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21655

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21655 (talk · contribs) Well, I joined WP in...well, I don't know. If there's a tool that can check for that, let me know. Anyway, I'm requesting this review because I want to become a better Wikipedian, improve my edits...and I might go for RfA sometime this year, but not too early. I mean, I'm still under adoption.... PS: I can't use the edit count tool because this stupid web filter keeps flagging it as "inappropriate" or some other crap like that. Pardon my French. Two One Six Five Five 19:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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Review by Master of Puppets

Well, from the get-go, I must say you've been doing a great job with the WP:XFD process; I believe that knowing deletion guidelines goes a long way in article writing and improvement. Also, XFD breeds communication skills, which help develop consensus, which is the lifeblood of Misplaced Pages. Reverting vandalism is good, too, because it helps you refine your skills in identifying what is vandalism and developing good faith. Also, I've seen you do it. :O Finally, your fixing up of articles is great, as when you get to the bottom of it that's what we're here to do; improve articles. Now, onto advice; I'd advise you to try taking a cooler, calmer approach in terms of conflicts. If something arises, don't panic; nobody's going to instaban you and wipe you off the face of the planet, after all. Instead, look at the situation from all sides. For example, if a user warns you by mistake, don't be stressed; instead, try to stay upbeat because all it was is a mistake. Anyway, I hope you get what I mean. So, there you have it. Cheers, Master of Puppets 04:54, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Mmmhmmm...I see! However, I assumed the editor knew what he was doing, but it's all good now. Thanks! Two One Six Five Five 15:10, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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  • You can use the edit count tool: it says you've been here since August 2, 2005. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}☆ 19:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Thanks, WBOISTG. What about edit count and warns? I'm shooting for a barnstar at The Transhumanist's Award Center, and I'm sure I've accumulated enough RV's and warns to suffice for one. Two One Six Five Five 19:54, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Oooh, I don't know. When I did that, I kept a tally as I went along (I only got to two, though ;))..._{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}☆ 22:06, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Questions

1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Although I've mostly been making minor edits related to grammar and whatnot (my primary summary line being "Goofy grammar", for some reason), although I did start an article named 900 (skateboarding trick) that somehow grew into what looks like a Start-Class article.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Only stressful incident was when I was warned for vandalism after reverting said vandalism itself. Turns out the editor just hit the wrong button. On retrospect, it seemed a bit overreactive to knock my Wikimood meter all the way down from +1 to -8....

   I dealt with it by simply leaving a line at the editor's talk page, and that's pretty much the only solution I know of that can solve a minor problem like that. Seeing as I've never been in an edit war, I can't really describe what to do, but WP:CIVIL comes to mind here.

   17:42 PM: Personal attack war on Talk:Godsmack. Warned a user, but that's about it. What else do I do?

   17:52 PM EST:Posted a call for a truce. Never mind.

Perfect Proposal

Perfect Proposal (talk · contribs) I've been on Misplaced Pages for quite a while now, and I've been editing throughout Misplaced Pages and it's realted projects at a pretty relaxed pace. I'm requesting an Editor Review, because I wish to have some input on my editing, I desire to be a better Wikipedian, and I want to know how to improve. Perfect Proposal 18:56, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Review by delldot:
Heya Perfect. Looks like you're doing great overall. Some thoughts:

• Looks like you're involved in a diverse array of stuff on the 'pedia. Of course I'd love to see you get involved in more article writing, as that's a very important thing on the project. But it's just not some people's cup of tea, and that's perfectly fine too. You can help out by freeing up others' time to edit articles, and helping with any backlog will do that (*cough* the WP:ER backlog, for example *cough*).

• I like that you're willing to ask for help when you need it. I think so many people are afraid to out of some deranged fear of having people think they don't know what they're doing, which has got to be bad for the project. Asking for help is a great way to learn.

• Your plan for dealing with potential conflict on Q2 seems very sound and reasonable. May you never have to use it!

• Looks like you do a lot of vandal fighting, which is great, and you properly warn the vandals, also great. I don't see many reports to AIV, are you following up? I like to check the user's contribs after leaving them a warning, and I'll sometimes leave the window open in the background for a while and refresh it after a bit to see if they've kept it up.

• Interactions with other users - from a look at your talk archive, you seem very friendly, if not very involved with other users. I've noticed that WP can be kind of isolating unless you make an effort to reach out to folks. What interaction there is on your talk page is almost completely positive, people thanking you for stuff, etc. So that shows that you're not going around getting in fights! One way to get more interaction with folks if you're interested in that is to collaborate on writing an article and interact on the talk page. There's plenty of articles I'd love to have your contribution to if you're interested in collaborating on something!

• Looks like when you tag something to get speedied, it gets deleted, so that suggests you know what you're doing. Good job leaving appropriate warnings for that.

• I don't see much in-depth article content contribution, but I may be missing it if you're donig a few, big edits. If you haven't, you should really give it a try! Like I said, it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it can be really satisfying and fun. I just got back into writing lately after a long stretch of mostly vandal fighting and other gruntwork, and I'm really into it. Of course, your contributions are appreciated either way, as long as you're doing something to help out. When you do contribute content, don't forget to add your references as you go along (way, way easier than adding them later, and less likely to err). I would recommend only adding stuff while you have the reference you're using right in front of you, rather than doing it from memory. I've learned the hard way from my own writing that errors and distortions can be introduced if you do it from memory.

• You must have had a traumatic experience with an edit summaryless edit in September 2007, because your edit summary usage has been perfect since then. Good work!

• Overall, I think you're doing great work and are a very agreeable and reasonable editor. You don't have much content writing or collaboration experience that I noticed, and I'd love to see you get more into that. I like that you're willing to ask for help, and I'd be glad to offer my services as another person to come to if you ever need something.

I think it makes sense for ER to be a dialog, so if you have any responses or questions, or want more detail on anything, definitely leave them here (and give me a poke on my talk page if I miss it in my watchlist). delldot on a public computer talk 02:18, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

If you haven't already, please add this review to Misplaced Pages:Editor review/Archives to save work for those who maintain this page. If this is enough of a review for you, please remove this page from WP:ER too.

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Questions

1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   In particular, I am especially pleased with my vandal-fighting. I've placed quite a few warnings on Vandal IP's talkpages, and I've reverted many unconstructive Edits. I've created a few stubs, and I've been active on WP:RFA, WP:HD, and WP:RD/C. Furthermore, I find working on Wikiproject Toronto to immensely enjoyable, and I hope to become more active in the future.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Misplaced Pages in particular, has caused me very little undue stress. I haven't been in any conflicts major enough to warrant naming, but if one arose, I would use this 3-step process.

• Discuss through the issue with the conflicting editor.
• Try to resolve the conflict, or reacha compromise without a third party.
• And as a last resort, seek mediation.

WeBuriedOurSecretsInTheGarden

WeBuriedOurSecretsInTheGarden (talk · contribs) Right, hi, and thanks for taking the time to come and look at the page, if nothing else ;) I have been here for nearly a decade and a half, but only seriously edited since the start of December. I would like some insight into how I'm doing, as I plan to apply for RfA in the future - "Absolutly Crap" (The Times). Thanks again. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}• 17:07, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Reviews

Hmmm. Not going to get one am I - yes nobody likes you. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} 20:13, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, it's so easy. RfA is simpler because all you need to decide is "will this person delete the main page, or block Jimbo, accidentally or on purpose; will they be a net negative or net positive"?. You're already an admin elsewhere, so you know the kind of tedious rubbish admins do. You've got a variety of contribs, including in Wikispace (comments at PUI even!), and aren't obviously off your trolley. What can I say that would be useful here? You've seen RfA, so you know the kind of nonsense that people look for: <arbitrary number> of <namespace> edits, <some number> of featured articles, lots of article space edits, not too many article space edits, not in too many conflicts, not in too few conflicts, someone will complain about your .sig, yadda, yadda. Like JERRY says, editor review isn't much use. It's particularly useless when it comes to experienced, clueful editors as you've found here. Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:53, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I am most pleased at my edits to Sexual Intercourse, because this went from a mid-importance start to a high-importance B-class, pushing for GA. I am also pleased at my portal, which is currently not ready for public release just yet, but is coming along sweetly.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I'm not going to lie and say I've been virtually stabbed in the back over this website, because I haven't. I have never been involved in conflicts. If I was to be involved, I would take some steps to resolve it:

• If the edit was incorrect, revert it.
• If it reappears, comment about it on the talk page, giving links and refs, and revert again.
• If it appears again, with no answer on the talk page, report the user to ARV.
• Comment Don't be discouraged by the lack of participation in this review. In my opinion this is the most broken area in wikipedia, and really should just be closed down. No reviews seem to ever get the kind of helpful participation that sincere editors would like to get. JERRY _contribs 15:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Yeah, I think so too. Thanks for looking though :) _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} 16:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Master of Puppets

Master of Puppets (talk · contribs) Previously had an ER here, which was a while ago. I've recently returned to editing, and would like some recent feedback just to see what I can improve. Cheers, and thanks for the input, Master of Puppets 21:30, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

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Simply south (talk · contribs) As a brief overview, i would say, spend less time on WP:RFA and more time in other Misplaced Pages areas. It is good to see that you are a vandal fighter so keep it up. I would also say spend less time on your userpages unless in the context of articles but then again...

things you can increase, spend more time in interaction on articles and other pages and general discussions. Also templating is seen as a valuable skill so i would say that you need to familiarise yourself with this more.

Hello. I found this comment a bit strange to be honest but I understand it now reading what you're interested in. I'd agree with Simply South and say you should spend more time actually writing articles and contributing to the encyclopedia, if only to give you more insight into the other things you like to do. You list a range of things you do on wikipedia below, but the most important thing - article writing - doesn't seem to feature at all. You're interested in lots of discussions but unless you understand the process of writing - and what it's like getting perfectly good articles nominated for deletion/smothered with tags after thirty seconds etc - then you can't contribute properly to them. Even having an editor review is just talking about talking, communication is not actually the most important thing in building wikipedia, do some writing sometimes. Nick mallory (talk) 09:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Addhoc (talk · contribs) I thought you handled yourself well here.--Addhoc (talk) 11:37, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

One Night In Hackney (talk · contribs) It would be helpful if you didn't label edits as "minor" unless they are, I assume you've got this set in your preferences. Some people turn them off, and looking at your last 500 contribs there's only one or two edits that aren't labelled minor. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 05:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Ean5533 (talk · contribs) You were the first to welcome me to Misplaced Pages (even though, strictly speaking, I've been around anonymously since you were a whipper-snapper ☺) and I was quite shocked and how you almost beat me to my own edit. You clearly have a good handle of the tools needed to help maintain a positive Misplaced Pages community. My only advice: Stop changing your sig so much! --Ean5533 ( View! / Talk!) 22:08, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I've contributed in most areas of the encyclopedia; mainly in the mainspace, deletion process, RFA and more. My main goal is to enhance user communication; when building a house, one does not chop down the logs themself, grind the paste for glue and do everything else without support (unless one is colonizing the New World). I believe the same should apply to Misplaced Pages; we're all part of this, so communication is essential. Therefore, I try to welcome as many new users as I can, help out with questions on the help desk, and participate in WP:ANI matters.

   I also do my fair share of vandalism reversals (using WP:AVT and WP:TW), report vandals to WP:AIV and try to WP:AGF whenever I can; if a user adds a Facebook site for Opeth to the Opeth article, I explain to them that this is against policy, and so forth.

   Finally, I patrol Special:Newpages and speedy a few articles every day. I also am trying to participate more in the Featured picture and article discussions.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I've been in a few conflicts; since I only returned recently, there was one on the Antichrist article that ended up being taken to WP:RFC, here. I also reported a user recently for 3RR violation (). However, I never let conflicts cause stress, because stress will only serve to unbalance me and cause more errors in my judgement. I instead try to maintain a calm, collected attitude when dealing with vandal and editor alike. I've never resorted to namecalling or edit warring and know I will stay this way.

Please do not edit the John McIntyre copyeditor entry to point to the John McIntyre blogger entry. They are not the same person. I know the copyeditor personally. If you check their pictures it is obvious they are not the same person. Please read the notes I left in my edit summary rather than just reverting without paying attention. Thank you. Jupiter9 (talk) 07:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Hdt83

Hdt83 (talk · contribs) My second editor review. I just want to see how I'm doing on Misplaced Pages in general and what others think of me. I am active in vandal fighting, articles for deletion, and the help desk. I appreciate any comments or suggestions. Thanks. --Hdt83 07:17, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

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• Review by WBOSITG

  I don't think I've bumped into you before, and this is my first review, so bear with me! First off, you've been here for ages (since September 2006) but only edited fully since the start of 2007. A lot of mainspace edits is always a good thing, and you have loads of project-space edits as well. Also 500 reports to AIV?! Wow! Well done on your editing, it looks good! Keep it up! _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} 10:37, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Hmm, I have am active in fighting vandalism but not as much as I used to be. I am also in user warnings wikiproject. I have also created several articles (although most are stubs or start class); Overall my best contribution I think would be Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens because I created the article and have improved upon it so that it is well referenced.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Not in particular. I haven't been involved in any major conflicts that have caused me undue stress or make irrational decisions. If I were to encounter such a conflict, I would try talking with the user to see if we could come up with an agreement or consensus, if not then I would seek the advice of other editors.

Kimon

Kimon (talk · contribs) I've been a registered user on the English Misplaced Pages since September 26th, 2005 and made my first edit on the next day. My username, when I registered, was Kimonandreou but I had it renamed on March 20th, 2007.
At first, my contributions were pretty small but, starting this year (2007) I started contributing heavily, amassing about 10K edits this year alone; even though I took a wikibreak for a few months due to real-life obligations.
So, after a year of heavy editing, vandal fighting, wikiproject work, etc. I wanted to get some feedback from the community at large. I would like to also add that I don't have any intentions to submit a RfA (in the short term at least). Kimon 21:00, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Review by delldot:
Hey, we joined within three weeks of each other and we're both from Florida! Cool! You're kind of a tough one to review since you have so little activity on your talk page, which I usually rely heavily on. But here are some thoughts:

• I will say, though, that I found the note requesting that I be civil a little off-putting, I don't know why. I kind of doubt it works...

• Great use of edit summaries. I see a ton of vandalfighting, with proper warnings, so that's great. I also see a lot of talk page tagging and AWB edits. In all this, I may have missed the relatively few, big edits. Having missed them, though, I'll say I'd love to see more article writing from you.

• Looks like you're really active in Portal:Chile, so that's great that you have a project that you're responsibile for. Looks like you're the backbone of that project.

• A couple of your talk edits, e.g. to Talk:Chalkidiki and this made me think you might need to be more careful about how you word your replies to people so they don't think you're being confrontational. In the diff I gave, I don't think you were being hostile, you were just expressing dissatisfaction with the general situation. But some people are sensitive or prone to interpret things as criticism of them, so you should preface your replies with something that sets a friendly tone, or otherwise make sure to be clear about your meaning.

• Looks like you've done well with Constantine Andreou, any thoughts about expanding it further? I see that you put a lot of care into the article over a protracted period. I also appreciated that you apparently didn't freak out, but rather discussed calmly, when people brought up problems and even suggested deletion at one point. That shows very good restraint, kudos. Are you related to him? I assume you're aware of the WP:COI guideline? If you are, at the very least you should explain this on the talk page so others are aware of the possible bias.

• Some points about writing in the article itself:
  • I'd suggest rewording some stuff to avoid weasel wording ("has been praised by many") and peacock terms ("with a highly successful career"). Rather than telling the reader that he was successful, give some fact that indicates his success and let the reader decide (e.g. "he sold 2,000 paintings" or something).
  • The article also has a couple one sentence paragraphs; maybe these can be combined into other paragraphs for better flow.
  • Only whole dates (e.g. January 21, 1980) should be linked; you normally wouldn't link a year (e.g. "in 1925..." = no) except in unusual circumstances.
  • You had "from which he graduated" but didn't give the name of a school. Can you give more detail?
  • You should link to as specific an article as possible. For example, rather than ], I changed it to ]. This isn't a great fix, since easter egg links are discouraged. Maybe you can figure out a better way to work it.
  • I noticed a couple run-on sentences and split them.
  • I noticed a couple times where you have two independent phrases separated by a conjunction, and had left out the comma (if both phrases have a subject and verb, they should be separated by a comma. If the second phrase has no subject, then no comma is needed, but you can add one if you need it for clarity. I believe). So for example, this sentence requires a comma before the third and: "The war years and occupation did not stop Andreou from continuing his artwork and studies and in 1945, he won a French scholarship to go to France."
  • The article is excellently referenced, great job!
  • You should add a caption to the image of the painting.
  • I'd integrate the "Later years and return to Greece" and "Legacy" sections into other sections. Either that or split the France section up differently so you don't end up with single sentence sections. You could just have two subsections in the bio section: early and late. Similarly, I'd integrate the "Andreou's Work" section into the lead until you have more for it. As a side note, section headers shouldn't repeat the name of the article, so it should be "work", not "Andreou's Work" or "His work". Also note that only the first letter in a section header or article title needs to be capitalized, unless there are proper nouns.
  • The main thing about the article, of course, is that it could use some expanding? Any plans to work on it more when your real life responsibilities thin out?
  • I made a couple of style and prose edits to the article you can look at if you like. I'm a total hypocrite for suggesting it, but if you ever have the time, you might want to reread WP:MOS or the parts of it most relevant to your work.

• Overall, it looks like you're doing a great job. You've shown clear dedication to the project and I think you're an asset to it. Hope the real life issues clear up and leave you time to rejoin us with the force you've had in past months.

I think it makes sense for ER to be a dialog, so if you have any responses or questions, or want more detail on anything, definitely leave them here (and give me a poke on my talk page if I miss it in my watchlist). delldot on a public computer talk 10:56, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

If you haven't already, please add this review to Misplaced Pages:Editor review/Archives to save work for those who maintain this page. If this is enough of a review for you, please remove this page from WP:ER too.

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I am particularly please with the knowledge I gained in trying to better Constantine Andreou but especially my work with WikiProject Greece and the various templates I've created for WikiProject Greece, Florida, Chile, and others.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I have had a couple of conflicts in the past but, they solved themselves out by reaching a compromise. In the future, I plan on continuing the negotiation skills available to reach an agreeable to all solution, provided that the Misplaced Pages rules are not violated.

Mitchazenia

Mitchazenia (talk · contribs) Since I only got one review last time, and that there's a hope for future things, I was looking for a more detailed review. I wanna see what I can improve on, etc. 32 01:23, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

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• OK, for starters you're making just about the right amount of contributions for each namespace. I'd normally not be happy with the high userspace edits, but I see it's mostly sandbox type work for articles. Your article work is great though, I think. You collaborate well on the relevant talk pages too. Suggestion to improve: perhaps consider editing a wider topic range. You mostly edit hurricane and road articles. If you have any other interests, you may want to consider contributing to those articles. And I see you have several GAs - well done on that, shame you don't want to review them anymore though, it is rather backlogged :) Perhaps consider getting one of the better GAs to Featured status?
• You take part in a lot of project (Misplaced Pages:) space pages, which is good. Again though, it's mostly stuff about your topic area. Perhaps try and expand and take part in discussions for other areas, and maybe for MFDs too.
• Otherwise, I really don't see may red lights - although your userpage has some dead templates on it which may want removing ;) I think you'd be good to run for adminship anytime, and I'd be happy to nominate you. Majorly (talk) 02:03, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Well, my best contributions are to WP:NYSR (New York State Routes) and to Category:Candidates for Speedy deletion. In three days, I tagged 14 articles, dealt with a user and got a lot of experience. I've been a user for almost 26 months, and have had a failed RFA back in June. I have gotten 13 articles to GA (some were just nominations), and nominated 1 for FA. I've got 15,358 edits as of this writing, and am willing to improve. My best articles include Subtropical Storm One (1982) and New York State Route 146. I am also a contributor to RFAs and willing to help out with those. I am also in the process of restructuring Wikiproject Canada Roads.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I've haven't been in any recent conflicts, however, I have had a prior history under the name HurricaneCraze32, which I had trouble fitting in + 1 block for trash talking. All that was about Late 2005 and early 2006. I had my name switch to its current one and started over. My later troubles became less and I have grown to be an accepted member of the community. I had troubles with WP:GAN and quit reviewing on December 20, 2007.

Maser Fletcher

Maser Fletcher (talk · contribs) Hi! :D In case you don't know me (which isn't unlikely), my name is Maser. I have been on Misplaced Pages for two months today. I'm thinking about applying for adminship sometime in the next few months, mainly because I am largely involved in WP:RCP, WP:XfD, and WP:AN (and other related noticeboards). At the moment I really do doubt it'd pass, mainly because my edit count hasn't hit 1000 yet. What I'm doing here is I would like to hear what the community thinks of me as an editor, along with constructive criticism, so I may improve myself as an editor. Thank you. Maser 23:22, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Reviews

• Well I can't quite believe you've been here such a short time, and have so few edits - I've seen you around and I've had a good impression of you already.
• OK, first off, I'd suggest working on articles more. Perhaps create new ones, or expand stubs and submit them to Did You Know, or maybe get an article to good article status. I see you do RC patrol - remember to warn editors after reverting. Consider using a vandal reverter such as Twinkle, as it has all the warnings you'll need built in. Also, excellent participation in project discussion pages.
• Question: your first two edits are slightly... odd. Could you explain them? Thanks. Majorly (talk) 01:03, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

• Thank you for taking the time to review me. How did I know you were gonna recommend I work on articles more? Truthfully, I was hoping to get something on DYK, but I don't know what to start.
• Ahh, THOSE edits. I just wanted to interact with the community when I came here, and just wanted a reaction. I dunno why I made them, other than that. But yeah, they are kinda weird. >_> Maser 22:53, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I see. Have a browse through WP:MISSING and see if there's anything that inspires you for Did You Know stuff. Thanks, Majorly (talk) 23:02, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

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  Note that the highest number of contributions is to the User talk namespace. Do not get the wrong idea - this is largely because I occasionally greet newcomers, and often send more than one welcome at a time to multiple users. While I am a believer in building a community, I am also a believer in building an encyclopedia. Just wanted to clear that up. Maser 23:34, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Questions

1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Of all my contributions to the Misplaced Pages namespaces, there are none that I value more than others. I think anything that helps build Misplaced Pages as a community, as a positive environment, and most importantly, as an encyclopedia, is valued. I suppose if I had to pick my most prized contributions, I'd have to say my anti-vandalism efforts and my aid on the noticeboards.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Oftentimes I find myself on the administrator noticeboards assisting in mediating arguments, trying to find common ground in discussions and giving advice to editors in need. As for direct conflicts, I can't say so. This is mainly because I try to explain myself in a civil manner and avoid causing conflict, for I think it is important to always assume good faith, even when it seems as though the editor is trolling. After all, conflicts will only make situations worse.

