Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors/Apply/Graeme Bartlett


 * ''The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful Online Ambassador application.

Clear support from all discussion participants. Welcome to the Ambassador Program!-- Cind.  amuse  (Cindy) 01:01, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Graeme Bartlett

 * 1) Why do you want to be a Wikipedia Ambassador?
 * I am answering a call for help at the Geology Wikiproject for ambassadors. I want to encourage more people to contribute in a way that benefits the readers and the encyclopedia
 * 1) In three sentences or less, summarize your involvement with Wikimedia projects.
 * I have worked mainly on en.Wikipedia editing and creating articles, and participating in projects including WP:Articles for creation. I am an administrator there. Also I have uploaded a few hundred images to commons.
 * 1) Please indicate a few articles to which you have made significant content contributions. (e.g. DYK, GA, FA, major revisions/expansions/copyedits).
 * Many of my article creations are listed in these lists: User:Graeme Bartlett/Frisian pages User:Graeme Bartlett/Geology pages User:Graeme Bartlett/Chemistry pages User:Graeme Bartlett/Australian pages and also some other unsorted ones like Free androgen index Subdwarf B star Positronium hydride.
 * 1) How have you been involved with welcoming and helping new users on Wikipedia?
 * I regularly answer question at WP:Drawing board WP:media copyright questions and in the past have done a lot of work at WP:FFU and WP:AFC. As an administrator I fairly often have to talk to people about why their new article is deleted or help them restore it.
 * 1) What do you see as the most important ways we could welcome newcomers or help new users become active contributors?
 * We could engage far more new people in a conversation, perhaps like WP:Drawing board, about what they want to do, before they attempt something that results in a negative experience, such as article being deleted, or edit being reversed.
 * 1) Have you had major conflicts with other editors? Blocks or bans? Involvement in arbitration? Feel free to offer context, if necessary.
 * As an administrator I have been in some conflict. For example on Talk:Mexican–American War/Archive 3 you can read allegation of corruption made against me to do with whether a hyphen or a dash should be used in the name of an article. I have never been banned.
 * 1) How often do you edit Wikipedia and check in on ongoing discussions?  Will you be available regularly for at least two hours per week, in your role as a mentor?
 * I edit almost every day, and should be able to put in two hours per week on this. That is since I pruned my watch list back from 7000 articles.
 * 1) What else should we know about you that is relevant to being a Wikipedia Ambassador?
 * I am in Australian timezone editing from 2100-2200 and 0800-1200 UTC. I have a university degree which will help me emphasize with the students I was volunteering to help.

Discussion

 * support. I've seen Graeme around and never had anything but a positive impression. sonia ♫ 00:49, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Support. Seems like a very experienced editor, and no concerns that I notice.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 15:12, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Support --Guerillero &#124; My Talk  14:49, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure, he's been helping users for a long time in various areas, including FfU. / ƒETCH COMMS  /  15:31, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No reason for concern. Every reason to anticipate productive contributions. -- My76Strat (talk) 15:44, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Support. Graeme is one of those editors that I would consider going to if I ever have specific questions or need assistance. I consider him to be knowledgeable and helpful, with a pleasant demeanor. No concerns. Cind.   amuse  (Cindy) 00:56, 18 September 2011 (UTC)