Wikipedia:Editor review/Download

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Hi, I've been on Wikipedia for almost a year now, and I've made over 8000 edits so far. I've recently started adopting newcomers; please see my adoptee's classroom. I just want to know what I've been doing that should improve, and what else I should do. Thanks!  - down  load  |  sign!  04:13, 23 February 2009 (UTC)  -  down  load  |  sign!  04:13, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

 Reviews 
 * Well to be honest download there are couple things you can work on. Now you do a great job patrolling articles and reverting vandalism and disruptive edits; however, seeing your contributions for the past month, you need to work on improving your edits on WP related areas like WP:AFD or WP:AIV, or even here at WP:ER. I also see that you do mostly warning and reverting, but you should also try to edit articles as in contributing information to them. In addition, per WP:USERNAME, I would request a renaming to have the "D" in your name capitalized. Other than that, I see no problems and if you avoid conflicts and follow this advice given here, you will be on your way to a successful run her on WP.-- TRU  CO   23:23, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice! About the username:  I actually used the lowercase template on my userpage, as lowercase usernames are not allowed.   -  down  load  |  sign!  23:26, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh okay, I just wanted to make sure since you used the lowercase form here as well.-- TRU  CO   23:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I also think that you may want to provide more specific information on your XfD !votes, simply saying "Unnotable" and "May be Useful" isn't very helpful. Lets  drink Tea 02:12, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the input. I'll comment more in-depth in the future.   -  down  load  |  sign!  02:49, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Firstly, I love your adoptee classroom! It's nicely formatted and informative, and I love the adopt-a-user program's goals. Similarly, I noticed all of the hard work that you've put into Odle Middle School.  Great work! I also see lots of anti-vandal work with Huggle with appropriate warnings given on talk pages.  You appear to take critisism well and with the right attitude based on interactions like this and readily admit mistakes and apologize, which are skills that I feel should be more prevalent on Wikipedia.  I have a suggestion that may not actually be possible with Huggle; I don't know since I can't use that program.  When a registered user's first edits are vandalism, I usually go with the welcomevandal template in hopes of avoiding biting and with the perhaps overly optimistic idea that it will trap flies with honey and so on.  That's totally my own personal thing, but I like to suggest it to others.  I agree with Letsdrinktea about the AFD discussions, since on the basis of consensus-building, reasons and examples hold much more weight than "keep per nom" or whatever.  Also when doing Recent Changes patrol, I imagine that you come across opportunities to tag WP:CSD articles and so on, which is a useful extension of your current activities on Wikipedia.  Keep it up! -FaerieInGrey (talk) 06:01, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review. I'll try to mess around with Huggle to tell it to use welcomevandal rather than uw-vand1.   -  down  load  |  sign!  18:17, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I've had a look over your contributions, and I think they're pretty good! You're clearly a very helpful person, and enjoy helping people which is a great help when editing on a community project like WP. I too would like to see a little fuller rationale on XfDs because sometimes gut instincts aren't always right, and taking a breath, then applying the core policies to the issue in question will help you come to a more rounded decision, and help better understand the importance of interpretation of policy.
 * Slowing down is also vital if you start using CSDs more, because the criteria on them are pretty specific, and mis-tagging articles can be counter-productive, and often WP:BITEy. So keep up the great work! -- Ged UK  08:18, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

 Comments 
 * Thanks for the advice! I'll keep that in mind.   -  down  load  |  sign!  01:18, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * For the most part you meet User:A_Nobody (no blocks and reasonable argument at Articles for deletion/Jeremy the jellyfish). As far as suggestions, I tend to also like when editors earn barnstars.  Best, --A NobodyMy talk 00:12, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I do want to become an admin one day, but I don't feel I'm ready at the moment.   -  down  load  |  sign!  01:28, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! Best, --A NobodyMy talk 03:42, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You seem to be a very solid and helpful editor. Great to see that 48% of your edits are on mainspace and you seem to edit a wide range of articles. Your 6912 edits in February is simply amazing! Slow down! ;) You've already racked up 1000 edits this month. Also good to see you have over 300 edits on "Wikipedia" related areas. You could perhaps, substantially contribute to more articles, but that's about it. Also love your User and Talkpage!! Best I've seen. :)  Aaroncrick (Tassie Boy talk) 05:16, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'll be sure to make more non-automated edits done.  I also think I should do more WP: namespace edits.   -  down  load  |  sign!  05:29, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


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 Questions


 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * I've done a lot of work fighting vandalism using Huggle, but I've also made some significant edits. For example, I did a lot for the Odle Middle School article.
 * 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've been in an edit conflict with MathCool10 previously over the adding of an image to an article; after being close to breaking the three-revert rule, we discussed it over on the corresponding talk page and came to a solution.
 * I've been in an edit conflict with MathCool10 previously over the adding of an image to an article; after being close to breaking the three-revert rule, we discussed it over on the corresponding talk page and came to a solution.