James086 (talk · contribs) I would like to see where I can improve, I would like to become an admin some day (but not for at least 6 months, I only started contibuting in late August) but for now I would like to know if there is something I should concentrate on improving. I frequently partake in RC Patrol and I have a few pages on my watchlist which I frequently revert (hence Halo 3 being my most edited, though I have never actually added anything new to this article). James086 Talk | Contribs 14:02, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Reviews
- Hello there, James086. Reviewing your current contributions, you have little over 1000 edits, with 130 in user talk pages. I see many of them are warnings to vandals, which is good. I suggest, though, not using "rv", "rvv" or similar as edit summary. New users aren't supposed to know what that means. It takes just a second or two more to write a full sentence with a real meaning. Remember, we must educate users, even the most serious vandals. I am worried about the amount of blatant vandalism tags you use per day. This contribution does not seem blatant vandalism, just silly vandalism. Note that the recommendation at Template talk:Blatantvandal is that the template should be used where vandalism is extreme or obscene and not for newby tests and general silliness. Especially when considering that it was God Lab (talk · contribs) second edit. Also, This is a test from someone pressing all the buttons in the bar. Note that he has no vandalism in his record (before or after the tag). For things like this, you can use ((verror)). While several users deserved that warning, I think these (and maybe others) did not. Remember that as an administrator you won't be tagging as blatant vandalism, but maybe directly blocking, and it would be harmful if you were to consider every nonsense edit as blatant. Also, despite the amount of reverts, you have only reported three users to AIV (I would have expected some more). A growing participation in articles for deletion will give you experience when deleting articles. Remember that there are similar places for templates and categories. I can understand you are staying away from categories and templates, having edited only a couple so far, but remember that administrators should have at least knowledge about every namespace. Finally, your work with the Maserati MC12 article is pretty good, you may consider making it a good article. Administrators must know how to edit, and the best way to prove that is by creating and polishing articles. You may want to read the administrators' reading list, which lists the articles that are useful to know. Finally, reviewing your latest 20 AFD contributions, hopefully you have learned something about Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mir Chakar and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Crazy german guy: you don't need to the result count, but instead what the results are. In Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mission: Impossible IV (2009 film), note that articles about future movies can't be speedy deleted, as it does not fit any speedy criteria.
I believe you are a good vandal fighter, who is willing to learn. With time, you should become an administrator. However, there is no rush to do that in the near future. My suggestion is to continue learning. I see your wikistress can go upwards while fighting vandals, so when that happens, take a break and edit articles to relax. The beauty of Wikipedia is that, if you don't catch a vandal, someone else will do it. You are neither the first nor the last patroller, so trust them to catch the vandals while you are taking a break. Good luck! -- ReyBrujo 05:25, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Questions
- Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
- My rewrite of Maserati MC12. It was a horrendous article, which survived AfD, it was beyond repair in my opinion so I started from scratch as one of my subpages here. Since I replaced the actual article I have extended it and put it through a Request for Feedback, archived in one of my subpages here. The diff page for my changes to the prior article is [1]. I also made Shift Time and a few Conker the Squirrel related articles.
- 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 tend to be pretty easy to get on with. I have never had an altercation with anyone (on Wikipedia) though I haven't been here very long.
