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Ambuj.Saxena

Discuss here (33/0/0) Ending 05:50, 2006-08-03 (UTC)

Ambuj.Saxena (talk · contribs) – Ambuj Saxena has been a valued contributor here since February 2006. In that span, he has been a prolific editor to India related and other pages (most notably in bringing Indian Institutes of Technology to FA status) and has particpated avidly in Articles for deletion (where he has been thoughtful and has exhibited fine judgment; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/HSR Layout for example, where he took the time to build the article up after being alerted about it on AfD). He has contributed to Portal:India by selecting articles, pictures, and DYK's for the Portal's main page. He always has a cool temperament, even when attacked personally (see these diffs for brilliant displays of self-control and collegiality: [1], [2], [3]). He has also contributed to the spoken Wikipedia project and even fights vandalism. He is modest and has a level headed understanding of being an administrator: [4].
Of all these things, what has most impressed me is Ambuj's thoughtfulness in all that he does on-wiki. I think that quality is exactly what will make him an exceptional administrator -- Samir धर्म 23:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept the nomination and thank Samir for showing confidence in me. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:46, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support
  1. Extremely Strong Support No question about it. --Srikeit (Talk | Email) 05:48, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Strong Support per nom. - Ganeshk (talk) 05:58, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support. If you get vandalized as much as his userpage (and photo), you have to be doing something right. αChimp laudare 06:10, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Really annoying, long drawn-out insanely-praising lots of boldced words that everyone will have to look at all week support. RyanGerbil10(The people rejoice!) 06:18, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Strong Oppose + Strong Oppose = Powerful Support Rama's arrow - this Fire burns always 06:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Strong support as nominator -- Samir धर्म 07:04, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Support I agree with Samir that Ambuj's a knowledgeable and levelheaded editor with a good temperament. I'd support him for adminship anyday. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sundar (talk • contribs)
  8. Support as per all of the above! TruthCrusader 07:33, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Support per nom. DarthVader 07:47, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Merovingian - Talk 08:04, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Strong support Sameer has not mentioned about his helpfulness so let me vouch for that. Regular worker at the helpdesk -- Lost 08:57, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Super-duper strong support!! --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 09:09, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Looking good to me. Mostly Rainy 10:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Support Seems to tick all the boxes ;) Thε Halo Θ 10:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Support Go for it. Yanksox 10:51, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Support yes please - CrazyRussian talk/email 11:35, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Strong support per nom - Aksi_great (talk - review me) 11:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Support Looks like an extremely strong candidate for adminship.  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  11:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Strong Support I have to keep reminding myself that Ambuj is not an admin already. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 12:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Support.--Kungfu Adam (talk) 12:52, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  21. S-U-P-E-R S-T-R-O-N-G S-U-P-P-O-R-T -- thunderboltza.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK13:10, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Support per nom. Very impressive. :) RandyWang (raves/review me!) 13:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  23. Support Has the right stuff AdamBiswanger1 13:26, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Support Not only does he meet my standards but he goes beyond them! --Tuspm(C | @) 13:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  25. Support A blessing for Wikipedia. --Incman|वार्ता 14:30, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  26. This was long due. --Nearly Headless Nick 14:46, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  27. Very Strong Support: I know him for long, almost from the time he chose to become a wikipedian. A real gem among us! --Bhadani 14:53, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Support Tintin (talk) 14:58, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  29. Support Any enemy of the Vandals is a friend of mine and a welcome admin. --Vengeful Cynic 15:27, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  30. Undescribably strong support per this and this. This is just the kind of things that strengthen my faith in us. Dear Ambux, no matter what - never change, please. Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 15:31, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  31. Orane (talk • cont.) 16:21, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  32. Support Seems a very good candidate. --Guinnog 17:55, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  33. Support No problems here. --Siva1979Talk to me 17:58, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose
Neutral
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Average edits/page	2.101
First edit	14:05, February 5, 2006
(main)	2739
Talk	379
User	314
User talk	830
Image	62
Image talk	11
MediaWiki talk	3
Template	86
Template talk	18
Help	1
Category	7
Category talk	6
Wikipedia	617
Wikipedia talk	93
Portal	597
Portal talk	24
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, 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: As an admin, I see myself significantly contributing to three areas. They are vandal-fighting, speedy deletions, and closing XfD debates, though I will be a little cautious at first. As someone who has had to handle many page moves (though some of them were a result of my own fault), I will occasionally help with requested page moves requiring admin intervention. Later, with more time and experience, I see no reasons for not contributing to other areas I currently have little experience in, which include blocking users for 3RR abuse, ArbCom enforcement and dealing with complex vandalism.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
A: The articles that I have substantially contributed to are listed on this page. I edit articles across the spectrum: From serious issues like 2006 Jama Masjid explosions to even Why did the chicken cross the road?; from Digvijay Singh to Mrs. World. I am particularly pleased with my contributions to Indian Institutes of Technology article that I helped in reaching FA status. I am also pleased about Parrondo's Paradox article, for which, I received a personal thank you note from Dr. J. M. R. Parrondo. I am also pleased with my contributions to Portal:India, in which I have maintained the front page for the past few months. I am also pleased with my work on the three audio renderings of featured articles.
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: Starting chronologically, my first conflict was in my first couple of weeks at Wikipedia when at vandal patrolling, I removed an image from an article and put it for deletion over profanity issue. The editor was furious over me and wrote a long reply regarding non-censored nature of Wikipedia. Not convinced at the explaination, I asked for an admin's help, who sided with the editor and explained the Wikipedia policies to me. I learned from it and moved on. The second incident didn't take the magnitude of a conflict, but I am mentioning here as the editor concerned had mentioned it in his RfA. It was when I moved an article from the subject's nick-name to the real name according to the policies. The editor who created the article was working on it when the move happened, and strongly replied to my move. I explained to him the reasons for the move that convinced him. I am not sure if the editor mentioned it in his RfA because he got an "edit conflict" when he had tried to save the page over the moved page. The third incident happened when during the course of making the IIT article featured, one of the editors told me that I am taking the POV issue too much seriously removing even the slightest hint of POV from the article (some of which were added by him). He preferred the article to be "overall neutral", not necessarily in every sentence. I had to convince him that my actions were required to bring the article to FA citing the objections raised at the Peer-review and FAC, when even at a lot of places, I had to remove paragraphs written by me. In all these cases, I believe that I remained civil and interacted in a manner to diffuse the situation quickly, not letting the debate getting heated up. I have never been stressed in my Wiki-life and I often end up feeling more relaxed than I was when I started editing. Given these observations and based on my experience in handling vandals, I am certain that I will be able to handle any possibly stressing issues coolly, and without abusing my powers.
4. from user:ShortJason. Why do you have so many user namespace edits?
A: I was once myself startled to find so many user-space edits. After going through my contribution history, I found the reason. This is because many of these edits were vandal reversions (on my own page and other users' page), edits to sandbox (I prefer to write article in my sandbox before posting in article space. In fact, my sandbox is my fifth most edited page of all wikipedia pages.) and many a times helping other users with their user pages. For example, I recently helped User:Kevin Breitenstein in redesigning his userpage (see this). I also keep a toolbox page, a to-do list, and keep updating it for my needs. There are other reasons also, including this kind of edits. Before I close, I also remember having a userpage that I love maintaining. Please go through my userspace contribs to see the exact reasons.
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