Arknascar44 ( talk · contribs) Hello to all. I'm just wondering how I've been doing lately, and figured the best way to find out was to ask the community. I had a bit north of 2,000 edits the last time I checked, if that matters to anyone As for adminship, I feel I'm in no way ready, so my primary focus is to be a good Wikipedian and help out the community in any way I can. Your thoughts would be appreciated! Happy editing, ARkY // ¡HaBLaR! 02:40, 23 September 2007 (UTC) reply

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Hi there, Arky. I know our paths have crossed a few times, because I've seen your name quite a few times in the recent past. First and foremost, I want to congratulate you on your good work here. I see that, as you say in your request here, you have been involved in cleaning and maintaining the article mainsspace, which is something that I don't think should be under-rated. Based on going through a good many of your edits to various subjects, your focus seems to be in helping the project, which is something that I think is unimpeachable. I was unable to find an uncivil comment from you, despite a good deal of looking and, might I add, some rather uncivil comments from others and at least one sticky situation where one of your own user sub-pages was proposed for deletion. That in mind, I do have a question for you that I hope you won't take offense to; This isn't a test, just a bit of curiosity from me. Into The Fray ^T/ C 16:23, 23 September 2007 (UTC) reply

1. I read over the mediation you were/are involved in at the Mediation Cabal. When considering your own admitted lack of experience in editing the article space, how do you balance that against your participation in a content dispute?

   Interesting question :) I feel that, while content disputes are about articles, the disputes are usually edit wars over why X should be included per policy X. Considering that I have a fairly good grasp of policy, I can help the involved parties make a compromise based on a clearer interpretation of the policy in question that I provide.

2. How did this [1] decidedly snarky comment make you feel? Should you have responded to the sarcasm in it and, if so, how?

   I feel that, yes, it was sarcastic, but responding to that sarcasm in an uncivil way could instigate a string of unnecessary personal attacks that would make the debate much more difficult to solve. Therefore, I am currently letting the comment fizzle out a bit, although, in spite of their sarcasm, I believe the user understood what I was trying to say in my previous post. I will respond to this soon, and with a civil tone that does not mention sarcasm in any way, but instead remind the user that certain comments can be taken the wrong way by others and might have detrimental results toward the ultimate goal of reaching a compromise. I hope that wasn't too ambiguous :)

3. Have you considered participating in RFC or any of its various subsidiaries?

   Yes. I usually participate in user conduct RfCs, as I find them very interesting to contribute to. For an example of my participation there, you might want to check out Wikipedia:Requests for comment/The 13th 4postle, where I provided an outside view.

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Questions

1. Of your contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

   I am very pleased with my efforts in adopting new users. I feel this is very valuable to the community, as every editor is important, and if we can get more and more editors to contribute constructively, we'll make some real progress toward providing the best encyclopedia in the workd :) Also, I help out a lot at WP:ACC and comment on requests for adminship. My main issues I have with my contributions are my small amount of participation in the mainspace and mainspace talk namespaces, where my edits are usually reverting vandalism or AWB edits.

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?

   As an editor active in dispute resolution, I have been in a very large amount of conflicts. However, contrary to what one might think, none of these have ever caused me stress. I always maintain a cool head and stay civil, and I find this to be the most successful way to solve a dispute. Therefore, I plan to deal with all conflicts the way I've been doing so, as it appears to work quite well.

5. When it comes to RfDs, how do you decide which way to vote? Do you think you have a tendency one way or another (inclusion versus deletion)? Kushal ( talk) 22:47, 1 November 2008 (UTC) reply

   Well, it's hard to say. There are always obvious cases (vandalism, or blatantly obnoxious requests) but in a 50-50 situation, I often vote either neutrally or to keep, and suggest changes to the article or page that would make it less deletion-worthy. ( ar ky ) 03:31, 21 March 2009 (UTC) reply