User:Nol888/Coaching

Nol888

Welcome!

Well, based on your messages on my talk page, I guess you want to get right down to your first set of assignments...

First, I have some questions for you

Why do you want to be an admin?
The main reason I want to be an admin is because I want to help the Wikipedia community. I want to be able to help Wikipedia and make it a good resource for years to come. I feel that the extra tools I gain as an administrator will help me achieve that goal.
Do you think like an admin? If so, how so?
I'm not sure if I think like an admin, but I try to always maintain a calm composure while replying to comments and editing articles.
Do you act like an admin? What activities and chores do you engage in that are administrator-like?
I am pretty sure I act like an admin. I actively participate in XfD discussions, RfA, and the like. Often I scan through the Articles for Creation page and clean that up. I participate on the noticeboards sometimes, and nominate articles for speedy deletion.
In what ways do you help other users?
I help other users, by most of the time, not by adding substantial content (although I do have my share of good contributions), but by reverting vandalism and keeping that content the way it is supposed to be.
How do you help other editors?
What departments on Wikipedia are you involved with?
I'm involved with several Wikiprojects. I am part of the Anti-Vandal Unit, and I participate in the Welcoming Committee. I've recently joined the Aviation Wikiproject, and am always looking towards other ways I can participate in Wikipedia.

Assignments for Nol888

For each day that you are logged-on to Wikipedia, answer at least one question at one of the following "desks":

Participate at Wikipedia:Editor review, by asking the editors questions and by reviewing as many of them as you have time for.

I'm trying to review the editors as well as possible, but I'm afraid I'm not really good at giving constructive criticism.

That's what practice is for. Just keep at it. You might try different approaches, like comparing them with yourself to see what they are doing different. In each case of difference, which approach is better? That might give you some insight into how they can improve. You could recommend your way of doing things if your way is more effective (faster, more efficient, higher quality, etc.). You could also compare them with more experienced editors, for additional insights. The Transhumanist 08:27, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Good job so far. Be sure to look at their actual contribs, and not just the edit counter.

I just reviewed this person who edited a few great pages, but was lax about edit summaries and edited their userspace a little too much. Take a |look at it]].

Get involved with Wikipedia's decision-making. See my advice at Hey, check this out....

I'd like you to get further policy exposure at by proofreading the pages on the List of policies. You'll be killing two birds with one stone - reading and improving the policies. To begin with, focus on fixing typos and grammatical errors. (If you want to change the meaning or content of the policies, please make suggestions on their talk pages.) I'll be watching your contribs so I can provide comments, guidance, etc. Work on them a little each time you log on.

I'm about ¹/₄ way through the policies, there are quite a few typos.

Where are your fixes for the typos you encountered? I couldn't find them in your contributions. The Transhumanist 08:17, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Take a look at [1]. It's about 1/2 way down. Things like Wikipedia:Image use policy and Wikipedia:Deletion policy.

Sorry 'bout that. You mentioned "lots of typos", so I was looking for a big block of typo fixes. Good work. Cheers. The Transhumanist 00:00, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Shift the emphasis in your edits away from your userpage and user talk pages, to editing articles in the encyclopedia. In my opinion, you should have at least twice as many edits in the Main namespace as you have in any other namespace. Stay focused to a high degree on Wikipedia's articles.

I'm already not editing my user page and changing my status, and focusing towards the mainspace and other places.
- Excellent. -TT 22:57, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Drag this link to your browser toolbar. Then rename it to "EC" (edit counter). In addition to this, copy the link to your workshop.
Done. I actually have my edit count bookmarked, and a quicksearch to look up other users' counts.

Click on the EC link you just created. It should take you to Interiot's edit counter. Enter your name, and look over your edit analysis. Especially notice your mainspace namespace edit count. You need more exposure there.
Mainspace experience...hmmm... I guess I'll try to contribute more there.

Maintain composure at all times. It will be expected of you when you are an admin.

As you complete the above assignments, I'll provide you with some more.

 The Transhumanist   22:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

User:Dweller here. I'm another "coachee" and The Transhumanist has asked me to help out here. My task for you is to visit WP:Peer Review. Take a look at some well-developed (or recently archived) Peer Reviews and then please come back here and list five issues you find that frequently crop up. --Dweller 15:59, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

By far the five most common issues I've seen are redlinks, few pictures (one of the requirements for WP:FA is to have a decent amount of pictures), minor formatting problems, few sources, and slight NPOV difficulties. Not all the articles had these problems, most of them only suffered from one or two.

Nol888, I'm glad to hear you are back. Please pick up where you left off, and keep us posted here of your progress. The Transhumanist 22:57, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

With the summer approaching, I think I will be able to spend more time on Wikipedia. Hopefully I can be nominated for adminship in the next few months, as I'm still working on your assignments. Nol888_(Talk)^{(Review me please)} 03:05, 29 May 2007 (UTC)