Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors/Apply/Disavian


 * The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful Online Ambassador application.

Welcome to the Online Ambassador Team, Disavian. The Interior (Talk) 04:34, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Disavian

 * 1) Why do you want to be a Wikipedia Ambassador?
 * I enjoy helping people use Wikipedia in the hope that they will continue to do so on their own. User:JMathewson (WMF) went out of her way to recruit me to work with students at Georgia Tech.
 * 1) In three sentences or less, summarize your involvement with Wikimedia projects.
 * I usually pick a subject area I'm familiar with (primarily Georgia Tech and Stanford University) and work to improve every article in that subject area and fill in coverage gaps where they exist.
 * 1) Please indicate a few articles to which you have made significant content contributions. (e.g. DYK, GA, FA, major revisions/expansions/copyedits).
 * All of the following articles have been Today's Featured Article: Tech Tower, Ramblin' Wreck, ANAK Society, James E. Boyd (scientist), Pi
 * 1) How have you been involved with welcoming and helping new users on Wikipedia?
 * When new users have edited articles on my watchlist, I tend to give them the welcome template and answer any questions they have.
 * 1) What do you see as the most important ways we could welcome newcomers or help new users become active contributors?
 * Don't WP:BITE them. Wikipedia has a definite learning curve and it's important to keep that in mind, and explain the various policies as issues arise.
 * 1) Have you had major conflicts with other editors? Blocks or bans? Involvement in arbitration? Feel free to offer context, if necessary.
 * Not especially. I've focused on writing content lately. When I was more involved with watching recent changes and reverting vandalism my userpage was vandalized in some rather amusing ways, though. :)
 * 1) How often do you edit Wikipedia and check in on ongoing discussions?  Will you be available regularly for at least two hours per week, in your role as a mentor?
 * I tend to log in on a fairly regular basis, mostly on the weekend.
 * 1) How would you make sure your students were not violating Copyright laws?
 * With images, I use the Google Image Search extension; with text, it's fairly easy to pick key phrases and Google them. It also helps to be familiar with the source texts.
 * 1) If one of your students had an issue with Copyright Violation how would resolve it?
 * Explain that their article will be deleted if they don't write it in their own words. I think the policies are clear enough in that regard.
 * 1) In your _own_ words describe what Copyright Violation is.
 * When someone takes a work whose copyright term has not expired (typically things published on or after January 1, 1923) and uses it in a way that is not covered by fair use - for example text in question may be a significant portion of the copyrighted work in question, or is unattributed, or is only slightly paraphrased.
 * 1) What else should we know about you that is relevant to being a Wikipedia Ambassador?
 * I graduated from Georgia Tech in May 2010.

Endorsements
(2 Endorsements are needed for online ambassador approval).
 * Support. Seems like a solid user with a long contribution history, and nothing concerning jumps out in perusing his history.--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 20:02, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per Sage. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 17:42, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per Sage. Smallman12q (talk) 00:04, 1 October 2012 (UTC)