Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors/Apply/Sodabottle

Sodabottle

 * 1) Why do you want to be a Wikipedia Ambassador?
 * To help new editors. When i was a newbie, i was helped by a couple of patient and thoughtful mentors and that helped me ease into the world of wikipedia editing. I would like to do the same to others.
 * 1) In three sentences or less, summarize your involvement with Wikimedia projects.
 * Administrator in Tamil Wikipedia and Wiktionary. Rollbacker/Reviewer in En wiki. 15k edits, 100+ articles 9 DYKs, 2 GAs and 4 GARs. Involved in offline outreach programs in India. I was an OA for the PPP (seven students across 3 classes), removed my name from the OA list after i went to join the IEP pune pilot as an OA.
 * 1) Please indicate a few articles to which you have made significant content contributions. (e.g. DYK, GA, FA, major revisions/expansions/copyedits).
 * 2 GAs (Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu, Madras State legislative assembly election, 1967), 9 DYKs and 1 ITN (details in my user page), have done 4 GARs as well.
 * 1) How have you been involved with welcoming and helping new users on Wikipedia?
 * Yes
 * 1) What do you see as the most important ways we could welcome newcomers or help new users become active contributors?
 * Showing them the ropes and being there to answer their queries. Working with them to improve their contributions.
 * 1) Have you had major conflicts with other editors? Blocks or bans? Involvement in arbitration? Feel free to offer context, if necessary.
 * Was blocked for edit warring seven months back and it was overturned after being reviewed at the ANI. (I was trying a bit too hard to prevent a prolific sockmaster from inserting hoaxes and the blocking admin took it to be edit warring)
 * 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 daily. Yes i will be available to spend atleast a couple of hours a day.
 * 1) What else should we know about you that is relevant to being a Wikipedia Ambassador?