User:Jack Greenmaven/Editing Journal

My editing journal
I am maintaining this list for the benefit of researchers into editor behaviour. Beginning editors may find it interesting too. WP is a social process.
 * Began editing (5 November 2010)
 * Learned how to do things on WP, experimented with my user page and user boxes, reached the limit of the new articles I could easily add
 * Now what?
 * Started patrolling new pages (22 June 2011)
 * Learning a lot about WP by New Page patrolling (27 June 2011)
 * Finding the 'open tasks' list useful in finding work to do (Nov 2011)(end of my first year as an editor)
 * Working on the oldest articles tagged for copyediting (Dec 2011)
 * Made first warning to a vandal (5 Dec 2011)
 * Merged my first article Eunseong Kim (17 Dec 2011)
 * Preparing to join my first copyediting backlog drive (22 Dec 2011)
 * Started using SuggestBot (User:SuggestBot) (22 December 2011)
 * Merged two articles suggested by SuggestBot (23 December 2011)
 * Edited my 1,000th page (27 December, 2011)
 * Edited for about 13 hours on day 1 of the January 2012 Copyedit backlog drive (1 Jan 2012 [GMT], 24 articles cleaned up)
 * Topped the leaderboard during the January Copyediting drive and received my first barnstars (January 2012)
 * Had a cataract removed from my left eye (15 February 2012)
 * Had a cataract removed from my right eye (27 March 2012)
 * After surgery, made a token effort on the March copyediting drive, and just monitored my watch list (March 2012)
 * Got a barnstar for my modest March copyediting effort (April 2012)
 * Edited my 1,500th page (April 2012)
 * Made the first archive of my talk page contents to cover 2010-2011 (April 24, 2012)
 * Made a separate subpage for my barnstars (April 24, 2012)
 * Over 400 pages currently on my watchlist (May 14, 2012)
 * Discovered that an article I had recently copyedited had achieved 'featured article' status.
 * Over 500 pages currently on my watchlist (May 31, 2012)
 * Put the Teahouse Questions on my watchlist. Often a useful ongoing tutorial. (May 2012)
 * Becoming very interested in WP as a social phenomenon, developing some thoughts about how to encourage others to become editors. (June 2012)
 * Realised I had found a way to re-create my former working life – sitting in front of a screen, fooling with computers...
 * Completed my third (May) copyediting drive, coming second on the leaderboard, although my contribution was larger than my January effort. (June 1, 2012)
 * Put the first Wiki advertisement (for the Guild) on my User Page (12 June 2012)
 * Added TCO's manifesto to this User page. (Look below the user boxes on the right). (26 June 2012)
 * Signed up as a reviewer for the July copyediting backlog drive (1 July 2012)
 * Cannot participate in the July drive: unexpected demands on my time in RL (15 July 2012)
 * Did enough editing (with a lot of carry-over words from May) to gain, in July, an "Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia" (11 Aug 2012)
 * Pleased to see Dorset made it to Featured Article status. I copy edited it in May 2012. (27 August, 2012)
 * Editing using my new iPad for the first time. Seems a little awkward at first. Edited my 1,800th unique page on WP. (27 August, 2012)
 * End of my second year as an editor (5 Nov 2012)
 * Away from editing for several weeks—recovering from more surgery on 2 Nov (not on eyes). Joined 'Editor Retention Project' (18 Nov 2012)
 * Reduced my watchlist to 205 from about 447. Tried viewing the feedback from the "article feedback tool" on my watched pages. Found some useful feedback on only one article. (21 Nov 2012)
 * Looking at the contributions of new editors, using WP Special:Log/newusers. Welcoming or warning depending on their contributions. Sad to see at least as many vandals as genuine editors. (25 Nov 2012)
 * My user page was vandalised for the first time - by someone I had warned (25 Nov 2012)
 * Enjoying using WP:STiki to oppose vandalism. Especially pleased to find a platform independent tool because I do not use an IBM PC clone. (27 Nov 2012)
 * Got first barnstar for fighting vandalism (28 Nov 2012)
 * Further vandalism of my User Page. It seems about one attack per day is to be expected when one engages in reverting vandals. (29 Nov 2012)
 * More than 1000 pages classified in less than three days using STiki (29 Nov 2012)
 * Reading a second research paper on automated vandalism tools (30 Nov 2012)
 * Initiated my first sockpuppet investigation. It found nothing. (1 Dec 2012)
 * Checked 4000 articles in first four days with STiki, I reverted about 37% of presented edits. (2 Dec 2012)
 * Great day! Rode my electric bike for the first time today, after surgery one month ago. Created a new (stub) article. Got my STiki Bronze Star (5000 articles classified) after editing with STiki for only six days. After a few days, moved from 40th to 27th place on the STiki leaderboard. (3 Dec 2012)
 * Crept into 25th place on STiki (above). RL has been distracting. Much less done (8 Dec 2012)
 * Offered, and given, Reviewer and Rollbacker rights. Appreciated that. (9 Dec 2012)
 * Edited 5,000th article (13 Dec 2012)
