Wikipedia:Editor review/sabrinamagers

sabrinamagers
I would like to be reviewed to see if I'm rounded out enough, to see if I'm goofing off too much, and to see if I've actually gotten some useful work done. Sabrina Magers talksign 15:57, 18 18:35, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

 Questions


 * 1) What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Are there any about which you are particularly pleased? Why?
 * My primary contributions to wikipedia are spell checking and welcoming. I am also on the kindness committee, and I smile at people a lot because of that. 
 * 1) Have you been in editing disputes 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? If you have never been in an editing dispute, explain how you would respond to one.
 * I have never been in an edit dispute. If I had to deal with one, I would remain calm, and go to the help desk to ask what to do.
 * I have never been in an edit dispute. If I had to deal with one, I would remain calm, and go to the help desk to ask what to do.

 Reviews 
 * Review by VictorianMutant: Welcome to Wikipedia! It's always nice to see new users who have joined the project and immediately get off to a good start. Looks like you haven't quite been here a month, but you have contributed positively to the project in that month, and I thank you... we could always use more good people. Looks like, for the most part, you are a Wiki-weekend-warrior, which there's nothing wrong with. It means you have a real life.
 * Civility towards the community: You not only haven't been in any disputes, you've gone a step further by welcoming new users to the project. That's an important part of the project which is often neglected.
 * Article contributions: Looks like you correct a lot of spelling and typo mistakes. That's a good way to start contributing- that's actually how I started contributing to the project (fixing 'playoff birth' in sports articles was my first "mission"). After that I eventually branched out into "meatier" content areas and other areas of Wikipedia.
 * Edit count analysis: Looks like you use River's edit count tool on your user page which is a good one, but might I suggest this one which provides a graph and more information? You could also create this page with any content and it provide you and others with even more information about your edit history. I wouldn't be overly concerned about the ratio of edits at this point because you are still a new user with only 300 or so edits.
 * RfA-worthiness: You haven't expressed a desire for the admin tools so I'm not going to say a lot about this. I will say this in case it is something you want down the road- make sure you consult at least two experienced users before you make the plunge. Not just experienced, but those who seem to always be in the oppose column because they can tell you what you need to know rather than what you might want to hear.
 * Final thoughts: I'm going to list some areas you can branch out into when you feel comfortable. This isn't a *mandatory* list, just a list of suggestions. You could have 10 other users who would come up with just as good a list(or better). Pick what sounds interesting or fun to get involved in and go with those:
 * Pick an article (or a few) in an area which interests you which needs work, and see how far you can take it. See if you can get it up to good article status and from there maybe featured article status. Don't worry if you are not that good of a writer- you can have peer reviews done and have people help you at every step of the way. It can be a long, grueling process, but is quite satisfying once you turn what was a crappy article into a really good one.
 * The Guild of Copy Editors has just started a monthly backlog elimination drive here. See how many you can eliminate...
 * If you're interested in vandal fighting, Twinkle is a good tool for the newbie to fight vandalism. Once you get the hang of it, you can request rollback and fight even more effectively in different ways.
 * Let suggestbot suggest pages for you to work on.
 * Join a WikiProject in an area that interests you and help with an entire group of articles.
 * As I said, these are just suggestions- you can go to the Community portal page and found countless other ways to help out. Thanks for being a good editor and I hope to see ya around. Victorian Mutant (Talk) 06:54, 1 November 2010 (UTC)