Forum:Admin:Yunzhong Hou

Nomination

 * User:Yunzhong Hou - I've been on this wiki for only three weeks, but I've made over 1960 edits already, mostly on a particular project (Neverending Wiki) but also a bit on some other pages. Several things I would like to point out:
 * I'm bureaucrat and sysop on the Future Wikia, so I know how to work with promotions, user bans, protections, reverts, deletions, the side bar, the site notice, and other system messages.
 * I've been a temporary admin on the Novelas Wikia as well, so I know how things run around here.
 * Recently, I made a very long string of deletions. These were all in the list of Short Pages, and many of them had nearly no text. While I do realize that I have made some poor deletions, I also understand that people do make mistakes, and I am willing to revert my actions if anyone disagrees with them. Meanwhile, the vast majority of the said deletions were undertaken in an attempt to clean up the empty pages of this wiki so that the random pages won't turn up too many of them and annoy visitors. Please note that my deletions were undertaken with goodwill; after I had deleted the shortest pages, I have barely deleted anything else.
 * I consider my organization and creativity as my strongest aspects. My contributions to the Neverending Wiki's contents, as well as its portals (see N), have helped make navigation easier. Minor strongpoints would be diligence--I'm on here quite often--and grammar--I've made few typing errors, which boosts the appearance of this site.
 * Other noticeable contributions include the Quest collection, the new logo, the Portals page, and the breaking up of the Metal Gear 200kb article into 22 chapters. --Yunzhong Hou 01:43, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Questions for Yunzhong Hou
1) Compliance with Wikia. Do you think an administrator should be familiar with and comply with the Wikia Terms of use and policies? --JWSchmidt 14:02, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Certainly. The terms of use and policies form the backbone of the Wikia project, and is what we base our wiki on. Therefore, understanding them is crucial to avoid legal troubles and facilitate use, good style, and a sense of community. (This item is quite obviously a yes answer, and I didn't expect much disagreement on this.) --Yunzhong Hou 23:23, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

2) Image tags. Do you think that it is a good idea that, "All images must have a tag added stating which license they are under"? --JWSchmidt 01:06, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Certainly. And there's a lot of articles needing such tags. --Yunzhong Hou 23:42, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

3) Blocks and bans. What is the difference between a "block" and a "ban"? What types of behavior warrant blocks and bans? --JWSchmidt 02:52, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


 * A ban is a "social construct" and it does not by itself prevent a user or IP address from modifying content in a wiki, but it is often reinforced by a block, which is the technical term for preventing a user from modifying content in a wiki for a set duration of time. There are different types of blocking, such as range blocking, block timers, user blocks, IP address blocks, and blocking by technical means. In effect, the two generally occur together, though a ban is directed against a person, while a block is directed against a specific target (and hence more than one may be necessary). --Yunzhong Hou 21:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

4) What to block. If someone makes a strange edit how do you decide if you should talk to/warn the editor rather than block that editor? Hopefully we will never face this situation here, but what might cause an editor to be banned from Novelas? Who should decide if someone is banned? --JWSchmidt 02:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Depends on the type of edit. If it's clearly not what it's supposed to be, then action can be unilateral and noted on the edit summary. Otherwise, a community discussion may be better. Editors who delete vast quantities of good material without an explanation, or who spam accounts, or who attempt to "silence" others' edits by simply removing them without providing a link to the new location are candidates for being banned. The general community decides if someone is to be banned, though of course the community must have good reason for its course of action and of course only an admin can set the ban. --Yunzhong Hou 21:40, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

5) Qualifications for adminship. Should there be a minimum period of time or number of edits at a wiki before someone should become an admin? --JWSchmidt 03:41, 14 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Minimum time period isn't really an issue, because a person could make a lot of edits in one day while another may make only one edit every two days.


 * What matters is the number of edits totalled and how many contributions that a person can make on average (ie. per week), as this shows commitment, involvement, and familiarity with the system. In fact, making more edits over a small time period shows a person's diligence and interest in an issue, rather than fewer average contributions over the long term, which shows a person's continual interest in a topic but not that the person can make enough of an effect on average.


 * Isn't it about time that anyone else have a question to ask? --Yunzhong Hou 23:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to comment on that myself, just to point out something. When I first came, I also made large edits and all and that slowly slowed. Also, edit count is useless if people don't use Show Preview. Alongside that, but howmuch is being added? Now I must add, Yunzhong Hou does nice work on balancing minor and nminor edits. And I havn't noticed lacking of Show Preview.Serprex 00:46, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

6) Language barrier. Just from interest, do you speak spanish at all, and if that BOEN stuff is really being editted right, might as well put it on the record.Serprex 00:46, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, I can speak Spanish, though I don't do it all that often because I'm only a beginner at it (3 years of schooling). Also, I don't have the spanish character keyboard, so all the accent marks are missing. --Yunzhong Hou 00:57, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Discussion
APPROVAL;Serprex 02:09, 9 December 2006 (UTC);I approve Yunzhong Hou, as many admins are not always around. S/he is willing to discuss matters, as can be seen by the extensive talk pages and all. So ya, we need more admins so lets add those who wish it...

YES. Yuzhong's got (dang) over 1000 edits already, and he's the hardest worker on this wiki, so if anyone should be admin, he would be the most effective. I support his request. --169.157.9.51 17:50, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

So...when is someone going to make a final decision?Serprex 13:43, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

It should be today. I first posted here on the 9th, and it's the 16th now-seven days. --Yunzhong Hou 14:08, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Serprex, maybe you could go to the central Wikia and ask for help. One way to get quick help is to use IRC. --JWSchmidt 21:09, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll do this now. It's good to know the community supports Yunzhong Hou's adminship. Angela talk 19:07, 17 December 2006 (UTC)