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Deepujoseph

Final (77/2/0) Ended 03:20, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Deepujoseph (talk · contribs) – Deepu Joseph is from Kochi, Kerala, southern India, and has been editing since November 2005, regularly since January 2006. He primarily edits India related material, across all aspects of Indian life. This old version of his userpage contains a list of his creations [1]. In addition to this, he recently created Ayurveda, Mahé River, Cheraman Juma Masjid, Mayavi, and Moonnamathoral.

In this selection, he has created five articles: Yuktibhasa, Mahé River, Cheraman Juma Masjid, Mitr, My Friend, Moonnamathoral which have been selected for DYK, and show a good understanding of NPOV and sourcing. For followers of the 1FA principle/philosophy, he contributed heavily to the content of Kochi (India) which is a FA, showing the wide array of skills, patience and attention to detail that comes with it.

Deepu is active in maintaining two portals, Portal:Kerala and Portal:India, helping to select, organise and rotate the selection of content (eg, articles, DYKs) on the front of the portals [2]. He also satisfies a rather obscure criteria that will please some in that he has 20-30 portal talk edits. He also maintains the news section on the Kerala portal {{Wikiportal:Kerala/News}}

He is quick to lend a helping hand to other users (DYK help User_talk:Kuaichik#Fran.C3.A7ais.2C_Ankur_et_al, [3], signatures [4], cut-paste moving [5], username [6]), and helps to organise the work at Wikipedia:Notice board for India-related topics/Kerala. He is also willing to and good at explaining himself to other users at the reference desk ([7], [8]), which is important as administrators need to be able to explain their actions in detail if required.

He is able to work together with others in project tasks, discussing sensitive topics such as religion ([9], [10]) and ([11], [12]).

He remains calm and rational even whilst others are not during discussions - a debate over the biggest city in Kerala -([13], [14], [15], [16]) - and a debate at India as an emerging superpower which can often descend into heated debate wrt nationalism and strong geopolitical opinion - ([17], [18], [19], [20], [21]). Further examples can be seen at South India ([22], [23]) and working on improvements to Kochi (India) ([24], [25], [26], [27]) and did he not edit war in any of these situations.

He has demonstrated a strong understanding of the fundamental pillars of encyclopedic integrity - NPOV ([28], [29], [30], [31], [32]) and Reliable sources ( [33])

Deepu has a good understanding of the procedural side of Wikipedia. He has shown insight at AFD ([34], Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paliam, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Nair Tharavadus) rather than straight voting, which is required to ensure that the correct outcome is required when closing AfD, rather than simple tallying.

He has a good understanding of image policy, participating in image tagging ([35]), and explaining the policy ([36], [37]) to other users in detail. Wikipedia desperately needs more administrators who are confident with image policy as these are regularly backlogged 3+ days. All of his uploads are tagged appropriately.

He actively participates in reverting spam ([38], [39], [40], [41]) and vandalism ([42]) and warns the users appropriately. He has reverted close to a thousand vandalism edits.

Finally, the paperwork requirements with respect to userpages, signature, email, and edit summaries are all in order, so I would ask the community to approve for Deepujoseph to handle administrative duties.Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 08:07, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Conomination by Ageo020

Deepujoseph has been an editor over here since October 2005. Over last count, he has over 9000 edits and has created 85 new articles. He has worked extensively on Kochi which is a Featured article. He has also done RC patrolling, an example of his Vandal fighting can be seen here [43]. An allround editor, Deepu has contributed images, categories, templates, particiaptes in AFD's and RFA's

Deepu is one of the outstanding users in the community with 7 barnstars being awarded to him. He is a part of WikiProject Kerala. He is civil and friendly.. He has a sound understanding of policy and process, and is an asset to the project, who certainly wouldn't abuse the admin tools.

