User:WormTT/Adopt/Test/Adam mugliston

Final Exam for Adam mugliston
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'''This exam was begun at 20:28, April 28. It will end at 20:28,''' .

Practical Test
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.


 * ✅ - Patrol at least 4 pages in new page patrol Diffs:
 * - Nothing wrong with that, though it would be have been good to reference the BLP.
 * - Assume you tagged for deletion (as it's now deleted). However if you did tag for deletion, you didn't notify the article creator. If you didn't tag for deletion, it should have been, as it was deleted. (If it was ALREADY tagged, and you patrolled if afterwards, you should have a clip round the ear for timewasting :P)
 * - Per above (now deleted)
 * - Had a perfectly adequate lead for a very short article. Missed a spelling mistake (collum? column, surely)


 * Overall 5/10.


 * ✅ - Participate in at least two AfD debates with reasoned comments. Diffs:
 * - indeed, fell into WP:BLP1E, just right.
 * - Was certainly an idea, though if it's notable it's notable, and if it's not, it's not. I'm not sure how merging two of the lists would make them "more" notable. Also didn't address the other lists.


 * Overall 7/10
 * - Cleanup at least three articles (i.e., resolve at least one noted problem on at least three articles and remove that tag) Diffs:
 * - A few problems here. Firstly, you've merged two branches of the company - changing the meaning. (Kleinwort Benson is not the same as Kleinwort Benson Inc New York) - you've removed citations to Who's Who all over (which is especially a problem in the personal section). Finally, you didn't remove the cleanup tag... I can only assume you didn't feel it was cleaned up ;)
 * No major problems
 * [] - Um. three?


 * Overall 3/10
 * ✅ - Make at least 5 anti-vandal reversions and warn the vandals appropriately. Diffs:
 * - Dubious vandalism, doesn't appear to be intentionally harming. Accurate warning given.
 * Foreign language vandalism. Accurate warning given.
 * Good.
 * Good.
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 * Overall 9/10
 * ✅ - Join a project associated with your interests. Diffs:
 * Good choice 10/10

Practical test - 34/50

Written Test
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 * 1) What is consensus, and how does it apply to Wikipedia policies?
 * A:Consensus is the final decision of an uninvolved administrator, usually what should happen to an article nominated to AfD. This applies to Wikipedia policies, because consensus, will not be a count up of keep and delete votes (for example), but will be which side has a better argument, that is supported by several Wikipedia policies.
 * Well you're not exactly wrong, but I think you'd find some uproar if you went round saying that. Consensus is the will of the community, shown through discussion and interpretted by the uninvolved admin (or indeed editor). 4/5
 * 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: Politely explain the reason for the PROD and what needs doing to improve notability
 * That's certainly an option, 5/5
 * 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:Again, politely explain why you think the PROD should be there and refer to policies, that support what you are saying.
 * That's certainly an option. 5/5.
 * 1) When is it appropriate to report a vandal to administration?
 * A:When the vandal has vandalised an article after a Level 4 warning.
 * Yes, but there are many other reasons. If the vandalism is extreme for example. If they're freshly back from a block, acting in the same way. If their vandalism includes legal threats. If they're an obvious sockpuppet. In fact, the misconception is that it can only be done after a level 4 warning, so that was exactly the answer I wasn't looking for. 2/5.
 * 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:Revert the edit and politely remind the author, that the article should not be blanked and if they disagree with the deletion, they can contest it on the article's talk page.
 * Assuming that you two are the only ones editing it, they clearly accept the deletion, why shouldn't you nominate it db-blanked. Effectively, you are RESTORING an article you disagree with? 1/5
 * 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:Politely apologize and explain your mistake. 5/5
 * Sounds good to me.
 * 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:Try and find out who the author is, if you can't, then a way of contacting the website and ask them if it is copyrighted.
 * That's certainly a good start. I assume you'd go further before uploading, and you're along the right lines - 4/5.
 * 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:Explain to the user, that this should not be deleted, ask him/her to read some policies and guidelines and tell him/her that it is about to be nominated for FA.
 * Sounds sensible. I'm glad you didn't take it out of deletion, but rather let it stay. You may be able to persuade the user to withdraw. 5/5
 * 1) If I wrote a template "foo" with this code, what would be displayed when I called it like this: Thanks again! ? Thanks for helping with ! It's a great help.
 * A: Thanks for helping with Lorem Ipsum! It's a great help. Thanks again! Adam mugliston  Talk  11:38, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Bingo 5/5
 * 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: Tell them that you just realised that and explain that that is plagiarism and he/she needs to rewrite it.
 * Yep. But more than that, you need to take action in the short term. 4/5.

Written test 40/50

OVERALL 74% - Borderline... Pass - I'm happy to call this a pass, but I'll keep mentoring you for a little while yet if that's alright Adam. Basically keep on doing what you're doing. You've got the knowledge, you just need to stay calm and work away - I think you'll be a fine editor. WormTT  &middot; &#32;(talk) 11:42, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Questions and excuses
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1. How to you mark an articles as reviewed/patrolled? Adam mugliston Talk  20:41, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
 * When you load it from the special newpages, there's a link in the bottom right - but the big thing I'm worrying about is that you're patrolling them right, less about the link. So I want to know that you're tagging correctly, fixing what can be fixed easily - as per Demiurge's comment on the talk page.  WormTT   &middot; &#32;(talk) 21:59, 28 April 2011 (UTC)