User:Glen/Admin coaching

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Just as a reference, see where you're most active! As at ___ using Interiots wannabe Kate tool:

RfA stock questions

I'll get you to answer these, not for practise but rather so I can see where you feel your strengths are (and subsequent weaknesses - if any :)

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia in this capacity. Please take the time to answer a few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.

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2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

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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?

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Optional questions

1. In your opinion, what attributes make someone a good admin?

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2. Why do you want to be an admin? (Personally, as opposed to the technical aspects in required question 1)

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3. You find out that an editor, who's well-known and liked in the community, has been using sockpuppets abusively. What would you do?

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4. If you could change any one thing about Wikipedia what would it be?

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5. Under what circumstances would you indefinitely block a user without any prior direction from Arb Com?

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6. Suppose you are closing an AfD where it would be keep if one counted certain comments / discussions that you suspect are sockpuppets/meatpuppets and would be delete otherwise. The RCU returns inconclusive, what do you do? Is your answer any different if the two possibilities are between no consensus and delete?

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7. In your view, do administrators hold a technical or political position?

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8. We all know that good-faith edits, while not being vandalism per se, sometimes reduce the quality of an article, and should be reverted or amended. In your opinion, however, is it possible for an article to be improved by edits made in bad faith? What course of action would you take if such a scenario arose?

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9. What part of Wikipedia do you dislike the most or feel most frustrated with in your time here thus far (this can be a user, type of user, policy, restriction etc.)? Have you tried to overcome these and would adminship make life any easier for you?

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10. Above you can see a number of statistics about your edits. Do you consider any of these important? Which do you consider most important?

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11. Lastly, do you have any criteria when voting in RFAs? If so please present them, if not then it doesn't matter.

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12. Bonus Question Three parts; a) If successful, will you consider the admin recall category? b) Take a look at Category:Rouge admins - would you see yourself there? c) What is WP:IAR and what situations do you feel its application is warranted?

Vandalism test

Vandalism or not??? Yay or nay and why:

1. [1]
2. [2]
3. [3]
4. [4]
5. [5]
6. [6]

Speedy delete or not?

The following are examples of pages tagged by users and are sitting in the speedy deletion category. As an admin, can you tell me a) if the article should be deleted and b) under what criteria;

1. CSD1
2. CSD2
3. CSD3
4. CSD4
5. CSD5