Wikipedia:Editor review/WillMak050389

WillMak050389
I've been at Wikipedia over a year now, and I was initially considering going for adminship, but I've realized that for now I want to know how people view my edits and my techniques, and I would like to see if there are any mistakes or other imperfections of mine that need to be improved. Will Mak  050389  17:58, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

 Reviews 

Wow. You have excellent contributions, an impressive edit count, and you keep a cool head about arguments. I would like to see an WP:RFA. One suggestion I would make is to go through coaching first. That way, you can get solid advice from an admin to prepare you for the mop. Sorry for the short review, but seriously, I think you could do a lot of good as an admin.  J- stan  Talk 00:30, 27 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I've seen you quite a bit around, and have been impressed, particularly in discussions. However, you do have several orphaned images listed on your talkpage. Be sure to be familiar with our image policies - I suggest don't upload non free images unless you're really sure the article in question would be significantly improved by adding it. However, I don't think you need coaching - you've been around plenty long enough. Just reread up policies and guidelines you're unsure of and you should be fine. I'd take up the offer of an RfA nomination from Keegan a.s.a.p.  Majorly  (talk) 22:58, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Note on the orphaned images: I uploaded numerous non-free images for Wikipedia before fair use overuse kicked in. Especially for the article List of Futurama products. When the guideline did come into effect there were several of my non-free images that were no longer used in the articles for which I had intended them. I now try to upload free or images which significantly improve articles (such as album covers for album article pages. Thank you for the kind encouragement! -- Will Mak  050389  05:40, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

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 Questions


 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * Personally, I am proud of all the work I have done, but if I had to pick out a few contributions that would be my "favorite," I would most likely choose all the articles I have created (most of which are located here.) I think that creating pages is more important than getting an article featured (which is still very important, I am not degrading it in any way, I just see creating notable and worthy articles as more important.) As for improving articles, I am most proud of my improvement of the Glenn Kaiser page (see this edit), a musician who I greatly respect. Also, I am proud of adding references to statements with overdue Fact tags. Many editors like to make sure statements are sourced by placing such tags, but I have seen that not as many like to field the request for a reference. I have improved the quality of Futurama by sourcing statements tagged for a needed citation. I know my answer is getting long, but I also wanted to point out that I have added numerous infoboxes (Again, most are located here) and persondata to articles (see here), hoping to condense information and improve the project by making information easier to obtain.
 * 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?
 * Unfortunately, I have had my share of mistakes. I'll start with my block. I was blocked exactly one month after creating an account here (see my block log.) I had just discovered WikiProjects and joined WikiProject Christianity and noticed a template for inviting others. As I was new, I was not familiar with policy and started inviting everyone who was in a christian user category. Cyde blocked me for talk page spamming, but we talked it out (see User talk:WillMak050389/Archive1) and unblocked less than a half hour later. I cannot think of any particular "conflicts" between my block and somewhat recently. I warned User talk:69.136.194.27 for vandalizing The Sims. The user proceeded to delete the warning and other warnings from his/her page. I then replaced them telling the IP to not remove them. This continued for numerous cycles (see history of IP's talk page). I became concerned that this needed to be dealt with (and, admittedly, I probably should have taken care of it earlier), I put in a request for administrator intervention at WP:AIAV (with this edit.) I have since realized that I was in the wrong, noting that User page states that removal of warnings is not against policy. I will remember this in future situations. In general though, my philosophy is that getting into conflicts on Wikipedia is extremely immature. I always try to talk through disagreements or, if no other actions can be taken, leave the argument alone.
 * Unfortunately, I have had my share of mistakes. I'll start with my block. I was blocked exactly one month after creating an account here (see my block log.) I had just discovered WikiProjects and joined WikiProject Christianity and noticed a template for inviting others. As I was new, I was not familiar with policy and started inviting everyone who was in a christian user category. Cyde blocked me for talk page spamming, but we talked it out (see User talk:WillMak050389/Archive1) and unblocked less than a half hour later. I cannot think of any particular "conflicts" between my block and somewhat recently. I warned User talk:69.136.194.27 for vandalizing The Sims. The user proceeded to delete the warning and other warnings from his/her page. I then replaced them telling the IP to not remove them. This continued for numerous cycles (see history of IP's talk page). I became concerned that this needed to be dealt with (and, admittedly, I probably should have taken care of it earlier), I put in a request for administrator intervention at WP:AIAV (with this edit.) I have since realized that I was in the wrong, noting that User page states that removal of warnings is not against policy. I will remember this in future situations. In general though, my philosophy is that getting into conflicts on Wikipedia is extremely immature. I always try to talk through disagreements or, if no other actions can be taken, leave the argument alone.