He has email enabled, has 100% edit summary usage, has an uncontroversial userpage, has never been blocked, and has demonstrated his clear understanding of policy many times in all of his Wikipedia: space edits. He would be a great administrator and a great asset to Wikipedia If I didn't mention something important, that's probably because I forgot it, not because he didn't work on it. Come on, let's give him a mop Ageo020 (talk • contribs • count) 02:59, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Conomination by Lostintherush

I have known Deepu for about 5 months now and he has come across as very knowledgeable about Wikipedia policies, very cordial to work with and always eager to help. With such comprehensive nominations above, I will not add any more diffs though I can do so if required by anyone to substantiate my claims. Its a pleasure to conominate Deepu and I am sure he will do ample justice to the admin tools if the community decides to provide them to him -- Lost(talk) 09:40, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:I'm totally flattered. I accept.--thunderboltz(Deepu) 05:38, 14 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: If given the privilege of handling the admin tools, I’d like to help out at CAT:CSD and WP:AIV—two areas of Wikipedia, which I believe, requires constant administrative attention. As a regular recent changes and new pages patroller, the extra tools can help me deal more effectively with vandals. I currently use Lupin’s anti-vandal tool for patrolling, and the admin rollback function would be a welcome add-on.
I often help out with the backlog at CAT:NT, tagging images and media per WP:ICT. With the added janitorial tools, I believe I can complement this work by keeping a close watch on CAT:NL and CAT:NS as well. I've also familiarized myself with the process behind WP:RM. After a little experimenting, I'm sure I can help out here too. Once I get used to the tools, I would also like to help out at other admin chores—especially those that need special attention due to huge backlogs.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A: I'm happy with each and every one of my contributions. But if you ask me to pick, I would choose the Kochi (India) article, which I helped promote to FA. I'm particularly pleased with the Mayavi article too, considering that it is the only article on the comic online. And there is also Portal:Kerala, on which I've implemented an automatic system for the "selected article" section. You can also check the ”article factory” section on my user page for a list of articles that I intent to be proud of later on.
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 haven’t been involved in any major edit conflicts till date. There was a debate on the Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram pages over the size of the cities (see diffs provided by Blnguyen). I feel that I’ve been able to stay reasonably clam and civil during the whole incident, without resorting to any edit warring or personal attacks.
I was also forced to do a checkuser on myself during last July over a few bad faith assumptions raised by my college authorities. The checkuser, which returned negative, can be seen here.

100% Optional Questions from Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington

I believe that answers to these questions will help the participants to judge you better. In case you think that a question cannot be answered without ambiguity, please ignore the question(s) and proceed.
4. What is the difference between guidelines and policies on Wikipedia? How important is it that guidelines be followed by admins as well as non-admin users? Do Wikipedia administrators, as the representatives of the community and (possibly) role-models to the other users need to strictly adhere to guidelines as well as policies?
A: A policy is an established course of action that must be followed, while a guideline is the "recommended approach". There might be certain expecptions, in which case, a guideline can be relaxed. I have always tried to follow them both, as I strongly believe that adhering to these rules is essential for the proper functioning of a collaborative effort like Wikipedia. Admins and non-admins should, in my opinion, therefore follow the guidelines, unless they have a genuine reason not to.
5. What are your views with respect to WP:WONK? Can users be cleanly segregated into either category? Do you fit into any particular category?
A:I dont think I fall into either of these categories. This revelation should also answers the previous part of your question. WP:WONK itself states: Our policies and our processes exist to help us maintain the integrity of the project, nothing more. —which justifies that there has to a healthy mix of the two kind of users, and those that think differently.
Absolutely. I am very happy with your answers. — Nearly Headless Nick {L} 15:54, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
6. What do the policy of WP:IAR and the essay WP:SNOW mean to you and how would you apply them?
A: Rules exist for a reason, and they should be ignored only as a last resort in cases where the integrity of the project comes under question. I fully agree, and will abide by the three-point suggestions listed on this essay.
Regarding WP:SNOW, it (as well as WP:IAR, for that matter) should not be used as a tool to prove a point. The process is important, and shouldn't be just skipped. WP:SNOW should be invoked only after careful consideration, and only when there is an overwhelming consensus. There shouldn't be any opposition or a likelihood of any arising either.
7. What is your opinion and view of the websites wikipediareview.com and wikitruth.info that are critical of Wikipedia? Anomo 21:53, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
A: I have no strong personal opinion regarding these websites. However, being an indefatigable optimist I'd like to think that they underline the fact that there is scope for further improvement in our policies and guidelines. These websites provide a critical factor called "criticism", which is essential for improvement. (Only thing is that we should be careful to filter it, in this case)
I'm just curious - why do you think this is relevant to adminship? (Say hello) to Eddie 03:19, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
8. Since the candidate is from India, and the candidate has hands on experience on the article India as an emerging superpower, and therefore must have 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 07:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
A: Whether or not I am selected for adminship, I would continue to focus in a major way on the article building process. I cannot see myself shirking from editing. As business and law aren't exactly my field of expertise, developing articles dealing on them would require researching on my part. I would gladly take up that bit of extra effort if it is necessary for the improvement of an article I'm working on. I think the situation can be correlated with the development of the "history" section on the Kochi page. I confess that I was almost ignorant of the city's history. However, I developed a through understanding of it via many visits to the local library and refering many websites on the matter. I believe I can do the same in this case as well.

