jonny-mt (talk · contribs) I've been a registered user of Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia 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)[reply]
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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)[reply]
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Questions
- Of your contributions to Wikipedia, 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 Wikipedia 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.
- 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.