Wikipedia:Editor review/Canjth 2

Canjth
I have had an account on Wikipedia for 11 months now, making as of July 3, 2007 a total of c. 1300 edits excluding those on my userpage, including c. 800 on the mainspace. I intend to put myself for RfA when I get to c. 2500 mainspace edits. I would like to have my work evaluated and receive constructive advice to improve my contribution to Wikipedia, or to correct some problems that could hinder my chances to become an admin someday. Canjth 18:27, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

 Reviews 

Two is very similar. For some reason, beyond me, edit summarys are really important. There is a handytool in "my preferances" which promts you to make an edit summary every time. That would be idea no 2- use edit summarys. Right, civilty isn't a problem. From going through your contributions, that isn't a problem. I was also really pleased with the answer to the second question- it's good to known what someone would do if it happened again. The biggest area I sugest to improve would be no 3 the range of contributions. Like me, you focus on vandal fighting. However, a range of contributions to all areas is really important. I am, at heart a WikiGnome, so I focus on adding links, correcting spellings and tagging Speedy. However, for example, you could get involved in XFD or work through the Articals to be Expanded backlog, or the Articals for creation. If you want something immediatly, try the Gnome Week end shameless plug Best of luck, and hope this helps. If you want any more input, am available at my talk page or wikiemail. TheOne00 19:09, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi Canjth, welcome to editor review. Wow, my first. Sorry, on topic. Right, initally looking at timing. One problem I'd see if/when you wanted to do a RfA is the lack of sustained usage. You had an edit binge in January, and again in June, but very little inbetween. That would certainly count agains't you. That brings me to idea 1)''Do editing! Lots and lots!'


 * A late comment, sorry, hope it's still useful... I agree with the previous reviewer that expanding your contributions would be beneficial if you are aiming to go for the mop. You might like to consider joining an active WikiProject, if you haven't already done so, or participating in one of the many article collaboration drives, or even reviewing featured article candidates, although the latter can get a bit stressful! Many RfA 'voters' consider that interaction with other users in building the encyclopedia is essential to developing the skills needed to be a successful admin, and these are good ways of building up that experience. Espresso Addict 00:04, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

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 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * I have done mostly vandal fighting, which is the work I like the most, but I also have removed irrelevant or unsoucred trivia in a few articles, updated statistics in articles about baseball and reformulated badly written sentences, and a lot of small edits. I am also pleased with my help in the discussion on the Talk:Baseball metaphors for sex talk page, which improved the quality of the article upon reaching consensus and may have also salvaged the article from deletion.
 * 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?
 * The only time I've been in conflict with other users is on Mariano Rivera, where I reverted several times the addition of nicknames never used, but I managed to find a compromise to stop the revert warring. If I get into such situation again, I plan to contact the user(s) with whom I'd be in conflict and try to make a compromise before doing any revert warring.
 * The only time I've been in conflict with other users is on Mariano Rivera, where I reverted several times the addition of nicknames never used, but I managed to find a compromise to stop the revert warring. If I get into such situation again, I plan to contact the user(s) with whom I'd be in conflict and try to make a compromise before doing any revert warring.

Additionals from Dfrg.msc

Borrowed from, I'm sure he wont mind. These should test you editing skills, and show if you have any weaknesses which you can work on. So, just write your answer next to the Question. Good luck.

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Have fun! Dfrg.msc 07:18, 5 July 2007 (UTC)