Hi JHUbal, thanks for dropping by. John, as long as you link to the page, I can figure it out. I'm more interested in the quality of the work rather than the conventions of getting it there. Feel free to read what JHUbal said, it's decent advice, but you're doing a good job so far from the few things I have peeked at. Go Phightins! 20:25, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

 Doing... Following are your tasks for the practical exam. When a task is completed, replace the {{Not done}} template with {{Done}}. You may also use {{Doing}} to indicate a task that is currently underway. All tasks must be marked completed before the time stated above. Even if you have done these tasks in the past, please do them again during this exam period.

• {{Done}} Patrol five new pages in new page patrol. Post diffs here: [2],[3],[4],[5],[6]
• {{Done}} Nominate at least one article for deletion in AFD with a well-reasoned nomination explaining why the article should be deleted. Post the link to the debate here: [[7]]
• {{Done}} Participate in at least two AFD debates with well-reasoned comments. Diffs: [8], [9]
• {{Done}} Tag at least one article for speedy deletion. Diff: [10][11]
• {{Done}} Cleanup at least two articles (e.g., resolve at least one problem noted with a maintenance tag and remove said maintenance tag) Diffs: [12], [13]
•  Not done Revert at least eight instances of vandalism and warn the vandals appropriately. Post only the diffs of the reversions themselves, not the warnings. Diffs: , [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21]
•  DoneJoin a Wiki-Project of your choosing. Diff: [22]johncheverly 02:18, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

In the event you attempt to do a task above but a bot beats you the the task a ridiculously obscene number of times, please make a note of that here. I've tried to do similar tasks before and been incredibly frustrated by the automatic bots. You should be able to demonstrate that you put an honest effort into completing the task.

All right, well John. I agree with you. You struggled on the practical exam. Part of that is a reflection on my failure in instructing you on how to take the broad theories and put them in to practice. I do apologize for that. You have passed the written exam, but not the practical one. So I'll leave it up to you. If you want to end the adoption course now, that is entirely up to you. If, however, you would like to keep working, I will absolutely put as much effort in as we need to help you get to a point where you can understand and apply the concepts. I'll leave that up to you. I apologize for my lack of performance; I promise if you choose to continue that I'll do better. Let me know. Thank you, and have a wonderful Easter. Go Phightins! 02:20, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

{{Done}}

1. What is consensus, and how does it apply to Wikipedia policies?

   A:Consensus refers to the primary way decisions are made on Wikipedia, and it is accepted as the best method to achieve our goals. Consensus on Wikipedia does not mean unanimity (which, although an ideal result, is not always achievable); nor is it the result of a vote. Decision-making involves an effort to incorporate all editors' legitimate concerns, while respecting Wikipedia's norms. This policy describes how consensus is understood on Wikipedia, how to determine whether it has been achieved (and how to proceed if it has not), and describes exceptions to the principle that all decisions are made by consensus.

   Well, that pretty much hit the nail on the head...though it was copied directly from the page. I would have preferred something in your words that shows you understand it. 4/5

2. You add a PROD tag to an article as it doesn't seem to be notable, but it gets removed by the author ten minutes later. You don't believe he's addressed the notability concerns, so what is one step you could take from here?

   A:Ask for: Editor Assistance is intended as an informal method of requesting one-to-one advice, feedback, and counseling from another editor who may be more experienced about Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and how they may apply to the issue or situation that you are experiencing. This process can also help in resolving disputes.

   Taking it to WP:AFD would probably be the best move, but editor assistance would also suffice. When it comes to deletion, think of the three policies as a progression, of sorts. If a PROD is declined, AFD is next in the progression. 4/5

3. Flip that situation around. You come across a PROD that you don't think should be deleted, and remove the tag. Your edit is reverted and you get a nasty note on your talk page. What do you do?

   A:Use the Requests for mediation process, which is used to request formal mediation of a dispute. Formal mediation is provided by the Mediation Committee as a final stage of the content-dispute resolution process. Formal mediation is only suitable for disputes over article content, so requests to mediate grievances with other editors will not be accepted.Formal mediation is governed by the Mediation Committee's policy at Wikipedia:Mediation Committee/Policy, and so requests for mediation must satisfy the preconditions provided for by that policy.

   Discuss it before you get too deep into the dispute resolution process, but further down the line, what you said is correct. 4/5

4. Define vandalism. When is it appropriate to report a vandal to administration?

   A:Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia. Examples of typical vandalism are adding irrelevant obscenities and crude humor to a page, illegitimately blanking pages, and inserting obvious nonsense into a page. Report vandals that continue their behavior after being warned to 'Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism'. While not strictly required, administrators there are most likely to respond rapidly to requests which include at least two warnings, culminating in the level four 'last chance' template.

