Wikipedia:Editor review/CJMiller

CJMiller
I wish to be reviewed because I was recently contemplating filing a second RfA; however, I then remembered that the first one snowballed shut back when I was new and stupid. CJ Miller. (That's my name.Don't wear it out.) 00:46, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

 Questions


 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Are there any about which you are particularly pleased? Why?
 * I do not feel as if I have had any single primary contribution to Wikipedia in the three years that I have been here.
 * 1) Have you been in any disputes 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?
 * No, I have not been in an editing dispute. However, if I do end up in one, I would probably attempt to talk it out with the disputing editor; if that does not work, I would probably attempt to get a third party to informally arbitrate.
 * No, I have not been in an editing dispute. However, if I do end up in one, I would probably attempt to talk it out with the disputing editor; if that does not work, I would probably attempt to get a third party to informally arbitrate.

 Reviews 

Normally, I don't do editor reviews for editors with less than 500 edits(Wikipedia's standard is 300, but my personal standard is more). In your case, I will make an exception because I think you could benefit from it and you are pretty close to 500. In any case, I would not recommend you do another self-nom for RfA. Doing so at this time would probably snowball and you would be seen as power hungry and never have a chance again no matter how much you contributed. So forget about RfA (for now)- concentrate on encyclopedia building.
 * Review by VictorianMutant:
 * Civility towards the community: Don't see any problem here.
 * Article contributions: If you ignore everything else I say in this review, don't ignore this: Find an article and make it yours. Pick an article which needs serious help and is in an area you are interested in editing. What will that article be? I don't know- only you can answer that question. Find that article and make it as good as it can possibly be. Do that and you will find the real satisfaction of editing on Wikipedia.
 * Edit count analysis: The first thing which stands out from looking at your graph here is the large number of edits you have to user space. Sometimes that's deceptive if you have a personal sandbox which you work on articles in, but it seems like almost all your userpage edits are to your own page. I guess it's important to have a good looking user page because (unfortunately) that's how many users judge us. But set your user page the way you want it and then don't touch it unless you absolutely have to.
 * RfA-worthiness: My first interest in Wikipedia was around five years ago when I dated a girl who was an admin, so I know a lot more about the process than many people with as little edits as me(I never understood what she meant about Wikipedia being "addictive" until recently though, but that's another story). Anyway at one time, being an admin was "no big deal" - I think just about anyone who asked got it, unless they had had conflicts in the past. Times have changed- people with 10000 edits sometimes get turned down for not being experienced enough. It ain't easy to get the mop anymore. So my advice is to just help build an encyclopedia and do your best. Don't worry about the tools- they can be a hassle.
 * Final thoughts: My specific advice to you is this: right now as I write this, you are at 422 edits. You have 578 edits until you reach 1000. Find a few articles in areas which interest you and make those 578 edits count. Don't edit your user page again until you reach 1000 edits, don't go on user talk pages or Wikipedia pages. Make them all article edits in subjects which interest you (of course if someone asks about your edits on your talk page then respond). If you do that, then you will "find your way" on Wikipedia. I've seen some promise on some of your edits and I look forward to seeing you in article space. VictorianMutant (talk) 20:18, 20 September 2010 (UTC)