Ryan Postlethwaite

Ryan Postlethwaite (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) Well, I'm Ryan, an administrator here since March 2007. I'm just looking for some general feedback from the community. I do a bit of everything really; I edit (occasionally!), vandal fight and get involved in various administrator tasks such as dealing with users that come through AIV and UAA. I've got a portal which I've been working on up at featured portal condidates at the minute. I'm very open to what people wish to review me on, and I'm looking forward to a lot of constructive critisism. Anyway, do your worst :-) Ryan Postlethwaite 23:21, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

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• Shouldn't this be Ryan Postlethwaite 2? Enigma 17:53, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Hey Enigmaman - I had a previous username, so I'm guessing my previous editor review would be at Misplaced Pages:Editor review/Ryanpostlethwaite 2. Ryan Postlethwaite 18:57, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
    • Nope, that's not it - my two previous are Misplaced Pages:Editor review/Ryanpostlethwaite and Misplaced Pages:Editor review/ryanpostlethwaite. Ryan Postlethwaite 19:03, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
      • The reason I brought it up was because I saw 2 was a red fish. Enigma 19:17, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
        • It took a bit of digging to find the older ones - they were the good old days, not a wiki-care in the world :-D Ryan Postlethwaite 19:19, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I'm probably most proud of my work with Portal:Tennis, it's currently a candidate for featured status. I think I did a good job getting it up there, and I'm looking forward to maintaining it as the months go by. Article wise, I probably like my Football referee (England) article the best as it's close to my heart. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:25, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Don't we all?! There's plenty of situations out there that people would consider disputes, I think I generally handle them well and keep my cool. Ryan Postlethwaite 23:25, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, agreed - I have absolutely nothing to bring up in the many situations where I have seen you dealing with difficult issues. Well done, and you have my support, even when I do not "support" your opinion on occasions. docboat (talk) 14:17, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Reviews

Hi Ryan. I have often seen your name - you are a busy admin! So I was a bit surprised (and pleased) you seek a review. As far as reviewing your actual mainspace edits, I am unable to say much, because I could not find lengthier sections to review. Mind you, 16,000 edits were not all searched. But I have seen quite a lot of your admin activities on AIV and the like. Unable, therefore, to comment on style. As to how you react to unpleasant confrontations, I note a steady, non-confrontational approach, with adherence to guidelines and an open mind/flexibility. It is also worthy of note that even when you stand in opposition to my own feelings, I can see the point you are bringing, and that is a good thing in fostering understanding and co-operation. Constructive criticism? None, but I would like to bring this point up on your user page when/if I see issues to be discussed. BTW, I will not remove the asterisk - I would like someone else to give a review too. docboat (talk) 14:17, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi Ryan! I'm a bit surprised you're asking for an editor review, as you really haven't contributed to articles much. My advice is very simple - write articles, it won't hurt you, and if I have the time to write a bunch of articles and sweep through CAT:CSD, so do you, I think. ;-) --Maxim_(talk) 14:50, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Cheers Maxim for the review. To be honest, with respect to writing huge articles, that's not what I'm good at - I prefer to make smaller articles on subjects that interest me - but often there aren't enough sources to make them good or featured. I spend time on portals now however, they open up subject areas to the wider audience and can be really useful - maybe not the most important part of our encyclopedia, but it's certainly better than meta-discussion. Ryan Postlethwaite 18:25, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Try some. I'm not a native speaker of English unlike you, but I'm still able to completely write articles, almost from scratch, see Jacques Plante for an example. Maxim_(talk) 19:47, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

To be honest, with respect to writing huge articles, that's not what I'm good at - you never know until you try, and I'd encourage you to give it a go. Several small additions can blossom into a comprehensive treatment of a subject. Football refereeing in England is a solid description of the structure of refereeing, but could be more. For example, it could have a History section covering the development of the role, from the ad-hoc nature of refereeing in the Victorian era to the advent of professionalism for Premier League referees. Oldelpaso (talk) 15:14, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Well Ryan, here's my review: to start with, you're easily one of the best administrators and Wikipedians we have here: you're always very civil, very calm, you assume good faith as much as possible, you're helpful, and whenever newcomers come to you or you encounter them you always give them a hand. Also, you're respectful of other people's views, and don't hold grudges against people who disagree with you. If someone's in trouble, you attempt to help them (within reason, of course: if someone is a vandal, you help them by encouraging them to edit constructively, not to vandalize more). With your recent ArbCom candidacy, it was a shame you had to withdraw it, but I hope you'll run again in the 2008 elections and have more success. You've also brought us many fine admin candidates too, so thank you for them. Finally, you have a great sense of humor, a huge plus in my opinion, and you may remember that I said in Alison's RfA from nearly a year ago now that a sense of humor is something more administrators (and Wikipedians overall, I should now say) should have. If you have any questions about my review of you, let me know. Keep up the good work, Ryan! Acalamari 20:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

• Ryan, you saved me from committing hari-kari when I crashed the wikipedia database server 10 times in 10 minutes while blundering a histmerge of Michael Jackson articles. I was getting a barrage of complaints and scolding while cursing myself when you came along and told me to take a break because you contacted a developer and the problem would be fixed soon. Thanks for being there for me! I also note that I very frequently see your signature and always note that it is preceeded with something brilliant. Keep up the excellent work! JERRY _contribs 16:03, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

• Hi Ryan, I found this whilst wondering if ER would be useful for me and seeing this sitting here three months later with 3-4 comments doesn't encourage me ;( Leaving aside your work as an admin (which I would say is pretty darn good), although my contributions are small beans compared to yours, I notice that while your total contribs beat me 10:1 and your mainspace edits beat me 5:1, when it comes to article-talk space, you're at 2:1. That could be down to anti-vandalism, except a whole lot of my edits are "rvv"'s too. If there was any suggestion I could offer, it would be that you could bring the same intelligence, analysis and prompting that you offer in admin matters to the mainspace articles, not necessarily by writing, but by making contributions to the discussions on things you're interested in. That's all I can offer to your review, other than keep up the good work, and maybe, how long are you going to keep yourself part of this backlog ;) Franamax (talk) 10:30, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Hmrox

Hmrox (talk · contribs) I want to help out this encyclopedia by doing something other than just constantly reverting vandalism all the time. It would be nice to be recognized by other editors in this community. As such, I would eventually like to become an administrator one day sometime in the future. The first time I submitted an application, I was only 12 years old at the time with horrible grammar, and no throrough understanding of how Misplaced Pages worked. However, to become an admin one would need to be recognized as a dedicated editor to this project with significant achievements. Can someone offer me advice on how to improve my skills beside tirelessly reverting vandalism? Hmrox (talk) 13:32, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Reviews

1. Well, you're a more-or-less solid contributor when it comes to vandalism. I'm not an expert here, so forgive my possibly bad review. If your goal is to become an administrator, it would to you good to get invloved in some of the WP: prefixed work, like commenting on WP:AfDs and WP:RfAs, or some contibutions at WP:ANI or something. You don't need to be an admin there (I think), if you want to help out in discussions there you can. WP:Cleanup has some stuff you can do if you want to work on articles, but as for writing your own articles, I don't have any advice there really. You could always expand a stub somewhere. Or work on a GA/FA, maybe in collaboration with a user who is more experienced in that area. Sorry, if I've not been much help, Lord Spongefrog (review) (I am Czar of all Russias) 19:03, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   The only thing worth mentioning is that I revert tons of vandalism on regular basis. If the vandalism gets out of hand, I simply report at the

2. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   The only conflicts are persistent vandals who will not stop after a final warning. I just report them if they keep causing trouble so that an admin can deal with the vandal.

3. What advantages / disadvantages do you see for an editor in the use of an automated script, such as HUGGLE or Twinkle?♠ B.s.n. ♥R.N.contribs 10:56, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Dihydrogen Monoxide

Dihydrogen Monoxide (talk · contribs) Hey guys (again for some). Previous editor reviews: 1 2 3. Once again, I'm just looking for general feedback - if you want to RfA orientate that'd be fine, but I also would like some feedback on my editing habits, etc. Yeah, I'm sure the experienced reviewers will have some idea of what I'm talking about :) — Dihydrogen Monoxide 01:23, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Reviews

• Hey H2O. Since you say you're thinking of running again, I wanted to look through your contribs specifically for article writing, a concern brought up in your last RfA. You've been doing a great deal of writing, but you seem to have slowed down with the vandal reverting and AIV reporting. Try to pick that up. Also, you might want to do some more CSD tagging and AfD work. You seem to have addressed the writing concern amazingly, but have left some admin-related areas. You are a hardworking, determined editor. Barring mistakes of Vandalbot on wheels proportions, You'll have my support. Happy hoaxing! J-ſtan_{User page} 04:09, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
• Blah blah blah, run for adminmnnmn I would support, actually I'm nominating? Didn't know about that plan but I hear that's how it's going. ;) If you don't want to do anti-vandal stuff, don't bother, plenty of other people do it. Doesn't hurt, of course. Might want to have a look around CSD and AfD still, just to see which way the policy trends are going these days. Obviously the article-writing stufff is going awesomely and it's all improved mightily. Keep a check on the sense of humour and remember that you can take a joke too far if you're not careful, and if the other person has humour failure. ;) ~ Riana ⁂ 07:39, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
• Our exchanges have been positive. You have the edit count should easily meet everyone's minimum count standard. Your good and featured articles demonstrate that you care about the project and that you definitely have writing skills. You've done several DYK articles. While a broad experience base is important, but you probably have what most people are looking for. You are well-versed in several areas. Plus you have a cool name that shows that you understand science well! I would support you if I saw you come up on RfA, except if people came up with some damning diffs. Keep up the good work. Keeping a check on your sense of humor is unfortunately important. People have a tendancy of taking humorous comments wrong because they are not expecting humor. I've both given and received humor that have been taken the wrong way. I try to be polite and gracious instead of humourous. Royalbroil 13:32, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
• The main things I look for when reviewing or when voting in an RfA are generally speaking non-technical. I'm basically looking for good behaviour, good judgement, restraint when needed and a tendency to not pour fuel on fires, and clear explanations of positions. The key things I look for in an admin are - can they get on with others? do their actions suggest problems down the track? do they understand policy, can they understand the reasons behind the policies (often key to ensuring the spirit and not strictly the letter is enforced) and can they pick good edits from bad ones? I have not specifically reviewed your contributions but if you or others can provide a reasonable collection of recent diffs to demonstrate these points, I think you'd go a long way to convincing me and others to vote for you. In general I have seen nothing that concerns me in the last couple of months. Be careful with sense of humour as others have said as a joke in Australian English may be an insult to a non-English speaker unfamiliar with the idiom (look at a current AN/I for example with a Dutch user claiming someone threatened to kill him when they were just using a time-worn cliche.) Orderinchaos 09:26, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
  • I wasn't initially going to respond here, but since I'm in somewhat of a dispute now I figure I'd bring up some diffs so I don't forget them. I reverted the (repeated) addition of first person autobiographical text to an article, and left an explanatory note. The user requested I undo my edit, stating we sometimes allow autobiographical content. I responded suggesting the user write it in their own words, to which he stated that it took him hours to type it up, and again stated that it should be included despite not being the common procedure. At this stage, I pointed the user to WP:AUTO, to which he accused me of not stating the policy correctly. I attempted to clarify my position, at which stage the user told me to read "that section" ("The problem with autobiographies"). I did so, and explained to him that I found nothing justifying his edits - and thus asked if he show me. The user's response was vague and ambiguous. I told them that they were welcome to re-add the material, but that the discussion was going nowhere. And then I saved this page. Throughout the entire discussion, I believe I remained civil, stuck to policy, and didn't attempt to bite or offend the newcomer - simply explain to them why their contribution, in its current form, wasn't helpful. — Dihydrogen Monoxide _(Review) 09:20, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to respond (that's why we do it here and not at RfA, so that by the time an RfA's up and running you're appropriately prepared and have already answered some of the points). Always have the option of taking it to the talk page of the review if it's taking up too much space or getting onto topics not envisaged by the review. My stance is that I'll be happy to support if i see more evidence, and I haven't seen anything that would make me oppose since the last one. Orderinchaos 06:32, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't mean to canvass or anything, just a note that the RfA is currently...well...up. And running. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 07:13, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   At the moment, my three featured articles (by mine, I mean those I've worked on); Age of Mythology, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence, and Powderfinger. I'm also quite happy with my 14 GAs and 2 triple crowns - more information at User:Dihydrogen Monoxide/Articles. 01:33, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Yes, several, although I don't really get too stressed. Most recently, there was an image dispute on Talk:Powderfinger and a game engine debacle on Talk:Call of Duty 2, both of which I thought I handled OK. Of late, I've been doing a lot of GA reviewing and dealing with sometimes disgruntled editors that way, but I'm not easily stressed around here. Oh, and on Commons I've blocked a vandal or two and gotten some angry emails, but meh :) 01:33, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

4. Of those FA's that "you've worked on", can you point out the diffs that would be helpful to evaluate the extent of your contribution to them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Irpen (talk • contribs)

   Of course, thanks for the question.

   Age of Mythology: As shown in the FAC I made a stack of constructive edits on the back of comments and critique of the article. Some diffs: adding a new section dealing with linkspam rewriting and revamping a section adding some commentary And the most important diff: me adding {{featured article}} :)

   Powderfinger: I did more work in and around bringing the article to GA than to FA (which was mostly done by Spebi and Lincalinca. Anyway, I found a few diffs: rewording and adding content copyediting a bit making changes based on established consensus

   Dream Days at the Hotel Existence: I virtually rewrote this in getting it featured. See also the FAC. Diffs: Complete ref conversion fighting fair use removing cruft removing possible OR

   If you like some more diffs or have more questions, feel free to ask. 23:48, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Macys123*

Macys123 (talk · contribs) I created this account in September 2006, but made my first edit in June 2007. I did not know that Misplaced Pages could be edited until December 2006. Later, I decided to investigate on encyclopedias, and created my first article. Before creating a RfA, I'll like to be reviewed. Macy's123 22:03, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Reviews

• You participate rather a lot in XfD discussions which is good, but I notice that more than a few of your "arguments" boil down to "per nom" or "as above". Examples are , , and from the first page of your contribs. Such comments really are of questionable usefulness unless a snowball is forming, since XfD is not a vote, even a brief discussion of the merits or otherwise of the article is very desirable. I also note that you don't do this all of the time, and your other vandal-fighting work seems to be solid. There doesn't seem to be any substantial article editing in your recent history, apart from correcting typos, which may cause you problems at RFA with some particularly picky editors. Hope this helps! Lankiveil (talk) 15:52, 28 December 2007 (UTC).

• I would suggest that you spend some more time on Misplaced Pages and dive into more complex areas of Wikipeida, such as writing articles and vandal fighting. I am satisfied with your translation work. That is great. But I will suggest staying away from RFA for a while. Thanks Marlith /C 00:31, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

• I am not interested in adminship for now, but I am currently working in some other areas of Misplaced Pages. I'll try to work more on articles. Macy's123 19:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I feel that my best contributions are made to articles that I translated from Spanish Misplaced Pages: Nickelodeon Latin America and Our Lady of Guadalupe Unfinished Cathedral

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I've made mistakes. I have been involved in one very minor conflict that was quickly and smoothly resolved.

4. How do you feel when someone asks for your help?

   Well, sometimes I feel nervous, but I always try to help users. Macy's123 01:54, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Merkinsmum

Merkinsmum (talk · contribs) Hi I would like an editor review out of curiosity as to weaknesses people perceive in me, and I would appreciate it very much.:) Merkinsmum 00:52, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Review by delldot:
Hey Merkinsmum, sorry you've had to wait so long for a review. Some thoughts:

• Interactions with other users - I think you're doing a great job. I noticed friendly interaction even with people you obviously disagreed with. I like your use of humor and apparent willingness to laugh even when confronted or criticized. There's not much activity on your talk page, pretty amazing for someone who definitely doesn't shy away from the drama, so maybe this suggests you're doing a good job. I like that you add a 'lol' to make statements sound less harsh. It also looks like you spend a fair amount of time reaching out to other users, from the thank you messages I see on your talk page. Which is awesome.

• You participate in some heated areas, always with very sensible comments from what I looked at. With some of your posts, it was a little hard to tell if you were being sarcastic or rude, but I saw nothing like outright incivility. You seem like a very sensible contributor. I also like your thoughts about the risks of getting drawn in to 'titillating drama'.

• Your philosophy from Q2 is very sound, and it looks like it's been working for you. Although it might be handy to consider the possibility of wrongdoing on your own part as well, rather than relying on the other person to see the error of their ways. Don't worry, this is purely a response to your answer, not to any actions I saw on your part.

• Knowledge of policy: Poor. Your user and talk pages had me lol-ing all over the place: Don't you know humor is not permitted on Misplaced Pages? XD But really, you seem quite familiar with policy from everything I saw you posted.

• Writing - Doesn't look like this is what you spend most of your time doing, just from counts, I could be missing big edits, though. Nice work on User:Merkinsmum/Self-discrepancy theory. What's holding up the move to the mainspace?
  • Very nice work on Gillian McKeith. A few nitpicky things: About this sentence, McKeith is a popular author; her book You Are What You Eat reportedly sold just under one million copies... I'd recommend just stating the facts, rather than saying she's popular. Show don't tell: the reader can figure out whether or not she's popular from the facts. I don't know if you even added this, though. Here's another one: why's the citation in such a weird place in this sentence: ...produced television programme that was broadcast... Another one: their new regime of diet, exercise and abstinence for eight weeks is this the kind of abstinence I'm thinking of? Maybe should specify (see, I'm from the US, where the Christian Right has a thing for this word). Kind of pointless for me to go on nitpicking the article here, but maybe you could give it a copyedit for wording stuff like this.

• Thoughts on RFA - You've definitely got the time and familiarity with policy, but your edit count is a little low for the edit count types. Also you might get trouble for lack of artile writing.

• Other - Helpful hint: You know you can link to a category (rather than including a page in the category by putting a colon in front of it within the links ]. You can link to a page on another wikimedia project by including the prefix that comes before 'wikipedia' or 'wikimedia' in the URL. For example, ] produces commons:Image:Cat.jpg and ] gives es:gato (gotta use the colons or it will include it in the lefthand languages box, as I just remembered by failing to). On an unrelated note, you know we can't use fair use images in the userspace, right? Just asking because of your comment about using an Ali G image in a userbox, pardons if I've misunderstood.

• Overall contribution - You're clearly an asset to the project. I'd love to see more article writing. Your humor and lightheartedness adds positively to discussions. Hope to see you around more in the future. delldot talk 19:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

If you haven't already, please add this review to Misplaced Pages:Editor review/Archives to save work for those who maintain this page. If this review is enough for you, please also remove this page from WP:ER.

Thank you! The Gillian McKeith hasn't been edited by me for some time, but I like to think I started improving it a little. And the userbox is by User:Major Bonkers. I learned that the policy for fair use images is very strict, usually being just the image of the subject of an article in its article I think, at least with photographs of people. Which is a shame for our articles and entertainments- but can't be helped I suppose.

update yes I have been gripped by ANI lol but hopefully I'm getting back to a bit of article writing in a way. Oh I'd forgot about self-discrepancy theory- a requested article I think. What's held me back is a confidence thing, as it's not a subject with which I was familiar before I started to research it for wiki. Also I get my attempts in proportion from seeing the articles produced by those such as User:Mattisse. Her articles are so long and in depth when she adds them to mainspace. I suppose I shouldn't be ashamed to just put a stub or brief article up- at least it's a start upon which others or myself may improve. What editing in article space I've done recently has been from hitting 'random page'- hence my sig, apart from it being a self-reference.:) Then, I enjoy merging or trying to delete what I view as non-notable articles, I must admit.:) My edit count may look a little lower if you view it through some counters, because I also enjoy AfD and quite a few articles I've edited have gone the way of all flesh. They were poorly, I like to think, before I started on them.:) Anyway now I've made myself sound evil lol, so I'll have to go and do something adorable to some articles.Special Random (Merkinsmum) 22:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

lol, you go and do that :-) I know what you mean about the confidence thing with adding articles to the mainspace. I wouldn't worry about stubbiness, since as you say, the sooner it's there the sooner it can be improved on. But if you're concerned about accuracy, then absolutely err on the safe side. You might consider leaving a note at the relevant wikiprojects for expert review before moving. Also consider using {{workpage}} if you're not sure how accurate it is. Keep it up :-) delldot talk 22:52, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Although I didn't get it to GA status or keep at it for long, I like to think I played a part in getting the Gillian McKeith article to where it is, as when I came across it it was a poor, unencyclopedic lampoon. Also getting the The Goblin Trilogy and related articles AfD'd, they were so misleading. And I strive to keep articles NPOV, and think I'm generally an o.k. person on wikipedia. I've written some small articles, and am quite good at finding sources I think.

4. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I've tended to just move on, or luckily other editors have been alongside me and shared my view of the problems/people and helped overcome them, so it's not really been that bad. An admin annoyed me once with her POV issues, luckily or unluckily soon after that she left wikipedia as she lost her temper over something else, then felt embarrassed. Don't know if she's come back yet. I like to think that nowadays I try to keep to policies such as NPOV etc so I can't go that wrong because I'm following the rules. Hopefully my 'opponent' is merely mistaken about wikipedia and inexperienced, and after learning more about wikipedia allows their articles to improve, and/or accepts things.Merkinsmum 01:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

oo7565

oo7565 (talk · contribs) hi i been here for a little over a year and made around 3000 edits i think. i want to become a admin sometime in the future but with that said i only been relly aded tags and fighting vandalism so far and i need to know what else i should be doing and how i can get invole with other areas on here Oo7565 (talk) 21:34, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Review by delldot:
Hi oo7565, sorry for the long wait on this review. Here's some thoughts:

• Interactions with other users - I see friendly interaction on your talk page, good job. It looks like when someone comes to you with a concern, you consistently respond in a friendly way. I noticed you apologize when you made a mistake, also a very strong trait and an important one to have for success around here. You are kind and helpful when others come to you for help. Looking through your talk page archives, I see people coming to you about the same problems multiple times: overuse of PROD, spelling, tagging articles without explaining what needs to be done, etc. It makes me think you may need to work on taking advice. When someone suggests that you work on something, do you take it to heart and work on it? On the other hand, I did see more AFD-related notes after one user had left you a note about problems with your prodding.

