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Lesson 1
Please find for me the template that lists the principles of the project and subst it at the top of this page.
- Sorry, I don't know what you mean by 'the project'? What project in specific do you want a template for?
- That's good, but that's guidelines. See if you can find something on Five Pillars. 22:20, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Lesson 2
Please state why you want to be an administrator. Also, please answer the standard admin questions as best as you can. The answers will probably change as you experience more areas.
- I want to be an administrator because I am involved in many admin projects (e.g., AFD, TFD MFD, RFD, NPP, RCP, AIV, etc.), but could do so much more with admin tools. I know, this argument is used to the point of cliché, but I sincerely believe that with proper coaching, I could really benefit from the mop, as will the encyclopaedia. If I could block and unblock users, delete and protect pages, and perform other tasks, I believe I could truly help out.
1. What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog and Category:Administrative backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
- I hope to help out with the backlog in any way I can, but also CSD, prodded articles and closing AFD. I also intend to monitor AIV and block and unblock when appropriate, protect pages, unprotect, and the like.
2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?
- I'm rather pleased with my work with newpage and recent changes, and I am a rollbacker. Initially, I had more user warning/revert edits than actual mainspace editing, but since then I've devoted more time to the encyclopaedia itself. I haven't written many articles, and they're all stubs, but I hope to bring a few of the articles that I regularly contribute to to GA or FA, at least.
3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
- I've been in only two, as I try to assume good faith and remain civil. Both were resolved between ourselves, though I have to admit that in the first one, I was completely EUI. I have changed a lot since then, and I know now to avoid directing criticism at the editor, but the edits themselves. If it weren't for WP:NPOV, WP:NPA, and WP:AGF, the Wiki would be a mess.
- Depending on who responds to your RFA, lack of major article writing could hurt. When my RFA ran, I'd written some FA's already and had 23k or so edits, so that was a big plus on my RFA. So try to expand several articles or get at least one to GA over the next several weeks. — Rlevse • Talk • 20:48, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- That's going to be a lot of work; I'll do the best that I can. :) Thanks! --Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 22:03, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Lesson 3
You have an interest in the Britain and Japan. Why so and how did you choose your username?
- I've always been a bit of an Anglophile and Japanophile, among other -philia. I've always loved Japan because of the exotic culture, and even learned Japanese because of my fondness. Af for Britain/England, I have always had that sort of keen interest, and I myself have some English blood, as well as Irish and African-American. I chose my name because, albeit odd (it translates as Water woman coral15) I thought it unique and unlikely that other users had it. I was originally thinking something French, German, or just English, but finally decided I'd go with something Japanese, and it worked. :)
- I spent several years in Japan, so I knew the "water woman" part. What intrigued me about you was your user page said "African-American female interested in Britain and Japan". That's a rare combination. As you probably noticed, wiki is mostly male. And we need more women involved. The typical user on en.wiki is white, male, and under 40 years old. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:23, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- Hey, Thanks, Rlevse. Yeah, the wiki is mostly male, and we could use some more females to contribute! It is kind of a rare combination, though, isn't it? Then again, being English-Irish-Black itself is kind of rare, at least where I'm from (AK).
- I spent several years in Japan, so I knew the "water woman" part. What intrigued me about you was your user page said "African-American female interested in Britain and Japan". That's a rare combination. As you probably noticed, wiki is mostly male. And we need more women involved. The typical user on en.wiki is white, male, and under 40 years old. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:23, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- You've been to all the states but Rhode Island? What did you think of Alaska? It is huge, I know, but not very populated. --Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 22:51, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- Yea, 49 states and 40+ countries/territories. Alaska is just like western Canada, huge, remote areas of nobody, and totally gorgeous scenery. It's lovely there, huh? Yea, not many black people there at all. I lived in Montana too, blacks were about 0.1% of the population there. Indians and Hispanics are far more common in that part of the country. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:58, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- So true. Vastly underpopulated, especially in terms of ethnic diversity. You get used to it after a while, though. --Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 23:17, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Lesson 4
List all the tools admins there are. Describe a circumstance where an admin should not use them, despite a valid issue existing.
- There are several answers depending on which tool you pick. Some are obvious and some I wouldn't expect you to get at this point.
