Wikipedia:Editor review/AldeBaer

AldeBaer
I've been editing for about 10 months now, but using this account for only 8. If asked, I'd say that I'm doing a lot better since the time I first registered, but I'm confident there's a lot room left to improve my editing and possibly also my general conduct. I'd particularly like to learn about any seriously flawed aspects of my contributions, so I can specifically address those issues before attempting to further refine my editing. —AldeBaer 10:09, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

 Reviews 

I've seen you at WP:AFD and WP:RFA, and have generally respected your opinions there. I see that you have also worked to improve referencing on articles. Given your level of experience, there is not much for me to tell you that you don't already know. But there is something:


 * 1) On Secondary antisemitism, a fine article as you say, I changed the quotation markup from "small" to "blockquote", as is standard. (Take a look.)
 * 2) On your userpage, Image:Pansy obliterates the computer screen I am using now. Would you consider reducing the image size to, say, 500px?
 * 3) You seem to be very involved in Requests for adminship. I visit that page almost every day - who doesn't like politics? - but I'd recommend you spend a little less time there, and a little more time writing and improving the encyclopedia.

It's apparent from your contribution history (~40 edits to WP:AIV and ~20 edits to WP:RFPP, among others) that you may be contemplating adminship. I would support a hypothetical RFA because you were blocked 4 months ago, were unblocked by the admin who blocked you, and whatever the civility issues were, you seem to have learned from the experience. I wish you good luck. Shalom Hello 20:41, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

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 Questions


 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * I couldn't point to any particular diffs, as I (still) tend to make 3 minor edits in place of a big one - although I'm almost always using the preview button, there is often something that escaped my attention at first glance. Of the rather few pages I created, I'd say Archive box collapsible and Secondary antisemitism (the only article I started from scratch) are nothing to be ashamed of.
 * 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?
 * Stress, not really. But yes, I have been in conflicts, although I'd say they have become increasingly rare. When I first started editing last year, it was ugly. Since then, I have had some lapses, one of them leading to a brief block. With particular regard to "edit warring": I generally don't do it, as I learned you cannot substitute reasonable debate and consensus building on Wikipedia. One thing that has caused me to walk away (so as to avoid stress) from several articles and talk pages is editors who appear not to be interested in consensus building, although I'm not too happy "bailing out" because (in my own opinion) the article could and should be improved and —if at all possible in a given situation— I assume that I could have done a better job presenting my rationales. WP, like RL, is a lot about trial and error, where the errors should become smaller and fewer over time. So I try to learn from any encounters with other editors —not only the problematic ones—, and try to apply the experience in other situations. In the future I'm going to try to further refine my approach in several ways, e.g. conflict resolution (which includes keeping my cool, encouraging others to do so as well) and better evaluating when informal or formal steps of dispute resolution may be appropriate and useful.
 * Stress, not really. But yes, I have been in conflicts, although I'd say they have become increasingly rare. When I first started editing last year, it was ugly. Since then, I have had some lapses, one of them leading to a brief block. With particular regard to "edit warring": I generally don't do it, as I learned you cannot substitute reasonable debate and consensus building on Wikipedia. One thing that has caused me to walk away (so as to avoid stress) from several articles and talk pages is editors who appear not to be interested in consensus building, although I'm not too happy "bailing out" because (in my own opinion) the article could and should be improved and —if at all possible in a given situation— I assume that I could have done a better job presenting my rationales. WP, like RL, is a lot about trial and error, where the errors should become smaller and fewer over time. So I try to learn from any encounters with other editors —not only the problematic ones—, and try to apply the experience in other situations. In the future I'm going to try to further refine my approach in several ways, e.g. conflict resolution (which includes keeping my cool, encouraging others to do so as well) and better evaluating when informal or formal steps of dispute resolution may be appropriate and useful.