Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Aksi great

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Aksi great

Final (72/1/1) Ended Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:22:06 (UTC)

Aksi great (talk · contribs) – Aksi great, from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, (western) India, has been contributing to Wikipedia for 12 months now, and actively since late January. He is primarily interested in improving coverage of India related material, across all facets of Indian life.

Aksi great is best known for expanding and polishing

His 8 DYK articles :

He has been helping with merging to content produced by User:Ganeshbot([2]) and also is currently working on User:Akashbot, which is in the pipeline.

Aksi has a very sound understanding of the pillars of encyclopedic integrity -

He is skilled at working through content improvements ( [8], [9]), at Peer Review [10] and project coordination ([11],[12]), and never edit wars or pushes POV.

He has a good knowledge of copyright, marking all of his uploads with an appropriate tag.([13]). He is also active in image policy and tagging ([14], [15]), a rare and much sought-after skill, as only a handful of admins appear to have the confidence to delete images.

Aksi has a good understanding of how to deal with linkspam ([16], [17]), copyvios ( [18], and reverts vandalism( [19]), warning the users appropriately ([20]).

He is skillful at working to help others, offering encouragement ([21]), advice ([22]), about FU policy ([23], [24])

Aksi has a good record of discussing the issues in an AfD, rather than simply "voting", which is important to ensure that articles are kept/deleted appropriately on the merits of the argument rather than straight "voting" ([25], [26], [27], [28], [29], Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Dr._Syamaprasad_Jana_Jagaran_Manch)

Aksi is very cool and civil and has shown an ability to maintain rationality and logic at all times, even under intense fire and at times deliberate provocation. Recently he intervened to calm a ferocious battle between users from the neighbouring Indian states of Karnataka (Kannada speaking) and Maharashtra (Marathi speaking) where many others were unwilling to do so. He enforced NPOV ([30], [31]), mediated on the talk page ([32], [33] ,[34], [35]), on a user page ( User_talk:Mahawiki/Archive/Archive_01#Belgaum, User_talk:Sarvagnya/Archive_1 - please see surrounding comments to see the nature of this mess, andUser_talk:Aksi_great/Archive_6#kannadi_vandalism_strickes_again.21 - the label shows the mentality of the conflict). This and this nicely convey the magnitude to the problem.

For those curious about the "harassing and admin" block by User:Philwelch - this resulted after Aksi asked Phil to refrain from using profanity. It was later overturned unanimously on AN (Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive40#Admin_harassment_block), including Phil himself. Aksi took the block calmly and in good faith, and was vindicated by many administrators.

Finally, all the housekeeping like edit summaries, userpage, signature and email are in order, so I would ask the community to promote Aksi great to administrative duties. User:Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 03:05, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Co-nomination by Samir धर्म Could I add anything else to such an exceptional nomination? We've seen Aksi great's incredible contributions as an editor: he has 8 DYK's to his credit and was instrumental in bringing Ahmedabad to FA status. However, his greatest asset is his cool demeanour and his calm, levelheaded approach to conflict, which I think would benefit him greatly as an administrator. I'm certain he'll be one of our finest. Samir धर्म 14:24, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept. - Aksi_great (talk) 04:22, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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 do you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog and Category:Administrative backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.

A: I have lots of experience with reverting vandalism. So I see myself using the rollback button there and also helping out at

WP:AN3

.

2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A: If I am asked to pick up one article from all the articles that I have edited, it would be

WP:POI

.

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 conflicts over editing during my time at wikipedia. I avoid getting involved in edit-wars and try to mediate whenever I see an edit-war brewing. I have mediated in the dispute over Belgaum and would continue to try and prevent edit-wars in the future too. The incident involving Phil was my worst evening at wikipedia. The message you get informing you about your block is not a pleasant one. My faith in admins and wikipedia's open nature was boosted after reading the subsequent discussions on the noticeboard. Phil lost his cool for a moment and made a mistake, for which he apologised later and I considered the matter to be closed. That incident has helped me understand the power and responsibility vested upon admins by the community.