Questions from Malber (talk · contribs)

9. 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: Certainly. NPOV is one of the pillars of wikipedia, and I will strongly uphold it regardless of my personal opinion on the content. You are welcome to inspect my pro-Indian-POV reverts on the India as an emerging superpower article [44], which deals with topics of this nature.
10. What steps will you take to accomplish this?
A: As stated in my answer to your previous question, I have strived to maintain NPOV in all the articles that I've been involved in. Thus, I believe, I am equipped with sufficient experience to stay level headed and enforce NPOV if such a situation is to arise. I would also like to add that if the users involved raise apprehensions on my decisions, I would gladly welcome a second opinion from an experienced user.
11. Do you think your nomination is TL;DR?
A: An RfA is a critical process as it entrusts janitorial powers on the selected people. Hence, it is highly necessary that the nominators scrutinise the nominiee carefully, and explain their findings in detail for the community to asses. I'm sure that despite the length, it has been of benifit to several users to asses my capabilities to hold adminship.
General comments

Discussion (for expressing views without numbering)

  • I believe that Wikipedia needs to be expanded, and adminship is an honour, for those who have worked hard in making Wikipedia what it is now, and that adminship honour comes with responsibility like creating more articles to help wikipedia expand further. -- Endgame1 06:56, 17 October 2006 (UTC) The user has expressed their interest to "abstain" i.e., retract their vote. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 07:19, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support

