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Admin Coaching is a program to for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users (often, but not always, admins) who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.

It is a program where experienced users help people to learn the ways of Wikipedia. While being better versed in the various contributions expected of a prospective admin will help your RfA succeed, Admin Coaching does not guarantee that you will pass the RfA. Ultimately, this is your responsibility, not the responsibility of your coach. So if you come here looking for a personal coach in order to pass RFA, you're at the wrong place.

**Admin coaching in progress** (edit)
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× Brusselsshrek (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by Shanel.

× Fetofs (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by Friday and DakotaKahn.

× Siva1979 (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by Jossi and Gflores.

× Richardshusr (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by FayssalF.

× Philc_0780 (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by Samuel Blanning and Shreshth91.

× BusterD (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by Shell Kinney and Voice of All.

× Deryck Chan (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by EWS23.

× Exir Kamalabadi (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by Firsfron of Ronchester and Nishkid64.

× Feezo (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by HighwayCello and Natalya

× Swatjester (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by Mr. Lefty


× Budgiekiller (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by The Transhumanist

× AMK152 (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by The Transhumanist

× BradBeattie (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by Fang Aili

× riana_dzasta (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by Glen S
Pending
Pending confirmation by coaches, requester

× Tdxiang (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by Johann Wolfgang and Shanel.

× SP-KP (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by The Gerg and (aeropagitica).

× Brazucs (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by JzG and Mysekurity.

× Folajimi (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by Academic Challenger and Kim Bruning.

× Quentin Smith (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by Titoxd and Jacoplane.

× Asterion (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by Prodego and Mysekurity.

× VodkaJazz (talk · contribs · count)
Coached by NCurse
Unassigned
These users will get a coach when we get more coaches or the existing ones finish up. If you want to help, please volunteer!

Admin coaching archive

Volunteers

Current coordinator: Petros471.

Please add your name to the bottom of the list with ":#~~~~"

Titoxd^(?!?) 04:51, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Mysekurity (talk • cont. • logs) 02:23, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Sango 123 (talk) 21:39, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ban e s 21:40, 2 January 2006 (UTC) Wherever I can, hopefully this program will grow.[reply]
—Kirill Lok s hin 02:08, 12 January 2006 (UTC) Neat idea![reply]
Voice of All^T|@|ESP 05:05, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Kim Bruning 17:01, 14 January 2006 (UTC) (Scooped again!)[reply]
Another volunteer --JoanneB 22:40, 23 January 2006 (UTC)![reply]
I'll be more than happy to help someone out. Count me in! --D-Day 21:11, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, why not? --Shanel 18:45, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'll help out however I can. Rob e rt 21:52, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'll help wherever I can. Academic Challenger 07:24, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I would be happy to help.--Dakota 07:53, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Happy to help! Shell ^babelfish 04:04, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Me too. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 23:29, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'd be happy to help people in how to do RC patrol and all the other 'mop' type admin work, as well as how to prepare for any RfA nomination. Will need to be partnered with an article editor type admin to give someone a fully balanced training experience. Petros471 19:08, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'll try to help. Kimchi.sg | talk 02:27, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
There's more to Wikipedia than just bots, time to make a new friend :) -- Tawker 05:17, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to help out, but I'm sort of a clueless coach at the moment, so would appreciate co-coaching at first. — Ilyan e p (Talk) 00:32, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Never say no. -- Szvest 18:54, 15 May 2006 (UTC) ^{Wiki me up}[reply]
Sign me up. --F a ng Aili ^說嗎? 21:25, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think I'm ready to help coach. Like Ilyanep, Petros, et al, I'd want to be paired with another more experienced admin at least the first time or two. My areas of interest (see my RfA Question 1) are article edits, DYK, article deletions, policy and a little bit of reversions, so pairing with a RCP/vandal fighter might be a good choice. ++Lar: t/c 20:44, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Eager to help. :o) EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 06:40, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'd love to help out any way I can. The Gerg 02:57, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to help other editors in some capacity. (aeropagitica) (talk) 08:44, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'll help, if anyone thinks a wicked rouge admin like me is a good role model. Just zis Guy you know? 18:38, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Johann Wolfgang 00:12, 12 July 2006 (UTC) I'll help where I can.[reply]
Sure! --May the Force be with you! Shr e shth91 ($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 05:12, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sam Blanning^(talk) 12:43, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
jaco♫plane 18:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I would be glad to help, so long as I can choose whether or not to accept each trainee. Prodego ^talk 21:54, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What Prodego said. -- Steel 00:19, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This is a wonderful program. I'd be happy to help out. Firsfron of Ronchester 06:46, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Requests

Please add yourself here if you want to sign up for the program with ":#~~~~", and the current coordinator will contact you. Please note that there will be long delay before you are assigned coaches, due to the shortage of coaches. Priority will be given to active editors. If you have requested admin coaching and your name no longer appears on this list it either means you have been assigned coaches (see the box on the right) or your request has been put on hold until you return to active editing.

