Wikipedia:Editor review/ChiragPatnaik

ChiragPatnaik

ChiragPatnaik (talk · contribs) Hi, I've been lurking on Wikipedia for nearly 5 years now. Though I registered only in 2004. And I have logged in quite infrequently, preferring to instead be an IP editor. However a few weeks ago I started editing more often and under my own username. This was prompted by someone mentioning, that I did not have significant history etc. Anyway. That was brief history of me on Wikipedia. My major interest area is Indian Media. Having being involved in this industry in real life, this interest is but natural. So you'll find me editing in that area most frequently. I also contribute towards tasks like categorisations, cleanups etc. (You'll see lots of contributions using AWB). Recently I've been involved in Lists of basic topics about countries. I hope to contribute significantly there and lastly, I use Huggle every so often for anti-vandalism and anti-spam. I can't tell you how strongly I feel about people abusing volunteer work to push a commercial agenda. Phew... That was a long statement... :) ChiragPatnaik (talk) 09:36, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Reviews

• Well, you certainly have a firm grasp of how to use automated tools, most of your last 500 edits were done with AWB or Huggle. I saw a lot of vandalism being reverted, which is great, but not a lot of vandal warning which is, in my opinion, just as important as it leaves a "trail" on the vandal's talk page and history for other vandal fighters. That is, it allows them to see if this person is a persistent vandal, possibly deserving of a block. Your contributions seem fine, I didn't see a lot of interaction with other editors, but what was there seemed civil enough. What I would like to see more of is work on the areas you mentioned above. An awful lot of articles related to India are in dire need of someone like yourself who has knowledge of India combined with good skills in the English language and a basic understanding of Wikipedia policies. Overall, you seem a good contributor, I liked all the redirects you created for armed forces articles, that seems very helpful, but more of a focus on content creation could turn you into a user who has a very real impact on the quality of Wikipedia content. Good Luck! Beeblebrox (talk) 18:57, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

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Questions

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

   My contributions have been quite diffuse and span quite a bit. However, I would like to draw your attention to The Times of India & The Times Group. You'll see a large contribution there. Both related to my former employer. (It may be CoI, but I think I've kept a relatively NPoV). I would also like to draw your attention to Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg and Geetanjali Shree. The earlier was created as a response to discussion on an AfD on the streets of Manhattan in no time flat from scratch. The latter one gives me especial pleasure as I ran across it as an article needing Wikifying. I kind of fixed it up and then discovered the author author. I got couple of her books right (both in Hindi and the translated one in Englidh). It was, I must say an excellent find.

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, there were a couple, that are notable. There was one a couple of years back over the Pov of The Times of India. Ironically the Pov was being pushed not by me, but by the other party. Anyway. when it got out of hand, I just walked away. to come back to fix it later. The second was recent, where I was accused of having an agenda in deleting articles. While it is true that I have no compunction in recommending deletions for articles that I feel have no place here or are merely being created to give an ego boost to the person/website/entity in real life. But to say I have an agenda is, quite frankly unfair. Anyway, the issue resolved by both of us backing off. As to how will I resolve it in the future. It depends on how things shape up. I'm quite a conciliatory person in real life (comes from being in a full time job), I expect that this aspect of my personality will tend to diffuse rather than aggravate the situation. Though I would like to get a last word in.