• Communication - As a minor point, I'd concur with Merkinsmum's idea of cleaning up your writing, some of what you write is kind of hard to understand. I notice in your talk archive people saying stuff like "Could you clarify your question for me?" That suggests that others may be having trouble understanding you too. Maybe consider rereading your messages before hitting save. Plus, some browsers have automatic spellcheckers that work in the edit window (e.g. the latest version of firefox). If it's a question, put a question mark after it instead of a period. Some of your sentences run a little long; you should put a period at the end of a complete thought so it's easier to follow. Working on this will help your article writing, too.

• About edits like this, you should avoid reverting things other than obvious vandalism with the 'undo' button, unless you leave a real edit summary. It's kind of a smack in the face to a sincere user; not leaving an edit summary says 'it's so obvious why I'm doing this it doesn't need to be explained.' You can use the undo button and provide a summary of your own as well, that's fine.

• Familiarity with policy - Looks like you've overused WP:PROD in the past. I don't know if I would have prodded Gris-Gris; if there aren't articles on the other albums, isn't that a reason to write more rather than to delete this one? That is, if they're notable and everything. I see numerous messages on your talk page about removals of prods that people thought were inappropriate. Perhaps reviewing WP:PROD would be a good idea. When in doubt, use AFD, not PROD. PROD is really only for articles you're pretty sure no Wikipedian would argue with. If you need help, don't hesitate to ask. You can always leave a note on my talk page if you need help.

• Overall contribution - I was very impressed with how patient and friendly you are with people in every interaction I saw. You're very good about hearing criticism, and you're willing to apologize when you mess up, a very admirable trait. However, I thought you should work on taking advice that you've been offered in the past, such as looking over policies you're using (e.g. WP:PROD.

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Comments

This is not really a review, but a comment based upon your presentation here, which may reflect some of your other edits. When you're writing, make sure you capitalise your 'I', and use commas. As it is, your style of writing may prevent people taking you seriously, and it shows that you are probably quite young. If you become an admin, you will need to seem slightly authoritative, IMHO, and to become an admin you need to pass a request for adminship, which will cause people to look at your edits and what they might say of your personality and its suitability for adminship. With people who are your wiki-friends you can be a bit more relaxed on their talk pages, but at other times, try and write a bit more posh. Hope this helps.:) Merkinsmum 16:05, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

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Questions

1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Your answer here

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Your answer here

Oo7565 (talk) 21:34, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

i think my am very pleased about the high school article i have started on hereOo7565 (talk) 21:34, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

1. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

I would not say I have been in any conflicts before but I have to say when I started on here I rely did not know how wikipedia work so I may have caused other user's stress but in the past months I have greatly improve myself on here so hopefully in the future I will use my expensive on here to help others to avoid conflicts. Oo7565 (talk) 21:34, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Billscottbob

Billscottbob (talk · contribs) Hi, I'm Billscottbob, I've been working on this account on and off over the last year or so. I spend most of my time on recent changes patrol and new pages patrol. More recently, I've done work on AfD. I enjoy familiarizing myself with Misplaced Pages policy and have tried to get involved with the notability discussion on schools. I've spent some time on articles relating to education. I want to know how I should get involved and how I can improve as a editor. Thanks Billscottbob (talk) 01:05, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Reviews

Reviewed by Moonriddengirl

Hi, Billscottbob. I, too, am civil but not bold. :) I also have the flu, so if you feel I short shrift you here, please prompt me for follow-up, and I will go over it again when I am less loopy.

First thing I notice in your contributions is a whole lot of AfD, which is good, because we need more people working there who know what they're up to. :)

I say that even recognizing that you misstepped a bit here, but I like the way you handled it there and at the talk page of the creator, and I'll bet that you would not repeat that particular choice. Looking through your deleted contribution history, I do note that you've occasionally tagged articles as {{db-empty}} within a minute or two of creation. You may not have noticed the section of WP:CSD that indicates that "Contributors sometimes create articles over several edits, so try to avoid deleting a page too soon after its creation if it appears incomplete". Generally speaking, it may be a bit bitey to tag an article within a minute or two and might scare a new contributor away from finishing a baby article. (I will also note that admins sometimes follow-up and delete articles by A1 and A3 within just a few minutes,too.) Take I League 2007-08 as an example. The same creator who laid the groundwork on 12/18 restarted the article after you tagged it (and an admin deleted it), taking it incrementally from this to this in a matter of hours. That particular example predates your AfD, but it's the best example I can provide of an article clearly under development. More recently, on the 21st, you tagged Lethal Weapon 5: The Return of Sing Ku for speedy, but even though the principle of courtesy to new articles may remain, it's kind of hard to drop an impassioned "Think of the poor creators" in the case of an article like that. :D But you might want to consider using {{expand}} when you hit sub-stub articles that are a few minutes old and checking back later to see if the empty criterion still applies.

Anyway, after that long digression, your usual contributions at AfD, PROD & CSD suggest familiarity with policy and bear up your self-assessed of civility. :) (I offer as a particular example this nicely framed reply and subsequent .) I do wonder a bit about your nomination of your article Slackcountry. I've read and understand your stated purpose, but I wonder if it wouldn't have been better to simply discuss the possibility of a merger (or the location of other sources) at the talkpage of a wikiproject or the article with which it was eventually merged. There are less formal processes that might have been utilized there just as successfully, and it seems that there are generally more articles at AfD than there are editors to actually talk about them. :) I was particularly pleased to see that you PRODded the article Mat who is fat. While it was deleted by an admin under WP:CSD#A7, your choice was procedurally correct. A7 does not address t.v. shows, and I'm a bit of a stickler for following the rules. :) You might want to review WP:CSD#G1 and WP:CSD#G3. I've seen a couple of things you tagged as nonsense that were technically excluded, but might have fit nicely under the header of vandalism. I'll note that these two criteria afford a lot of confusion to everybody, and I've seen a lot of articles deleted as one that were more probably the other.

In terms of article work, you seem quite solid. I've looked through some of your more substantial contributions as well as your tagging improvements and vandalism clean up, and you seem very much to know what you're about. Your edit summaries are generally good—descriptive & consistent. (I say generally, because very, very occasionally you omit them, as here, and some people like to see edit summaries used 100% of the time.)

I like your essay. I think you are developing it nicely. And it's not within the province of reviewing your Misplaced Pages contributions, but I like what it says about your critical thinking skills. :) Good on you, not to throw the baby out with the bathwater, but also not to buy a pig in a poke. (Talk about mixing your metaphors. :)) I agree that it's quite important to evaluate the contents of every article (or poke or bathtub) before deciding it if it's worthy or not.

Here's where I fear I may be too medicated to be useful. You say, "I want to know how I should get involved and how I can improve as a editor." I'm not coming up with anything specific to you in response. If we were talking face to face, I'd ask what you want to do. Since we're not, I'll take some general stabs.

• Keep it up. The more you do, the more you'll encounter and learn. You obviously benefit from experience, so it seems a good teacher for you.
• Consider what other work appeals to you and branch out in those directions. Would you like to write more articles? There's Misplaced Pages:Requested articles. Want to turn that experience evaluating articles in a different way? Take a look at Misplaced Pages:Articles for creation. Perhaps you'd like to take your interactions with other editors in a new direction. You can involve yourself in the much needed areas of dispute resolution, perhaps with WP:3O or with the desperately undermanned WP:RFC. Or you could try helping out some of the folk who address those tags you place. Join one of the wiki clean-up projects, like Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check. Or sit in at the help desk for a while.

In any event, you seem to be doing quite well as you are, but there are a many different directions you could take, depending on time and inclination. :)

I'll be watching this page until I'm reasonably sure you've had a chance to see it. If you'd like follow-up, you can ask here. If it's been a while, you might want to ask at my talk page. :) --Moonriddengirl 20:57, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for such a thorough review. It seemed to take a while to recieve a review but this was well worth the wait. I may have some other questions for you later. Thanks again. Billscottbob (talk) 06:26, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Only one thing I can think of to discuss so far: my nom of Slackcountry was because I was under the impression that if I remove the PROD tag as a clearly involved party it would be proper procedure to nominate it for AfD as a replacement. In hindsight I see that that was a very beaurocratic decision. Could you clarify what the better alternative would be? I feared that a merge tag would not get enough attention but I see how that would be less intrusive on the time of editors at AfD. Billscottbob (talk) 06:41, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm glad if it was worth the wait. :) I do try to be thorough, particularly given how long the wait can be. With regards to PROD, a PROD is meant to be strictly uncontroversial, which is why a PROD tag can be removed by anyone, including the article's creator. In fact, even after an article is PRODded, anyone can go to deletion review and request that the article be restored and (unless it contained unaddressed speediable issues) it will be, as a matter of routine. You can simply explain in your edit summary when you remove the PROD or on the article's talk page why you disagree. As far as merger proposals are concerned, I follow the procedures outlined at Help:Merging and moving pages. You post the notice on the page to be merged; post the notice on the page to be merged to, and create a discussion at the page to be merged to. The help page indicates that "If there is clear agreement or silence" you can proceed with the merger. If you really want feedback because you aren't sure yourself, you can always start by tracking down an editor or two that you know to be active on the subject (I usually check contribution histories) and leave a note at their talk pages. You could even start by approaching the editor who placed the PROD with a friendly, "Hi. I see your point and am thinking of merging this material. What do you think?" Of course, you then want to be careful with your subsequent merger proposal not to invite them individually to the conversation, to avoid the appearance of canvassing. :) --Moonriddengirl 13:03, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I have completed a merger before. I just thought there might be a more publicized way of proceeding but contacting the PRODer and interested parties makes sense as the most effective way to deal with it.

I have a few questions about my essay:

• Should I eventually move the essay to Misplaced Pages:Assessing reliability?
• If so, what needs to be done before I move it?
• If I moved it, do I create a shortcut myself and register it on Misplaced Pages:List of shortcuts, or is there a formal process for shortcut creation? Billscottbob (talk) 17:15, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that one, as I've never written a Misplaced Pages essay before and have no idea what the protocol is for moving them to project space. You might want to Village Pump that one. But, looking at Category:Misplaced Pages essays, I will say that it looks like the essay should remain in user space until such a time as it is substantially edited by others or frequently referenced, as that category header notes that "Essays in Misplaced Pages namespace that are mostly written by a single person, and not frequently referenced, are generally moved to the userspace of their author". :) --Moonriddengirl 18:13, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, that gives me a good summary of what the essay needs to be worthy of projectspace. I've posted it on Village Pump (assistance) last week. I then posted on the talk pages of related essays/guidlines/policies so that it would recieve more attention. I guess I'll just wait a while to see how it pans out. Billscottbob (talk) 18:19, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I noticed you had done the rounds. :) (That's why I didn't link village pump; you already know the way!) I don't remember the specifics of those conversations, since it wasn't a major focus of mine, but if you haven't already, you might want to ask at what point it is appropriately included in the "See also" section of related documents. --Moonriddengirl 18:30, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, that's all for now, thanks again. Billscottbob (talk) 22:40, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

All right, then. If you think of anything else you'd like to discuss, you can head over to my talk page. I'll be taking this off my watchlist now. :) --Moonriddengirl 23:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I spend most of my time dealing with vandalism using a recent changes filter and sometimes work on new pages patrol. I don't tend to dedicate myself to one article or page but like to diversify and add small bits of information. I work especially on pages that are struggling and that I have personal experience with, for example Round Square, Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School, VHF Marine Radio and Canadian Avalanche Association. More recently, I've been working on AfD.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I've had some issues from trying to solve vandalism but in all cases to date, I've had a more experienced editor back me up. I'm civil but not bold.

BK4ME

BK4ME (talk · contribs) I've been a member on this wiki for a while and would like to see my ups and downs of my editing. —BK4ME 02:30, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Reviews

• You seem to specialize in vandal-fighting. You give the right sequential warnings and you have tagged articles for speedy deletion correctly so far. Very good; we need lots of those types of guys around. However, there is a difference between contributing and vandal-fighting. I would seriously consider making edits to articles (even if they're minor) rather than vandal-fighting all the time. Don't get me wrong, vandalism fighting is fine, however, I would suggest making a little bit more contributions (other than vandal-fighting) to articles. I would start at minor, and work my way up to major.

So, your up would be vandalism fighting. Your down would be article contributions. --EoL talk 02:14, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

This user is the sockpuppet of a banned user, closing ER. MBisanz 09:05, 27 February 2008 (UTC) Comments

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Well, so far my vandalism reverts and new page patrol. Because they are what I am best at, they help, and they are fun!

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   None yet, but I will be responsible, mature, and understanding!

.:Alex:.

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.:Alex:. (talk · contribs) Hi, I've been editing Misplaced Pages for awhile now. Well over a year, but I'm not exactly sure how long. Anyway, while I'm not a bad editor I'm far from perfect. I could use plenty of improvement and I want to become a better editor so I've come to you guys to help me with this. .:Alex:. 21:57, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Reviews

• At first look you seem to be doing fine. Try to branch out a little and get out of your comfort zone. Participate in more WP:XFD conversations and jump into more vandal fighting or new page patrol. Those are two good spots to start helping with the everyday work that goes on. You could also watch WP:AFC or help on maintenance projects like WP:DPL. Gtstricky 14:11, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Well I usually work with Video game related articles. I began the Grand Theft Auto task force which, while not overly active at the very moment, has helped gain a better focus for the improvement of Grand Theft Auto related articles. I've also contributed heavily to The Legend of Zelda articles and it's Wikiproject and now I am focusing on helping to improve Wikiproject Video games itself. I also despise vandalism and try to revert it whenever I can.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I've made mistakes. I have been involved in very minor conflicts that were quickly and smoothly resolved but I guess I am sort of involved in a dispute at the moment here. However I'm willing to listen, and I always try to reply in a civil manner. I believe communication and consensus is important, and I deplore anyone who tries to prevent that.

Gtstricky

Gtstricky (talk · contribs) Hello all. I am a newer user but have been active over the past few months. I would love some critique of my work. I would like to improve my edits and would like some advice in that area. Thanks in advance. Gtstricky 17:06, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Reviews

• Hi, after 2 months, it seems that you're a great vandal fighter! Thanks for your efforts, they are much appreciated by the whole community... That said, there are a couple issues that could use improvement in my opinion (in no particular order):
  • Please endeavor to always use edit summaries (e.g. , , , , )
  • Try to always remember WP:BITE, even when encountering obvious vandalism. An example of this is your message on User talk:Gnurpen. Although this is a matter of opinion, I think you should have escalated it up through the warning templates. People like this can usually be rehabilitated, which would be better for the project.
  • On the other hand, re: User talk:Lazertazer, again it's a matter of opinion, but I would have reported him to WP:AIV, as he'd already received a final warning.

Other than that, it looks great so far! How about getting involved in some of the wikignome projects, such as WP:DEP, WP:DPL, and other tasks that have backlogs? Happy editing! :-) --Storkk (talk) 20:52, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

• All great points. Thank you very much for your time you took to do the review. Gtstricky 21:18, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I have been involved in vandal reverts. That has probably been my biggest contribution to date. I have also tried to get involved in AFD discussions (great place to read and learn also).

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   This AFD had the potential but I can let the group do the talking and not let it get personal. I find that as long as you look at things from other peoples POV and respect their opinion it can all be worked out. Then again I tend to stay away from highly polarizing articles (politics, religion etc).

Auroranorth

Auroranorth (talk · contribs) I have been an editor for over one and a half years with 4000+ edits. Auroranorth (!) 10:00, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Reviews

The creation of Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Kmweber 2 was misguided. There's already an RFC on that exact topic, as you know. Friday (talk) 15:07, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I see you have listed yourself for a rename, but have not gone through with it. I believe you should firmly identify a name change (with redirects) unless there is a personal issue, as many users would question that sort of thing. Really I would encourage you to continue editting. As a formal note, you probably should speedy something like User:Auroranorth/Sockpuppets as that would be looked on negativly by the community. MBisanz 04:34, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

• Hi Auroranorth, I think it's great that you've shown growth from your answer to Q2 in how you would handle disputes. In response to MBisanz's comments, I strongly disagree with the idea of having User:Auroranorth/Sockpuppets speedied. It may well be seen negatively, but keeping it is in the interest of openness, transparency, and honesty. Not to mention it was apparently a condition of your unblock. I would also disagree with a name change, as "edit as Auroranorth" was also a apparently a condition of the unblock. I think it's great that you own up to past misbehavior and judging by that have apparently turned over a new leaf. delldot on a public computer talk 11:54, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Look what happens when I see a page name and judge it without clicking, I make an idiot of myself. Keep that page and do come back under your old account please. MBisanz 09:47, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Yes, Speers Point and Percy Henn. A lot of work went into both articles.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Yes, one with User:Porcupine. I was tossing and turning all night thinking about it! I dealt with it possibly inappropriately, I didn't really have a good knowledge of policy at that point. I do now, and I will probably just leave it next time, it wasn't really bothering me too much - I should have just left it.

Spawn Man

Spawn Man (talk · contribs) Hi everyone! Yes this is review #4, but my last two generated almost no response, so here I am again. I'm putting myself up for review because I'm thinking of letting myself be nominated for adminship in the next few months and I wanted to see how I was now perceived in the community. I've been a right arse in the past on here, but since the start of the year I have made a real effort to clean up my act and I feel I have done so. I've picked up a couple of Featured contents and I've had no arguments that I can recall, which is a huge achievement if you knew me before. Anyway, that's about all; you probably know the rest and for more info, check out my userpage. Cheers, Spawn Man (talk) 23:30, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Reviews

• Wow. (Warning: cliche) I thought you were an admin. Well, the first thing that comes to mind when seeing your contributions is "Holy AfD, Batman." Your contributions to AfD and WikiProjects are outstanding. I'm also impressed by the amount of article work you do. Overall, you seem like a very thorough, focused user. According to your userpage, however, you're not exactly the smiliest happyface in the ASCII repository. I'd advise you to try to leave your baggage at the door when editing; you shouldn't let real life issues carry on to the Wiki, as that can harm innocent people. I think you've improved a lot since your block. So basically, keep up the good work and be happier. (:D) Also, it isn't necessary, but some anti-vandal work would be nice, as experience in dealing with vandals is something every administrator should (ideally) have. Master of Puppets 21:13, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Wow! Thanks for the glowing review (Not radioactive I hope...?). ;) I've been meaning to update my user page for a while now so that it reflects my current demeanor rather than my old grumpy self. I'll admit, I'm still negative in some aspects, but as you mentioned, on the whole I feel I've improved ten-fold since my last block. As for vandal work; I have done a bit, but generally it's hard to pry me away from my love of article writing to start reverting for long periods. Besides, most of the times I go to revert one of the admins which are doing a great job out there hit the undo button before me. :) I've recently applied to an admin for admin coaching so that I can work on those areas. Thanks for taking the time to comment - it's appreciated. :) Spawn Man 04:07, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Comments

• You've grown so much as an editor, Spawn. Your accomplishments are top-notch. I don't think this is a speedy delete (seems noteworthy). You are an awesome contributor. Firsfron of Ronchester 06:38, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks Firs! My speedy vote was due to the fact the author wanted it deleted (WP:CSD#G7) and I wasn't the only who !voted "speedy". Anyway, thanks for the flattering comments! Spawn Man 06:42, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I understand now! :) Firsfron of Ronchester 06:50, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

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• Maybe do some other things you may do as an admin, so discussing page moves may be a good idea. Moves and protects are the two most useful admin tools, as well as rollback reverts. Bit hard to do anything on protect page other than notify if not an admin. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:39, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

• One last idea - always look forward and never back. If you ever have to write what's wrong always shift your headspace into what are we going to do about it. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:41, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks Cas! Hmmm, I've dabbled in protection a tad, but page moves sounds interesting... Spawn Man 07:27, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

The good thing is there are plenty of guidelines which can be used as a, erm, guide, and many folk haven't found them. (those guidelines and MOS pages is gettin' darn big these days..)cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:19, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

• Spawn, please don't go for being an admin yet, I believe you that you have cleaned up you act over the last few months, but as you say below - the way you stay out of arguments is by avoiding heated discussions. As an admin you won't be able to do that, and I think you could make some rash decisions that everyone would regret. Stick to being a fine and productive editor until you are really sure your hot-headed days are over, and you're as unflappable as a granite anvil. John.Conway (talk) 11:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Don't worry, I'm not going to let myself be nominated for a few months yet, so you can sleep easy tonight lol. To clarify however, I look at fights on wikipedia like karate (Yes, I've been watching the karate kid marathon on tv...) ;) - You only use it to defend, not to attack. So for example, if the situation is simply trolling or a minor discussion, then I'd just not engage. But if the problem continues to arise, then I'd try and work it out through talking it over with the person and if that doesn't work, mediation. As I said, I've learnt not to take the site so seriously now and whatever the problem is, I've learnt to deal with it properly rather than emotionally. But as I said, I'd much rather not get into those situations - would you? Cheers, Spawn Man (talk) 01:02, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Questions

1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   A: I'm proud of all my contributions. My favourite though has to be André Kertész which was realy my pet project and my most recent FA. The article was very small and bad before I got my hands on it and I managed to bring it up to FA material in a few weeks with 100% referenced text. I'm very proud of that article, but I'm also proud of my other articles too. I could go on forever, but yeah, I like writing here.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   A: In the past, yes, very much so - I had many many arguments. However, in he last 8 months or so since my last block, no arguments. I feel I've dealt with arguments recently by avoiding them altogether. I've learnt how to sniff out potential heated discussions and I almost always choose to ignore them and move along. in those cases where the argument comes to me, I've learnt not to be so emotional - it's just an online encyclopedia and I was taking it waay too seriously before. A friend on here told me that if I feel I'm getting overwhelmed by the community on here to just go and write some articles and don't answer my talk page - I took his advice and it really works. I feel I'm doing pretty well now at avoiding confrontation and when I do find one to stay calm and work it out. I've even tried my hand at resolving other user's arguments with some good results.