I've been administrator on hungarian Wikipedia, Wikiquote, Wikibooks (+bureaucrat) and Uncyclopedia (+bureaucrat) for a long time. I work here as the maintainer of Medicine portal (featured candidate), I'm part of the Wikipedia Version 0.5 review team (scientific coordinator) and coordinator of Medicine Wikiproject. I know that I need more experiment here, but maybe one day I'd like to be admin. Thanks for help. NCurse_work 10:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think I could use some guidance at this point. I'm just starting to venture as an editor into more controversial articles than the science and local ones I have mostly worked on. Also, I suspect I may have some bad habits I'm not even aware of, and if so I would appreciate someone pointing those out to me. --Ginkgo100 21:28, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
While being an admin is not at the top of my priority list, i would certainly like to find my niche in wikipedia. Evan S e eds (talk) 04:46, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to run for adminship (again) at some point in the next few months, but I'm eager to work on developing a proper approach toward the mop before requesting it. I do not wish to receive coaching until after November 7, since my final school exams will reduce my editing rate and make it a waste of time for all involved. If I reach the top of the line, I'd like to defer any coaching until after that date. Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 02:46, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I recently requested adminship, but was unsuccessful. The concerns raised at that RfA, particularly related to my use of CSD tags, would ideally be an important part of any coaching I'd receive. Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 14:36, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I feel that I have made very valuable contributions to the project, not just in terms of editing, but in vandal fighting and other admin-esque activities. I would, however, like to get some objective advice on how I might improve my performance here in order for a potential RfA run. --cholmes75 (chit chat) 16:23, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I believe that I have contributed well into sports articles, including making WikiProject NBL. I hope to make an RFA run in 6-8 months. I am thinking to joining the fight in vandalism but I believe I need more training before I can start my RFA nomination. Jasrocks Talk) 09:37, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to improve my knowledge on Wiki editing, in particular on interpreting Wiki guidelines which may be conflicting in particular cases - but not limited to this. I have been on an exams wikibreak last month and now that I have the free time would like to improve myself. No future RfA request in mind. _└ ^VodkaJazz / _talk ^┐ 21:35, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm planning on attempting an RfA in a month or so, but first I'd like a more detailed and intricate knowledge of things like Wikipedia policy. --Mr. Le fty _{Talk to me!} 16:43, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've no immediate plan to become an Admin, but would love to improve my skills as an editor who promotes harmony and collaboration in the Wikipedia community. --Deebki 12:09, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I hope to learn a lot from this experience, so I can become a better Wikipedian, and hopefully, some day an admin. -AMK152 03:17, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Here's hoping I get a chance to improve and understand all that is required to administor this glorious project. Budgiekiller 21:09, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am aspiring to be an administrator... Politic a l Mind 02:57, August 13, 2024 (UTC).
I hope to become an admin someday... I have been on Wikipedia a while but have only gotten more serious the past couple weeks... ~ clearthought 13:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I started this a while back and I had to back out because of my job, but I have "finshed" my question on here from D-Day. Old "settings" here. Anyway.. that's about it. -- Shane ^{(talk/contrib)} 22:23, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Would love to have a coach. I'm in! --Tuspm ^{Talk | Contribs | E-Mail Me} 22:21, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'd appreciate admin coaching. At the moment, I can think of three areas I'd like guidance on: (a) in my recent unsuccessful RfA, one of the pieces of advice that stood out to me was that I need to learn to "be as Zen as possible, and seek out the center of indifference." I think I've gotten calmer and not quite so hairtrigger, but I still have a ways to go before becoming a Zen admin. (b) I have an idea for an effort to get a particular article I'd love to get going up the chain to good/featured article status (I'd like to satisfy the WP:1FA-ers), but need advice on how to gather interested editors and coordinate efforts; (c) I'd appreciate guidance or coaching to figure out various WikiProjects — preferably articlespace but also Wikipedia-namespace — where I can lend my shoulder to the grindstone in a more concentrated subject area or manner. Wikignoming is nice but a Wikipedia "home" would be useful/enjoyable, too. — Mike (talk • contribs) 21:03, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I would love to get back in the game and become an Admin. Wiki eZach| talk 21:48, 22 July 2006 (UTC).[reply]
I tried for RfA not too long ago here, and as you can see, failed. I closed it two hours after I opened it, fin'd at (0/9/1).. So yeh.. I want to try again before the years out, and hopefully succeed this time. Thanks--Deon555|talk 01:02, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I want to know what i can do to become a better WikipedianFabio 02:24, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have become more of an avid editor recently, so I could do with some coaching to improve my edits. I would like to become an admin someday Lurker ^talk 14:33, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I AM READY TO BE ALL I CAN BE SIR!! I have a lot of time and love Wikipedia. I am going for adminship at the horizon, and want to do as much as posisble.
