The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful request for adminship. Please do not modify it.

Srikeit[edit]

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Srikeit (talk · contribs) – Srikeit hails from Ahmedabad, Gujarat India, and has contributed large amounts of work in cricket and India related topics, as well as participating is vandal-fighting, AfD discussion, volunteering as a CheckUser clerk, Esperanza June 2006 election volunteer and the Good article campaign.

He doesn't seem to keep a list of article contributions, so I looked them up, with my penchance for recording statistical minutae. Srikeit has ensured that every cricketer who has played in a One-day international at List of ODI cricketers had an article, leading to the creation of 145 new biographies (if I counted correctly), modelled on Mujahid Jamshed, all of which are correctly referenced. He then created audio pronounciations of all List of Indian Test cricketers and a large number of Indian geographic municipalities (around 300 and 160 respectively). He created by my count 27 biographies on Indian medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games (see Harpreet Singh for an example). He has taken around 20 photos of various sites in Ahmedabad as well as some chemistry reaction diagrams for WikiProject Chemistry where he is a member and created the articles Industrial production of Aniline, Carbylamine reaction and Dehydrohalogenation in the field of Organic chemistry.

He has been working on Indian cricket team, which is now a GA, and will be upgraded to an FA in the near future.

The main pillar of encyclopedic integrity is the maintenance of NPOV and one of the most important characteristics of an administrator is to set a good example of NPOV for users. Srikeit exhibits this a lot, which is evident at Talk:Rahul Dravid and Talk:Sachin Tendulkar, and regularly removes POV essays and personal analysis from these pages ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5]). Secondly, an administrator is meant to be an ambassador for Wikipedia, and the civility, politeness, enthusiasm and encouragement that Srikeit brings to the project is amply evidenced. He has not engaged in edit-warring or disruption at all.

His ability to work and discuss issues in a group can be observed at Cricket project discussion and Indian noticeboard as well as a dispute at Talk:Ajith Kumar in which one user became rather emotional; which is ample evidence that he will be able to weather the inevitable storms that an administrator will face.

He recently undertook an Editor Review here - which shows a wide community approval and appreciation of his contributions to Wikipedia.

I counted around 1350 vandal reverts, plus or minus 100, and then carefully warns the vandal or the spammer after reverting their insertions. He has 152 edits at AIV, if I counted correctly, and would ease the load there and stop vandals more efficiently by blocking vandals himself, as he has sometimes needed to go to WP:ANI when AIV is unpatrolled for assistance.

He also has a good understanding of the external link/spam policy ([6], [7], [8]) and copyright policy ([9], [10]) and explains them to users unacquainted with image policy.

His record and contributions at AfD, ([11], [12], [13], [14]) which show discussion and reasoning, would suggest that he would close AfDs with the discretionary wisdom required, and override numerical results when necessary.

He also has a very thorough usage of edit summaries, allowing others to see what he has written and follow the historical development of articles. His email is enabled. His userpage and signature are in order.

For the record, Srikeit had an unsuccessful RfA at the beginning of May.

