Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ragib

Ragib
Final (31/0/0) ending 17:45 6 August 2005 (UTC) - Ragib has been with us for more than a year now. He has notched up a credible 3,357 edits (1,790 to the article namespace). he uses the talk pages to sort out issues, and his handles the situation camly. His edits are usually related to Bangladesh and Bengali language, but not limited to those topics. He also reverts a quite a handful of vandalism, and sees to it that all new images in his articles are correctly tagged. I would like to see him promoted to an admin, a post he deserves. =Nichalp  «Talk»=  17:45, July 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
 * Thanks, Nichalp. I hereby accept the nomination. --Ragib 17:59, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) I support Ragib's nomination. --ppm 19:16, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Support, positive experience over long period of time. Pavel Vozenilek 19:37, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Support Ragib. El_C 23:51, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Support - I have seen most of his major edits. My interaction with him was always dynamic. I am sure that he will be a good administrator. --Bhadani 02:04, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Support - Absolutely. Ragib deserves Adminship! Redux 02:56, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Cool. JuntungWu 04:06, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Support - Though I haven't known him for long, in the short span I've interacted with him and viewed his edits I can vouch for his neutrality and interest in improving subcontinent related topics. Idleguy 05:29, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Support -- Cyberjunkie | Talk 07:48, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Support David | Talk 08:48, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Support Deserves to be an administrator --IncMan 14:04, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) BRIAN 0918   16:49, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Support I think admins who specialize in certain areas are important. I nominated a person for Philippine-related article so it's appropriate for one who does Bangladesh-related ones. --Chris 22:05, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Support Strong editor whose been here a while. freestylefrappe 01:33, August 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Support This user is not a vandal. (Not to mention that I had pleasant dealings with him at Talk:Pakistan, but that's just icing.) kmccoy (talk) 02:30, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Support I wholeheartedly support the proposal. Supten 03:09, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Support Thunderbrand 15:00, August 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Support. Sure thing. - Darwinek 18:56, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Support - Aside from his other great contributions, Ragib has also done some work in welcoming newcomers. Sango  123  19:50, August 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Support Looking at his contribution history, he seems to be more than qualified for adminship.Heraclius 21:27, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) That's hot. Mike H (Talking is hot) 23:48, August 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) Support Active in reverting vandalism and tagging new images. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:15, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) Support I would generally say that Ragib's a good guy, and thats all I care about. Bob Dole supports this user. Redwolf24 06:20, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Merovingian (t) (c) 07:00, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Support. utcursch | talk 08:26, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) Support dab (&#5839;) 18:22, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) --Jusjih 02:55, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) Support --Celestianpower talk 15:06, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Support. Excellent contributor and will be an equally excellent admin. Antandrus  (talk) 22:21, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Support. Carbonite | Talk 21:30, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) Suppport. Great editor who does a good job, I'm sure he'll do a good job as an admin. Jtkiefer  T - 05:53, August 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Support. &mdash; Knowledge Seeker &#2470; 07:32, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

Comments
 * I wish all the best to Ragib. I am impressed by a number of his edits. I will come back after he answers the questions. --Bhadani 18:05, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Edit count for Ragib at Kate's tool. Says 3,418 total, with 1,809 in articles at the time of this post. Redux 02:56, 31 July 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. I would like to keep a sharp eye on Vandalism, and revert vandalized articles quickly. I like to participate in Votes for Deletion. I would also like to make articles NPOV, take part in NPOV discussions, and reach a consensus. I believe in neutrality, and maintaining Wikiquette. In addition to that, I like to welcome new users and guide them in editing and other Wikipedia activities.


 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I have created many of the articles about Bangladesh and its culture (close to 150 articles). I recently finished creating articles and expanding most of them, for the 64 Districts of Bangladesh. I have started many of the articles on the Rivers of Bangladesh and other geographical features. I created many articles on Category:Bangladeshi people and expanded them to full article levels (for example: Munier Chowdhury). I like my work in creating articles on Bangladeshi culture, for example, my article on Bangla Calendar. I have created or contributed to many articles on Bangladesh Liberation War. I also have added Bangla language names and Bangla text to many biographical articles, place names, and the anthems related to Bangladesh and India. Outside Bangladesh related topics, I cleaned up the country article on Pakistan, and settled a dispute over the NPOV status. I also participated in History of India, Kashmir and Aurangzeb. My current project includes working on the article on Constitution of Bangladesh (work-in-progress) and also on WikiProject Bangladesh and Wikiportal/Bangladesh. Finally, I have reverted many Vandalisms, Welcomed many newcomers to Wikipedia, and participated in long discussions to make articles NPOV (see Talk:Pakistan, Talk:Kashmir), Talk:Aurangzeb).


 * 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 had a conflict regarding maintaining NPOV in the article Pakistan with . My main point was to keep the article in conformance towards Wikiproject Countries, keep the article short and have same structure as other country level pages and to move details of different issues to the particular articles. I believe I have dealt the issue with neutrality and worked on reaching a consensus in the talk page. Most of my opinions were supported by the other contributors and were later implemented into the article. I also did similar NPOV edits to India, Bangladesh, Kashmir in order to remove POV. I would like to deal calmly to any such disputes over content, initiate and continue discussion in the talk pages, and reach a consensus in conformance with NPOV. I also believe in Wikiquette and have maintained that in my correspondence with other contributors, even with Vandals. I want to maintain my neutrality and work without having any bias based on race, national origin, religion, gender or any other issues.