4. Since the candidate is from India, and the candidate has made an article about the the Ahmedabad Stock Exchange, and has knowledge of Indian Politics, Law, and Business, as mentioned from the co-nominators above, would the candidate be willing to find more information and expand Wikipedia, espescially the business aspects, exports, imports, currency valuations; of India after the candidate becomes an Admin? --Endgame1 06:57, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A: I have stated in my answer to the first question - my first love is editing articles. I'll be writing articles as long as I am associated with wikipedia. Ahmedabad Stock Exchange was created by me as part of my Ahmedabad expansion drive. I looked around for more stuff I could add to the article and ended up with my first DYK. I am constantly on the search for things to write about. Business and money matters are not my cup of tea. Even then, if I do come across something which interests me, I will not hesitate to do some research and write an article about it. - Aksi_great (talk) 07:01, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

5. So what you are saying is you shall only create articles which interest you, not what is asked by Wikipedia communitiy if you can help them?--Endgame1 07:04, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A: Majority of the articles I have created till now have been about topics I am interested in. Till now no one has requested me to help create an article for them. If someone may do so in the future, I would be more than happy to work along with them and write a good article.

6 Please, would you help expand this stub article from research Shipping Corporation of India ? --Endgame1 07:12, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

7 Please would you create an article from your research regarding the customs tax in India that is Import and Export? An example of other countries would be

• Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, in the United Kingdom
• United States of America

An interesting aspect of this article should contain whether India levys export taxes on materials shipped to western countries, and if so how much?

Endgame1 07:25, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

8 Please would you create an article from your research on how bulk materials shipped to Canada from India? --Endgame1 07:34, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Answers to Q 6,7,8 - Well, you have caught me when I had some things planned of my own (like helping out

WP:INCOTW so that more editors can help and work can be done faster. - Aksi_great (talk) 07:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply

]

10. Can you give examples of how you would apply them?

A: I don't have specific examples of where I could use IAR, and I don't see myself using it too often. But I can say where I won't use it - I wouldn't use the IAR clause to change a long standing policy. Policies have been established by consensus of a large number of editors. If I feel a change is required, I would instead put forward my proposal. Another place where I won't do it to force my views on other people. This could happen at AfDs where there may be a majority voting to keep. I can't just IAR and decide to delete the article. I see speedy deletions and PROD as an application of SNOW. SNOW is also useful in deciding to speedy keep an article at AfD. For example, see this AfD nomination about an Indian singer. Wikipedia:Suggestions on how to ignore all rules and Wikipedia:Process is important are also nice essays. In all, if I ever use IAR or SNOW, I would take great care using them.

11. How important is it for an administrator to keep a sense of humor?

A: It is very important for anyone to have a good sense of humour. But that is different from being a practical joker. An admin should never use his admin tools to play a joke, even if it can be reverted in a few seconds. Having a sense of humour is the ability to laugh at your own mistakes. At times, a person with a sense of humour plays a vital role in diffusing a tense moment.

12. Being from India, do you think you could remain objective and maintain a NPOV when dealing with issues relating to and editors from Pakistan?

A: NPOV is one of the most important policies of wikipedia. I really feel I can maintain NPOV and objectivity in such a case. More below.

13. What steps will you take to accomplish this?

A: First of all, the conflict between the two countries isn't that much of a big deal here at wikipedia. There aren't specific steps that I have in mind as I am confident of my neutrality in the matter. In case I see something which I don't agree with in an article, I would discuss rather than fight over it. There is also the

Pakistani noticeboard

where I could ask for help.

14. Do you think your nomination is TL;DR?

A: Not at all. My nom is long - but that is not a bad thing. That doesn't mean that all short noms are bad. The first thing I always do when I see an RfA is to go through the nomination statement. This is just Blnguyen's way of nominating people and I am very thankful to him for having taken the pains to go through my entire contribution history and come up with the diffs. Still, I would prefer all people to sample my contributions themselves before deciding which way to !vote (or ask me more questions if in doubt over something). Above all, I don't think the length of the nomination is any reflection on the candidate. - Aksi_great (talk) 16:30, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question from TerryJ-Ho (talk · contribs)

15. WP is increasingly being seen as a media capable of being manipulated by persistent editors and many of the articles have systemic bias.How do you expect to control this?

A: I don't agree with your first sentence. Perhaps you could point me to specific reports which accuse wikipedia of being what you mention. If there exists a systemic bias then I think with more and more people visiting wikipedia, it will gradually be removed. The way to go forward is to have more FAs, more projects and above all more editors.

16.A big problem for India articles has been the religious issues.You come from Gujarat, a state that has gone through great turmoil due to religious problems.Do you have an example where you have intervened to solve the issues between editors irrespective of your religious followings? How will you ensure that religious right wing discourses do not make into articles by providing new theories and histories?

A: No, I haven't intervened to solve the issues between editors where my religious followings would matter. To ensure that POV is not inserted into the article, I don't have to do anything but enforce wikipedia policy of verifiability and no original research. - Aksi_great (talk) 20:40, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

General comments

• See Aksi great's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool.

