Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors/Apply/Neelix

The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a successful Online Ambassador application.

Clear support from all discussion participants. Welcome to the Ambassador Program!--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:09, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Neelix

Neelix (talk) 18:46, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

1. Why do you want to be a Wikipedia Ambassador?

   Two editors have suggested that I apply and I am strongly in support of the integration of Wikipedia and academia.

2. In three sentences or less, summarize your involvement with Wikimedia projects.

   I am primarily involved with the English Wikipedia, being the 40th editor by article count and 110th by edit count. I translated the Carabane article from the French Wikipedia and helped promote it to featured status as the first featured article relating to Senegal. I have made more than 100,000 edits on Wikipedia, more than 90,000 of which are live edits to articles, and I have uploaded over 800 images and created more than 4000 articles.

3. Please indicate a few articles to which you have made significant content contributions. (e.g. DYK, GA, FA, major revisions/expansions/copyedits).

   Carabane, ProtoGalaxy, Ethnic groups in Senegal, Discrimination against the homeless, List of Tom and Jerry characters, Bombings in Mogadishu

4. How have you been involved with welcoming and helping new users on Wikipedia?

   I have, but not extensively.

5. What do you see as the most important ways we could welcome newcomers or help new users become active contributors?

   Encouragement, inspiration, and direction

6. Have you had major conflicts with other editors? Blocks or bans? Involvement in arbitration? Feel free to offer context, if necessary.

   I was blocked for a few hours a while ago because an administrator believed that my account had been compromised. I had created a significant number of redirects to an article that dealt with profanity. The redirects were profanity themselves, which I believed to be appropriate considering that they were redirecting to an article about profanity. While I still believe that they were valid redirects, they were deleted. I was unblocked as soon as other editors realized that my account had not been compromised.

7. How often do you edit Wikipedia and check in on ongoing discussions? Will you be available regularly for at least two hours per week, in your role as a mentor?

   I normally edit Wikipedia and check in on ongoing discussions every day, but exceptional circumstances outside of Wikipedia have arisen on occasion and I have occasionally been away for extended periods of time. I would be glad to spend two hours per week as a mentor, however I cannot make a commitment to two consecutive hours each week.

8. What else should we know about you that is relevant to being a Wikipedia Ambassador?

   I am from Canada and can communicate in French at an intermediate level.

Discussion

Neelix has plenty of solid content experience, and seems to be consistently civil and easy to work with. Support.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:26, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Support, he is an excellent candidate, very solid content and does appear quite civil, Sadads (talk) 00:39, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

An easy yes for me. --Geniac (talk) 00:58, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Lots of content and seems to be very civil. Looks good to me --Guerillero | My Talk 02:42, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

I already knew his name... definitely a yes. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 05:35, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

• Certainly ... and congrats on almost reaching 100K edits :) /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 02:59, 12 February 2011 (UTC)