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Comments User's last 5000 edits.Voice-of-All 08:13, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

--Viewing contribution data for user Kjkolb (over the 5000 edit(s) shown on this page)-- (FAQ)
Time range: 120 approximate day(s) of edits on this page
Most recent edit on: 8hr (UTC) -- 14, May, 2006
Oldest edit on: 7hr (UTC) -- 16, December, 2005
Overall edit summary use: Major edits: 98.17% Minor edits: 97.21%
Article edit summary use: Major article edits: 99.71% Minor article edits: 97.57%
Average edits per day (current): 41.77
Recognized significant article edits (non-minor/reverts): 5%
Unique pages edited: 3302 | Average edits per page: 1.51 | Edits on top: 35.46%
Breakdown of edits:
All significant edits (non-minor/reverts): 26.24%
Minor edits (non reverts): 61.02%
Marked reverts: 12.04%
Unmarked edits: 0.7%
Edits by Misplaced Pages namespace:
Article: 66.74% (3337) | Article talk: 7.8% (390)
User: 2.48% (124) | User talk: 3.64% (182)
Misplaced Pages: 15.92% (796) | Misplaced Pages talk: 1.76% (88)
Image: 0% (0)
Template: 0.3% (15)
Category: 0.74% (37)
Portal: 0% (0)
Help: 0% (0)
MediaWiki: 0% (0)
Other talk pages: 0.62% (31)

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Questions for the candidate
Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Misplaced Pages in this capacity. Please take the time to answer a few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Misplaced Pages backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.

A: What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? Please check out Category:Misplaced Pages backlog, and read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.

I think that I would participate in a wide range of chores, like helping out at copyright problems and requested moves, protecting and unprotecting pages as warranted. Also, I think that I would be able to help more people if I had administrative access, as I have been asked for help that requires administrative access on talk pages and by email. Being able to view deleted pages would be very useful for nominating an article for deletion. I have had to nominate articles for deletion that could have been speedily deleted because I could not tell if it was recreated content.

I would block an editor if necessary. If an editor blocked by another administrator requested to be unblocked, I would try to contact the administrator instead of unblocking the editor myself. If the administrator is unreachable, and I feel the block might be inappropriate, I would ask other administrators what they think before unblocking.

If I was an administrator I would speedy delete only those articles that any reasonable editor would agree that it meets the criteria. I would take anything else to AfD. I would close AfD nominations as well, but only if the consensus is clear, or if I have no strong opinion on the article to avoid bias. My opinion on what is encyclopedic is stricter than most, but I would not let it interfere with my judgment.

2. Of your articles or contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A: My largest contribution to a single article was to List of reservoirs and dams in California. I added about 100 entries to the table. For multiple articles, my biggest contribution has been my articles on rivers, lakes and dams in California. I have also contributed 18 pictures to Wikimedia Commons, which allows all of the projects to use them. Many of the pictures required substantial effort to take and giving them to Misplaced Pages under the terms of the GFDL was a big deal for me.

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

A: I try to make my arguments persuasive and easy to understand, and sometimes that is mistaken for stress or as talking down to people, but I'm actually very laid back. Once, an editor was upset that I inappropriately marked an article of his as a copyright violation. I somehow managed to miss the blatant note in the edit summary. I apologized and restored the article. I do get frustrated with editors who post copyrighted material without permission, but most such editors are anonymous or only make a couple of posts before leaving Misplaced Pages. If I found that I was getting agitated, I would try to calm myself down and take a break before returning to editing.

4. When would you use {{test1}}, and when would you use {{bv}}?

A: I would use {{test1}} for test posts and only use {{bv}} when the editor is clearly maliciously vandalizing Misplaced Pages. A lot of people do test edits because they cannot believe that they are really able to edit the encyclopedia or they want to see whether their change will be reverted. Using a template like {{bv}} may offend them and stop them from becoming involved in the project or lead to true vandalism.

5. What would you do if a user reverts an article four times in slightly more than 24 hours? (Thus obeying the letter of WP:3RR.)

A: I would not block him or her. I would suggest to all involved parties that they work it out on the talk page, instead of just reverting one another. This is assuming that the reverts did not involve unambiguous vandalism. If the reverting continues, I would discuss options with admins and veteran editors such as blocking, a request for comment or mediation. This is my answer with my current knowledge. I intend to do additional studying on blocking policy and practice before I block or unblock anyone.

6. In your opinion, when should you speedy delete an article under CSD A7 (unremarkable people or groups) and when should you nominate it for an AFD instead?

A: I would only speedy delete an article that clearly meets the criteria and that any reasonable editor would delete. If the deletion would be at all controversial, I would nominate it for deletion on AfD. Deletions should be done carefully. Any editor can reverse an edit, but only an administrator can undelete articles.

7. How would you apply NPOV to a controversial article that you are editing?

A: I have some experience with controversial articles, such as those related to nuclear power and renewable energy, which are more controversial than one might think. I try to give all the relevant information about a subject, not glossing over the disadvantages for one topic or focusing on the problems for another. For example, I favor expanding the use of photovoltaic panels, but the electricity they produce is intermittent and the current capacity for manufacturing the panels is not enough to displace large amounts of nuclear or fossil fuel energy. If all information, good and bad, is not included, it is not an encyclopedia article. It is promotional literature or an attack article.

8. What are your greatest frustrations with Misplaced Pages?

A: The amount of copyright violations and bad articles that fall through the cracks are my greatest frustrations, especially those that well-meaning editors mark for cleanup instead of identifying them as copyright violations or nominating them for deletion. -- Kjkolb 05:36, 14 May 2006 (UTC)