User:John/highlights


 * ''User:Gwernol's highlights for my RfA; I thought it was worth keeping.

During Guinnog's RfA his use of AWB became an issue. I decided to investigate this further. I downloaded his entire contribution history and wrote a short Java program to distinguish his AWB edits to articles from the rest. Of a total of 13301 edits, 10341 were to articles. Of these 4193 were made using AWB, of which 2795 were spelling corrections. That leaves 6148 (i.e. 59.4%) of his article edits that were not performed using AWB.

A sampling of Guinnog's contributions
FreakOfNurture asked to see some of Guinnog's non-AWB edits. There are a couple of existing places to start. His RfA nomination and his userpage both list a number of contributions he's made. I've also done some random sampling of his contributions list to find the following. It's important to note that a lot of Guinnog's work is WikiGnome-ish: small but important edits that over time add up to a major improvement.

Vandalism patroling

 * reverting vandalism
 * reverting unsourced POV
 * Again removing unsoruced speculation
 * Removing linkspam
 * Removing subtle POV-poisoning from a controversial article
 * Appropriate vandalism warning (user was later indef blocked)
 * More linkspam reversion
 * Reverting vandalism

Editor interactions

 * Attempting to help a troubled editor stay on the project
 * Ability to acknowledge a mistake and help a new user
 * Discussing article improvements with CoolCat
 * Further civil attempt to help a newbie in trouble
 * Good interaction with a user to help calm a difficult situation
 * A small act of civility that makes Wikipedia a better place by encouraging good editors

Article contributions

 * The Cortinas - Originator and so far only contributor
 * Good contributions to Apartheid article
 * Significant copywriting improvement
 * Adding well-sourced information to an article
 * Maintaining neutral tone of voice in article
 * Good, well sourced additions
 * Starting a new article
 * And another
 * More NPOV copy editing
 * Another article he originated
 * Maintining neutral language and facts
 * Adding good, encyclopedic content