Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gurubrahma


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

Gurubrahma
Final (50/0/0) ended 17:57, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

– Gurubrahma hails from Bangalore, India, and has contributed large amounts of work on India related topics. A list of articles he has created is available. He has been involved in Wikipedia for seven months now, and heavily active for three and a half months, averaging a stunning 30 edits a day over the last 90 days. In that time, he has accumulated more than 3,000 edits across a broad span of namespaces. He has contributed more than 500 edits in talk areas, including 75 welcome messages for new users and 45 test template messages showing a strong willingness to help new users. He frequently compliments users on good work, is helpful with users , and polite with merge issues where he has been fairly active. He is also well aware and conscientious regarding copyright issues. He is an assiduous user of edit summaries, using them more than 98% of the time over all edits. Where his main strength as an admin will lie is in his vandal fighting. He has contributed more than 450 reverts during his tenure here, and has more than 200 articles on his watchlist. By his own admission, he doesn't have a fast internet connection; thus others frequently get to vandalism reverts before he does. Nevertheless, he reviews the other edits of vandals and this is where he has contributed his large amount of vandal fighting. He has had 10 features on Did you know?. He also has a good sense of humor, which always helps. He is by nature a consensus builder. It's time to grant him the tools. --Durin 16:17, 29 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
 * I accept this nomination with a thanks in my heart and a prayer on my lips. --Gurubrahma 17:57, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Support per above. --Durin 16:46, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support - again, I applaud Durin for his amazingly well-crafted nomination and there isn't all that much I can add ;) --Cel e stianpower hablamé 17:28, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support without bothering to read Durin's essay :-) Tintin 18:22, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support Durin's Beard. The Land 18:23, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support no reason not to. MONGO 18:24, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support - Guettarda 18:26, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support per nom - FRS 18:32, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support. Looks like an all-around good user. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 18:41, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support per Durin, whose analysis is trustworthy. Xoloz 18:43, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support I'm impressed with his interactions with other users. He is smart and not easily provoked. Walter Siegmund (talk) 18:59, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support per nom.Gator (talk) 19:15, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support Quentin   Pierc  e  19:20, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support per Durin's nomination. BD2412  T 19:21, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support. Kirill Lokshin 21:02, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 15)  Oran   e    (t)   (c)   (e-mail)  21:18, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support per all of the above. [[Image:Flag of Austria.svg|15px]] ナイトスタリオン ✉ 21:21, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support impressive work...dave souza 01:43, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support. An impressive effort from a diligent editor. Cnwb 04:31, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Support good editor. good admin candidate. --Rogerd 04:37, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Support well and truely. If Durin can't find anything wrong with this user, then no-one can! Raven4x4x 06:15, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support, this user is unlikely to abuse administrator tools. Christopher Parham (talk) 06:46, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Sorry I'm so late support.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 ($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|)  10:04, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Support. Wonderful editor, well aware of wiki system. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 10:53, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Merovingian 15:49, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Support. Thunderbrand 22:01, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Support - Would make an excellent admin. Sango 123 (talk)  00:26, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Support of course   Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk   01:18, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Support we need more like Gurubrahma!&asymp; jossi fresco &asymp; t &bull; @ 01:23, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Support; likely to be an excellent admin. Antandrus  (talk) 01:41, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Support Excellent user --Jaranda(watz sup) 02:57, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Support highly qualified user. &mdash; Knowledge Seeker &#2470; 07:45, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) Super strong support :-( I wanted to nominate him, but I guess I will write an essay on him despite being trumped on that count by durin. In the seven months, he has shown a ability to quickly grasp wikipedia policy and communicate the same to other users. He is an excellent editor and I really appreciate his insightful additions to diverse articles. He is also quite active in the Telegu wikipedia and helped translate economy of India to Telegu on my request. And he is extremely friendly to other users and remains cool as a cucumber despite regularly contributing to some contentious pages. Here's hoping he beats my Indian record of 50 votes. :-) -- Pamri &bull; Talk 08:13, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Support – wow I'm late! GB is a mature editor and I've seen him handle many situations quite well. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  08:28, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) Support, looks OK. &mdash; J I P | Talk 08:37, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 35) Yup. --Idleguy 08:56, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 36) Support Durin is quite strict with what he considers a worthwhile nomination for RFA, based on his guidelines, I'm gonna have to support this one, even though I have had no interaction with this user.  ALKIVAR &trade;Radioactivity symbol.png 10:21, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify; my standards for me personally nominating someone are quite high. My standards for voting support for someone are far, far lower. I've voted support for a number of people who would not pass my nomination standards. --Durin 13:50, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah durin i'm quite aware of that discrepancy, but seeing as you nominated this user for RFA, I know this person has been well vetted.  ALKIVAR &trade;Radioactivity symbol.png 00:00, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oops, didn't notice this nomination earlier. Full Support. deeptrivia (talk) 16:04, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support Fire  Fox  18:02, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support Gets my support, jai hind! Gryffindor  20:54, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support Gurubrahma is tireless in reverting vandalism and he keeps his temper in trying circumstances. I have worked with him on several articles and I have nothing but praise for this Wikipedian. Zora 21:34, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support. If this person meets Durin's rigid criteria then they have to be worthy of adminship.  Silensor 00:19, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Support. Good vandal fighter, good contributor. -Colin Kimbrell 08:08, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) I haven't voted yet! Strong Support. utcursch | talk 09:16, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support, and I was actually waiting to nominate him - but just could not come here for days. And, I may be late to the party, but feel happy that at least I could come here, and find the nomination. This gives me a lot of satisfaction. I have found him to be one amongst the best, an asset to the Project. --Bhadani 15:50, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support. El_C 00:26, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support. good editor.-- Dak ota   t    e  ''' 07:17, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Support. Jonathunder 06:45, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support. Can&#39;t sleep, clown will eat me 08:59, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Supoort. Gurubrahma's contributions are enviable and he has the ability to emote an aura of progress and acomplishment among those he comes into contact with - in some ways the essense of this project. I am so glad that we can give Wikipedia a gift: Gurubrahma as an admin.--Commander Keane 18:33, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support. Strong candidate. Jayjg (talk) 21:25, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Comments
 * I can't vote but he will be a good one.--219.93.174.106 08:58, 2 December 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 check out Category:Wikipedia backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
 * A. Of the backlog tasks, I can help in Copyright problems and requested moves. A backlog task that I am already engaged in (as it does not require admin privileges) is helping out at lonely pages and related dead end pages. I would help in updating Did you know?. I have been fairly active on RC patrol – a roll back button would be helpful in increasing my productivity (for every revert I make, I’m thwarted in at least 1 more as an admin has already rolled it back). Also, a knowledgeable vandal would view series of messages more seriously if they are from an admin. I’ve been adding CSD tags presently, and I’d be saved the bother, if I become an admin. I hope to be helpful on WP:VIP, WP:AIV and closing AFDs.


