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''I think humility and the capacity to accept when you were wrong are important qualities for Wikipedia editors to have. As such, here are times when I was substantially wrong or against community consensus on a topic and have since changed my behaviour or opinion on a topic.'' |
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*[[Template talk:Tailor-surname]] - About a year after I started editing Wikipedia I came across [[WP:3O]] and decided to help out with a dispute. In doing so I gave my opinion on a topic I knew very little about and provided approximately zero help. Since then I've stayed away from dispute resolution for the most part, and have made sure to make sure I know what I'm talking about before giving my opinion. |
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard&oldid=760928287#Andrew_Davidson_and_RfA_-_Topic_ban_proposal Andrew Davidson and RfA] - In part as a good faith attempt to improve the atmosphere at RfA and partly because I had lost my patience with [[User:Andrew Davidson|Andrew Davidson]]'s commonly refuted/debated RfA votes, I wrote a proposal for topic banning him from RfA voting. While my opinion of many of his votes hasn't changed, the resulting opposition did make me realise that RfA voters are a spectrum; there will be people who vote exactly in line with general community expectations on one end and those who choose any reason that occurs to them to vote a particular way on the other. While it's probably obvious which end of that spectrum I think the user in question tends to fall on, that doesn't necessarily mean that they shouldn't participate. We elect bureaucrats to judge vote merits for a reason, after all, and if voting opinion was so clear cut that everyone voted the same way, there would be no point opening requests up to the community. I wouldn't make the same proposal again. |
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I'm an astrophysics postgraduate research student in the UK. On Wikipedia my contributions are primarily to articles on video games and scientists, you can find a list of the articles I've created or done any major work on below. Besides those topics I edit assorted articles which take my interest. As an admin I tend to work at AfD, CSD, and on Edit Filters. I am also partnerships coordinator for The Wikipedia Library, for which I may edit from Samwalton9 (WMF).
If you want to ask me a question or otherwise speak to me please feel free to post on my talk page. If you think there is an obvious (policy based!) reason to revert an admin action I've taken then go ahead - don't feel required to notify me first, but please let me know if you've done so.
I have some alternative accounts; Samwalton9TWA, Samwalton9Testing, SamWaltonTest&, Samwalton9EFTest and Samwalton9API which I use(d) for various testing purposes, and a doppelgänger account Sam Walton.
Articles I started
An orange tick denotes that another editor was responsible for the Did You Know/Good Article/Featured Article.
Other contributions
These are articles or pages that I feel I contribute(d) to significantly.
- Bloons TD - Rewrote with Bananasoldier (talk · contribs).
- Dolwyddelan Castle - Spent a couple of days in Liverpool Central Library and Llandudno library finding books for sources.
- Dota 2 - Helped with writing and maintenance and uploaded both images prior to GAN.
- Firefly Online - Wrote with Bananasoldier (talk · contribs).
- Ivy Parker - Wrote with Brinacor (talk · contribs).
- Jump scare - Saved from AfD by expanding from one sentence.
- Leiden Observatory - Expanded this while on a placement at the observatory, making use of resources there.
- List of Honest Trailers episodes - Think I have RSI from writing this in one go.
- Liverpool Overhead Railway and stations - Research and expansion with User:CWM_93.
- Mary Ellen Best - Wrote during YMT editathon with Gcbeale (talk · contribs) and Nicoleebeale (talk · contribs).
- Merseyside Skeptics Society - Rewrote with MrBill3 (talk · contribs).
- Robert Hanbury Brown - Made legible.
- Sakurai's Object - Had this as the subject of a project for my degree; expanded the article alongside it.
- The Castle Doctrine - Wrote with Tezero (talk · contribs).
- Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter
Current interests
Articles I'm currently or aiming to write or expand, at various stages of completeness.
- Draft:Lara Jade - Almost notable.
- Draft:Marek Abramowicz - Might have run out of sources.
- Draft:Pannierman - Looking into.
