User talk:Hermitage13


 * Come on - let us build the Project. --Bhadani 17:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

The ideal Wikipedian

 * 1) Be nice. Praise people when you see things being done well. Write personal notes to people on their talk pages saying what a good edit such-and-such was. You can make someone's day with some positive feedback.
 * 2) Don't engage in unnecessary personal criticism or personal attacks. At the same time, let people know that you're able and willing to stand up for yourself and your edits, but not to the point of being obnoxious.
 * 3) Try to be reasonable. If you establish a reputation as a reasonable editor, people will forgive you almost any other quirk. Try not to get on your high horse over an issue. Don't become a single-issue editor. And when you see that an argument has gone decisively against you, walk away no matter how annoyed you are. Never disrupt Wikipedia to make a point.
 * 4) Read No original research, Neutral point of view, Verifiability (policies), Reliable sources (guideline), and Cite sources (style guide), and stick to them even when it's killing you.
 * 5) Vote for responsible people to become administrators, even if you disagree with them politically.
 * 6) Vote for articles that are going through the featured-article process. Read them carefully, make constructive suggestions, and give praise where it's due, because it really is harder than it looks to get an article through that peer review.
 * 7) Try to steer an article that you've written to featured-article status. It's hard work, but it will establish you as a serious editor.
 * 8) Don't criticize admins unduly and don't jump on admin-attack bandwagons. It's easy to make mistakes as an admin, so be generous in your dealings with them. You'll usually find that they, in turn, will be generous in their dealings with you.
 * 9) Try to avoid revert wars. Never violate 3RR. Be self-limiting in how many times you revert a page in a day. Try to get consensus on talk before reverting. If you do revert without prior discussion, explain why on talk.
 * 10) Contribute well-researched, well-referenced content, no matter how humble, to the encyclopedia, and discuss your edits on talk pages. Don't spend all your time on talk, but don't closet yourself away in the encyclopedia either. This is a community. Be part of it.

--Bhadani 17:11, 1 April 2006 (UTC)