Hildanknight ( talk · contribs)
Copied from my RFC as per consensus.
As my user page says: "I'm Hildanknight, a.k.a. J.L.W.S. The Special One, a 15-year-old Singaporean Chinese boy. My friends consider me intelligent, humorous and ecccentric. My passions are computers, chess and writing. I'm also a huge fan of Jack Neo movies and Chelsea F.C."
At the risk of sounding arrogant, I'm among the best writers in my school. Compositions I write regularly feature in school publications and represent my school in national competitions. Although I have not won a prize at a national competition (yet), one of my compositions has featured in a national compilation, and I have been interviewed by several magazines (I won't name them, to protect my privacy).
However, the writing assignments I did in school bored me. I wanted to write something different, something that would have a greater impact. Hence, in early 2006, I was looking for an online writing community. Wikipedia seemed the perfect choice: a project to create a free encyclopedia was something I'd never done before; articles I contributed to a website millions read daily would be likely to have some impact; a unique community where I could meet and befriend other writers with similar interests.
I joined Wikipedia in February 2006, and since then, I have accumulated over 2,000 edits.
I have written five articles: Google Groups, Homerun (film), Money No Enough, I Not Stupid, The Best Bet and AdventureQuest. Money No Enough was one of the Did You Know? articles for 27 December 2006, a day after I Not Stupid's GA nomination failed, while The Best Bet was one of the Did you know? articles for 5 April 2007.
When not writing articles, I regularly participate in discussions, mostly on the village pump, SGpedians' notice board and the talk page of Esperanza (I joined Esperanza in October 2006, and remained an Esperanzan until the organisation was deleted). I also founded Requests for feedback, a process for (usually new) users to seek feedback on articles they have written, which is finally starting to take off.
In addition, I revert vandalism to articles on my watchlist, and since October 2006, have always warned the vandals with appropriate templates. When I spot repeated or severe vandalism, I will file a report at AIV or RFP.
Why I believe I can be an asset to Wikipedia:
During my first few months as a Wikipedian, when the blocking policy proposal had not yet been implemented, I was regularly blocked as collateral damage, because my IP address is shared by 300,000 Singaporeans. This frustrated me considerably, and I raised this issue at various locations, but to no avail. On 3 June 2006, I blew up, and made personal attacks. NSLE blocked me indefinitely (later reduced to 24 hours), but within half an hour, Khaosworks unblocked me, due to - ironically - collateral damage. [1]
On 5 July 2006, I decided to leave Wikipedia, but subsequently changed my mind after Richardshusr encouraged me to stay. In August, I was considerably stressed by a couple of edit wars involving anonymous users. I continued contributing under my main account, but started vandalising anonymously (some admins may remember me as the “Microsoft vandalbot”). After I was caught by CheckUser and blocked for a week by Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh, I resolved to turn over a new leaf. It took me some time, but I successfully overcame my vandalism addiction.
Everything went well until 26 December 2006, when I Not Stupid's GA nomination failed, and Dev920 nominated Esperanza for deletion. I had a little fight with Dev920, which started when I opposed her RFA. After the RFA failed, I left a comment on her talkpage, which I admit was slightly incivil. She responded by removing the comment with an even more incivil edit summary, accusing me of "spewing bile".
Furthermore, my strongest pursuit - writing articles - has been hindered by:
I would appreciate:
-- J.L.W.S. The Special One 14:08, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Reviews
The best piece of advice I can give you? Learn to let go. Whatever your personal views on my actions, leaving taunting comments on my talkpage is not good, and pursuing your vendetta gainst on someone else's ANI two months after my RfA reflects very badly on you. I would imagine that you take a similar attitude to other events and editors on Wikipedia, and if you want to stick around for the long haul you need to get over that. If you don't learn to move on from conflicts it will only eat you up inside and leaves you embittered, ultimately ruining your experience and ability to contribute. Editing Wikipedia should be a pleasure, not a trial - admittedly abiding hatred of other editors can get in the way of that, but letting them get to you only results in making you miserable, they don't care. Don't let yourself be driven insane by someone you will never meet.
In terms of where to edit, edit in areas you enjoy and know about. I started out as a copyeditor but found myself irristably drifting towards religious and LGBT topics, which are areas I am interested in offline. Consider what you actually like to edit, maybe join (or start) a WikiProject for it. If you want to avoid edit wars, find yourself a nice obscure article that no-one has touched for months and work on it. If you do get into an edit war, consider whether you are entering a fight because the encyclopedia needs it or because you want personal victory. If the former, be civil but firm, if the latter, it is best to just walk away, it's not worth it.
Are you right for Wikipedia? I don't know. I suggest you stick around for a bit and see how it works out. Don't edit while you are angry, depressed or upset. Take time off, do things that make you happy, feel better and come back. Otherwise, as I well know, you can end up writing something you regret - and diffs are forever. Good luck. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 03:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Comments
Questions
To Hildanknight, a.k.a. J.L.W.S.... I added a few comments to the talk page as per your Requests for feedback. I hope they are of some help. Good luck! Keep up the good work! SriMesh | talk 05:12, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Hildanknight ( talk · contribs)
Copied from my RFC as per consensus.
