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.
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 |
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
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.
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and notify the creator that it needs sources.Breifly describe your time here, commenting on incidents that may have occured using diffs. Soxred 93 03:07, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
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. :)
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.
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 |
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
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.
{{
Unreferenced}}
and notify the creator that it needs sources.Breifly describe your time here, commenting on incidents that may have occured using diffs. Soxred 93 03:07, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
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. :)