User:Paste/adoption/Basket of puppies

This is the adoption page for Basket of Puppies.
 * I hope that you will be able to get this completed soon and then we can move onto deciding how best to progress. Do let me know if you have any concerns. Paste  Let’s have a chat. 20:18, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

About You!
I've been reading articles for a long time and then became interested in them when I found out about the discussion page. I first tried my hand at editing on Jan 1 of 2009 and so I've been around for 2 weeks now. I've created a few articles, mostly in the area of medicine and neurology. I really have a strong interest in neurology, radiology and some basic anatomy. Basket of Puppies 16:47, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Great, anything else you think you would like to put that maybe helpful to us both. Your rough location for example so that we know each others time. Paste Talk 16:52, 14 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I live in New England in America. It's really beautiful here and I love the historic nature of it all. My interest in neurology comes from a neurological condition that I have which has left my mostly disabled. I can walk and move but not for more than an hour at a time. Thus I find this wikipedia to be a great use of my time. It's not very often one can help create a huge database of knowledge in their spare time. Basket of Puppies  17:04, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * OK then we will have to take into account the 5 hour (is that correct it's 1709 here) time differential. Sorry to hear of your disability but glad you have found Wikipedia to be useful. Paste Talk 17:10, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
 * By the way are they your dogs on your user page, I'm a great dog lover. Here's my two in the garden.


 * Those are beautiful dogs! I love dogs but sadly where I live we are not allowed to have anyone. I am hoping to move out soon and into a place where I can have a gaggle of puppies! Basket of Puppies  04:26, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

What can you do already
I have been using the random article button in order to find articles that have lacked references. I then google and search for appropriate references and add them. I've also created a few small articles on the topics of radiology and neurology. I plan on expanding these articles significantly. I have done some minor copyediting and also tried my hand at new page patrol, having CSDed a few pages which were obvious spam. Basket of Puppies 16:51, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

About Me
I'm in Sussex, England. I've been on the Wiki for 2 1/2 years and its a bit of a minefield to start with but you soon get used to it. I'm married, three children and two dogs!

What You Can Do
Put a ✅ (✅) next to the things you are interested in:


 * Advanced vandalism fighting ✅
 * Good article creation, including
 * adding references✅
 * using images
 * tables


 * Wikimarkup
 * Wikipedia policy
 * Articles for deletion ✅
 * WikiProjects ✅
 * Customising signatures

If you are unsure of any what any of these are, leave a note here or on my talk page and I'll explain further.


 * OK, shall we start with Articles for deletion? Have a look at AFD or specifically Articles for deletion/Log/2009 January 16 for all the deletion discussions today (Friday 16th Jan). There's a guide at AfD which explains what to do, but basically, try to find something which interests you and assess that nomination. It may be an obvious discussion - an article which serves no purpose or could merged with another etc. Make a decision, and place a bold delete or keep at the bottom of the list. In order to see other comments and therefore help you to see how these things operate, it's probably best not to be the first to vote on a discussion until you are more experienced. Sometimes it may be practical to instead opt for merge with... if necessary. Always add a reason - saying per nom. (per nominator) is very often not viewed as worth consideration. At the end, an admin will review the AfD and make a decision on whether to delete or not.
 * I'm sure the guide at AfD explains this a lot better than I do so I suggest that you have a look at that as well!

With regard to vandalism fighting, patrolling the Special:RecentChanges is a good way to see what is happening and you may like to take on Twinkle to help you with combating vandalism. If you wish, leave a note here with any queries that you may have and then we can look at what you want to do next. Paste Let’s have a chat. 08:24, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I have looked through the above and even tried my hand at Twinkle a few times. I found the AfD information to be enlightening and reviewed several active AfDs. I didn't yet comment- I'll do that in a bit once I get some more in depth knowledge of the process and requirements. This really is very interesting. What's the next part? Basket of Puppies  03:34, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Glad to see that you are finding it interesting, I would suggest that you now continue to get used to Twinkle using it carefully to perhaps revert the worst cases of vandalism, continue to look at AfDs and start to contribute there when you feel ready to do so. I'll monitor what you are doing - don't forget to ask questions about anything at all and I'll try to answer. If I don't know the answer I'll find out from someone else! So let's see how it goes for a few days and then we can look at some other areas. Regards Paste  Let’s have a chat. 09:05, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh this is a bit exciting. I did a recent change patrol and saw some obvious vandalism. So I used Twinkle to undo it. Does this look ok? Basket of Puppies  15:35, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Perfect, typical mindless vandalism, reverted in an instance! :-) Paste  Let’s have a chat. 15:44, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yay for me! I also left the person a Twinkle based vandalism warning on their talk page, but they seem to be editing from an IP address. Will they get it or even care? Basket of Puppies  16:03, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * They will get it if still online or if they log on again but it also depends if they have a static or dynamic IP address. They probably won't care too much though I'm afraid. Paste  Let’s have a chat. 16:39, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * How are you getting on? I see that you are in the middle of a new article but you are not venturing out into the rest of Wikipedia if I can put it that way. Is there any assistance I can give you? Best regards. Paste  Let’s have a chat. 11:14, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I am doing well, thank you for asking! The article that I wish to expand will require a lot of research. There is almost nothing on the web so a friend and I are going to the original sources. However I will need your assistance to ensure we are not violating WP:OR. Other than that I am going to try to spend a few minutes ago combating vandalism and new page patrolling. Basket of Puppies  16:30, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Excellent, keep in touch. Paste  Let’s have a chat. 16:41, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * How are you finding Wikipedia, I see that you are not that active? Is this because you are unsure of what to do/procedures/policies etc or are you just too busy? :-) If you're just too busy or not keen to be very active that's fine but if there is anything I can do please let me know. In terms of adoption on Wikipedia if you are happy with things then I may take on another adoptee as I am not having to spend any time with you. Is that OK? All the best. Paste  Let’s have a chat. 15:08, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Howdy, Paste! All is going well. I haven't been completely active, tho your assistance has been huge! Last night I reported my first vandal and they were blocked! I am glad that I was able to identify and report such things. I did use the Twinkle tool which made it very simple. I am also in school so I am rather occupied in this regard. Thanks so much for checking up on me! Basket of Puppies  21:26, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Rollback
Hi, Paste! I asked for and was granted rollback. I have been using it over the past several hours to combat blatant vandalism. Might you be able to look at my contributions in order to see if I have got the hand of it? Thanks, Paste!!!
 * Hi, that's good, I'll keep an eye out for your contributions. I have had a look this morning and it's worth keeping an eye on what happens after, for example, you tag an article for a speedy delete. If you look at CJ Lukins you tagged it but the tag was quickly removed by the author. I have re tagged it A7 and warned the author. Regards-- Paste Let’s have a chat. 08:47, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Account creation
I've noticed that you have been making inquiries about account creation. I am one of the editors mentioned in the responses you received so do contact me if you need assistance. Indeed as your adopter you can contact me on anything!-- Paste Let’s have a chat. 14:31, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Image

 * I see that there is a copyright problem with File:Peteandfayjones.jpg, can you edit to avoid its deletion? Good to see that you have put up New Waveland Cafe & Clinic as a good article nominee, good luck with that. Keep in touch.-- Paste Let’s have a chat. 19:58, 19 April 2009 (UTC)