Wikipedia:Editor review/Remember

User:Remember

Remember (talk · contribs) I would greatly appreciate hearing from the community about my editing and what I should do in the future to become a better editor. Remember 15:32, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Reviews

• Hello there, Remember. Here is my review, I hope you can find it useful.

  • The first thing I must point out is about the images in your user page. Image:Dean Smith Book cover.JPG, Image:Better tar heel.jpg, Image:Zatopek.jpg and Image:UNC Ramses.jpg are licensed under fair use, and our fair use criteria #9 states fair use images should only be used in the article namespace. In other words, you can link them in your user talk page (just like I linked these here), but not display them in a gallery. Public domain images are fine, thanks for uploading them.
  • Mathbot reports 53% summary usage for major edits. I believe you should increase it, as edit summaries are very useful. Imagine someone has added some information about an event in an article, but someone else removed it. You thought the information was useful and well referenced, and want to add it back. If the one who added the information used a descriptive summary, like adding information about 2004 event where boys were eaten by dinosaur thought to be extint, referencing CNN and BBC articles, you would find it pretty easily. However, if he die not use an edit summary, you would have to guess where the information was added. Both you and other editors will appreciate this in a couple of months.
  • Carolina-Duke rivalry is a pretty impressive piece, with a lot of information. Although some minor modifications could be done (in example, don't duplicate references), overall is very informative. I would suggest checking Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles, the article could be tagged with a {{toomuchtrivia}} tag at any moment.
  • I may suggest participating a bit more in talk pages, as it is a useful way to discuss changes and requesting suggestions about how to improve articles. Also, I would recommend getting some ideas about formatting articles at Wikipedia:Manual of Style, and to contact other users through Wikipedia:Peer review and Wikipedia:Requests for feedback to get some ideas about how to improve articles you write.

  There is no magic recipe for becoming a better editor. Every editor has a unique editor pattern. At this time, you are completely focused on articles, and how to improve them. The more time you do this, the more you learn about style guides and formatting. In the future, you may be interested in advising others about how to write articles, either by peer reviews or requests for feedback. Good luck! -- ReyBrujo 20:18, 11 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?

   I am proud of setting up the Carolina-Duke rivalry webpage, creating the template for Template:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, uploading various photos from the public domain, and helping get the Dean Smith article closer to good article status.

1. 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 stressful conflicts I have had so far is various conflicts with User:Duke53 over the Dean Smith and Roy Williams (coach) articles. I feel I dealt with this situation well. I have found that if you assume good faith and refrain from personal attacks that goes a long way in helping to resolve disputes. I would continue to use this approach in dealing with future conflicts.