User:Luckyluke/Coaching

Luckyluke

Hi Luke,

Thanks for choosing me as your coach. I hope you find my assistance, and that of the other participants here, helpful.

I've taken a look at your edit count breakdown, and it shows lots of experience in the main namespace, which is good. Now that you would like to get more involved in Wikipedia's administrative side, you should focus more attention (than you have been) on editing (proofreading, maintaining and improving) pages in the Wikipedia namespace.

I'll do a more thorough examination of your contributions as I find time.

I've posted some tasks for Vox below, and based upon what I've seen so far of your contributions, all initial six tasks I assigned to him apply to you as well. Number 5 is a fairly long-term endeavor, but the other five go very quickly. Let me know here when you have completed those (except #5), and I'll take a look.

When you are done with those 5, I'll have some more for you. Each day that you log-on to Wikipedia, you should devote some of your time to #5 (reading/proofreading policies), until you are very familiar with them.

Have fun...

...and may the Force be with you.

(couldn't resist)

The Transhumanist   20:20, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Transhumanist,

Thanks for being my admin coach and helping me getting started. My progress so far as to the initial five tasks:

1. Working on it.
2. Workshop page has been created @ User:Luckyluke/Workshop. In addition, I have also added an adapted navigation bar to my userspace, from Vox Rationis.
3. Edit count link has been created and appears on the Workshop page.
4. Have reviewed my Wiki edit history as provided by the edit count link.
5. Always taking taking the time out of each log-in to look at the list of policies.
6. Should I still sign up for an editor review if I've recently had one?

Luke! 05:22, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. I'm sure we have a lot to teach each other. Don't hesitate to provide me with observations or advice. I can use as much of it as I can get.

Since your original Editor review didn't have much feedback on it, I've put it back up on the ER page. Be sure to reread the instructions for the department, cuz they've changed some. I've also added some questions to your ER.

So you'd like to be an administrator, eh? Lesson #1: Train your eye. Whenever you visit a page, answer the question "is this page fulfilling its mission?" If not, determine how it is falling short, and then prioritize the work that needs to done on it in relation to the other things you are working on for Wikipedia. Work on highest priorities first. There are three approaches to helping any page:

1. work on it personally
2. call other Wikipedians' attention to it
3. both

So if you don't have time to work on it, maybe you can find others who do.

Hi Transhumanist, I noticed that you re-added the {{VC Assignments}} template back on to my user talk page. I understand that one of the conditions you set out was that I display it on one of my user sub-pages. I've already added the template to my Admin Workshop subpage. Is it ok there or do you prefer it on my talk page? Luke! 22:29, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

That's perfect. I didn't see it there. Good work. The Transhumanist   03:22, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

So, it has been pretty quiet here on my front. Just wondering if there is anything else that I should be paying attention to besides the one's I'm working on below? Luke!

I've not given you anything further, as you've not yet reported back on your existing assignments. --Dweller 11:19, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Assignments Progress:

1. Have studied and will continue to study edit histories of experienced editors.
2. Pretty much same as number 1.
3. Answered the questions on Editor Review.
4. Gave Dweller a question.

Luke! 19:03, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Further assignments for Luckyluke

1. One method of advancing your wikiskills is from role models. So during your training, from time to time pick an experienced editor or two and study their contributions. Don't just look at the contribution list, study each contribution. Try to understand why they did what they did. Also use your edit counter to help you analyse their contributions. Be sure to study their logs too (the links to the logs are located at the top of the contribs page).
2. To find role models adapt the suggestion at User:The_Transhumanist/Virtual_classroom#Asking users directly.
3. Check out your Editor Review - there are some new questions there for you.
4. (Dweller being cheeky) Grill me more. Your first attempt was excellent. --Dweller 13:48, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

New assignments for Luckyluke

1. Help polish Dweller's new lesson (it's in the copy-editing phase). Please proofread/correct it for errors, and ask any questions that come to mind.
2. Let us know what you have learned from studying the contributions of experienced editors.

 The Transhumanist