Wikipedia:Editor review/Mwilso24

Mwilso24
I'd like some feedback on how I'm doing. I'm always looking for ways to improve the Wikipedia experience for all editors and users, and feel at this time the best way to do so is to undergo a review of my work so far.  mjwilson  (Talk/Contrib) 18:44, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

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Review by Moonriddengirl
It's obvious that you've spent a lot of time working in the background of the project, fixing categories & links & addressing vandalism, and you seem to be doing it very well. One thing I do notice that you might want to improve is that you seem to default to "vandalism" on the reversion button with Twinkle, when sometimes the edits may not be vandalism according to WP:Vandalism—for instance here we have an unsourced addition of information about Barbara Bush's education. This seems likely to be good faith and probably should not have been labeled "vandalism" in the edit summary. (The message you left that user, I'll note, was completely appropriate. But, barring contrary evidence, we need to assume good faith in our edit summaries as well as our warnings. :)) I'm kind of glad that I have something to suggest, because otherwise I don't think I'd have any purpose here at all. :) Keep up the good work.

I note on your user page that you have an interest in eventually becoming an administrator. You might want to step up your involvement in consensus building with other editors, which is valuable experience for administrators to have. Given your background, I imagine you'd be a valuable addition to the many deletion debates. You might also like to check into the dispute resolution process and see what you can do there, maybe through Requests for comment or Third opinion. If you haven't already, I'd recommend that you read through Administrators' reading list and think about the areas of Wikipedia in which you'd like to offer administrator assistance. Now is a good time to shore up your participation in those areas and see how you like it. :)

Also, while it may feel peculiar to you to toot your horn, many of the editors who contribute to WP:RfA like to see what articles you've worked on substantially in order to help them determine your application of policy. As a fellow vandal fighter, I know that vandalism reversion edits can overwhelm your contributions log and make it difficult for those editors to find what they're looking for. I think it's probably a good idea to start jotting those down somewhere in your userspace. See for instance the "vanity bit" at User:Iridescent.

Hope this helps. I'll be watching this review for a couple of days at least in case you need clarification or have questions. You can ask them here or at my talk page, whichever suits you better. Happy editing. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:00, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

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 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * While I have edited a number of articles relating to my history background or the local area where I live, I feel the contributions I am particularly pleased with have to include the hours spent fighting vandalism to improve the quality of Wikipedia for all involved.
 * 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 have had my user page and user talk page vandalized during the course of my actions against vandals, however my Wikipedia experience has been fairly stress free so far due to the generous support of other editors out there. I strive to never take things like that personally, and it's better to just move on than to stress about the small, unimportant things.
 * I have had my user page and user talk page vandalized during the course of my actions against vandals, however my Wikipedia experience has been fairly stress free so far due to the generous support of other editors out there. I strive to never take things like that personally, and it's better to just move on than to stress about the small, unimportant things.