Wikipedia:Editor review/NuclearWarfare 2

NuclearWarfare
Hi guys. This is my second editor review, and I think I've improved a lot since my first one. Well, of course, that's to be expected. I posted my first ER back in the tail end of June 2008, when I was pretty much a newbie. Now I'm a more experienced editor with ~5000 more edits since then and a much deeper understanding of policy. NuclearWarfare  contact me My work 01:41, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

 Reviews 
 * Most of your concentrated edits have been in the Wikipedia space, specifically to Administrator intervention against vandalism. Fighting vandalism can be a 24/7 job (as I'm learning), so that's good to see that you're devoted to that. I'm not one who puts tremendous stock in edit summaries (they're nice, but they're not make-or-break), but the almost total lack of red on the Interiot page is striking. Well done. Your edit count over the last four months is staggering, and since you've not made more than 35 revisions to any mainspace article, I can conclude that the bulk of it came from anti-vandalism efforts, edits in the userspace (who doesn't like spiffying up their userpage?) or talk pages. However, that the most you've edited one article is 35 times strikes me as somewhat unusual. Everyone for whom I've checked their edit history this far has had at least one article, and some of them several, where they've made a great deal of edits. The best quality Wikipedia has to offer can't really be achieved by making six or seven edits to a page, even one whose subject is in a static condition. While your anti-vandalism efforts look fantastic, and no doubt your mainspace influence is broad, I think it might be good to see a concentrated effort to improve one or a few pages. An article such as Article Two of the United States Constitution has the right combination of length and areas that need improvement, even on a cursory glance, that this is an attainable prospect. A young article like The Steel Wave has room for growth, so I think this is something that'll eventually happen.  Don't fall asleep  zzzzzz 07:57, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your review! I think your idea is great; I'll sit down with perhaps another Avatar-related or Constitution-related article and see if I can't work it up to featured status. NuclearWarfare  contact me My work  18:58, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Splendid. :) I look forward to seeing what you can come up with. Some of the more irritating (in that they're 100% true) criticisms of Wikipedia are that a trivial article (such as Guitar Hero (video game)) is an FA, but a true encyclopedia bedrock like Abraham Lincoln is merely B-class. Not that I'm telling you which of the articles you mentioned would be better to work on or anything :P Don't fall asleep  zzzzzz 10:25, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

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 Questions


 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * I'd have to say they would be the workups I've given to Avatar season 1 (currently up for FLC and season 2. However, my best work probably comes with my New Page Patrolling (over 800 pages tagged for speedy deletion, according to the difference between the toolserver edit count and the "my preferences" edit count). My work on huggle is also something that I'm proud of. Finally, I've been involved in the Account Creation Process recently, and that's proven to be fun. NuclearWarfare  contact me My work  01:50, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 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 run into just the average run-of-the-mill vandalism, and even some extraordinary multiple-day, multiple-IP, rangeblock-necessitated vandalism. But that hasn't been too bad; I've called up the support of some admins and all was well. I've also gotten into minor debate regarding some Avatar and politics-related articles; my response at all times was to discuss on the talk page (Except for once, where I received a 3rr warning on something that was probably undeserved. But since I had no real stake in that article, I walked away.) NuclearWarfare  contact me My work  01:50, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Why do you think you haven't made more than 35 edits to any one mainspace page? Do you think this matters in any way?  Don't fall asleep  zzzzzz 07:57, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * One reason why I think that is because a) I'm not really all that very smart, IMO. Also, I'm lazy. Writing, and especially doing research is something that is above my head. Also, b) I like to work in big edits when writing content. In my edits to Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 1), I did quite a bit of work, far more than what I did for Article II, but I did them in one massive chunk at a time. NuclearWarfare  contact me My work  18:58, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * One reason why I think that is because a) I'm not really all that very smart, IMO. Also, I'm lazy. Writing, and especially doing research is something that is above my head. Also, b) I like to work in big edits when writing content. In my edits to Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 1), I did quite a bit of work, far more than what I did for Article II, but I did them in one massive chunk at a time. NuclearWarfare  contact me My work  18:58, 8 September 2008 (UTC)