Wikipedia:Editor review/Daysleeper47

Daysleeper47
I ask that users review my body of work as a whole. I rarely make substantive edits, but am often reverting vandalism, providing grammar and spelling corrections, and I enjoy removing redirects, even though it isn't always necessary (and is in fact, not encouraged). I believe that when I do make substantive edits, they are well cited and I usually provide a reference. Older edits didn't always do that but I have come to believe that it is important that articles be cited and referenced for Wikipedia to be taken more authoritatively and seriously. Daysleeper47 15:25, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

 Reviews 


 * Review by Moonriddengirl I see a lot of excellent WikiGnoming work in your contribs. Since I tend to do a fair amount of that myself, I'm plainly inclined to think that's a good thing. :) Assessing articles, cleaning up wikilinks, addressing grammar or punctuation in articles are all good.


 * I would encourage you to more consistently utilize your edit summaries. When you use them, they tend to convey enough, but your ratio of usage to non-usage is perhaps not what it should be (since, as the recommendation goes, we should always fill in edit summaries). You may already know this, but you can go into the "my preferences" tab under "editing" and ask Wikipedia to prompt you if you're about to save an edit without a summary. This is a helpful reminder to get you into the practice.


 * I'm glad to see you cleaning up reverting vandalism when you run into it. I'd encourage you to take a few extra minutes to leave proper warnings at the talk pages of the vandals. This not only discourages further vandalism, but it also helps other editors to quickly discern if the behavior is a pattern when responding to additional vandalism down the road.


 * Your communications with other editors seem somewhat limited, but helpful&mdash;for instance your note at Talk:Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets. You expressed your concerns clearly there. I see that the user you were addressing there followed-through at your talk page on September 27th to let you know that he was interested in pursuing the conversation further. I wonder if you ever viewed his response, which included additional questions to you. Obviously, it's very helpful to follow up on such cases when another editor indicates interest in doing so. :)


 * It's hard to get an in-depth view of your article building since so much of your contribution history is filled with wikignoming. What I found looks good. Just as a general note, you might want to gather together a few wikilinks on your userpage of more substantial contributions if you ever request another editor review. This can be helpful for reviewing editors looking at a wikignome. :) --Moonriddengirl 16:05, 11 October 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 am particularly please about my creation and management of U.S. Capitol shooting incident (1998). I started the article in my sandbox and when it was ready for publication, I moved it over to the mainspace. I think it is well cited and written. It was promoted to GA shortly after it was published. Some have expressed concerns about the structure of the article, but I believe it actually flows quite well. I recently created Felix Stump which continues to develop. I am working to find first hand sources and texts because online sources aren't that substantive or numerous. I have also started three WikiProjects, WikiProject Youngstown, WikiProject Fire Service, and WikiProject Notre Dame. While not particularly active in any one of them, I believe that they continue to develop through other users.
 * 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?
 * I have had several incidents with one user (User:DenDeZ) which started as my removed a protected image from his user page. Several instances of vandalism on my userpage by this user and his friends unsued. I attempted to handle the issue diplomatically on my own and when that failed, I went to an administrator (the banned puppetmaster User:Qst) for assistance. The issue was handled appropriately with a temporary protection placed on my user page. There have been no other reported problems since this issue was addressed. I will continue to attempt to self moderate any issues until it reaches a point at which this is not feasible and will then turn to administrators.
 * I have had several incidents with one user (User:DenDeZ) which started as my removed a protected image from his user page. Several instances of vandalism on my userpage by this user and his friends unsued. I attempted to handle the issue diplomatically on my own and when that failed, I went to an administrator (the banned puppetmaster User:Qst) for assistance. The issue was handled appropriately with a temporary protection placed on my user page. There have been no other reported problems since this issue was addressed. I will continue to attempt to self moderate any issues until it reaches a point at which this is not feasible and will then turn to administrators.