User talk:Williamborg/sandbox5

Technical skills (Sys Op level 1)

Moving

OBJECTIVE: Demonstrate familiarity with the Wikipedia:Moving guidelines for administrators. This is an area which requires careful thought and which is often underserved.

• Identify 1 or 2 articles which need to be moved and do not require prior deletion of a page to make space. Move it/them. Log link here.
• Confirm that you’ve moved the discussion page. Log discussion page link here.
• Confirm the history has transferred. Log history link here.
• Check [the move log at the bottom of this page] to confirm you’ve made one. (Note: Add specific user name)

RC Patrolling

OBJECTIVE:

• RC Patrolling: Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion

This user is a recent changes patroller. This user is a newpage patroller.

Newbie tests

Please do not bite the newcomers.

{{subst:test}} ~~~~

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks.

{{subst:test1a}} ~~~~ (a variant suitable for blanking)

Please be careful not to remove content from Wikipedia without a valid reason, which you should specify in the edit summary or on the article's talk page. Thank you.

{{subst:test2}} ~~~~

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you.

{{subst:test2a}} ~~~~ (a variant suitable for blanking)

Please do not remove content from Wikipedia; it is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.

New user patrol

Access to new users can be found at Special:User creation log. Add the template {{Welcome}} and other approriate comments.

Mark for deletion

• If you think that an article is an uncontroversial candidate for deletion:

1. Review the article's history to confirm that it has not been recently vandalized.
2. Add {{subst:prod|reason}} to the top of it. Use an informative edit summary, and don't mark the edit as minor.
3. Consider adding the article to your watchlist and letting the article's creator know that you have tagged it. You can use {{subst:PRODWarning|Article title}} ~~~~ for this.
4. Speedy deletes are {{db-nonsense}} {{db-bio}} {{csd-a3}}-article is only external links

• • See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Proposed Deletion Patrolling

Quality

Uncle G's Primary Notability Criterion and sources! sources! sources! {{verify source}}

Reasons for deletion

• Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
• Wikipedia:Verifiability

Wikipedia/PROD patrollers

This user is a proposed deletion patroller.

AIV

OBJECTIVE:

• AIV: Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism Someone has to revert vandalism and warn the offenders appropriately. I revert vandalism when I come across vandalism. Intend to periodically patrol for vandalism and I'm quite willing to enforce decisions in the AfD.

1. On the first case of vandalism, you put the first warning template on the user page, namely {{subst:test}}, {{subst:test1}} or {{subst:test1-n|NAME OF ARTICLE}}.
2. Later vandalism gets test2/3/4, after which the user is blocked.
3. Stages may be skipped in some cases, e.g. instant widespread vandalism from an obviously experienced vandal may need to be blocked immediately.
4. To block, {{subst:test5}} or an equivalent like {{subst:block|NATURE OF OFFENCE}} is left.

AFD closing/re-listing

OBJECTIVE:

• AFD closing/re-listing: Many articles can be saved by expanding and adding context. But I'm quite willing to enforce decisions made by the AfD. And am fully willing to be balanced in my approach.

Mergers

OBJECTIVE:

• Mergers: I dislike mergers. I strongly dislike mergers. Good short articles are frequently concatenated into long, turgid, ponderous, confusing, unreadable things of limited value. Articles should be expanded, not merged (you can review my reaction on the Atlas mountains merger recommendation). But again I am willing to implement the consensus of the participants; if no one has pursued proper development, then merge it is.
• CSD: Candidates for speedy deletion should be deleted if they meet the criteria. Darn right I'll do that duty.

Helping others

OBJECTIVE:

• Helping others: When a newby does work worth recognition, I truly enjoy acknowledging it and encouraging their work. And i came to recognize through AfD activities that many of the weaker articles are that way because they are contributed by new participants. I enjoy helping them where I can.
• assistance on a NPOV article
• Assistance of an English as Second Language editor resolve a problem with edit conflicts.