Aksi great's editcount summary stats as of 04:53, October 17 2006, using Interiot's tool. (aeropagitica) 04:56, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion (for expressing views without numbering)

• the comments below were responses to this self-removed comment by Endgame1

  I completely disagree with that statement. Admin tools are janitorial tools, not "tools of honour". I think

  Konst.able 08:03, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply

  ]

• Comment. I would like to question whether there is any rationale behind Endgame1's votes, except for trying to coerce Akash to create articles. I guess most of our editors do not like to create articles in which they have little or no interest. As Konstable points out above, that will only result in low-quality "mush" that somebody else will have to clear up. So what if he is only interested in India-related articles; his expertise in that field (as can be seen in his contributions and links provided by Blnguyen above) should be good enough. What is our primary aim? Creating an encyclopedia collaboratively. Therefore, we would need people who are knowledgeable in their respective fields, not necessarily a jack-of-all-trades. --May the Force be with you!
  eshth91 09:14, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
  ]

1. Strong support, regardless of whether he accepts or not. --May the Force be with you!
   eshth91 04:22, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
   ]
2. Strong Support.User:Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 04:24, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
3. Support per two excellent nominators.
   Talk) 04:28, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
   ]
4. Support Good luck mate! Downunda 04:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
5. Support Strong application above with plenty of evidence supplied; nice to see that you can prioritise your life and wait for an RfA opportunity, rather than rush in to it. One minor criticism would be that I can't see a lot of vandalfighting user Talk warnings since September 1 but you seem to have been busy enough inbetweentimes. (aeropagitica) 05:01, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
6. Extremely Strong Support for one one of the finest contributors and nicest guys around. --Srikeit ^{(Talk | Email)} 05:10, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
7. Strong Support He has been great help with the
   Indian politics project. Always friendly and helpful. He would make a great admin. - Ganeshk (talk) 05:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
   ]
8. Support One of the best contributors around here. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 06:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
9. Strong support, Really a nice contributor here.
   T/C) 08:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
   ]
10. Strong support - already hard at work! --
    Delphinidae 11:01, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]

    Sorry for the lame comment. I was in a hurry. Aksi great is- great at doing admin stuff, so I'm excited to see what he can do with administrative powers. --

    Delphinidae 20:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply

    ]

11. Support. utcursch | talk 12:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
12. Support. All politics aside, the question is can he be trusted with the tools, and the answer to that is unequivocably yes. Aksi, you've done a good job not overcommitting in response to Endgame. People don't have to write on everything or anything specific. - Taxman ^Talk 13:22, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
13. Fuck yeah — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 13:53, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    zOMG! Unprofessionalism!. I just wanted to make sure that Akash wouldn't be able to show this to his parents (proudly!) Hehe. And Fuck yeah means Strongly strong support. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 08:57, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

14. Strong Support per Blnguyen and Taxman. Rama's arrow 14:00, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
15. Strong support as co-nom -- Samir धर्म 14:24, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
16. Support. I don't see need of tools as a vialbe criterion. I have a driver's license and I haven't even been inside a car for about two and a half months. RyanGerbil10(Упражнение В!) 14:37, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
17. Looks experienced enough. What's the deal with all those questions, though? >Radiant< 15:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
18. support: Ombudsman 16:16, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
19. Support per nom. Michael 16:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
20. Support meets my standards.-- danntm ^T _C 18:20, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
21. Support Terrific editor, deserves the tools. Hello32020 19:02, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
22. Support. Great answers to questions, looks like the editor can be trusted with the tools. --Aguerriero (talk) 20:35, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
23. Support. Great user who has done phenomenal work on Wikipedia thus far. I have nothing but high praise for this user. Nishkid64 21:30, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
24. Great Support Good user and article creator. I hope the optional questions come to an end. It's making this RFA too long, and some are silly like the humour sense questions. --Ageo020 (Talk • Contribs) 21:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
25. Support  Doctor Bruno  00:54, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
26. Support --
    T | C) 05:24, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
27. Super Strong Support - Had I been any active, I'd have definitely nominated him. He shows balance in his quantity/quality of contributions and so, would last longer on WP. I was amazed by the cool he showed when he was unjustly blocked. --Gurubrahma 06:02, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
28. Ishtrong support Tintin (talk) 09:00, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    Egg-jhacktly. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 15:11, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

