User:Alex Shih/Essays/Guide

Meta:OTRS

Confirming identity

1. Ask the user to send an e-mail to info-enwikimedia.org.
2. Once the identity is confirmed through OTRS ticket, place {{OTRS identity}} on their user page along with the ticket number.

Wikipedia:Administrator's noticeboard

Editing restrictions

1. Close the discussion with {{archive top}} and {{archive bottom}}.
2. Log the result of the discussion at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions, and provide the link using Special:Permalink/ or Special:Diff/.
3. Inform the editor on user talk page using {{editing restriction}}.
4. To enforce the edit restriction, use {{uw-cserblock}}.

Site ban

1. Close the discussion with {{archive top}} and {{archive bottom}}.
2. Log the result of the discussion using {{banned user}}.
3. Inform the editor of appeal options.

Wikipedia:Blocking policy

Conditional unblock

See also: Wikipedia:Appealing a block

1. Provide a brief statement about your rationale for unblock. Please refer to Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not for more information.
2. Restricted from editing the content of any article in the mainspace, until further notice; instead, suggest your edit by posting {{edit COI}} on the talk page. See Wikipedia:Edit requests for more information.
3. Seek mentorship about the style of editing acceptable on English Wikipedia. User is advised to take note of Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid.
4. Any violations of the conditions above will lead to reinstatement of the block. If you would like another administrator to review your case, post {{unblock | reason=your reason here ~~~~}} on this talk page.

CheckUser blocks

See also: Wikipedia:CheckUser § CheckUser blocks

1. Review the case at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations if necessary.
2. Contact the CheckUser operator that imposed the block directly; list of CheckUser operators can be found here.
3. Unblocks can be granted if a community consensus can be reached.

Range blocks

1. Figure out the approximate range from Special:RecentChanges.
2. Calculate the range with Help:Range blocks.
3. Double check with the database reports.

Wikipedia:Conflict of interest

1. Declare conflict of interest for the editor by placing {{connected contributor}} on associated talk page and {{UserboxCOI}} on user page.
2. Notify the editor with the following notice: {{subst:uw-coi|Article}}.
3. Create a new discussion at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard.

Wikipedia:Did you know

Resetting time between updates

1. Change the setting at User:DYKUpdateBot/Time Between Updates. Make sure to do this immediately after the set changes to avoid drifting by the bot.

• 6 hours: 21600
• 8 hours: 28800
• 12 hours: 43200
• 24 hours: 86400

2. Check Template:Did you know/Next update/Time for errors.

Dealing with overdue updates

1. Immediately update a completed prep set to next empty queue.
2. Check User:DYKUpdateBot/Errors for errors.

Replacing current image

1. Replace the image in Template:Did you know with another image that is freely licensed.
2. Upload the image locally with the original source copied from Commons:Special:ExpandTemplates.
3. Replace the image description in the hook, and replace the copyright tags in the previous image if applicable.

Wikipedia:Education noticeboard

1. Course instructor access are granted to main coordinators only.
2. Additional instructors can be manually added after granting temporary confirmed user access.

Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources

Asia

• Epoch Times: Connected to Falun Gong, received negative coverage for fabrication of a story in 2006.
• Newspaper in Taiwan are highly politically polarized. Liberty Times and Apple Daily have emerged after lifting of martial law in Taiwan, and they are known for their "sensationalist" reporting.
• Radio Free Asia: Backed by the United States, the source employs "psychological warfare" targeting specific "enemies of democracy".

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship

See also: Category:Templates related to requests for adminship

Closing failed nominations

1. Substitute {{rfaf}} and {{rfab}} respectively, and replace the tally with {{finaltally}}.

Wikipedia:Sock puppetry

Sockpuppet investigation

1. For IP users, place {{IPsock}} on the user talk page and fill in the parameters. For regular users, place {{SockBlock}} instead on the user talk page.
2. Before CheckUser has been done, place {{Sockpuppet}} on the suspected user page.
3. Once the account has been confirmed by CheckUser, replace with {{Checked sockpuppet|USERNAME|SPI request subpage title}} on the user page. Alternative tagging methods are listed below.
4. If there is no further action required, change the {{SPI case status}} parameter to close to request case closure by the clerk.
5. Consider importing mass rollback to your common.js if the editor is making mass changes to different pages.
6. Check back to see if it develops into long-term abuse.

Confirmed sockmasters

1. Place {{Sockpuppeteer|spipage=USERNAME|blocked|checked=yes}} on the user page.
2. Place {{Sockblock|blocked=yes|masterblock=yes}} on the user talk page.

Suspected sockmasters

1. Place {{Sockpuppeteer|spipage=USERNAME|blocked}} on the user page.
2. Place {{Sockblock|suspected=yes|masterblock=yes}} on the user talk page.

Confirmed sockpuppets

1. Place {{Sockpuppet|USERNAME|confirmed}} on the user page.
2. Place {{Sockblock|master=USERNAME|blocked=yes}} on the user talk page.

Suspected sockpuppets

1. Place {{Sockpuppet|USERNAME|blocked}} on the user page.
2. Place {{Sockblock|master=USERNAME|suspected=yes|blocked=yes}} on the user talk page.