I am honoured to recommend Srikeit to the community for for administrator status.R Blnguyen | rant-line 03:35, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I humbly accept and am deeply grateful Blnguyen and Sango123 for their cogently written noms. --Srikeit (Talk | Email) 04:10, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support
  1. Strong Support as nominator.Blnguyen | rant-line 03:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Strong Support. Blnguyen, I am always amazed by your nominations. — Deckiller 04:13, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Strong Support thats a hat-trick. :) - Ganeshk (talk) 04:17, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support Really really unlikely to abuse the mop and bucket. Ziggurat 04:18, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Strong Support can this nomination be copied to Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/The perfect candidate? Eluchil404 04:21, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Support Very impressive! --Chris S. 04:25, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Support - very helpful and forthcoming apart from all the contributions described by Blnguyen -- Lost 04:33, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support I said I might support in August. Well it's Augu... hm... no it's not. But with a nomination like that and a amazing (especially vandal-fighting) record, I can't say no. I won't comb through your edits to find some mistake as this, after all, is not an FBI investigation. joturner 04:37, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Shoo-in Support — Nathan (talk) / 04:40, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Rouge Support per my vote in RfA 1 - CrazyRougeian talk/email 04:45, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  11. For the first time I feel that a candidate is narrow in the scope of edits and work - you at least need to expand into more India-related topics. Yet the amount of janitorial work thus user has already done is very, very good. This Fire Burns.....Always 04:59, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Support per nom. BryanG(talk) 05:04, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Support I am highly confident that the tools will not be abused, used well, and will display excellent judgement in all tasks. Yanksox 05:09, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Error: Cliche Limit Exceeded Support - Please contact an administrator -- Tawker 05:27, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Support - A very worthy candidate. -- thunderboltza.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK05:26, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Strong support per cliche. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 05:32, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Support, since I created my standards, I normally look for users with 50% of all edits to the article namespace. But even though this user only has ~36% of article edits, the user is also an extremely active vandal fighter, which we badly need with all the WoW socks and imposters coming in.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Evan Robidoux (talk • contribs)
  18. Support - meets my requrements abakharev 05:45, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Strong support - supremely qualified in every way. I don't know what else to say, really. Grandmasterka 06:07, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Support without doubt. This guy contributes so much, I wonder if he's the Energizer Bunny in human form! Kimchi.sg 06:30, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Support. I had to oppose Srikeit in May, but now that he has four months of editing under his belt, I can confidently say that he is a fantastic user and more than qualified for the job. ×Meegs 06:34, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Support Terrific user that needs the admin tools. By the way, Blnguyen, that is one hell of a nom statement. --WillMak050389 06:37, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Support as I did last time. DarthVader 07:15, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Support This user is just cricket...get it? "cricket" as in good and he edits a lot of cricket articles...hahaha..oh :P TruthCrusader 07:28, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Strong support. What's not to like? Srikeit is courteous and helpful and with 8500 edits in barely 6 months, I have a feeling this will be a place to watch in the future. I have no doubt he'll be a good great sysop. -- I@n ≡ talk 08:19, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  26. Support very hardworking and competent.  Grue  08:30, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Support - No worries at all. Very nice contributor! Mário 08:52, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  28. StrikeIt Strong Support!! - One of the finest and most friendly contributors I've seen on Wikipedia. I am absolutely confident that he will make a fabulous addition as a new administrator. - Tangotango 09:21, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Hrm, thought he was already an admin Support hoopydinkConas tá tú? 09:34, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  30. Support Yes, of course. Great contribs. -- Banes 10:14, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  31. Support Would make a great admin. Jorcoga 10:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  32. Retiree Support, good user, friendly, will make a good administrator. --Terence Ong (Chat | Contribs) 10:59, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  33. Support. Can't sleep, Yankees will beat Red Sox 10:59, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Striking out opinion placed by anon, User:152.163.100.6. Yanksox 11:55, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  34. Support Last time was a joke. Highway Batman! 