   Vandalism doesn't even have to be that narrow: it is, to put it simply, any bad faith edit. Right on for Part II. 4/5

5. You mark a non-notable article for speedy deletion under CSD A7. Moments later, you notice in Recent Changes that the page has been blanked by the author. What do you do?

   A:Thank him . . . Falls under "Ignore all Rules (IAR). Not quite sure how IAR applies there, but you are right that it is not vandalism. Tag the page under CSD criterion WP:CSD#G7 (author requests deletion) 4/5

6. You revert something thinking it's vandalism, but you get a rather irate reply on your talk page: "That's not vandalism! This is a serious fact covered my many research articles! How dare you accuse me of (insert type of vandalism here, as well as more complaints)!" You check, and sure enough, he's right. What do you do?

   A:Apologize and ask to assume good faith.

   Right. Make sure you fix the problem too. 5/5

7. I found an image on a website of a person that could be really useful in an article I'm writing about them. The website doesn't say the image is copyrighted, so what should I do to upload it to Wikipedia?

   A:Before uploading images at Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard, make sure you read and follow the image use policy. Most images you might find on the Internet are copyrighted and not appropriate for uploading to Wikipedia. If you did not create the image, or if you are unable or unwilling to verify its copyright status, do not upload the image. Also, in the cases of images where their owners have stipulated they be used for non-commercial purposes only, under new guidelines such images may no longer be uploaded into Wikipedia except by the express permission of those owners. (Consider this policy position.) For hints on how to find images appropriate for uploading, see the finding images tutorial. It might also be helpful to read Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload.

   Right. Only upload if you have permission to do so via copyright licensing. 5/5

8. You've been a frequent contributor to an article and have helped get it so it's almost ready for nomination as a featured article. You log in one day to find that it's just been put up for AfD by a new user. Nobody has commented on the debate yet, so what should you do?

   A:I would roll the article back, explain the senario, and link him/her to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette

   Why would you link to that page? Also, don't just rollback, it's better to ask for a fresh set of eyes from a confidant, preferably an admin who has more leeway to speedily close an AfD discussion. 3/5

9. If I wrote a template "foo" with this code, what would be displayed when I called it like this: {{subst:foo|article=Lorem Ipsum|Thanks again!}}?

   Thanks for helping with [[{{{article|that article}}}]]! It's a great help. {{{1|}}} <includeonly>~~</includeonly>~~

   A:I haven't the slightest fucking idea . . .should I???

   Oh. Nope. Sorry, we didn't cover that. Go Phightins! 01:05, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

   We didn't get into templates, so I won't penalize you for that question. Though if you're interested, paste the template into your sandbox and see what comes up. 5/5

10. You're working with an new editor to cleanup a page they created. During the course of your discussions, you realize that the content of the article is an exact copy of a textbook the other editor is reading off of. What should you do?

    A:First, do as instructed on the Plagiarism article: If you find an example of plagiarism, where an editor has copied text, media, or figures, into Wikipedia without proper attribution, contact the editor responsible, point them to this guideline and ask them to add attribution. Given that attribution errors may be inadvertent, intentional plagiarism should not be presumed in the absence of strong evidence.[11] Remember that contributors may not be familiar with the concept of plagiarism. Remember to start with the assumption of good faith. It may also be helpful to refer them to Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Citing sources, and/or Help:Citations quick reference. Editors who have difficulties, or questions about this guidance can be referred to the Help Desk, or media copyright questions. In addition to requesting repair of the example you found, you may wish to invite the editor to identify and repair any other instances of plagiarism they may have placed before becoming familiar with this guideline. If you find that an editor persists in plagiarizing, report the editor to the administrators' noticeboard. Be sure to include diffs that show both the plagiarism and the warning. . . Then I would post a speedy deletion tag citing Blatant Copyright in fringement.

    Solid summation of the procedure. 5/5

• Grade for Written Exam: 43/50 (86%)
• Comments: Overall, you did a nice job, but be careful not to simply copy paste and/or closely paraphrase from policy pages; that doesn't really show me anything...I want to see your thinking and analysis. Go Phightins! 22:49, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello John, I'm TheOriginalSoni and I'll be your teacher for this lesson on templates.