As my user page says: "I'm Hildanknight, a.k.a. J.L.W.S. The Special One, a 15-year-old Singaporean Chinese boy. My friends consider me intelligent, humorous and ecccentric. My passions are computers, chess and writing. I'm also a huge fan of Jack Neo movies and Chelsea F.C."
At the risk of sounding arrogant, I'm among the best writers in my school. Compositions I write regularly feature in school publications and represent my school in national competitions. Although I have not won a prize at a national competition (yet), one of my compositions has featured in a national compilation, and I have been interviewed by several magazines (I won't name them, to protect my privacy).
However, the writing assignments I did in school bored me. I wanted to write something different, something that would have a greater impact. Hence, in early 2006, I was looking for an online writing community. Wikipedia seemed the perfect choice: a project to create a free encyclopedia was something I'd never done before; articles I contributed to a website millions read daily would be likely to have some impact; a unique community where I could meet and befriend other writers with similar interests.
I joined Wikipedia in February 2006, and since then, I have accumulated over 2,000 edits.
I have written five articles: Google Groups, Homerun (film), Money No Enough, I Not Stupid, The Best Bet and AdventureQuest. Money No Enough was one of the Did You Know? articles for 27 December 2006, a day after I Not Stupid's GA nomination failed, while The Best Bet was one of the Did you know? articles for 5 April 2007.
When not writing articles, I regularly participate in discussions, mostly on the village pump, SGpedians' notice board and the talk page of Esperanza (I joined Esperanza in October 2006, and remained an Esperanzan until the organisation was deleted). I also founded Requests for feedback, a process for (usually new) users to seek feedback on articles they have written, which is finally starting to take off.
In addition, I revert vandalism to articles on my watchlist, and since October 2006, have always warned the vandals with appropriate templates. When I spot repeated or severe vandalism, I will file a report at AIV or RFP.
Why I believe I can be an asset to Wikipedia:
During my first few months as a Wikipedian, when the blocking policy proposal had not yet been implemented, I was regularly blocked as collateral damage, because my IP address is shared by 300,000 Singaporeans. This frustrated me considerably, and I raised this issue at various locations, but to no avail. On 3 June 2006, I blew up, and made personal attacks. NSLE blocked me indefinitely (later reduced to 24 hours), but within half an hour, Khaosworks unblocked me, due to - ironically - collateral damage. [1]
On 5 July 2006, I decided to leave Wikipedia, but subsequently changed my mind after Richardshusr encouraged me to stay. In August, I was considerably stressed by a couple of edit wars involving anonymous users. I continued contributing under my main account, but started vandalising anonymously (some admins may remember me as the “Microsoft vandalbot”). After I was caught by CheckUser and blocked for a week by Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh, I resolved to turn over a new leaf. It took me some time, but I successfully overcame my vandalism addiction.
Everything went well until 26 December 2006, when I Not Stupid's GA nomination failed, and Dev920 nominated Esperanza for deletion. I had a little fight with Dev920, which started when I opposed her RFA. After the RFA failed, I left a comment on her talkpage, which I admit was slightly incivil. She responded by removing the comment with an even more incivil edit summary, accusing me of "spewing bile".
Furthermore, my strongest pursuit - writing articles - has been hindered by:
I would appreciate:
-- J.L.W.S. The Special One 14:08, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Reviews
The best piece of advice I can give you? Learn to let go. Whatever your personal views on my actions, leaving taunting comments on my talkpage is not good, and pursuing your vendetta gainst on someone else's ANI two months after my RfA reflects very badly on you. I would imagine that you take a similar attitude to other events and editors on Wikipedia, and if you want to stick around for the long haul you need to get over that. If you don't learn to move on from conflicts it will only eat you up inside and leaves you embittered, ultimately ruining your experience and ability to contribute. Editing Wikipedia should be a pleasure, not a trial - admittedly abiding hatred of other editors can get in the way of that, but letting them get to you only results in making you miserable, they don't care. Don't let yourself be driven insane by someone you will never meet.
In terms of where to edit, edit in areas you enjoy and know about. I started out as a copyeditor but found myself irristably drifting towards religious and LGBT topics, which are areas I am interested in offline. Consider what you actually like to edit, maybe join (or start) a WikiProject for it. If you want to avoid edit wars, find yourself a nice obscure article that no-one has touched for months and work on it. If you do get into an edit war, consider whether you are entering a fight because the encyclopedia needs it or because you want personal victory. If the former, be civil but firm, if the latter, it is best to just walk away, it's not worth it.
Are you right for Wikipedia? I don't know. I suggest you stick around for a bit and see how it works out. Don't edit while you are angry, depressed or upset. Take time off, do things that make you happy, feel better and come back. Otherwise, as I well know, you can end up writing something you regret - and diffs are forever. Good luck. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 03:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Comments
Questions
To Hildanknight, a.k.a. J.L.W.S.... I added a few comments to the talk page as per your Requests for feedback. I hope they are of some help. Good luck! Keep up the good work! SriMesh | talk 05:12, 6 August 2007 (UTC)