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-Midorihana- (talk · contribs) I want to have an editor review just to see how I'm doing, or what else I could be doing on Misplaced Pages. I appreciate all of your comments. Thanks! Midorihana_{(talk)(contribs)} 20:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

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• Guess who! Ok, so far you're a very solid contributor; I'm especially impressed by your thoroughness when dealing with rogue editors. I'm very glad to see that you've reported users to AIV and also speedied pages; involvement in these two areas helps a lot with learning process, as you have to apply reasoning when picking a reason to speedy an article or report a user. Involvement in RfA is also a good idea; it gives you an idea about what other users are looking for in an admin if you ever happen to run, and the information is handy just to help you with day-to-day dealings. Good job taking the initiative and involving yourself in the XFD process; try to spend a bit more time in that area, as, again, all of these fields have their own experience to be learned and applied later on. I'm also impressed with your ability to keep your cool during disputes. Remember, if an editor is ever being difficult, just be patient and try to reason it out with them. But overall, excellent work so far, and keep it all up! I'll recommend some vandal-fighting tools on your talk page to help you with vandalism. Master of Puppets 21:54, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I mostly revert vandalism on Recent changes and tag articles for speedy deletion. I also do some article writing, but very little.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   An incident that caused me a bit of stress was talking to editors of the Eagle Club Group article. I gave the editors some hints for the future, and told them to look at Misplaced Pages's rules about notability. Other than that, no conflicts.

Additional questions by Master of Puppets

1. An anonymous (IP) editor adds the text "jesus walkd among the lepers nd tehy were happy. this can b a metafor for some1 who makes freinds wit soshal outcasts" to the Leprosy article. What action do you take?

   If the editor just joined Misplaced Pages, I would revert and add the welcome vandal template to his/her talk page. If the editor is a repeat vandal, I would add the appropiate level warning.

2. You revert a user's edit to an article; the user is claiming that the moon is actually a holographic projection, set up by communists who have a base on the Eiffel tower. After this, you notice the user showing up a lot on your watchlist; every article that you visit, he or she makes some changes to, often disrupting dates or names. What do you do?

   I would ask, at first, to not add that information; then, I would warn with the user-warning templates. If he/she made a lot of disruptive edits I would report them to AIV.

3. A user who has added some uncited text to a school page claims to be the school's IT director, and threatens to sue you for slander and libel for reverting his edits. What do you do?

   I would remind the user about Misplaced Pages:No legal threats and Misplaced Pages:Assume good faith. I would then try to talk to the user as calmly as possible and help resolve those issues without any legal action.

Misplaced Pages:Editor review/Whiteandnerdy111

Thundermaster

Thundermaster (talk · contribs) I'm Thundermaster, and I joined Misplaced Pages a few months ago. I actively edit nearly every day on articles related to television and music and have created a couple of templates for music genres. I want to be reviewed because I want to see what others think about my progress at Misplaced Pages so far and I am interested to find out ways that I can improve. Thundermaster 14:23, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

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• I'd just like to bring up a quick point (Please bear in mind that I haven't checked much of your contributions but this example sprung up in my watchlist) . I found your comment to the user did not WP:AGF. That I.P. happens to be a very experienced user of Misplaced Pages and he never changes something for the sake of it; he always has a rationale behind his edits. You could've been slightly more polite and requested the reason why he changed the colour of the template; partaking in active discussion rather than assuming that he was wrong. But that is just one issue that sticks out at me. I am not completely aware of your other contributions yet. Scarian 15:28, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I have done a lot of work to Spineshank-related and Hoosiers-related articles because I feel they provide quite useful information on the bands and I am also particularly pleased with my templates on music genres because they have useful navigational purpose.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I have been in a few conflicts with other users but I feel the conflicts have ended with me realising that I was making a mistake and apologised.

Abyssal_leviathin

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Abyssal_leviathin (talk · contribs) I don't really have a concrete reason for asking for an editor review. I just stumbled on it, and thought it might be helpful to get one. So, um, have at me. Abyssal leviathin (talk) 18:26, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

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• Zoot Review - Well, I thoguht I'd give you a review and all I can say is: impressive mainspace record AbLe! You've really contributed to the site and I hope you'll continue to do so. Doing dutiful work such as adding listings to lists and the like can often be a tiring and thankless job, but you're doing a great job. If you were looking to improve on a few areas though (Especially if you were one day looking for adminship) I've got a few pointers that you can go by on your Wiki-walk of improvement. Although your mainspace (Article) edits are outstanding, you are very very very low on all wikipedia namespace edits (11 I believe) and if you ever want to become an admin (Not saying you do) you need to work on that. It's sometimes just as boring as list making, but I'd suggest taking part in some XfDs, some Wikiproject discussions (I believe you've already visited the project I contribute to WP:DINO), some RfA and FAC discussions and some collaborations. The community portal is a great way to start, even if it's only to look up article requests - but at least you're becoming familiar with the page as you do so. I'd also suggest getting out there - post on some talk pages or user talk pages and get to know your fellow editor. Friendships on here are good to have; whether it's for a collaboration partner, some to copyedit your article or to just ask for help, they're good to have. As it stands, the reason why you say you've had no arguments on here is because you've kept yourself rather sheltered; once you get out there you'll soon discover disputes and turmoil. It's not for everyone, but if you ever want to be an admin or to reach out to others on here, it's just funny to hear someone say they do not intend to ever have a conflict on here. Not saying you do want to become an admin, but admins do need to have conflict resolving skills. Other than those few pointers, all I can say is get an FA or FL, keep your edit summary up so others can keep track of your edits on articles and just continue with the great work which you're doing. Don't worry, you're not doing anything wrong and in fact, are doing a great job. It's just that if you want other things than article writing, those are what will help get you there. Sorry for dribbling on - I'm done. :) Have a Merry Christmas and a nice day. Cheers, Spawn Man 07:57, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I dunno, I suppose I'm proud of the lists I've made. Some terribly nerdy person may find use and/or enjoyment from the work I've done adding information from Jack Sepkoski's database of marine fossil genera, and when that happens I will feel warm and fussy on the inside. :)

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I haven't really been involved in any conflicts worth naming, nor do I intend to ever do so.

J-stan

J-stan (talk · contribs) Part of an admin coaching task. J-ſtan_Contribs 03:57, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

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• I looked over your contributions, and I'm quite impressed. Aside from quite a bit of vandal reverting, you've got a solid involvement in the XfD process. You also seem quite familiar with the RFA machine. Your edit count is lower than average; I don't really care about this, as I stand by the 'quality before quantity' principle, but other users like to see more numbers, so I'm just throwing that out there. Again, you have a substantial amount of talk and user talk edits, which is good; it shows that you can communicate with other users, rather than pouncing on an issue without warning.

Overall, you seem very well rounded, and I'd say my advice is to keep going strong. Maybe a bit more editing in the mainspace, as knowledge of policy is always useful in resolving conflicts and coaching younger users.

Oh, and did I mention that you're a mirror image of myself as an editor? :P Cheers, Master of Puppets 04:38, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, that's really encouraging! BTW, I have already adopted two newer users (one graduate, one inactive). Thanks again for the review! J-ſtan_Contribs 04:49, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

No problem, and good call on the adoptees; I don't want to sound cliche or anything, but I find I learn too when helping other editors find answers. Master of Puppets 05:07, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

• I'd start by saying that when you do vandal fighting, you do a great job, always warning the user appropriately allowing them to recognise that what they are doing is wrong, you certainly show a need for the block button and from your edits to WP:AIV, I can see you'd use it well. Mainspace wise, I think you need some more article edits - what you did with History of timekeeping was fantastic, you should really concentrate a little more on article writing because you're great at it. It's also important for understanding our content guidlines. Why not try and get one upto GA status? You're comments in discussion are good, I'd just like to see a few more comments in AFD discussions - it'll really help you understand notability guidlines even better. Looking at your deleted contribs, I see you have a lot of articles you've tagged for speedy deletion - keep that up! All in all, I think you're nearly there - just concentrate for the next few weeks on AfD's and mainspace work and I think we'll be ready to go with a nom! Ryan Postlethwaite 23:09, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks Ryan! Once I finished the first major edit, I looked at it and realized that this could make it up to GA status! I'll keep working on that. I've started a few AfDs lately (which seem to be exhibiting a pattern of not creating consensus. Odd.), but haven't been doing as much commenting. I'll work on those areas, and we'll see where I am after that. Also, check out my adoptees ER. I'm sure he'd love the input. Thanks again, J-ſtan_Contribs 00:42, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

• Probably a bit of a nag than an editor's review, but surely a good editor should have a nice looking user page? I think you should sort yours out :) The Helpful One 21:17, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

• You seem to be doing a great job. You are well-rounded (Wikipeda-wise), and would probably make a great admin. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 07:04, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

• I have been impressed by your work on the editor assistance page, where you seem to be on top of things and often the first responder. You should be proud of your work there and the help you provide. From looking at your edits, I would make a few suggestions to help you develop as an editor. Respond to a few requests for third opinions and requests for comment on articles. Helping in those situations will help to teach you how to reach consensus, deal with edit conflicts, and keep your cool while other's tempers are flaring. It will also, as a side effect, raise your article talk count - which I view as a sign of an editor who uses talk pages to work for consensus on articles. I would also, with Ryan, agree that nothing could help you as much as contributing quality content. It really teaches you a lot about what is useful (on wikipedia) and what is not. All the best. Pastordavid (talk) 18:48, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

• Just a gentle reminder that a comment as such contributes to (rather than dispels) an uncivil environment. It may provoke rather than help. Civility may be more helpful. Keep up the good work! Cheers, Kingturtle (talk) 20:24, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Certainly my vandalism fighting efforts using AVT and Twinkle. I think that vandal fighting is very important to the integrity and credibility of the project, and we should be grateful to have such a tight handle on that. As far as article writing, my recent contributions to History of timekeeping are something I am quite proud of. The EndWar page, even though there isn't much to work with, is a personal project of mine (it looks like it's going to be such a cool game, and I believe it deserves a good article), and I am also proud of those. Also, I help out at Misplaced Pages:Editor Assistance, and even though it isn't mainspace, I still feel good about helping other editors.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Hasn't every vandal fighter worth mentioning? :) There have been a few conflicts, none really standing out recently, and a few disagreements. I find I can generally keep a cool head about things, even when a certain vandal is really getting on my nerves. I help settle disputes at WP:EAR, and I think that these mediation skills I exercise will definitely come in handy if I ever become an admin.

Dreamafter

Dreamafter (talk · contribs) I have grown a lot, and I have changed and am quite willing to learn from criticsm and suggestions in this editor review. <DREAMAFTER> 22:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Review by delldot
Hey Dreamy, I've seen you around a lot. Nice work overall. Some specific comments:

• Your talk edits that I looked at were all friendly and successfully collaborating to bring an article up in standards. Great work! I looked at your RfA and saw that you responded well to criticism (though a lot of people are annoyed by the candidate responding to every oppose).
• I like how you approach editing and interacting with an attitude of humor!
• A couple months back, I saw an interaction at WP:Request an account between a group of scientists that all wanted the same username and someone who I think, but I'm not sure, was you (and I'm not going to trawl through the deleted revisions to find out if I'm right. If you don't participate at this page, you can ignore this). Whoever that person was, I think they messed up there. Basically, the group of scientists all wanted to edit under an account with the name of their group, an unquestionably bad idea. But instead of patiently explaining to them what the problems would be with that, this user just refused the request (though they did point the scientists to the relevant policies). Finally, the scientists gave up and decided not to edit at all. I feel like we could possibly have gotten them as contributors, which would have been really valuable, if the person reviewing their request had put a little more effort in. I left them a note on their talk page thanking them for their willingness to contribute to the project, explaining various reasons why they would probably end up wanting their own accounts anyway (editing at the same time, communicating, etc.) and making various suggestions about how they could accomplish what they wanted from the group account, but they were already gone by the time I saw the exchange. Anyway, if this wasn't you, pardon the irrelevant diatribe. If it was, I'd recommend keeping in mind that new contributors are very valuable, and it's important not to run them off, which is really easy to do. If you're not willing to put forth the extra effort to reach out to them, you should consider whether you have time to deal with their requests at all.
• Looks like you've had some image copyright troubles. Have you reviewed those policies?
• I also noticed on your talk page a couple notes from people who had problems with GA reviews you had done. Are you being careful with those now? The repeat problems could suggest you're not taking advice to heart and changing based on it, but I didn't find evidence either way.
• I noticed several people asking you for clarification on your talk page. This includes edit summaries and explanations on talk pages. Maybe try to reread posts before you hit save and make sure they would make sense to someone uninitiated (I am so guilty of this too).
• You go out of your way to show appreciation to people for their hard work, giving out barnstars and nominating people for adminship. This is great, we need to make the community a more rewarding place. Good job!
• Overall, you're clearly a prolific editor and you've been contributing high-quality material. Doing an awesome job in the mainspace. You've had civility issues in the past, and you may or may not have failed to reach out to new users in the past. But I see no recent conflicts, and you take criticism well. You're involved in a variety of areas in WP, e.g. BAG, RfA, wikiprojects, etc., and seem to be contributing positively in those areas. Great work overall. delldot talk 15:15, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Review by Legoktm
Hi Dreamy, I have been seeing you alot around WP:FOWL (as you are the lead coordinator) and I wanted to review you.

• Great job working on Minor Artemis Fowl Characters as now it is much more organized than before.
• Also, on talk pages you are usually polite and you assume good faith.
• At your RFA, you admitted you had made mistakes, and you took responsibility for them.
• The only negative thing I can think of was at your third RFA where you highlighted your number of edits, which many people did not like.

I think you should go for another RFA soon and I would be happy to nominate you. Awesome Job ~ LegoKTM 22:18, 12 March 2008 (UTC) Attention This user has been accused of Sock-puppeting to further himself at the WikiProject MilHist Coordinator Elections. View the evidence and comments at Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets/Dreamafter. ṜέđṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ § 02:37, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

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• Previous editor reviews: first, second, third.

• Previous Request for Adminship: Dreamafter.

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   My best contributions would have to be Legion Belge and Minor Artemis Fowl Characters, and Anzio War Cemetery. I created them/revamped them. I would also like to say Flight Cadet, Second-in-command, Wolf Armoured Vehicle, Heuschrecke 10, and Battle of Gondar. The reasons that I am proud of these articles are as follows : I either created them, or revamped them, and they are the articles that I have brought up in status.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I haven't been in any major edit conflicts, so I guess that I have been "lucky". I am mediating a case, as mentioned above, and I would deal with all of the future edit conflicts I might get into in the same way. I would like to deal with them in a good mannered nature, and with discussion, not with blocks. The only semi-major one was at this. It was fixed.

4. Do you still claim to be the copyright owner of Image:Vincenzo Camporini.jpg? How about Image:Waffentrager.jpg? -Nard 23:11, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Barkjon

Hello. I am Barkjon. I'm fairly new to Misplaced Pages. I am an admin in the Club Penguin Wiki and a user in Wookiepdia. Since I haven't really got a hang of Misplaced Pages's way of doing stuff yet, I'd like to have a review. Barkjon- talk 21:10, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

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• Hi Barkjon, you may want to check out Misplaced Pages:Tutorial and gain some experience before undergoing editor review. Editor review is generally to tell established users how they're doing with their edits. I have just one suggestion for you right now: Use the edit summary more often. Cheers. Temperal 03:30, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Well, I have recently become a frequent recent changes patroller and vandal fighter. And I have made many contributions to the Club Penguin page.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I have had some minor editing conflicts with vandals. I didn't really deal with it, I just kept rollbacking until they stopped.

Nousernamesleft*

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Archiving this request as user did not transclude the request onto the main page and because a considerable amount of time has passed since this request was made. Netalarmtalk 07:07, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Nousernamesleft (talk · contribs) Hi, I've technically been editing Misplaced Pages for a year now, but I've really been active only for the past two months; one month if you discount October (which you should, in my opinion). I've started a WikiProject, and am currently in the process of sourcing several articles, but I could probably do my job better if an experienced editor reviewed me. Temperal 04:10, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

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I've archived this review. Please see the reason listed above. If you wish to be reviewed, please file a new request and remember to transclude it onto the main Editor review page. Netalarmtalk 07:07, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I'm rather proud of my extensive work on the backlog of WP:AFC, and tagging almost singlehandedly the articles for the WikiProject I started. Also, I've started two articles about Canadian math competitions which I feel are fairly good for very new articles.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I'm currently in a conflict on this talk page, though technically it's not my conflict; I'm just trying to mediate by sourcing the discussed article.

Hencetalk

Hencetalk (talk · contribs) It has been suggested that I file an editor review after a failed RfA, I would also be intrested in knowing how I could improve my editing. Hencetalk 15:20, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Hi Hencetalk. I, as u requested, have reviewed the edits you have produced in the while. I have one question for you and some recommendation. My question is why did u say no i have not been involved in conflicts in the question below? I went through all of the edits you have made and found one comment you left on Kromssons user talk. As well as that i found two comments that could have potentially led to a conflict. One of witch is on the Smile TV show's talk page. The last is one left on the Taylor Lautner talk page. For my advice to you i would like to say that you should, in my eyes, review whats going on on talk pages before making comments about the Talk page being a encyclopedia not a forum. When i look at i see a talk page that is being talked on. Another thing is not to make what can be interpretted as rude comments. Such as with the Taylor Lautner page where you said i think you should respect talk page guidelines in response to comments. Now although it may be true the individual needs to respect the guidelines, you should use a more gentle way of asking them to respect the guidelines. Other then this from what i saw you seem to know whats going on. I believe that if you perhaps start editing pages through volunteering at the Maintainance department then you may have a shot at becoming an admin. Please feel free to leave me a message on my Talk Page and best of luck in becoming an admin. {*TEE DUB*} (talk) 22:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I am most pleased with my exstensive work on Special:Newpages, I have done this almost exclusively scince joining Misplaced Pages

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   No, I have not been involved with any conflicts with anyone on wikipedia

L.Wadsworth

L.Wadsworth (talk · contribs) Hello i was just wanting to know where i need to improve when editing wikipedia. Jay2k 09:15, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Reviews
I looked over some of your recent work. The first thing I noticed was that you don't always use edit summaries, but your usage of said summaries has improved. Many editors, including myself, considering using edit summaries very important. It allows other editors to more easily see what you're doing. Speaking of edit summaries, don't put things in there like "im sorry but hervey bay population can be found here HAVE A LOOK AND SEE For YOUR SELF http://www.herveybay.qld.gov.au/herveyBay/statistics.shtml" or "you population numbers were wrong as i live in the bay i should know check the council webpage" as they can seem somewhat bitey. I also noticed that you were blocked a couple of days ago for violating WP:3RR. I'd recommend taking another look over the list of policies to make sure you have good handle on what is what. Useight (talk) 08:32, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I think my edits on the Hervey Bay page are good because of the pics and added some missing item.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Yes on election day in Australia everyone was fighting over who is PM i got abit emotional but kind word from another user and i logged off so i could

cool down.

Jay2k 09:15, 1 December 2007 (UTC) Hi well i have been editing since sep and just want to know if there is anything i need to improve thanks.

ClueBot

ClueBot (talk · contribs) I have been here for 4 months now, and have accumulated close to 200,000 edits. I primarily fight vandalism. I want to know what the community thinks needs fixing or improving. There is also a proposal at WP:VPT to give me rollback so I won't use so much bandwidth. ClueBot (talk) 23:32, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

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• Review by jonny-mt - Of all the bots on Misplaced Pages, there are few I thank the higher powers for more than ClueBot. Believe it or not, every time I am beaten to a reversion or every time I see that some nonsense on my watchlist has been cleaned up automatically it brightens my day a little bit. While I understand that the system is not perfect, I think the use of a control system allowing for users to note incorrect reversions is extremely welcome, as it ensures that the bot continues to improve with a little bit of human help. I doubt it will ever be perfect, but given the sheer amount of vandalism you've successfully reverted compared to the miniscule amount of incorrect reversions, I would say that you're doing a fine job and are a more-than-welcome presence on this project. And besides, 100% usage of edit summaries is not shabby at all.... --jonny-mt_(c)I'm on editor review! 14:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

• Review by Mbisanz - In my months on here, I've run across several bots so far. In particular, I've never seen Clue make a revert, that I wouldn't have made myself. Several times I have gone to click "undo" only to see him jump in there. Some areas for improvement:
• I'm only seeing mainspace, talk, portal, user, wikipedia, and user talk edits. Extending to unprotected templates, all talk areas, and the Help space might increase your usefulness.
• Also, doing some sort of study between the various vandalism bots might lead to some "best practices" of ways to identify, revert, and report vandals.
• Since its an open-source bot, it should be easy for other experienced editors to explain its workings to complaints, and hopefully decrease the burden on the owner. I think the Bot Owners Noticeboard is one of our most underused features. Maybe a link there from ClueBot's talk/user page? Mbisanz (talk) 06:44, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose not enough talkspace edits – Gurch 16:21, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
• I'm slightly concented about your answer to question 2. You must know that there are false positives at times (admitted, they are rare). Since you have stricter rules for newcomers (and with good reason) it would be a good thing to keep this in mind, as your iron jaws may bite even harder than other editors. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 22:41, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

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• A static version of the below is available here. This is much less server intensive and is more thorough. Please use this one instead of the below. Thanks, ClueBot (talk) 23:36, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I am particularly pleased with the amount of vandalism I revert and the speed at which I revert it. ClueBot (talk) 23:36, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I don't think I have caused any stress except to vandals and those who try to race me to the revert. ClueBot (talk) 23:36, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

5. (optional) So technically your strings are pulled by a higher power. That higher power has decided to make your source code available. How would you feel about a general Bot-action noticeboard that would field complaints about you, instead of your maker fielding them?

