Wikipedia:Editor review/Theunicyclegirl

Theunicyclegirl[edit]

theunicyclegirl (talk · contribs)Theunicyclegirl 15:43, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Brief comments: Sounds like you've got a handle on using warning templates, which is a very good thing. I'd dip my hands into WP:UCFD, WP:TFD and WP:CFD, which I believe will help ease your way into the truly important WP:AFD. Keep fighting vandalism, and take out a book from time to time from your library to add contents to the encyclopedia. Xiner (talk, email) 16:18, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well first and foremost, great job fighting vandalism and nice job filtering new pages. You are great at knowing what to do when the occasion arises (i.e. the Bobo incident :) ). You have a decent mainspace count, but your Wikipedia edit count is low. Consider joining a Wikiproject (I like WP:MOTD a TON!), or get involved in some simple XfD's. Keep up the great work! --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 00:39, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to offer a stronger dose of criticism, but it's meant with love. I saw you wrote an article about a silent film from 1915, but you've hardly written anything else. In your last 400 edits, I could not find a single substantive contribution to the encyclopedia (not counting vandalism reversions, which are praiseworthy). There's no rule that requires you to contribute material to the encyclopedia, but everyone agrees that an ideal, well-rounded editor makes that one of her goals and priorities. Or if you don't want to add material, you could try WP:CLEANUP to work on existing bad articles. Where will you find the time to do that? You could start by tinkering less with your user page. I wish you good luck. YechielMan 00:58, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was 1914, by the way. --Theunicyclegirl (talk, review me!) 19:28, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to see consistent use of informative edit summaries. I'd also like you to avoid practical jokes on widely seen pages such as Jimbo's user page. This is an encyclopeida, not a play-ground. At most, a joke on your own page or that of a close friend might be appropriate. Anything more than that is a distriction and a waste of other people's time. Thanks for participatig in editor review. Please let me know if there is ever anything I can help with. Johntex\^talk 05:24, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It should be known that I have never edited Jimbo's page. Actually, I may have given him a barnstar once, but that surely doesn't count as a joke. --Theunicyclegirl (talk, review me!) 19:27, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for correcting me, it was my mistake. I misinterpreted something I read and I should have checked the diffs myself. I'm sorry about that. Best, Johntex\^talk 19:42, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have several comments.

Good work reverting vandalism - keep this up. I notice you always remember to warn the vandal, which is very good.
Another good point is your consistent politeness and willingness to help other users. :)
As other users have already mentioned, your projectspace edit count is low (80 out of 1275) which will be a serious problem if you ever want to run for adminship. I suggest hanging around WP:AFD; participation in deletion discussions will give you valuable experience of the deletion policy and process, which is essential at RfA.
Your mainspace editcount is also quite low (241) compared to userspace and user talk, although this should improve if you continue fighting vandalism.
Your edit summary usage is also on the low side, although I notice you're improving in that respect.

Overall, you're a very promising user. You haven't said whether you aim to be an admin or not; if you do, you'll need at least another 1500 edits until you're ready for RfA (it's not as hard as it sounds, however, particularly with lots of vandal fighting). But in a couple of months I'd be happy to nominate you for adminship. Keep up the good work! :) Walton ^{Vivat Regina!} 19:32, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:

Great work on anti-vandalism
Good improvement on edit summaries
New articles, I looked at a few, 'model' articles don't interest me (not a criticism, I'll take your word for notability) but I did like Ce De Candy, Inc. It needs a little polishing but I hope it retains just a hint of the light touch you gave it. Smarties rock!
I looked at your recent additions to AfD's, you give good reasons for your !votes.
You are unfailingly polite and civil when dealing with others, this is a big plus, IMO.
My only !criticism would be low mainspace edits, as mentioned above, but WP needs lots of things besides mainspace and you are doing one of the important ones fighting vandals.

Advice:

Continue hanging out at AfD. Looking up the policies quoted by others is the way to learn and see how they apply.
Spend a little time with WP:CU and/or WP:LoCE just to round out your Wikixperience.

Considering you've been editing for only two months (unless the big break was with another user name or IP), you are doing great. Being civil with the vandals, who are also mostly newbies, is a big plus. Don't lose that attitude as you gain experience, especially in AfD discussions. I think WP loses many valuable, potential contributors because their first contact is seeing their new baby (first article) thrown off the end of the dock to the sound of less than civil comments. --killing sparrows ^(chirp!) 04:06, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
I frequent the New Pages and delete many pages that are vandalism, edit tests, or other unwanted pages.

I put the suggested templates and warnings on each user's talk page and even created my own warning that can be seen here.

I have reported several repeated vandals at Administrator intervention against vandalism.

I have adopted Cremepuff222 and am helping him learn to better edit Wikipedia.
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 I've been in was when I nominated a vandal's (Charlieparr123) page for speedy deletion and he placed an insult on my user page. I removed the insult and put the correct warning on his user talk page. I also reported him at Administrator intervention against vandalism. I also reported a sock puppet of his, Birch34. However, I don't know if this constitutes as a conflict, per se.

I will deal with any conflicts in the future in a calm and polite manner, even if the opposing user does not show the same respect towards me. I will take any time that's necessary to resolve said conflict and if it gets out of hand I will report it to an administrator (unless I become one, of course, in which case I can ask a more experienced administrator for advice.)