Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors/Apply/Steve Quinn


 * 1) Why do you want to be a Wikipedia Ambassador?
 * First, I am interested in most academic subjects (taught at universities), therefore I can relate to wanting to write an article about a given topic. Second, I would like to be involved in mentoring quality articles. Wikipedia has standards in the form of guidelines that enable the production of quality articles.
 * 1) In three sentences or less, summarize your involvement with Wikimedia projects.
 * I am active in WikiProject Physics and WikiProject Academic Journals. I have created numerous articles and edited numerous articles within the scope of these projects. Please see my Wikipedia User page at User:Steve Quinn, and my contributions history.
 * 1) Please indicate a few articles to which you have made significant content contributions. (e.g. DYK, GA, FA, major revisions/expansions/copyedits).
 * Specifically, I co-authored the major revision of the Metamaterial article. Then I created and wrote the other metamaterial articles. That did take awhile. Please see Category:Metamaterials, and my user page. I also created the Metamaterials category. I have authored numerous scientific journal articles - see my user page. I have copy edited, or added some content to numerous other articles in the physics articles areas. I have expanded and revised numerous other articles within the scope of WikiProject Acadmeic Journals.
 * 1) How have you been involved with welcoming and helping new users on Wikipedia?
 * I have left Welcome templates on about ten new user talk pages. I would certainly do more if asked.
 * 1) What do you see as the most important ways we could welcome newcomers or help new users become active contributors?
 * The most important way to help newcomers is to guide them in the creation of qualtity articles. This is best achieved by introducing them to WP guidelines and policies during the course of their editing.
 * 1) Have you had major conflicts with other editors? Blocks or bans? Involvement in arbitration? Feel free to offer context, if necessary.
 * I have never been blocked or banned. I have had conflicts with a few disruptive editors WP:DE. In particular, I intiated an ANI regarding User:Stevertigo. This complaint actually continued at Arbritration. Stevertigo is now banned for one year as a result of the ANI and the Arbritration.
 * Please see: Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/Stevertigo/September 2010
 * and Please see: Arbitration/Requests/Case/Stevertigo 2.
 * 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 on Wikipedia every day. I check ongoing discussions via my watchlist almost everyday. I will be available for at least two hours per week in order to be a mentor.
 * 1) What else should we know about you that is relevant to being a Wikipedia Ambassador?
 * I think my responses have covered anything I that comes to mind. Someone might have to fix the templates at the top of this section. For some reason I am unable to get them to work properly. Steve Quinn (talk) 06:08, 18 February 2011 (UTC)