User:CJ King/Admin coaching
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My name is CJ King, and I have been editing Wikipedia for 9 months. I used to be called Chili14, but I changed my name because I felt I needed to. I tried an RfA a short while ago, and I was not promoted. Since then, I have been working on admin related tasks, which resulted in the creation of this page.
- Do you use Gmail? If you did we could communicate with G-chat; I've found it's pretty handy. --Fang Aili talk 21:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi CK. Just checking in. So.. first question. What would you like to do with admin buttons? --Fang Aili talk 19:03, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Question
What do policies of WP:IAR and the essay WP:SNOW mean and how would you apply them? --Fang Aili talk 20:20, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
- This is a question that I see alot on RfA's. IAR stands for Ignore All Rules and SNOW is talking about the Snowball clause. The first policy means that if the rules are getting in your way of accomplishing stuff, then you should ignore them. The second one says that if there's a pretty good chance something like an RfA will pass soon, you should consider closing it. The second rule is more geared towards admins. My thoughts on these bits of wisdom are as follows: Ignore All Rules is something that I won't apply unless I really feel the need. This is because I think I can get done what I need to get done and still follow the rules. I have also been paying attention to the Snowball page. If an RfA or RfB had something like fifty supports and one two or three opposes, I would consider applying the policy. I would also ask the candidate if they wanted to keep it open for any longer, or if they wanted to close it. My policy on *fD's would be slightly different. If it seemed like a pretty foregone conclusion and it was still before the time limit, I would ask the user who put the material up for deletion if they wanted to keep it up for a bit longer, or if they wanted to let it go. Whichever way they wanted, I would have no problem. This WOULD NOT INCLUDE anything that I had voted in. If I vote in anything like an RfA or an AfD, I will not close it unless I am asked to.--CJ King 22:35, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
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- I'm not sure why you mentioned closing RfAs when only bureaucrats can do that, and as far as I know, they always let RfAs run their full course. I've used WP:SNOW on a few AfDs, when consensus was obvious or whatever needed to be done was obvious. It should be used carefully though; sometimes if an admin closes discussion too quickly, s/he may be accused of stiffling that discussion. So if you think there is any controversy involved, a good rule of thumb is to let it run at least 24 hours. Your idea of asking the nominator what his/her wishes are is a good thing. It's also good that you wouldn't close XfDs that you had participated in, snowball closes or otherwise. If you vote in it, you shouldn't close it. Cheers, Fang Aili talk 15:32, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Follow-up question: Have you ever exercised IAR? What were the circumstances, and what did you do? --Fang Aili talk 15:34, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
