Wikipedia:Editor review/Wikihermit

Wikihermit

Wikihermit (talk · contribs) I would like to know what I can do to help wikipedia out and if I am doing the right things. Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť(Talk) (Contributions) 03:54, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Reviews

I think you're doing well, and you're making a few mistakes based on inexperience - you've been here only for a month. The most basic issue is of priorities and proportionality. You have more "user talk" edits than article edits. That's understandable for a recent changes patroller, since you do your due diligence to warn every user who appears to be doing vandalism. My only concern is that recent changes patrol, when not counterbalanced by other activities, can give you a skewed understanding of Wikipedia and can cause unnecessary stress. (That's part of why I'm not an RC patroller.) By all means, stick with the RC patrol - but do other things, too.

I see you've expressed a strong interest in topics relating to central Pennsylvania, which apparently is where you live. That's great! Your edits show a familiarity with the subject matter, and you mostly adhere to the policy of citing references. I wonder if there are any other subjects where you think you can contribute. By the end of April, assuming you are equally active as in March, you should have more mainspace edits (including vandalism reverts) than user talk edits. It will put your RC patrol in perspective if that's not the primary field of your engagement with the project. There are lot's of other ways to help: click on "community portal" at the left for some examples.

Chairboy's comment to you about RFCN was worth learning from (of course, I didn't see the original discussion, so I can't comment on that). In general, you need to mind WP:BITE when dealing with new users and IPs, since others have questioned you on this point in the past. I wish you good luck. YechielMan 04:37, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments

Talk Pages

This user, with whom I'd never had any contact, left a message on my talk page telling me how to organise my talk page. This strikes me as absolutely none of his business. Does he make a habit of telling complete strangers what to do I wonder? Is there anything more constructive he might do? Like write or improve an article perhaps? I hope that he'll save his advice for someone who asks for it next time. Nick mallory 03:51, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

This editor is still leaving me messages telling me how to organise my talk page. I wasn't aware that I had to organise it in a particular way to suit him, rather than myself. I notice from his own talk page that there's a long list of things where he's been rather..um..over enthusiastic with his actions on Wikipedia. Perhaps he might try addressing some of those issues instead of badgering me about my own page? Nick mallory 03:08, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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Questions

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

   There isn't one article in particular that I am pleased with since I am more of a Wikignome and a Recent Change Patrol. If I had to chose it would probably be Lock Ridge Park. However I am still working on that article.

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 not been involved with an major editing conflicts. Most of the time an IP user will complain about how his/her edits shouldn't have been reverted. One thing that can be stressful is when more experienced Wikipedians complain because of one of your noobie mistakes.