User talk:TheTechnician27/Archives/2021/April

A cup of coffee for you!

Thanks for staying current with the news and updating Wikipedia articles to reflect major legislative changes. Blue Rasberry (talk) 12:39, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank You for your comment about the Socrates Nelson article. RFD (talk) 19:16, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Adoption

Hi, I found your entry on the Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters page and was hoping you would be up for ‘adopting’ me. I am new to Wikipedia and interested in becoming a low-key yet dedicated member. I study East Asian art history and religious studies, but I am generally curious about and interested in various topics. I am fluent in English and German and I am a trained library technician. I am keen to contribute by cleaning up and expanding articles, but also perhaps by creating new ones (when the time comes).

I am a little overwhelmed with how to best approach beginning my time on Wikipedia and would appreciate some sort of guidance. As I understood from your adoption post your availability is limited and that suits me quite well as I study full time. If I misunderstood this please let me know how much time you would expect me to set aside for this adoption project. I would be very happy to be adopted by you, but otherwise I would appreciate any tips or advice about how to go forward.

--Zrstnr (talk) 17:12, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi, Zrstnr! Sorry for the late reply. There are practically infinite ways to contribute to Wikipedia, and I'm sure it won't be hard for someone with your skillset to find their footing. I'm not very fluent in East Asian art history short of acing a non-Western art history elective some years ago, but I'd be willing to put in as much or as little time as you feel you need. The site's structure under-the-hood is a bit abstruse, so I'd be more than happy to give you the best guidance I can on useful resources, editing philosophies (yes, those exist), creating a user page if you choose to do so, tidying up articles, article creation and deletion, and even detouring outside the English Wikipedia if you feel adventurous.

I've only been here for a few years, and I've never adopted an editor before. Up until recently, I've mostly been a WP:GNOME, so a lot of my experience is in things with minimal interaction like keeping citations clean, wikilinks in check, and spelling and grammar correct. Beyond that, I mostly stick to new page patrol, the Teahouse, and creating or significantly expanding low-profile articles like Socrates Nelson and most of the Neolithodes stubs. So you could say I'm kind of a celebrity around here. That said, if you'd like to be adopted, consider yourself adopted as a clearly promising editor. You set aside whatever amount of time is reasonable, because at the end of the day, whatever feels the most natural for you is probably what will make you the best editor you can be.

With all that out of the way, feel free to ask any question(s) that spring(s) to mind as a new editor. Just whatever comes to mind, unfiltered. Doesn't matter if it seems silly or nebulous or too complex or too simple or anything. It's been a long while since I was on the other side of the looking glass, and so I want to – as best I can – step into your shoes. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 04:30, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Hey TheTechnician27 sorry for taking a while to respond. I had to finish up a few things and am looking forward to jumping into Wikipedia now that things have settled. I think, to begin, I would be interested in checking and cleaning up citations. Also being a WP:Gnome sounds very appealing.

How do you think I should get started? Just go through random pages and check the links? I suppose I feel overwhelmed with where and how to begin. I need some kind of methodical or systematic approach and I’m a bit unsure of how to get into the whole editing process without feeling like I’m just all over the place and nowhere at the same time. Maybe you’re working on something that I could assist with in this regard? I hope well and look forward to taking the next step!

Zrstnr (talk) 18:16, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

New page reviewer granted

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