User:Paste/adoption/Meiskam

This is the adoption page for Meiskam.
 * Glad you are interested in adoption, have a go at completing this page as it will be a good starting point for us to sort out time zones, what you know, what you don't and what you want to do. 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.

About You!
I've been using computers and the internet for the past 15 years. As far as programming/scripting languages, I am knowledgeable in PHP, HTML, UScript, C, C++, JavaScript, Pascal, MSL (and maybe others that I cannot remember as of now). Within the past 3 years I have attempted to cut down on how much free time I use on the internet, unsuccessfully. I am nocturnal (it is 2:40 AM EST as I write this). I live in North Carolina, USA. I love to learn just by reading one wiki article, then reading the next related article, then reading the next related article, then .. etc.

What can you do already
What I've done so far is update my personal page, and while doing so have found userboxes (and have consequentially been updating the boxes listed on Userboxes/Programming, because I don't think they look good. Right now I basically find something that I'm interested in, find an example of what I would like it to look like, then copy the code and customize it.

About Me
I'm in Sussex, England, bear that in mind for when to communicate with me. 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!

Things you'd like to be able to do
I'm basically interested in learning wikimarkup, writing and improving templates, formatting, and doing other behind-the-scenes things.

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-- Paste Let’s have a chat. 21:36, 13 May 2009 (UTC).


 * OK, shall we start with Articles for deletion? Have a look at AFD or specifically Articles for deletion/Log/2009 May 21 for all the deletion discussions yesterday. 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. 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. 16:07, 22 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I've actually been replying to AFD and have been using both Twinkle and Huggle already. I also recently installed Lupin's Anti-vandal tool and have been reverting vandalism that way. –Meiskam (talk•contrib•block) 01:11, 24 May 2009 (UTC)


 * With 309 edits I am frankly surprised that you have Huggle access, so perhaps you will require more specific assistance rather than me taking you through a normal adoption process.?-- Paste Let’s have a chat. 09:53, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah! my bad .. I meant Twinkle and Friendly, not Huggle. I had huggle on the mind because I had just looked at it's page, but realized that I could not used it, as I am not a rollbacker yet.  I recently found the IRC network and have been hanging out there. Someone suggested I patrol the Special:Newpages also. –Meiskam (talk•contrib•block) 18:12, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I see that you are making a great many edits using a template on new users talk pages, I would suggest that you also look to building content yourself as that is what this project is fundamentally about. I guess what I am really saying is try to get as wide an experience as possible.-- Paste Let’s have a chat. 22:45, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * We've not had any contact recently and I see that you haven't edited for a while, do you wish to remain as an adoptee? Paste  Let’s have a chat. 19:53, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * CLOSED due to lack of involvement of adoptee. Paste Let’s have a chat. 21:38, 1 July 2011 (UTC)