User:Useight/Helps

Tags For Deletion

• db-bio is for bio about person, group, etc
• subst:prod|reason is for other possible deletions
• db-nocontext is for no context
• db-spam is for blatant advertising
• db-inc is for a company with no importance
• db-nonsense is for pages about nothing
• db|any text
• db-attack is for libel
• db-vandalism is for pure vandalism
• db-test is for a test pages
• db-nocontent is for blank pages
• db-copyvio|url=url of source is for copyright violations

Other Tags

• [ [ link|text ] ] to make a link different than its text
• < ! --text here --> to make a comment

To use on talk pages (ASSUME GOOD FAITH):

--info circle

--exclaim triangle

--stop icon

To Watch

Users

• User:Shotton14 --Second warning
• User:Protaras2106 --I reported to AIV. Blocked.
• User:Fofopie --Last warning
• User:Thealbertross --Last warning
• User:Derventiosolutions --I reported to AIV. Blocked.
• User:Auroinfotech Solutions --No warnings yet, but could be spam account.
• User:Renlock --I reported to AIV. Blocked.
• User:Ellebell666 --I reported to AIV. IP address: 59.101.51.97. Blocked.
• User:Granite07 --Give his new articles a little time, but check soon.

Important Pages

Groups

• Birthday Committee
• Wikipedia Signpost

Tools

• Administrative Backlog
• Backlog
• Categorical Index
• Deletion Debates

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Glossary
• Help Desk
• List of Administrators

• Move a Page
• Report Vandals
• Reference Desk
• Requested Articles
• Village Pump

Usage Policies

• Appealing a Block
• Arbitration Policy
• Arguments to Avoid
• Article Ownership
• Assume Good Faith
• Banning Policy
• Be Bold
• Blocking Policy
• Bot Policy
• Civility
• Consensus

• Criteria for Speedy Deletion
• Deletion Policy
• Don't Bite the Newcomers
• Don't Interrupt to Make a Point
• Editing Policy
• Etiquette
• Ignore All Rules
• No Legal Threats
• No Open Proxies
• No Personal Attacks
• Office Actions
• Other Stuff Exists

• Protection Policy
• Request for Protected Page
• Resolving Disputes
• Signatures
• Sock Puppets
• Spam
• Three Revert Rule
• Troll Definition
• User Pages
• Usernames
• Vandalism
• Wheel War

Article Policies

• Bands
• Biographies
• Biographies of Living People
• Citing Sources
• Conflict of Interest
• Listcruft
• Manual of Style
• Naming Conventions
• Neologism
• Neutral Point of View
• Notability
• Original Research
• Ownership
• Reliable Sources
• Snowball's Chance
• Verifiability

• What Wikipedia is Not:
  • Battleground, Anarchy, Democracy, Bureaucracy
  • Blog, Webspace Provider, or Social Network
  • Censored
  • Collection of Trivia
  • Crystal Ball
  • Dictionary
  • Directory
  • For Things Made up in School One Day
  • Indiscrimate Collection of Information (FAQ, Plot Summary, Lyrics Database, Statistics, News Reports)

• • Manual, Guidebook, or Textbook (How To Guide, Travel Guide, Internet Guide, Textbook)
  • Mirror (Collections of External Links, Internal Links, Public Domain, Photographs)
  • Publisher of Original Thought (Original Research, Original Inventions, Personal Essays, Discussion Forums, Journalism)
  • Soapbox (Propaganda, Advocacy, Opinion Pieces, Self-Promotion, Advertising)

Pages I've Made

• Operations Technical Support Services - baleeted
• List of People Known By One Name (Unambigiously) - delteeted
• List of Nonhuman, Animated Disney Characters - discussed, deleted
• Nike Air Pasco
• List of living supercentenarians
• Safety Patrol (film)

Useful Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_counter-vandalism_tools
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Most_vandalized_pages
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Newpages
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_changes_patrol
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Recentchanges
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Contested_candidates_for_speedy_deletion
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikify
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Allpages
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace/Multi_level_details

Questions When Becoming Admin

• What admin work do you intend to take part in?

CAT:CSD, WP:PER, WP:AIV, WP:UAA, WP:AFD, WP:XFD, WP:RFPP, WP:OP, WP:COIN, WP:ANI

• What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
• 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?

• Could you run us through the process of how to appropriately deal with a vandal?
• How do you decide how long the block should be?
• What do you think will make a good/bad admin?
• When would you fully protect/semi-protect/unprotect an article per WP:RFPP?
• What is your take on WP:SNOW and WP:IAR?
• In your opinion which rule on Wikipedia is the least important?
• What is the difference between a block and a ban?