User:Milk's Favorite Cookie/Stormtracker94

Questions

What admin work do you intend to take part in?

I would work in many areas as an admin:

• WP:AIV- This would be one of the first things I would start getting involved in. I have had a lot of experience vandal-fighting and would like to help out here with blocking. I would throughly check the user's contribs, and would make sure the user was sufficiently warned before a block.

• WP:NEWPAGES- I have also been involved here, and know the speedy deletion criteria. I would check the article actually did fail the criteria first, and then delete it after being 100% sure it failed a speedy category. I would take the article to AFD if I was not fully sure.

• WP:RPP- I would ease into this area after a while, but would help here after reading over the policies and getting some help from a more experienced admin.

• WP:BACKLOGS- After a while, I would also like to clear the administrative backlogs. I would get involved here after more time as an admin.

What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?

A: I'd have to say that my best contributions to Wikipedia would be in two areas. These two areas are vandalism fighting and sports articles. In the field of vandalism fighting, I have reverted many user's vandal-edits and made nearly 90 reports to WP:AIV. I hope to continue to do so, but spend more time at AIV viewing reports. In sports articles, I have created or expanded many articles related to baseball or basketball. My best work would have to be either Luis Castillo (baseball), Ivan Rodriguez, or List of Heisman Trophy winners. These would have to be my best contributions.

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

A: Because I work in the field of sports articles, I have not been in many conflicts since I have started here. I have had some stress put upon me by other users, mostly angry users angry at me for reverting their vandalism. In the future, I would alert a trusted user to mediate the dispute and help settle the conflict.

What is the difference between a ban and a block?

A: A ban is a formal decision by the community to revoke editing privileges from a user, and can only be decided through a few processes, such as the Arbitration Committee or a formal decision by the Wikimedia Foundation. A block can be used to temporarily remove editing privileges from a user, and can usually be preformed by any admin without much major discussion first.

When should you apply a "cool-down" block on a user?

A: I would apply a "cool down" block on a user when an edit war is going on involving the user, or the is angry at another user to the point where disruptive behavior may happen. I would only apply this block for a short period of time, and watch the user after the block to make sure they are not being disruptive. I would apply a further block after that.