Community:Promotion/MattyDienhoff

Nomination

I nominate MattyDienhoff to become a member of staff. His edits are of consistant quality and has shown good knowledge of how the wiki works.

MattyDienhoff, please reply with whether you accept or decline this nomination, and why.

I accept, because having extra abilities will make it quicker and easier for me to do what I do, wikis can always do with more helpers, and I know I'm capable. --MattyDienhoff 06:13, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Questions

Do you think vandalism is a big problem at GTW? How would you deal with someone who did something like delete all the content on one page? What might be the possible reasons for them doing that? Gboyers talk 16:18, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Frankly, I don't know. I don't currently spend much of my time here looking at recent changes (of course, that would change if I do become a moderator, it's part of the responsibility). But I can say that in my opinion, poor quality edits by misguided/naive users are considerably more common and also more difficult to deal with than plain and simple vandalism. If someone vandalizes a page but it's unclear whether it was malicious (there's a chance something like removing all content from a page is just a mistake), I'd give them a warning. If there's a repeat incident, I'd block them for a time. I block obviously malicious vandals (such as those who just replace content with vulgarity, for example) outright. Reasons? I don't think vandals reason, I think they get cheap thrills from destroying things. --MattyDienhoff 06:37, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

What do you think is the hardest thing for new editors to get the hang of (whether a technical skill, a policy or just the way we do things here); how would you spot they were having difficulty; and how would you help them? Maybe explain what was the hardest thing you've had to learn whilst being here? Gboyers talk 16:18, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

The most difficult things that come to mind are referencing and learning to identify and follow standards. At some point, most new users need a nudge in the right direction in matters of categorization, maintaining consistent page layout, and so on. I'd help them by pointing out how things should be done and encouraging them to ask if they have any trouble with anything.
what was the hardest thing you've had to learn whilst being here?
Tolerating policies I disagree with. --MattyDienhoff 06:37, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Becoming staff isn't a reward for good edits. It's work that needs to be done on the wiki, so it's a job. Why do you think that you would be best for that job? Biggest GTA Fan EverTalk 22:36, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm interested in the topic, I'm now very familiar with wiki formatting, I hold my work to high standards and, quite simply, I enjoy it. --MattyDienhoff 06:37, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Are there any little tasks you do around the wiki that you are particularly proud of? Gboyers talk 00:46, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, I'm proud of my attempt to establish a standard for the vehicle articles, but it didn't work out all that well. Few contributors are interested in discussing these issues or maintaining standards. Disappointing. --MattyDienhoff 06:37, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Could you give one example of what you think is one of the best pages on this wiki, and a brief explanation of why you chose that. It should probably be an informational article, but you could use a list or category or similar if you explain why. Gboyers talk 00:46, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Taxi comes to mind, but only because I've concentrated on the vehicle articles so much, and this is, currently, one of the few good examples of them. --MattyDienhoff 06:37, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Do you have any questions about the wiki, its staff or the role of a Moderator, or any final comments before we make our decision? Gboyers talk 00:46, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

None come to mind. --MattyDienhoff 06:37, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Comments

I just went through this users contribs and randomly clicked the diffs links. This user seems to know what he is doing. He uses talk pages often, and discussion is an important part of being staff (whether asking users for opinions or helping other users). Something that shows that this user knows what he is doing, is all the recent categorisation in his contributions. Categorising is easy to know how to do, but what makes it hard is having to know the category system (there are alot of categories). So if he knows the category system, it is a sign that he might know alot about how the wiki works (if any of that makes sense). Matty, How would you use the new tools (see here for a list) to help the wiki? Biggest GTA Fan EverTalk 08:14, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Rollback would make it easier to deal with vandalism incidents, although it really only makes a difference when many incidents of vandalism take place in a short time. I'd mostly just do what I've been doing, fixing what needs fixing, helping who needs helping, discussing what needs to be discussed. Moving pages will inevitably be the tool I use most, because there's a fair bit of content that needs organizing, and moving articles is often part of that. --MattyDienhoff 06:41, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

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