Wikipedia:Editor review/The.Q

The.Q
I've been on wikipedia for a while now (almost two years, wow!), and I'm interested in getting some feedback from others as to how I'm doing, and if there's more I could be doing (time permitting, of course!) to make this project better for me and others. The.Q (t) (c) 16:48, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

 Reviews 

Reviewed by Moonriddengirl
Hi. I thought I recognized your name. :) I hope that you weren't wanting this feedback quickly, since editor review frequently doesn't work that way. :D I see you haven't been around for a while, and there is an unanswered question on your talk page as to whether or not you're coming back, dated back to December 29th. Because of that, I'm not going quite as in-depth as I usually do, and I won't be monitoring this editor review as I traditionally do. If you want more feedback from me, please let me know at my talk page.

You seem to be (or have been) doing quite well in the areas in which you choose to participate. I see a lot of wikignoming in your contribution history. Good work there. You don't do a lot of conversing that I can see, but what you do seems scrupulously polite. I am impressed by your conduct here. You ask if there's more you could be doing to make the project better; I'd say (time permitting) do more. :) You've a valuable contributor already; amping up your contribution would therefor add even more value. If the problem is that you can't find enough to do, you might consider some of those projects most appealing to wikignomes, like Cleanup, WikiProject Disambiguation or WikiProject Wikify. There's always tons that need doing around there. If you'd like to try your hand at more straightforward content building, as you did at Ballymote Castle, you can try looking through Requested articles to see if anything catches your eye. Not everything requested qualifies, but there's quite a lot that do, and there's, well, quite a lot. Given your extreme civility, you might also want to take a shot at getting involved more in dispute resolution, perhaps by taking on a third opinion or two.

Again, if you want more feedback, let me know at my talk page. I can supply diffs. :D That said, I suspect if I spent five hours on this instead of thirty minutes, my response would essentially be the same: good work; if you're able, work more. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:28, 7 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, welcome back. :) And a bit more, per your request, although as I suspect the additional time yields pretty much the same result. You obviously know what you're doing. There's evidence of your familiarity with policy and procedure in [this case your edits. And I see that you are already quite familiar with [[Talk:Irish (Junior Cert)|organized wikignoming]]. :) I find yet more evidence of your civility here. You've gotten pretty consistent with your edit summaries. The only thing I can find to recommend for improvement out of your past history is as regards the handling of vandalism. I see here that you swept up a fresh pile of it, but you didn't issue a warning. Warnings are an important part of protecting the project from future vandalism, since they can not only dissuade vandals from future vandalism (sometimes, they really do), but also leave a paper trail so that admins can take appropriate action by blocking repeat offenders as needed. There are quite a few warnings gathered over here, in case you're interesting in viewing them. I looked at your contributions back into summer, and I don't see you ever placing warnings, so I presume that you're not already aware. If I'm mistaken, please excuse me. :) The other times that I've seen you "rvv" or simply "rv", the lack of warning has been more understandable because the vandalism or inappropriate material has been stale. With fresh stuff, warning is good. As to my other suggestions, I leave those standing for the days that your new arrival is old enough to liberate your time. :D (Oh, and I will be viewing this now for a time, so if you have any questions about it, I should see them if you ask them here.) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:38, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for this review, Moonreddengirl. It's given me some things to think about, and is quite positive (which I'm obviously pleased about!).  As regards the warnings, Etc., I have used them before, but I suppose I've gotten a bit lazy about them.  I'll bookmark that link, and try to use those warnings more often.  Thanks again. --  The.Q (t) (c) 10:05, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Review by delldot
Hi The.Q! Sorry you've been waiting so long for a review. Glad to see you back from your break.


 * Interactions with other users - Looks from the small size of you talk page like you keep to yourself a lot - perfectly valid, you're probably focused on writing articles. I saw on your talk page history that you complemented someone on good work - looks like you're helpful and very nice!  Looks like when someone comes to you with a problem you apologize and reassess your own actions, a very good trait and an important one to have!  From User talk:BrownHairedGirl, it looks like you're not afraid to come to people with potential problems, but not a jerk about it when they explain themselves.  Awesome work in this department.  About your answer to Q2, I hope you don't "just go" as in leave the project if you have a stressful disagreement, you seem mature enough to be able to handle it in a positive way.


 * Communication - I liked this edit - very civil, explained your reasons for disagreement, admitted fallibility, were bold, and suggested they could change it back if they wanted. I like that you explain on talk pages when you revert a good-faith edit.  Looks like your communication skills are top-notch.


 * Familiarity with policy - Looks from some of your questions in the WP space that you're not entirely familiar with the more obscure areas of policy yet. Judging by your 38 wikipedia space edits and 8 wt edits, you're not that involved in discussion about policy and stuff, which is also fine. I mean, you're not required to memorize all the policies.  But it would suggest to me that you should hold off on something like an RfA for now.  If you wanted to do that, you'd need to be more versed in policy.  Not that there's any need for you to if all you want to do is edit articles, that's the most important job anyway.


 * Article content contribution - You do a good amount of gnomish edits like dab link repair, which is great. I didn't see much large content addition, but I may have missed it in with the other edits.


 * Overall contribution - You've been complimented for your outstanding research, which is of course one of the most important things you can do for the project. To Echo Moonriddengirl, great job, it would be excellent if you could contribute more but your contributions so far are much appreciated.   delldot   talk  16:57, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

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 Questions


 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * Ballymote Castle is quite good, I think, for a first article that I actually researched a bit about. I've also done a bit of work on Ballymote and Summerhill College (still only a stub).
 * 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?
 * The only one I can think of is relating to the birth place of Michael Corcoran, which I researched and added to. The (anon) user eventually left.  I don't think I caused anyone else stress (or myself for that matter).  If I felt stressed or too upset about anything here, I'd just go, I do this for fun and entertainment.
 * The only one I can think of is relating to the birth place of Michael Corcoran, which I researched and added to. The (anon) user eventually left.  I don't think I caused anyone else stress (or myself for that matter).  If I felt stressed or too upset about anything here, I'd just go, I do this for fun and entertainment.