Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors/Apply/Riley Huntley

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

Welcome to the team. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:27, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

⟨¤₣⟩== Riley Huntley == Riley Huntley (talk · contribs)

Why do you want to be a Wikipedia Ambassador?
As someone who works with account creation through ACC, (my ACC stats) I create a large amount of accounts to help people access Wikipedia... but 95% of these accounts are never used. Through the Education Program, I would like to assist students obviously in creating their accounts, but more importantly in using Wikipedia to its (and their) full potential.
In three sentences or less, summarize your involvement with Wikimedia projects.
I am mainly involved with the English Wikipedia where I mostly do file work, work at Articles for Deletion, and help with the aforementioned ACC as a tool admin. I am also involved at Wikidata where I serve as a temporary administrator, Wikimedia Commons where I perform file moves, and also at the Wikimedia Deployment Beta Labs where I assist with blocking spam accounts globally.
Please indicate a few articles to which you have made significant content contributions. (e.g. DYK, GA, FA, major revisions/expansions/copyedits).
While most of my article work has been creation of stubs, I have taken 12 articles to DYK. I expanded Audi V8 to B class and am currently working on getting Chevrolet Corvette to GA.
How have you been involved with welcoming and helping new users on Wikipedia?
I used to be active in welcoming new users, helping in #wikipedia-en-help ^connect and at the feedback dashboard.
What do you see as the most important ways we could welcome newcomers or help new users become active contributors?
By keeping things civil, biting never helps and always results in more drama than needed. Everyone starts out differently and works at different paces, and I think that Wikipedia as a whole has yet to realize that.
Have you had major conflicts with other editors? Blocks or bans? Involvement in arbitration? Feel free to offer context, if necessary.
I have had no major conflicts with other editors, and have never been blocked or banned nor had any involvement in arbitration.
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 edit Wikipedia often, but I often mind myself spending more time reading discussions and formulating opinions ongoing issues. I would definitely be available to regularly offer at least seven hours a week just to the Education Program.
How would you make sure your students were not violating copyright laws?
I have a mild case of watchlistitis so I will often be checking over my students' work and to [hopefully] prevent my students from even getting the idea, I would be sure to teach my students the five pillars and other relevant policies early on in their lessons.
If one of your students had an issue with copyright violation how would resolve it?
In all cases (in real life and on-wiki), I would be uncomfortable accusing students—well, anyone—of violating copyright. I would try to deal with the issue privately by sending an email to the student about the issue and then remove the violation (if it were an whole entire with all revisions being a copyright violation, I would blow it up and help the user start over.) If the user can't seem to understand and has been warned, I would again deal with the content and warn the user but this time contact the instructor and Campus Ambassador giving my insight and asking them to assist in handling the ongoing issue.
In your _own_ words describe what copyright violation is.
A copyright violation is the reproduction of somebody else's copyrighted work without prior explicit permission, which in Wikipedia's scope is of course a bit narrower, as the content must be CC-BY-SA or made as such.
What else should we know about you that is relevant to being a Wikipedia Ambassador?
I am currently a university student in Canada.

-- Cheers, Riley 15:52, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Endorsements

(Two endorsements are needed for online ambassador approval.)

Endorse - I've seen Riley around a great deal. He's very helpful at ACC, in the help channel, and with his emails. He would be a great asset to any class. ~ Matthewrbowker ^{Make a comment!} 23:53, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Endorse I have worked with him at ACC, and I think he would be a wonderful asset to the project as well. Kevin Rutherford (talk)`