   (answering for the bot) A lot of the questions I get concerning ClueBot could easily be answered by others, even those who don't have knowledge in the inner-workings of the bot. It would be nice if others could answer the questions that come up repetitively, and some do on my and ClueBot's talk page. -- Cobi 21:52, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

6. (optional :) ) There are other anti-vandal bots out there, is the book big enough for more than one AV bot? Mbisanz (talk) 09:55, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

   (answering for the bot) Friendly competition is a good thing as it makes us bot ops make our bots faster and better, catching more vandalism with fewer false positives. Few things are more satisfying than seeing vandalism being reverted in 2 seconds by your own creation. If there are other bots, there is competition and the bots get better and better. But if there are no other bots, there is a sense that your bot is fine just the way it is, and less motivation to make it better.  :) -- Cobi 21:52, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Epbr123

Epbr123 (talk · contribs) Hi. I'm not interested in becoming an admin, but would just like some tips on how I could improve. Epbr123 (talk) 22:58, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Review by delldot:

Hi Epbr123, you're one of the few people I've reviewed whose name I actually recognize before starting. Here are some thoughts:

• I think your commitment to creating and helping others create featured and good content is awesome.
• I found your Style and prose checklist on your userpage very helpful! It actually made me run to my current pet article and make some changes. I notice you say "Whole numbers under 11 should be spelled out as words..." I think it's actually numbers under 10 per WP:MOSNUM#General rule (I was recently corrected about this).
• I like your willingness to "rv unsourced" Even better might be a friendly note on the user's talk page explaining why, I didn't see one in this case.
• I noticed some problems people brought up with your AWB edits to articles involving minor wording changes. I'm not decided on whether this is just par for the course when you're making tons of edits like these or whether I should advise you to be more careful with the AWB edits. They looked ok to me. At any rate, I assume you review the edits before saving, right?
• I didn't want to spend much time on your RfC, as you've obviously gotten plenty of feedback from others there already. But I would be interested to know how you'd handle things this time around. From a look at the difs provided, I didn't see the kind of gross incivility you were being accused of, but it really couldn't hurt to soften your statements and try to be kind to others you're in a dispute with. It looks to me like a common thing happened there: your neutral comments were interpreted as more hostile than they actually were. This might in part be because you didn't provide a tone for them. Try to always think of something to thank or compliment them for in your notes to them. Not only does that help you keep perspective rather than letting you convince yourself they're a waste of space on the project, it really helps them to hear what you have to say rather than brushing it off as incivil. And if you set the tone of your post in a friendly way, it'll cut down on the likelihood that they'll read something as hostile that you didn't mean that way. Another thing you can try is after you write something but before you hit save, reread it in your snottiest possible tone of voice: is there anything that sounds meaner than you meant it to? Reword it.
  • Again, I didn't look too closely at the RfC, but I think from the diffs you could easily be accused of giving way too much of a FUCK. Dunno what you can do about that, apathy just comes naturally to me ;) But you may want to keep it in mind that you can get too attached to an outcome.
  • I saw that you endorsed the view by Malleus Fatuarum, does that mean you admit to being "rude, arrogant..." in the past? If so, good for you for owning up. Good for you for your statement in Q2, as well. Have you noticed a difference lately?
• I noticed you responding well to criticism on your talk page, so it looks like you really have taken the issue to heart. Good for you! Similarly, you received quite a nasty attack, and from what I can see, didn't respond at all, which is awesome (well, you did make fun of them later, which is sub-optimum, but putting that in context, I'd say pretty good work overall). Also, you were presented with the opportunity to get into a nasty brawl, and all you said was "All I can do is assure you that this is a misunderstanding." I'm quite impressed and pleased with your progress here.
• Looks like you do a lot of RfA participation, from your talk page. Good for you for putting in the time and effort necessary to nominate people, it's an important task that too few people are willing to put in the grunt work to do.
• I'm very impressed by the effort you (apparently, from their comments) put into helping Ctjf83 on your talk page.

Overall, I'm quite impressed with your content work and your recent progress with civility. It's possible I've missed something since I didn't look at your contribs exhaustively, but I definitely looked close enough to feel confident in saying I think you're doing great. delldot talk 18:05, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

• • Thank you for taking the time to do my review. I shall have a good think about your advice. Epbr123 (talk) 22:48, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

New review by delldot:
I was pleased to get the chance to review your contributions again because I'd been wondering how you were doing. I'll focus on civility and interaction because those were the only things I found to be problems before.

• I thought you handled yourself well during your RfA even though it got really nasty. I think you made a mistake, though, by engaging with folks that were really out to get you. I would have stood back and let others step up, that's just me though. At least you didn't let yourself get provoked enough to really lose it.
• I still notice that your comments may be coming across as a little more brusque than you may mean them to because you launch into the content rather than preceeding it with a greeting or something. e.g. on 23:50, 24 March 2008 (don't feel like finding the diff) you responded to a question, "Logical quotation has to be used as per Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style#Quotation marks." (Oh crap, did I screw that quotation up??) Not that there's anything wrong with this, I don't think you should necessarily change if doing so would feel insincere. But you see what I'm saying, right? With just the terse statement, it's ambiguous how you're feeling, it leaves it open to the reader to interpret and they may think it sounds angrier than you mean it to. If you're making a criticism, it can sound particularly harsh if you just launch into it. (I haven't seen you do this, I'm just saying). Similarly, not responding at all can make people uncomfortable. I noticed that you had altered some of your comments to clarify that you were admitting fault, apologizing, and agreeing to be more vigilant, so that's good
• I noticed a few times on your user page that people brought up errors with rollback; I make a lot of them myself and tend to think a few are bound to happen when you're reverting a lot of vandalism. Nonetheless, you know it's something to watch out for.
• I read your whole talk page since your last RfA and saw no civility problems, so that's great! Even if (as some will inevitably say on your next RfA) you've just been on your best behavior lately, that's really all you have to do: keep it up!
• The amount of help you give other folks in terms of copy editing, commenting on FACs and doing GA reviews is truly awe inspiring. You're a terriffic asset to the project and you've made a great deal of progress with civility. delldot on a public computer talk 08:37, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I have significantly contributed to 7 FAs, 1 FL and 4 GAs. I occasionally review articles at WP:GAN and WP:FAC, and I hand out GAN Reviewer of the Week awards at Misplaced Pages talk:Good article nominations. I participate at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject UK geography, where I am currently involved in placing assessment tags on all UK settlement talk pages. I sometimes participate at WP:AfD and patrol recent changes. I am also on quests to add images to every Kent settlement article, and to ensure that only notable porn stars have articles.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   My AfD nominations have led to a request for comment. I think the result of the RfC was that there wasn't much wrong with my nominations, but I acted too aggressively to the people that were opposed to them. I am hoping that my behaviour has improved since the RfC; it taught me that WP:Civility is a far more important policy than WP:Notability. Epbr123 (talk) 23:26, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Rschen7754*

Rschen7754 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) What the heck, might as well to see how I am doing. Rschen7754 (T C) 07:01, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

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1. Say, I noticed from one of NE2's contributions that he tagged for deletion on User:Rschen7753 and decided to choose a username that looks like yours. Do you have any comment about it? 68.4.223.161 02:49, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

   Blocked indefinitely. --Rschen7754 (T C) 03:02, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

1. With the number of entries at Special:Contributions/JNW2, I find it somewhat surprising that User talk:JNW2 suddenly acquired a welcome message that had some boilerplate that assumed that I was new to Misplaced Pages. You might consider rewording that so that it doesn't make that assumption; at the same time, it's certainly possible to make 150+ edits and not stumble across all the basic guides to editing wikipedia. On the other hand, there's a part of me that thinks that spending more time looking at someone's contributions before posting boilerplate to their userpage, and or editing the boilerplate based upon what you read in the user's contributions, might do a better job of making people feel welcome. Also, I don't think of myself as a roadfan, and would prefer not to be labeled such just because I made an attempt to improve a road related wikipedia article. JNW2 (talk) 23:40, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   All of my work related to WP:USRD, especially in California.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Yes. WP:RFAR/HWY, WP:SRNC. However, I was able to remain civil for the majority of the time. I plan to do so in the future.

Sniperz11

Sniperz11 (talk · contribs) Hi. I've been editing Misplaced Pages for almost 9 months now, and have around 700 mainspace edits. Still, I feel that I can improve my work by a few notches. I'd like to get other users opinions and reviews so that I can contribute better. Sniperz11 11:15, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

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• Obviously, you have rather more than 700 edits now. Overall, I think you're a very proficient editor (and fanatical enough to go around tagging a few hundred pages with WikiProject templates). I'm impressed with the civil way you dealt with the user listed in your conflicts section; both of you kept cool heads. (It seems that you had worked with that user prior to the conflict, which may have helped.) More recently, you've done pretty good work reverting vandalism. My only complaint is that you don't use the edit summary as often as I think users should (i.e. pretty much all the time), but my standards are pretty high. Anyways, I've added some additional questions for you to answer. I hope you return from your WikiBreak soon! Temperal 04:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello Temperal. Thanks a ton for assessing my edits. I'll do my best to try and answer your questions satisfactorily. I agree with your assessment about the lack of edit summaries. I too realized that deficiency when I discovered Kate Wannabe's tool, and over the past two months, I have tried to put edit summaries for every single one of my edits. The ones without summaries are mostly minor edits to my own user sub-pages.

P.S. I have expanded upon some of my previous answers. Hope they satisfy. Cheers. Sniperz11 14:19, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I feel that I work better collaboratively. But I have also created a few new articles, mainly related to Indian defence matters. Of these, I'm proud of Indian MRCA Competition, an article which I created. I'm also happy with the series of articles I'm creating about DRDO Labs

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I have faced my share of disagreement, most notably with User:Chanakyathegreat. However, this sort of disagreement is essential for wikipedia's progress, and certainly doesn't stress me out. The Best way I've found to counter this is to talk directly to the person, and sort out the issue with them. It usually turns out to be that he has very valid reasons for his edit.

Vandalism and repeated non-referenced edits are another matter altogether. In this case, the only solution is to be patient and exasperate the vandal. Admin intervention is also a good idea since it has the stamp of authority. I tried this tactic with the for Indian MRCA Competition page, where 202.164.146.55 was repeatedly making the same edit. Ultimately, after a month, he stopped vandalizing the page, and left.

1. Optional question by Nousernamesleft (also known as Temperal): have you worked extensively on any article that has made GA status? How about FA?

Unfortunately, I havent had the privilege of being involved in a GA or FA article. My involvement has mainly been with important Indian Defence related pages and creating pages that I think are important. With further improvements, I'm sure that pages like HAL Tejas and Indian Army can be brought to at least a GA status. As I see it, there is a big hump between B-class and GA status that is the most difficult to cross.

1. Optional question by Nousernamesleft (also known as Temperal): Which of the following would you tag for speedy deletion? Which ones would you tag for AFD? Which ones would you leave alone?
   • User:Nousernamesleft/test1 - AFD - Notability is not satisfied, and it is a stub without suitable refs. However, the page may offer scope for improvement, and, if improved, may be a good addition to wikipedia.
   • User:Nousernamesleft/test2 - Speedy Deletion candidate. Its a clear case of wikipedia graffiti, and satisfies CSD criterias (1) & (11) of general criteria, and criteria (1), (3) & (7) for articles.
   • User:Nousernamesleft/test3 - Keep - the article is a stub, and suitable tags must be added to draw attention to that fact. But otherwise, the subject is sufficiently notable and encyclopedic to allow for the page to remain

Stormtracker94

Stormtracker94 (talk · contribs) Hey all. I've been editing around here for about four months and have decided to check my progress yet again. Mainly, I would like to know how my editing is, and when I should apply for adminship. Thanks- STORMTRACKER 94 19:13, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

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• A quick review, for the adminship hopeful. I would suggest some more edits in the admin related area's, and youy should get a few more edits in the main, probably some vandal reversions. Other than that, I would say don't self-nom for adminship, get an experienced editor/admin to do it for you. I suggest that you do it when you get to about 4.5 to 5 thousand total edits, otherwise they will scream "to little editing or not enough mainspace". <DREAMAFTER> 23:45, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Mainly, my best contirbutions on Misplaced Pages are editing and expanding baseball articles, such as Luis Castillo (baseball) and Juan Uribe, as well as vandalism fighting and newpage/RC patrol. I currently have an edit count of about 3,500 and my edit summary usage is 100%.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Yes, mainly with vandalism work. I have reported vandals who were angry at me after revertion to the AIV if they were repeat vandals, which they all were. If they were not, I would report it to an admin right away.

Eddie6705

Eddie6705 (talk · contribs) I have been editing Wikipeida since July and i would like to know what sort of progress i have been making. I have worked mostly on the Wikiprojects for Formula One, Golf, and Football, but am also starting to use Vandelproof. I am interested to hear the comments. Eddie6705 (talk) 18:04, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

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Reviewed by Moonriddengirl

Hello, Eddie6705. We have very little overlap in our article contributions, but it looks to me like you do very good work. :) I've had a look at your user page and your contribution log for the past 6 weeks or so and hope to be able to offer you some useful feedback. I see a lot of good wikignoming, some good vandalism clean-up and some substantial article contribution.

On to specifics, and starting small, I see good use of edit summaries, generally no-nonsense and fairly consistent. Once in a while, though, you do forget. As explained at Help:Edit summary, you can ask your computer to remind you. There's an option under "Preferences" (it's in the editing section). Edit summaries are really handy to guide people looking through long edit histories to determine who did what when, and they're also useful to folks on recent changes patrol.

You also might want to brush up on what to tag as minor. This edit is not minor, though it is so tagged. This one, which isn't tagged, is. Some editors will not bother viewing changes that have been marked as minor and so may miss substantial changes when they're mismarked. Meanwhile, some of those RCPers may be ignoring minor edits, and if your minor edits are appropriately marked, it'll save them a tiny bit of time. And at the same time I say this, I have to note that I often forget to mark changes as minor myself...though I try. :)

In terms of your interactions with others, I don't have a lot to judge by, but what I see reflects civility & an interest in working cooperatively. I note this and this, as examples.

Your use of user warnings seems consistently pretty good, although I do wonder if this level 3 warning for a first unconstructive edit might have been a tad bit over-zealous. It's blatant vandalism, so I completely agree with skipping past level 1, but you often begin with level 2 in those circumstances, a choice I support. It's a small point, but I generally advocate starting with the lowest appropriate warning level, although I will drop a much stronger first warning for some types of vandalism (WP:BLP violations, for instance). I do see some opportunities for addressing vandals or mistaken editing that you've missed. Generally, I don't sweat it much if I see that somebody has reverted day-old vandalism without leaving a warning, but when I see unconstructive edits reverted within a few minutes and no warning left, I like to encourage more follow-up. Warning labels are not only useful in discouraging further edits of a similar nature, but are also valuable in helping swiftly track the level of threat that an editor represents to the project so that they can be appropriately blocked at WP:AIV if necessary. Here are four examples, though I saw a few more: , , , .

Speaking of communication and reversion, if you do revert somebody, it's generally good form to explain why in some fashion or another. This seems like a rather large edit to undo without any kind of notice why. I'm unfamiliar with the topic. If it was blatant vandalism, see the previous paragraph. :) If it was a matter of inadequate sourcing, it would be courteous to leave {{Uw-unsourced1}} to explain that to the editor. If the reasons for removal were more complex, a note on the article's talk page might have been warranted.

Your article contribution looks solid. It reflects a lot of care and attention in crafting on your part. I've looked through the ones you've listed as having created. I do have one concern about some of them, regarding sourcing. I'm not familiar with the standards of racing articles, but it is nice to give people the ability to verify the factual accuracy of your work quickly. I note as a few examples where sourcing seems lacking 2008 German Grand Prix, Alfa Romeo Grand Prix results & (not a racing article) Southern League Cup 2007-08. If extensive footnoting is not called for, a simple reference under external links may be beneficial. I know you know this from looking at most of your other articles, which do supply sourcing. :) I'd encourage you to consistently supply at least basic sourcing on everything.

With regards to your deletion nominations, I note that most of them are fully appropriate and accordingly deleted. I'm always impressed when users properly tag an article for WP:CSD#G4 as you did Eddie Anaclet, because that takes memory. Memory I don't always have. :) I do have a couple of suggestions regarding your CSD tags, but just a couple. First, I note you tagged article Zayd Al-Essa for WP:CSD#A1 on December 9th 6 minutes after creation and 2 minutes after the creator's last edit. At that point, the article consisted of an incomplete infobox, and evidence would seem to me pretty clear that the creator, who had edited three times since the article was created six minutes before, was still working on it. There is a recommendation in the speedy deletion policy against nominating new articles that appear incomplete for deletion for such concerns. In such cases, it may be better to watchlist the article and check back later to see if it has been abandoned in that state. The article was eventually deleted under WP:CSD#A3 (the proper criterion, since A1 is only for articles that are written in such a way that you can't even figure out what they're about), but only after almost an hour of inactivity. The creator made two more edits to it after your tag before abandoning it a minute later. It's hard to say if he was discouraged by having an ongoing project tagged for deletion, but it's possible. Not only is it better not to tag articles in such circumstances, but as a courtesy, you might even want to leave a note letting the creator know how to add an {{inuse}} tag so that other editors realize that it's still under development. This is operating simply under the philosophy that we don't want to bite the newcomers; sometimes we even go out of our way to be nice to them. :)

I'd also like to strongly encourage you to leave warnings on the pages of the creators whose articles you tag for deletion. The tags, once placed, contain simple courtesy notifications that you can copy & paste, which is about as easy as it gets. :) People who create articles eligible for deletion often are new and generally are quite confused to find their articles suddenly gone. More than a few of them turn up at the help desk because they can't figure it out themselves. The templated warning gives them necessary information to figure out what they did wrong and hopefully prevent their making the same mistake if they choose to recreate the article. Also, in some circumstances these warnings are a prerequisite to deletion. Administrators are not supposed to delete articles for copyright violation unless the creators have been notified of policy. The message that can be copied from the deletion template satisfies this requirement.

Finally, with regards to CSD, I wonder why you tagged this in November as nonsense:

A quick check would suggest it is a hoax, as the current world record hot dog eater is Joe Chestnut, but hoaxes are not speediable as nonsense. If blatant, hoaxes may be deleted as {{Db-vandalism}}. (I also see that you left him a blanking warning for removing the CSD; that was some time ago, so you may know by now that there is a specific warning for removing CSD tags. There's a whole compendium of warnings over here.) It may benefit you to periodically re-read WP:CSD to be sure that you're up to date on the criteria and what they're for.

I hope that this review does not come across as focusing too much on the negative to you. I certainly don't mean it to, but it feels a lot more productive to say, "Here's something you could fix!" rather than "Oh, this looks great! and this! and this!" :) As I said in my intro, you do seem to be doing quite well. All the articles I've seen you touch do seem to come away the better for it, and it's obvious that you're interested in helping to promote the quality of articles on Misplaced Pages. You ask specifically about your progress; I'd say you're doing fabulously. If my recommendations can be of use to you, all the better. Either way, keep up the good work. :)

I will be watchlisting until I'm reasonably sure you've had a chance to see it. If you'd like to follow up on anything, you can do so here or (especially if you think I'm no longer watching) you can address me at my talk page. I'd be happy to expand on anything if I've been unclear. --Moonriddengirl 18:20, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Well, i am pleased with my work on WP Golf in that i have created templates and am adding infoboxes to the articles. Recently i have also been adding templates showing a stub rating. I am also very pleased with making Oxford United a GA.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I wouldn't really say i have been in a conflict but i have had problems with some anon users before. In these cases, i have first spoken to them on their talkpage, and then moved onto to adding warnings. I have always tried to be polite when in these situations and i will continue to do so in the future.

Alexfusco5

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

Alexfusco5 (talk · contribs) I would like an editor review to see how the community thinks of me as a Misplaced Pages editor Alexfusco5 02:56, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

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You have done an excellent job with anti-vandal work with over 50 reports to AIV. I encourage you to keep it up as well as the welcoming work. With over a thousand edits a month, you are a devoted editor. Great job. However, a few months ago, I recall you placed {{administrator}} on your userpage. However, that is no longer a problem. I would also reccommend more participation in WP:RFA and WP:XFDs. And please remember not to vote, but argue. I hope this helps.

I have given you additional questions. If you can answer them I can give you a more in depth review. Thanks!

After viewing your answers to the additional questions, I can see you know administrative jobs very well. However, the last CSD question was about WP:NOTABILITY. I would suggest you familiarize yourself with that policy more. I don't blame you, that indeed is the toughest policy to follow and many articles have been deleted due to that. Thanks! Marlith /C 02:20, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Here's the Readers Digest version

• Chillax the userpage. Tone it down.
• You revert a lot of vandalism, which is very good, but play around with editing the actual encyclopedia, it will be worthwhile.
• When reverting vandalism, make sure the revert is reverting vandalism, not a mass improvement.
• Listen to editors around you, particularly ones that have helped you in the past, they will be your allies.
• Have fun.

--wpktsfs 18:44, 16 December 2007 (UTC) Comments

An entire paragraph in an article on H. Thaci cites no source. You should remove it.

Hashim Thaci also founded the "Drenica-Group" an underground organization that is estimated to have controlled between 10% and 15% of all criminal activities in Kosovo (smuggling arms, stolen cars, oil, cigarettes and prostitution). The Group relied on its close connection to the Albanian, Czech and Macedonian mafia; one of the most important factors in these connections being Thaci's sister's marriage to Sejdija Bajrush, one of the largest Albanian mafia leaders. One of the group's first military activities in Kosovo was the May 25 1993 attack on the railroad crossing in Glogovac in central Kosovo, when a band composed out of Thaci and his closest Drenica friends, Rafet Rama, Jakup Nuri, Sami Ljustku and Ilijaz Kadriju; killed four Serbian policemen and severely wounded three. On 17th June 1996 Thaci and several other members of the KLA opened fire on a Serbian police car in Sipolje in northern Kosovo, on the Kosovar Mitrovica-Pec road. Later the same year another unit under Thaci threw hand grenades into the Serbian military barracks "Miloš Obilić" in Vučitrn in central Kosovo.