Administrative Skills (Sys Ops 2)

Administrator's Roles and Responsibilities

OBJECTIVE: Be able to describe the Administrator’s roles & responsibilities

Awareness and general performance

1. Administrators monitor the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard (WP:AN) and act as appropriate
2. Although Administrators don’t specifically resolve disputes (see Wikipedia:Resolving disputes – WP:DR), they should hold to a higher standard in avoiding them (See Wikipedia:Requests for administrator attention – WP:RAA) & work to minimize disputes which they become aware of.
3. Administrators monitor backlog to major Wikipedia processes & tag the process with {{tl|backlog}}, as well as watch Category:Wikipedia backlog (WP:BACK) to be aware of and help resolve backlog.

Vandalism (See Wikipedia:Vandalism - WP:VAND & Wikipedia:Long term abuse - WP:LTA)

1. An administrator can repair damage made by a malicious user more quickly than other users: if someone is making multiple damaging edits it is easier for an editor to report them than try to repair everything themselves

Blocking & Unblocking editors (See Wikipedia:Blocking policy – WP:BLOCK)

1. Administrators block vandals who have been appropriately warned (see Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism – WP:AIV) Note: There are numerous block types and even experienced admins get confused about the types so set up a template.
2. Administrators check the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR (WP:AN/3RR) & block those who violate the Wikipedia:Three-revert rule (WP:3RR).
3. Administrators check the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents (WP:ANI)& may block someone for some other reason on an ad hoc basis.
4. Administrators evaluate unblock requests made via their User page or at the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard (WP:AN) and unblock as appropriate.
5. Administrators are responsible to unblock those they have blocked after the “term has been served”.

Page Deletion & Undeletion (See the Wikipedia:Deletion_policy – (WP:DEL))

1. Administrators closeWikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:AFD) after 5 days by implementing the consensus (deleting if appropriate).
2. Administrators are empowered to speedy delete (Wikipedia:Candidates for speedy deletion – WP:SPEEDY) if the page appears nonsensical or just someone testing the wiki
3. Administrators can Undelete a page & view a deleted page following the process of Wikipedia:Deletion review (WP:DRV). (See also Wikipedia:Undeletion policy – WP:UNDEL)

Moves

1. Administrators perform complex Wikipedia:Requested moves (WP:RM).

Category Deletion & Undeletion (see Wikipedia:Categorization – WP:CG)

1. Administrators close Wikipedia:Categories for discussion (WP:CFD ) discussions

Page Protection

1. Administrators protect (lock) & unprotect pages following the guidance of Wikipedia:Protection policy (WP:PPOL) and Wikipedia:Requests for page protection (WP:RFPP) using {{tl|editprotected}}
2. Administrators authorize edits to a protected page on the talk page or the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard (WP:AN)

Redirect (see Wikipedia:Redirect - WP:R)

1. Administrators delete redirects as the consensus in Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion (WP:RFD) dictates

Enforce arbitration rulings (See Wikipedia:Arbitration policy - WP:AP)

1. Administrators may provide Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Arbitration enforcement (WP:AE).

Blocking

OBJECTIVE:

Administrators are Wikipedia users who on the basis of trustworthiness have been granted the power to execute certain commands which ordinary users cannot execute. This includes the power to block and unblock other users or IP addresses provided that blocking policy is followed.

Wikipedians assume good faith in the absence of evidence to the contrary. They strive toward a neutral points of view and avoid inadvertent personal attacks and disruption through creation of an unfriendly editing environment. Administrators have a particular responsibility to understand blocking policy & avoid wheel wars (undoing an administrative action by another administrator).

Other sysop chores

• Other sysop chores: Requests for Page Protection, 3RR Noticeboard, the Administrator Noticeboard and Incidents are all useful. What must be done will be done. Point me to where you see the most need.

• Wikipedia:Requests for page protection
• Wikipedia:Third opinion