Wikipedia:Editor review/DoomsDay349

User:DoomsDay349
Hello. I'm DoomsDay349. I just felt like knowing what my fellow Wikipedians think of me. I would like to be an admin one day, and it would really help to know what people think about me and my contribs. Thanks to everyone who reviews me! Dooms Day34  9  20:23, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I'd also like to say that I would like to get into AFD and other such things, but the amount of material to read is staggering. A condensed review would be very nice. Dooms Day34  9  02:13, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

 Reviews 


 *  TBC Φ  talk?  's Review:
 * Positives
 * Interacts civily with a lot of users in the community through Esperanza and WikiProjects.
 * Has done a lot of work on Dragonlance related page.
 * Suggestions
 * Needs more project edits. For example, you could participate in Peer Reviews, AfD, or RC Patrol.
 * Also, I suggest focusing on topics other than Dragonlance or Esperanza. Doing so can allow you to interact with a larger group of editors, which would defiantly help you if you ever consider requesting for adminship.
 * Also, I suggest focusing on topics other than Dragonlance or Esperanza. Doing so can allow you to interact with a larger group of editors, which would defiantly help you if you ever consider requesting for adminship.

S U  I  T Halloween?'s Review:

Well, first I'd say to use more Edit Summaries. Next, you said you'd like to be an Admin one day, now: You should participate in more AfDs and maybe look at some RFAs, and listen to what TBC said. Other than that, you're a good editor and keep up the good work.-- S U  I  T Halloween? 04:39, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Zoot Review - There are 2 types of Wikipedians. No, not the bad & the good, nor the female & the male (I heard an "it" contributed once!), but yes, the actual writers & the social users. You my friend, are mainly a social user. Social users skulk around Esperanza & Wikiprojects & user talk pages. They are really fun & usually nice & usually get elected to adminship more often because they socialize a lot more than worker users. You really want a mixture of both social & actual work edits. Although you don't actually need admin powers for actual work, I find it crazy when editors get passed of Adminship solely on their social rep. After all we are here to edit an encyclopedia... I'd suggest taking part in a weee bit more article editing & definitely visit RfA's etc like TBC up there... You're a nice guy (or so it seems...) & with a little more editing & understanding, you'll get to be an admin in no time... Which is more than I can say about myself! :( Spawn Man 05:03, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Hello DoomsDay349, how are you doing? I finally arrived here, there are just too many reviews to do and too little time :-( Here are some tips you may find useful.
 * First of all, although it is nice that people may consider me a good wikipedian, I do not like the "role model" label. Every wikipedian is unique, and comparing each other is not useful. Sure, everyone may admire a wikipedian, but please don't take from them just more than their general behaviour or edit means. Every of us must be independent, have their own ideals (not clashing with those from Wikipedia) and work as best as possible. As I usually say, if we were to compare each other, we would all lose against SimonP ;-)
 * Mathboth reports 89% of summary usage for major edits and 84% for minor edits. It is suggested to keep both above 95%, especially for administrators where every edit may be judged by their peers. It is curious that you had done around 37 minor edits in total out of almost 3000.
 * I appreciate your work at the Dragonlance environment, it has been very important, especially when our WikiProject is so small. As suggested above, though, if you want to become an administrator you need to expand your participation in Wikipedia to other topics. You will find yourself in a situation where an article has been tagged as speedy delete, and only your experience when reviewing similar articles may help you during the first weeks.
 * Indeed, you need some more participation at the different deletion debates, as you only have 40 or so edits in [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|articles for deletion]], none in categories or images, and only a couple in Templates. I agree that AFD conditions may seem overwhelming, however nobody asks you to learn everything at once. Begin reading one of our notability guidelines, in example the one about companies, and then review the different articles for deletion about companies, either agreeing or not with the proposal. If there is a bordeline case (it appears to be notable but the article does not really give insight), you may consider searching the web for more information, to either justify or reject the deletion. Don't be afraid of expressing your opinion, as every one is valuable. Once you think you have understood the idea behind that notability, just pick another, read and understand it, and search for discussions where the guideline can be applied. Only practice will help you learn them, and corrections from others should not be feared but instead appreciated. Finally, try not to pile on: if a debate has already 20 delete opinions, don't add yours just to add it. People will judge you according to your opinions, and prefer someone who is open to debate and participates in controversial discussions (those that nobody knows which "side will win") than those who participate in discussions that are already decided. Again, don't be afraid of giving an opinion even if it is a Keep when there were already 20 Delete ones, or vice versa.
 * Although you have 342 edits in the Wikipedia namespace (including 120 in talk pages), over 200 were at Esperanza. While Esperanza will improve the quality of your relation with others, it will barely improve your chances of becoming administrators. This is because administrators are expected not only to treat users cordially, but also know the different policies and guidelines to apply when working with vandals and non notable articles.
 * As for User:DoomsDay349/WikiPlomacy, it appears to be a good way of approaching other editors. But I would limit the time spent there, as Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a networking site.
 * Reviewing your contributions, indeed you spend a lot of time talking with other users. You have proven you are good establishing contact with others and to cover Dragonlance topics, maybe it is time to widen your participation in other places. As recommended, deletion discussions are a good way, as it helps the community and gives you some knowledge about admin-oriented tasks. Also, peer reviews are a good way of helping others improve their articles without having to edit them. You can either help them by sharing your knowledge about the different manual of styles, or by reading the article from a casual point of view (someone who does not know the topic), pointing out the problems you found (in example, sentences that you could not understand: if you can't, the casual user who does not know about the topic would not be able to). You can also participate in feedbacks, and with a good knowledge about style, featured article candidates and featured article reviews.
 * Finally, besides interacting in maintenance categories, you should spend some more time patrolling. When warning an IP with no previous warnings, please use welcomeip before posting the warning, as it gives them useful information. I don't see edits at Administrator intervention against vandalism nor requests for protection, but I guess if you focus more in patrolling you will have opportunity to edit there (note that, one day, you may be the one reviewing the petitions there, so you need to know when and how to report).
 * You have a lot of potential, but need to expand your "influence". Try using the Special:Random link and improve the article where you end. Just polishing the article is enough. As for adminship, I would wait at least a couple of months. Spend some more time patrolling and less in Esperanza, and someday you will become an administrator. As long as you stay cool and learn from past examples, you should be able to nominate yourself and have a good chance of success. Good luck! -- ReyBrujo 20:33, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

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 Questions


 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * I think all of my contributions have been good on Wikipedia, but I do particularly think my contributions to the removal of many Dragonlance stubs. When I first joined Wikipedia, there were about 60 Dragonlance stubs, and now I believe there are about 20.  I am rather proud of this.
 * 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?
 * Well, a while back, there was a discussion after the move of Speaker of the Sun to Speaker of the Suns. It started of fairly civil, but a Dragonlance Nexus editor, Kranar drogin got involved and questioned the move.  We proceeded to talk about it and things got heated.  My role model on Wikipedia, ReyBrujo, stepped in and cleared it up.  I do feel rather badly about that.  Aside from that, not really.  In the future, I will try to keep my cool and handle such situations in a more mature and civil way.
 * Well, a while back, there was a discussion after the move of Speaker of the Sun to Speaker of the Suns. It started of fairly civil, but a Dragonlance Nexus editor, Kranar drogin got involved and questioned the move.  We proceeded to talk about it and things got heated.  My role model on Wikipedia, ReyBrujo, stepped in and cleared it up.  I do feel rather badly about that.  Aside from that, not really.  In the future, I will try to keep my cool and handle such situations in a more mature and civil way.