Wikipedia:Editor review/Gold Standard

Gold Standard
Since the six month mark of my time here at Wikipedia is coming up, I thought it would be appropriate to request an editor review and see how I am doing. Gold   Standard  23:19, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

 Questions


 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Are there any about which you are particularly pleased? Why?
 * I do a variety of things on Wikipedia, I help out at Wikiproject Wikify, Articles for Creation, the Help Desk (helping out users that are newer than me), and most recently, the Guild of Copy Editors, the Feedback Dashboard, and AFT5. I also have created a number of articles for the state legislators of Washington State who didn't have articles on them.  Most of those articles are still stubs at this time, but I am continuing to work on expanding and developing them.  I am also active in dealing with vandalism via Recent Changes or whenever I happen to stumble upon it.
 * 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've only had two editing "disputes", although for me they were really just learning experiences, as I ended up on the "losing" side in both cases by admitting that I was wrong. Neither case caused me any stress, probably because I keep in mind that the ultimate goal for all Wikipedia editors should be the betterment of the encyclopedia, and that's really what matters. What I have learned from these disputes is that if someone else is challenging my edits, they probably have "the law" on their side, so I should try to find out what policy they believe I am violating before asserting that I am right.
 * I've only had two editing "disputes", although for me they were really just learning experiences, as I ended up on the "losing" side in both cases by admitting that I was wrong. Neither case caused me any stress, probably because I keep in mind that the ultimate goal for all Wikipedia editors should be the betterment of the encyclopedia, and that's really what matters. What I have learned from these disputes is that if someone else is challenging my edits, they probably have "the law" on their side, so I should try to find out what policy they believe I am violating before asserting that I am right.

 Reviews 
 * Question/Comment from Tito Dutta
 * Recently you have created some short length/very short length articles– 1) Sharon_Wylie 2) Ross_Hunter_(politician) 3) Mark_Hargrove etc! Do you have planning to expand those in future?
 * Yes! I am currently working on expanding them.


 * Most probably the code for substituting current date is–, talking about File:Steve Conway State Senator.jpg, File:David Frockt State Senator.jpg! -- Tito Dutta   ✉  19:51, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah yes, thanks for pointing that out. Gold   Standard  19:59, 5 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Not very important, but, available information ("short description" etc) can be added in persondata example
 * Public domain images like this File:Steve Conway State Senator.jpg can be uploaded in Commons too so that it can be used in all other languages and projects! -- Tito Dutta  ✉  22:13, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I know, I am currently in the process of contacting the Washington State Legislature to ensure that the files are in the public domain before I move them to Commons.  Gold   Standard  22:18, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Alright! In case you find those images are not in public domain– then? Those images are in public domain, I think -- Tito Dutta  ✉  22:39, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * If they aren't in the public domain I'll remove them.  Gold   Standard  23:06, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You apparently placed a tag on it saying "This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Washington State Legislature." Do you have any evidence that this is the case? Are you aware that "The Washington State Legislature" does not necessarily own the copyright for every image it uses on its website? Something being found on a free public website is not release into the public domain. The standard way to provide the evidence is for the person who owns the copyright to send a license to WP:OTRS in the way prescribed by WP:Copyright   DGG ( talk ) 17:02, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
 * They have told me via email already, I am currently in the process of getting them to send a formal license email to OTRS. Gold   Standard  17:14, 6 August 2012 (UTC)