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   On Misplaced Pages, my best work is reverting vandalism and updating market share in Internet Explorer articles. I recently started getting involved in welcoming new users to Misplaced Pages and new page patrolling. When patrolling new pages I try to add templates to the page to help get the article some attention. Alexfusco5 03:10, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   As with all editors sometimes I get into conflicts. To deal with them I try to calmly explain to the editor why I made that change and try to work out a way to make both of us happy (except in the case of obvious vandalism) I always try to make the editor understand why I reverted his/her edit(s) or made that change. Alexfusco5 03:10, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Additional Questions from Marlith /C 01:49, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Speedy Delete or not:

1. CSD1 YES
2. CSD2 YES
3. CSD3 NO
4. CSD4 YES
5. CSD5 NO

Vandalism or or not:

1. NOT VANDALISM GOOD FAITH
2. VANDALISM
3. TEST EDITS
4. NOT VANDALISM REMOVAL OF NONSENSE SECTION
5. NOT VANDALISM GOOD FAITH
6. NOT VANDALISM GOOD FAITH

Have fun! Marlith /C 01:49, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Brbigam

Brbigam (talk · contribs) I have been using and editing Misplaced Pages for several years, and would like to know what kind of Wikipedian I am. I'm still learning how to do certain things like properly citing sources (I understand the idea of citation, but not really how best to do it on Misplaced Pages.). Most of my edits are correcting typos, reverting vandalism, things like that. I may one day in the future look into becoming an admin, but right now I'm not active enough and have too low of an edit count. Thanks in advance for any help you can give on being a better editor. Brbigam (talk) 16:26, 23 November 2007 (UTC) Update: I noticed that historically many of my edits did not have edit summaries. This was usually an oversight, and a month ago I turned on the preference to prompt me for edit summaries before saving. Brbigam (talk) 16:50, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I am glad to have been able to start the Choluteca River article and provide a picture for it, as well as expanding the Choluteca, Choluteca article. I also started the World Gospel Mission article, which has developed into a rather respectable one. I also provided the first picture for Turin Cathedral, although a better one is there now. Most of my edits are fixing typos and reversing vandalism.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I can't think of any real edit conflicts I've been in. The closest I can think of is just that a logo I uploaded was tagged as not having a source cited, and I just fixed it. If I ended up in a conflict, I think I would try to take a deep breath and discuss it on the appropriate talk page, and find as many sources as I could to support my position.

Deflagro

Deflagro (talk · contribs) I would like to see in what areas of my editing could use some improvement and mainly just see how I can improve here. Deflagro /_T 17:29, 22 November 2007 (UTC) Edit: I just noticed that Interiot's 'Wannabe Kate' Tool is wrong. It says I only have 1410 edits, but when I got to my preferences it says I have 1516 edits. Also where it shows what I have edited, those are edits from a LONG time ago. If you want to view more recent edits please view my contributions. Thanks! Deflagro /_T 19:02, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

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Review by Pedro

Great work so far. I reviewed Francis Drake and you input there looks good, but just as importantly you're using the talk page to discuss the article. That's vital to consensus building. I see that generally content contribution is what you want to do. That's superb, after all it's what we're here for. I would however sugest calming down your sig. a bit though - exotic fonts and lots of code can be a bit concerning for some - it's not a biggie however. FYI The reason for the difference between your count by the Interiot tool and you preferences is deleted contributions. For example, if you a tag an article under WP:CSD and it gets deleted, or you edit an article subsequently removed the Interiot tool will not count them. Don't worry though. WP:EDITCOUNT isn't everything! Quality over quantity. Thanks! Pedro :  Chat  21:42, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I feel my best contribution is I run Portal:Piracy by myself. The creator told me when I signed on with the Portal that he would probably not be very active enough to run it himself. Sometimes my updates have been a little late, but I try to create the new pages in advance.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   On the Francis Drake article, I had a misunderstanding with User:Hispa. It wasn't really an argument or a disagreement but more of a communication error with different references saying different things. (Full discussion can be viewed here).

Codelyoko193

Codelyoko193 (talk · contribs) I'd like to be reviewed to see how I am doing on Misplaced Pages and what I can do to become better, and maybe an administrator (a longterm goal). Thanks!, Codelyoko193 (T/C) 14:56, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

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Review by Pedro

• Hi Codelyoko193. I think you're doing great since your RfA, and I'm delighted that your lack of success there has not put you off. New Page Patrol is a thankless task, but vital. I'd keep up your focus there but also look at WP:AFD. Althoug substantial content addition is important, a good way to show your knowledge of policy is through AfD with comments that add real value - and that doesn't allways mean delete either. For "fun" why not find an AfD candidate article and see if you can save it using WP:N and WP:RS whilst avoiding WP:OR. On balance though you're going great so keep up the hard work! Thanks! Pedro :  Chat  21:31, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Well, I always thought that the simplest of edits can help us in large ways. Be it Making two links into one, because the second was a redirect, or adding a stub tag to an article, we can seem like professionals and make out encyclopedia better. The link fix would make is so people would not get confused, and the stub tag would help people locate this article and potentially help in improving and expanding the article. Who knows? It could become featured one day. Also, I have been patrolling the New Pages, and tag an article for speedy deletion whenever necessary.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   User:Slartibartfast1992 asked me to help in his conflict with User:Keithn. Keithn kept removing our comments and we would put them back because we wanted to help. I will admit that it was childish.

Billscottbob

Billscottbob (talk · contribs) Hi, I'm Billscottbob, I've been working on this account on and off over the last year or so. I spend most of my time on recent changes patrol and new pages patrol. More recently, I've done work on AfD. I enjoy familiarizing myself with Misplaced Pages policy and have tried to get involved with the notability discussion on schools. I've spent some time on articles relating to education. I want to know how I should get involved and how I can improve as a editor. Thanks Billscottbob (talk) 01:05, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

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Reviewed by Moonriddengirl

Hi, Billscottbob. I, too, am civil but not bold. :) I also have the flu, so if you feel I short shrift you here, please prompt me for follow-up, and I will go over it again when I am less loopy.

First thing I notice in your contributions is a whole lot of AfD, which is good, because we need more people working there who know what they're up to. :)

I say that even recognizing that you misstepped a bit here, but I like the way you handled it there and at the talk page of the creator, and I'll bet that you would not repeat that particular choice. Looking through your deleted contribution history, I do note that you've occasionally tagged articles as {{db-empty}} within a minute or two of creation. You may not have noticed the section of WP:CSD that indicates that "Contributors sometimes create articles over several edits, so try to avoid deleting a page too soon after its creation if it appears incomplete". Generally speaking, it may be a bit bitey to tag an article within a minute or two and might scare a new contributor away from finishing a baby article. (I will also note that admins sometimes follow-up and delete articles by A1 and A3 within just a few minutes,too.) Take I League 2007-08 as an example. The same creator who laid the groundwork on 12/18 restarted the article after you tagged it (and an admin deleted it), taking it incrementally from this to this in a matter of hours. That particular example predates your AfD, but it's the best example I can provide of an article clearly under development. More recently, on the 21st, you tagged Lethal Weapon 5: The Return of Sing Ku for speedy, but even though the principle of courtesy to new articles may remain, it's kind of hard to drop an impassioned "Think of the poor creators" in the case of an article like that. :D But you might want to consider using {{expand}} when you hit sub-stub articles that are a few minutes old and checking back later to see if the empty criterion still applies.

Anyway, after that long digression, your usual contributions at AfD, PROD & CSD suggest familiarity with policy and bear up your self-assessed of civility. :) (I offer as a particular example this nicely framed reply and subsequent .) I do wonder a bit about your nomination of your article Slackcountry. I've read and understand your stated purpose, but I wonder if it wouldn't have been better to simply discuss the possibility of a merger (or the location of other sources) at the talkpage of a wikiproject or the article with which it was eventually merged. There are less formal processes that might have been utilized there just as successfully, and it seems that there are generally more articles at AfD than there are editors to actually talk about them. :) I was particularly pleased to see that you PRODded the article Mat who is fat. While it was deleted by an admin under WP:CSD#A7, your choice was procedurally correct. A7 does not address t.v. shows, and I'm a bit of a stickler for following the rules. :) You might want to review WP:CSD#G1 and WP:CSD#G3. I've seen a couple of things you tagged as nonsense that were technically excluded, but might have fit nicely under the header of vandalism. I'll note that these two criteria afford a lot of confusion to everybody, and I've seen a lot of articles deleted as one that were more probably the other.

In terms of article work, you seem quite solid. I've looked through some of your more substantial contributions as well as your tagging improvements and vandalism clean up, and you seem very much to know what you're about. Your edit summaries are generally good—descriptive & consistent. (I say generally, because very, very occasionally you omit them, as here, and some people like to see edit summaries used 100% of the time.)

I like your essay. I think you are developing it nicely. And it's not within the province of reviewing your Misplaced Pages contributions, but I like what it says about your critical thinking skills. :) Good on you, not to throw the baby out with the bathwater, but also not to buy a pig in a poke. (Talk about mixing your metaphors. :)) I agree that it's quite important to evaluate the contents of every article (or poke or bathtub) before deciding it if it's worthy or not.

Here's where I fear I may be too medicated to be useful. You say, "I want to know how I should get involved and how I can improve as a editor." I'm not coming up with anything specific to you in response. If we were talking face to face, I'd ask what you want to do. Since we're not, I'll take some general stabs.

• Keep it up. The more you do, the more you'll encounter and learn. You obviously benefit from experience, so it seems a good teacher for you.
• Consider what other work appeals to you and branch out in those directions. Would you like to write more articles? There's Misplaced Pages:Requested articles. Want to turn that experience evaluating articles in a different way? Take a look at Misplaced Pages:Articles for creation. Perhaps you'd like to take your interactions with other editors in a new direction. You can involve yourself in the much needed areas of dispute resolution, perhaps with WP:3O or with the desperately undermanned WP:RFC. Or you could try helping out some of the folk who address those tags you place. Join one of the wiki clean-up projects, like Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check. Or sit in at the help desk for a while.

In any event, you seem to be doing quite well as you are, but there are a many different directions you could take, depending on time and inclination. :)

I'll be watching this page until I'm reasonably sure you've had a chance to see it. If you'd like follow-up, you can ask here. If it's been a while, you might want to ask at my talk page. :) --Moonriddengirl 20:57, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for such a thorough review. It seemed to take a while to recieve a review but this was well worth the wait. I may have some other questions for you later. Thanks again. Billscottbob (talk) 06:26, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Only one thing I can think of to discuss so far: my nom of Slackcountry was because I was under the impression that if I remove the PROD tag as a clearly involved party it would be proper procedure to nominate it for AfD as a replacement. In hindsight I see that that was a very beaurocratic decision. Could you clarify what the better alternative would be? I feared that a merge tag would not get enough attention but I see how that would be less intrusive on the time of editors at AfD. Billscottbob (talk) 06:41, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm glad if it was worth the wait. :) I do try to be thorough, particularly given how long the wait can be. With regards to PROD, a PROD is meant to be strictly uncontroversial, which is why a PROD tag can be removed by anyone, including the article's creator. In fact, even after an article is PRODded, anyone can go to deletion review and request that the article be restored and (unless it contained unaddressed speediable issues) it will be, as a matter of routine. You can simply explain in your edit summary when you remove the PROD or on the article's talk page why you disagree. As far as merger proposals are concerned, I follow the procedures outlined at Help:Merging and moving pages. You post the notice on the page to be merged; post the notice on the page to be merged to, and create a discussion at the page to be merged to. The help page indicates that "If there is clear agreement or silence" you can proceed with the merger. If you really want feedback because you aren't sure yourself, you can always start by tracking down an editor or two that you know to be active on the subject (I usually check contribution histories) and leave a note at their talk pages. You could even start by approaching the editor who placed the PROD with a friendly, "Hi. I see your point and am thinking of merging this material. What do you think?" Of course, you then want to be careful with your subsequent merger proposal not to invite them individually to the conversation, to avoid the appearance of canvassing. :) --Moonriddengirl 13:03, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I have completed a merger before. I just thought there might be a more publicized way of proceeding but contacting the PRODer and interested parties makes sense as the most effective way to deal with it.

I have a few questions about my essay:

• Should I eventually move the essay to Misplaced Pages:Assessing reliability?
• If so, what needs to be done before I move it?
• If I moved it, do I create a shortcut myself and register it on Misplaced Pages:List of shortcuts, or is there a formal process for shortcut creation? Billscottbob (talk) 17:15, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that one, as I've never written a Misplaced Pages essay before and have no idea what the protocol is for moving them to project space. You might want to Village Pump that one. But, looking at Category:Misplaced Pages essays, I will say that it looks like the essay should remain in user space until such a time as it is substantially edited by others or frequently referenced, as that category header notes that "Essays in Misplaced Pages namespace that are mostly written by a single person, and not frequently referenced, are generally moved to the userspace of their author". :) --Moonriddengirl 18:13, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, that gives me a good summary of what the essay needs to be worthy of projectspace. I've posted it on Village Pump (assistance) last week. I then posted on the talk pages of related essays/guidlines/policies so that it would recieve more attention. I guess I'll just wait a while to see how it pans out. Billscottbob (talk) 18:19, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I noticed you had done the rounds. :) (That's why I didn't link village pump; you already know the way!) I don't remember the specifics of those conversations, since it wasn't a major focus of mine, but if you haven't already, you might want to ask at what point it is appropriately included in the "See also" section of related documents. --Moonriddengirl 18:30, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay, that's all for now, thanks again. Billscottbob (talk) 22:40, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

All right, then. If you think of anything else you'd like to discuss, you can head over to my talk page. I'll be taking this off my watchlist now. :) --Moonriddengirl 23:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I spend most of my time dealing with vandalism using a recent changes filter and sometimes work on new pages patrol. I don't tend to dedicate myself to one article or page but like to diversify and add small bits of information. I work especially on pages that are struggling and that I have personal experience with, for example Round Square, Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School, VHF Marine Radio and Canadian Avalanche Association. More recently, I've been working on AfD.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I've had some issues from trying to solve vandalism but in all cases to date, I've had a more experienced editor back me up. I'm civil but not bold.

MindstormsKid

MindstormsKid (talk · contribs) I am new to Misplaced Pages, and I just wanted to see what everybody thinks of me. I am planning to run for RFA soon. *MindstormsKid* 17:03, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

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Runewiki777

Hello Mindstormskid. First off, I want to say, that your work is not bad. Nice mainspace to edit ratio. I admire your work on Misplaced Pages. Your edits are nicely averaged out, a little article building there and some reverts there. I encourage you to spend a little bit more time on the wikipedia-space. You know particapate in Rfas, that sort of thing. However, I would advise you not to apply for adminship yet. You are still new and you only have 700 edits. You know those people at the RFA. Blah blah blah, power hungry, to new don't have experience. That sort of thing. You know, when you have like a hundred edits and you apply for adminship, there is always this guy saying, get a thousand edits. I will be happy to support anyone qualifyed. Then, when you have 1000 edits there this guy saying get 3000 edits and so on.... RuneWiki 21:12, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I'm very proud of my vandalism reverts, and I also am proud of my work on Fly pentop computer.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Well, the article Power Puzzle, which I created, was proposed for deletion. I don't know if this counts as a conflict, but I kept saying that it should be kept. In the end, it was deleted, and I decided to keep cool.

Mbisanz

Mbisanz (talk · contribs) So I've been on Misplaced Pages for a bit of time now. I've become more involved using AWB to improve existing article quality. I'm planning to get more involved in article creation, but I find it difficult to translate information from outside sources into a flowing article. Mbisanz (talk) 00:53, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

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• I have interacted with this user before, and think that this user's work is very valuable. I don't see any problems. Academic Challenger (talk) 01:47, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
• I've been looking at your edits and talk page comments that you've made over the last couple of weeks, and have to say that I am very impressed. (I did not dig too deep into the past, only at what you're currently up to). Your talk and user page have been on my watchlist, and each time it has "bumped to the top", I've dived in to see what others' were saying to you, and what you were replying. I've checked out your contribs and have to also say that, by and large, you do a terrific job of saying what you mean in a polite and direct way. You are to the point, sincere, and very willing to help out other editors when they need it (user:DonnPulley for example). You also know how to get help when you need it, and you seem, from your contribs, to take others' advice sincerely and act on the advice. You are quick to apologize when shown errors, quick to say "that's OK" when other's err towards you, and you seem to be well grounded in this endeavor of creating an encyclopedia. Kudos to you, you are a fine editor. "I hope you like the place and decide to stay". I have asked you one question below, please feel free to answer as/when you please! Thanks Mbisanz!  ;-p Keeper | 76 22:00, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

• Jumped on 2 articles tonight while 2 different users were just starting the pages. Articles: Royal York Road and Muayyed Nureddin. Both users commented to Mbisanz and to each other about this behavior. Zealous - yes. Well received - No. Mbisanz made some moves to rectify the situations afterward. Would have appreciated better foresight and manners. Fremte (talk) 03:51, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

This user's conduct continues without discussion. The user may be knowledgeable but specific conduct when jumping on an article is highly annoying and I can't see being well-received by others; it is frankly annoying and irritating. If it is decided to accept this person as an editor, extensive coaching is required on the basis of a series of wikipedia interactions with this person. Fremte (talk) 00:57, 11 January 2008 (UTC) (signed on 11 Jan 2008, original comment was 10 Jan)

• I decided to take a look at Mbisanz's list of contributions after my rather negative experience of his/her intrusive and biting labelling etc of an article I was just starting, and the parallel experience of another user. Most of the recent edits are non-contributions, rather minor edits,tags and typos. I noted in the questions below, the response to #3 includes some discussion of a month ago of nor reading the talk page or looking at the user's contributions before embarking on some intervention with the article. The user does not appear to have learned this yet. I don't mind editting nor contributions, but this user lacks tact and will alienate others. My experiences with this user have been uniformly negative in this set of interactions. I realize I have made several entries to this page, but they are important points if this person is loosed on Misplaced Pages with some authority. Fremte (talk) 00:57, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

The comments above seem related to a dispute over one extremely difficult article with one other editor, and I see no evidence of and other significant problems of this sort. . DGG (talk) 07:36, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I'm probably most pleased with spelling corrections I've done through AWB. As far as article contributions, I'd say the work I've done on Hofstra University is my best. To quote another editor, I see myself as a better re-writer than writer. One area I already know I need to work on is using the Preview option more to prevent extraneous edits.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Yes, I disagreed with the creation of individual album articles for a group I thought was un-notable. But after another editor showed me that there was no other way to list the information, I agreed. I prefer to avoid conflicts over minor issues, since they tend to get in the way of improving an ancyclopedia. Of course, if there was a major issue I was invovled in, I wouldn't hesitate to bring it to RFC or Mediation.

5. Before labelling SimLeague Baseball with {{db-spam}}, did you look at the contributions history or talk page of the editor (User:Metsguy234) who created that page, or consider discussing the article with that author before tagging the article? What do you think was the reason for Metsguy234 creating that page, and how would you find out if you don't know? Carcharoth (talk) 14:24, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I didn't look at the creator's contributions or talk page before labelling it spam mainly because the article seemed like obvious spam (included the MSRP price of the game and random formatting). I think the reason he created the article is either he enjoyed playing it and wanted it on wikipedia or he worked for the company that creates the game and saw an opportunity for free advertising.

Looking at the talk page now, I see there was an issue with us biting a new (to en-pedia) user which is indeed unfortunate. I'm not sure if in this case a warning tag about speedying SimLeague would have made things worse or better. Probably better for me to be consistent and use the warning tags in all cases.

As a normal method, I look at the article content more than considering who wrote it since even an established editor can make judgement mistakes and create a non-notable/spam article (i'm guilty of that). This is something I probably should work on to avoid biting new users. Thanks for the question and any advice you can give me. Mbisanz (talk) 15:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the answer. I'm pleased you picked up on the biting issues. I would recommend discussing with article authors in future, in an attempt to educate if nothing more. In my opinion, a talk page message (not a talk page tag) is preferable to a speedy deletion notice suddenly appearing on the article. Carcharoth (talk) 15:34, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I do tend to find talk pages tags a bit impersonal, but with some anon. IPs, tags are probably the more consistent way to go, I'll try to make sure I leave some sort of pointer in the future. Happy editing. Mbisanz (talk) 16:06, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

2. According to the edit count tools, you made a handful of edits in 2005, virtually no edits in 2006 and most of 2007, then literally burst on the scene with ever increasing numbers since August of this year. What changed? Also, in a related question, you've been quite explicit about "wanting to become an admin" (according to the userbox on your userpage anyway). Do you think it will/should be an issue that, although your account is over 2 years old, you've really only been editing significantly for about 3-4 months? Thanks! Keeper | 76 22:00, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

All fair questions, lets see if I can answer them.

I registered back in 2005 just because it looked interesting, then I got busy with college, and recently, in grad schools I've had the free time to start editing. Most of my edits have been minor typos using AWBs, just because I think thats an under-performed function what with editors being busy adding content and sources, and admins dealing with content-disputes and problem users.

Yes, I have wanted to be admin, for a couple reasons. What really drew me to be active again was the extremely long backlogs. Now I'm not that great at content writing and such, but I think the 4-5 day backlog at AfD really could use some more admins. When you think that in a given day , there are upwards of 100-150 articles up for deletion, it really becomes a lengthy task for an admin to interpret and close more than a handful.

Also, I've noticed that some areas of en-pedia could maybe use a closer eye from admins. For instance, I think WP:COIN could probably use more scrutiny as could Misplaced Pages:WikiProject User Page Help/Help Desk.

Further, being a grad student, I keep odd hours. As this diff points out at certain times, there really aren't a lot of admins around to deal with blocks, attack pages, etc. I think thats something I might be able to help with given the times at which I am available to edit.

As to the account age, I've been active now about 4 months, assuming my admin coach agrees, I'm thinking a March or April RFA. that means I'll have been around 7-8 months as an active editor. From what I can tell User:WJBscribe was around only 11 months before getting the crat hat, so I think 7 months should be enough history to let users judge whether or not I should be trusted with the mop.

Also, I want to get some more content creation under my belt before going up for RFA. I just last week realized there is a lack of articles on many of the old churches in my area. So I've started adding those. Also, I have an article in my user space that I've been working on and off for a couple months that I think could get to GA-level. Those are things I'd want "done" before RFA.

