First, congratulations on your century, a terrific achievement! Would you tell us what brought you to Wikipedia in the first place?
Your choice of username is unusual; would you explain it?
Yes, it's when Hunding, offstage, calls Siegmund out to fight. The word of course means "woeful", not a characteristic I've observed particularly in your editing.
Fortunately for us, mostly not; your rate of production is astonishing. Your first FA was promoted in May 2007, so you've reached your century within 80 months – that's an average rate of, well, more than one a month over all that time. And you do other things for the encyclopedia, too – you are an admin, you review articles, you fight for causes. My question is: do you ever get tired?
Can you give a brief outline of your methods; for example, do you tend to write in long or in short chunks? Do you compose straight on to the article page, or do you use sandboxes? Do you incorporate refs as you go along, or when you've finished drafting a section? Are you a fluent writer or, like me, an incorrigible redrafter and meddler with almost every sentence?
I've been looking at the range of your FAs, which cuts across quite a few of the featured article categories. You've done history, politics, musicals, opera, coins, and a quite a few oddball characters. Something for almost everyone, in fact. Which is the area you find most enjoyable and/or satisfying to work in?
Which article has been the hardest for you, and why?
Some editors are daunted by the FA process and steer clear. Briefly, what advice would you give to FAC tenderfeet?
I'd go along with all those, and maybe add: "Make certain you fully understand the FA criteria before you nominate."
It's been a pleasure. You must by now be planning your second FA century, so what can we expect, at least in the nearish future?
Some fascinating stuff there, and we'll look forward to reading these articles. Thanks for your time, and for all that you have done for the encyclopedia these past seven years.
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History of Chincoteague, Virginia |
First, congratulations on your century, a terrific achievement! Would you tell us what brought you to Wikipedia in the first place?
Your choice of username is unusual; would you explain it?
Yes, it's when Hunding, offstage, calls Siegmund out to fight. The word of course means "woeful", not a characteristic I've observed particularly in your editing.
Fortunately for us, mostly not; your rate of production is astonishing. Your first FA was promoted in May 2007, so you've reached your century within 80 months – that's an average rate of, well, more than one a month over all that time. And you do other things for the encyclopedia, too – you are an admin, you review articles, you fight for causes. My question is: do you ever get tired?
Can you give a brief outline of your methods; for example, do you tend to write in long or in short chunks? Do you compose straight on to the article page, or do you use sandboxes? Do you incorporate refs as you go along, or when you've finished drafting a section? Are you a fluent writer or, like me, an incorrigible redrafter and meddler with almost every sentence?
I've been looking at the range of your FAs, which cuts across quite a few of the featured article categories. You've done history, politics, musicals, opera, coins, and a quite a few oddball characters. Something for almost everyone, in fact. Which is the area you find most enjoyable and/or satisfying to work in?
Which article has been the hardest for you, and why?
Some editors are daunted by the FA process and steer clear. Briefly, what advice would you give to FAC tenderfeet?
I'd go along with all those, and maybe add: "Make certain you fully understand the FA criteria before you nominate."
It's been a pleasure. You must by now be planning your second FA century, so what can we expect, at least in the nearish future?
Some fascinating stuff there, and we'll look forward to reading these articles. Thanks for your time, and for all that you have done for the encyclopedia these past seven years.
100.
History of Chincoteague, Virginia |
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Oklahoma!
Does the image need a fair use rationale for use in this interview? It only has one for the original article czar ♔ 05:57, 12 December 2013 (UTC) reply
Shout out
Thanks for the shout out, and congratulations, Wehwalt, on your century! -- Ssilvers ( talk) 06:40, 12 December 2013 (UTC) reply
Quality
We thank you, Brianboulton, for quality questions, and you, Wehwalt, for what you stand for, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:24, 13 December 2013 (UTC) reply