It's worth taking a look back at his previous RfA. To be fair, he did most of the things he said he would, and continues to do them. "Beyond that I intend to keep doing what I've been doing; edits, patrolling, answering questions and uploading unfeasibly large numbers of images" - done. "This may be a touch pessimistic but I think the biggest challenge will be keeping the site active with the enthusiastic community we currently have" - accurate, and I think it's fair to say that rpeh has done his fair share of keeping good editors with cookies, compliments and help. "[T]his may be an opportunity to look at making large-scale improvements in the site; enhancing the navigation and adopting a more consistent look, perhaps through increased use of templates" - also done. Only Nephele and RobinHood70 can say they've done as much template work as rpeh.
It will be interesting to see how this develops. A proper RfA might bring Nephele and Ratwar back out of the woodwork to vote "Oppose", and one or two others might vote the same way because of what happened in August 2009. If I had to call it now, I would say that there will be a majority in favour by about 7-5, which might not be enough to declare consensus. If people don't come back only to vote no, the majority would be larger.
