stev: become janny (Memescope Wiki Maintainer Application)

[stev]

Ckey/BYOND Username: Memescope McGee
Position Being Applied For: Wiki Maintainer
Have you read the Lore Team Rules and Regulations wiki page? Yes.
Past Experiences/Knowledge: 

1. I have experience with ss13 wiki maintenance. About four or five years ago (jesus) I was a wiki contributor/maintainer for Baystation under Skeeveo, the then-lead wiki developer; I contributed both as a writer, content editor, and semi-technical maintainer helping to reformat the wiki into a more acceptable state. 
2. I have real-world experience as a proofreader and copy-editor. I'm also currently a third-year university student on a book publishing/editorial course and should be well-equipped for article proofreading and editing.
3. As a hobbyist writer, I have experience with formatting and editing for a number of formats, including wiki article style (see point 1).

Examples of Past Work:
Unfortunately, with the loss of the Baystation forums and wiki, most examples of my previous wiki work have been blasted from orbit, and I'm not comfortable with leaking personal work and information in an application for a funny space game. If some form of evidence is required, I'd have to get testimonies from some of the people involved with the Bay wiki project I was a part of, and I'd really rather not do that if unnecessary. 

Additional Comments:
So, this is a funny one: My forum-linked wiki account has been hard locked up due to a bug with some of the appearance style preference options. I've been able to view the wiki without an account by clearing my cache, but any attempt at accessing my wiki account results in an error 520, rendering every single page on the wiki completely inaccessible until I manually clear the site data cache with devtools. As a result, I haven't been able to play around with editing or drafting on the wiki for a good few weeks. Really hoping this can be fixed, even if that simply involves deleting my wiki account in its entirety!

Regarding the broader application, I aim to help the wiki and lore teams with quality assurance for articles and employ some basic editorial guidelines to keep our core, most important pages in the best state possible.

[Burrito Justice]

The fact that the wiki doesn't work for you after selecting an appearance is really unfortunate, @Arrow768 will probably have to take a look at it and help you out there. Other than that, I'd like to see your skills on the team, so +1.

[Chada1]

I'm the one who encouraged Stev to join up, needless to say, I'm in support, tho their technical difficulty needs to be addressed first.

[Haydizzle]

I do not really have any doubts about your ability to do wiki editing. You seem very capable in that regard with an impressive history and experience, even past the point of it being a personal hobby, which is highly applaudable in its own right.

However, I believe the propensity for being argumentative in an unproductive way (IE getting involved in a debate and then not ducking out or summarizing when appropriate) remains a significant hurdle for your qualifications for the position. I've observed in the past that conversations start civil, yet they can become emotionally charged later on from your side of things. There does not seem to be any recognition of when to step away from an argument or ask for help from administration either. This extends out past more than one or two isolated incidents, and on top of that, I feel there are also some other signs of not having good communication skills.

Overall, I cannot support this application.

[stev]

4 hours ago, Haydizzle said:

I do not really have any doubts about your ability to do wiki editing. You seem very capable in that regard with an impressive history and experience, even past the point of it being a personal hobby, which is highly applaudable in its own right.

However, I believe the propensity for being argumentative in an unproductive way (IE getting involved in a debate and then not ducking out or summarizing when appropriate) remains a significant hurdle for your qualifications for the position. I've observed in the past that conversations start civil, yet they can become emotionally charged later on from your side of things. There does not seem to be any recognition of when to step away from an argument or ask for help from administration either. This extends out past more than one or two isolated incidents, and on top of that, I feel there are also some other signs of not having good communication skills.

Overall, I cannot support this application.

These are fair criticisms to be honest, I do have some difficulties with twigging when to disengage from debates and/or arguments. I am cognizant of this, however, and am trying to improve on that particular failing. I've been letting IRL stress bleed into interactions here way too much in the past month or two, though I should finally be mainly out of the woods within the next couple weeks. As for communication, I'll admit I'm not amazing with it as far as personal communication goes, but I'm a lot better with goal-oriented communication with a specific purpose and function in mind - like coordinating editorial work, for example. 

I'm aware that it sounds like a bit of a cop-out to simply say, "yep, I know it's a problem, I'm working on it," but there's not really much else I could say without misrepresenting my own skills and weaknesses. I fully understand if that isn't enough. 

[Burrito Justice]

In spite of my earlier support, I'll have to rescind my approval given that you're still unable to access the wiki with your account, and I'd hate to see this sit here and wallow for eternity, among other reasons that can be explained in DMs. Nonetheless, thank you for applying, and I'm sorry it turned out like this.