No rush, I'll still be here.Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 14:09, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Besides writing and copyediting I enjoy mundane tasks like closing AfDs. Would you be so kind as to have a look at me as potential administrator material? Thanks, in advance. Ifnord 04:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have an RfA open, but regardless if it succeeds or not I would like more extensive exposure to admin tasks. I specialize in vandal fighting. --Chris (talk) 21:27, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Understand you are flat out and expect nothing too fast. Thanks for the chance to learn new stuff none-the-less.Nicko 05:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like some more guidance on how to go about using my time and skills more effectively on wikipedia. There are some things that seem to go over my head in this internet community.......IMHO, it's not as much of being the ideal admin as being the ideal wikipedian. I'd like to be confident in my savoir-faire of wikipedia before taking another shot at adminship. You can take a look at my improvement page and my failed RfA for some insight about where I need help. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 03:06, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't want to become an admin soon but I would like to be coached at least thrice (now, in three months, and in six months AKA when I am going to run). Mr C EO 22:21, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I would love to be coached and become more familiar with Wikipedia's policies. Wikipediarules2221 04:27, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm in. íslenska hurikein #12 _(samtal) 15:31, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'd love to bec coached! --CFIF (talk to me) 23:27, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Please coach me, I envy Miss Flux. Zana Dark 11:40, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have tried to take part in admin type tasks though would greatly appreciate being shown the areas in which I could be of most help. Mallanox 21:54, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'd love to be an administrator! Big top 04:59, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Would love to have a coaching session as I plan on looking at adminship sometime in a few months. Ansell 09:01, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
I would like some coaching, please! Viva La V i e Boheme! 15:40, 5 September 2006
Qrc2006 04:09, 8 September 2006 (UTC)", i could definatly use some help, id love to me an admin[reply]
I had requested some time ago, but when my time came, I was on a rather long wikibreak. I'm not sure if I look ahead to adminship, but I am certainly interested in becoming a better, more well-rounded editor in Wikipedia making value contributions not just through editing but also in times of conflicts and other issues. —Mir l e n 04:30, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This sounds great, although I will have some time to wait.Chili14 16:31, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I tried an RfA in September, but I didn' have enough edits. One of the commenters on the RfA suggested Admin coaching - sounds like a great idea! —SaxTeacher (talk) 02:12, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I attempted a RFA that failed a couple of weeks ago. I would like to attempt another RFA in a couple of months. I got refered from editor review, and have been participating more in reverting, afds, and rfas since my last RFA. Hello32020 01:45, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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 :# I think I could use some guidance at this point. I'm just starting to venture as an editor into more controversial articles than the science and local ones I have mostly worked on. Also, I suspect I may have some bad habits I'm not even aware of, and if so I would appreciate someone pointing those out to me. --[[User:Ginkgo100|Ginkgo100]] 21:28, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
 :#While being an admin is not at the top of my priority list, i would certainly like to find my niche in wikipedia. [[User:Metalcore424|Evan S]][[WP:ESP|<font color="green">e</font>]][[User:Metalcore424|eds]]  [[User talk:Metalcore424|(talk)]] 04:46, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
-:# I'd like to run for adminship in 4-6 months' time (or even more), but I'm eager to develop the skills I need to become one early. Just because I'm not an admin doesn't mean I shouldn't develop a relevant skills set. :) [[User:Daveydweeb|Daveydw]]<font color="green">[[User:Daveydweeb/Esperanza|ee]]</font>[[User:Daveydweeb|b]] (<span style="font-size: smaller;"><sup>[[User talk:Daveydweeb|'''chat''']]</sup>/<sub>[[Wikipedia:Editor review/RandyWang 2|'''patch''']]</sub></span>) 02:46, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
+:# I'd like to run for adminship (again) at some point in the next few months, but I'm eager to work on developing a proper approach toward the mop before requesting it. I '''do not''' wish to receive coaching until after November 7, since my final school exams will reduce my editing rate and make it a waste of time for all involved. If I reach the top of the line, I'd like to defer any coaching until after that date. [[User:Daveydweeb|Daveydw]]<font color="green">[[User:Daveydweeb/Esperanza|ee]]</font>[[User:Daveydweeb|b]] (<span style="font-size: smaller;"><sup>[[User talk:Daveydweeb|'''chat''']]</sup>/<sub>[[Wikipedia:Editor review/RandyWang 2|'''patch''']]</sub></span>) 02:46, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 :#:'''Note''': I recently [[Wikipedia: Requests for adminship/RandyWang|requested]] adminship, but was unsuccessful. The concerns raised at that RfA, particularly related to my use of CSD tags, would ideally be an important part of any coaching I'd receive. [[User:Daveydweeb|Daveydw]]<font color="green">[[User:Daveydweeb/Esperanza|ee]]</font>[[User:Daveydweeb|b]] (<span style="font-size: smaller;"><sup>[[User talk:Daveydweeb|'''chat''']]</sup>/<sub>[[Wikipedia:Editor review/RandyWang 2|'''patch''']]</sub></span>) 14:36, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 :#I feel that I have made very valuable contributions to the project, not just in terms of editing, but in vandal fighting and other admin-esque activities.  I would, however, like to get some objective advice on how I might improve my performance here in order for a potential RfA run.  --[[user:Cholmes75|cholmes75]] ([[User talk:Cholmes75|chit chat]]) 16:23, 12 June 2006 (UTC)