29. Breaking my wikibreak just for this Strong Support --
    ^(talk) 14:43, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
30. Support. A highly qualified user with good behavior; seems good to me. 1ne 16:05, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
31. Of course. - Mike | Talk 18:44, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
32. Support Rethinking my earlier thought, I support this user. ——
    ask me for help) 18:51, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
33. Support per Blnguyen Shyamsunder 14:50, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
34. Support good user, I like his answers to question, and a long nom just tells me that someone has a lot of faith in him already.--
    Konst.able^Talk 03:03, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
35. Merovingian ※ Talk 07:27, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
36. Support. -
    Mailer Diablo 08:34, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
37. Support Gizza^{Chat ©} 12:31, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
38. Strong support - This guy is totally NPOV.Bakaman _Bakatalk 00:52, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
39. Support SOADLuver 06:17, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
40. Ah...How did I miss this nom for so long! Anyways, I am all for giving Akash the mop and bucket. I have known him for quite some time and he has proven to be an excellent editor, and at the same time shown inclination to do janitorial work. I am sure he would be helpful to the project with the extra buttons. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 08:25, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
41. Strong Support: Yes, a very strong support. Frankly speaking, he has managed situations where editors like me (almost) failed or shirked to intervene. I know him from his earliest days, and have watched his progress with great pleasure. I am sure that he would become a great administrator too. --Bhadani 13:56, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
42. Hell yes support. Discovered this RFA by accident, following a quick rvv on my talk page. So obviously the user needs the tools to shave vital seconds off the job! An excellent nomination from a quality user always helps (I would say that...) but everything is there in it and I see nothing to create doubts. Recent edits have been of an amazing quality and usefulness, putting my own to shame. Needs tools, won't abuse them, good answers, good nom, good record... 100% scored.
    ЯEDVERS 18:28, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
43. Support - Definately support :) --hydkat 20:43, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
44. Support. Seen him around and no problemo. - Darwinek 20:50, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
45. Suport per nom and comments above. No concerns. Newyorkbrad 22:26, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
46. Support per above. I'm impressed with what I see. Wryspy 02:04, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
47. Support - great editor! —Khoikhoi 02:22, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
48. Support ~ trialsanderrors 05:48, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
49. Super Strong Support - Everything I wanted to say has already been said. Akash is one of the most strongest and most deidcated editors I've seen around. Very level headed and an exemplary candidate for the post. He scores full marks.--thunderboltz^(Deepu) 06:24, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
50. Support - Bharatveer 07:49, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
51. Support --Exir Kamalabadi^{Join Esperanza!} 14:26, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
52. Support --- Meets my rigorous standards. And not answering the questions is a better way to garner oppose votes than support votes. 16 questions-- give extra marks for being dedicated enough to answer then all articulately.Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 14:45, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
53. Support -- As per norms. He is very helpful, understanding and flexible. No concerns and so full support to him. --
    ^{(Talk to me...)} :-) 15:45, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
54. Support —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-10-21 19:03Z
55. Support I appreciate your maturity and ability to avoid being drawn into a flamewar. Tnfiddler 00:09, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
56. Strong Support Aksi's great. Always been a great user. Nobleeagle ^[TALK] [C] 01:47, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
57. Strong Support -
    talk/email 02:51, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
58. Support seems like a qualified user, Tewfik^Talk 03:50, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
59. Support Not that it matters you're clearly gonna make it †he Bread 06:38, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
60. Strong Support An excellent editor. Great in maintaining the INCOTW. --Dwaipayan (talk) 09:59, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
61. Support Jisha C J 11:43, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
62. Excellent editor. Just helped him fix some problems that required my mop, so I think he'll find a mop of his own useful. --Slowking Man 13:15, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
63. Support -meets my criteria--Grand Slam 7 13:33, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
64. Support--Jusjih 16:14, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
65. Support. Looks like he has the right qualities. Jayjg ^(talk) 19:43, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
66. Support. Will no doubt make a great administrator. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 22:09, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
67. Support -- --A. B. 00:18, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
68. Become an admin, Aksi, an admin! Muhahahahahahahahhahahahaha! Jorcogα  07:55, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
69. Support We need more Admins. --Wissahickon Creek ^talk 13:19, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
70. Support Looks like a great candidate. Vandalism fighting, quality contribs, etc. And I am glad he has answered the optional questions as this shows great interaction and communication, and "showed some guts". JungleCat talk/contrib 15:16, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
71. Support--
    IT⁴² 03:37, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]
72. Support Ding dong. Special delivery from FedEx. It's a new Mop!
    es2221 04:11, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply
    ]