Wikipedia:Editor review/Coldplay Expert (2)

Coldplay Expert
Well this is my second review. My last one back in September-October had questions such as why was I blocked for "abusing multiple accounts" and why I had +45% of my edits to talk pages. Well I feel that I have certainly addressed those questions. Now a but about myself. I am a resident of a small little town in the Commonwealth on Virginia and I am a "minor". I have been reluctant to actually say so even though several editors have guessed correctly about my age. The reason being is that wikipeida has several unwritten...I guess you can call them policies...that seem to frown on minors editing. I however disagree. Now Those of you who know me will know that I hope to be an admin some day. (When, I dont know...a long time away to be honest but I will not nominate myself...ever) I feel that I have made several crutial steps on my wiki-journey since my last review and I hope this one will help me do the same. Weather your here to slander or prase me, I encourage all editors who see this page to speak what they think as your comments will help to imporve my communication with others and the way I help this project. Thank you, and Merry Christmas. Coldplay Expért Let's talk 22:52, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

 Questions


 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Are there any about which you are particularly pleased? Why?
 * My primary contributions to this project are vandal fighting and my work on World War II related articles. I am really pleased with my work with the WWII article itslef which may soon earn GA status.
 * 1) Have you been in any disputes over editing in the past (please note that this does not refer to ) 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?
 * I have been in several editing disputes in the past. Most recently is my dispute with User:AzureFury who IMO acted rather uncivil in his objection to me putting the POV template on the Iraq War article. (For a full overview of what happened, check the article's talk page and the Wiki-ediquette alerts for AzureFury-Incivility at Iraq War) In the future if things will get as heated as they did then. Ill be the bigger person and just walk away.
 * I have been in several editing disputes in the past. Most recently is my dispute with User:AzureFury who IMO acted rather uncivil in his objection to me putting the POV template on the Iraq War article. (For a full overview of what happened, check the article's talk page and the Wiki-ediquette alerts for AzureFury-Incivility at Iraq War) In the future if things will get as heated as they did then. Ill be the bigger person and just walk away.

 Reviews 


 * I'm going to be a bit blunt here. I think you need to review WP:5P and understand what Wikipedia is about. Your talk page shows that you and a few other editors are nearly constantly engaging in some sort of social conversation, to the point where you come across as a "MySpacer". It's great that you have such enthusiasm, but if you're aiming to be an administrator, please work on your maturity levels and avoid off-topic chatter. It would also be a good idea to double check your grammar; your post here contains at least one dozen blatant typographical errors, which makes it rather difficult to understand. Finally, I notice that you make a point of emphasizing on your age quite often. There are a number of potential implications associated with doing so, so I'd advise against it whenever possible. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk
 * Well like I said before. Thanks for the bluntness. And yes I know the myspaceing has gotten way out of hand. My spelling isnt the best either but thats a whole other story. Anyway I have undertood the policies of wikipedia. (After haveing them being shoved im my face for X amount of times) I feel that there seems to be this "jolly" atmosphere around my talk page for some reason. Much like User:Spongefrog's page. It can be a double edge sword as it results in exesive myspaceing. I feel that I have worked on my maturity as I have become more engaged in the article work rather than talking about non-sense. As for my age. I thought that I may as well put it out there since several other editors seem to have guessed it already. I have no regrets telling others that Im below the drinking age. Im not trying to use this as an excuse but rather to set things strait. As long as people view me as a equal as were suppoes to (I doubt they ever will) then Im ok about it. Anyway thanks for your comments Juliancolton.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 23:16, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, alright, but you've already pledged to disengage from social networking on Wikipedia in the past, and it's yet to show signs of letting up. My advice to you would be to avoid responding to any talk page comments aside from those that focus on the encyclopedia itself. Hope I'm not discouraging you, but constructive criticism, even if harsh, is always good. :) – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 23:53, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Well I think that constructive criticism is better than any comments like "your amazing" as im sure others will say. Anyway yes I need to ignore anything that is not project related. Do you have any ideas as to how. I seem to be drawn to replying to everything that is posted on my talk page. Even if it is in violation of any binding policies.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 23:59, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * User:Essjay once said something along the lines of "Every time you go to make an edit, think about whether it will help to make Wikipedia a more successful project; if your edit does not do that, don't click save". It's something that I always keep in mind, and I think it could certainly help you as well. Cheers, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:21, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. now if only that could be applied to my spelling...-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 00:24, 11 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid I must agree with Julian's comments. Let me tell you something: back in the day, when I was still new to Wikipedia, I heavily MySpaced, too. It got severe enough that I was reported to AN (and nearly restricted to the mainspace) back in January. I reformed down the road, and now I'm fully rehabilitated. I ceased my MySpacing in favor of becoming a productive editor, and I know you can too. Well, that's not to say you're not already productive – I do admire you for your DYK work as of late. Why not resort to creation, expansion, or nomination of potential DYK articles? Or, on top of that you could help out with reviewing DYK hooks. Hope this helps! -- Dylan 620  (contribs, logs, review) 23:55, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Comming from my adopter, its nice to know that I am no on my own. As for the DYK's Ill gradually work more in that area. I love helping out there as my contributions make people (readers) think about something that they perhaps did not know exist. Ill be sure to continue my work there.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 00:02, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Why do you want to be an administrator? Gerardw (talk) 00:37, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Well there are many reasons. First off I do not view adminship as any special status other than just another person who is deticated to helping this site. I wish to be an admin because I hate vandalism and I have seen (on several ocassions) where vandals go an a spree for 40+ minutes after they are reported before they get blocked. For some reason. Not that many admins are on during friday night. And as a reuslt the encyclpedia suffers. I want to help enforce WP:VANDAL by actually blocking these people. Not only that but I would love to help out in the DYK section even morethan I do already by adding nominations to the main template ect. I hope this answers your question-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 00:51, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol, those happen to be the same reasons I'm looking to be an admin. <P -- Twilight  Helryx  00:56, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * For MySpacing, as long as you take Julian's advice, you should be 100% cured before long. As for spelling, here's my advice: Don't rush to hit the save button; as soon as you're done typing, pause, look over your work, and fix whatever typos are in there. Even then, click the Preview button first to see if you've missed anything. It would also help to have your spell checker on. It'll make spotting typos much more easier. If you see the misspelling, but can't seem to remember the proper spelling, right click the word exactly on top of it and you should get a small menu with spelling suggestions (among others) on it. Hope this helps. Cheers!-- Twilight  Helryx  00:54, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Well thanks Twilight. And As for being an admin. If my fellow editors think that me bing an admin (down the road, lets not rush ourselves) is not a good thing then oh well. Whatever helps this project out best is fine by me. After all adminship is no big deal. But I would like to fix the mosterous backlog that plagues the AIV all the time.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 01:01, 11 December 2009 (UTC)


 * As for the spelling, just use a browser which has a built in spell checker in it, like Firefox.  Rkr 1991  (Wanna chat?) 04:30, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Answer to admin question is good. My feedback -- related to the WQA -- is that you will be happier if you can avoid taking things personally and should remember retaliation is not helpful here. Another editor's actions doesn't change the standard the rest of us should try to maintain. Gerardw (talk) 12:20, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Your right. I shouldnt lower myself to the level of others. If this ever happens again ill just walk away from the situation. Thanks.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 17:36, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Kind of the reason we and Thejadefalcon co-wrote this article. =3 -- Twilight  Helryx  19:29, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey I helped too! Didn’t I?-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 19:34, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * That's why I said "we". I guess I should have named us all separately. ^^" -- Twilight  Helryx  20:03, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh its ok.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 20:06, 14 December 2009 (UTC)