- I haven't found your hidden page yet, but these are the ones I know off the top of my head:
- All deletion- and undeletion-related tasks (e.g., XFDs, Prods, CSD)
- Page protection, unprotection, and salting
- Blocking, autoblocking
- Granting, removing, and performing Rollback
- Ipblock exemption
- MediaWiki namespace editing
- Viewing special:unwatchedpages
- MWNS samples: MediaWiki:Autoblockedtext, MediaWiki:Titleblacklist, just FYI
- Wikipedia:IP block exemption, this was NEW to me, it's only 5 months old and I had to look it up, so you've taught me something already! — Rlevse • Talk • 23:00, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
- Hah, what do you know; I guess there are some tasks even admins haven't performed yet. --Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 23:18, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Lesson 5
Look over the deletion debates page. Summarize which ones you've participated in as a nominator and an !voter. Do you consider yourself a deletionist or inclusionist?
Lesson 6
How are Good Articles different than Feature Articles? Where does Peer Review fit into the article life-span process?
Lesson 7
What is cascading protection? Can it be set by an Admin? A user comes to Request for Page Protection saying an IP-vandal has been attacking a page and requests semi-protection. You see that IP 256.256.256.256 is vandalizing the page. When should you not semi-protect the page.
- You only need to answer the non-trick part of it:
A user comes to Request for Page Protection saying an IP-vandal has been attacking a page and requests semi-protection. You see that IP 256.256.256.256 is vandalizing the page. When should you not semi-protect the page.
- Don't worry though if you can't, its not a trick, but its also not an obvious answer.
Lesson 8
Is the Administrator's Noticeboard and Administrator's Noticeboard/Incidents on your watchlist? It should be. Despite the name, non-admins are welcome to contribute to discussions they understand.
Lesson 9
One thing I've taken an interest in is Template:Editabuselinks. Do you use any of the noticeboards regularly? Most of them do not require admin tool to work on. Some like Reliable Sources and Fringe Theories can require lengthy investigations. Others like 3RR are more fastpaced. Its all about finding the right fit for you.
Lesson 10
Who can warn an administrator? Who can block an admin? What editing policies may admins violate?
Lesson 11
Skim over the Durova Arbcom. Why was she right in checking with others off-wiki before acting? Why does a confirmation bias make even off-wiki double-checks risky? Even though others did not oppose her off-wiki, who was ultimately responsible?
Lesson 12
Do you use IRC or the Mailing Lists? Do you have EmailUser enabled? Do you realize that sending an email through the EmailUser interface discloses your email? Your user name looks like a real life name, are you aware of this incident? It did happen in real life as described. (Basic privacy questions). Send me an email. If you use IRC, we can chat there.
Lesson 13
Apply for rollback rights if you don't already have it. Do you use any tools such as: Twinkle, NewPageWatcher, AutoWikiBrowser, popups, and VandalProof? If you don't use Firefox, I reccommend downloading it just for Wiki-work. Many tools and scripts only work in FF.
Lesson 14
Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Newpages&hidepatrolled=1&hidebots=1&limit=500&offset=0 and in the sequence 400-500 find 3 articles that appear to be a conflict of interest. A big clue is a user name that is nearly the same as the article title. List the articles here and the timestamp of article #500 (so I can check).
- The standard format (from WP:COIN) is:
- Describe the dispute using the following format:
* {{article|article name}}* {{userlinks|username}} - brief explanation ~~~~
Lesson 15
What is an open proxy? They are banned by the Foundation. What commonsense technical reason are they banned for?
Lesson 16
Please go to Special:Newpages and welcome ~75 users who have red-linked usernames using Friendly. This exercise has two purposes. One, a lot of admining is doing repetitive tasks that no one ever notices. Two, when you welcome a user, they're likely to come to you if they need help or have a problem. Its a great way to help out and build experience.
Lesson 17
Go visit the Help desk. Try and find an unanswered issue that you know the answer to, jump in and solve a problem.
Lesson 18
Review Wikipedia:Autoblock. This is one of the most common mistakes an admin makes. In our haste to block an obvious vandal, we may kill off a corporate gateway or a dynamic IP. If you need to block quickly, remember to leave enough of an explanation that another Admin can figure out if its a real Autoblock issue or just a user trying to evade a block.
Lesson 19
Read Wikipedia:Administrators open to recall. You will get this question at an RfA. You will need to give a yes or no answer. You will be judged on your answer, regardless of which way you go. It's unfair that you will get an Oppose regardless of your answer, but its part of the process.
Lesson 20
Review our policy on Office Actions. Pay close attention to who can perform Office Actions. If you feel the need to undo any admin action by someone on that list, its almost always better to ask at AN than to do it yourself. Take a look at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/My desysop of Zscout370. There was no wheel war here by the conventional definition. It was more of an action by Jimbo in his role as founder. Just like I wouldn't do an unblock of a user Raul654 did without checking AN, there is something to the idea that we don't always know the whole story and others who do things like checkuser, OTRS, oversight, etc, probably do. At the same time, remember WP:IAR and that admins aren't always perfect.