User:WormTT/Adopt/Test/Rcsprinter

Final Exam for Rcsprinter
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'''This exam was begun at 13:26, May 31. It will end at 13:26,''' .

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. Even if you have done these tasks in the past, please do them again during this exam period.


 * ✅ - Patrol at least 4 pages in new page patrol Diffs:
 * - Fixed formatting and added album stub. Did not bite with deletion, vindicated by article's current state. Good job. Docked a mark for patrolling too soon, should aim for the bottom of the log, not 3 mins after creation.
 * - Made no changes. Did not tag. Just ticked patrolled. Having said that, there are not major issues with the article.
 * - Made no changes. Did not tag. New BLP, with no sources, should be tagged with WP:BLPPROD. (Interestingly, this had already been marked as patrolled.)
 * Double redirect patrolled. Pretty simple, but did nothing wrong.


 * Overall 6/10


 * ✅ - Participate in at least two AfD debates with reasoned comments. Diffs:
 * - Per nom is not a "reasoned comment", though it was right.
 * - Not terrible, though your comment matched ones already there.


 * You weren't wrong on either but there wasn't a lot that you added to the debate. 6/10.
 * ✅ - Cleanup at least three articles (i.e., resolve at least one noted problem on at least three articles and remove that tag) Diffs:
 * Cleanup tag was redundant, as had been cleaned up since 2007, but you did standardise the naming, sort an image and remove the tag. Good job.
 * Removed a space and added another. However, I don't see that the cleanup tag was needed, so good job.
 * Big job to choose there. Bit of fiddling, but over all a good job.


 * Overall, you did what was required 9/10.
 * ✅ - Make at least 5 anti-vandal reversions and warn the vandals appropriately. Diffs:
 * Correctly reverted, but did not warn vandal. Expect this was due to twinkle edit conflict.
 * Borderline as it's not deliberately intending to harm the encyclopedia. Correct warning given though - "non constructive"
 * good revert, good warning
 * Clearly intended to harm encyclopedia. good revert, good warning.
 * Possibly in good faith, therefore might not be vandalism. good warning.


 * 6/10
 * ✅ - Join a project associated with your interests. Diff:
 * - Joined 6 monhs ago, not during this test, but good choice.

In the event you attempt to do a task above but a bot beats you the the task a ridiculously obscene number of times, please make a note of that here. I've tried to do similar tasks before and been incredibly frustrated by the automatic bots. You should be able to demonstrate that you put an honest effort into completing the task.
 * 8/10

Practical test score - 35/50

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:Consensus is the agreement of a disscussion between editors on a subject, usually deletion, and it applies to policies when an uninvolved admin comes in and closes the discussion and deletes the page if necessary. 20:55, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Usually deletion? Well, that is an area where consensus applies, and you're right about the discussion. But it applies to all areas of wikipedia, including the creation and abolition of policies. 2/5
 * 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: Tell the editor not to remove it, say why it's there, and then tell him what to do to improve notability. 09:58, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * That's one thing you can do (good job on helping out). 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: Say why you removed the tag, give reasons for it, and hopefully they will understnad and leave you alone. 09:59, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
 * That's an option. I'd like to see something about keeping calm or not rising to the attack. 4/5
 * 1) When is it appropriate to report a vandal to administration?
 * A: Persistent vandalism, ignoring repeated warnings, personal attacks. 15:29, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep 5/5
 * 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: Would you relist it as a G7, and then tell the author what you've done and hope he thinks you're helpful? 15:32, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep. If he's the sole author, blanking is effectively requesting deletion, and comes under G7. 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: Apologise to them, and then just go. 15:37, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * You apologised and accepted you were wrong. well done. 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:Make sure it is for free usage, check again for what type of free usage is it for, and in the if it is free use, then upload it. 15:39, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Not the best explaination, you don't say how you would confirm it's usage, but you are not wrong. 3/5
 * 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: Vote a strong oppose, saying why you don't think it should be deleted, that you were going to nominate it for FA, and hope others follow your lead, get a consensus of keep, and then tell the user who nominated it that it couldn't possibly be a deletion candidate if it was that good, and then nominate it for FA. 15:45, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Besides the fact you didn't assume good faith on the part of the nominator, good answer. 4/5
 * 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 again for helping with Lorem Ipsum! It's a great help. Thanks again!  Rcsprinter  (talk)  15:47, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Very good. But is your signature borked? it's not showing up as anything but a time 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: Get rid of the copied bit, tell them not to be copying from a book, but you can leave bits, just a quotes or something, if you make sure it is referenced. 15:49, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Not a terrible answer, certainly not wrong. Perhaps should be taking it more seriously though 4/5.

Overall for written test 42/50

Questions and excuses
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 * 1) How should I show a diff of joining a WikiProject?
 * What you did is fine... even if it was a while ago :P  WormTT   &middot; &#32;(talk) 15:51, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Results
Overall 77% - PASS Well done. You've passed the course. I'll put the barnstar on your page and we can work out where we want to go from here. WormTT  &middot; &#32;(talk) 09:15, 8 June 2011 (UTC)