11:08, 10 July 2006 (UTC) 11:07, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  35. Super-duper strong cabalish, jumpin' thumpin' round the whole fuckin' world support. I suppose, you guys got me. :D --Nearly Headless Nick 11:19, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  36. Strong support absolutely brilliant editor, unfailingly polite, contributes in heaps, knowledgeable of policy, and level-headed. Will make a terrific administrator -- Samir धर्म 11:23, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  37. Strong support I need not explain, just look at the user's contributions! --Gray Porpoise 11:45, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  38. Very strong support. I really thought he already was one. SushiGeek 11:49, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  39. Strong support - lovely guy/gal. t(h/s)awo. —Celestianpower háblame 11:52, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  40. Support Looks like Srikeit would make an excellent admin. Prodego talk 12:46, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  41. Somewhat belated support Tintin (talk) 13:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  42. Strong support. Good candidate.--Kungfu Adam (talk) 13:56, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  43. Support Because a good friend of mine told me about his support of him, and that's good enough for me. Karmafist p 14:15, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  44. Support, while I dislike co-nominations (and this one had two!), that's not enough to me to not vote in this RFA: I've seen Srikeit around, and he does good work. He can be trusted with the admin tools. --Deathphoenix ʕ 14:18, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  45. Support: --Bhadani 14:54, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  46. Support, as I did the first time. --Tone 15:00, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  47. An overdue strong support as co-nominator. Sango123 15:30, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  48. Support No problems here. --Siva1979Talk to me 16:07, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  49. Support Good editor. --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 16:08, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  50. Support: Sounds good to me. And over 1,500 Wikipedia namespace edits seems more than sufficient to demonstrate knowledge of policy IMHO. Copyvio infractions in the first few edits is quite forgivable too. —Wknight94 (talk) 16:09, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  51. समर्थन, an obvious choice who has clearly shown he can be trusted with the tools, the only thing that matters. Enforcing a 6mo minimum instead of evaluating the candidate's ability to be trusted does not help the project. If it's not obvious, this also means I give up my impartiality to call this one in case it's close, even though I don't think it will be. - Taxman Talk 16:23, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  52. Support as I did on his last RfA. In the time since then Srikeit has continued to make valuable contributions to Wikipedia and shown he can be trusted to use the tools. Wikipedia will be improvede when he gets the mop. Gwernol 16:48, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  53. Support. --kingboyk 17:09, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  54. Support. Great work! --Aguerriero (talk) 17:12, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  55. Support, as I did last time. Srikeit has more than proved himself capable of handling the tools. Rje 17:18, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  56. Support per nom. Roy A.A. 18:34, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  57. Strong support for my good friend. I have seen him work tirelessly for wikipedia showing a dedication that very few have. H has great knowledge of the working of wikipedia due to the countless hours he has spent RC patrolling, then creating new bios, adding voice and now as a clerk at RFCU. I would have co-nominated him, but it would not add to the superb nomination already done. - Aksi_great (talk) 18:39, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  58. Support. Although just 6 months kinda concerned me, it was 6 months that totally outshine my 2 years here. On a side note, how do you rack up 8000 edits in 6 months? Anyways, solid contributor, balanced and reasonable, i liked the answers. Themindset 18:41, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  59. Cleared for Adminship so much that I need the F-117 just to keep up --Pilotguy (roger that) 18:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  60. Support I'm not sure I can follow up on any of Pilotguy's comments, but you definitely will do a good job as a sysop. Alphachimp talk 19:13, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  61. Support -- diligent, hard-working, mature, civil, judicious according to others' comments. Besides, candidate satisfied Crzrussian, an experienced admin with high RfA standards; I use him as my Consumer Reports when looking at RfAs.--A. B. 21:17, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  62. Strong Support - I know this user and believe he would be great with adminship. GeorgeMoney (talk) 22:19, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  63. Super strong I thought he was already an admin Support You will do a fantastic job - that I am sure of. ViridaeTalk 23:09, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    supporti supported him back in may, and the reasons still stand, an excellent candidate with a wide knowledge 81.86.120.192 23:22, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry, but anonymous users are not allowed to cast a vote. Naconkantari 23:25, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  64. Strong Support. Voice-of-All 00:56, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  65. Support - Based on the nomination, he must be a good person. Even if he is sort of new, hopefully there will be other admins working constructively with him to iron out mistakes. —this is messedr͏̈ocker (talk) 03:16, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  