User:X!/Admin Coaching/Template

Status
Pretty much stolen from Rudget, who took it from Malinaccier.

' Please do not advance to another stage unless I tell you to, as I may change future stages depending on answers to your current stage. '

Stage one
When done, please replace the answer here with your answer .

Have you ever:

Stage two
The questions 1-3 (as you already know) are the standard questions for all candidates on their RFA, this being the best way to express what you know about Wikipedia and how that knowledge can be applied using your discretion or prior experience. Hopefully it won't take you that long. :P

Questions for the candidate

 * 1. What admin work do you intend to take part in?
 * A:


 * 2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?
 * A:


 * 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:

Additional RFA questions

 * 4. What is the difference between a ban and a block?
 * A:


 * 5. If another administrator removes material from an article and cites a BLP concern as the reason - but you believe the material does not violate BLP policy and should be included- what do you do?
 * A:


 * 6. When should "cool down" blocks be used? See link.
 * A:

Stage three
Breifly describe your time here, commenting on incidents that may have occured using diffs.  Soxred  93  03:07, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Stage four
Here are some questions from Admin_coaching/Coaching_methods - an excellent area where you can brush up your knowledge of admin-related tasks. I will only ask a few though. :)


 * What alternatives to speedy deletion are there?


 * Explain how one goes about changing one's name (this question made me laugh :D)


 * What is rollback?


 * Somebody makes a legal threat, what do you do?


 * What types of names can be blocked?


 * What is the difference between protection and semi-protection?


 * Can IP addresses be blocked indefinitely? Or if not, for what period of time and why?


 * A page has been deleted several times, and keeps being recreated. What options do you have?


 * You come across a page with material you consider to be highly libelous material on the page. Others don't believe it is, what should you do?


 * You are involved in a content dispute with another editor that is starting to get nasty. The other editor then vandalizes your talk page. What do you do?

Area specific questions

 * How can you determine whether a user is a sockpuppet of another? (SSP)


 * Do promotional names get blocked on first sight, or do you have to wait for promotional contributions?


 * How many times can an editor make the same edit before violating 3RR? Can an editor be blocked before they reach that number?