Wikipedia:Editor review/^demon

User:^demon
I've been on the English Wikipedia for quite some time now. I made an unsuccessful bid at adminship some time ago, after which I decided I wouldn't self nom again, and would only run under RFA if an established and respected editor nominated me. Since then, I have been serving on the mediation committee, and temporarily oversaw it during Essjay's unexpected hiatus around the fall of last year. Basically, I just want to hear what people think of me and my work, after my time here. Have I accomplished anything? Made friends? Made enemies? Improved Wikipedia? ^ demon [omg plz] 01:27, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

 Reviews 
 * Hello, ^demon! Great job with your MEDCAB work. A lot of ugly problems arise when problems aren't worked out. Anyway, on to the review (NOTE: The feedback I give is assuming that you are interested in becoming an admin.):
 * I noticed when viewing your edit count that only 17% of your edits are in the article namespace. Although I don't have a problem with it, a lot of people over at RfA think that too many admins these days are simply dealing with meta-issues and not writing articles. Some users might oppose you right off the bat for that. I suggest adopting an article on a subject that you enjoy and maintaining it, making small changes when needed. Also, if you aren't confident in your writing skills (as your answer to the first question implies), you could try going through articles and make formatting changes or copyedit some pages to make them look a little better.
 * By going through your contributions, I noticed that you use AWB. AWB is great; It does a lot of things that are too tedious for a human and too complicated for a bot. However, I've also noticed that on RfA, people don't like lots of edits with AWB. Their argument is that AWB takes the thought out of editing and that it blows a person's edit count out of proportion.
 * Other than that, you've done a great job with meta-issues and other Wikipedia goings-on. I hope my feedback helps, and I wish you best of luck in any future RfAs you may participate in. Cheers, PTO 06:07, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not going to do a formal review. I just wanted to say that I was very impressed with your handling of Requests for mediation/University of Phoenix, which I skimmed for an Editor Review of one of the parties involved.  You handled it expertly, and I would support a hypothetical RFA on that basis alone. YechielMan 04:56, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

 Comments 
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 Questions


 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * Well, I can't say that I actually contribute much original content to Wikipedia, I don't feel that I write nearly well enough to do so. However, I am very active in the meta-aspect of Wikipedia, and I love seeing how this project is run. I think my contributions to the Mediation Committee have been most beneficial to the project as a whole, rather than my actual content placed in articles.
 * 1) Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * Of course it stands to reason that I'd hit a conflict eventually, serving on the Mediation Committee where tempers usually already are running thin. However, dealing with one particular user in a Mediation that eventually went before the ArbCom (but was eventually dropped) was especially stressful. Eventually, I had to step back and remove myself from the situation. While I will say I was rather snippy about it, I do think that I did the right thing, in removing myself from the situation before I said something that I might later regret.
 * Of course it stands to reason that I'd hit a conflict eventually, serving on the Mediation Committee where tempers usually already are running thin. However, dealing with one particular user in a Mediation that eventually went before the ArbCom (but was eventually dropped) was especially stressful. Eventually, I had to step back and remove myself from the situation. While I will say I was rather snippy about it, I do think that I did the right thing, in removing myself from the situation before I said something that I might later regret.