 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. While I’ve contributed to a variety of articles ranging from Nelson Mandela to Jenna Jameson, my substantial contributions have been India-related (for which I received two barnstars of national merit). I have worked on 30+ mergers and have made 10+ contributions to DYK. I take pride in the article on Pandurang Vaman Kane, on whom, very little was available on the web – and piecing all the bits and pieces together was very satisfying (it is today the definitive reference on the web - #1 on Google). I am fond of Siamese twins (English language) which is very different from the other articles I started. I’m also proud of Charles Mungoshi and Laila Rouass, stubs that I created in response to WP:AR1 (created to celebrate the achievement of donation target on 6 September 2005 and to show my pride in the Wikipedia community). Of late, I’ve been contributing in other namespaces as well. I’ve also thwacked vandals consistently on Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi (my userpage and talk page were vandalised for my efforts on the latter).


 * 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. The conflicts I had could be counted on fingers and would be called minor, more in the nature of misunderstandings and usually resolved in a couple of days. However I had a major conflict (had may not be correct, as it can flare up again) with one user, who started editing with a range of anon IPs, claiming to be Nirav on some talk pages and claiming to be an anon on some other talk pages. When I discussed this matter with other users on their talkpages, Nirav called me a bastard on Bhadani’s talk page. I made my position clear again (was given the Cool as a Cucumber Award by Bhadani for my conduct). However, I did not file an RfC as this user is contributing with a new user name and seems to have stopped using anon IPs. I'm holding my peace for the moment as I feel that a second chance should be given to him. However, I would not hesitate to take up the matter again if I feel the situation warrants it.


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