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Rama's Arrow

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Rama's Arrow (talk · contribs) – Rama's Arrow (aka Nirav Maurya) has been editing Misplaced Pages since November 2005, and has been highly active all through that period, accumalating over 19 thousand edits.

Primarily, he has been active in India and Indian subcontinent related articles. He has written 10 featured articles Political integration of India, Lothal, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Muhammad Iqbal, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Ziaur Rahman, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Dhaka and Syed Ahmed Khan and has been highly active in editing other articles like Template:FA Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India, Template:FA Sikhism, Template:FA Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalism. He has also written 34 DYK articles, a list of which he maintains on his user page.

He has been a vital part of WikiProject India,WikiProject Politics of India. He has recently become active at WikiProject Pakistan ()

He has touched all aspects of Misplaced Pages namespace, inlcuding featured article candidacy, peer review, requests for adminship, articles for deletion and other deletion discussions (TfD, CfD, MfD).

In portal space, he has created Portal:Himalaya region (created /DYK, /Selected article, /Intro), and has been active at Portal:Presidency of the United States (created /Picture of the week, /Elections, /Selected article, /DYK), and many others.

He is knowledgeable of image copyrights and fair use tagging (1, 2, ).

He has created a number of templates, among them (not including stub templates) {{FCA}}, {{IndiaFreedom}}, {{SouthAsiaWaters}}, {{BangladeshTopics}}, {{AhmedabadTopics}}, {{KarachiTopics}}, {{LahoreTopics}}, {{Bulgaria}}, {{TXGovernors}}, {{GWB}}, {{PeshawarTopics}}, {{QuettaTopics}}, {{IslamabadTopics}}, {{Nepal}}, {{BDesh}}, {{Himalaya region}}, {{Bangalore related topics}}, {{Darjeeling}}, {{Nanotechnology}}, {{Dhaka}}, {{Macroeconomics}}, {{MultanTopics}}, {{BengalRen}}, {{Delhi}}, {{BDeshCities}}, {{VietnamTopics}}, showing his wide and varied interests and work here.

He is flexible in his opinions (, ), and is not afraid to ask if faced with a dilemma (, , ), . He has expressed his opinion freely, though not uncivilly (numerous instances at Talk:Sikhism, an essay written by him), with a slight tendency to veiled humour at times ()

He is aware of the dispute resolution and admin-enforcement process (, , , ). He tries to resolve disputes, and offer help and advice to users involved, as well as trying to cool them down (a MedCab case, an MFD debate, ), though without losing his own temper.

He is a helpful person (). He has even reported himself for violation of 3RR ( ), which in my view, is an amazing example of honesty and integrity.

He is an active vandalfighter, and is highly involved in recent changes patrolling.

His previous RfA is at requests for adminship/Rama's Arrow. His previous editor reviews can be found at Misplaced Pages:Editor review/Rama's Arrow and Misplaced Pages:Editor review/Rama's Arrow 2.

Please note: The above nomination, along with relevant diffs provided are not exhaustive. To get an exhaustive overview of Nirav's work on Misplaced Pages, please see his contributions.

--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 12:01, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Conomination by Lostintherush

Shreshth has said it all in his nomination and not much left for me to add. So while vouching for all the good things above including that this is not an exhaustive list, let me make it short and sweet. He is one of the most prolific editors that I have come across and one of the most articulate as well. Let me also add that any concerns during his first RFA have been more than adequately addressed. The project deserves him as an administrator and I ask for your support to make him one. -- Lost

Co-nomination by Sir Nicholas:
Gosh, wasn't Shreshth91 as exhaustive as Blnguyen? ;-) I have seen Rama's Arrow in action, and he is one of the most fabulous editors Misplaced Pages has. Nirav has *a lot* of featured articles (I said *a lot* because there are many other articles which would not have been featured if Nirav hadn't dealt with them e.g. Ahmedabad). He has a good experience at vandalism-reversion and participating in AfD / MfD debates. Nirav has been a good-faith editor and his civility and willingness to co-operate, discuss and talk with other editors have been exemplery. I think it is time for him to gain the mop! — Nearly Headless Nick 16:13, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Conomination by Dmcdevit

Wow, when I asked to nominate, I didn't realize I'd be upstaged by so many other nominators. Adminship is not intended to be a big deal; in my view, the only two qualifications are good judgment and experience. Nirav definitely has both. His experience is self-explanatory. Judgment is more of an ethereal concept, but I have strong confidence in Nirav: he is consistently pleasant, a cool head, and has proved himself to be very sensible. He knows how things work, and that's saying a lot. I would trust him with the extra buttons and I would trust him to make the good decisions that go along with them. Dmcdevit·t 18:15, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Conomination by Ragib

Just as Dmcdevit said above, I am also delighted that this nomination has been co-nominated by so many others (before I could get in). I've been working closely with Nirav since early this year. He has been instrumental in making 4 of the 5 featured articles on Bangladesh-related topics (my area of focus). Even though he is from India, he worked hard, did a lot of research, and with great patience, made Dhaka, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Ziaur Rahman and Kazi Nazrul Islam into Featured articles. Note that when I say he "made these FA's", it's actually an understatement because a look into the edit histories show that almost all the article improvement and FA-drive were done by him singlehandedly. Also, the two politician articles here (Mujib and Zia) had a lot of scope for controversy, but Nirav handled them excellently, and made the articles as neutral as possible. Not only these, but he has shown the same maturity and neutrality in making Muhammad Iqbal and Muhammad Ali Jinnah into FAs. These are only a fraction of his total number of FAs ... he has done a phenomenal job there.

