User:X!/Admin Coaching

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Current Coachees edit

Richard0612
User:Richard0612/AC

Legoktm

Status edit

Pretty much stolen from Rudget, who took it from Malinaccier.

Stage	Progress
Stage One	DONE
Stage Two	DONE
Stage Three	NOT DONE
Stage Four	NOT DONE

Please do not advance to another stage unless I tell you to, as I may change future stages depending on answers to your current stage.

Stage one edit

When done, please replace the ''answer here'' with your answer.

Have you ever:

Question	Answer
supported, oppposed or "neutraled" in an RFA?	Yes
listed a vandal at AIV?	Yes
requested a page to be protected?	No
had a name change?	No
participated at deletion review?	No
reviewed an editor at editor review?	No, but I would like to
signed up for the Signpost spamlist or otherwise read it?	Yes
use automated tools/.js tools such as TW, AWB, VandalProof, etc.?	Yes
contributed to an XFD other than AFD?	Some MFDs and IFDs
posted or answered a question at the reference desk?	Yes, I also ansered {{helpme}}'s
mediated or otherwise acted as a neutral party in a dispute?	No
participated in discussion in WP:AN or WP:ANI?	No, but I do read them

Stage two edit

The questions 1-3 (as you already know) are the standard questions for all candidates on their RFA, this being the best way to express what you know about Wikipedia and how that knowledge can be applied using your discretion or prior experience. Hopefully it won't take you that long. :P

Questions for the candidate edit

1. What admin work do you intend to take part in?

A: CSD's, AFD's, edit protected requests, AIV

2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?

A: I'm not really an article builder, but 2007–08 San Jose Sharks season, Joe Thornton, and Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

A: Not really. Usually stay away from the computer for a day or two, and then return and talk about it.

Additional RFA questions edit

4. What is the difference between a ban and a block?

A: A block is a feature in the MediaWiki software that stops and editor from editing. A ban is the communities decision to revoke an editor's editing privileges.

5. If another administrator removes material from an article and cites a BLP concern as the reason - but you believe the material does not violate BLP policy and should be included- what do you do?

A: I would bring it up on that administrator's talk page, and ask them why they removed it. If we could not resolved it there, I would bring it to ANI and ask for other opinions.

6. When should "cool down" blocks be used? See link.

A: Never.

Speedy deletion exercise edit

The following is a test EWS23 designed to make sure that admin coachees understand the policies of speedy deletion. The "articles" here are actual cases that he came across while clearing out CAT:CSD. Assume that the title of the page is everything following User:EWS23/CSD/. You are allowed to use any technique that you might usually use to assert notability (e.g.- Google), but you are not allowed to use Wikipedia in any way (you cannot see if the page still exists on Wikipedia, go through my deletion log to see if it was deleted, and any Google searches you do should use "Subject -Wikipedia" which is a good tool anyway to help eliminate Wikipedia mirrors).

Assume for this exercise that you are an administrator. View the page, but do not edit it. Then, return to your coaching page and comment on each entry in question. Write whether you would delete the page or not. If you would, cite the specific criteria at WP:CSD that you would use to delete it. If you would not delete it, state why, and state what you would do to the page (simply remove the tag, redirect it somewhere else, keep it but remove certain information from it, etc.).

P.S.- In real cases, you should ALWAYS check the page history before making a decision. Sometimes the page is a legitimate article that got vandalized, or page moved, etc. In these cases, the page history won't tell you anything, but remember that in real cases the page history is important.

Halo 3 trailier - Redirect to Halo_3#Development. Makes more sense than deleting it, as someone might search that.

Union Millwright - Delete per A3 or as link spam.

Webs - Delete as G3, then redirect to Web

Neil Haverton Smith - Delete as G10

Fall Out Boy - Add {{Unreferenced}} and notify the creator that it needs sources.

Nathaniel Bar-Jonah - Delete as G10

Stage three edit

Breifly describe your time here, commenting on incidents that may have occured using diffs. Soxred 93 03:07, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Stage four edit

Here are some questions from Wikipedia:Admin_coaching/Coaching_methods#Policy_Questions - an excellent area where you can brush up your knowledge of admin-related tasks. I will only ask a few though. :)

What alternatives to speedy deletion are there?

Explain how one goes about changing one's name (this question made me laugh :D)

What is rollback?

Somebody makes a legal threat, what do you do?

What types of names can be blocked?

What is the difference between protection and semi-protection?

Can IP addresses be blocked indefinitely? Or if not, for what period of time and why?

A page has been deleted several times, and keeps being recreated. What options do you have?

You come across a page with material you consider to be highly libelous material on the page. Others don't believe it is, what should you do?

You are involved in a content dispute with another editor that is starting to get nasty. The other editor then vandalizes your talk page. What do you do?

Area specific questions edit

How can you determine whether a user is a sockpuppet of another? (SSP)

Do promotional names get blocked on first sight, or do you have to wait for promotional contributions?

How many times can an editor make the same edit before violating 3RR? Can an editor be blocked before they reach that number?