Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/BanyanTree

BanyanTree
final (35/0/0) ending 16:56, April 3 2005 (UTC)

BanyanTree seems an excellent user, janitorially and editorially. He has made numerous excellent articles and works admirably on countering systematic bias and featured article candidates. He has made 3031 edits in about five months, and I have no doubts as to his suitability. Smoddy (tgeck) 16:58, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I accept the nomination. -  18:44, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Smoddy (tgeck) 17:00, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Absolutely - friendly, cooperative, and brilliant work on Africa topics.  CDC   (talk)  19:32, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Unreserved recommendation. Amazing stuff on Central Africa conflicts. Wizzy&hellip;  &#9742;   19:37, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Yes. Phils 20:12, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) I recognize BanyanTree mostly from work on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake article, but this user pops up all over the place, and I am happy to support. - RedWordSmith 23:05, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Has produced some superb work, definitely sensible and trustworthy. --Michael Snow 00:33, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) But of course. Grutness|hello? [[Image:Grutness.jpg|25px|]] 02:13, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Curps 04:43, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Wholeheartedly. &mdash; Trilobite (Talk) 08:03, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) A good contributor who works well with others. Rje 13:16, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Excellent work on much needed Africa topics. - SimonP 15:36, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Guettarda 16:22, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) PedanticallySpeaking 18:18, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support. Thanks for dealing with vandals. Pavel Vozenilek 21:07, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Absolutely. --Lst27 ( t a l k )  00:32, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support. Good editor. SlimVirgin (talk) 00:43, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) M e r o v i n g i a n  (t) (c) (w) 02:53, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Cool. JuntungWu 04:22, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Of Course. utcursch | talk 04:31, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Seen good work with CSB --Dmcdevit 04:34, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Absolutely. Excellent contributions, friendly and cooperative attitude. BanyanTree will be a fine admin.   &mdash; mark &#9998; 07:32, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 22)  Blank Verse  &empty;  15:37, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Michael Warren | Talk 17:03, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Shanes 23:19, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Fantastic user. Great work on African topics. -- Darwinek 07:49, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Mark1 08:59, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Concur with the above,  Radiant_* 12:29, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Support. jni 15:22, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Support!  I'll not yield to the temptation to ask anyone to insert a shock-and-surprise cliché.  Really.  :^P - Lucky 6.9 06:54, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Support -- Hoary 12:33, 2005 Mar 31 (UTC)
 * 31) Certainly. Smit 12:42, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Support. Pattern of edits shows familiarity and involvement with many areas of Wikipedia. Rad Racer 13:03, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Certainly Support. - Mailer Diablo 18:37, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) Support. -JCarriker 11:44, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * 35) Tuf-Kat 19:37, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Comments
 * 1911 edits to the main namespace. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 19:42, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. Most immediately, I would like access to the rollback function to help with my vandalism reverting. (It should be noted that I am using Sam Hocevar's useful rollback emulator in my monobook.js already but it is not ideal.)  Once I am comfortable as an administrator, I expect to get involved in banning vandals.  I would also like to help clear out speedy deletes and the backlog at Copyright problems.  Oh yes, and I would like to be able to add items to "In the News"


 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. My first edit was to Lord's Resistance Army, which became a bit of an obsession. I was pleasantly surprised when Mark Dingemanse offered to make maps for it and blown away when it subsequently became featured.  I contributed to 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake during the period when I was getting a grasp on how wiki worked, and am very pleased that it somehow did not devolve into chaos.  Occasionally I find myself fascinated with the subject at the end of a redlink that I click on; Hafun and Kokomo Arnold spring to mind as short articles that I found totally absorbing.


 * 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 will deal with it in the future?
 * A. Early on, I got into some annoyed verbal sparring with Deeceevoice on the talk page of The dozens after he reverted one of my edits (Diff) and left what I felt was an insulting message on the talk page. The conversation eventually turned into good natured sparring over the credibility of various academic sources, and judging from his comments on the talk page of Mau Mau Uprising there are no bad feelings on either side.  Trying to update and maintain 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake in late December was probably my most stressful time, in light of the incredible pace of editing and vandalism, which made it nearly impossible to make clean reverts.  This was complicated by a multiuser revert war to stop Bobchalk's attempt to split the page prematurely.  By this time, I was getting quite quick on the draw with reverts, which led to what I consider  my most ill-considered edit.  Fortunately the author, Lemi4, contacted me, which prompted me to check the edit again and apologize on his talk page.  These experiences helped me develop a more measured approach to editing that makes use of edit summaries and talk pages to explain what I am doing and why.