Wikipedia:Editor review/Mkativerata

Mkativerata
I have been quite active as an editor over the past month or so (about 1,200 edits) and am looking for advice on how I can improve my editing and expand my experience. Mkativerata (talk) 00:15, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

 Questions

Optional Questions from Doc Quintana
 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Are there any about which you are particularly pleased? Why?
 * My main contributions have been in three areas. First, I have created around 40 new articles on Malaysian politicians as a personal project to ensure all Malaysian Federal Parliamentarians have articles. Here is my latest page for an example. I have also tagged a number of copyvio images of Malaysian politicians for removal. As this is an ongoing project, I'd greatly appreciate feedback. Second, I have created or edited a number of law-related articles, including this that I believe I rescued from deletion and this that has been rated GA-class. Third, I am an active participant in AfDs. Here I know I have much to learn. I probably have a dangerous tendency towards wikilawyering, and this was probably a very bad example. But generally I think I'm getting AfDs right, including some "successful" nominations.
 * 1) Have you been in any disputes 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 have not been involved in disputes so far, but I'm taking an interest in some Malaysian political pages that are very POV, so there may be disputes in the future. My approach would be to not revert the same edit more than once. Explain any controversial reversion on the article's talk page. And if the (in my view) offending edit is restored and the talk page does not achieve consensus, take it to wp:rfc.
 * I have not been involved in disputes so far, but I'm taking an interest in some Malaysian political pages that are very POV, so there may be disputes in the future. My approach would be to not revert the same edit more than once. Explain any controversial reversion on the article's talk page. And if the (in my view) offending edit is restored and the talk page does not achieve consensus, take it to wp:rfc.
 * 1) Why did you come to Wikipedia, and what do you get out of it? Doc Quintana (talk) 01:03, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I think I came to wikipedia bored one day and decided to write an article: John Logan (judge). What I get out of it (and why my edit count has spiralled in the last month or so) is the satisfaction of making a contribution to the project, however small, but however real and lasting. I also like the atmosphere in the project space; people treat each other civilly and welcome input. Finally, I think it is an intellectual challenge - creating content and participating in project space "debates". I get a lot of stimulation out of that. Thanks for the question - it made me think! --Mkativerata (talk) 03:39, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

 Reviews 


 * Hello, and good job with your content work, creating all those articles. Getting involved in AfD is a good place to learn (and when you start to understand it more as you said, it's a good sign that you're getting better too). All I can suggest is continued writing and involvement in things like AfD, or other administrator type areas—these are often great places to get more experience.  fetch  comms  ☛ 00:44, 13 January 2010 (UTC)