Wikipedia:Editor review/Ipankonin

Ipankonin

Ipankonin (talk · contribs) I'm interested in RFA, and I was wondering if I need to work on anything. -- I. Pankonin (t/c) 09:51, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

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Kudos for your hard work in uploading images and changing file types. This type of edit shows a lot of dedication on your part. If you intend to apply for adminship, I would suggest that you edit more content, just because people tend to use that as a reference point. Also, in your first conflict you were to a certain extent uncivil (e.g. "who cares about the UN?" and "It does your argument discredit when you don't bother to contribute to it." etc, etc.). I would try to be a little nicer in the future. Hope this helps! Fléêťflämẽ U-T-C 02:08, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

I was, and it was mostly due to inexperience in conflict resolution. After I got some sense I offered him a general apology.[1] I stay away from that type of comment now. I did a lot better in the second conflict, even though I was outnumbered by some very passionate people. -- I. Pankonin Review me! 08:05, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

I second Fleetflame that you need more substantive mainspace edits... I am sure you have heard about 1FA "requirement" (that each new admin has to have at least one featured article under their belt), but it is very strong in general spirit that new admins need to write/expand articles. Also another thing is sure to come up: "too new", last time I checked the arbitrary time break is somewhere beyond six months. You might also want to do some admin related work: image copyright/source problem tagging, helping with deletion requests, whacking vandals, dispute resolutions, etc. While not mandatory, it helps to explain why you want the "mop". Otherwise I think you are ok: you know how WP works (bot, AWB, templates, wikiprojects, images, commons, edit summaries, etc.) and show great dedication. So good luck, Renata (talk) 15:51, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

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Questions

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

   I'm very proud of the 350+ images I've uploaded. It gives a lot of satisfaction, and I feel that I contribute much more to articles with an image than if I spent that time editing. -- I. Pankonin (t/c) 10:44, 15 January 2008 (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 have been in 2 edit conflicts having to do with politics. The first one was on Iraq Resolution. Prior to that, I had only engaged in minor editing, and I was only drawn into it because I felt that the article had a POV problem. I was very inexperienced, and I was bitten pretty hard by the other user involved. That being said, I think I did about as well as I could. I read up on policy along the way and went through some of the WP:DR process. I ended up opening an RFC on the other user, but I was disappointed when it didn't get any meaningful outside comments. We reached a truce after I sought out somebody with Constitutional knowledge and asked him to comment on the article. He explained the situation really well, and we accepted his proposal.

   The second conflict I had involved the lead of Iraq War. This one went a lot more smoothly. I opened a mediation request after the discussion came to an impasse, and after some calm discussion, we accepted a phrase that worked for all parties. After this conflict, I've tried to stay away from political articles. I also modified my user page to be less outspoken politically, because it became an issue during the acceptance phase of the mediation. -- I. Pankonin (t/c) 10:44, 15 January 2008 (UTC)