User:Voyaging/Adoption

1. What is a permission? A permission is an ability that a user is granted in addition to the powers of an unregistered user or a normal registered user. Correct
2. What pages are un-registered users able to edit? Unregistered users may edit any page that isn't semi-protected or protected. Correct
3. What is an auto confirmed account? An autoconfirmed account is a registered account that was made more than four days ago. Correct
4. What permissions do registered accounts have? Registered users can edit any non-fully protected page, can upload files, and can move and create pages. Correct
5. Who can grant rollback? Administrators can grant rollback. Correct
6. What does rollback enable you to do? Rollback enables you to revert a page to the most recent version OTHER than by the most recent editor. Correct
7. What should you not use rollback for? You shouldn't use rollback to help you abuse the three-revert rule in content disputes. Correct
8. What are administrators able to do? Administrators have access to rollback, can give the rollback permission to users, vision of a special page allowing them to see which pages aren't watched by any users, ability to protect and unprotect pages, locking revisions in their current state until a sysop or above edits it, the ability to view edits that have been deleted, and are able to block users. Correct
9. How do you request adminship? You request adminship by either being nominated or nominating yourself and following the process at Requests for Adminship (RFA) Correct
10. What are bureaucrats main duties? Bureaucrats' main duties are to take care of user permissions. They can promote users to administrator or bureaucrat status, as well as control bot permissions. Correct
11. What technical abilities do stewards have? Stewards have the ability to control all users' access levels on every language of Wikipedia. This is because Steward is not a Wikipedia title, but a Wikimedia title. Correct
12. What does checkuser enable a user to check? Checkuser enables a user to check the IP address of certain users, to see if a user is using another account as a sockpuppet. Correct
13. What is oversight? Oversight is the ability to hide a previous revision of a page from public view. Correct
14. What type of a user must you be to be granted oversight? Oversight is only granted in very special cases. It is only granted to specific users, those with need for the bot, and usually those who are current or previous members of the Arbitration Committee. Correct

Thanks for reading! Let me know if you need any questions answered further. Voyaging (talk) 01:31, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

1. What is vandalism? Vandalism is an edit that is done intentionally that does not help Wikipedia at all. Correct
2. What are obvious indicators of a vandalism edit while watching recent changes? A large change in file size, editing from an IP address, or an edit summary that says Blanked the page, or Replaced page with. Correct
3. How do you revert vandalism? You can use undo on the diff page, or use Twinkle on the diff page to rollback the page to the most recent revision other than from the most recent author. Correct
4. What warning template would you use if a user removed or blanked all the content from a page? {{uw-delete1}} or a more severe one. Correct
5. What warning template would you use if a user add the words "i really hate wikipedia!" to an article? {{uw-vandalism1}} or a more severe one. Correct
6. How do you add an article to your watchlist? Click the watch tab at the top of the article. Correct
7. If you misuse such tools as WP:TW or WP:VPRF what could happen? You could be blocked. Correct Voyaging (talk) 18:23, 21 March 2008 (UTC)