User:Church/Admin coaching/Lesson 1

  '''This is exactly how the first three questions will appear on an RfA. Please reply so I can get an idea of how you rate yourself. (A bit redundant I know, but if you want to make any changes, please do - otherwise just copy paste).'''

Questions for the candidate
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:
 * 1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
 * A: As I said in the RFA. I plan to work in WP:CSD, WP:AIV, and most likely dabble in WP:UAA and anyplace else I'd be needed as an Admin.


 * 2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
 * A: Well I'm very fond of my work in anti-vandalism measures (Both with and without Huggle), and all of my article creations stubs as they are.


 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * A: Hope you don't mind copying and pasting but this from my last RFA summed it up well: It is inevitable that a user will come into a conflict with another User. I myself have been in several situations of the sort. Most I have resolved by simply taking it too WP:WQA, where I am an avid mediator, but the most serious was a genre warrior who has since been indef blocked that went to WP:ANI. I try to understand the views of those who I have the conflict with and always attempt to Assume Good Faith until proven otherwise. I will most likely continue this in the future as well.

  The following questions will not be on an actual RfA, but will serve to help me to better analyze your areas of familiarity and unfamiliarity.

Questions from F ASTILY

 * 1. How comfortable are you with working with media files and image policy on Wikipedia? (i.e. WP:NFC, WP:NFCC, WP:IUP, ect.) [Rate on a scale of one to ten - one being "uncomfortable" and ten being "master"]
 * A: As of right now, 1 I've made few image edits. Teach me the ropes, and I'll happily enter the field.


 * 2. How familiar are you with WP:CSD in general?
 * A: On a scale of one to ten? I'd say about an 8


 * 3. How familiar are you with Wikipedia's blocking policy in general? [one to ten]
 * A: 7


 * 4. Do you do much anti-vandalism work?
 * A: Plenty, most of my contributions are anti-vandal.


 * 5. (Be honest) Have you ever engaged in any sort of incivility or harassment of other users?
 * A: Never really any incivility or Harassment, I have let my emotions against editors get the better of my sometimes.


 * 6. Have you written/contributed majorly to any articles? If so, which article(s)?
 * A:*Greg Boone(stub)

*Joseph Clayton Deleted *Encore (Van Halen album) Deleted during my retirement
 * Marcus Davis (American football) Baleted
 * Jason Spitz(stub)
 * Save It For The Birds (stub)
 * Splitting Headache (stub)
 * The Most (album) (stub)
 * Rodney Alcala I can't take much credit for this, I only created it.


 * 7. What do you know about Wikipedia's page protection policies?
 * A: Pages are to be fully protected generally during edit wars and the editors could use a cool down to work things out. Semi protected for consistent vandalism or IP edit warriors


 * 8. Have you ever participated in any WP:XFD debates? If so, how frequently?
 * A:Yes, occasionally.


 * 9. What is your area of expertise on Wikipedia? (e.g. Help Desk, Image policy, article CSDs, article writing, ect.) What do you do to contribute there?
 * A:CSD's, Anti-vandalism work, Occasional article contributions.


 * 10. What do you hope to accomplish through Admin Coaching? Do you have any specific goals you want to achieve through coaching?  Do you have any specific areas you would like to work on/improve on?
 * A:I'd just like to become a far better editor then I am now, succeeding in my third RFA would be great as well. My last one failed mainly due to me missing a question on CSD.


 * 11. Is there anything else you'd like me to know?
 * A: I really appreciate you doing this.

  My Commentary. Mkay, I've looked over your answers, and I think I have a general idea of what we need to work on. Check out the next lesson. -  F ASTILYsock (T ALK ) 01:07, 1 April 2010 (UTC)