User:WormTT/Adopt/Test/Adwiii

Final Exam for Adwiii
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'''This exam was begun at 23:35, May 19. It will end at 23:35,''' .

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:
 * - reported as A1, deleted as G3 - properly contacted user
 * - reported as multiple (prob A1... dunno what others), deleted as G3 - properly contacted user
 * It may meet CSD on a better option but oh well.
 * - didn't do anything but mark as patrolled... could certainly do with better references. (Assume you patrolled this version, with nothing more to do)
 * didn't do anything but mark as patrolled... but agree there's nothing more to do on the patrol.
 * Overall 7/10.


 * ✅ - Participate in at least 2 AfD debates with reasoned comments. Diffs:
 * - good rationale :)
 * Tut tut, missed a '. Ah well, good rationale.
 * Overall 9/10
 * ✅ - Cleanup at least three articles (i.e., resolve at least one noted problem on at least three articles and remove that tag) Diffs:
 * Yep
 * Good job
 * Good job
 * Very well done, adding categories is a nice easy form of clean up, but you clearly know your stuff to find it ;) 10/10
 * ✅ - Make at least 5 anti-vandal reversions and warn the vandals appropriately. Diffs:
 * Vandalism correctly identified, warning given correctly
 * Vandalism correctly identified, warning given correctly
 * not necessarily vandalism, it's true - might be good faith. Warning given correctly.
 * Vandalism correctly identified, warning given correctly
 * Vandalism correctly identified, warning given correctly
 * Good job with the huggling. 9/10
 * ✅ - Join a project associated with your interests. Diffs:
 * 
 * Surprised at the choice, but 10/10.

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Adwiii... I meant DO these things, not just provide links to where you've done it before. I want to be able to see you work. WormTT  &middot; &#32;(talk) 08:07, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * In my defense no where does it say it has to be done after the time stated above, it just says everything must be completed before the end date and time. Oh well it was worth a shot, I'm working on doing it (again), Adwiii  Talk   10:59, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I know, and I'll be changing based on the experience, It's not your fault, and I wont mark you down for it, dont worry :)  WormTT   &middot; &#32;(talk) 11:04, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Apologies for the mix up, but a very quick recovery. And a very good one.

Overall 45/50

Written Test
Please leave your response to each question where indicated. Worm That Turned will check your responses at the end of the exam. Note that for some questions there may be multiple correct answers - as long as a response is in accordance with Wikipedia policies and guidelines, it will be marked correct.


 * 1) ✅What is consensus, and how does it apply to Wikipedia policies?
 * A: A consensus is the way is the way one group of people overwhelmingly feels about something. This applies to WP policy bc WP policies are decided upon based on consensus, all WP policies (except from corporate) are what is thought to be best for the encyclopedia by the entire editing community.
 * That's an interesting way of looking at it, and not exactly wrong. It's the general agreement of a group of people, it doesn't have to be a group overwhelmingly feeling a certain way, though that can happen. You're right about how it applies to policy. 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: I again as I said below (i did the qs out of order you might want to read below first) things will always be solved if you go about it politely. If the author adds the tag it may be that he is working on the article and will produce some more evidence of notability first or it could be the user doesnt understand PROD and finds it as an attack. At this point I would just ask the author about it. There is no point in just putting the PROD back bc then no one wins and no one knows what is really going on and generally edit warring doesnt help the encyclopedia. We are here to build a vast directory of all human knowledge and that can't be done with out communication.
 * It's like you read my mind :) 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: A lot of things on WP can be solved by doing things politely, ask why it has been done and DO NOT immediately get into an edit war over it, if you take the time to figure out why the author PRODed it in the first place and here his exact reasoning you may come to agree with it.And besides people shouldnt be arguing about PRODs anyway something is only supposed to be PRODed once and if someone removes the PROD then it would be better of to be at AfD anyway.
 * Perfect :D 5/5
 * 1) ✅When is it appropriate to report a vandal to administration?
 * A: You can report a vandal after you warn them that you will appropriately either through an only warning or going through the levels.
 * You can also report them in other situations, legal threats, excessive attacks, extreme vandalism. The point I'm trying to get across is that in generally you are right, but sometimes the warning will be useless. 3/5
 * 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: At this point there is a few things you can do, you can talk to the author about it, or what I would probably do, tag it for CSD under G7 for the author blanking the page.
 * Yep. 5/5
 * 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: You apologize, tell him he is right. Fix the Previously-thought-to-be vandalism and move on. Nothing on WP can't be undone and so if he is right you might as well concede defeat change it back to what he thought it was and add the appropriate ref
 * Yep. 5/5
 * 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: Even if it does not directly say it is copyrighted it most likely is. Check the site for any forms of copyright and you will most likely find some. If you do find a copyright from there you should ask the holder of the copy right for explicit permission to use the picture in ______ WP article. And even if you dont find a directly stated copyright to be sage I would still ask. Or if applicable you could upload it on a free use rationale. Also there are cases that a copyright wouldnt be applicable (see the picture in the article I wrote James B. Dudley)
 * Very good. You mean fair use, not free use, but I'm not going to mark you down for it ;) I'm very tempted to knock off a point for saying that you can fair use an image of a person... but I didn't mention the person was alive so... 5/5
 * 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: I would wait for a while, cool down read the persons reason and come up with a reasonable response as to why I think it should stay. If it is a new user a well informed reply that is written calmly will probably help win you some of the people who read through the AfD later on. And if it is a new user the rationale may not completely be suitable and there might be a policy or two that you could point them towards that would help.
 * Very good answer, and good job on mentioning the cooling down, a lot of people don't think they'd get stressed, but I know I would! 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: It would read Thanks for helping with Lorem Ipsum! It's a great help. Thanks again! with your siggy and a timestamp at the end.
 * Ah... Not quite. Very nearly. Lorem Ipsum would be linked. 4/5.
 * 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: Well there are a few options. You could add the tag to the page and notify the author of policies about copyvio. Or the nicer thing to do, tell the new user about policy and help them find outside sources that will aid in making it not a copyvio. In this you may end up completely rewriting the article but it will help the new user and the encyclopedia.
 * Yep. Basically something needs to be done, firstly to stop the author doing it again, and secondly to sort out the article. I'd prefer the latter, but good job. 5/5

Overall: 46/50

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Results
OVERALL SCORE - 91% - PASS