Wikipedia:Editor review/JQF

User:JQF

JQF (talk · contribs) Hello. I'm requesting a Editor review because I what to know what people think of the things I've done on Wikipedia. I think I've contributed a fair amount, but feed back is nice. I ussually do style and format edits, fixing up headers, tables, templates, pictures, etc. JQF 01:34, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Reviews

• Hello there, JQF. Here are some tips, hopefully you will find them useful.
  First of all, User:JQF/Costs is somewhat questionable, but harmless. Remember that Wikipedia is not a webhosting, however as I just said, it is harmless. I thought I would mention it.
  You seem to average around 200-300 edits per month. You apparently are a wikignome, someone who prefers doing small edits than to write full articles. Nothing wrong there, I am one too ;-)
  Now, I have heard about all these reverts in the different CVG templates, and never really understood them. Personally, I tend not to revert if I was reverted, instead preferring to talk. Edit wars are bad, and even more when you are affecting something that is transcluded like a template. I would suggest to request a third opinion, or mediation after the third revert.
  Image:NigthcrawlerMUA2.JPG should not be tagged as game screenshot, but instead as {{web-screenshot}}, and probably as {{software-screenshot}} because you also captured the browser (even though it is not the focus of the image). Now that it has no article linking to it, it should be tagged with {{orfud}} as in {{subst:orfud}}, to have it deleted (fair use images must be used in at least one article per our fair use criteria. The same can be said about Image:NigthcrawlerMUA.JPG. Also, note that when uploading fair use images, they should be as big as necessary. These images are just too big to be considered fair use. Also, Image:JeffSmithLastBone.JPG should be tagged with {{fair use reduce}}, so that its size is reduced. And try to use fair use rationales when you upload images.
  Finally, I would suggest you to check the different methods to resolve disputes if the situation becomes as bad as with the templates. Remember that, in order to reach consensus, every side must give up something. If none is willing to, it is better to leave the things the way they originally were until a new opportunity arises to change again. Your other contributions are appreciated, with good edit summaries and useful cleaning. But as you can imagine, edit wars are never useful. Just see Template:Zelda games and tell me what a new user would think if he is checking the different Zelda articles and finding a different template in every one of them. Note that the 31 latest changes only added very few insignificant changes, there was no need for such war. I can imagine the situation was similar in the other templates. This was not your fault, it was the fault of every other editor who also reverted. So, next time, try to "break the circle" and request a third opinion or a mediation instead of just engaging, as that would be a demonstration of better understanding. Good luck! -- ReyBrujo 18:44, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

• One last thing regarding List of Firefly episodes, note that there was/is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Fair use/Fair use images in lists about whether fair use images should be included in lists, as it is stated they are purely decorative. Next time you create a list, I would suggest not to include images unless absolutely necessary. Of course, people can tell you that you should be bold until it is decided that images in lists are "bad", but it depends on opinions, and since this is mine, I tell you what I think :-) -- ReyBrujo 18:48, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

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Questions

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

   There are a number of edits I've been particularly pleased with, but of the most recent, I'd have to say it was my formatting of List of Firefly episodes so that it followed the norm of other episode lists.

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?

   Yeah, I've been in conflict over editing, and yeah, it causes me stress. I deal with it by trying to be reasonable and re-stating the problem if I have to, but that's hard to do when dealing with juvenile users who don't what to be reasonable, and I have slipped a few time. Usually I'll take a break from Wikipedia and then go do something else for a bit, so I can come back with a cool head.