Hope that answers your questions, feel free to add more. Mbisanz (talk) 09:47, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Yngvarr

Yngvarr (talk · contribs) Just looking for general review of my behavior, edits, productivity, etc. I'm not interested in being an admin, so I hope someone will slap me in the face with that statement, if ever I get nominated. Yngvarr 23:30, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

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• The first thing I see when I look at your contributions is your extensive use of edit summaries. I'm glad that you use long and detailed summaries because it really facilitates collaboration on articles. I also notice that you've been spectacularly accurate when it comes to finding articles for deletion, notably on January 4 when you achieved 100% accuracy on all AFDs and speedies. You have a good balance of article editing and deletion-related comments, but it really looks like you have a passion for certain articles, like Chowder and List of Lazlo chars, so I hope you continue to do that. It seems like you are a capable editor with a complacent attitude and the right idea when it comes to deletion. ALTON .ıl 06:51, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Review by delldot

• I love seeing people who are active at WP:AFC, lord knows it needs it. I was also glad to see you've been actually creating articles from there, which is way harder than declining them and I think a lot of people fail to do. You're also properly leaving the IP in the edit summary for the GFDL. I like to leave a link to the date subpage I got it from, too, but I don't think it's really necessary. I also like that you do a bit of cleanup on the stubs you create. Gotta search for those copyvios, as it looks like you learned with Kid Norfolk.
• Also psyched to see there's been a surge in edits from you lately. Looks like your edit summary usage has improved greatly too.
• Why'd you have your user page deleted? Not that I think you don't have a right, but isn't a userpage a handy way to let other users know a little about yourself to facilitate collaboration?

• I'm a fairly low-key person, and I've always lived by the judgment that my work will speak better than my words. It's easy to play spin-doctor, but when it comes to substance, that's harder to imitate. Yngvarr (c)

• Very respectable. delldot on a public computer talk 11:08, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

• Looks like you're very dedicated to the camp lazlo article, you have tons of edits to it. I thought your description of the conflict sounded fine, very reasonable action. I looked at the talk page and most of your posts there were very friendly, nothing uncivil. Maybe "Um, no." could be interpreted as kind of curt, but if that's the worst you've got, I'll take it :-) I also saw you intentionally softening your wording and making an effort not to come across as harsh, so good work. Similarly, your talk page edits are consistently more than friendly, you make yourself very approachable and are kind to folks even when they have criticism. This is great!

• Yea, I realized immediately after posting that might have raised an eyebrow, but since it was pretty much committed, I couldn't very well back out. Unfortunately, that particular example was posted by an IP editor who was insisting on forcing that issue into the main article, which had been reverted (not just by me) several times. Yngvarr (c)

• You're doing pretty advanced stuff like adding fu rationales to images. Stuff like that, your AFC work, and your newpages patrol show me that you have a very good idea of how things work.
• Looks like you're active in the cartoon wikiproject. Didn't see any good or featured contribs, but may have missed them. Are you interested in improving articles this way? That's too bad about your deleted contribs. How long ago did you write them? Why did they get deleted? What do you think of the deletions now? If you want me to look at them, point me to the deletion discussions.

• The Cartoon Netowkr wikiproject doesn't have any GA/FA articles, to my own distress. I've been trying to see what we can get, but it's mostly the nature of the beast. Unless it's a world-renown, social commentary cartoon like the Simpsons, there's not a whole lot that I feel that might qualify for GA/FA. I've submitted a few articles for article review, and did what I could, but that's pretty much as far as I think I can take it.
• For the deleted contribs, most of those were related to the World of Warcraft series, which went thru a heated (IMO) AFD period. I don't honestly remember how long I wrote them, but they were deleted under WP:V and WP:RS. I'm still a little sore about the deletions, as I felt the whole thing was WP:POINT, since it came on the heels of another video game AFD series (Runescape), and was initiated by a WP:SPA, but none of those were valid enough reasons, so I basically just pulled out of the debates. Yngvarr (c)

• From everything I saw, you are a completely awesome Wikipedian! I respect that you're not interested in adminship, it's cool that you're not into the trophy business and whatnot. But it's kind of too bad, I bet you'd be a good one, and you could obviously make good use of the tools. If you ever change your mind, let me know. After issuing the requisite slap, I'll take an even closer look at your contribs and likely nom :) delldot talk 07:44, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

• I'm an admin in Real Life, so I am pretty much technically inclined. But I'm of a mind that I don't really want to add more stress to something which I'd rather consider either a hobby, or a service. I also have a particular personality trait that drives me to get deeply involved in things, which usually sends me off the deep-end and causes to me cease altogether. Just as an example, I've been a volunteer GM on several commercial MMORPG, and the "work" distracts from the "fun", to the point where I pull-out completely. One of my favorite quotations is re-quoted by Tolkien, from Dasant: We must be satisfied with the soup that is set before us, and not desire to see the bones of the ox out of which it has been boiled, and once you start to desire the to see the bones of a thing, the magic begins to fade. That applies to Misplaced Pages, games, or almost anything. Yngvarr (c) 23:15, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

• I completely hear that about burning out after too much activity. But I haven't found adminship to be more stressful than general editing (granted, I avoid things like 3RR blocks and sockpuppets). And I don't really see how being an admin necessarily requires you to participate more. There are plenty of admins with a lower activity level than you currently have. Or do you mean you would have to increase your activity to pass an RfA? Anyway, I think it's very respectable when someone doesn't want to be an admin, it shows they're not into the status business. So I won't badger you, but the offer stands. delldot on a public computer talk 11:08, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   The major contributions which I've made have all gone thru AFD, and no longer exist, so I guess they're not valid for judgment. Since only admins can see deleted contribs, those AFD'ed were related to World of Warcraft. I'm sure you can still find my participation in the AFDs in my contribs. I was participating in the xFD process for a while, also running RC and NP tools, submitting to CSD when I felt it necessary. Most of my CSDs were not challenged, so I must have been doing something fairly correct. I've gotten a little soured on the xFD process, so I stepped back and now I tend to keep an eye on things like trying to address POV, supposition, trivia and other non-verifiable facts in those articles for which I am interested. I'm more of a minor editor, spelling, grammar, trying to wikify, categorize, and so forth.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   There have been two conflicts of which I am aware:

   1. List of characters in Camp Lazlo: An edit war erupted between myself and several IP editors (and one registered editor) over the validity of (POV) trivial characteristics. At that point, I requested full-protection. The admin apparently agreed with the dispute, and the article was locked. Once locked, I tried to resolve the issues on the talk page. Those attempts never went anywhere, so I did not press the issue, left the request for full-protection in place, and kept my distance. An admin reviewed the full-protection, and eventually released it.
   2. A series of AFD's on several World of Warcraft articles. I won't go into the whole gory details of the issue, but I am pretty sure my opinions were obvious both by my contribution to that series, and by my edit summaries. I still have my conspiracy theories at hand, but this soured me on some of the inside workings of WP, so I sent myself off on a wikibreak for about two weeks.

Alessgrimal

Alessgrimal (talk · contribs) The reason that I want to go through editor review is that I someday would like to become an admin, however I know that I have a long way to go before I am ready for that. I mainly want feedback on my edits so far! Thanks! ≈Alessandro ♫ 18:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

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GlassCobra

Hello there! I've been impressed by your edits so far; I see you often on Lil Wayne and a few other articles on my watchlist, revertieng vandalism before I get to it. I also noticed that you're a PROD patroller; this is great, we need all the PROD people we can get. PRODs often slip under the radar, since they're neither easily deleted like CSDs, or controversial, like AfDs. You've still got a bit to go before you're ready to be an admin, but you're on the right track! I'd recommend you get involved with a couple WikiProjects that really interest you, perhaps write a few articles, and also perhaps find an admin coach over at Misplaced Pages:Admin coaching once you've got some more edits. Best of luck to you! GlassCobra 22:58, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I am extremely pleased with my work fixing Fair Use/Non Free templates and reverting vandalism.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   The only conflict that I can think of that I have had is over a aFd for Ashlee Holland. I dealt with it by trying to fix the article so that it would not be deleted. In the future, before I start new articles, I will make sure that I have verifiable sources in my articles.

Goodshoped35110s

Goodshoped35110s (talk · contribs) Hello. My username is Goodshoped35110s. I am requesting reviews because my dream is becoming an admin one day because I really crack down on vandals on my free time. I also want to know what do people think of me on Misplaced Pages. I've had this account since July 2007, but didn't start editing until August 2007 with my first edit on the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge article. I have created numerous articles, which can be found here. -Goodshoped 02:56, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

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I would suggest that you Edit the encyclopedia with your userspace edits nearly twice your mainspace edits, that dosen't really look that good. Your reports to UFAA are good and I encourage you to keep it up. But remember this: We exist to create a encyclopedia. We are not WP:MYSPACE nor do we exist only to fight vandals. To get a more in-depth review, please answer the additional questions I have provided to you. Thanks! I hope this helps. Marlith /C 04:22, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

I would also suggest looking at one of my editor reviews back when I was GreaterWikiholic: Misplaced Pages:Editor review/GreaterWikiholic. Thanks! Marlith /C 04:49, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

You have done an excellent job with article writing. I encourage you to keep it up! Marlith /C 04:49, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

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Yes, thank you. -Goodshoped 04:29, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I am pleased with the articles I have created that, I believe, contributes to the building of the encyclopedia. Two articles have been deleted because they weren't notable, but I kept the links there as a mark to say that I created them.

2. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Yes, and a lot lately. My talkpage has lots of messages from users telling me either positive or negative things, and pretty much warnings from other users.

Additional Questions from Marlith /C 04:22, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Speedy Delete or not:

1. CSD1
2. CSD2
3. CSD3
4. CSD4
5. CSD5

Vandalism or or not:

1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. no
5. yes
6. yes

Have fun! Marlith /C 04:22, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Cocoaguy

Cocoaguy (talk · contribs) I request the editor review because after my un-successful RfA in September. I want to see how my editing has changed over the year I have been on Misplaced Pages. -- (Cocoaguy ここがいい _contribs) 00:17, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Reviews Hi there, I've had a good look at your user and talk pages, your RfA and your contributions.

User page: I know it seems petty, but many people at RfA dislike userboxes: they sometimes say it indicates a level of immaturity. Regardless of whether you agree, it might be as well to tidy your page (perhaps move the boxes somewhere less visible?) before you try again.

Talk page':I've looked at your archives back to May 2007. There is no evidence of incivility - quite the contrary, on occasions when you do get into a minor dispute with someone you seem to be able (see here) to keep your cool and explain the conflict away. You do seem to have quite a few 'non-free image' warnings. I get them too, it's no biggie, but maybe you should look again at the information you place when you upload images?

Contributions:You make usually constructive edits, but sometimes go a little far: in this edit it was right to remove comments that belonged on the talk page for the article, but wrong to add "This however is false, and anyone who believed it is stupid" as a comment on the article page itself. It's good to tag articles for speedy deletion, but this one was a mistake (as was pointed out to you by another editor). You use Twinkle appropriately when vandal fighting but I'd question whether this deserved an 'only warning' for vandalism. I think the area on which your RfA failed was largely about lack of mainspace edits. While the total numbers look better here, I still can't see really substantial article writing yet. For example, this diff represents 12 successive edits by you, but hasn't really changed the TJ Goree atricle very much. One article you did largely write yourself was this one, which may not really satisfy your article-writing critics at RfA (although not everyone thinks extensive article-writing is essential.)

As a general issue, your spelling and grammar (or maybe it's sometimes your typing!) sometimes let you down. You're making better use of edit summaries now than you were when you started, keep it up. The overall balance of contributions to different spaces looks OK to me - eg 64 to WP:AIV and 62 to WP:RFPP. I haven't tried tracking down what happens to these requests - but you'll know what proportion of these are accepted. My rule of thumb is that I'd be disappointed if more than 10% were rejected.

Overall, I'd suspect that if you went for RfA again you'd still get people saying you do insufficient writing, and some of the diffs above would probably be enough to gather you some opposition. I'd suggest not going for RfA again yet: write more articles and carry on the vandal fighting and new page patrolling, trying to be a bit more conservative in what you tag, perhaps? Good luck - Kim Dent-Brown 12:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   The minor edits, ex. wikification, cleaning up of articles, vandal fighting etc.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   No, i have not been in any stressful situations on wikipedia lately.

xDanielx

xDanielx (talk · contribs) Hi, I'm xDanielx. I've technically been editing since mid-2006, but started contributing substantially only after I registered this account in July. I want to see how I'm doing in the views of others, and what I can do to improve my editing. — xDanielx /_C\ 02:06, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

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• Review by User:Master of Puppets Hello there, Daniel! Looking through your contributions, I must say I'm quite impressed; your mainspace work is of high quality, and quite thorough, too. You've also participated at WP:AN and in the deletion process, which suggests a very well-rounded contribution tree. Your cleanup work is excellent. There's basically nothing here that is bad; basically, keep goin' strong. However, one note; try not to avoid WP:AFD just because of some heated debates from the past. I'm not saying you must participate in AfD, but the remedy to a heated situation is to headbutt it. With a cool head, of course. Sorry, I thought that image was funny (my mind is twisted), but in all seriousness, I find it works to be calm and collected regardless of what happens. Sometimes consensus goes against you, but it is for the betterment of the enyclopaedia, after all. Anyway, great work regardless of minor blemishes, and I think you have a strong future ahead of you. Cheers! Master of Puppets 21:54, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I've created a handful of articles (see my userpage), though they're mostly fairly short. I cleaned up list of ethics topics, which was fun. I've rescued or helped rescue some articles that were in poor shape, like this and this (admittedly not the best articles, but at least they've been improved). Recently, I've been doing a lot of article assessment (with minor improvements along the way) and trying to save Ludwig.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   When I started out I got myself into some heated AfD debates, which I've learned to avoid to some degree. Some time ago, I was involved with some serious content disputes surrounding the eComXpo article, but I managed to stay out of the heat there. More recently, I expressed grievances over the ban of A.Z. (a decision which I still regard with dissatisfaction), which drew some negative responses. I may be missing something, but I think that's the gist of it.

jonny-mt

jonny-mt (talk · contribs) I've been a registered user of Misplaced Pages for a little bit over a year now, but it's only in the past couple of months that I've really become active. My most visible work is in newpage patrol (and the accompanying CSD, AfD, and AIV tasks), although I also participate in welcoming committee activities and am involved in various articles related to Japan, video games, and whatever else happens to catch my eye. Although I feel I've learned a lot about Misplaced Pages policies and article creation so far, I feel that now is a good time to step back, take a breather, and get some genuine feedback on how I'm doing. Thank you in advance! jonny-mt(t)(c) 02:00, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Reviews Review by delldot:
Hi johnny-mt! Sorry you've been waiting so long for a review. It looks like you've gotten way more involved in the project in the past couple months - excellent... *grins deviously* Here's some thoughts:

• Very nice work on Transfer pricing! A couple things you might consider for continuing your work on that would be wikifying more, adding more internal links and so on. And I recommend that any time you use a technical or obscure term, such as "tax compliance", you either define it or provide a link to its article. The major thing I would recommend for the article is a references section - as I'm sure you know, every claim must be backed up by a reliable source.

• I think it is so great that you have a policy of helping new users and making their experiences less bitey. So many of us fail in that. We get into this routine and forget to be careful with people's feelings. I see long, really friendly responses to users who bring up issues on your talk page, and no defensiveness or hostility. Plus a willingness to apologize and back down. From some of your talk page posts, it looks like you go way out of your way to be understanding and accommodating with new users and have a genuine empathy for them; you're not just following the rules. jonny-mt, you are awesome!

• Similarly, I applaud your attitude toward conflicts, also a really key thing in a good editor. Couldn't find the section you were referring to in Q2 on Talk:Super Mario Galaxy - maybe because Miszabot is archiving anything over 2 weeks old? ;) Maybe you should change it to a month or two, since people frequently respond to old talk comments on some pages (OK, maybe the pages I work on are more obscure, but I still think 2 weeks is a little soon).

• Your interactions with other users that I looked at show you to be friendly and familiar with policy.

• A quick look at your contribs shows that almost every time you warn a user for speedy deletion, it's a red link, suggesting you know what you're doing in the np patrol area. I looked into Jonah House, an exception, and found that the version you tagged was very speedyable. Nice work. One note - I saw that you tagged Neo slavery for A7 back in October (yeah, I've got the detective skillz!) - note that the only things speedyable under A7 are people, groups, and websites; everything else is specifically excluded. So a theory wouldn't be speedyable under A7. I also didn't bother to read the history, so it might have been speedyable under something else. This was back in October, when you had just started contributing big time, so you probably wouldn't do the same thing these days.

• Looks like you have technical knowledge, it's cool that you're using it to benefit the 'pedia!

• I like your friendly and humorous approach to other users.

• I noticed this edit as i was looking through your contribs (nosy little squirt, ain't I?): I'd leave that as a redirect to lolcat, I doubt it's that notable on its own. I mean, surely every reference that covers it would be talking about lolcats, not that site in particular?

• Thoughts on RFA - I'd wait (I don't think I've ever told some one not to!). You had only made about 100 edits before October, so you'll still be seen as relatively new. I'd wait till you have at least 6 months of hardcore contributing. But as I said, I'm very cautious about it.

• Overall contribution - Excellent work. I'd love to see more big contributions like that to transfer pricing, maybe I'm missing them if they're hidden in with all the awesome vandalism reverting and newpage patrolling. But I saw zero civility or policy problems, so great work! You're a huge asset to the project. I'm glad I decided to do this ER so I could get the chance to become familiar with you! delldot talk 13:49, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I think the contribution I'm most proud of is my rewrite of the transfer pricing article (see the diff here). I wrote it as a test of my own knowledge about the subject and wound up learning much more not only about transfer pricing but also about Misplaced Pages in general. Although it needs much more work, it is great to see that in the year since the rewrite, others have improved and expanded upon my work.

   I am also very pleased with the fact that my talk page shows several instances where new users came in complaining about how I tagged their page for deletion in their first post and then came back thanking me for explaining the reasons to them in their second. I know tasks like newpage patrol and newuser patrol can be a bit bitey in nature, so I consider it part of my job there to help out the newbies when they need it.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I honestly can't think of any instances where I was stressed over an editing conflict, as I've never had any disagreements escalate on me. Although I'm certainly willing to revert or rewrite edits that I see as detrimental to a given article, I am also very quick to move any conflicts or issues to the talk page (this can be seen most recently in my work on Super Mario Galaxy). I find that once a given discussion is out in the open, most users tend to be civil and cooperative. If something doesn't go my way, I simply consider it a lesson to be learned and applied the next time.

Maxim

Maxim (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) Hi, there! I'm a sysop (RfA). It's been some time since a review of my editing and actions, and well, this is what editor review is for!! :D Maxim_{(talk) (contributions)} 21:39, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

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• Since you asked, I'll give you a review:

• • Please don't ever delete your userpage again. The log is unpleasant to look at ;)
  • Lots of good article work. Perhaps try using a more useful edit summary instead of "fix".
  • Lots of vandal fighting, and deleting going on at the same time; you seem to be very well rounded.
  • Nice work with the good articles, and featured lists. It's good to see you review them too. Maybe review more featured candidates?
  • Please consider checking to update Did You Know, which is often backlogged. How about closing AfDs, which are often backlogged for more than 5 days?

Overall, you're a great editor. Keep up the excellent work, and if you want to be nominated to be an admin just let me know! Oh, wait you are one already ;) Thanks. Redrocketboy 22:29, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Stanley Cup is being copyedited, and I'm intending to submit to WP:FAC. I'm also planning to submit NHL Plus-Minus Award to WP:FLC. I'm also working with WP:HOCKEY/FTD. Here's the laundry list of recognize articles:

   Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

   King Clancy Memorial Trophy

   Jack Adams Award

   Stanley Cup

   Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup

   Wally Tatomir

   A-Class Mark Messier Leadership Award

1. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Conflicts don't cause me a lot of stress. I think I've lost my cool very few times, enough to be counted on one hand. In conflicts, I try to find a good solution for everybody, and especially keep polite and calm. I've been involved with tedious editors, and I was dragged in, a bit, into Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Jmfangio-Chrisjnelson due to my involvement with Chris. I think I handled the situation well.

ACBest

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ACBest (talk · contribs) Hi there! Im Damon, and i dont think im 'up to spec', so i was hoping i could get told, like how i am doing - am i doing well, can i do better, if so what? e.t.c Thanks! ACBestDog and Bone 18:02, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

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Review from Jonathan

Hello. I have a few suggestions for you:

1. Bring your edit summary usage up to 100%
2. Make more edits in the article namespace, and fewer in the user NS. (I have this problem a little, too. :D)
3. I recommend you try working in some administrator-related areas, such as UAA, deletion discussions, and AIV.

Other than that, your edits are perfect! Bye! —Jonathan | Quality, not quantity. 00:54, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

• Please change your signature, it is terribly bright (or at least for my browser). I think you do some good work on train related articles, but I also recommend you refrain from editing your userpage as much (history). Thanks, —Qst 18:57, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Review from James (Britishrailclass91 (talk) 16:05, 24 April 2008 (UTC)) I think that you are a good user who believes in up-to-spec articles I don't know why you put yourself up for editor review, you're fine as it is. I have also deleted my comments about your signature, good luck! Britishrailclass91 (talk) 16:05, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

• I won't go as far as demanding that you change it but would suggest that your signature is perhaps unnecessarily long, both when viewed on a page and in Wiki markup code. Please consider whether you really need "Have I reverted an edit by you, and got it wrong? Tell me!" in your signature. I would suggest not. I consider the default signature to be perfectly acceptable, has everything I'd find useful in someone's signature, and doesn't take up loads of space. Regards. Adambro (talk) 15:57, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

• From what I have seen, this user is very competent and I can see nothing wrong with him. Kelladam96 (talk) 15:17, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   No, not really.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   IPVandals cause me the most stress, but no other users

The.Q

The.Q (talk · contribs) I've been on wikipedia for a while now (almost two years, wow!), and I'm interested in getting some feedback from others as to how I'm doing, and if there's more I could be doing (time permitting, of course!) to make this project better for me and others. The.Q 16:48, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

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Reviewed by Moonriddengirl

Hi. I thought I recognized your name. :) I hope that you weren't wanting this feedback quickly, since editor review frequently doesn't work that way. :D I see you haven't been around for a while, and there is an unanswered question on your talk page as to whether or not you're coming back, dated back to December 29th. Because of that, I'm not going quite as in-depth as I usually do, and I won't be monitoring this editor review as I traditionally do. If you want more feedback from me, please let me know at my talk page.