66. Support - From what I have read here, it appears he will do a good job. Good luck! Michael 03:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  67. dON'T yOU hATE iT wHEN yOU pUSH cAPS lOCK sUPPORT Already thought he was an admin. RyanGerbil10 (Drop on in!) 04:14, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  68. Support Sarah Ewart (Talk) 04:25, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  69. Support. Srikeit shows true dedication to the Wikipedia project, as evidenced by his 8000 edits in some 6 months and his overwhelming work on Cricket articles. He is the near-perfect model for a Wikipedian and I'm proud to support his RfA. Postscript: I got the 69th vote, how lucky for me! Aaрон Кинни (t) 04:26, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  70. Support yep Jaranda wat's sup 05:18, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  71. Merovingian {T C @} 05:32, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  72. Strikeit Support for Srikeit. Teke 06:09, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  73. Support Another excellent candidate for adminship.  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  06:18, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  74. Yeah Wikipedia will improve greatly from this. GizzaChat © 08:01, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  75. Support - honestly thought he was, extremely helpful user - Glen 08:09, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  76. Support. Know Srikeit, he's ready for adminship. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:34, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  77. Support Joe I 11:03, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  78. Support - would put the tools to good use. However, as I remarked elsewhere, talk edits << user talk edits. Almost no edits in the talk spaces of cat, img and template - am not saying that they are necessary. --Gurubrahma 11:25, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  79. Support My experience of the candidate gives me confidence, backed up by another of Blnguyen's wonderfully thorough nominations. JPD (talk) 12:03, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  80. Support We need energetic people like Srikeit. Johnlp 13:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  81. Support. - Mailer Diablo 16:47, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  82. Support, of course. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 19:16, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  83. Support No doubt about it. I wasn't going to miss this RfA like I missed the last! Thistheman 19:53, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  84. *Burps* -- Steel 23:15, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  85. Support this time, although I could have waited one more month for this. --Slgr@ndson (page - messages - contribs) 00:01, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  86. Support Well mannered and up to the task Ansell 04:57, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
  87. Support Good candidate, will be a bigger asset with the extra tools. --Cactus.man ✍ 06:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  88. Support, obviously. RandyWang (raves/rants) 06:28, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  89. REALLY STRONG Support No-one can deny how useful this user is! He's inspirational in his edits. Nobleeagle (Talk) 07:31, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  90. Support per nom. Baseball,Baby! balls•strikes 07:44, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  91. Support, I have always had good interactions with him, and am impressed by his contributions. -- Natalya 11:13, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  92. Support Good editor, who I have come across on Wikipedia before, meets my criteria for support. --Wisden17 14:36, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  93. Support per all above. Specialist in a useful field. Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 20:31, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  94. Support - Richardcavell 06:15, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  95. Support - will make good use of the tools. --Alf melmac 10:13, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  96. Where are the Portal Talk edits? —Cuiviénen 17:19, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  97. Very strong support As for last RfA. E Asterion u talking to me? 23:48, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  98. Support, I expect good things. NoSeptember 01:25, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
  99. Strongly Support, As I awarded pretty star him for kindness about 2 months ago, He would also be good for admin by demonstrating kindness, and helpful user. *~Daniel~* ☎ 04:46, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  100. Strong support. Fabulous credentials, and impressive knowledge of policy. We need more admins like him. Phædriel ♥ tell me - 06:51, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Who made the century? You or he? --Bhadani 12:17, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  101. Support I must be nuts. :D --Terrancommander 13:18, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  102. Support Treebark (talk) 16:14, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  103. Support Very good user. ForestH2 t/c 16:15, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  104. Support per all above. G.He 17:17, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  105. Support per all above. Dionyseus 18:23, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  106. Support per all 105 reasons above. (I hope there are no bad reasons!) the_ed17 14:09, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  107. Support good editor. Abcdefghijklm 15:36, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  108. Strong Support. --§hanel 19:42, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  109. Support --Jay(Reply) 22:43, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  110. Support 172 | Talk 23:13, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  111. Jump-on-the-bandwagon Support per all comments above me.  Killfest2  06:21, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  112. Support. --Klemen Kocjancic 07:14, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose
