User:Genius101/Admin coaching

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Why do you want to be an admin?
Q: So why do you want to be an admin?

A:I'd like to be an admin so that I can help out more. I'm not much of an article-writer, although I do have a couple DYKs. There are a lot more WikiGnome-ish things I can do as an admin. For example, when vandal fighting, it would be useful to be able to just block the vandal, instead of reporting to WP:AIV.

What do you expect from the admin coaching process?
Q: How can I help you prepare for an RFA?

A: Hard to describe. By teaching what sort of things I should be doing more of. Right now, I only have two informal opinions. Another just occurred to me: dealing with criticism, and how to word things in an RfA. In the questions here, things just didn't come out right.

Standard (mandatory) RFA questions
Answer these questions:

1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?


 * A: I plan to work mostly at WP:AIV. I like vandal-fighting, and have done a fair bit of it, so that would be a good fit. I also plan to do some work at WP:CSD, but only after improving my knowledge of the criteria. Also, I would try my best to clear some of the admin backlog. As well, I would like to try my hand at WP:RPE.

2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?


 * A: I don't do much article-writing, but I'm proud of Alvin Powell. I have done some work with WP:AWB, such as adding the listas parameter to some talk pages (see below question). I really enjoy working with Huggle, reverting vandalism.

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: I have actually been in relatively few conflicts. Recently, after adding the listas parameter to talk pages, User:Geo Swan raised an issue on my talk page. I had started with the A's, and a lot of them were Arabic names. Geo pointed out that many Arabic names shouldn't be listed as Last Name, First Name. I was a bit rude before I realized who he was, based on the spelling mistakes in his first message. Other than that, there hasn't been much.

Phase II: Wikipedia experience
Some questions about things that you have done

Editing Experience
Have you ever:


 * Written a DYK?
 * Yes 2:Alvin Powell, X Division and a co-nom on Johnny Valentine
 * Written a good article?
 * No
 * Created any featured content?
 * No
 * uploaded an image?
 * Many, but all resizings for fair-use reasons
 * used automated tools/.js tools such as Twinkle, AWB, or Huggle?
 * Yes many.
 * joined a Wikipedia project?
 * Yes, WP:PW.
 * warned an editor for violating a Wikipedia policy or guideline?
 * Does vandalism count? If not then I think I have in the dispute over Jeff Halevy. If yes, then many.

Project experience
Have you ever:
 * contributed to an XFD? been involved in an extended discussion on one?
 * 1. Yes 2. Not really extended, but a discussion.
 * !voted in an RFA? been involved in an extended discussion on an RFA?
 * 1. Yes 2. partly
 * contributed to WT:RFA?
 * No
 * had a previous RFA?
 * No
 * requested and received/been denied for Rollback?
 * Yes, and was successful.

Dispute resolution
Have you ever:
 * responded to an WP:3O or a content WP:RFC? been involved in an extended discussion on one?
 * No to both.
 * opened an WP:RFC for user conduct?
 * No
 * requested a page to be protected at WP:RfPP?
 * been named as a party to a request for mediation?
 * No
 * participated in a WP:MEDCOM or WP:MEDCAB mediation?
 * No
 * mediated or otherwise acted as a neutral party in a dispute?
 * Yes, Jeff Halevy
 * participated in an extended discussion on WP:AN or WP:ANI?
 * No.
 * No.

Conflict and misconduct
Have you ever:
 * been blocked?
 * No.
 * been named as a party to a request for arbitration?
 * No.
 * been the subject of an WP:RFC for user conduct?
 * No.

Other questions
Have you ever:
 * taken a look at meta philosophies? I'm interested in knowing what philosophies you believe you adhere to.
 * No, but am going to now.
 * Here we go: I think I am a moderate eventualist, a moderate anti-statusquoist, a communityist, a communalist, a rehabilist leaning toward a sysopist, right in the middle on edit warring, an admins-are-just-janitors-ist, on neutrality, an elusive virtue-ist, a semi-factionalist, and am neither a vigilantist or a proceduralist.
 * helped out on the Account Creation Toolserver Interface?
 * Yes
 * answered a question at the help desk?
 * Yes

Phase III: Administrator's reading list
Review the pages in the Administrator's reading list. Put a ✅ next to each document that you have read. Put any questions you have on User talk:Genius101/Admin coaching.

Admins are expected to have an intimate understanding of Wikipedia policy. They are also expected to consistently demonstrate comprehension of these policies. This is especially paramount regarding the use of abilities entrusted to admins which are unavailable to regular users and editors of Wikipedia.

The following items are considered highly recommended reading material. These pages detail prerequisite knowledge required by an admin:

Should already know

 * ✅Five pillars of Wikipedia
 * ✅Community foundation issues: Core principles guiding all Wikimedia projects.

General

 * ✅Administrators
 * ✅Admins' how-to guide
 * ✅Admins' noticeboard for general discussion of admin issues
 * ✅Admins' noticeboard where 3RR violations are reported
 * ✅Admins' noticeboard where incidents are reported
 * ✅List of policies
 * ✅New admin school

Security

 * ✅Security

Content policies

 * ✅ Biographies of living persons
 * ✅ Neutral point of view
 * No original research
 * Verifiability

Copyright

 * Copyrights

Blocking

 * Bans and blocks
 * Banning policy
 * Blocking IP addresses
 * Blocking policy

Page protection

 * Protection policy

Deletion

 * Criteria for speedy deletion
 * Deletion guidelines for administrators
 * Deletion policy
 * Deletion process
 * Undeletion policy

Requests

 * Backlogged processes requiring attention
 * Changes related to Requests for administrator attention
 * Enforcement of arbitration rulings

Vandalism

 * Dealing with vandalism
 * Vandalbot

Controversy

 * List of controversial issues
 * NPOV dispute
 * Wheel war

Miscellaneous

 * ✅ Advice for new Administrators
 * ✅ Editing the main page
 * Goals of the Adminship process
 * How to fix cut and paste moves
 * Image use policy
 * MediaWiki Administrator's Handbook
 * Office Actions
 * Open Proxies
 * What Adminship is not