You seem to be (or have been) doing quite well in the areas in which you choose to participate. I see a lot of wikignoming in your contribution history. Good work there. You don't do a lot of conversing that I can see, but what you do seems scrupulously polite. I am impressed by your conduct here. You ask if there's more you could be doing to make the project better; I'd say (time permitting) do more. :) You've a valuable contributor already; amping up your contribution would therefor add even more value. If the problem is that you can't find enough to do, you might consider some of those projects most appealing to wikignomes, like Misplaced Pages:Cleanup, Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Disambiguation or Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Wikify. There's always tons that need doing around there. If you'd like to try your hand at more straightforward content building, as you did at Ballymote Castle, you can try looking through Misplaced Pages:Requested articles to see if anything catches your eye. Not everything requested qualifies, but there's quite a lot that do, and there's, well, quite a lot. Given your extreme civility, you might also want to take a shot at getting involved more in dispute resolution, perhaps by taking on a third opinion or two.

Again, if you want more feedback, let me know at my talk page. I can supply diffs. :D That said, I suspect if I spent five hours on this instead of thirty minutes, my response would essentially be the same: good work; if you're able, work more. :) --Moonriddengirl 15:28, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, welcome back. :) And a bit more, per your request, although as I suspect the additional time yields pretty much the same result. You obviously know what you're doing. There's evidence of your familiarity with policy and procedure in

Thanks very much for this review, Moonreddengirl. It's given me some things to think about, and is quite positive (which I'm obviously pleased about!). As regards the warnings, Etc., I have used them before, but I suppose I've gotten a bit lazy about them. I'll bookmark that link, and try to use those warnings more often. Thanks again. --The.Q 10:05, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Review by delldot

Hi The.Q! Sorry you've been waiting so long for a review. Glad to see you back from your break.

• Interactions with other users - Looks from the small size of you talk page like you keep to yourself a lot - perfectly valid, you're probably focused on writing articles. I saw on your talk page history that you complemented someone on good work - looks like you're helpful and very nice! Looks like when someone comes to you with a problem you apologize and reassess your own actions, a very good trait and an important one to have! From User talk:BrownHairedGirl#John Perry (Irish politician), it looks like you're not afraid to come to people with potential problems, but not a jerk about it when they explain themselves. Awesome work in this department. About your answer to Q2, I hope you don't "just go" as in leave the project if you have a stressful disagreement, you seem mature enough to be able to handle it in a positive way.

• Communication - I liked this edit - very civil, explained your reasons for disagreement, admitted fallibility, were bold, and suggested they could change it back if they wanted. I like that you explain on talk pages when you revert a good-faith edit. Looks like your communication skills are top-notch.

• Familiarity with policy - Looks from some of your questions in the WP space that you're not entirely familiar with the more obscure areas of policy yet. Judging by your 38 wikipedia space edits and 8 wt edits, you're not that involved in discussion about policy and stuff, which is also fine. I mean, you're not required to memorize all the policies. But it would suggest to me that you should hold off on something like an RfA for now. If you wanted to do that, you'd need to be more versed in policy. Not that there's any need for you to if all you want to do is edit articles, that's the most important job anyway.

• Article content contribution - You do a good amount of gnomish edits like dab link repair, which is great. I didn't see much large content addition, but I may have missed it in with the other edits.

• Overall contribution - You've been complimented for your outstanding research, which is of course one of the most important things you can do for the project. To Echo Moonriddengirl, great job, it would be excellent if you could contribute more but your contributions so far are much appreciated. delldot talk 16:57, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Ballymote Castle is quite good, I think, for a first article that I actually researched a bit about. I've also done a bit of work on Ballymote and Summerhill College (still only a stub).

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   The only one I can think of is relating to the birth place of Michael Corcoran, which I researched and added to. The (anon) user eventually left. I don't think I caused anyone else stress (or myself for that matter). If I felt stressed or too upset about anything here, I'd just go, I do this for fun and entertainment.

Docboat

Docboat (talk · contribs) I have been editing Misplaced Pages for some time now, focusing on a few pages such as Freemasonry and also on the Malaysia portal. I had requested some coaching from admins, who pointed out I should get an idea of how my edits are perceived. I found the idea excellent, as I am looking for pointers to improve my contributions on all levels, and I feel I have been too limited in my approach. So here I am, hoping to see lots of suggestions and ideas. docboat 07:29, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

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• I have seen your contributions and find that you are an excellent editor. Your edits are wide and varied; they cover a lot of aspects in Misplaced Pages. You have 900+ edits on the mainspace, contributed to fighting vandalism and reported users in WP:AIV. Also, its nice that you have started using edit summaries. In case you didn't know, there is a setting in the "My preferences" button at the top of your page. There is an option there that prompts you (only once) if you were to forget to enter an edit summary. Now, although you are fairly active in Misplaced Pages, I suggest that you give your comments in AFDs and MFDs. If you really want some good suggestions, you can try WP:RFA and read the comments there. That's all I can say for now. Cheers, Zacharycrimsonwolf 06:34, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   Pleased? Perhaps the article on Healthcare in Malaysia which I enjoyed putting together. Also in contributing to the tiny topic of Batu Kawan - but I feel most pleased at the times when I was involved in topics of discomfort, when I was able to keep an even balance, and hopefully help in putting NPOV views together. I am fairly involved in patrolling for vandals - I take pleasure in keeping Misplaced Pages clean.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I have been involved in contentious topics in Freemasonry, Homeopathy - where I did not actually edit, but needed to comment on the talk page - and Food supplements which led on to the topic of Glyconutrients. I have come across editors with very strong POV, and I generally manage to keep civil, step back and think about better approaches. I use the talkpage to discuss, but will revert if I feel the case is good.

Editor clearly and explicitly fails to assume good faith, jumps to unwarranted conclusions, and refuses to address existing issues of substance, instead making unfounded comments on others. I honestly cannot see how this party would ever qualify as an administrator, given his history of raising accusations to avoid dealing with issues of substance. John Carter (talk) 17:57, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Well John, I thank you for giving me a taste of what it means to be put forward for admin. I would suggest that your opinion is not entirely unbiased, not quite free of the aggression you have customarily shown others when you disagree - but it is your opinion and it is a valid opinion. I will, on balance though, relegate it to the filing cabinet of experience. docboat (talk) 13:54, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I honestly expect everyone in time will receive such reviews, and think it's a good idea to see how people respond to them. You handled the response well, certainly better than I would have. Having said that, however, I do very much think that, particularly regarding a given subject, it is extremely unreasonable to believe that any and all outsiders are primarily influenced by existing biases, and to dismiss them on that basis. I am aware that there a number of "hot-button" issues out there, and that this is one such. However, such comments as you and others have made, quickly dismissing the input of others on the basis of perceived biases, in and of itself dramatically fails to assume good faith, and probably as a result helps increase the amount of tension in such discussions. Having said all that, personally, I wouldn't have any reservations about supporting your candidacy. Heated discussions regarding subjects which uniformly inspire particularly high emotional responses easily lead to such judgements. I simply wish that regarding that particular subject its "suppotters" didn't so quickly judge the input of all outsiders, as many so quickly do. John Carter (talk) 14:47, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Sjones23

Sjones23 (talk · contribs) I am an invaluable editor since I have joined in December 2006. At first I did not know about this Misplaced Pages website, but I found out that anyone can edit Misplaced Pages. I have been contributing significantly to most articles relating to Final Fantasy, tokusatsu shows, anime and games. Greg Jones II 01:38, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

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Reviewed by Moonriddengirl

Hi. I've spent considerable time trawling through your contributions and your talk page (somewhat challenging given your irregular habit of deleting comments rather than archiving them), and I'm prepared to offer feedback based on what I've seen of your participation in the project primarily since November 1 of this year. (I went back considerably further on your talk.) Since I see that you are an admin hopeful, I will be focusing quite a lot on areas where I feel you might wish to focus improvements. That may make this feel more heavily weighted to the negative, but I assure you that's not my intention. :) Constructive criticism in some areas is not meant to undermine the good work you do in others.

And, I note, you do good work. I see a lot of good wikignoming from you, as you evidently keep an eye on articles of interest to you and maintain their quality usually incrementally. I see you do occasional contributions to WP:AfD, where you demonstrate a reasonable knowledge of policy & guidelines. Since you've gotten in the habit of using them, you for the most part consistently use good edit summaries. For most of your history, I have been highly impressed by your civility. For instance, I like how you responded to criticism, as on cut & paste moves and using edit summaries. The ability to take criticism well is important in all Misplaced Pages editors, but especially in admins and admin hopefuls. :) Once you start using the tools, you'll hear a whole lot about how you're using them wrong and very little about how you're using them right. :D

I did see a couple of slightly problematic edit summaries with regards to civility. You've already talked about this one and responded well to the advice you were given. But this is definitely not civil. Even if you strongly oppose a candidate, it's rather rude to express your opposition with a "hell no." This one, too, could be interpreted at least as petty incivility. Your talk page history makes it quite obvious that you can be scrupulously polite, and I'd encourage you to exercise that always. :)

Still in terms of civility, I'm a little concerned about a couple of reversions you've made. I'm not a DBZ fan, so there may be something in this that I don't get, but I'm curious about this edit. How do you know it wasn't good faith? Is it not true that the character fights off bad guys to defend the earth? :) I'm also wondering why you think this might be vandalism? original research, yes, and unsourced, but it seems that it might have been well-intended. Given a lack of strong evidence otherwise, at least in the latter case, I think it might have been better to avoid immediately employing the "vandal" word, which can be a bit bitey.

As a final note on civility, I can't quite figure out why you would archive somebody else's talk page, even tagging it as "minor". It's nice that you apologized, but that's a really odd thing to do, particularly given that you don't even archive your own, especially if you agree that it's incredibly rude. It happened a while ago, and I don't know what your rationale might have been, but I'm glad to see that you haven't done anything similar since. It's a bit of a head scratcher. :)

But on that topic, why not archive the comments on your talk page? It is recommended at Misplaced Pages:Talk page guidelines and Help:Archiving a talk page. Is there a reason to ignore this recommendation? Also, is there a reason not to have a TOC on your talk page? It makes it much easier to navigate when you do. :)

Once in a while, I see some edits tagged "minor" in your contributions that aren't really minor edits per Help:Minor edit, for example, restatements of sentences and adding material (or here). It's good to mark minor edits properly, but you want to be careful to avoid overusing that. :)

And this is just a small problem that I'm gathering you've never been told about, but I see several userspace templates you've used which were not "substituted". Please remember to insert "subst:" in front of all userwarning templates (as well as some article templates; a list is tucked behind the word "substituted" above). We should place "{{subst:uw-test1}} on articles, not {{uw-test1}}.

That's all of my recommendations based on your contribution history. Since you've expressed an interest in becoming an administrator, my biggest suggestion to you would be to consider how your becoming an administrator will be helpful to the project. You could start with reading the administrators' reading list, if you haven't. What do you want to do with the tools? Once you know that, be sure that you're actively participating in the areas where those tools are used. For instance, if you want to help out with deletions, you might step up your contributions at various XfD discussions and consider doing some new pages patrolling. If you want to help out with vandalism, you might take up recent change patrolling. This will not only help you to decide for sure that these activities are what you want to be doing, but also help other editors assess your commitment to doing them.

As a sort of final wrap, I'll just summarize that you've done a lot of good work on the encyclopedia and that you seem to learn well when people approach you about issues they notice. I think you have great potential and encourage you to continue to learn and grow. :) Be mindful of the impact of your edit summaries...and consider where you want to go as an editor (and an admin-hopeful), which will undoubtedly help you figure out the best way to get there.

Good luck, keep up the good work, and happy editing. --Moonriddengirl 18:11, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I am particularly pleased with working on the Kingdom Hearts and other articles including films, games and so on because of my interests in them.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I have been stressed of some incorrect information on some articles and when good users leave. I deal with the incorrect information by reverting it and warning them.

PxMa

PxMa (talk · contribs) Review of my contributions and what I can work on :) Ρх₥α 00:15, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

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• You seem to be somewhat absent - hope exams are going well! Anyway, first off please fix your sig so it links to your current username, and not your old one. Your main edits to articles seem to be bot-like. Nothing wrong with that of course! I'd suggest since this is an encyclopedia, you pick something your interested in and work on the article for it. Article work is pretty essential, imo. Also, I'd suggest making your bot give more detailed summaries instead of "fix" and "cleanup". Also, perhaps get a bot flag for some of the edits fixing links and cleaning up. Your edits to the talk namespace are very low. This is where discussion of articles takes place - you really should work on an article or two ;) Also, consider commenting in deletion discussions like AfDs and MfDs. So, in summary, good bot work, but you're doing work suited to a bot - you should be writing stuff, reverting vandals or commenting in discussions. Thanks, and good luck! Redrocketboy 22:51, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I am pleased with all of my edits. They are mainly minor fixes but they are still helpful. I am also pleased with my anti-vandalism and template work.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I have never had any conflicts or stress. However some vandals are simply annoying :p.

RyanLupin

RyanLupin (talk · contribs) Ok, well I've heard so much about these 'reviews' so I thought I'd request one just to see how I'm doing. I spend most of my time here tackling vandalism but I will quite frequently check out the {{helpme}} and the help desk pages for wikipedians requesting help. Any tips, comments, criticisms are welcome. —— Ryan (/_contribs) 22:03, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

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• Zoot Review by Spawn Man (talk) - You look like a fine editor. However I have a few concerns. Remember that this is an online encyclopedia, not a vandal whacking site, and article building should always be top priority. It is clear to me that you are only interested in patrolling and reverting, which although noble, is entirely not what this site is about. Being an article writer is most helpful when being an admin (Which, judging by your edits, I think you're aiming for), as there a lot of admin duties which involve dealing with articles, not just users. Surprisingly though, your highest namespace count was the user talk namespace with over 1100 edits. This is far too high and should be put into other areas such as wikipedia namespaces and the main namespace. Your answer to question #1 is one used over and over; "...I don't believe I have a single 'best' contribution to Misplaced Pages..." is a longer form of "I don't do article writing" and it's very clear. Maybe I'm just a stickler for article writing, but seriously, most people don't take kindly to editors who come to the site and begin prepping for adminship straight off the bat - it's obvious and it's not what this site is about. I'd suggest getting more involved in the article writing process (An FA or GA always helps in any RfA), get a couple of DYKs, and continue your good work in regard to the policy and vadalism side of things. Now the negatives are out of the way, time to focus on the positive. :) You're a civil and well-rounded editor. You seem to know basically what you're doing and haven't been blocked which are all good signs. Seriously, just do a bit more article writing and continue your good work in the other areas and you'll be a hit editor in no time. :) Cheers, Spawn Man 03:23, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

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• While Spawn Man's probably right that lack of article creation will hurt an RfA, I don't see this as a problem with you as an editor. It's a volunteer project; I think if you want to help out in mainly one area and not much in others, that's perfectly fine. It could also be that you are making big article edits, but they're easy to miss in with all the minor ones.  :) Delldot on a public computer (talk) 03:42, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   To be perfectly honest with you, I don't believe I have a single 'best' contribution to Misplaced Pages in terms of a Wikiproject or a particular article I've taken a liking to, however, I am deeply proud with the work and effort I've put into tackling vandalism. Therefore, in answer to this question, my best contribution to Misplaced Pages is my stance against vandalism and my efforts in protecting the site from those who chose to deface our work. However, saying that, I will often click the 'random article' button and make the odd grammatical correction or make necessary expansions whether that includes adding references or restructuring the article completely. I will also monitor the new article page and make major editions to articles that are likely to gain a speedy tag. A recent example of this is my contributions to this article which started off as a small paragraph of text consisting of links that a new page patroller considered as being SPAM and tagged it accordingly. As you can see, the article has undergone a rigorous change.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I don't believe I have. Not off the top of my head. There have been times where a particular vandal hasn't liked the fact that I've reverted their desperate attempts for attention and have reverted my reversion but I've never participated in a full-on edit war with another user.

Simply south

Simply south (talk · contribs) Its been a while and i want to see how i am doing. I think i am going to hold back from being a potential admin. Simply south 16:35, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

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Review By Pedro

Errr... Would you please reconsider holding back on being an admin? You work is stunning, clear policy knowledge, plenty of community input, civil and helpful. You'd make a great asset to the admin team. Simply - wow! Pedro :  Chat  09:07, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

• Review by Master of Puppets

Wait, you're not an admin already? But... wow... how? Your Wikiproject involvement is highly quality, and you've got experience pretty much everywhere... page moves, conflicts, Portal work, mainspace... wow. Well, that isn't a very helpful review, but I must say I'm impressed. :) Cheers, Master of Puppets 04:26, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

• Review by kbthompson

I said this, about six months ago: You talk, you listen, above all you are work orientated and task directed. Who can ask anything more of someone who is totally unpaid and does so much? The only advice: think twice, act once. (Which is what I wish I could do more of). I think it still applies, although I'm with Pedro when he says it's time to act with regard to pushing for admin. As I said in responding to your nom, it's not an ambition - but a responsibility to share the work. (And apologies for not getting to this earlier). Kbthompson (talk) 10:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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• Previous editor review can be found at Misplaced Pages:Editor review/Simply south

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I am proud of my various project contributions, particularly in the transport and geographical areas, with projects such as WP:TIS, WP:HERTS, WP:LONDON and WP:Rail and most edits in general. I also continue to be interactive

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   I have not been in many conflicts. Any that i have been, we have talked it over and reached a compromise. An example of this would be at Template talk:Midland Main Line#Dore and here to here (pretty much). I don't feel they have caused me stress. I always try to remain civil.

Redmarkviolinist

Redmarkviolinist (talk · contribs) I am a frequent Misplaced Pages editor that spends time over a wide variety of subjects, that include Recent Changes, Making Military History Articles, Reverting Vandalism, CSD, and creating many articles. My favorite of these articles so far that I am currently working on would have to be Siege of Calcutta, or Battle of Marion. I currently have 1400+ edits according to my preferences page. Redmarkviolinist 16:57, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

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It's a minor thing, but telling other users not to edit your user page is probably not a good idea. Friday (talk) 17:11, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I was just quite angry that Porcupine blatantly removed a simple joke on my page that took quite a while to make. Redmarkviolinist 21:08, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Understandable. Like I said, it's a minor issue at best. Friday (talk) 21:15, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your review. Redmarkviolinist 02:47, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Refusal to remove part of your userpage that clearly irritates a number of users show disrespect for the other editors of the community. ➪HiDrNick! 19:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Other editors cannot remove a simple joke like this one from a user page simply because it frustrates them, especially without asking. Porcupine blatantly deleted content from my user page without permission. Also, if you look at some comments on that page, many people are quite amused by it and give it support. Redmarkviolinist 21:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Well... this is a wiki. As a general rule, editors don't need prior permission to edit. I edit user pages sometimes, but not without a good reason of course. Whether this was a good reason is debatable. Friday (talk) 22:07, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

First, I think your user page says a lot about you. And its not all good. Misplaced Pages is about editing an encyclopedia, sometimes its easy to forget this. Don't get too into edit counts. Quality is the thing that is useful. Adding tons of welcome templates is all well and good but editing articles is better. Likewise patrolling for vandalism is nice but content is better. I'd suggest you balance your edits away from vandal fighting, welcoming and user space and contribute more to articles. Having said this you have been working on the Battle of Marion page. BUT, you are plagiarising from this web site here. http://www.bencaudill.com/documents_msc/battle_of_marion.html This is not good. Besides the plagiarism the page is not written in an encyclopedic style. If you want more input I'll be happy to give it. David D. (Talk) 22:49, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I am inclined to agree with the other editors who have observed that the simulated 'you have new messages' banner on your userpage is distracting and discourteous. It's not nice to inconvenience other people for your own amusement, and spoofing the MediaWiki interface is strongly discouraged: Misplaced Pages:User page#Simulated MediaWiki interfaces.

Look at this. Redmarkviolinist 16:29, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Your point is that others can be discourteous? I think the take home here is that whether you keep the joke on your page or not is up to you, but consider how such jokes reflect on you in the eyes of others; your signature too (as mentioned below). How you choose to present yourself here is up to you but don't be surprised when others judge or criticise you based on your choice. Maybe this is not fair, but it's quite reflective of real life. David D. (Talk) 17:11, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Your signature is also rather 'loud'. Is there any reason why it has to be both <big> and coloured? Attract attention and recognition through the quality of your writing, not the size of your signature. Again, your 'enhanced' signature style is discouraged: Misplaced Pages:Signatures#Appearance and color.

While neither of these things is likely to ever see you blocked or otherwise sanctioned, they are apt to encourage other editors to make judgements about you—warranted or not. This is a collaborative project; we depend on courtesy and cooperation to get things done. It's just not nice to waste other people's time with fake message banners, and it's not attractive to have an oversize signature that draws attention to you and breaks the normal spacing of lines on talk pages. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 15:29, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I would recommend better edit comments. I would also like to see more involvement in maintenance type areas like WP:AFD, WP:TFD, WP:MFD. Cheers - - Gtstricky 17:42, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

• Review by Master of Puppets Hi, Redmark (hope you don't mind me calling you that). Well, I must say your mainspace contributions are impressive; I looked through a few and they're thorough and quality, which is good. I'm also pleased with your user talk contributions, because I think communication on Misplaced Pages is vital to both the growth and continuation of the project. One area I think you could expand into is the WP:XFD process, as that provides very good experience article-wise. But that's pretty much it! Cheers, Master of Puppets 04:21, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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1. Of your contributions to Misplaced Pages, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I would have to say that my best contributions would have to be either articles to Military History Wikiproject, such as Battle of Marion, or Siege of Calcutta, or welcoming new users. Also, I have spent a bit of time lately reverting vandalism.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

   Not much stress or arguments in the past, but in the future I will deal with it calmly and I will attempt to discuss it in a humane manner.