User:Gaia Octavia Agrippa/Admin coaching
Phase I: Getting to know you
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Why do you want to be an admin?
[edit]Q: So why do you want to be an admin?
A: I am regularly involved in anti-vandalism using Huggle, and would like to further this being able to block persistent vandals. I am also involved in Articles for deletion, and would like to further my involvement by being able to delete pages.
What do you expect from the admin coaching process?
[edit]Q: How can I help you prepare for an RFA?
A: You can help prepare me by teaching me any important policies and also teaching me any extra wiki-etiquette that I may need to know.
Standard (mandatory) RFA questions
[edit]Answer these questions:
1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
- A: I intend to take part in page deletion and user/ip blocking.
2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
- A: As a wikignome I haven't made massive edits to wikipedia. However, I would say my best contributions are when I generate a random page a get it up to B-class standard by adding references, links, headings, and most commonly, infoboxes.
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: There have been a number of occasions in the past when I have been involved in conflicts of some kind. When this happens I take it off the article and onto the others talk page and try to resolve our dispute civilly.
Phase II: Wikipedia experience
[edit]Some questions about things that you have done
Editing Experience
[edit]Have you ever:
- Written a DYK?
- No, but I have been coached on how to produce one.
- Written a good article?
- No
- Created any featured content?
- No
- uploaded an image?
- Yes I have done so to improve a number of articles
- used automated tools/.js tools such as Twinkle, AWB, or Huggle?
- Yes. I use both AWB and Huggle, though i use the latter far more often.
- joined a Wikipedia project?
- Yes. I've actually joined 8, though I only regularly contribute to 3 of them and occasionally contribute to another 2 projects.
- warned an editor for violating a Wikipedia policy or guideline?
- I've warned many editors concerning vandalism, spam and removing content, and reported a number to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism . I have also contacted admins about a number of sock puppets I have met.
Project experience
[edit]Have you ever:
- contributed to an XFD? been involved in an extended discussion on one?
- !voted in an RFA? been involved in an extended discussion on an RFA?
- contributed to WT:RFA?
- had a previous RFA?
- requested and received/been denied for Rollback?
Dispute resolution
[edit]Have you ever:
- responded to an WP:3O or a content WP:RFC? been involved in an extended discussion on one?
- opened an WP:RFC for user conduct?
- requested a page to be protected at WP:RfPP?
- been named as a party to a request for mediation?
- participated in a WP:MEDCOM or WP:MEDCAB mediation?
- mediated or otherwise acted as a neutral party in a dispute?
- participated in an extended discussion on WP:AN or WP:ANI?
Conflict and misconduct
[edit]Have you ever:
- been blocked?
- been named as a party to a request for arbitration?
- been the subject of an WP:RFC for user conduct?
Other questions
[edit]Have you ever:
- taken a look at meta philosophies? I'm interested in knowing what philosophies you believe you adhere to.
- helped out on the Account Creation Toolserver Interface?
- answered a question at the help desk?
Phase III: Administrator's reading list
[edit]Review the pages in the Administrator's reading list. Put a Done next to each document that you have read. Put any questions you have on User talk:Genius101/Admin coaching.
Admins are expected to have an intimate understanding of Wikipedia policy. They are also expected to consistently demonstrate comprehension of these policies. This is especially paramount regarding the use of abilities entrusted to admins which are unavailable to regular users and editors of Wikipedia.
The following items are considered highly recommended reading material. These pages detail prerequisite knowledge required by an admin:
Should already know
[edit]- Five pillars of Wikipedia
- Community foundation issues: Core principles guiding all Wikimedia projects.
General
[edit]- Administrators
- Admins' how-to guide
- Admins' noticeboard for general discussion of admin issues
- New admin school
Security
[edit]Content policies
[edit]Copyright
[edit]Blocking
[edit]Page protection
[edit]Deletion
[edit]- Criteria for speedy deletion
- Deletion guidelines for administrators
- Deletion policy
- Deletion process
- Undeletion policy
Requests
[edit]- Backlogged processes requiring attention
- Changes related to Wikipedia:Requests for administrator attention
- Enforcement of arbitration rulings