Let's just start with the basics now - Any page that has a Template: before it's name is in the Template namespace, and is a template. They function to help make things a lot simpler when you are editing any page. A template is simply a different page whose contents can be seen from another page by calling it.

Lets say you have a page Calling page where you want some text to appear. But you do not want to deal with the huge mess of text in the editing window, and would want it replaced by just a few characters which would do the same work. That is when you use a template.

First, we make a page (Lets say Template:Template page) where you have whatever information you wanted to view on Calling page. Since it is in the Template namespace, we can use it as a template, and call it from Calling page now.

To call the template, you use the following code on Calling page - {{Template name}}. When you do that, whatever is in Template:Template page gets automatically displayed in place of {{Template name}} every time you open Calling page. Now if you want to change some text, you have to change Template name, and the change will be automatically shown on Calling page whenever you open it.

Simple enough? Good. Because now we will be learning some more cool stuff with Templates.

The first thing you now need to know that you can use a template even without putting it into the Template namespace. But then, you will have to mention the namespace of whichever template you are using. For example, the table that you see below is a template at User:TheOriginalSoni/Templates adoption 1. Then how did I get it to work? By using the full name of the template- {{User:TheOriginalSoni/Templates adoption 1}}.

Here is a table of what happens when you call these templates-

What I type	What appears	Comments
{{user en}}	en This user is a native speaker of the English language.	This calls Template:User en. All content there (that is marked to be included, see below) appears where I type the template code.
{{Soni DYK}}	{{Soni DYK}}	I get a red link because no page exists at Template:Soni DYK.
{{User:Saoshyant/Userboxes/User oops}}	This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know.	When I specify the User: namespace, the userbox I have at that location appears. Thus, a template does not have to be in the Template: namespace to work.
{{User DYK}}	This user has written or expanded a number of articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page.	I get a {{{1}}} where a number should appear. This is due to the fact that I did not specify a parameter in that template.

The second thing to know is parameters. For some templates, you might want to change the way it displays for different values you specify. For that, you use parameters while calling the template. To use that, you simply call your template this way - {{Template page|foo}}. This code will call the template, but with the parameter "1" getting the value of "foo" when called. While making the template, you can give the parameters names or numbers. When you use names, you have to write the parameter name while calling it before specifying its value. {{Template page|name=foo}} will now give a value of "foo" to the parameter "name". When using numbers, you may choose to skip the parameter's name, but you can't do that for named parameters.

In the template page, there are several codes you can add to do some special things, including adding a parameter. This table shall explain what they do.

Some templates can be used with parser functions such as #if: These functions to apply certain conditions to the code and make the template appear differently based on what the function is. These functions can help you to create some rather advanced templates, but often get exceedingly complicated and should only be edited by those users who fully understand how they work. Since these are rather complex, they will not be covered in your exam, but if you'd like we can cover them after we've completed the other topics.

The last thing you need to know about templates is Substitition. Substitution, or "subst'ing" a template replaces the curly braced call by the actual template text. To do this, add the code "subst:" at the beginning of the call: {{subst:Template name}}. When this is done, the MediaWiki software will replace that call with the template's code on saving the page. This causes the template to lock in place - however it was when you called it, is how it's going to be from then on. The page at WP:SUBST gives details on what templates should, must, or must not be substituted. When writing templates, it can also be useful to enclose the subst: code within <includeonly> tags. See below.

Do you have any questions or do you completely understand what was told here? TheOriginalSoni (talk) 22:57, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

For this test, I've created you a nice new page at User:Go Phightins!/Adopt/Johncheverly/Templates test. It's a template! Have a look at it now. Depending on how you call it, different things will happen. So I'd like you to call the template so that you get the correct result. No using subst, just use the parameters of your nice new template.

1) I intend to pass this module! (Template module)

A:

2) My name is Johncheverly and I intend to pass this module! (Template module)

A:

3) My name is Johncheverly and I intend to eat a butterfly. (Template module)

A:

4) My name is Johncheverly and I intend to pass this module! I am really good with templates. (Template module)

A:

NB, to get (4) to work properly... you will have to edit the template.

Feel free to play around with the template, and edit it if required. You can always revert back if you've made a mistake. If you aren't sure what is happening, just try and read through on that template. You can also ask me, or at the Teahouse if I am not available. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 08:28, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

• OK. I have completed the quiz to the best of my ability.johncheverly 22:48, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

(adoption page stalker) Hi John! I've been stalking this template test and it is interesting. John, the idea is not to put the sentence in brackets. I think it is very confusing, but here is the template Soni created for you. Templates give me a headache.

