User:WormTT/Adopt/Test/Trumpkinius

Final Exam for Trumpkinius
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'''This exam was begun at 14:34, March 22. It will end at 14:34,''' .

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:

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.
 * ❌ - Participate in at least two AfD debates with reasoned comments. Diffs: [][]
 * ❌ - Cleanup at least three articles (i.e., resolve at least one noted problem on at least three articles and remove that tag) Diffs: [][][]
 * ✅ - Make at least 5 anti-vandal reversions and warn the vandals appropriately. Diffs:
 * ✅ - Join a project associated with your interests. Diffs: (and I cleaned up the mistake I made in that diff)

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 general agreement of Wikipedia's editors, not in the form of a vote, which applies to everything (save for a couple of higher powers) and this means that consensus can change.
 * 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:Well he shouldn't be removing his own PROD tag if the concerns are not addressed and so it could be appropriate to reinstate it along with a further explanation on the user's talkpage, but more often taking it to AfD might be a more reasonable solution.
 * 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:Tell the offending editor to take it to AfD, as PROD is for uncontroversial decisions, and perhaps include a reminded to AGF.
 * 1) When is it appropriate to report a vandal to administration?
 * A:Once they have passed their final warning or edits are particularly malicious, repetitive or libellous.
 * 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:Change the CSD tag to G7.
 * 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:Well an apology is probably necessary but this would most likely happen if the fact was not properly referenced and so I would remind him to reference it and also to AGF.
 * 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:Well if this person was alive, and I am assuming this is the case, then fair use doesn't apply and I would have to ask the website if the image is copyrighted.
 * 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:Well if the article is ready to be featured then I assume that the deletion is ridiculous but it is discouraged for editors with a vested interest to close the discussion and so I would ask for third party editor assistance to close the AfD. Or right a reasoned response to why it should stay and it is unlikely that the AfD would be successful.
 * 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!"
 * 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:Warn the user about copyright violation and tell him (or do it myself) to rewrite the page otherwise tag it for speedy under G12.

Questions and excuses
If you have any problems during the exam, please post them here. Good luck!
 * I'm really not sure how to go ahead with the cleaning up, I don't know enough about most of the articles and I don't like editing on issues which I wouldn't consider myself well-informed. Any advice? Trumpkinius (talk) 22:23, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I thought I answered this! you don't need to know much about the articles to clean them up, you can fix link rot, categorise things, copyedit, or any number of other clean up activities. What's more, you can clean articles that you are interested in if that's better. I'll give you a little longer to have a go, since it was wholly my fault that I didn't reply!  WormTT   &middot; &#32;(talk) 13:03, 17 April 2012 (UTC)