:::::::I made some attempts to inquire about his philosophy of editing etc. during one of these episodes some time back, but came away without much insight. Were the project further along, I would suggest asking him to set up an NRHP backend on WikiData, where many of the qualities that irritate people here would be transformed into virtues. There may be glimmerings of a greater philosophical question here: why is it that vast energy and productivity in the Wikipedia sphere often seem to be accompanied by obstinacy and inflexibility?