Wikipedia:Editor review/UzEE

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UzEE (talk ยท contribs) Hi, I am  UzEE . I have been around Wikipedia since February 1, 2007. I have been active in the Dragon Ball workgroup and on Grand Theft Auto task force the most. My main role here has been fighting vandalism as a member of the Recent Change Patrol and the Counter Vandalism Unit. I have Rollback and use Twinkle to help me along the way. I also use Lupin's Anti-Vandal tools, VandalProof and the AutoWikiBrowser. I have made about 450 mainspace edits thus far and my total edit counter is just over 2000. I have designed custom templates to help me along the way here. I also am an Adopter here on wiki. I like to welcome newbies to the project with my custom designed welcome templates. My user page has been vandalized several times, and now is semi-protected for an indefinite period. I would ultimately like to become an admin here, and that's why I keep a close eye on RfAs and XfDs. If you want anymore info, please feel free to ask in the question section.  UzEE  16:13, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Reviews

Hi UzEE, just a quickie:

  • Generally, your contributions look to be quite good.
  • Block log is clear.
  • There is a big falloff in contributions starting from April, if you still wish to go for admin, you probably should have an explanation for that ready, as many RFA !voters are wary of large unexplained gaps.
  • This templating and the subsequent discussion, as well as this raise a few red flags. I know the other user has been blocked on a couple of occasions, but the best way to deal with these things if you feel admin intervention is needed is a nice, quiet, clean post on WP:ANI or WP:ANB is the best way to deal with these issues, rather than potentially creating drama on talk pages. Having reviewed your contribs on Bahria University, I do agree that the templating was unwarranted though.
  • Article assessments/reviews seem to be well done, I did not notice any obvious problems with them.
  • Likewise, your work in the Portal space, particularly with regards to Portal:Dragon Ball seem good. Wikipedia needs more editors who are confident working in this often-neglected namespace!
  • On the other hand, many of the articles that you have nominated at XfD have later gone on to be kept or speedy kept (example). I suggest more practice, perhaps by hanging out at WP:XFD and observing and then voting on deletion debates, to gain a better understanding of what is likely to be kept and what is not. On the positive side, you are not afraid to speedy keep one of your own noms when you realise you have made an error, which I consider to be a good thing.
  • The comments in the "Read Before Posting" section on your talk page come across as slightly hostile. I would try to refactor this into a request, rather than a demand. Particularly the last comment about disregarding topics is a bit worrying.
  • On a purely aesthetic level, I rather enjoy your signature, the primary colours on black are rather striking, and I had noticed it about the place before doing this review.

If RFA is still your goal, I still think you have a way to go yet before you have the necessary experience. I would advise continuing to contribute as best you can, particularly with vandal fighting, XFD contributions, and content creation. In particular, see if you can get an article from a stub to a GA, particularly if it's a Pakistan-centric article - due to systematic bias our coverage of that topic is not nearly as good as it should be. You should also read over WP:CIVIL and make sure that your own conduct is spotless at all times when dealing with other editors. If you do this, in a few months you should be well placed to get through the RFA process. Lankiveil (speak to me) 13:00, 20 May 2008 (UTC).


Comments

Questions

  1. Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
    I have contributed to several articles, and I am pleased by the way many of them have turned out to be. Unfortunately, those articles are not entirely my work and therefore I should not be the only one taking credit for them. Bahria University, Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Islamabad and Lahore are to name a few of them. But since they are top importance, articles, they are heavily edited daily and often suffer from vandalism and cruft. I try my best to keep them as clean and neutral as possible. I hope to elevate these articles to a Good Article status one day.
  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?
    When it comes to edit conflicts, I usually try to resolve the issue on the talk page first before reverting the edits. Sometimes, the other editors don't like to take part in the discussion and try to force their opinions, but I try and work around a way that would satisfy both sides. When it comes to stress, yes there is someone who has been annoying me. He has vandalized my edits and my user page several times (via sock puppets) and has also been blocked for that. Thankfully, he has now started working constructively here and is one of the best editors on the project now.