User:Alex Shih/Essays/Guide

Confirming identity

 * 1) Ask the user to send an e-mail to .
 * 2) Once the identity is confirmed through OTRS ticket, place OTRS identity on their user page along with the ticket number.

Editing restrictions

 * 1) Close the discussion with archive top and archive bottom.
 * 2) Log the result of the discussion at Editing restrictions, and provide the link using Special:Permalink/ or Special:Diff/.
 * 3) Inform the editor on user talk page using editing restriction.
 * 4) To enforce the edit restriction, use uw-cserblock.

Site ban

 * 1) Close the discussion with archive top and archive bottom.
 * 2) Log the result of the discussion using banned user.
 * 3) Inform the editor of appeal options.

Conditional unblock

 * 1) Provide a brief statement about your rationale for unblock. Please refer to What Wikipedia is not for more information.
 * 2) Restricted from editing the content of any article in the mainspace, until further notice; instead, suggest your edit by posting edit COI  on the talk page. See Edit requests for more information.
 * 3) Seek mentorship about the style of editing acceptable on English Wikipedia. User is advised to take note of Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid.
 * 4) Any violations of the conditions above will lead to reinstatement of the block. If you would like another administrator to review your case, post   on this talk page.

CheckUser blocks

 * 1) Review the case at Sockpuppet investigations if necessary.
 * 2) Contact the CheckUser operator that imposed the block directly; list of CheckUser operators can be found here.
 * 3) Unblocks can be granted if a community consensus can be reached.

Range blocks

 * 1) Figure out the approximate range from Special:RecentChanges.
 * 2) Calculate the range with Help:Range blocks.
 * 3) Double check with the database reports.

Conflict of interest

 * 1) Declare conflict of interest for the editor by placing connected contributor on associated talk page and UserboxCOI on user page.
 * 2) Notify the editor with the following notice:.
 * 3) Create a new discussion at Conflict of interest/Noticeboard.

Resetting time between updates

 * 1. Change the setting at User:DYKUpdateBot/Time Between Updates. Make sure to do this immediately after the set changes to avoid drifting by the bot.

*6 hours: 21600
 * 8 hours: 28800
 * 12 hours: 43200
 * 24 hours: 86400
 * 2. Check Template:Did you know/Next update/Time for errors.

Dealing with overdue updates

 * 1) Immediately update a completed prep set to next empty queue.
 * 2) Check User:DYKUpdateBot/Errors for errors.

Replacing current image

 * 1) Replace the image in Template:Did you know with another image that is freely licensed.
 * 2) Upload the image locally with the original source copied from Commons:Special:ExpandTemplates.
 * 3) Replace the image description in the hook, and replace the copyright tags in the previous image if applicable.

Education noticeboard

 * 1) Course instructor access are granted to main coordinators only.
 * 2) Additional instructors can be manually added after granting temporary confirmed user access.

Asia

 * Epoch Times: Connected to Falun Gong, received negative coverage for fabrication of a story in 2006.
 * Newspaper in Taiwan are highly politically polarized. Liberty Times and Apple Daily have emerged after lifting of martial law in Taiwan, and they are known for their "sensationalist" reporting.
 * Radio Free Asia: Backed by the United States, the source employs "psychological warfare" targeting specific "enemies of democracy".

Closing failed nominations

 * 1) Substitute rfaf and rfab respectively, and replace the tally with finaltally.

Sockpuppet investigation

 * 1) For IP users, place IPsock on the user talk page and fill in the parameters. For regular users, place SockBlock instead on the user talk page.
 * 2) Before CheckUser has been done, place Sockpuppet on the suspected user page.
 * 3) Once the account has been confirmed by CheckUser, replace with   on the user page. Alternative tagging methods are listed below.
 * 4) If there is no further action required, change the SPI case status parameter to   to request case closure by the clerk.
 * 5) Consider importing mass rollback to your common.js if the editor is making mass changes to different pages.
 * 6) Check back to see if it develops into long-term abuse.

Confirmed sockmasters

 * 1) Place   on the user page.
 * 2) Place   on the user talk page.

Suspected sockmasters

 * 1) Place   on the user page.
 * 2) Place   on the user talk page.

Confirmed sockpuppets

 * 1) Place   on the user page.
 * 2) Place   on the user talk page.

Suspected sockpuppets

 * 1) Place   on the user page.
 * 2) Place   on the user talk page.