User talk:Promethean/Adoption/Infero Veritas

Adoption
Depending on what you seek from adoption, would you like me to adopt you. For more information about who I am and what I do here, go to User:Prom3th3an otherwise you have already done everything that you need to do to be adopted by someone else.  « l | Ψrom3th3ăn ™ | l »   (talk) 14:22, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * You can also search the adopters section and see if someone matches your interests. – xeno  ( talk ) 14:24, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Xeno is my pet dog, it follows me around licking stangers and scratching itself :-)  « l | Ψrom3th3ăn ™ | l »   (talk) 14:46, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

I want a pet dog Infero Veritas (talk) 14:49, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


 * As per your response before the 'pet dog' comments...I'm basically looking for someone to help me get rolling on basic editing, maybe some templates and such, get a user page up, and then just random questions I have along the way. I was hoping to find someone who's active in the History section of things, but apparently that seems to be a rarity among adopters (maybe I'll be the first? lol) Anyways...if you're up for I'm game. The reason I wasn't all gung-ho about the chubbinator is mainly because I don't communicate well with people who could potentially be my offspring(based on their age of course, Ive never met his mother...promise)Infero Veritas (talk) 14:56, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


 * epic lulz. – xeno  ( talk ) 15:07, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * hhhhhwhat???Infero Veritas (talk) 15:10, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Edit conflict: In short, its your choice and i'm flexible. If you go to User:Prom3th3an/Adoption and look on the right you will see some of the lessons I can walk my adoptees through, which ones is also your choice. Out of curiosity how old are you?  « l | Ψrom3th3ăn ™ | l »   (talk) 15:15, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Simple put, I'm slightly less than 25% of the way to my current life expectancy. (23) Ok...so maybe I can't have children at 10 years old...but the point was made. I read over your stuff for adoptees, looks like I could learn a good deal from them. So if you're up for it, I'm up for being adopted. I'm not gonna be a "one week wonder" as you put it...though I will forwarn you that I do own my own business, and as such there are times when that must take precedence over being on wiki. However, as I'm currently stuck in cleveland for my job (outside of my company) I have quite of bit of time for wiki this week:)Infero Veritas (talk) 17:30, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Alrighty, so what's the first step? Am I just going through the courses you set up and letting you know what I'm doing/editing? Two other questions for ya: Is there a template of sorts for a user page that I can use? and how do you create the subpages?

Regarding the deletion course: I was looking through pages and found The World Cafe. I noticed the template at the top was placed nearly two years ago, and it definatly is blatant advertising. Should I use the template? and do I remove the current template?--Infero Veritas (talk) 14:02, 6 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, In short its best to start from the top because the courses down the bottom use knowlege from the courses at the top. If there are assignments or questions in the lessons just put them here with an appropriate header. If you want your userpage designed talk to User:RyRy as he likes making userpages for people. Subpages are very easy, EG, when on your user page just add /subpagename to the end of the URL and create the page. To make it appear in another page (like this page is doing}} go to the page you want to make it appear in (transclude) and add  . To link to a subpage you would put Link text . The page you mentioned does look quite promotional, however I dont think it would qualify for WP:CSD because it has been around for some time, usually CSD articles are tagged within a month of creation, perhaps you can nominate it for deletion at AFD   « l | Ψrom3th3ăn ™ | l »   (talk) 14:52, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup Patrol Assignment
I'm working on the first one and ran into a few questions after editing a few pages.

1: What is the proper proceedure for an article which was tagged over 2 years ago, has had changes made, doesn't have any discussion, and appears to comply with most everything as far as general cleanup?
 * For example:A page that's spelled/grammatically correct, but has no sources

2: What is the criteria for removing a cleanup tag? Some articles I looked at didn't appear to have anything that needed changed. Others may only need one things adjusted, but there is a better tag that could be applied to be more specific.

I think I asked those in a way that makes sense, if not just tell me to clarify. --Infero Veritas (talk) 17:17, 7 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Mighta missed these ^, my fault for adding the huge section below though.


 * 1) Re tag that page with no-sources teamplate 2) If its been cleaned up since the tag was added it can be removed  « l | Ψrom3th3ăn ™ | l »   (talk) 07:43, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

User Permissions Assignment
What is a permission? A certain right or ability given to a trusted user based on specific criteria and/or community discussion and approval.

What pages are un-registered users able to edit? All non protected/semi-protected pages. - Anon users can only edit non-protected pages.

What is an auto confirmed account? On English Wiki it is an account which is more than 4 days old, and has more than 10 edits. (Varies according to circumstances)

What permissions do registered accounts have? Create pages (except MediaWiki namespace), email other users, mark edits as "minor", customize Wikimedia interface. - What is the Wikimedia inteface? Does it apply to all users or per user

Who can grant rollback? Administrators and Stewards - Beaurocrat

What does rollback enable you to do? Revert multiple edits made by a specific person at one time

What should you not use rollback for? When in doubt, don't. A little more specific would be nice :)

What are administrators able to do? Edit the main page and protected pages, set/unset protection for pages, delete/undelete pages and their histories, block/unblock IP's and/or accounts, Revert pages quickly, Move pages protected agianst moving, Move up to 100 subpages with a page, View pages vulnerable to vandalism, View history of deleted pages, Create accounts with similar names to existing accounts, Grant/Remove rollback rights, Block exemption, Grant account creator permissions.

How do you request adminship? Compare your contributions to successful/unsuccessful RfA's, Place your username in the form on RFA with a number correlating to the number of times you've been nominated previously, Follow the instructions on the following page and answer the questions (though optional)

What are bureaucrats main duties? Promote users to admin/bureaucrat status, grant/revoke bot status, rename user accounts.

What technical abilities do stewards have? Grant/Remove any level of user access and have full access to MediaWiki interface on all wikis

What does checkuser enable a user to check? IP addresses in comparison to edits and user accounts. - Also allows checking of user agents

What is oversight? A form of extreme deletion. Used for privacy, defamation, and copyright information. Removed info cannont be seen by admins, and is difficult to restore.

What type of a user must you be to be granted oversight? CheckUser or current/former Arbitrators. Though the process is not set in stone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Infero Veritas (talk • contribs) 18:00, 7 August 2008 (UTC)  - Although there is no procedure set in stone, there are certain expcetations by the community.

Question for ya
So here's something I've run into a lil bit recently. I goto a page I want to make edits to, and I notice that in the past (usually a year or two ago) people were discussing the page a whole bunch, but nothing has been said in awhile. So before I make a major edit to the page, do I really need to post anything on there requesting people's input? Or how should I go about that?Infero Veritas (talk) 20:40, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

WP:BOLD. Go ahead and make the change, ask questions later and discuss if people dont like it. Prom3th3an (talk) 08:48, 11 September 2008 (UTC)