  1. Support. Instead of a co-nom, I'll go for the first support. I've observed him closely ever since he joined because we edit is the same areas and for me he has been very close what an ideal wikipedian should be. He is a good editor, always prepared put in the extra bit of research effort, goes out of the way to be nice to people, fair and receptive to cricticism. Tintin (talk) 05:29, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Strong Support per well written nom. - Ganeshk (talk) 05:50, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Strong support. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 06:19, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Strong support - The great nom doesn't leave out anything for me to say. All I can say is that Deepu is one of the most dedicated editors I have met and that he would be the last person to abuse admin tools. And that is all I have to say about that :) - Aksi_great (talk) 06:23, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Strong Support per Ganeshk (who is per Blnguyen, Age and Lost). A most deserving editor. Rama's arrow 06:35, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Support -- Lost(talk) 06:40, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Sounds like a good idea. >Radiant< 09:40, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support; possibly over-due.--Andeh 09:52, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  9. sUpPoRt — per nom(s), great editor. Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 10:10, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Support Andeh, this isn't possibly over-due, it is over-due. GizzaChat © 11:36, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Support, As per the nom, Shyam (T/C) 11:43, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Support, fantastic editor. - Mailer Diablo 11:47, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Support --Terence Ong (T | C) 12:17, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Support Sarah Ewart (Talk) 12:41, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Strong Support With noms like these there's nothing left for me to add. --Srikeit (Talk | Email) 12:42, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Srikéit support Exemplary user... - Tangotango 13:04, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Merovingian ※ Talk 13:23, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Its a STRONG THUNDERBOLTZ support (Thunderboltz is a brand of beer in India!) — Nearly Headless Nick {L} 13:51, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Kusma (討論) 14:17, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Very Strong Support: We certainly require administrators like Deepu Joseph. He is not only a fine editor, but a person of utmost integrity, and a real asset of the Project. (edit conflict) --Bhadani 14:19, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Strong Support. Where have all of these absolutely excellent admin candidates come from recently? RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 14:39, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Support Really good guy!!--Raghu 15:38, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Support per excellent noms and all above. Experienced, motivated user with no issues. Newyorkbrad 15:51, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Support Looks like an excellent candidate for adminship. (aeropagitica) 16:10, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Strong Support - he's put in a strong effore on wiki, he knows how to use AfD and even knows a bit on checkuser/sockpuppet policy. Bakaman Bakatalk 16:38, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  26. Strong Support Very good usage of AFD, knows some about checkuser, and would be a very good user of the tools. Hello32020 16:43, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Support Excellent and informative nom. Great candidate. Dina 16:46, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Indian Support. Hahahaha...half of these supports are from Indian people. Nishkid64 17:11, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Support as co-nom Sorry couldn't vote earlier.--Ageo020 (talk • contribs • count) 17:49, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  30. Support One of the best editors around here. I have fill confidence that you would become a great admin! --Siva1979Talk to me 20:19, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  31. support: Per nom, et al. Ombudsman 20:24, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  32. Strong support exceptional candidate, contributing editor with a good sense of judgment and a cool head. He will be spectacular -- Samir धर्म 21:39, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  33. Support per nomination and the great things said above. AuburnPilot 01:28, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  34. Support per nom. Michael 01:35, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  35. Support— Can be trusted with the tools. Glad to see we have some easy decisions today. Williamborg (Bill) 01:55, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  36. Support 3 nominators, a rc patroller, and a member of Esperanza. I need not look further. Wikipedia's False Prophet holla at me Improve Me 02:10, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  37. Strong support. T REXspeak 03:55, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  38. Support per nomination, a good editor .Shyamsunder 17:18, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  39. Support - per nom and decent upload log --T-rex 04:21, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  40. Strong Support - great editor with a cool head on his shoulders (needed for adminship). Jpe|ob 04:32, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  41. Strong Indian support - you're right, Nish, but we all gotta stick together :) I have seen this user around and he's always polite and civil. Great editor, I can't seem him abusing the tools. Good luck! — riana_dzasta wreak havoc|damage report 05:09, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  42. Support --- Skapur 15:54, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  43. Support looks good to me.-- danntm T C 17:21, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  44. Strong support Yes. -- Saravask 17:50, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  45. Strong Support, per well-written nom.--§hanel 23:55, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  46. Support - per nom et alii. There's nothing that would suggest anything other than supporting this nomination. —MJCdetroit 00:36, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  47. Support Even if [I] hadn't known what a fine editor and coolhead he is, I'd have voted aye per the nominator(s). -- Sundar \talk \contribs 06:53, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  48. Supah-dupah strong Support. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 07:02, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  49. Strong Support Jisha C J 07:37, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  50. Support per noms. Grandmasterka 08:37, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  51. He isn't one? 1ne 12:38, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  52. Support. —Quarl (talk) 2006-10-16 12:51Z
  53. Strong support - Deepu is an asset to the wiki community. He is well understanding, coperative, and very helpful to all the new comers as well. I think that he is capable of taking this additional responsiblity, and I am proud to offer my support to him for the adminship. -- Rajith Mohan (Talk to me...) :-) 18:46, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  54. Random cliched pile-on support, nom says it all. --Coredesat 19:53, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  55. I see no reason not to support. I believe this candidate would make a good admin. But why are there more and more questions asked everytime? Seven now? This is just getting ridicules. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 23:07, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  56. Support per everyone JackyR | Talk 23:43, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  57. Support. utcursch | talk 13:01, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  58. Support. Based on their answer to my question, it likely shows they would handle criticism of their work with a cool head. Anomo 17:01, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  59. Support  Doctor Bruno  00:53, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  60. Support this person will make a good administrator. Yamaguchi先生 01:39, 18 October 2006
  61. Obvious support I know him from the time he took his faltering steps on Wikipedia and every day, I see only jumps in dediacation, commitment and progress. --Gurubrahma 05:56, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  62. SupportClt13 08:29, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  63. Support, per nom. —— Eagle (ask me for help) 11:23, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  64. Support good editor. Anger22 01:43, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  65. Support: His dedication to Indian topics reminds me of the time I met Rama's Arrow (talk · contribs · count) early in the year. --Slgr@ndson (page - messages - contribs) 03:17, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  66. Why not add a floor to the Empire State Building? Mike | Talk 03:45, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  67. TL;DR Support ~ trialsanderrors 09:25, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  68. Forgot to support.Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 02:58, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  69. Support No real problems SOADLuver 06:24, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  70. Support Seems like a good user. --ManiF 11:04, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  71. Strong Support This is a no-brainer! --Vivin Paliath (വിവി൯ പാലിയത്) 15:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    Mike | Talk 16:49, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    One per customer. Redux 03:22, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  72. Support per above. I'm very impressed with what I've discovered here. Wryspy 17:15, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  73. Support. Looks good. Jayjg (talk) 19:29, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  74. Strong Support Hope I'm not too late! --hydkat 20:21, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  75. Support - how could I ever forget? ;-) —Khoikhoi 23:33, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  76. Support per above. --Esteban F. (con.) 01:32, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  77. Support. ENWP definitely needs more Indian admins like you. I've seen too many NPOV disputes lately. zephyr2k 02:17, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

