User:Sjones23/Admin coaching/RfA Questions

This is exactly how the first three questions will appear on an RfA. Please reply so I can get an idea of how you rate yourself. -- King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:08, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Questions for the candidate
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:
 * 1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?
 * A: I intend to do administrative work by participating in Articles for deletion, protecting pages if needed, reminding and blocking vandals when necessary and also help clean up articles.


 * 2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
 * A: The best contributions I have done to Wikipedia is the music and anime articles because I have been involved in music and contributed significantly to video game articles as well.


 * 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: Yes, I have been in a few conflicts over editing in the past. Sometimes, I have conflicts with vandals. When I put up a warning reminding them not to vandalize, they vandalize my talk page and user page. As a result, my user page was protected to prevent it from happening, but I mostly do really well around Wikipedia.

Commentary
Looking through your contributions, I see that you have an impressive number of main namespace edits; these are a very good indicator that you care about Wikipedia and have contributed a lot of content. I would suggest participating more in AfD discussions: not just in the areas of anime, music, films, etc., but other areas as well, in order to gain more experience in the deletion process. As an admin, you will need to go down the list of AfD's and close them, and I can guarantee you they will involve many subjects.

Check out today's log and try participating in as many discussions as you can. Be sure to avoid the arguments listed at WP:ATA, and remember Wikipedia guidelines and policies such as notability, verifiability, reliable sources, no original research, and neutral point of view. The best way to fully grasp the deletion policy is practice, practice, practice. -- King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 03:45, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Blocking questions

 * Additional optional questions from King of Hearts
 * 4. What is the difference between a ban and a block?
 * A: A ban is a formal revocation of editing privileges on Wikipedia or any other site, while a block is used to prevent disruption to the project.


 * 5. When should cool-down blocks be used and why?
 * A: Cool-down blocks should be used to cool down a situation, such as an edit war, from happening on Wikipedia.


 * 6. You see a UAA report for the username "Foobar Records." The account was created 6 hours ago, and has made no edits. What action should you take?
 * A: Usernames that are clearly unacceptable for use on Wikipedia, but have no obvious disruptive editing may be blocked indefinitely, however should allow the blocked user to create a new username.

Deletion questions

 * Additional optional questions from King of Hearts
 * 7. What is the difference between no context (CSD A1) and no content (CSD A3)?
 * A:


 * 8. Why is merging and deleting not a possible outcome for an AfD?
 * A:


 * 9. A user comes to you asking why his article got deleted. You look in the log and see that another admin deleted it with the reason "Expired PROD." What action should you take?
 * A: I should go to Requests for undeletion if the user objects to the removal or take it to WP:DRV if necessary.


 * 10. A non-free image is brought to FfD under the grounds that it does not significantly add to the reader's understanding. We end up with 5 people !voting to delete "per nom," and 5 people !voting to keep because it cannot be replaced with a free alternative. How should you close this FfD?
 * A: The discussion is to be closed as "no consensus."

Protection questions

 * Additional optional questions from King of Hearts
 * 11. Why are pages not preemptively protected?
 * A: It should not be used against vandalism that has not yet occurred, nor should it be used solely to prevent editing by unregistered and newly registered users. It should not also be used for persistent vandalism.


 * 12. An article is reported on RFPP for vandalism. About how often (in hits per week) does the vandalism need to occur in order to justify semi-protection?
 * A: I am not sure.

Miscellaneous questions

 * Additional optional questions from King of Hearts
 * 13. What do you interpret IAR to mean? When will you invoke IAR?
 * A: I will invoke IAR if it is necessary to do so. My interpretation of IAR is that a rule should be ignored if it prevents me from editing any further.


 * 14. Some RFPP requests end up with a user being blocked, while some AN3 requests end up with a page being protected. As you can see, in some cases where an edit war is clearly occuring, there exists a fine line between choosing to block and choosing to protect. How would you decide which method to use in order to prevent editing?
 * A: In order to prevent other users from edit warring, I should block the user for 24 hours. If that doesn't work, and the edit war continues, I will take the discussion to the talk pages.


 * 15. You make an edit on an article, and another user reverts you. You re-revert, telling him in your edit summary to see the article's talk page, on which you initiate a discussion. That user reverts again without leaving an edit summary. You leave a note on his talk page and wait for a day, and he still does not reply. Now you revert again, assuming that he's given up on the issue. But he hasn't, and comes back with a revert. What do you do?
 * A: Warn him on AN3 or take the discussion on the article's talk page.