Wikipedia:Editor review/Justpassin

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[edit] Justpassin

Justpassin (talk ยท contribs) Hi. I am here so people can tell me specifically how I can improve. I am 18 years old. I'm not here to train to be an admin, I just want to be a better editor. I usually new page patrol, recent changes patrol, or click on "random article" to see what I can improve. Justpassin (talk) 16:59, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Reviews

  • Review by Ed Fitzgerald - I think you need to be more circumspect in your tagging of articles. For instance, you seem to be fond of putting "trivia" tags on things. This might be justified for sections which are labelled "trivia" -- although it would be better to evaluate the facts there to see if they actually are trivial, or are simply miscellaneous facts mis-labelled as "trivia" -- but there's no particular reason that, for instance, lists of Unitarian Universalist organizations should be considered "trivia" and labelled as such. This is not only incorrect, it's potentially insulting. Also, quotes are not necessarily trivial.

    It's also worth remembering that trivia sections are not disallowed.

    In general, before you add a tag to an article, I would suggest you think two or three times about (1) whether it's justified, (2) whether it's necessary, (3) what the effect of putting the tag there will be. Many times, tags simply deface an article and don't serve any particularly useful purpose. Also, an article which is already tagged as needing better references, for instance, doesn't need to have every section and sub-section also tagged as needing better references. If a tag is not going to accomplish anything, there's little reason to make it harder for the reader to use the article by tagging it.

    I would suggest that you spend a little more time actually editing articles, the basic nittty-gritty work of building an encyclopedia, and less time in tagging, talking to other users, and doing other things that are ancillary to the main task at hand.

    I also note that you have recently installed Twinkle, so I'd like to strongly discourage you from using it for tagging. One thing Wikipedia doesn't need is more tags.Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) (talk / cont) 01:33, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Questions

  1. Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
    I like the work I do when reverting or rolling back obvious vandalism the most, or putting up speedy deletion tags. Speedy deletion tagging has caused me stress in the past (see below), but it doesn't so much now.
  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 don't really deal with conflict very well. In a previous wikilife, I would often put up speedy deletion tags, and then people would blame me if it was deleted. Also, sometimes, I would not 'catch' the fact that the article stated notability or that it was in the process of being completed. I walked away for a few months, and I still walk away to some extent today. I know I need to work on walking back.