User:JavaTenor/Admin coaching

Are you ready to wield the mop?

Standard RFA questions

Here are the standard RFA questions. Remember that questions are optional, but answering is recommended because it gives !voters a good reflection of your ability.

1. What admin areas do you intend to work in?

   I've spent a fair amount of time around various deletion processes, both through new page patrolling and through the dead-end pages project, which often contains a number of pages meriting proposed or speedy deletion. I think I'd be helpful in clearing out the speedy deletion backlog and closing AFDs, as I believe I have a good grasp of community consensus on deletion-related issues. I've also spent enough time dealing with vandalism that I think I could make myself useful at AIV when necessary. My weakest area is probably image-related policy; I've had little experience in that sphere, so I'd wait to gain more before dealing with any image issues.

2. What do you believe are your best contributions?

   I don't have any featured articles under my belt, but I think I have done a decent job of improving a number of articles from "unacceptable" to "acceptable stub" level, and I generally attempt to perform some due diligence to find sources for articles which have none listed. A few article improvement examples (with before/after diffs) might include Laura Chenel[1], Crispin Porter + Bogusky[2], Barrington Irving (was initially speedied), among various others. I've also done a fair amount of general wikification through the dead-end pages project, and created a few articles when I notice that a subject I'm interested in has no coverage.

3. Have you been in any situation or conflict that's given you stress? How have you handled them?

   There's a particular IP editor (at least, I assume it's the same person, has used multiple IPs) who has an axe to grind against a particular Bay Area sports personality, and really, really, doesn't appreciate my attempts to keep the article compliant with our biographies of living persons and |neutral point of view policies. Pretty standard online flamewar stuff, I suppose, and I just handled it through normal channels and didn't lose my cool (it eventually got annoying reverting my talk page waiting for a block, though). Otherwise, I have certainly engaged in discussion in some wikipolitical spaces which have gotten pretty heated, but I generally attempt to be a voice of reason and calm whenever possible, and I will disengage if I feel the discussion's reached a counterproductive level of rancor.

Checklist

Your answers were pretty good. Usually it's best to be specific and to mention the most notable events or articles. Now here's a checklist that you might want to run thorough considering your experience. Have you:

• Requested a vandal at WP:AIV?

  Yes, a number of times - [3], [4], [5],

[6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16]

• Requested protection at WP:RPP?

  Only twice: [17], [18]

• Given a third opinion or otherwise helped to act as a neutral party in a dispute?

  I don't believe I have done so in any formal capacity, but I will keep an eye open for opportunities to do so.

• !voted in an WP:RFA?

  Yes, quite a few - I can provide diffs if that would be helpful.

• Reviewed an editor at WP:ER?

  No.

• Had an editor review?

  No.

• Welcomed a user?

  Not with welcome templates, although I've made some attempts to help new users who appear to have some misunderstandings about Wikipedia - see [19] for an example, as well as [20] and [21] - I sometimes worry that we are too WP:BITEy as a community..

• Taken a look at any Wikipedia philosophies?

  I've enjoyed reading through the various philosophy pages on meta. I generally consider myself to be a moderate on the inclusion/deletion spectrum, in that I will generally make efforts to improve an article up for AFD if I believe it to be a poor article on an encyclopedically valid topic.

• Participated in a discussion at WP:AN or WP:ANI?

  Yes, whenever I feel my contribution will be helpful.

• Contributed to the Reference desk?

  I've only ever posed one question there, but it seems like a place I could make myself useful.

• Read the Signpost?

  I have it delivered to my userpage, although I don't read every issue.

• Used any .js tools or installed any editing helpers (e.g. TWINKLE, popups, etc.)

  I use Twinkle extensively, for new pages and vandalism patrolling.

If you haven't tried these, you might want to consider giving them a whirl. I'd like to know which ones you've done and which ones you might want to work on or interest you. These will all help you gain experience as to how to be a better admin. bibliomaniac15 01:56, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

More questions

Thanks for the diffs. It's a good habit to add diffs to your statement. Now here's some common questions that you might see pop up in RFAs.

1. How would you apply IAR to your contributions? How would you apply it if you were made an admin?

2. Would you place yourself on Category:Administrators open to recall?

4. What are your personal criteria for a potential admin?

I also forgot to ask about your experience with images. You don't need to be very experienced at all, since it's a very grueling subject, but you should be at least knowledgable in fair use. bibliomaniac15 06:01, 3 December 2007 (UTC)