Wikipedia:Editor review/Ed

User:Ed

Ed (talk · contribs) I have been an editor here for about 6 months already, so I want to see what other Wikipedians think about me. I want to become an admin eventually...but not soon. With my busy schedule in real life, I feel that I haven't been able to contribute as well as I should. Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?} 14:49, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Reviews

review by delldot:

• I'm impressed with the amount of work you've done in your relatively short time at the project! You've got an incredible number of awards!
• I followed a random note on your talk page from a user that I thought was kind of snotty to their talk page, and your response was awesome: you corrected the mistake and thanked them for telling you about it, and were very nice. I'm impressed again. From that and other notes on your talk page and archives, I can tell that you're really good about interacting with other users and are very nice. You are also friendly and welcoming to the newbies.
• I see that you do some rving v, and you leave warning templates, so that's great. I thought this edit was a little weird; a welcome and a t3 template at the same time? Maybe a personalized message or a t1 would be better. I generally don't think it's a good idea to skip to the later test templates before giving t1 and t2. It also makes it awkward for the next person if they have to give another warning: do they give a t4 after only the second instance of vandalism? Or do they go back and leave an early test message or repeat the one you gave? Not to dwell on this, but I'd also urge you not to use a test 4 for the first warning (e.g. [1]) since some folks don't even realize that we frown on that kind of behavior. In that example I just gave, that was a very typical example of vandalism and I would have given a t1. Unless you know something that I don't here, e.g. this is a returning banned vandal. I did like that you provided the dif for the vandalism in the test messages that I looked at. It's helpful but most people aren't willing to put forth the effort.
• Huge numbers of wiki and wiki talk edits as a percentage of your overall edit count. High percentage of talk edits as well, which is sometimes seen as a good thing since it suggests you're discussing and collaborating with other users.
• Your edit count is kind of low for an RFA (I cringe to even bring it up, but it probably will affect your chances). I suspect this is because you're making substantial edits rather than small editls like spelling corrections. Hopefully your many merits will allow people to overlook this in an RFA.
• Your block will hurt your RFA, so you'll need to show that you've made a decisive change since that time. When was the block? I looked in your block log but it wasn't there.
• Excellent edit summary usage.
• I notice you still have yourself listed as "on wikibreak" at Wikipedia:Stress alerts but you've been making contributions. Are you just at a lower level of contribution lately?
• I don't notice you doing a huge amount of adding content to articles, but of course I may have missed it in amongst all the other edits (a contribution that takes 2 hours to add shows up as much in your contributions as one that takes 30 seconds). You do do some gnoming, so that's good.
• Overall I think you're a very nice editor who interacts well with other users, which is paramount in my book. Great work! delldot | talk 02:05, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

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Questions

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

   I have made contributions to many different topics of articles here on Wikipedia. I am, however, pleased with my work on RuneScape and the Millennium Summit. Both of these articles, however, still need plenty of work done do acheive a GA or FA status.

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?

   In real life, I am a very sensitive person. I can get stressed very easily. Whenever I feel stressed, I usually log off Wikipedia and listen to some music or get out of my room and grab a snack. This, I feel, is the most effective way for me to relieve myself of stress, whether it was caused by events in my real life or Wikipedia life.
   I have been getting into many conflicts with other users during my 6 months as a Wikipedian. One of these conflicts, unfortunatetly, has led me to a block. In the past, I felt that I cannot back down from a user conflict, since it would imply that I am a weaker editor than the other. I now know better than that. In future conflicts, I would try to reach a compromise between the opposing editor and me.

5. Tell me, Ed, what "nonsense" are you referring to? I don't remember writing any nonsense-- "moré" means something similar to "norm"; I don't like the word "sexism"; and I deleted the statement "declares his love" because I believe that Fitzwilliam Darcy did not love Elizabeth, but rather desired her to love him.

   I sincerely apologized if I made an error in using VandalProof. I will be more careful next time when I am fighting vandalism.

7. In as few words as possible, why rid WP of Esperenza? frummer 07:50, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

   It's not that I want the ideals and goals of Esperanza to be eradicated. In my opinion, these values are necessary for the community in Wikipedia. It helps Wikipedia to be..."healthy". The Esperanza organization itself, however, has decayed. Esperanza is/was an organization that promoted cliqueish governance and provided help only to its members. You see, Esperanza didn't reach out to the community like it's supposed to. As I type this response to your question, FrummerThanThou, Esperanza is going through its second MfD, which I have co-nominated.