Wikipedia:Esperanza/Admin coaching/Potential coaching techniques
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This page is a place where admin coaches can find and share exercises and techniques you have found useful for coaching. You are welcome to use any techniques listed, add your own, or comment on the existing ones. This should be particularly helpful for new coaches who aren't sure what to do with their students, or for coaches who are looking for different ways of approaching the coaching process. As with all things on Wikipedia, this page will best grow with collaboration, so feel free to share even the smallest of hints with your fellow coaches!
[edit] Asking the default RfA questions
While admin coaching isn't necessarily about helping your coachee pass an RfA, asking them the three default questions for RfAs are often a good technique for finding out more about your student, why they want to become an administrator, what it is that they do on Wikipedia, etc.. I've often used these questions near the beginning of the coaching, mostly so I can get to know the student a bit better. So you don't have to go searching for them, the default questions are:
- 1. What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Wikipedia backlog and Category:Administrative backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.
- 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?
- 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?
EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 01:20, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Speedy deletion exercise
For the benefit of my coachees (and others!), I've created a speedy deletion exercise to test your student's knowledge of the speedy deletion criteria. It's relative short at the moment (6 articles), but it's based off real-life cases from CAT:CSD. If you have any questions or comments about the exercise, feel free to let me know or place comments on this page. EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 01:20, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
