User:Jackson Peebles/Adoption/Original Authority Exam 2

1.) Q- In your own words, explain what it means to assume good faith.
 * A- Assuming good faith, is doing something for somebody's benefit. Lets take Wikia for example, they have a feature, achievements, you can get these in a number of ways, including editing. It would not be good faith, to edit just for achievements.
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2.) Q- Explain how you would deal with this scenario using specifics: You are working in New Page Patrol and come across a new page that, though it's content is fine, has a few minor formatting issues. The page is three minutes old. You fix the format issues on the page. A few minutes later, you get a nasty note on your talk page which states that you caused the new editor, who created the page, an edit conflict by performing your few minor corrections. He was unaware of how to correct an edit conflict, and therefore lost everything he was trying to do. He even goes so far as to start an AN/I discussion about how you're incompetent and should butt out of his editing. What specific steps would you take? Disclaimer: This is based on a true story. Note: A similar question will be asked once we get to the dispute resolution question, but simply based on assuming good faith, I want to here how you'd approach this scenario.
 * A- I'd state that I'm sorry, and that he needs to calm down. That I didn't mean to cause this edit conflict. I'd also tell him that he should try adding all the information he needs to before saving the page, instead of editing in intervals of three minutes, thus not causing edit conflicts.
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3.) Have a look at the conversation below: Well, the Passat lover clearly loves his Passat, but who is he replying to? In

3a.) Position A?
 * A- Position A, is replying to #|Rod
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3b.) Position B?
 * A- He's/She's still replying to #|Rod
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3c.) An editor who has a low edit count seems awfully competent with templates. Should he be reported as a possible WP:SOCK?
 * A- No, just because users have experience with templates doesn't mean anything, they could of come from another MediaWiki project, and been a template master there!
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Once you have finished, please notify me on my talk page using the above button, then proceed to Lesson 3: Vandalism.