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Siva1979

Discuss here (7/1/1) ending 10:16, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Siva1979 (talk · contribs) – An excellent contributor who has now been here for the majic six months that many people require, with approaching 10 000 edits. Siva is tenacious and has casued an explosion in the number of articles on soccer clubs; Siva has also developed the English football league system with impressive depth and dedication. I think this editor would make a great admin; the many barnstars on Siva's user page help show this more than anything else! As an English football fan I thought I'd step in front of the others who wanted to nomiante and get in there first!

Siva has one previous RfA, from April 2006. This was nomianted by User:Tdxiang largely thanks to Siva's work on the SGpedian's noticed board. The nomination failed mainly due to Siva's inexperience. Robdurbar 10:16, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

I accept this nomination. --Siva1979 13:11, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Support

1. Support Hand the mop over already I supported first --Mahogany 15:16, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
2. Support He's gained much experience since the last RfA. I think he can be more than trusted with the buttons -- Samir धर्म 14:57, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
3. Support - a lot more experience and could use the tools (having just come from a 150 page CSD backlog... we need people ... badly...) -- Tawker 14:59, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
4. support looks like a comptetent and trustworthy editor - will be the same as an admin. --Bachrach44 15:04, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
5. Support ForestH2
6. Support. I have seen Siva do a lot of good work of football-related topics, I have absolutely no reason to believe the tools will be misused. Rje 15:13, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
7. Support Looks like a great and constructive editor. --digital_me 15:24, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

1. Weak oppose - Too soon since last RFA. Otherwise, should be okay, and would support a future, well-timed RFA. NSLE _(T+C) at 15:17 UTC (2006-06-01)

Neutral

1. Neutral, pending answer to question below. Dragons flight 15:25, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments

• See Siva1979's edit summary usage with Mathbot's tool.
• User:Interiot/Tool2/code.js:

Username	Siva1979
Total edits	7944
Distinct pages edited	5808
Average edits/page	1.368
First edit	23:14, January 6, 2006
(main)	2767
Talk	382
User	211
User talk	2323
Image	59
Image talk	22
MediaWiki talk	22
Template	56
Template talk	25
Help	22
Help talk	23
Category	19
Category talk	13
Misplaced Pages	1653
Misplaced Pages talk	321
Portal	13
Portal talk	13

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, if any, would you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Misplaced Pages backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.

A: I would like to have the additional tools of an admin to speedy delete test and attack pages. I would also like to increase my involvement in AfD articles to increase the efficiency of keeping or deleting articles that have a common overwelming response or vote. Admin powers would also help me to delete redirects with history that block a move, or to merge histories of pages moved by cut and paste. These powers would also help me to fight vandalism with a server-based rollbock, blocking persistent vandals and protecting pages that have undergone frequent vandalism.

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

A: I am pleased to be able to remove all the red-links of English soccer clubs in the National League System from step 1 to 6. I have also created links for all the English soccer leagues from step 1 to 7. Although most of the articles I have created are just stubs, I have recently began to add images to these articles. I have also incresed the content for some of these articles. I also wish to give credit to other users who were able to expand some of these articles into having a more encyclopedic content. I also welcome new IP addresses and users and added signatures for comments that lack proper signatures.

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: There have not been any major conflicts. However, in the first few weeks of editing, I experienced some oppostition in the manner in which I contributed to the 1911 Britannica topics. I learned and acknowledged my mistakes and improved my contributions in this are of Misplaced Pages. In the beginning, I felt a bit of stress because I thought that I was not doing a good job and I was only trying to help out. But I used the feedback to improve on my edits. In the future, if I receive any negative feedback, I would use this opportunity to move my edits to a higher level. In this way, I would become a more solid contributor to Misplaced Pages.

4. (from Dragons flight) Since you've joined Misplaced Pages, you have voted in at least dozens and quite possibly hundreds of RFAs. Based on your voting record you would seem to have an extremely low standard for adminship. In going over your contributions to Misplaced Pages space, I noticed only 3 RFAs that you opposed and all of which had the distinction of not having a single support vote. By contrast, there are examples where yours is one of only a handful of support votes on RFAs that are overwhelmingly opposed. Please explain your rationale for deciding how to vote in RFAs with specific attention to what would make a candidate unqualified for adminship in your opinion.