User:Jackson Peebles/Adoption/Final/PantherLeapord

Final Exam for PantherLeapord
Congratulations on reaching your final exam. Please follow all instructions carefully.

'''This exam was begun at 08:53, August 2. It will end at 08:53,''' .

Practical Exam
Following are your tasks for the practical exam. When a task is completed, replace the Not done template with Done. You may also use Doing to indicate a task that is currently underway. All tasks must be marked completed before the time stated above. Even if you have done these tasks in the past, please do them again during this exam period.


 * ✅ Patrol five new pages in new page patrol. Post diffs here: ,,,,
 * ✅ 5/5 - Perfect!
 * ✅ Nominate at least one article for deletion in AFD with a well-reasoned nomination explaining why the article should be deleted. Post the link to the debate here: Articles for deletion/Ferdie Catropa
 * ✅ 5/5 - Perfect!
 * ✅ Participate in at least two AFD debates with well-reasoned comments. Diffs: ,
 * ✅ 5/5 - Excellent.
 * ✅ Tag at least one article for speedy deletion. Diff:
 * ✅ 5/5 - Perfect!
 * ✅ Cleanup at least two articles (e.g., resolve at least one problem noted with a maintenance tag and remove said maintenance tag) Diffs: ,
 * ✅ 5/5 - Nice work, particularly your work on that extremely lengthy first article. You put a lot of effort into that.
 * ✅ Revert at least eight instances of vandalism and warn the vandals appropriately. Post only the diffs of the reversions themselves, not the warnings. Diffs:, , , , , , ,
 * ✅ 5/5 - The question stipulates vandalism, but all of your warnings were perfectly suited to the offense, so good work! Full credit.
 * ✅ Join a Wiki-Project of your choosing. Diff:
 * ✅ 5/5 - I think that's a good fit !

Great job! 100% on this portion (btw, the 5pts are each component, not the full questions), I'm extremely impressed. --Jackson Peebles (talk) 23:57, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

In the event you attempt to do a task above but a bot beats you the the task a ridiculously obscene number of times, please make a note of that here. I've tried to do similar tasks before and been incredibly frustrated by the automatic bots. You should be able to demonstrate that you put an honest effort into completing the task. 100/100

Written Exam

 * 1) What is consensus, and how does it apply to Wikipedia policies?
 * A: Consensus is the means by which most decisions on Wikipedia are made. A consensus is formed after discussion has taken place with the strongest arguments determining the outcome as it is not a strict head count.
 * ✅ 4/5 - Good, but not great. You describe how it applies to Wikipedia well, but it's important to know that consensus is agreement.  So, as you mentioned, it isn't a simple "majority rules" policy, but it, rather, does imply that there isn't any significant minority.  Even a supermajority (66.7%) isn't considered consensus.


 * 1) You add a PROD tag to an article as it doesn't seem to be notable, but it gets removed by the author ten minutes later. You don't believe he's addressed the notability concerns, so what is one step you could take from here?
 * A: Try to address the notability concerns and if I cannot find evidence of notability I will put it up for AfD. PantherLeapord&#124;My talk page&#124;My CSD log 08:53, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ 5/5 - Yup - AfD is the approach because PROD assumes that there isn't any sort of controversy. The AfD will likely yield what you want it to.


 * 1) Flip that situation around. You come across a PROD that you don't think should be deleted, and remove the tag. Your edit is reverted and you get a nasty note on your talk page. What do you do?
 * A: Send a polite message to the reverter that one a PROD tag is removed it cannot be re-added, then remove the tag again. PantherLeapord&#124;My talk page&#124;My CSD log 08:53, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ 4/5 - Fair enough, I suppose. You're right about the policies.  The nasty note, IMHO, would merit discretely mentioning to my peers (you can consider me one of those, now) that you have a troll on your case.  Removing the tag again is right, but I might want someone else to do it to avoid 3RR (just in case) and help alleviate any personal tensions.  Furthermore, I would provide guidance to the jerk editor  on how to nominate for deletion, notifying him/her that I would plan to contest, anyhow.


