Wikipedia:Editor review/ArcAngel

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ArcAngel

ArcAngel (talk · contribs) I have had an account since September, 2006, but have only really been active since January of this year.

I am seeking a review to see how the community views my contributions to date so that I can see whatever weaknesses I may have and working on fixing them.

I understand that editor reviews are the first step in the admin path. Someday I would like to become an administrator, but not before I and the community feel that I am ready to handle the mop. ArcAngel (talk) 19:54, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Reviews

• Review by Gaia Octavia Agrippa

You seem dedicated enough. A few comments:

1. I glad you add edit summaries makes life a lot easier for other editors.
2. You seem to have more user talk edits than main space edits.
3. If you want to get more into admin look into anti-vandalism.
4. You may wish to be adopted or just get in contact with a current admin to get tips and to further improve your chances of getting adminship.

Good luck. Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk | _Sign 20:31, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Comments

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Questions

1. Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I would have to say the first article I created, Frank Browne (photographer). I was poking around Afc when I saw this submission come in, and thought it might give me some valued experience at article creation and building. I took the original submission and through my own research, expanded it from stub-class to start-class. I plan on doing more to the article, so to help remind me (and others), I created a to-do list for the article with changes I need to make to it.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   No conflicts that I recognize as such. If I find myself getting stressed here, I put the keyboard down and walk away for a bit to settle down as warring with words is never, and can not amount to, good.

4. Why do you have such a high 'user talk page' edit count? (Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk | _Sign)

That would be due to the almost 200 editors I have welcomed, along with the many vandalism warnings I have left on my vandal-fighting hunts. If I happen to see a sharedip I can tag, I add that as well when applicable. ArcAngel (talk) 20:47, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Benon questions

Optional questions from User:Dlohcierekim that he lifted form User:Benon who got them from Tawker, JoshuaZ, Rob Church, NSLE. They are 100% optional but may help myself or other voters decide. Some of these are not specifically related to your areas of interest. If I have already voted please feel free to ignore these questions though other editors might find them to be of use. You can also remove the questions you don't want to touch if you like.

4. You find out that an editor, who's well-known and liked in the community, has been using sockpuppets abusively. What would you do?

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5. An editor asks you to mediate in a dispute that has gone from being a content dispute to an edit war (but not necessarily a revert war), with hostile language in edit summaries (that are not personal attacks). One involved party welcomes the involvement of an admin, but the other seems to ignore you. They have both rejected WP:RFC as they do not think it would solve anything. Just as you are about to approach the user ignoring you, another admin blocks them both for edit warring and sends the case to WP:RFAR as a third party. Would you respect the other admin's decisions, or would you continue to engage in conversation (over email or IRC) and submit a comment/statement to the RFAR? Let's say the ArbCom rejects the case. What would you do then?

A-

6. If you could change any one thing about Wikipedia what would it be?

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7. Under what circumstances would you indefinitely block a user without any prior direction from Arb Com?

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8. Suppose you are closing an AfD where it would be keep if one counted certain votes that you suspect are sockpuppets/meatpuppets and would be delete otherwise. The RCU returns inconclusive, what do you do? Is your answer any different if the two possibilities are between no consensus and delete?

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9. Do you believe there is a minimum number of people who need to express their opinions in order to reasonably close an AfD? If so, what is that number? What about RfDs and CfDs?

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10. At times, administrators have experienced, or have been close to burnout due to a mixture of stress and conflict inherent in a collaborative web site of this nature. Do you feel able to justify yourself under pressure, and to not permit stress to become overwhelming and cause undesirable or confused behaviour?

A-

11. Why do you want to be an administrator?

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