Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight/2011 CUOS appointments/CU/Elockid
Elockid
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- Nomination statement (250 words max.)
Hello everyone! I'm Elockid. I've been actively editing Wikipedia since May 2009. Most of what I contribute is statistical data to the encyclopedia. I've also been an SPI Clerk since February 2010 and administrator since April 2010. Being an SPI Clerk, I’m familiar with the CU processes, grounds for checking and what can and can’t be released.
In addition to participating (I still file SPI reports usually for CU assistance) and handling reports at SPI, I help deal with long-term sockpuppeteers such as Sheynhertz-Unbayg (talk · contribs), Polscience (talk · contribs)/Satt 2 (talk · contribs), Grawp (talk · contribs), and MascotGuy (talk · contribs). I also help out with shorter term abusers such as the Ghostface Killah vandal. Also, many of the areas I work with are filled with sockpuppets (contentious areas such as the Indian-Pakistani conflicts), so I have a bit of experience with them.
I have some knowledge regarding ISPs such as the size of the ranges they use, which ones they use, their nature (for example, how dynamic they are), etc. especially those in Northern America (Canada and the U.S.), Western Europe, primarily the U.K. and Italy, South, Southeast, and East Asia and Turkey. I have some knowledge regarding CIDR, the method we use in blocking ranges.
I hope to be of further assistance to those where CU is needed by helping to prevent further disruption such as in situations where a user is quickly evading their block and causing disruption in a relatively short amount of time such as with Jacob Hnri 6 (talk · contribs).
Standard questions for all candidates
Please describe any relevant on-Wiki experience you have for this role.
- A: I've been an SPI clerk since February 2010. Prior to being a clerk, I was already a regular at SPI. I'm still active at SPI, both reporting sockpuppets (usually for CU assistance) and handling cases. Outside of SPI, I also deal with sockpuppetry. This includes sockpuppetry being reported in places such as the ones that get reported at AIV or ANI/AN. An example is Zealking (talk · contribs). I also deal with sockpuppetry in areas where sockpuppetry is common such as India-Pakistani conflicts/related articles and to some extent, the Arab-Israeli conflict. I also work in areas with long-term abuse sockpuppetry such as with users Wikinger and Karmaisking. Aside from working on sockpuppetry in English Wikipedia, I've also been working with other people from other projects where cross-wiki abuse sockpuppeteers are present such as Polylepsis (talk · contribs).
Please outline, without breaching your personal privacy, what off-Wiki experience or technical expertise you have for this role.
- A: I don't hold nor am I working towards a degree in Computer Science. Though I have plenty experience with analyzing data both in real life and in Wikipedia (most of my contributions to the encyclopedia are statistical data). I also have some knowledge in CIDR and have familiarity with different ISPs and places (please see nom). An example of publicly published data that I've worked on can be found at User:Elockid/Notes (IP ranges). I've also been good at analyzing possibilities when there was a conclusion that there was no possibility. The best example is with the Ghostface Killah vandal (please see link in nomination) with comparison to Long term vandal 10 on my notes page. Off-wiki experiences, I again request for CU or Steward assistance (by email or IRC) and get help with finding sleepers and such. One of the reasons I do this is not to publicly report critical evidence that would result in a sockpuppeteer changing their MO.
Do you hold advanced permissions (checkuser, oversight, bureaucrat, steward) on this or other WMF projects? If so, please list them. Also, do you have OTRS permissions? If so, to which queues?
- A: No for both questions.
Questions for this candidate
Being a new checkuser, would you be willing to help with the Checkuser backlog at WP:ACC as there are usually up to 6 requests waiting about 5 days+? -- DQ (t) (e) 19:27, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
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Would you be proactive in looking at the open cases at SPI to see if they could use a checkuser? -- DQ (t) (e) 19:27, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
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