Wikipedia:Editor review/MBK004

MBK004
I've been on wikipedia for 3 months now, and I'd like some constructive criticism on what I'm doing that is right/wrong/needs improvement, etc. MBK004 18:02, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Review by Una Smith
MBK004, despite your high edit count, you are still inexperienced with Wikipedia. You have about 10 times as many edits to talk pages as to mainspace pages. And I see no experience editing navigation templates or categories. If you are at a loss re how to find things to write, do research: online or in a library. Have you tried asking a library reference desk librarian to show you some research tools? --Una Smith 03:01, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Reply:Thanks for your review. In reference to your question about libraries and research tools, I am aware and use these things frequently (I've worked in libraries), although not for Wikipedia at present because I'm in the middle of a university semester. I think the actual authoring and significant editing I'll be able to perform will happen over the vacations I have from school.-MBK004 03:11, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Okay, clearly you are not here to write articles. I guess that means you are here to do admin work. Well, User_talk:MBK004 is an example of (a) making an unsupported claim about policy and (b) being patronizing. I didn't care that you very unnecessarily reformatted the header on my review; I sort of cared that you wasted my time leaving me a note about doing it on my talk page; and now I see you make a habit of such actions. I recommend you examine your editing habits and make some changes; some of your habits are constructive but others just waste your time. --Una Smith 04:58, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

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 Questions


 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * Well, I'm particularly proud of what I consider my most significant edit so far. On Coins of the United States dollar I've added the Susan B. Anthony dollar to the chart of circulating coins, updated the obverse images where required, and added contextual support for my edits. Other than that, I've tagged/assessed 800+ articles for WikiProject Ships, and also tried to work diligently on reverting vandalism when I see it.
 * 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 involved in only one edit conflict and I wouldn't even consider it as such. Mercedes1 has been making a string of edits that changed the formatting of the articles drastically. Myself and a few other editors have been leaving messages on the talk page as well as reverting the edits to no avail. So far I've stayed cool, and civil. The civility I use when dealing with vandals sometimes does try my patience, but I know that if I lose my civility things would only get worse instead of getting better for the community.
 * Update: Since posting this request, I have become involved in another edit conflict which was quickly resolved. General Mannino originally made an edit that I thought was vandalism and was reverted with an appropriate message left on talk page. After being contacted and reviewing the edit, I apologized since it wasn't vandalism. I also left a note about signing comments on talk pages in response to an unsigned comment when I was contacted. The next day, the user in question blanked their talk page. I reverted the edit a few days later and left a warning. The next day the page was blanked again, which I reverted and left a warning on again. (I realize that my conduct might not be considered the most civil in retrospect considering that talk pages are given a wide berth in regards to the individual user and blanking is allowed and a policy regarding not allowing warnings to be removed was shot-down for causing more problems than solving.) Then the user left a message on my talk page asking me to stop posting on their talk page and claiming that I was harassing them. I rebuffed on both mine and their talk page with some information that (I now know to be incorrect) and also rebuffed their claim of being a long-time user (by joined date from looking at contributions), asked them to use edit summaries, and suggested WP:THIRD. I was then asked to just leave said user alone. I replied to this olive branch by restating my request for use of edit summaries and signing comments. I stated my involvement with WP:CVU and agreed to leave said user alone unless there was an issue that required me to contact with regards to vandalism if it ever were to happen.
 * Update: Since posting this request, I have become involved in another edit conflict which was quickly resolved. General Mannino originally made an edit that I thought was vandalism and was reverted with an appropriate message left on talk page. After being contacted and reviewing the edit, I apologized since it wasn't vandalism. I also left a note about signing comments on talk pages in response to an unsigned comment when I was contacted. The next day, the user in question blanked their talk page. I reverted the edit a few days later and left a warning. The next day the page was blanked again, which I reverted and left a warning on again. (I realize that my conduct might not be considered the most civil in retrospect considering that talk pages are given a wide berth in regards to the individual user and blanking is allowed and a policy regarding not allowing warnings to be removed was shot-down for causing more problems than solving.) Then the user left a message on my talk page asking me to stop posting on their talk page and claiming that I was harassing them. I rebuffed on both mine and their talk page with some information that (I now know to be incorrect) and also rebuffed their claim of being a long-time user (by joined date from looking at contributions), asked them to use edit summaries, and suggested WP:THIRD. I was then asked to just leave said user alone. I replied to this olive branch by restating my request for use of edit summaries and signing comments. I stated my involvement with WP:CVU and agreed to leave said user alone unless there was an issue that required me to contact with regards to vandalism if it ever were to happen.