Wikipedia:Editor review/Winger84

Winger84
I previously requested a review under my original user name, which was InDeBiz1. Since that time, I feel that I have gained signficantly more experience in a more broad scope of the project and have more history for others to effectively review. While I understand that my two recent errors in judgement (my two blocks for 3RR) are very likely going to be brought up in this or any review, I would like to ask for those issues to remain toward the end of any comments that may be left, as I understand my mistakes in those situations. I am here to gather thoughts on other areas that I may need to work on as I move forward with my time here on Wikipedia and as I move toward - with a little luck and some regained trust from the community - a run for adminship sometime in the first quarter of 2009. Winger84 (talk) 00:22, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

 Reviews 


 * What jumps out at me in your edit statistics is this: far too many user talkspace edits compared to mainspace edits.  Also, far too many edits on your own talk page.  That tells me you spend a lot of time reacting to others.  Finally, for someone with only a few thousand edits total, far too many edits concerning RfAs and page protection.  I suggest you practice reducing your Wikistress.  Also, your apparent attempt to "out" someone is way out of line.  Here is my homework assignment to you:  pick an article that is below Good Article class, put your head down, and make it a Good Article.  Learn by doing. --Una Smith (talk) 06:20, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * With all due respect, I beg to differ with your interpretation of the edit that you have linked. That is not an attempt to "out" someone, in any fashion.  That is a simple statement to one of my colleagues in radio asking them to stop bringing such childish material to Wikipedia.  It is one thing to compete with another radio station in your format on the air, but it is completely another thing - and highly unprofessional - to bring such blatant lies to a public forum.  If I really wanted to "out" somebody, I would have referred to them by name in that post, since I have a fairly strong guess as to specifically who it is.  Thank you for your review, though.  --Winger84 (talk) 17:02, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You have said enough already that Requests for oversight may be in order. --Una Smith (talk) 22:11, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Strongly disagree with that assertion. I've not named anyone specifically.  I have merely pointed out a reasonable claim, given what I know about that particular radio market, having just been employed by one of the companies involved in this little Wiki-war just a short time ago. --Winger84 (talk) 22:31, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Ouch. Close enough to be an WP:OUTing and way out of line.  Sorry.  BMW  (drive)  18:15, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * How does pointing out that someone is acting unprofessionally within their field constitute an "out?" I did not name them specifically by name, although I probably could have since I'm 99.9% certain who is making the troublesome edits to the WIXO article.  By the definition of the policy that you intended to quote - which is actually located at WP:OUTING, rather than WP:OUT, by the way - "Posting another person's personal information (legal name, date of birth, social security number, home or workplace address, telephone number, email address, or other contact information, regardless of whether or not the information is actually correct) is harassment, unless that editor voluntarily provides or links to such information himself or herself. This is because it places the other person at unjustified and uninvited risk of harm in "the real world" or other media. This applies whether or not the person whose personal information is being revealed is a Wikipedia editor. It also applies in the case of editors who have requested a change in username, but whose old signatures can still be found in archives. Edits attempting to out someone should be promptly reverted, and an oversighter brought in to permanently delete them from the public record."


 * I did not post "another person's personal information (legal name, date of birth, social security number)." One may argue that I posted a "workplace address," but there are 20+ individuals that work in that building and I could be referring to any single one of them.


 * This "issue" aside, let's try commenting on my actual editing work, rather than something that is - at best - a difference in interpretation of policy. --Winger84 (talk) 19:36, 3 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Don't stay much on song-related or Rihanna-related stuffs. Someone might criticize your work in the future. Also, its good that your participating in pages like Administrator intervention against vandalism, and notiying users/IPs for some unconstructive edits. It will appear to reviewers that you need the tools. --Efe (talk) 07:42, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

 Comments 


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 Questions


 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * I feel that I have become the most accomplished around articles of a contemporary music nature, especially those relating to Rihanna and other artists that may be heard on radio stations such as the one that I program. While a majority of my work has been in that area, I have also begun to contribute with a couple basic templates (the first one being  ) and am gradually seeking out other areas in which I can become comfortable contributing.  As I stated in my previous review, however, I am not an editor on Wikipedia in the aim of pleasing myself, but rather working toward the better good of the project.  As such, I can not conclusively state any single contribution of which I am the most pleased.


 * 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?
 * 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 been in several conflicts, most recently related to a perceived issue in the Sarah Palin article. I did not feel - at that time - that it was entirely neutral.  I also felt that it seemed to read more as an advertisement taken directly from either her website or that of the Republican Party.  I did the right thing in opening a thread on the article's talk page in an attempt to achieve consensus, but I made my mistake in reverting those who were choosing to make their version "the right version" before the conclusion of the consensus-seeking discussion.  Upon the recommendation of Keeper76, I have become more aware of my actions and have made an improved effort to regulate myself and work harder toward the process of reaching a consensus.