  1. Half-hearted opposition-I don't like the ways of this user and I have a very specific reason to dislike them. I used to be another user named Kuntan and I believe this user conspired to have my username changed because he is ignorant about the idiom of Malayalam and that proper name of marginalised people jarred on his snobbish sensibilities. (I remember that I called him and another user two rare instances of sensible Wikipedians from Kerala on his talk page prior to that.) However, since then, I have noted that this user is unduly patronising towards new users. His book-kissing and immature interpretation of policies is often annoying. The articles he prepared single-handedly resemble school book assignments rather than encylopedic articles, (Mahé River for example), although they are far better than most of the stupid articles related to Kerala like this stupid scatty piece like Mamankam. And I strongly doubt he has some petty biases from an edit summary he inserted for his revert of Malayala Manorama on October 16. The first thing he should do after election (a foregone conclusion), I believe, is to delete a few silly articles or stubs he created, like Kochi City Police,Toc-H Public School, School of Communication and Management Studies etc. But for my pleasure of cooking the goose of a unanimous election, I should have placed these remarks under comments section and abstained from opposing. Kundan After Sundown 05:37, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose - Answer 11. - Hahnchen 02:38, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What is your point? Could you please care to explain? -- Ganeshk (talk) 02:41, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
See Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Aksi great - Hahnchen 15:43, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral

Neutral leaning support I see some questions up there. Fill in the blanks! Yes, I know they are optional, but it would be nice to see some responses to them. If there is no reply then my opinion is support. —— Eagle (ask me for help) 12:16, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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