Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/MikeLynch

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Canvasing concerns

 * Off wiki canvassing by nom on his Twitter account and at/to Wikimedia meet up members.93.186.23.80 (talk) 10:43, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * And on 10th Jan, the nominator in his same named Twitter account goes on a rant against Wikipedia, ending with the statement in print "And if those bloody Ph.d scholars on Wikipedia weren't enough... People with Ph.Ds should be banned from editing Wikipedia." 93.186.23.80 (talk) 11:53, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * And so there's no worry aboutt outing, the nominator himself has connected his Twitter and Wikipedia account. And I have taken screen grabs of the tweets for added benefit.93.186.23.80 (talk) 12:03, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * We are here to take a look at the actions of MikeLynch, rather than the rants and comments of another editor. These external issues have nothing to do with this RFA. Let's maintain our focus on the actions and viability of the individual seeking to serve the community in the capacity of administrator. Best regards,   Cind.   amuse  (Cindy) 12:12, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The nominator is quite well known to regularly canvass for support to AFDs, talk page discussions and more on Twitter and off wiki. One recent tweet exhorting his Wiki buddies to support him goes like this "Help required. @logic @balajeyaraman @pradx @smileyansu Go to my English Talk page, section Out Of Curiosity and answer Mr phD holder." Another one posted this morning, "@jimanish @tinucherian @logic Have a look at the RFA page ... One indian on it ... NOW" Anyone who is here right now can double confirm. By the way, the nom just started deleting the tweets. Have screenn grabs. No problem. I need voters to vote knowing the circumstances behind this RFA.How do you think there are voters from India and new voters here suddenly who never participated in RFAs???93.186.23.80 (talk) 12:47, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * If your intention is to disrupt this RfA, then good try. Most Indian editors have interacted many times with Mike and know him very well. So it's pretty obvious that we Indians turned out from this notice on his user page. Better luck next time. Face-tongue.svg &mdash;  Abhishek  Talk 12:54, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Some calm please. I will only speak on any matter pertaining to this RfA. If at all this is true (I do not know about this matter), what comments User:Rsrikanth05 makes about Doctorate holders has nothing to do with this. This is becoming more of a personal rant against Rsrikanth05 than anything else (not to mention a breach of privacy). If at all it is true that Rsrikanth05 has indeed canvassed, I am more than happy to let an uninvolved mediator check and cross out the !votes which are thought to have come as a result of this.  Lynch 7  12:56, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Could you post the links of those tweets here please? A good look at it will throw some light on the matter.  X.One   SOS  13:02, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I seriously think that it shouldn't be posted publicly. It will most likely be a breach of privacy. An uninvolved administrator should look at this if Rsrikanth05 permits.  Lynch 7  13:09, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm surprised by your comment. How will anyone know who is here by canvassing? Jjust for information I have cut part of my comment.93.186.23.80 (talk) 13:15, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * It has been the practice to not consider comments which are thought to have come by improper means. I do not know how the uninvolved administrator will do that, it is not up to me.  Lynch 7  13:23, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * fair enough. Look at this and you'll realize what kind of nominator have you unfortunately got, one who does not care about our sourcing policies at all. And I'm taken aback Lynch with your support of rsrikanth05 in the link I've provided. Amazed how you support false additions of citations claiming good faith. Any which way, that is unrelated. The least that should be done is that the nominator's vote and his nomination should be considered tainted or struck by the nominator himmself. I have no score to settle with your work here being considered on its own strength in this RFA. The correct path would be to censure this nominator at ANI. It will ensure future culpability for this nominator's bad faith canvassing and meatpuppeting in not only RFAs but across our project. That is about all I expect.93.186.23.82 (talk) 15:12, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * For the record, the AGF I referred to was for the IP warnings. If you would like to discuss my actions at length, please do so at my talk page, or the talk page of the RfA, if you feel its relevant. I would love to clarify any of your concerns.  Lynch 7  15:18, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Hmmm, so MikeLynch is at fault because I nominated him is it? If that is the case, may I call for this RfA to be nullified and let someone ELSE, do it again? I'll stay out of it. Completely. As for sourcing stuff, something makes me believe that you are a sockpuppet [I don't mean to accuse you, but just stating], User:Wikiality123, who posted all those comments on my talk page about sourcing stuff. It's all in my January archives. Explain, if I don't source things, how I have so many barnstars? If you have any issues regarding ME, take it to RfC or my talk page. I do not deny any tweets, they're pretty much my personal stuff. If needed, I'll provide the direct link to them, no need for screenshots. As for the last tweet made, I did delete it as I realised my mistake later on. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 17:38, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Guys, it's not even such a big issue, and we better let the admin decide the final call.  X.One   SOS  17:50, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * After having a look at the talk page archive, even I get to know something about this issue. Anyway, that's no way related with this RfA. So let's not make this a big issue. &mdash; Commander (Ping me) 17:57, 15 January 2012 (UTC)


 * rsrikanth05, that you accuse me of being a sockpuppet shows how infrequent and faulty is your understanding of our project's policies. Either delete your accusation and apologize immediately or take it to SPI and remove this from here. Else, you're clearly committing a personal attack. That you deleted your canvassing tweets is only part of the story. Deleting canvassing tweets in no way removes the fact that you've canvasssed in various forums and the people you contacted know it. And the tweets are only one part of the story. What about the DMs? Any which way, you canvassed and it's good you accept it. You should strike out your nomination and your vote. I'll leave it at that and not tread you worse with my screen grabs.93.186.23.82 (talk) 18:08, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * What DMs? This is not about ME, it's about MikeLynch. As stated, any issues, go to my talk page. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 18:12, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, note, why are you ONLY interested in that ONE particular edit and the matters surrounding ONLY that? FYI, back in 2009, I was the one who got Transport in India MOST of it's refs. You also probably don't know HOW MUCH outreach work I do, how active I was on the India list, how many people I've convinced on Flickr to release their images under a free licence. But NO, good intentions forgotten, one thing, It was sourced, but the link was dead a while later and hence I get accused of misleading then later bullying. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 18:24, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the striking out of your vote. Pl strike out your sock accusation too. Let your nom remain. I think it's a fair description of Lynch. I'm done here. Pl don't canvass support from now on even for talk page discussiosn. Hope you now realize partly why meatpuppetry is a no no. bye.93.186.23.80 (talk) 18:53, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
 * May I please request any administrator / established editor to strike out the SPI allegations? The SPI was filed here in bad faith by the nominator against me and Wikiality and was closed in double time by Hello Annyong. It will be very helpful if now the sock allegations are deleted please from this page as two editors are being maligned by succh frivolous statements of the nominator.93.186.23.81 (talk) 01:24, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Just for the record, I did NOT attend any meetup, haven't attended any since the one I put up last year WP:MCB1 and the one next month, WP:MCB2. I deleted that tweet, I'm extremely sorry for it. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 06:25, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

As one of those contacted by the nom using twitter about this RfA, i will say this - i knew MikeLynch in wiki well before i knew Rsrikanth05. Regardless of who had nominated mike for adminship i would have supported it (or nominated him myself). I would have heard of it regardless of the tweet as i have Mike's talkpage in my watch list. Mike is known widely amongst Indian wikipedians and is highly respected. He doesnt need a twitter canvass to get our supports. Those of us who have interacted with him know enough to support his RfA.--Sodabottle (talk) 08:28, 16 January 2012 (UTC)