Wikipedia:Editor review/QwerpQwertus

QwerpQwertus

QwerpQwertus (talk · contribs · count) Hello, I am relatively new to Wikipedia and I was just wondering how I was doing. I hope to be an administrator someday, so I want to get a good start. Is there anything that I should be doing, but I am not or anything I have done particularly well? Any input is greatly appreciated! ~QwerpQwertus·_Talk_·_Contribs_· The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award 07:59, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Questions

What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Are there any about which you are particularly pleased? Why?
So far, my major contributions have been creating Period (school), significantly improving Horner Junior High School, working at the Help Desk, working at the Requests For Feedback page, and helping out at the AfC. I am particularly pleased with my work at the Help Desk, Feedback page, and revamp of Horner Junior High as I feel that these are my most important and helpful contributions to Wikipedia.
Have you been in any disputes 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?
No, I can't say I have been in any disputes. If I were to get involved in a dispute, (though I probably would not have) I would explain what I think should be done and my reasoning. If they would still disagree, I would try to find a compromise.

Reviews

Review by SuperHamster

Hi again, Qwerp. I've seen you around quite a bit, so this will be an easy review :)

So far, you are off to a great start with editing Wikipedia. You are doing very well and making very productive edits for someone who is a newer user. Some of the best things I've noticed from you are:

You are a kind user who is willing to help others, primarilly as I've seen from your work at the Help desk.
You are starting off with active article editing, which is great.

For any editor, these are excellent characteristics to have. Keep it up.

Since you are a newer editor, it is hard to bring up anything negative, especially since you're doing a fine job. You are far away from obtaining adminship, but you'll eventually get there; it's something that you can put aside until the time comes. Some things that you can slowly start to focus on as you move your way on are:

Continue working on articles, primarily on content additions. Expanding and working on articles is always great, since that is what Wikipedia is about, of course.
As you work on articles, try to get familiar with formatting and the such. I've noticed that you've been adding some HTML components to articles; these are usually discouraged and unnecessary, since they are not the norm. Article coding and formatting should be consistent, with Wiki markup being used whenever possible. You can check out the manual of style and WP:MARKUP for some assistance regarding article style and how to apply special coding to articles. In particular, you do not need to being sections with <p>, nor do references need to have <sup> tags applied around them. One of the easiest and most effective ways to learn formatting, as I find it, is to look at another well-built article to see how that is formatted, and apply that formatting to the one you are editing.
Consider expanding your experience and depth into various departments. For a newer user, however, you have already done a great job of doing that. It is not until recently that I've starting to help out at the Help desk, and I myself have not done any work whatsoever at Requests for Feedback or Articles for Creation. You, however, have already starting working in these departments. New page patrol is also an excellent area that you have taken interest in; once again, I didn't start new page patrol until I had made a few good months-worth of editing. I've also noticed that you've spent a little bit of time with vandalism work; keep at it, and you'll be able to get rollback rights and be able to use Huggle. Expanding your experience is always great, as it makes you more aware of policy and makes you a better editor overall. You're already doing a great job at this, though.
Eventually, you may want to start lowering the number of edits you make to your userspace; excessive edits to your userspace are usually discouraged (by excessive, I'm talking about >40% of one's edits being made to the userspace). Right now, according to this edit counter, 37.49% of your edits have been made to your userspace, and that is the category with the most edits from you. Since you are a new user, this is nothing of concern, but eventually you'll want to tone it down. A great and fancy userspace is great, but focusing all of your time on it isn't looked upon as the best.

Basically, you're doing a great job. Stay in line and you'll be fine :) I hope this review helps you. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 03:14, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, SuperHamster! It's glad to know that I've been doing well - once I've got my user page to how I like it, I won't really have to bother with it as much, but I hadn't really thought of the HTML thing. I suppose that HTML would make it somewhat harder for other editors who don't know it - I'll try to use Wiki markup when possible - I'm just so used to using HTML. I do often patrol the new user contributions in mainspace, though I forgot to mention this. Anyways, thanks again for the great review!

—Preceding signed comment added by ~QwerpQwertus·_Talk_·_Contribs_· The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award 04:06, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh, and on a side note, you may want to start using the edit summary feature to briefly describe edits you make, particularly to articles. This helps others know what type of edit you've made, and may even avoid conflicts in the event that an edit of yours needs clarification. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 15:06, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok - I have been kinda lazy with the edit summaries lately. —Preceding signed comment added by ~QwerpQwertus·_Talk_·_Contribs_· The Wiki Puzzle Piece Award 23:21, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not using edit summaries is unacceptable in my opinion; using misleading or brief summaries for potentially controversial edits is disruptive. Moving on, Qwerp, you seem to have gotten your userpage and wiki-activities together quite quickly; did you ever edit as an IP? The main reason I am here is to comment about your recent AfC activities. This is not meant to discourage you, but rather to remind you to take your time. Declining submissions per incorrect rationales is not appreciated, as I have many anons and newbies come to me, wondering why their article was declined. This can be very bitey to newcomers, so I strongly encourage you to slow down and make sure to look into each submission thougoughly. Remember we're here to better the encyclopedia, not plow through the backlog and AfD everything later. If you ever need help, I recommend you ask me or an experienced editor. I wish you the best luck in editing. mono 22:23, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I have started using the summaries more and though I've never edited as an IP, I have been User:toothwaterbestserve and User:evrestsebretawhtoot, I did really nothing in the others, and very little in toothwaterbestserve, but I did become familiar with Wikipedia through those. I don't mean in any way to deceive anyone or sock by having these other accounts, but I don't use the others (I can't since I lost the password). Also, I'll try to go more slowly and carefully through AfC's - thanks for the review! ~ QwerpQwertus ·_Talk_·(Talkback Me)· 22:41, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad they're marked; you might want to meintion it on your userpage. mono 00:57, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I used to - I must've deleted them when I redid it. I'll replace it. Thanks! ~ QwerpQwertus ·_Talk_·_Talkback Me_· 22:40, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]