Wikipedia:Editor review/Smcafirst

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[edit] Smcafirst

Smcafirst (talk · contribs) I have been here at Wikipedia for about 6 months, active for 4. Although the length of time sounded short, I made sure I know everything in Wikipedia. In fact, during the last 2 months, I had been editing on Wikipedia on almost everyday. As a local resident in the Golden Horseshoe, I also started a Wikiproject named WP:GHR, in order to improve road stubs in the Golden Horseshoe area. In total, I am involved in 4 Wikiproject (WP:FILM, WP:GHR; WP:EiC; Wikipedia:WikiProject Ontario Highways, and in one of which I am the creator and editor, editting my members' work, and wikify the articles if needed be. Frequently do I mark stubs on articles that I think are short and lack of information. In many ways, I co-operate with others, and prevent vandalizing. During my spare time, I often patrol around in Wikipedia to monitor vandalizing, just like an administrator. In these past months, I made positive changes to Wikipedia. I am a Wikipediholic that made over 2000 edits in just 4 months, over 200 categories and articles in just 3 months. Most important of all, I marked stubs and wikify notices on articles for almost 500 times. Some of which are Steeles Avenue, and Simcoe County Road 8. I often drive 500 km, just to take a picture for Wikipedia, and often research until middle of the night, to write an article of something. Other than EN wikipedia, I also have another account at ZH wikipedia, which I made several articles and edits. I have been taking HTML Writing Class, Proofreading Class, and Chinese Typing Class, so that I could write bots, proofread others' work in a better degree, and contribute more to the Chinese Wikipedia community. I am also ready to start a Wikiproject in EN wikipedia and ZH wikipedia about bus routes in various cities. I am deeply in need of admin tools, such as protecting various pages, as some of the articles under WP:GHR are vandalized, and are in need of clean-up. I am also a frequent contributor of AfD and a frequent reporter at AIV. I am a frequent user of edit summary. I am also the best Wikipediholic, scoring about 26000.Check My Edit Summary Usage.  Smcafirst | Chit-Chat  posted at 22:28, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

  • One thing I want to ask you, my dear editor, is it possible to be an administrator with 3000 edits?


Reviews

Hello Smcafirst, this is PrestonH! But, if you want to be an admin I recommend admin coaching. Overall, you are a great user in Wikipedia in encyclopedia-building. But I would not recommend adminship at this time. Here are the reasons why...

  • You say you are in deeply needed of the tools. Adminship is not a goal, it is a responsibility.
  • I think you should go to A/M/TFD a little more common. Deleting things that don't belong to Wikipedia is the main thing that admins do.
  • Vandal fighting is important because admins block troublesome user and you need the experience of this to know the procedure. I think you should vandal fight more often and submit more reports to WP:AIV.
  • To my opinion your Wikipedia namespace isn't balanced out, as you only made 314 Wikispace edits, and admin nominees need 800+ Wikispace edits.
  • I might recommend you visit WP:RFPP more often as admins un/protect articles in a face of vandalism or dispute (this is optional but it might boost your chances of succeding your RfA.

These are the things that people might oppose you of. Remember this, adminship is no big deal (It is possible that admin nominees pass with >3000 edits). As an editor, you did a faboulous job on encyclopedia writing. I might not cover everything in my review. Keep up the good work and happy editing!--PrestonH | talk | contribs | editor review | 05:11, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Smcafirst, I have noticed your work on road articles (I live in Toronto) and it is fantastic. You are obviously dedicated so I guess all you need is more time and experience as PrestonH said. I am not involved with the RfA process, so I can't give you any specific advice on that, but I would recommend waiting a bit longer, until you are very comfortable with all the policies and guidelines, before trying again.

This edit is questionable, as you replaced links to articles that were about to get deleted, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woodbine Avenue, with ones in your user subpages. Also, please be aware that WP:USER states you should not have your user pages under categories used for mainspace Wikipedia articles. Good luck, –Pomte 00:58, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Also, you should not claim to be a frequent contributor at AfD and AIV when your edit history says otherwise. "Frequent" is a subjective term but I doubt the people at RfA would be lenient about that. –Pomte 01:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Comments

Questions

  1. Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
    I am particular pleased with List of York Regional Roads. It is an article packed with information, and currently a Featured List Candidate. These articles I had put a lot of efforts into it, and provide a lot of details. Particularly the lists of York Regional Roads and Simcoe County Roads, they are detail oriented and took me 3 hours to create those pages. The articles is equipped with every single information, and I believe that these lists are the best I had ever created. WP:GHR is also a good page that i had created, despite it is a WikiProject.
  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 have been in a conflict of editing in the past with another administrator, RaccoonFox. I had created some categories, so that roads in the Golden Horseshoe could fit into their municipal categories. However, as an administrator, RaccoonFox reverted my edits into what I think were misleading names. We finally talked together on a talk page, and compromised. He admitted the names are difficult to understand at times, and he let me to rename all of the categories into their proper names again. In the future, I will do the same thing, because I believe talking on a talk page, discussing conflicts, and compromise is a better way of editing than reverting each other's edits over and over again.
  3. What methods do you use to navigate around in Wikipedia? The Transhumanist   05:01, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
  4. What is your critique of Wikipedia's category system? The Transhumanist   05:01, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
  5. Do you find it difficult or cumbersome to work with categories? If so, in what way? The Transhumanist   05:01, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Approval I think you'd make a good operator/administrator. You are neutral, non-biased, and level-headed. You have my vote of support. RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 02:15, 23 March 2007 (UTC)