- Draft:Calvino Noir
- Draft:Noah Caldwell-Gervais - Maybe, not quite yet. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- Draft:Slow watch - Undecided if this is enough
- Draft:CitySafe to do
- Draft:Stellar halo
- Wikipedia:History of Wikipedian processes and people
Edit filters
- Special:AbuseFilter/657 & MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning-EL-in-disambiguation - Adding an external link to a disambiguation page
- Special:AbuseFilter/666 - Aas Mohammad
- Special:AbuseFilter/674 - Brian T Thompson vandal
- Special:AbuseFilter/676
- Special:AbuseFilter/690 - Smoothest Ashu
- Special:AbuseFilter/710 - Muhammad vandal
- Special:AbuseFilter/711 - Dead link replacement
- Special:AbuseFilter/735 - Infobox vandal
Barnstars and other nice things
The Original Barnstar | |
Thanks for fulfilling my requests for Make Something Unreal and Proteus (video game). - hahnchen 16:14, 11 August 2013 (UTC) |
Valued Picture Barnstar | ||
For your contribution that may very well prove to be the final piece in the Dota 2 GAN puzzle, I award you the Valued Picture Barnstar. After creating and editing the article for two years, I believe we may be at that impasse we have only hoped for. Thank you. DarthBotto talk•cont 22:47, 15 September 2013 (UTC) |
Barnstar of Awesome | |
You are hereby awarded the Barnstar of Awesome for your amazing work alpha-testing The Wikipedia Adventure. Over 180 bugs were identified and 143 of them have been fixed already! (The rest are catalogued as known bugs). You. Are. Awesome. Check out your name in the game credits here: WP:TWA/About.
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Second Secret Truly Special Barnstar of Awesome | |
You are hereby awarded the Second Secret Truly Special Barnstar of Awesome for your invaluable second attempt at testing The Wikipedia Adventure. Do you even know how helpful you are? You are Extremely helpful. You've helped make the project complete, and for that, I thank you.
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The AFC Backlog Buster Barnstar
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Congratulations, Samwalton9! You're receiving a Brownie because you reviewed 27 articles during the recent AFC Backlog elimination drive! Thank you for you contributions to Wikipedia at-large and helping to keep the backlog down. We hope you continue reviewing submissions and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! --Mdann52talk to me! 19:28, 13 November 2013 (UTC) |
The Brilliant Idea Barnstar | |
Thanks for finding the archived version of the site, that was immensely helpful! Matty.007 11:51, 5 January 2014 (UTC) |
The Special Barnstar | |
For your great help @ Wiki Webchat..! Joseph 09:56, 13 March 2014 (UTC) |
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar | |
A barnstar to you for reviewing 75 or more submissions during the WikiProject Articles for creation March 2014 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks for your work to improve Wikipedia! Posted by Northamerica1000 (talk) on 10:20, 12 April 2014 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk), on behalf of WikiProject Articles for creation |
The Well Said Award | |
Just wanted to say that I had noticed your response to the woman whose daughter created a neologism at the Teahouse and was particularly impressed with your clarity and kindness. :) Thanks for making us all look good! Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 12:29, 15 August 2014 (UTC) |
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
Thanks for everything! URDNEXT (talk) 22:31, 23 August 2014 (UTC) |
The Real-Life Barnstar | ||
Brilliant work today! Hope to see you again soon! PatHadley (talk) 20:56, 8 March 2015 (UTC) |
Thank you for your copyedits on Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park. They have increased the quality of the article and have brought it one step closer to Good Article status. Just thought I would show some appreciation! Coderenius (talk) 00:52, 22 July 2015 (UTC) |
The Edit Filter Barnstar | |
I would like to present to you this highly specialized barnstar. You began clearing out the years old requested filters backlog, initiated the edit filter mailing list, and made the long-overdue guideline a reality. Thank you for all of your considerable efforts to improve edit filter management across the project. — MusikAnimal talk 17:41, 16 October 2015 (UTC) |
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | ||
Thank you for being a helpful and thoughtful editor. And Adoil Descended (talk) 20:03, 28 December 2016 (UTC) |
Things I've got wrong
I think humility and the capacity to accept when you were wrong are important qualities for Wikipedia editors to have. As such, here are times when I was substantially wrong or against community consensus on a topic and have since changed my behaviour or opinion on a topic.
- Template talk:Tailor-surname - About a year after I started editing Wikipedia I came across WP:3O and decided to help out with a dispute. In doing so I gave my opinion on a topic I knew very little about and provided approximately zero help. Since then I've stayed away from dispute resolution for the most part, and have made sure to make sure I know what I'm talking about before giving my opinion.
- Andrew Davidson and RfA - In part as a good faith attempt to improve the atmosphere at RfA and partly because I had lost my patience with Andrew Davidson's commonly refuted/debated RfA votes, I wrote a proposal for topic banning him from RfA voting. While my opinion of many of his votes hasn't changed, the resulting opposition did make me realise that RfA voters are a spectrum; there will be people who vote exactly in line with general community expectations on one end and those who choose any reason that occurs to them to vote a particular way on the other. While it's probably obvious which end of that spectrum I think the user in question tends to fall on, that doesn't necessarily mean that they shouldn't participate. We elect bureaucrats to judge vote merits for a reason, after all, and if voting opinion was so clear cut that everyone voted the same way, there would be no point opening requests up to the community. I wouldn't make the same proposal again.