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Bhadani (talk · contribs) – Bhadani has been here since this March. He has contributed widely across the length and breadth of wikipedia, his user page is testimonial to that. I have known Bhadani right from his early days. He has been a daily contributor since then, and has raked up 6,012 edits. He is also active in VFD. A solid contributor. User:Nichalp/sg 07:45, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

I gladly accept the nomination and feel privileged. --Bhadani 08:02, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Support

Me of course! User:Nichalp/sg 07:47, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
Yay. I actually remember welcoming Bhadani! :) One of the best n00bs I ever saw, and even now one of our best. Bhadani has also been a valuable participant in VfD, contributing many good rewrites. Make him an admin already! Dmcdevit·t 08:29, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
Support Jisha C J 08:33, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tintin 11:39, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. He's nominated by a bureaucrat; he has to be notable!
Journalist ^C./ ^{Holla @ me!}
Support: I've known Bhadani since he has been here. He has been an extraordinary contributor. He has often gone to great lengths to improve many articles I had started, and had left out as stubs. Bhadani's 6000+ edits is also noteworthy; I recall the number was 4000 not more than 2 weeks ago, he has been really busy editing everyday. He will surely be a great admin. --Ragib 18:56, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Very solid contributor; level-headed; deserving.—encephalon έγκέφαλος 21:08:41, 2005-09-11 (UTC)
Support. Great contributor, no reason not to. -GregAsche (talk) 22:24, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
Support, definitely; one of the good ones. Antandrus (talk) 03:32, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support: has more barnstars than you can shake a stick at. Jonathunder 04:45, 2005 September 12 (UTC)
Support Another goody. Grutness...wha? 05:22, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support, gladly. A dedicated contributor with a good attitude toward resolving conflict and building the project. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 05:32, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support Pamri • Talk 07:23, September 12, 2005 (UTC),
Support and only support. - Darwinek 08:53, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support - solid contributor. Guettarda 12:14, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Having seen his past works, I feel certain he will do a fine job as an admin. BorgQueen 14:17, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support. One hundred percent. Bhadani is a good, responsible and experienced wikipedian--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 14:59, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Excellent candidate. Like his attitude about responding to and addressing conflicts.≈ jossi ≈ 15:26, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
Support Martin 19:50, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. No big deal. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 21:03, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Excellent candidate and contributor. Hall Monitor 22:15, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support Molotov (talk) 22:35, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sebastian Kessel ^Talk 22:57, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support Vanakkam! --Chris S. 23:30, 12 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Dmcdevit said everything I could say. Bhadani has shown equanimity, writing skill and tact. He has thrown himself into Wikipedia and Wikipedia is the better for it. We can ask no more of a sysop. --Tony Sidaway ^Talk 00:10, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very active in ~~VFD~~ AFD et al. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:20, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
--Jusjih 07:18, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support - How did I miss this for so long? A friendly, level-headed and hard working contributor, most likely to use the proverbial mop effectively. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 12:09, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

Neutral

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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 shall keep a keener watch on the VfD discussions and close VfDs, with a special focus on Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. A number of other tools available to an administrator would certainly be helpful in actively involving me, along with other editors and administrators, in the task of keeping the wikipedia in shape as per the existing policy guidelines. As such, facilities for faster reverts; to block, if the situation may so require; and dealing with the active vandals will surely be of great assistance. The ability to modify edits in the protected pages after consensus is reached would be a nice experience as I will be giving shape directly or indirectly to a collective consensus reached. Finally, being an administrator shall enable me to respond directly to the requirements of editors who may be seeking administrative assistance.

2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A. Yes, sure: 2005 Maharashtra floods, which remained on the Page (in the news) for around 24 hours (or perhaps more) as the lead news item. On the talk page of this article, I had hazarded a guess: I am not sure, but perhaps by creating this article on wikipedia, I have endeavored to prove that wikipedia can function and deliver pretty fast, compared to several other similar medium, which are in the field (of encyclopedic writing) for a period quite longer than wikipedia. This article was preceded by several other attempts, covering a variety of areas – just by way of examples: Armenians in India, Art of Ancient Egypt, Cuisine of Africa, Science and technology in ancient India, Culture of Africa. I may also mention several other articles including Mughal painting, Madhubani painting and Adolescent psychology which I simply wrote on the spur of the moment to widen the base of information available in wikipedia.

Several of my edits and contribution relate to India and I fondly remember the 4th May 2005, when in a single day I created five stubs: Paradesi Synagogue, the oldest synagogue of the commonwealth; St. Francis Church, Cochin, the oldest church of the Indian subcontinent; Parasnath hills; Makhdoom Yahya Maneri; and Srisailam. Incidentally, these articles represent the cultural diversity of India and are associated with adherents of five different religious faiths, namely, Jews, Christians, Jains, Muslims, and Hindus. By the way, in the 'company of wikipedia', I always feel new and fresh. Incidentally, I have also created several stubs, which are part of the list of missing articles. I would surely continue to work in this direction.

In the ultimate analysis, I am proud of being an editor of wikipedia – I am contributing, and I derive comfort that there are several thousand other editors who are working together in building the best encyclopedia in the world.

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 have not been involved in any serious conflicts. Having said this, I do accept that in an open environment, which WP provides, conflicts and POVs shall always surface occasionally, intentionally or unintentionally. My aggregate experience in this respect has remained very fine and I have been able to strike a balance in such discussions and been able to resolve the issues. Moreover, whenever I have spotted such materials, I had endeavored to present the contents in a manner for which we all as a community strive for, that is, building the best encyclopedia in the world with contents which are representative of the sum total of human knowledge. I am sure that each one of us is here with this as the prime objective.

Nevertheless, once in the course of discussions in a VfD [1] relating to Nehruvian Stalinism, I faced a lot of stress. After the page was deleted, the deleted contents surfaced in the article Jawaharlal Nehru and the matter continued to be debated endlessly. By that time, I had moved on to doing other edits, so as to remain in the sidelines to give the issue a chance to settle. In the meanwhile, I was asked by User:Zscout370 to intervene. Naturally, I had to come forward and explain the issue to him. Although I never expected this, he decorated me with a barnstar. This debate taught me a lesson – that we are a vibrant community: both who may support an issue as well as those who may oppose an issue.

Over a period of time, I find that I have matured to withstand all the stress, in whatever forms it may emerge: after all, we are dealing with nice people here - the real human beings. And, so there is no need to be panicky – every issue can be solved and resolved

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 #'''Support''' Very active in <s>VFD</s> AFD et al. [[User:Zzyzx11|Zzyzx11]] [[User talk:Zzyzx11|(Talk)]] 01:20, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
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+#'''Support''' - How did I miss this for so long? A friendly, level-headed and hard working contributor, most likely to use the proverbial mop effectively. -- [[User:Sundar|Sundar]] <sup>\[[User talk:Sundar|talk]] \[[Special:Contributions/Sundar|contribs]]</sup> 12:09, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
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