Wikipedia:Editor review/Fordx12

Fordx12
I have started editing wikipedia mainly because of one page, La Luz Del Mundo. I have dabbled on another article and wish to expand my contributions. However I wish to know if my actions have been inline with wikipolicy and if I have any questionable habits and edits and discussions with other users that require attention. Are my edits overly biased? Are they always good contributions? Is there aspects that need improvement? Any help is appreciated. Fordx12 (talk) 01:00, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

 Questions


 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Are there any about which you are particularly pleased? Why?
 * My primary contributions are in La Luz Del Mundo Article. Mainly because as a member I have noticed lacking information on our beliefs and history and alarming negativity that was unbalanced in regard to the church. I also wanted to find sources by historians and expand the article to the point where it becomes a "good article."
 * 1) Have you been in editing disputes 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? If you have never been in an editing dispute, explain how you would respond to one.
 * I do feel that a user has caused me concern, possibly as a result of my actions. I do not blame them, however I wish to see if I myself have any unfavorable patterns that must stop before a dispute arises as a result of my bad habits. I would respond to one by first attempting to disarm a misunderstanding then I would seek an outside opinion via wiki dispute resolution.
 * I do feel that a user has caused me concern, possibly as a result of my actions. I do not blame them, however I wish to see if I myself have any unfavorable patterns that must stop before a dispute arises as a result of my bad habits. I would respond to one by first attempting to disarm a misunderstanding then I would seek an outside opinion via wiki dispute resolution.

 Reviews 
 * Hello, and sorry for the one-year late review! As I've said to another editor though, your contributions are very minimal compared to some other Wikipedians (less than 1000 edits) so I have very little with which I could use to base my judgment of you, but I will do the best I can. Anyway, onto the review!
 * I note that you've primarily contributed to the article La Luz Del Mundo with which you admit you are somewhat affiliated with. I would advise against you doing this because it conflicts with our conflict of interest policy, which discourages people affiliated with certain organizations from editing on behalf of those organizations, even for so much as a copyedit. The Conflict of Interest policy doesn't explicitly ban you from editing the article per se, but your actions will be more heavily scrutinized and controversial edits may result in higher sanctions placed on you than what would happen normally with other articles. This is not because we do not believe that your information is untrue or inaccurate, but we believe that in the members of an organization have a difficult time presenting the article in an unbiased manner without promoting too much the organization itself. Plus it'd be a large PR disaster if an organization's members wrote something the organization did not intend. Therefore, I believe it in your best interest, even if you've got your organization's best interests at heart, to avoid the article or, if you feel you absolutely must, have another editor help you in editing it, for example through discussion on the corresponding talk page for the article. Thus far, however, I've seen that you've properly cited sources to back up any claims made in the article, and there was nothing that seemed to violate current policies, so I'd simply ask you to be more careful.
 * I did note that you are at least trying to branch out onto other articles once you are done with your work on La Luz Del Mundo, which is commendable. It's not an easy thing to do for anyone on their first time, and I understand having been through that gauntlet. A suggestion would be simply to look for any wikilinks in your original article La Luz Del Mundo and see if you can prop up the articles that you find there, for example clarification about the wider Restorationism movement which is not a formal organization you are explicitly affiliated with. The second thing you noted was that you had somewhat of a large dispute with another editor User:RidjalA, and I think I understand why. Having looked through the talkpage for the article I saw quite reasonable, and even commendably calm and intemperate, discourse in the face of his accusations, all the while citing policy to back up your claims. Again, all understandably within normal wiki policies. I think it's say to safe now that he started acting in bad faith, which helped downgrade the quality of the debate, though it was not obvious from the start, and he was later indefinitely blocked for failing to adhere to other policies. So I believe it is safe to say your main source of concern is gone.
 * Overall, I hope you enjoy your stay here at Wikipedia! It's been a bit rough with the dispute, and I think you should stay away, for the benefit of your peers, from the La Luz Del Mundo (or if you feel you must absolutely have to edit it to consult with people on the Conflict of interest/Noticeboard first). But if you ever manage to branch out onto other articles, I wish you the best of luck in your wiki-career. And again, welcome to Wikipedia! TeleComNasSprVen (talk &bull; contribs) 02:10, 19 December 2013 (UTC)