 * Passed the 12,000 edit count (16 Dec 2012)
 * Distracted from editing after opening my first Twitter account about 10 days ago (20 Dec 2012)
 * Hearing that the World Bank has endorsed a report that we are heading for 4-6 deg of average Global Warming, has caused me to redirect my time from WP towards more activism on Climate Change prevention. I may edit less here in future. I may be able to "make more of a difference" using Twitter. (26 Dec 2012)
 * Crept into 23rd place on STiki leaderboard (see above). (4 Jan 2013)
 * Editing very much less. This is an election year in Australia. Very concerned about Climate Change. Turning to political activism this year (23 Feb 2013)
 * Made my statements in the top left box, (now hidden) about editing less because I now prioritise Climate Change activism. (30 Jun 2013)
 * Still recovering from the Australian election. The forces of reaction, conservatism and ignorance are now running the country (28 Oct 2013)
 * End of my third year as an editor. (6 Nov 2013)
 * Downloaded latest version of Stiki (STiki_2013_08_19) (6 Nov 2013)
 * Not using Twitter much now: election over, and unable to reverse climate change single-handedly! (8 Nov 2013)
 * Return to WP editing. Working with STiki again. (16 Nov 2013)
 * Exceeded 10,000 STiki classifications. (STiki Silver Star); running at 25th on the leaderboard. (22 Nov 2013)
 * Regained my place (from last January) at 23rd on the STiki leaderboard (25 Nov 2013)
 * Reached 21st place on the STiki leaderboard, best ever. (29 Nov 2013)
 * Reached 20th place on the STiki leaderboard. Hoping to stay in the top 20. (2 Dec 2013)
 * Have been at 18th place on the STiki leaderboard for a few days now. (13 Dec 2013)
 * Reached 17th place on the STiki leaderboard. (about 15 Dec 2013)
 * Made my first, and successful, request for an article to be protected. Reported my first persistent vandals recently. Met another editor in RL. Agreed to help him improve an article Kiap. (16 Dec 2013)
 * Reached 16th place on the STiki leaderboard. (25 Dec 2013. Christmas Day)
 * Reached 15th place on the STiki leaderboard. (30 Dec 2013)
 * Got my first "anti-vandalism" barnstar spontaneously from another editor. (1 Jan 2014 AEST)
 * Exceeded 20,000 STiki classifications. (3 Jan 2014)
 * Reached 13th place on the STiki leaderboard. (5 Jan 2014)
 * Edited my 15,000th page (7 Jan 2014)
 * Reached 12th place on the STiki leaderboard. (10 Jan 2014)
 * Read many discussions in the Signpost about RfA process, reform attempts etc (Jan 2014)
 * Reached 11th place on the STiki leaderboard. (18 Jan 2014), got taken to ANI for rolling back edits.
 * Reached 10th place on the STiki leaderboard. (25 Jan 2014)
 * Exceeded 25,000 edits on 16,381 pages. (27 Jan 2014)
 * Reached 9th place on the STiki leaderboard. (~ 3 Feb 2014)
 * Reached 8th place on the STiki leaderboard. (7 Feb 2014)
 * Exceeded 25,000 STiki classifications (STiki Gold Star). (8 Feb 2014)
 * Fell back to 10th place on Stiki, after 52 days of doing nothing (5 April 2014)
 * I get enthusiastic about some aspect of editing and focus on it for a while. Nothing is attracting me at present. No opportunity for a new article has arisen. (7 Nov 2014)
 * I have achieved "Senior Editor status". This has been one of my goals. I am not very motivated to go beyond that. (7 Nov 2014)
 * Slowing down in all aspects of my life. Becoming a Forest Dweller (Hinduism) (5 May 2015)
 * Mostly checking my watchlist these days (11 June 2015)
 * Still very inactive. My life is taken up with political activism, mainly related to Climate Change, using Twitter and Facebook. (14 Aug 2015)
 * must edit occasionally to maintain my right to vote. Lack of progress on climate change depresses me. (6 Dec 2015)
 * I am only watching articles I have put a lot of work into, and those on my watchlist. I find the current world situation too distracting to allow me to put more effort into WP. Two things trouble me the most: global warming and the Trump presidency. (2 Jan 2017)
 * I may create new articles, when I have a new topic of interest. (28 March 2017)
 * I am interested in Project Inspire. Funding is available for worthwhile projects. (28 March 2017)
 * I was diagnosed with lung cancer in January, 2017. This has greatly reduced my editing of WP. Currently I seem to be responding well to Nivolumab. Too soon to be sure, but a cause for optimism. (5 December 2017
 * I now just monitor my watchlist occasionally. By chance, it is exactly one year since my last post. It will soon be two years since I was diagnosed with lung cancer. I don't expect to live another year. I can still do everything for myself, but gradually have less energy. I am proud of my contribution to Wikipedia. Now it's up to a new generation. (5 December 2018)


 * Thanks to other editors for reverting vandalism on my User Page (usually before I have seen it)
 * The oldest vandalised page found by STiki for me was 107 days old


 * Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. (Luis Buñuel)


 * I miss having the Novato child's book image on my page!! (we all have to grow up in the end)