Calmer Waters (talk · contribs · count) Hello. My name is Calmer Waters and I have been editing here since June 2009. I am always open to ways to constructive criticism on ways to better contribute to the program. As some editors have come across from time to time, there are times when the use of additional tools can help occasionally with maintenance of the encyclopedia such as the moving of uncontroversial files to less ambiguous names. Also, helping out more at DYK with the queue if ever needed. As these tools require great trust of the community so whith that in mind I put myself forward for the community to make this decision. Calmer Waters 17:35, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Questions
- What are your primary contributions to Wikipedia? Are there any about which you are particularly pleased? Why?
- I have created a few articles; although I feel my greatest contributions have been more behind the scenes. I enjoy helping out at Articles for Creation and still find it fascinating how these contributors diligently work to address the issues we raise in helping the encyclopedia gain quality new content, and on occasion, even B class content. I also assist at Did You Know... assisting editors with their submissions, including the copy editing of hooks and articles, raising and addressing potential issues, providing input with discussions, and verifying, rejecting, and promoting nominations to the preparation queues. I also try to help the new DYK nominator with their questions and help guide them through the process. We want them to find it enjoyable and come back with more interesting suggestions. This has lead to the following essay. I am also willing to help with different Wiki projects and task forces where I can, such as the Bolognia push, which has even further shown how collaboration can have outstanding results. I also help with the general wiki-groming and maintenance backlogs such as the renaming of ambiguous file names and finding sources for unreferenced BLPs. Pretty much help where I can.
- Have you been in any disputes 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?
- Working in a collaborative environment such as Wikipedia, there are bound to be editors that will disagree with things from time to time. I have never actually had any instances where conflict has caused me stress. I truly feel that staying calm, listening (or reading) to their point-of-view, and staying rational with an open minded can resolve many potential and actual conflicts. Sometimes the conflict of views actually leads to a better ending article or project. With the mind set, that one should continually ask themselves if what they are contributing helps the encyclopedia. If yes hit the save page, if not, then don't. I feel this is important whether it is editing an article or addressing an editor.