 * 1) Define vandalism. When is it appropriate to report a vandal to administration?
 * A: Vandalism is any malicious attempt to deface articles on wikipedia. Once a vandal has received enough warnings then you report them to AIV. (In extreme cases only one level 4im warning is needed)
 * ✅ 5/5 - Nailed it. Concise, but correct!


 * 1) You mark a non-notable article for speedy deletion under CSD A7. Moments later, you notice in Recent Changes that the page has been blanked by the author. What do you do?
 * A: I re-tag the article for CSD G7 via
 * ✅ 5/5 - You're really good with the templates. I've noticed that you always pick the right one for the issue.


 * 1) You revert something thinking it's vandalism, but you get a rather irate reply on your talk page: "That's not vandalism! This is a serious fact covered my many research articles! How dare you accuse me of (insert type of vandalism here, as well as more complaints)!" You check, and sure enough, he's right. What do you do?
 * A: Apologize for my error and learn from my mistake.
 * ✅ 5/5 - Yip. Bite the bullet, embrace the knowledge.  Which you've done a very good job of.  I really want to come back to your old topic ban at some point; I think you're doing a tremendous job working hard to learn from mistakes.  Better than I've done (in other aspects of life; fortunately, I haven't had many problems on WP), and I think that you'll go far here in making WP better.


 * 1) I found an image on a website of a person that could be really useful in an article I'm writing about them. The website doesn't say the image is copyrighted, so what should I do to upload it to Wikipedia?
 * A: Contact the site owner and ensure that you have evidence to prove that you can use the image in question. The best way to do so is to get the photographer to get permission recorded via OTRS at WP:CONSENT
 * ✅ 5/5 - The policy you cited was the clincher. That just about covers ever possible option.


 * 1) You've been a frequent contributor to an article and have helped get it so it's almost ready for nomination as a featured article. You log in one day to find that it's just been put up for AfD by a new user. Nobody has commented on the debate yet, so what should you do?
 * A: !Vote keep in the AfD debate and wait for the outcome before proceeding.
 * ✅ 4/5 - Yup. Let the (stupid little) debate pan out in your favor.  You may also look at the WP:Speedy keep OR (not the same) WP:SNOW options in this case; if it's clearly frivolous (which it sounds like it is, since it's almost ready to be featured), you can do a speedy keep, which would probably be appreciated.  Just don't be too liberal with this.


 * 1) How does the child protection policy apply to editors like yourself and what are two ways you can protect yourself?
 * A: As I am currently 21 years old I feel that if anything I might end up being the one handing out blocks in accordance with this policy one day (Hopefully!) You can protect yourself from such predators by not disclosing personal information on wikipedia or elsewhere and by reporting people that are trying to get such information from children.
 * ✅ 3/5 - Wasn't aware that you wanted to be an administrator! I wish you the best of luck - I, too, am interested in that, when I'm ready (or beforehand, I suppose; even administrators learn from mistakes)!  The question was about policy; what I was looking for was some information on disclosure of personal information or those under thirteen (in most jurisdictions, I believe).  In the case of children, you definitely want to seek to have their personal information removed (if they're a user) via WP:REVDEL AND maybe even WP:OVERSIGHT.  I have to say, rather negatively, that I have had negative experiences with the Oversighters - they seem overly cautious in what they're willing to oversight, which I find ridiculous in the case of children.  However, REVDEL would almost certainly be used.  Now, if you come across an underage editor who admits to being underage (kind of a dumb move), that's sometimes illegal.  They'd have to be banned by contacting the appropriate administrative board.


 * 1) You're working with an new editor to cleanup a page they created. During the course of your discussions, you realize that the content of the article is an exact copy of a textbook the other editor is reading off of. What should you do?
 * A: You should notify that the article is a copyright violation and nominate the article for speedy deletion under CSD G12
 * ✅ 5/5 - Yes. This is a mentoring moment.  Even though it's a policy violation, you're right not to punish the editor your mentoring with a warning or anything.  Let them learn, but be adamant and point them to applicable copyright policies.


 * 45/50


 * Total: 145/150

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