User:EWS23/CSD
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The following is a test I have designed to make sure that admin coachees understand the policies of speedy deletion. The "articles" here are actual cases that I have come across while clearing out CAT:CSD. Assume that the title of the page is everything following User:EWS23/CSD/. You are allowed to use any technique that you might usually use to assert notability (e.g.- Google), but you are not allowed to use Wikipedia in any way (you cannot see if the page still exists on Wikipedia, go through my deletion log to see if I deleted it, and any Google searches you do should use "Subject -Wikipedia" which is a good tool anyway to help eliminate Wikipedia mirrors).
Assume for this exercise that you are an administrator. View the page, but do not edit it (I plan on using these for multiple coachees). Then, return to your coaching page and comment on each entry in question. Write whether you would delete the page or not. If you would, cite the specific criteria at WP:CSD that you would use to delete it. If you would not delete it, state why, and state what you would do to the page (simply remove the tag, redirect it somewhere else, keep it but remove certain information from it, etc.). Good luck! EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 00:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
P.S.- In real cases, you should ALWAYS check the page history before making a decision. Sometimes the page is a legitimate article that got vandalized, or page moved, etc. In this case, the page history won't tell you anything (I'm the only contributor), but remember that in real cases the page history is important. EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 00:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
- Note to fellow coaches: You're welcome to use this exercise or even expand it if you'd like. You probably have a good opinion on what the "right answer" is on each of these, but if you want my take on it, you can check out the first time I administered this exercise here. (Note to coachees: Of course there are a lot of ways to "cheat" on this exercise, including clicking on the link I just mentioned. I feel you get the most out of this if you do it on your own without help from others. We often learn best from our mistakes.) EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 00:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
