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GrooveDog (talk · contribs) I've been here for a few months now and would like some more input as to how I could make my and other's Wikipedia experience better. I do vandalism reversion, comment on some Metapedianist discussions, and am a checkuser clerk. In the next few months, 4 months at the very least, I would like to try requesting adminship. I'll wait until someone nominates me though, and will probably decline anything within the next 4 months. Be harsh with this editor review, because that's the only way that I can improve. Criticism is encouraged. GrooveDog (talk) 01:03, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Thought I'd review you after seeing you WP:BN. Sadly, with the toolserver down, I can't get a good look at your edits in summary, so this may be rather short. First, per those at your RfA, you are a really great editor. You understand the process behind discussions and are bol enough close them. You're active at XfDs, which is great especially the minor ones, like CfD, RfD, and FfD. NPP is great too, and being a Clerk is, out of things, one thing I haven't done, so that's very cool. A nice thing to help with. You may want to look into clearing at WP:CHU? As far as suggestions go, I'd recommend a bit more article/content creation. Maybe some work at articles for creation? Being a fan of it myself, I'd also advice maybe getting into image an file policy a bit; RfA voters love that sort of thing (though they love articles more, as you may of guessed). Keep on keepin' on, and I wish you the best. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ) 04:29, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This user left an agressive and unfounded warning on my user talk page claiming I broke the 3RR rule on an article and threatening to ban me. He was hasty and ill-informed. He had not bothered looking at the article in question since in fact MY edits were reverted three times, not vice versa. ie I was the victim of a 3RR reverter, not the perpetrator. If he had properly investigated before casting accusations, he would also see my note on the talk page that it was not a sufficiently important issue for me to push any longer and that I would not make any further edits to the article (and have not done so) and that therefore his warning was irrelevant and unnecessary. If he had bothered to check the facts he might also have seen that I had explained my edits in each edit summary, plus left a rationale on the article talk page. The reverting editor in contrast had no edit summary on 2 of 3 of his edits and did not respond to my talk page comments until after breaking the 3RR rule. I ceased editing the article and stated on the talk page my intention to longer edit the article prior to this editor's vexatious, tardy and unwarranted threat, which I have now deleted from my talk page. Fact-checking should always precede threats of banning established users, or any users for that matter. This user is not ready for adminship or other wikipedia responsibility and would do well to learn to investigate issues properly rather than slapping warning templates inaccurately and indiscriminately on users' talk pages.. - PocklingtonDan (talk) 06:20, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No. I saw that you had done at least 2 reverts, and was reminding you about 3RR, to actually help prevent you from being blocked. AGF. GrooveDog (talk) (Review) 23:28, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh noes...revenge reviews. What will they think of next? Giggy Talk 01:54, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Questions

  1. Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
    I'm quite pleased with the creation of Wikiproject Manitoba, a small organized project relating to the province of Manitoba. Going with the flow, I am in the process of referencing the Manitoba article, which will hopefully raise it to GA and possibly even FA standards. I plan to request peer review after GA status has been given, and hopefully that will give me and other editors ideas on how to raise it all the way to an FA.
  3. 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've been in a few conflicts before, concerning incorrect vandalism reversions, factual accuracy, and the clerking at RFCU. I have handled them quite well, I think, always staying as cool as a cucumber. I can usually see the reason for their end of the dispute, and can work with that to come to a compromise.