Wikipedia:Editor review/JCO312

JCO312
I've been editing since April of 2006, and had a period of relative inactivity while studying for the bar during the summer. I'm editing more articles these days and want some feedback on how to improve my contributions. Thanks! JCO312 17:06, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

 Reviews 


 * First off, the simply technical; try and leave informative edit summaries when you make changes- the UCLA edit summary checker shows that you only add summaries 63% of the time for major edits and 39% for minor edits. I can't stress how important edit summaries are- it's also a big help on recent changes patrol when you're trying to pick out vandalism. Looking through your edits, its quite obvious you're interested in law-oriented topics; You've also been around AIV and FACs. Really what I would suggest is to try and focus maybe on a law-related article you think you can get to GA and beyond; other than that, you appear to be in your related wikiprojects and no big concerns of note that I can see on your talk page. I do, however, see that there is plenty of edits on the Talk of Capital Punishment; as you're editing a hot-button topic, I encourage you to always be civil and to not respond to other's incivility. Really, the only suggestion I have is that maybe you try and stretch your article-editing horizons, work on an article outside your normal area of expertise. I might be a video gamer, but I make numerous edits to Half smoke and write up books and graphic novels. See if you like doing something outside the books, as it were. Either way, thanks for your edits so far. Dåvid Fuchs [ talk &bull; contribs ] 20:37, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

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 Questions


 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * Probably my edits to Robert N.C. Nix, Jr. or A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.. I'm proud of where the articles are now, compared to where they were before I worked on them.  I've also spent a lot of time trying to protecte the Capital punishment page from vandalism and POV edits.
 * 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?
 * Yes, several. Nearly all are related to the Capital punishment page, which, as you might imagine, can be a place for hot headed editing.  I was involved in a dispute with a user over one edit where he ended up calling me all sorts of names when I disagreed with him.  Another dispute over how to write the lede where I was called some more names.  And finally a conflict over whether the page should be named "Capital punishment" or "Death penalty" where a user said some things about my grasp of logic, etc. in making his arguments.  I've tried to stay level headed and respond to the arguments, although sometimes I've felt compelled to respond with a comment like "you ought to be ashamed of yourself" (in response to someone calling me a moron for, essentially, failing to agree with him).  I suppose I'll continue to deal with it as I have, unless I'm advised to do otherwise.
 * Yes, several. Nearly all are related to the Capital punishment page, which, as you might imagine, can be a place for hot headed editing.  I was involved in a dispute with a user over one edit where he ended up calling me all sorts of names when I disagreed with him.  Another dispute over how to write the lede where I was called some more names.  And finally a conflict over whether the page should be named "Capital punishment" or "Death penalty" where a user said some things about my grasp of logic, etc. in making his arguments.  I've tried to stay level headed and respond to the arguments, although sometimes I've felt compelled to respond with a comment like "you ought to be ashamed of yourself" (in response to someone calling me a moron for, essentially, failing to agree with him).  I suppose I'll continue to deal with it as I have, unless I'm advised to do otherwise.