{{#if:{{{name|}}}|My name is {{{name}}} and I|I}} intend {{{intend|to pass this module!}}} ''(Template module)''

Feel free to copy and paste this to questions 1-4 on this page. Playing around with this template will produce these sentences Soni is looking for. *LOUD HINT* The template above is the answer to the first question.

P.S. Soni, I did the template test here if you want to take a look at it. I'm confused about the {{#if:{{{name|}}} parameter. If I put {{#if:{{{name|JHUbal27}}} , then shouldn't {{{name}}} come up JHUbal27? Thanks. ~~JHUbal27 02:09, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Please see my reply. If you think it's still a problem, tell me. 223.176.208.148 (talk) 06:54, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

• • Both of you need to CALL this template (with the required parameters) to finish the test. Jhubal, you cannot copy the code. The code is already in the template. You need to use that template only (User:Go Phightins!/Adopt/Johncheverly/Templates test) with the parameters to get the words to display.
  • John, first try getting the first 3 parts. You do not need to change the template for that. Just try typing {{User:Go Phightins!/Adopt/Johncheverly/Templates test}} below and see what the output is. Now try adding or removing a parameter while calling it, and then see what is displayed. Try and make sure what the template displays is the same as what I have written on the page. (Just like Jhubal did on his page, but by calling the template). Do that for the first three questions. When you have done that, you'll realize that you can't do Question 4 without changing the template page [You should not be changing the template page for Q1-3]. Look at whatever you have got until now, and try and making changes to your template that allows the extra words.
  • At any point of time, both of you should feel absolutely free to make any changes you think might work. You can always revert. The best way to learn templates is to make these small changes and see what effect happens on the calling page. Also, I suggest jhubal copy the template page to another page (Maybe a User:JHUbal27/template/actual template) so you can try Q4 independant of John.
  • I hope you guys got what is to be done. Feel free to give it another try, and ask me again if you've got a question.
  • Cheers,
  • 223.176.208.148 (talk) 06:39, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

In case you did not understand, I will say it again.

A template is a page which is called on another page. So if you have a page named Template:Template page, you can display whatever you have written on Template page anywhere (which will be the calling page) by simply typing {{Template:Template page}}.

What this does is to search for the page whose name is Template:Template page, and then display the contents of the template when you call it. If you add additional parameters, like by typing {{Template:Template page|John}}, then the displaying will be different based on how you make the original Template page. Codewords like #if and other such stuff in the Template page are to use the same template do different things when you call it with different parameters.

This is what you have to do in your test - You have to try and call the same template multiple times but make sure it displays differently.

Hope its clearer now

Cheers,

Soni

Also, a red link means the page does not exist. So if you type {{I intend to pass this module}}, the MediaWiki software will try to find the page named Template:I intend to pass this module, which does not exist. Hence the red link.

Moved from Templates Test page TheOriginalSoni (talk) 09:04, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

In case you did not understand, I will say it again.

A template is a page which is called on another page. So if you have a page named Template:Template page, you can display whatever you have written on Template page anywhere(which will be the calling page) by simply typing {{Template:Template page}}.

What this does is to search for the page whose name is Template:Template page, and then display the contents of the template when you call it. If you add additional parameters, like by typing {{Template:Template page|John}}, then the displaying will be different based on how you make the original Template page. Codewords like #if and other such stuff in the Template page are to use the same template do different things when you call it with different parameters.

This is what you have to do in your test - You have to try and call the same template multiple times but make sure it displays differently.

10.2 Test [edit]

For this test, I've created you a nice new page at User:Go Phightins!/Adopt/Johncheverly/Templates test. It's a template! Have a look at it now. Depending on how you call it, different things will happen. So I'd like you to call the template so that you get the correct result. No using subst, just use the parameters of your nice new template.

1) I intend to pass this module! (Template module)

A: {{Template:Template page|I intend to pass this module!}}

2) My name is Johncheverly and I intend to pass this module! (Template module)

A: {{Template:Template page|My name is Johncheverly and I intend to pass this module!}}

3) My name is Johncheverly and I intend to eat a butterfly. (Template module)

A: {{Template:Template page|My name is Johncheverly and I intend to eat a butterfly.}}

4) My name is Johncheverly and I intend to pass this module! I am really good with templates. (Template module)

A: {{Template:Template page|My name is Johncheverly and I intend to pass this module!|I am really good with templates.}} johncheverly 00:13, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

I intend to pass this module! (Template module)