User:Royalguard11/Admin

Admin Philosophies-On the Bit
Well, after a while as an admin, I guess I've developed some of my own personal ideals.

On Deletion
[ Deletion Log]

Deletion is probably the most common admin-task on-wiki. Whether it's WP:CSD, WP:PROD, or any number of xfD's, there is lots to get rid of. This is the bit I'm most liberal about pushing. And really, it's the most easy one to undue. If I have pushed the button in mistake, then reverting is no problem. If I've deleted something and someone for example wants it moved to their personal sandbox to work on, then just ask. History merges I'll do pretty quickly.

On Protecting
[ Protection Log]

I honestly don't like to overuse this one. I will consider protection if a request is made on WP:RFPP, my talk page, or even on IRC. Don't email me requests, they won't get done very fast.

For semiprotection, I look at the last 50-100 edits and look specifically for IP's. Then I look for some reverts being done. Then I look and see how often it's happening. If the last 50 edits are all in the last week and almost every second one is a vandalism revert I'll probably semiprotect. If there is a couple IP vandal edits over the past couple days and that is it, then I won't protect the page (not without mitigating factors). Anything in between I make a judgement call.

For full protection, I look at a lot. For full protection, there needs to have been some kind of full-scale revert war. It's better to block a couple users for 3RR then full protect. If the users come back after the 3RR block and do the same thing again, that can warrant protection. I won't full protect for vandalism, it's just not worth it. The reasons are simple, nothing gets done during full protection. An article will just sit there for however long while nothing gets done. Now, there are reasons (office) for a full protection for a long period of time.

After all, it's a wiki. The whole idea is for anyone to edit. Articles don't get written if you can't.

On Blocking
[ Block Log]

I also don't use this one too often. I sometimes check WP:AN3 and WP:AIV. Users that have vandalized past test4 or bv I will block indefinitely, blocking account creation and autoblocking too usually. IP's I give out the 31H block if there's nothing significant in the block log, usually annon only and account creation blocked. Civility is another area. If you can't give your fellow editors the time of day, then you need to take a short wiki-break to calm down. None of us get paid to do this volunteer work. If you are asked to calm down a couple times and don't, then you will be taking a forced-wiki-break. Falure to conform to NPOV after several warnings will also get you a block. It's a pillar, follow it.

On unblocking, I do it a bit. Mostly through unblock and unblock-auto requests. If you were blocked for vandalism, 3RR, or username, then there's really no chance of you getting an unblock. Unless the 3RR was not counted right. You'll get much better answers by emailing the [mailto:unblock-en-l@mail.wikimedia.org unblock mailing list] too. I do auto-ublocks as I see them. If there's no history of blocks on the person whois autoblocked and they have been editing for about a month, then I usually autoblock. I do check recent contribs just to make sure nobody missed anything.

Non-admin rollback
Plain and simple, I'm still opposed to it. I will not be granting the right to any users on principle. There are enough other admins to get it done. Because of this, I will disregard any requests to me via email, talk page, IRC, ect. Doc glasgow described the whole fiasco as a Christmas holiday coup d'etat, and I can't agree more.

Recall Stuff
This is my obligation for being in Category:Administrators open to recall. My voluntary obligation. Whether or not it's deleted. So, my recall steps (whether or not the're ever used):
 * 5 editors in good standing request that I resign my admin status
 * good standing in this case is defined as 1000 mainspace edits and 4 active months, also no obvious stains on their record
 * at least 1 admin requests that I resign from my admin status (included in the 5 editors)
 * evidence is shown that I have specifically abused my admin tools

If 5 users including one admin request I be recalled, I will launch a RfA for myself and state that it is to determine if the community still trusts me as an admin
 * I will then leave it up to the 'crats to decide based on their usuall consensus. If the RfA is no consensus or failed, I will request de-sysopsing at Requests for permissions