User:Cullen328/sandbox/Questions

{{u|Tryptofish} has said that they prefer to see some specific examples of my response to stressful interactions, so here are four from my talk page. The first two are related.


 * A closer look


 * Divisive harrassing templating


 * Following your advice has lead to an attempt to impose sanctions on me at ANI


 * teahouse comment on iqperson

I hope this helps.

Standard RfA questions:

1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
 * I have quite a bit of experience with Articles for Deletion debates and am confident in my ability to evaluate consensus and close debates when appropriate. At the Teahouse where I am active, we are often asked "Why was my article deleted?" The power to view deleted content will give me the ability to tailor customized answers rather than generic responses to such questions, and to userfy any material that has the potential to develop into useful encyclopedic content. I am a strong supporter of our policy on biographies of living people. I am prepared to apply appropriate levels of protection to BLPs that have been the subject of sustained negative editing contrary to policy. I intend to ease slowly into use of the administrative tools, asking frequent advice of experienced administrators. I would be willing to expand, gradually, into other areas of administrative activity, I am unlikely, though, to get involved with areas requiring technical computer skills, since I am aware of my own strengths and weaknesses.

2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
 * Since this is a project to create and improve a free encyclopedia, I believe that the articles that I have created and expanded are my best contributions. I list them on my user page.
 * I am proud of my contributions to these Good articles: George Meany was an important figure in mid 20th century American history, and I worked to transform a poor article into a much better article. Harry Yount is a fascinating figure in 19th century American history. Vaillancourt Fountain is a controversial San Francisco landmark. Salade niçoise is a recent effort, and I am confident that it is the most comprehensive discussion of this classic French dish readily available in English. Morleigh Steinberg is a dancer and that article was was a collaboration with a young Cuban editor working with limited internet access. Cedric Wright was the best friend of Ansel Adams, and this biography combined my interests in photography, California mountains and the Sierra Club. I am happy to discuss my contributions to any article, and feel good about my contributions in general.


 * I am also very proud of my contributions to the Teahouse, where we try to assist new editors in learning how to write acceptable articles. It gives me a lot of satisfaction to help send new editors in the right direction. My contributions are all for the purpose of improving the encyclopedia, either directly or indirectly.

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?
 * I think that any generalist editor who has been widely active for eight years has probably been in a few conflicts and experienced some stress. Personally, the conflicts have been infrequent and the stress relatively minor. I do not seek out conflict and I learned a long time ago that if I take a stand based on my best understanding of our policies and guidelines, I do not need to worry too much about the matter. It is my inclination to try to turn lemons into lemonade, so if consensus goes against me, I take a different direction to improve the encyclopedia in another way. I have described my attitude at the Teahouse as "friendly but firm", and I try to say some kind words to editors going through rough times. Kindness helps reduce stress, in my opinion.