Wikipedia:Editor review/oo7565

oo7565
hi i been here for a little over a year and made around 3000 edits i think. i want to become a admin sometime in the future but with that said i only been relly aded tags and fighting vandalism so far and i need to know what else i should be doing and how i can get invole with other areas on here Oo7565 (talk) 21:34, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Review by delldot: Hi oo7565, sorry for the long wait on this review. Here's some thoughts:


 * Interactions with other users - I see friendly interaction on your talk page, good job. It looks like when someone comes to you with a concern, you consistently respond in a friendly way. I noticed you apologize when you made a mistake, also a very strong trait and an important one to have for success around here. You are kind and helpful when others come to you for help. Looking through your talk page archives, I see people coming to you about the same problems multiple times: overuse of PROD, spelling, tagging articles without explaining what needs to be done, etc.  It makes me think you may need to work on taking advice.  When someone suggests that you work on something, do you take it to heart and work on it? On the other hand, I did see more AFD-related notes after one user had left you a note about problems with your prodding.


 * Communication - As a minor point, I'd concur with Merkinsmum's idea of cleaning up your writing, some of what you write is kind of hard to understand. I notice in your talk archive people saying stuff like "Could you clarify your question for me?" That suggests that others may be having trouble understanding you too. Maybe consider rereading your messages before hitting save.  Plus, some browsers have automatic spellcheckers that work in the edit window (e.g. the latest version of firefox).  If it's a question, put a question mark after it instead of a period.  Some of your sentences run a little long; you should put a period at the end of a complete thought so it's easier to follow.  Working on this will help your article writing, too.


 * About edits like this, you should avoid reverting things other than obvious vandalism with the 'undo' button, unless you leave a real edit summary. It's kind of a smack in the face to a sincere user; not leaving an edit summary says 'it's so obvious why I'm doing this it doesn't need to be explained.'  You can use the undo button and provide a summary of your own as well, that's fine.


 * Familiarity with policy - Looks like you've overused WP:PROD in the past. I don't know if I would have prodded Gris-Gris; if there aren't articles on the other albums, isn't that a reason to write more rather than to delete this one?  That is, if they're notable and everything.  I see numerous messages on your talk page about removals of prods that people thought were inappropriate.  Perhaps reviewing WP:PROD would be a good idea.  When in doubt, use AFD, not PROD. PROD is really only for articles you're pretty sure no Wikipedian would argue with. If you need help, don't hesitate to ask.  You can always leave a note on my talk page if you need help.


 * Overall contribution - I was very impressed with how patient and friendly you are with people in every interaction I saw. You're very good about hearing criticism, and you're willing to apologize when you mess up, a very admirable trait. However, I thought you should work on taking advice that you've been offered in the past, such as looking over policies you're using (e.g. WP:PROD.

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 Comments 

This is not really a review, but a comment based upon your presentation here, which may reflect some of your other edits. When you're writing, make sure you capitalise your 'I', and use commas. As it is, your style of writing may prevent people taking you seriously, and it shows that you are probably quite young. If you become an admin, you will need to seem slightly authoritative, IMHO, and to become an admin you need to pass a request for adminship, which will cause people to look at your edits and what they might say of your personality and its suitability for adminship. With people who are your wiki-friends you can be a bit more relaxed on their talk pages, but at other times, try and write a bit more posh. Hope this helps.:)  Merkinsmum  16:05, 28 December 2007 (UTC)


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 Questions

Oo7565 (talk) 21:34, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * Your answer here
 * 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?
 * Your answer here
 * Your answer here


 * 1) Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

i think my am very pleased about the high school article i have started on hereOo7565 (talk) 21:34, 18 December 2007 (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 would not say I have been in any conflicts before but I have to say when I started on here I rely did not know how wikipedia work so I may have caused other user's stress but in the past months I have greatly improve myself on here so hopefully in the future I will use my expensive on here to help others to avoid conflicts. Oo7565 (talk) 21:34, 18 December 2007 (UTC)