Steptrip ( talk · contribs) I have not been very active for 4 months after I created my account, but now I am on wikipedia daily, and will respond quickly to any questions on my talk page. My areas of expertise are RC patrolling, userpage design (which I really need to step away from, pardon the pun), WikiProjects, and any technical queries (although I know no programming languages). ~ Step trip 02:04, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
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Article-space/Main-space: It seems you are actively building up some mainspace edits through helpful copyediting! Wikipedia never cannot have enough copyeditors, so what you're doing does certainly help. Also, your regular vandal-fighting is quite helpful as well.
Wikipedia-space: I see that you are utilizing Wikipedia-space, which is a good thing. However, I only found one AfD on your record, which you created, but I have never seen any edits participating in AfD discussion. AfD's help sift through Wikipedia's content and help provide necessary decisions as to what is appropriate to keep and what is not. You could also get involved in some policy discussion. This is also fundamental to building Wikipedia.
Edit summary usage: Your edit summary usage is on the strong side: 83% for major edits and 100% for minor edits. But, major edits are something you definitely should leave 90-100% edit summaries. Major changes to article structure and content are hard to sift through but with a descriptive edit summary, editors are not surprised to come back and find an article drastically different than they left it before.
Signature: Your signature is much more compensated now, thanks for fixing that. I don't think there's much else to gripe about that.
Civility: I am very happy to see that there were no major problems on your record in regards to following WP:CIVIL. You always have approached other users politely and thoughtfully. It also seems that you have not fallen into too many edit wars with other editors which is something that one rather wants to avoid than get into.
Overall: I think you are editing very constructively and all that is needed is to keep growing from here. Keep up the good work.
¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 16:00, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Since you asked, here's a quick review. I don't think you've yet found the right balance between article writing, administrative work (i.e. vandal fighting), and social interaction. Basically, you've only written articles about things you know well. See if there's something you don't know as well, but you can learn about it easily by consulting a book or a website. Then cite your reference when you add the information. This is how Wikipedia continues to grow.
I want you to ask yourself the following question: what can you do for Wikipedia that wouldn't get done without you? Personally, I feel guilty sometimes for wasting my talents on RC patrol and New Pages Patrol, which any teenager can do, as opposed to cleanup, categorization, and deletion work, which require a degree of sophistication. Clearly you have the sophistication to help with requests at the help desk, for example (e.g. if someone wants to enhance their signature or place a colored background on their userpage). See if you can help with that, and with article writing, instead of sinking all your efforts into the never-ending game of cops and robbers. YechielMan 01:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
For the love of all that is holy, fix that userpage. Blinking text should never be used, the distractions are endless, and I honestly was trying to remember if you could have an LSD flashback without ever using LSD. Also, the main space (you know, the encyclopedia part of the encyclopedia) is, well, crying for a little of your love. - M ask? 17:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Hmm... looking at your contributions, edit count, and your answers to the questions below, I see you've started reverting vandalism (recently I believe, since you have 600 edits to mainspace, with most of these being the last couple of months). You currently have more edits to userspace than to mainspace; try to balance that out more. A few suggestions? Don't update your status too often (I just have mine in case I'm not going to be here for a few days; I usually have it on "inandout"), and don't sign signature pages (as Majorly said).
You should also try to get involved in more XfD deletion discussions (I find AfD boring, but MfD is alright) :). Another great (and interesting) way to participate in wiki-space, IMHO, is in FPC.
Something else you might want to try is one of the dispute resolution processes. I was in MEDCAB, and I learned much about policy because of two cases I took (if you join, make sure you don't take a hard case; I got frustrated with my second one, because it never got anywhere; it closed after a month, exactly where it started).
Also, you might try to write an article on something that interests you, and maybe even try to get it to GA or FA.
