Wikipedia:Editor review/Galaxiaad

Galaxiaad
I've been editing Wikipedia for more than two years now, although my edit count is only now getting up in the thousands (4000+ now). I'm thinking of doing an RfA a few months from now, and I wanted to get people's suggestions as to how I could improve before I go up against that. :) I think I'm quite familiar with most policies and guidelines.  Although I mostly stay away from politics, I actually enjoy doing maintenance, and would definitely use my admin tools for uncontroversial maintenance-type tasks like speedy deletions, merging page histories, etc. --Galaxiaad 18:14, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

 Reviews 
 * Wow, you're a great contributor to Wikipedia, your edit summary usage is 100%, you have an impressive 3000 + edits to the article space, your typo fixing is excellent and all I can suggst is participating in WP:XFD if you are considering RfA in the future months. Great work!  Te ll y a ddi ct  19:50, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Great editor, great edits. Intelligent copyediting and a good knowledge of policy combined with effective communication make Galaxiaad one of my favourite editors. In scanning recent edits I came upon this one; you removed two bits of information from the entry, with the edit summary "rm vandalism (yes, she has a fake nose, but it doesn't belong in the first sentence)", yet you did not warn either of the two editors involved in adding the two data you excised in the edit. I'd be inclined to avoid using the "rvv" unless it is unambiguous vandalism. If you think it is, I think you should nearly always communicate with the editor involved in adding the info you are removing. In this case, one of them is a registered user (User:Felixker, who added the "porn" entry which I'm assuming was the suspected vandalism. Of course, I'm being ludicrously picky and I'm sure you could easily find similar errors in my editing - but you did ask for feedback, and this is the sort of thing that people will likely pick up in an RfA. Very best wishes, --Guinnog 20:55, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you're totally right. I think I just assumed that since the edits insulted her, they were done in bad faith, but I don't like to throw around "vandalism" either.  The editor that added "porn" actually also added the good info about her nose job, which I failed to notice before.  Anyway, I don't want to get lazy with my reverting (it bothers me when someone reverts an addition just because it uses poor grammar) so thank you.  As for user warnings, I'm not in the habit of using them, and this is probably out of laziness, but I also have doubts about their effectiveness.  I think if I received one (after making a silly vandalous edit--this is theoretical, haha) I'd be annoyed and more likely to do more vandalism.  I do always try to use them for spam and other good-faith inappropriate edits. --Galaxiaad 21:50, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

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 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * Most of my edits are minor. I've corrected several hundred typos with the Typo project, and helped out with WP:AWB and WP:RETF a little bit.  I've also corrected a number of factual errors, especially in drug- and pharmacology-related pages, but I haven't done much major writing.  As for new pages, I translated La Buena Vida from the Spanish WP article (es:La Buena Vida), and started the stub opium den.  I'm probably most proud of my participation in discussions at Talk:House (TV series), Talk:Gregory House, and Talk:Shiina Ringo, as I believe rational argument (especially when it involves citing references) is the best thing that can happen to an article. --Galaxiaad 19:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 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 participated in the aforementioned arguments/discussions, including one at House (TV series) that resulted in a few days' page protection, but haven't really been too personally involved in any conflicts. I usually don't get too riled up (I'm the type of person who wants to talk about facts in any situation, even when other people are attacking each other), and if I do, I won't post till I calm down (I know that if I don't feel like I can post, it's quite likely someone else will step up; that's the great thing about Wikipedia).  I'm actually more likely to get upset that people are treating each other badly.  This combined with the fact that I often feel like my voice is insignificant in a large discussion mostly explains why I don't participate in a lot of policy discussion and AfD.  I'm not trying to excuse my lack of participation, just explain myself a little. --Galaxiaad 19:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I've participated in the aforementioned arguments/discussions, including one at House (TV series) that resulted in a few days' page protection, but haven't really been too personally involved in any conflicts. I usually don't get too riled up (I'm the type of person who wants to talk about facts in any situation, even when other people are attacking each other), and if I do, I won't post till I calm down (I know that if I don't feel like I can post, it's quite likely someone else will step up; that's the great thing about Wikipedia).  I'm actually more likely to get upset that people are treating each other badly.  This combined with the fact that I often feel like my voice is insignificant in a large discussion mostly explains why I don't participate in a lot of policy discussion and AfD.  I'm not trying to excuse my lack of participation, just explain myself a little. --Galaxiaad 19:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)