Wikipedia:Editor review/Sniperz11

Sniperz11

Sniperz11 (talk · contribs) Hi. I've been editing Wikipedia for almost 9 months now, and have around 700 mainspace edits. Still, I feel that I can improve my work by a few notches. I'd like to get other users opinions and reviews so that I can contribute better. Sniperz11^talk|edits 11:15, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reviews

Obviously, you have rather more than 700 edits now. Overall, I think you're a very proficient editor (and fanatical enough to go around tagging a few hundred pages with WikiProject templates). I'm impressed with the civil way you dealt with the user listed in your conflicts section; both of you kept cool heads. (It seems that you had worked with that user prior to the conflict, which may have helped.) More recently, you've done pretty good work reverting vandalism. My only complaint is that you don't use the edit summary as often as I think users should (i.e. pretty much all the time), but my standards are pretty high. Anyways, I've added some additional questions for you to answer. I hope you return from your WikiBreak soon! Temperal^xy 04:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Temperal. Thanks a ton for assessing my edits. I'll do my best to try and answer your questions satisfactorily. I agree with your assessment about the lack of edit summaries. I too realized that deficiency when I discovered Kate Wannabe's tool, and over the past two months, I have tried to put edit summaries for every single one of my edits. The ones without summaries are mostly minor edits to my own user sub-pages.

P.S. I have expanded upon some of my previous answers. Hope they satisfy. Cheers. Sniperz11^talk|edits 14:19, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Questions

Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
I feel that I work better collaboratively. But I have also created a few new articles, mainly related to Indian defence matters. Of these, I'm proud of Indian MRCA Competition, an article which I created. I'm also happy with the series of articles I'm creating about DRDO Labs
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 faced my share of disagreement, most notably with User:Chanakyathegreat. However, this sort of disagreement is essential for wikipedia's progress, and certainly doesn't stress me out. The Best way I've found to counter this is to talk directly to the person, and sort out the issue with them. It usually turns out to be that he has very valid reasons for his edit.

Vandalism and repeated non-referenced edits are another matter altogether. In this case, the only solution is to be patient and exasperate the vandal. Admin intervention is also a good idea since it has the stamp of authority. I tried this tactic with the for Indian MRCA Competition page, where 202.164.146.55 was repeatedly making the same edit. Ultimately, after a month, he stopped vandalizing the page, and left.

Optional question by Nousernamesleft (also known as Temperal): have you worked extensively on any article that has made GA status? How about FA?

Unfortunately, I havent had the privilege of being involved in a GA or FA article. My involvement has mainly been with important Indian Defence related pages and creating pages that I think are important. With further improvements, I'm sure that pages like HAL Tejas and Indian Army can be brought to at least a GA status. As I see it, there is a big hump between B-class and GA status that is the most difficult to cross.

Optional question by Nousernamesleft (also known as Temperal): Which of the following would you tag for speedy deletion? Which ones would you tag for AFD? Which ones would you leave alone?
- User:Nousernamesleft/test1 - AFD - Notability is not satisfied, and it is a stub without suitable refs. However, the page may offer scope for improvement, and, if improved, may be a good addition to wikipedia.
- User:Nousernamesleft/test2 - Speedy Deletion candidate. Its a clear case of wikipedia graffiti, and satisfies CSD criterias (1) & (11) of general criteria, and criteria (1), (3) & (7) for articles.
- User:Nousernamesleft/test3 - Keep - the article is a stub, and suitable tags must be added to draw attention to that fact. But otherwise, the subject is sufficiently notable and encyclopedic to allow for the page to remain