One final thing... always enjoy working here on Wikipedia. Sincerely (too much perhaps) :), · AO Talk 17:30, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
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This editor nominated an article about a first class cricketer for AfD despite clear sources being given and Wikipedia's established policy of holding first class cricketers to be notable people. The nomination was speedily withdrawn by another editor because notability had been established. I appreciate the zeal but I trust further cricketers won't receive the same treatment. Nick mallory 16:38, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Steptrip ( talk · contribs) I have not been very active for 4 months after I created my account, but now I am on wikipedia daily, and will respond quickly to any questions on my talk page. My areas of expertise are RC patrolling, userpage design (which I really need to step away from, pardon the pun), WikiProjects, and any technical queries (although I know no programming languages). ~ Step trip 02:04, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Reviews
Article-space/Main-space: It seems you are actively building up some mainspace edits through helpful copyediting! Wikipedia never cannot have enough copyeditors, so what you're doing does certainly help. Also, your regular vandal-fighting is quite helpful as well.
Wikipedia-space: I see that you are utilizing Wikipedia-space, which is a good thing. However, I only found one AfD on your record, which you created, but I have never seen any edits participating in AfD discussion. AfD's help sift through Wikipedia's content and help provide necessary decisions as to what is appropriate to keep and what is not. You could also get involved in some policy discussion. This is also fundamental to building Wikipedia.
Edit summary usage: Your edit summary usage is on the strong side: 83% for major edits and 100% for minor edits. But, major edits are something you definitely should leave 90-100% edit summaries. Major changes to article structure and content are hard to sift through but with a descriptive edit summary, editors are not surprised to come back and find an article drastically different than they left it before.
Signature: Your signature is much more compensated now, thanks for fixing that. I don't think there's much else to gripe about that.
Civility: I am very happy to see that there were no major problems on your record in regards to following WP:CIVIL. You always have approached other users politely and thoughtfully. It also seems that you have not fallen into too many edit wars with other editors which is something that one rather wants to avoid than get into.
Overall: I think you are editing very constructively and all that is needed is to keep growing from here. Keep up the good work.
¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 16:00, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Since you asked, here's a quick review. I don't think you've yet found the right balance between article writing, administrative work (i.e. vandal fighting), and social interaction. Basically, you've only written articles about things you know well. See if there's something you don't know as well, but you can learn about it easily by consulting a book or a website. Then cite your reference when you add the information. This is how Wikipedia continues to grow.
I want you to ask yourself the following question: what can you do for Wikipedia that wouldn't get done without you? Personally, I feel guilty sometimes for wasting my talents on RC patrol and New Pages Patrol, which any teenager can do, as opposed to cleanup, categorization, and deletion work, which require a degree of sophistication. Clearly you have the sophistication to help with requests at the help desk, for example (e.g. if someone wants to enhance their signature or place a colored background on their userpage). See if you can help with that, and with article writing, instead of sinking all your efforts into the never-ending game of cops and robbers. YechielMan 01:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
For the love of all that is holy, fix that userpage. Blinking text should never be used, the distractions are endless, and I honestly was trying to remember if you could have an LSD flashback without ever using LSD. Also, the main space (you know, the encyclopedia part of the encyclopedia) is, well, crying for a little of your love. - M ask? 17:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Hmm... looking at your contributions, edit count, and your answers to the questions below, I see you've started reverting vandalism (recently I believe, since you have 600 edits to mainspace, with most of these being the last couple of months). You currently have more edits to userspace than to mainspace; try to balance that out more. A few suggestions? Don't update your status too often (I just have mine in case I'm not going to be here for a few days; I usually have it on "inandout"), and don't sign signature pages (as Majorly said).
You should also try to get involved in more XfD deletion discussions (I find AfD boring, but MfD is alright) :). Another great (and interesting) way to participate in wiki-space, IMHO, is in FPC.
Something else you might want to try is one of the dispute resolution processes. I was in MEDCAB, and I learned much about policy because of two cases I took (if you join, make sure you don't take a hard case; I got frustrated with my second one, because it never got anywhere; it closed after a month, exactly where it started).
Also, you might try to write an article on something that interests you, and maybe even try to get it to GA or FA.
One final thing... always enjoy working here on Wikipedia. Sincerely (too much perhaps) :), · AO Talk 17:30, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Comments
Questions
This editor nominated an article about a first class cricketer for AfD despite clear sources being given and Wikipedia's established policy of holding first class cricketers to be notable people. The nomination was speedily withdrawn by another editor because notability had been established. I appreciate the zeal but I trust further cricketers won't receive the same treatment. Nick mallory 16:38, 6 April 2007 (UTC)