User:Montanabw/mopprep

"hard to find an online community more focused on ritual abasement than wikipedia" "Involvement is generally construed very broadly by the community, to include current or past conflicts with an editor (or editors), and disputes on topics, regardless of the nature, age, or outcome of the dispute."

Questions for the candidate
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. Please answer these questions to provide guidance for participants:
 * 1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?


 * A: With over 75,000 edits, I have become familiar with most aspects of the encyclopedia. I have created over 200 articles, have been a significant contributor to 20 featured articles, a couple dozen additional GA-class articles and recently reached the 50 DYK mark. In the process, I've performed countless non-admin wikignoming tasks on the backside of the wiki.  There is an ongoing need to deal with vandalism, for wikignoming tasks, to enforce BLP policies and quickly protect editors who are being subjected to outing or other inappropriate attacks. I wish to help address issues and problems directly rather than reporting them and waiting, particularly with the following administrative tools:
 * Page protection
 * Using revision deletion to remove BLP violations about the subjects of our articles and/or our fellow editors.
 * Article protection, especially as a tool to bring parties in dispute to the table to work out their differences.
 * Wikignoming and assisting the mass of behind the scenes work that needs to be done every day, particularly putting articles into the DYK queue; I've filled prep sets from time to time and frequently been alarmed to see that there are no queues filled with a DYK update only a few hours away.


 * 2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
 * A: Content! I enjoy creating and improving articles, from the fellows who formed one of the first high-tech firms in Silicon Valley to oddball topics such as horse roundworms or the Evans Cherry trees in my front yard.  As many people know, my primary focus has been articles within the scope of WikiProject Equine.
 * To give RfA !voters a sense of my work, my most recent big effort, in conjunction with some excellent other editors, was American Pharoah, which was ITN when he won the Triple Crown and was just recently promoted to FA. In addition, we also upgraded a related article about the horse's owner, Ahmed Zayat, to GA class. That article tuned out to have some unexpected drama due to the scrutiny Mr. Zayat was under during the Triple Crown season (read the article and talk page to see the details); it was a BLP that had to be handled with a great deal of care and discretion.


 * 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 been an editor for over nine years and have dealt with many editing conflicts and stresses. I've handled some things calmly and effectively, while other times I've gotten frustrated, lost my cool and otherwise was not at my best. At the end of the day, I have never been blocked and I have never given into the temptation to put up a "retired" tag. My strengths and weaknesses stem from the same set of traits; I do not easily give up and I tend to stick to something until it's fixed.  I do firmly believe in using process; most conflicts can eventually be resolved if people will face frustrations and work through their differences.
 * One thing that I think is crucial to being a good administrator is to understand the importance of WP:INVOLVED. I absolutely would not use or threaten to use the tools in any situation where I am already in an advocacy role; if I'm editing and find myself embroiled in a dispute, it is critical to have a neutral party handling the mop.  I clearly understand that there are certain areas and individuals where I just simply will not and cannot use the tools.

DISCLOSURES: I have two alternate accounts, User:MontOther, which I created as a space for materials I use for testing, training and demonstration purposes. I also have a "vanilla" sample user alternative account with default settings, User:Breadedchicken, which I use to show new editors how things look to them when they begin editing.