Wikipedia:Editor review/Maxim 2

Maxim

Maxim (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) See my userpage for a comprehensive listing of my contributions. Maxim_(talk) 01:24, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reviews I have a couple of quick followup questions that I would like to ask because I am having a really hard time doing a review on you so far, and I think I understand why. Typically on reviews the questions and opening comments have helped me to know what to look at. Editor Reviews take up quite a bit of time so they are much easier to do if you know what to focus on and an editor such as yourself has much to look at. I have added the questions below so that perhaps you can help me out with this problem. %%-SYKKO-%% (talk to me) 01:12, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Review by Sykko

Ok, well here it goes. Overall, I have to say that you seem to be a hard working editor and admin. I think if I ran across you again in other dealings that I would be very likely to trust your judgement. You have been involved in some rather interesting things on wikipedia, and often I found myself getting distracted by the actual content of the things you contributed to. All admin activities I saw from you looked well rounded and seemed very responsible and cut and dry. Keep up the good work %%-SYKKO-%% (talk to me) 04:41, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for the review. Do you have anything upon which I can improve? Maybe take a look at my unsuccessful RfB in February/March? Maxim_(talk) 18:53, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I had been looking for that (the RfB) when going through stuff you were involved in and couldnt find it for whatever reason. There was something that I was resisting saying before because I thought it was just a matter of personality difference, since I personally tend to communicate better with people who can open up and talk. Since seeing your RfB though I realize perhaps this is something worth suggesting. That is, I was instantly alarmed by the almost too cut and dry answers on your request for review. Actually it was to the point that I had to ask that you answer the questions that are automatically included. I would say my one good suggestion (that potentially could really help you out if you go up for RfB again) is try to get a little more involved in conversations. Lighten up a bit and don't be afraid to be long winded from time to time. While Wikipedia is not a message board that doesn't mean that we have to be overly straight and to the point on every thing. Your fellow editors may trust some of the decisions you have made as an admin better if they get a chance to really understand why you made them. As a result things like the mikkalai indecent wouldn't have come up, or if it did they wouldn't have as much ground to stand on like the opening claim that you made no effort to discuss. Be willing to discuss things and I think you will have a better result next time, and perhaps will get a better response from your fellow editors.

Hope that helps %%-SYKKO-%% (talk to me) 20:49, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Review from Yamakiri

First off, I'd like to say that you're a really great editor. You have great abilities with content building (your 15 GA/FAs). You can get a little harsh at times, but that's not all that bad (Remember 12 year old David?). You certainly keep username spam at bay. You seem to have not so great communication skills, maybe try to be more open (No-one's going to yell at you ;-)). The talk messages seem generic, which might not be all that good. I am very pleased with your edit distribution, and 21k edits. Overall you seem to be a great editor Yamakiri ^T_C § 07-31-2008 • 20:45:41

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Questions

Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
Well, my userpage showcases my recognized content, so that's what probably are my best contributions.
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?
Since around April (I'm going back only three months, I'm not about to list every conflict I've had in 16 months), I've been in not too many conflicts. I was absent for the majority of April as I was simply exhausted, wikibonked, and worn out. I've really kept a rather low profile since then, and haven't been in much conflict. I initiated an arb case Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Betacommand 2, had a humorous little incident here, first thread, otherwise my archives have been dominated by the Signpost, and the only "conflicts" is matters of restoring and/or explaining my deletions.
What made you decide that you would like a review? Is there anything specific that you want comments on, or conserns that you would like a fellow editor to consider and give an opinion about? %%-SYKKO-%% (talk to me)
I like to have a user or two with whom I haven't interacted with to give me an honest review of what I'm doing well, what I can improve upon, and similar things like that every once in a while.
Do you still feel "Wikibonked"? %%-SYKKO-%% (talk to me)
Not since my three-week break, not really. Right now, I'm certianly not WikiBonked, I just finished writing a DYK candidate, Mike Karakas.
If you could fix only one thing about Wikipedia, what would it be? %%-SYKKO-%% (talk to me)
That's a tough question; there's many things I'd want to fix. I think the most important one is having the 1000 most important articles being of featured class.
I noticed some of your very first edits you seemed to command much understanding of policies and Wikipedia in general. Some of your very first edits are to warn users not just with generic vandalism templates but "spam-warn" and "Nonsensepages", which leads me to think you most likely started with a different project before joining the English Wikipedia or you edited anonymously for a while. If the former is true, have you felt the same exhaustion with other Wikimedia projects you have worked on? %%-SYKKO-%% (talk to me)
I've edited anonymously, even made an account in 2006 to make some edits, lost interested, then rejoined again, so I had a tad more experience than the average newcomer.