  1. Oppose, but might lean towards weak support. I voted against this user in May because (s)he was far too new. It's now July, and Srikeit meets my 6 month minimum, but not very well. So my opinion is that he is still too new. Though Srikeit registered in January, it was not until February or March that he had any article edits (first two months of edits were own user page and other user talk pages). I find the nomination and my own perusal of Srikeit's edits reassuring, but I would feel better supporting a candidate with a real history at Wikipedia, including policy pages. I find almost no edits whatsoever to Wikipedia or Wikipedia talk namespace. I would definitely consider this user again in the future, though I like candidates who know themselves when they're ready (and therefore turn down premature nominations). -lethe talk + 04:41, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Very understandable, but I have a question: does editing the policies really show that this user does not understand policy? — Deckiller 04:45, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    No, you are correct. The failure to edit any policy pages does not show that this user does not understand policy. But I would very much prefer evidence that the user does understand policy to the lack of evidence that he does not. -lethe talk + 04:48, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the clarification. — Deckiller 04:53, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Oppose< I've decided to oppose because of the the copyright problems the user has made, i've found a third problem - article Atul Wassan is a direct copy and paste from [15]. That's just one I've found, and as Blnguyen said in the nom, the user has contributed a lot to cricket player articles so I don't know how many more articles are just copy and pasted off websites. Also note statement under neutral.--Andeh 06:48, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, that copyvio was done as a newbie in January. I went through the hundreds that were made in March and afterwards and they are all copyright-free. So I guess he simply forgot about the earlier ones, but he fixed up that problem four months ago at least.Blnguyen | rant-line 06:52, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    I went back to check the contribs list and the first few articles were in late January, where there was an unwitting copyvio. Then throughout February there are no cricket edits. On March 5, Srikeit embarks on his mission to create bios for every ODI cricketer, starting with Sudhakar Rao. All the subsequent bios were done in this format, consisting of the stats infobox and a one sentence summary consisting of DOB, nationality and the era in which he played cricket. None of these are copyvio. It is the same as the Mujahid Jamshed article above.Blnguyen | rant-line 07:00, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Blnguyen has already said what I wanted to say. Like many newbie editors, Srikeit commited copyright violations in his early days in Wikipedia and you'll find some comments re. this in his talk page as well (User_talk:Srikeit/archive1#Gopal_Bose and User_talk:Srikeit/archive1#Fair_use_images). While some were fixed by him and the rest of us, Atul Wassan seems to be one that slipped through. I would be most surprised if you could find any copyvios that he committed since those discussions in his talk page. Tintin (talk) 07:03, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose as per lethe. Fails Diablo Test before deprecation. Looks like a specialist in a narrow field. Readily adopts majority voting as a solution to conflict resolution even on matters of fact (see Q.3). Too soon from previous RfA. Try again next January. Anwar 15:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    You do reallize anyone can check the talk page that Srikeit links to in his answer below and see that the consensus was your version was not NPOV and that you couldn't or refused to back up your position with citations to reliable sources right? And that makes your assertion trying disparage Srikeit look rather specious. Looks like a great example of Srikeit solving a dispute calmly. Of course I could have let your comments discredit themselves, but just in case people didn't check the talk page involved I didn't want them to be misled. - Taxman Talk 16:24, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    A very interesting oppose vote, considering the fact that Mailer Diablo actually supported this RfA. Also, why would you want him to wait six months in the case that this nom fails? There are plenty of active admins who haven't even been with the project for six months. — Deckiller 17:03, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah, well Anwar went and opposed myself and Sam Vimes2, citing Diablo test even though we explicitly passed the Mailer Diablo test. Anwar obviously noticed that Sam had garnered a lot of respect from Indian cricket editors.Blnguyen | rant-line 07:38, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Must I again repeat this...Anwar saadat votes against any Indian RFA, FAC, FPC and whenever there is an Indian FARC or something he always votes to delist, without fail. He has had very bad relations with the Indian WikiProject and has had a number of POV disputes which have resulted in page protection. Nobleeagle (Talk) 07:28, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    You may surely repeat, and he shall also repeat!!! Please do not worry much about such issues. No one can fool around here on a long-term basis - wikipedians are quick to spot the game, and once spotted, the game is over. --Bhadani 12:15, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral

