User:SriMesh/Sandbox/interview

Feature article/list/media interview template/suggestion/beginnings...Depending upon the Featured article/list/media perhaps 5 or 6 questions can be chosen from some of these by the interviewer or by the interviewee...(Some suggested or possible questions to support topic added to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions - FA, FL or featured media, featured portal editor interviews

Introduction

• Before we begin, tell us a bit about yourself. What originally attracted you to writing for Wikipedia? What is it like to be an editor who has contributed to an article that has reached featured status?

• For our readers who aren't familiar with this featured article, what material is covered in it? Is the breadth of coverage even something that the article's editors have firmly decided on? (Tell us about the featured article you have just worked on)

• What motivated you to contribute to this article which has now attained feature status? Why are you interested in this subject? How did you choose this particular article for FAC?

• What type of photographs do you favour when taking pictures - Animals — Astronomy — Food and drink — Historical — Natural phenomena —Objects — People — Places — Plants and fungi — Sports — Static non-photographic media — Animated? Do you have a particular subject to photograph for example, nature, seascapes, landscapes, shadow, light, portraits? What is your favourite type of photography? Do you have special photographic related education? Did you take courses or go to a school learn photography? How do you educate yourself?

• How long have you been doing photogaphy and shen did you start submissions to wikimedia commons? How did you get started in photography?

Team effort

• There are those Wikipedians who believe that putting a massive amount of effort into a single article is a waste of time considering how many undeveloped, unreferenced, and nonexistent articles we have. How was your effort to bring this article to feature status derived, was it designed to cater to those Wikipedians, or was there some other inspiration to break away from the norm?

• Wikipedians come together with unique and diverse skills and come together to work with and support one another. Were there notable times when the article editors came together to provide emotional or collaborative support to one another?

• "in order to serve an audience, it's essential to be engaged with that audience". In terms of incorporating external social interaction into the article editing structure, what have you learned from working together as a team that can apply to any article editing project?

• Does the article's success reflect the dedication which has been displayed in the past by the editors/wikiproject/s?

• To what extent do biases and opinions affect standard articles? What can be done (or is being done) to prevent these effects?

• Did this article go through periods where sections were prone to a high degree of reverting? What can be done (or was done) to address these effects?

• Do you have any photographic influences relating to the wikimedia commons feature picture process?

• What equipment and software do you use to produce the images that have achieved feature picture status?

FA process

• During the progress of evolution of this article from stub through B class to GA and finally attaining FA, what achievements are you most proud of? Although you successfully brought article name to Featured Article status, the article has had a tough/easy time getting there. In just over x years, the article has had a history of x nominations for GA, x nominations for A and x nominations for FA. What is it about article name that makes it so difficult to write about?

• When the article was at FAC and reviewers were debating the quality of the article in respect to the criteria can you describe / summarize what the changes requsted were, and what effect they've had on the process/development of the article?

• What (if any) changes would you make to the featured article process?
  • What (if any) changes would you make to the featured picture process? What is your opinion of the wikimedia commons feature picture process at the moment and where can you see it in the future say five years from now?

• What has been your most difficult experience in attaining FAC status for this article?

• What is it about the growth and evolution of this article which you've contributed to make you most proud? And why?

• What advice do you have about the FA process for other writers?

• Wikipedians can contribute as reviewers to the GA and FA process. Do you think reviewing other articles at FAC helps you as you write and nominate articles yourself? If so, how?

• What is your opinion on editing a photograph, and post processing? What is your favourite computer software program? What is your opieion on image cropping?

• What is your favourite photographic accessory, and what is the lens you would choose most often for photographic purposes? What kind of lighting do you use when taking pictures? What would be your next photographic equipment purchase?

• Is there a particular encyclopaedic image you would love to capture in photography?

• What or who is your inspiration?

Sections and daughter articles

• There are also individual sub articles for certain sections which garnered enough information to break away from the main featured article. Was there a method by which sections were chosen to have such articles?

• This article has several daughter articles covering such aspects introduced in sections. What sorts of articles/sections does this featured article provide unique coverage of?

• With so many sections within the scope of this article, how can you define which ones are of higher priority?

• Featured articles often cover a broad variety of sections, meaning that they benefit from the attention of editors with distinct skills and interests. Is this true of this article as well?

• Has the article, in your opinion, influenced any other articles, wikipedia editors, portals and or wikiprojects? And if so, how?

• What is the most memorable image you have photographed and why? What are your favourite three images? Can you describe them in terms of phtographic quality, composition, camera settings, lighting, location, challenges, image attempts.

• Have you had any frustrations or disapointments while striving for an image you desired? Similarly have you had any spectacular successes in an image you weren't expecting?

Article challenges / growth / evolution / successes

• Of this topic's featured articles, there is currently only "x" article/s on that have reached GA/FA status despite the fact that the List of topic links amount to more than "y" distinct articles. Is there something inherently difficult about writing topic articles?

• What do you find to be different or challenging about writing this featured article? What have you learned from your work in this subject area? How have you been affected as a wikipedia editor? What skills have you learned or employed in the process?

• As some editors specialize in Manual of Style copyediting, others citations, some on content. How did you contribute to this featured article mainly? How much time did you spend researching and preparing this article for FAC?

• How many images do you take of a subject until you are happy with the quality, before you end up with the right one? Do you try to impart an impression in your photographic images?

• Has your contributing to this article had any interesting impact or effect in your personal or professional life?

• What is the best part of submitting an image for featured picture nominations, and what is the most challenging? Describe your flow of producing an image for submission to wikimedia commons, selecton of equipment, set up of shoot, processing of image for nomination, nomination process? What is the most common mistake in wikimedia commons feature nomination picture submissions? Do you have any secrets in setting up your composition?

• Has this article been subject to very harmful vandalism? What has been done? Have you had any difficulty maintaining the Featured articles you contributed to? Where do you think this article will go in the future?

Editor contributions

• To what extent does the article benefit from the participation of editors with expert knowledge on "topic"?

• How can non-experts and inexperienced editors help contribute to the article?

• What gaps in coverage exist that could be filled by such contributors?

• What advice would you impart to a wikimedia commons contributor who is interested in photography and would like to improve their image submissions to attain feature image status? If someone said how can I be like the next feature picture contributor? What would you repond to this?