Wikipedia:Editor review/no1lakersfan

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no1lakersfan (talk • contribs) I am requesting a review so that I may find out what areas of my contributions I need to improve. I hope at some point to be able to become an administrator, and would like some suggestions as to what I need to do. Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 23:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Reviews

• Most of your edits seem to be on the Virginia State Highways articles. They look pretty good. I am involved in other highway projects (new hampshire, north carolina) and they look up--to-standard with most other highway articles. Looking at these and other edits, however, it would be nice to see more inline references. I am of the opinion that all assertions of facts should have direct references as to where they are found. I know and understand that sometimes this is hard to do, and I have been known to make lots of writing on articles that I myself have not referenced. Still, I also recognize that it is an inadequacy in articles and something that a "good" article avoids. "Good" articles are heavily referenced. I checked out some of your AfD comments. I am somewhat bothered that a) you act as the closing admin on articles you comment on. Sounds like a conflict of interest and b) you close articles before 5 days and c) you close articles you were not authorized to close. Still, these look like "good faith" mistakes and not maliciousness. Learn the rules and things should continue to go well for you. --Jayron32 03:29, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

• Hello there, no1lakersfan, everything fine?

  • Good edit summary usage, 95% for major edits and 99% for minor edits. However, mathbot had to retrieve 5 times to get enough minor edits. In other words, you haven't been using minor edits lately, have you? :-)
  • Nice edit numbers, although you have a very low amount of article talk edits. These edits demonstrate that you are willing to discuss with others different changes with other users, and you only have just below 2% of your total edits. I suggest spending some more time discussing with other users. Hampton Roads has grown quite a lot, and will someday become a good or maybe even featured article. I also notice many Virginia State Road edits.
  • I see you work quite a lot with Special:BrokenRedirects, although you could take a minute or so to verify that there is no valid article where they could be redirected. I see many of those speedy tags were removed and the redirect changed to the actual article, template or talk page.
  • I count around 20 edits in articles for deletion, all during August. In order to qualify as an administrator willing to work with articles, you should spend time in the different deletion debates, mainly articles, templates, categories and redirects for deletion. As an administrator you will be asked to close deletion discussions, and only through participation you will be able to set create a "standard" for you. For this, you need to learn about the notability guidelines. I also see 5 edits in requests for adminship, all in your own RFA.
  • Also, try to spend time patrolling new pages and new users. You will have opportunities to request for page protections, which will give you experience as to when report a page, and especially when a page should be protected. Finally, it will give you opportunities to edit at administrator intervention against vandalism, where you will learn from other administrators when to block, and for how long.
  • If you need more information, try reading the administrator's reading list, or join the different programs like the Admin school or Admin coaching.

  You have advanced a lot, and have been editing regularly. Only more experience at administrator-related tasks is needed. Try joining the patrol, where you will have plenty of information and will have opportunities to use the different warning templates. Remember that as an active vandal fighter you will likely be the target from vandals, which may stress you. If so, just remember to stay cool, report then when necessary, and take a break when too tired. I won't comment about your early participation in AFDs, because those edits are already too old. Hopefully you will learn from any mistake you may have done, and follow Jayron32's advices. Adminship is not that difficult, but you need to demonstrate that you are interested in those tools, and that you will know how to use them. So far, you still have some time to go. Good luck! -- ReyBrujo 23:41, 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?

   I believe that my most pleasing contributions are the ones to pages dealing with Hampton Roads, Virginia. I am from that area, and feel that any information that I can contribute to pages about that area would be great.

2. 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 do not feel that I have caused any edit conflicts. Whenever someone questions my actions I try to explain what I did and work out a solution peacefully.