Sorry to see that you withdrew you RfA. Age shoild never be a problem on RfA and its unfortunate that another editor has been caught up in the argument. Perhaps the biggest thing against you is that you left the "Retirement" notice on your userspace for a week and were still involved with the project, otherwise I just can't understand the field turned so quickly . 4000+ edits is no joke and nobody can say that you are not committed. Don't lose faith, if Wikipedia has lost a great potential sysop, you have a few months to prove them how and you will sail your next RfA. Good Luck  -