Wikipedia:Editor review/Sbrools

User:Sbrools
I have been an editor for quite a while, but my edits have been highly sporatic. Looking on my edit count page, I notice that I have taken breaks for months at a time, so I really have only been active for a little bit. I just want to know how I have been doing and if there's any thing that I can do to improve. If, and I stress this, in the very far off future, I am nominated to be an admin, (which I know will not happen soon, and might never happen) will those months of nothingness hurt me? Thank you so much. --Sbrools ( talk .  contribs ) 15:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

 Reviews 


 * After we bumped into each other on Christmas eve, and I saw you were up for review today I decided to take a look back. First of all you were doing alot of stub sorting back in April and they account for a large part of your edits, since then you've done some vandalism work with popups, and today a handful of AfD's.
 * Was there any reason why you stopped stub sorting? I've added a third question below for this.
 * Your AfD comments on the whole have been very thoughtful and have shown good knowledge of Wikipedia procedure, instead of just vote loading with the standard as pers. This is a very admirable trait in an editor who has intentions of adminship one day.
 * You have popups now, and I would certainly think of applying for use of Vandalproof as you have the requisite amount of edits. You had a few days last week of reverting vandalism, but I don't see many warnings being issued, which is very important in RC patrolling. Any reason why not? Also your issuing on Christmas eve of the blatantvandal tag to this editor was somewhat overkill. As their edits could either be a mixture of bad editing or genuine. I'm involved with a number of editors for the Wikiproject on user warnings would be more than interested to help you out with any questions about the issuing of warnings.

All in all your gaining knowledge in the main areas of Wikipedia, you have stops and starts in editing a few hundred edits here and there and then nothing for a month. If you were ever to go for an RfA it would almost certainly be raised. You have around 800 edits at the moment, and you would need to have a good constant editing rate, most editors don't go up for RfA until they at least around 2,500 edits. However edit counting is a poor way of demonstrating the skill of an editor. My advice would be to continue to show the intelligence that you use with your AfD's, dedicate yourself to a certain area, whilst continuing in the other main areas. You are showing promise of becoming a good admin once you decide which areas or projects you wish to focus your attention. I won't be watchlisting this page but may pop back again, but if you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to give me a shout. Regards Khukri ( talk  .  contribs ) 22:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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 Questions


 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * I'm particurally proud of my commitment to stub-sorting, which I put a lot of effort into, and even recieved a Barnstar for.
 * 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 not really been involved in any editing conflicts. I do not feel that other users cause me stress - I have learned from my real life, which is highly stressful, that I cannot let people or things cause stress, and I have ways of de-stressing.  Mainly playing the piano.  Whenever I am overwhelmed with stress, I play the piano, and it calms me down.
 * 1) You've moved from stub sorting, to janitorial duties with AWB, Recent Change patrolling, to AfD's. What do you consider to be your main area of interest now, and what areas have you been involved in that you would like to have greater involvement?
 * ''I really am not sure what my main area is right now. I guess at the moment I am trying out various sectors of editing to see which I like most.  I was really into stub-sorting for a bit, but after awhile I guess it kind of lost its luster.  Right now I am enjoying both fighting vandalism and contributing to AfD.  Only a few hours ago I recieved permission to use VP, so I will be testing that out.  I recall posting warnings on vandal's pages, but I will make sure to keep doing that in the future.
 * ''I really am not sure what my main area is right now. I guess at the moment I am trying out various sectors of editing to see which I like most.  I was really into stub-sorting for a bit, but after awhile I guess it kind of lost its luster.  Right now I am enjoying both fighting vandalism and contributing to AfD.  Only a few hours ago I recieved permission to use VP, so I will be testing that out.  I recall posting warnings on vandal's pages, but I will make sure to keep doing that in the future.