Not only these, but Nirav has also wrote a huge number of DYKs on many topics. I was pleasantly surprised to see articles like Bara Katra, and others on Bangladesh researched and developed by Nirav.

He has shown a lot of maturity in his dealings with other people. I trust his judgment in making neutral, logical, and consensus-based decisions. Nirav is a an example of the perfect wikipedian: neutral, logical, and has great contributions towards developing the project. Therefore, I feel honored to co-nominate his RFA. --Ragib 23:20, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Co-nomination by Samir धर्म:

A pile-on co-nomination for an outstanding editor and a true asset to the project. He is a talented editor, a thoughtful voice in helping with dispute, and, in short, is simply a pleasure to work with here. -- Samir धर्म 00:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Conomination by Blnguyen

Now that Shreshth has pre-empted my nomination style, I think to summarise that in addition to the sheer prolific contributions that Rama's Arrow has been able to contribute is that he has been able to make such massive amounts of contributions to Indian subcontinent articles, as a major player in many articles about many prominent and at times controversial topics in a completely NPOV manner - and has the full respect of all editors in this sphere, despite the wide range of strongly held political and religious opinions that were prevalent, and would be a great calming force when discontent breaks out in the area. He is also a great helper to other users in guiding them with their article writing issues and is a brilliant role model for the entire region. Aside from that, he keeps a very level head and does his share of cleaning up as well. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here: I accept these nominations. With no desire to be soppy, I'd like to say that these nominators are my role-models. Getting the tools would be great but I am simply overjoyed at the confidence they have expressed in me. These gentlemen are the greatest. Words are not enough to express my gratitude. God bless you. Rama's arrow 00:42, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages 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:Misplaced Pages backlog and Category:Administrative backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.

A: IMO, an administrator should be willing to do any task as the change over time. I will focus on doing specific jobs with discipline but I expect these to change as I want to work on a lot of things. Continuing on RC patrol, I want to work at CAT:CSD, WP:CV, WP:PP, WP:RM, WP:IFD, the different channels of WP:AN and to fight complex vandalism. My involvement at WP:AFD/WP:CFD will be dictated by my continued work on article and media cleanup through Special:Lonelypages and Special:Deadendpages. I'm also interested in the dispute resolution process and I'd like to keep a watchful eye on articles of controversial topics to protect content while making sure no policies such as WP:NPA or WP:3RR are violated.

2. Of your articles or contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A: I am proud of all my work - every bit of it. I really enjoy digging up that odd article that's missing from this gigantic enterprise and I am an FA writer - first and foremost. It really helps to build my knowledge by looking for new stuff and going from 0 to 100 on a particular topic. I relish disciplined and skilled jobs such as copyediting, portal maintenance. Importantly (and I don't want to be mushy), I love working with the people here. Apart from the huge amount of knowledge, I've learnt a lot of valuable things from my friends here and I relish a chance to help my mates with FA drives or anything else. Having gained so much from my year here, I'd like to give something back. I want to serve as an administrator to help the growth of this encyclopedia and the community. I want to help protect the flanks of the editors who give so much of their time and knowledge.

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've discussed this question at length at my first and second editor reviews, which I recommend to your attention. I've always tried to be civil and helpful but I've suffered on occasion from an impetuous and a bit volatile temperament. Some attempts at jokes haven't been discrete. Happily, I've been able to rectify my mistakes and improve my relationship with the editors in question. I've felt cleansed of negative impulses, which makes me comfortable in asking for the tools now. This is mainly due to the kind help given to me by friends like Gurubrahma, Bhadani, Sundar, Ragib and Shreshth. The guidance these dudes have given me have greatly improved my personality. I've also had a great role-model in Kylu, who recently became the first lady in my life to reject a proposal of marriage from me :( My scorecard: 0-1 :). Should any future situation arise, I will be patient and helpful in my response. I feel a natural respect for the perspectives of others, which I do my best to understand and appreciate but I also know that only reliable data should be on Misplaced Pages.

General comments

• See Rama's Arrow's edit summary usage with mathbot's tool. For the edit count, see the talk page.

Discussion

Support

1. Support, as nominator.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 12:03, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
2. Super Support Prolific editor. Nomination says it all. Besides those 10 FAs, he has been instrumental in many more. I remember starting serious editing almost at the same time as Rama, and he has been a great help and guide. Hope this reaches beyond WP:100.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:33, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
3. Ultra-Strong Support - where are all thee qualified Indian admin candidates coming from?Bakaman _Bakatalk 23:02, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
4. Very Strong Support - one of the best editors of Misplaced Pages, with 10+ FAs. --Ragib 23:23, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
5. Strong support - Mike | Talk 00:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
6. Strong support - Imitation is the best from of flattery. His achievements speak for themselves really. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
7. Support as co-nom -- Samir धर्म 00:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
8. Strong Support 10 complete FAs, 6 partial FAs, 33 DYKs? Multiple ER's and taking the answers to heart? If only we could clone him a few times... ~Kylu (u|t) 00:55, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
9. Strong Support at last, what an excellent editor! Best of luck with this. --Alex (Talk) 00:57, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
10. Cleared for Adminship Has done excellent work and is a fine example of a true Wikipedian. Will truely make an outstanding administrator. // Pilotguy (Cleared to land) 00:59, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
11. Yep. -- Steel 01:01, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
12. Support – see if I can beat the rush that's surely coming. (Nope, edit conflict traffic jam.) —Doug Bell  01:03, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
13. Support Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 01:17, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

Neutral

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