Neutral, when the user was a newbie they copy and pasted two articles from two websites even after they were informed not to. I believe this is a very bad newbie mistake which is why I can't support at this time. Yes the user seems to be a good editor and vandal fighter, but this dreadful mistake made 7 months ago just won't allow me to support. I can't quite oppose because apart from that everything else seems fine and they've been editing many parts of wikipedia and taken part in a number of chores.--Andeh 06:39, 10 July 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Moved to Oppose.--Andeh 06:48, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Moved back to Neutral per Blnguyen saying they've cleaned up most of the copyvios. The users upload log also impressed me I assume none are copyvios.--Andeh 07:22, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I may assure you and all others that they are not copyvio as any copyvio is spotted with utmost alacrity! I would request you to please reconsider your stand. However, I absolutely respect your views. --Bhadani 15:31, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
Username Srikeit
Total edits 8563
Distinct pages edited 5226
Average edits/page 1.639
First edit 11:19, 20 January 2006
 
(main) 3137
Talk 191
User 291
User talk 2765
Image 517
Image talk 2
Template 24
Help 1
Category 6
Wikipedia 1516
Wikipedia talk 85
Portal 28
Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia in this capacity. Please take the time to answer a few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
A: I'm quite interested and willing to perform the following admin duties (format blithely stolen borrowed from Samir's RFA) :
  • RC Patrolling: I am regularly active on Recent Changes Patrol and intend to continue, aided by the admin rollback and the ability to block persistent vandals.
  • AIV: Being a regular reporter to Administrator intervention against vandalism, I intend to take part in examining vandalism reports and handing out appropriate blocks.
  • AFD closing/re-listing: As a frequent participant in Articles for Deletion discussions, I now will look forward to the closing AFD's after a community consensus is established. I also look forward to attending to the Proposed Deletion backlog.
  • CSD: Candidates for speedy deletion tend to develop large backlogs and I intend to help out in clearing them.
  • Helping newcomers: Regularly helping out at #wikipedia-bootcamp, I have encountered cases like [16] and [17] where admin abilities could have helped me. I plan to help out with such cases as admin.
  • Other sysop chores: I also anticipate participating in places like Requests for Page Protection, 3RR Noticeboard etc. where administrator attention is required. I also keep an eye on the Administrator Noticeboard and Incidents and will try to assist wherever I can.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A: I have been quite pleased with my contributions to the Cricket project where I completed the list of ODI Cricket bios, which means that every player who has played international cricket has an article on Wikipedia. I have done quite a bit of audio work adding pronunciations to the List of Indian Cricketers, Indian states & major Indian cities. I have also contributed a bit to WikiProject Chemistry added a few articles and creating images of organic chemical reactions. Helping newcomers at #wikipedia-bootcamp is another task I enjoy doing. I also do my bit in vandalism reversion and POV/Spam removal in watchlisted articles.
3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
A: I have not been in any major conflicts but I have had my share of "Why the hell did you revert me?" on RC Patrol both on my talk and email and I have always striven to explain my actions promptly and lucidly. The only significant conflict was at Ajith Kumar which was subject to an aggressive revert war. When attempts to reason it out didn't work. I attempted to build a consensus on the talk page, which effectively ended the conflict. I am basically an easygoing person and do not get wiki-stressed easily. I believe that in the event of a conflict, a short break to clear one's mind and later perceiving the conflict from the other person's Point of View, facilitates in the conflict's speedy resolution.
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