User talk:Rubinkumar/Archive 1

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Chat With Rubinkumar

Rubinkumar:My New Chat Page! Rubinkumar (talk) 23:33, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
Rubinkumar: Just so you know, my chat page is over here.

A cheeseburger for you!

Rubinkumar (talk) 22:31, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Don't Forget to Put Signature

If you post on a talk page, remember to use four tildes at the end of your comment. For more information, see Wikipedia:Signatures. TheAustinMan^(Talk|Works) 04:08, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

RFA

I noticed that you left a message on Worm That Turned's talk page asking him to review your RFA nomination and I would like to give you my take on the issue. First, 100 edits isn't nearly enough for you to demonstrate a knowledge of all of Wikipedia's policies. If you chose to transclude your RfA, it would be quickly closed due to WP:NOTNOW. It is natural for new editors to want to become administrators right away; however, it takes a long time to become aware of the implications of being an adiministrator and to get a grip on all of the policies that an administrator must be aware of. One thing to keep in mind, administrators aren't different from other editors, they just have more tools. If you would like to be an administrator someday, you will probably need to wait at least 6 months and have a couple thousand edits but I will give you some advice about where you should be working. First, administrators must be familiar with deletion policy. Many new editors make a lot of mistakes when it comes to tagging pages for speedy deletion, so I think you should start out with familiarizing yourself with Wikipedia's articles for deletion. This is where editors nominate pages that they believe should be deleted and other editors are able to discuss and debate the issue. It is very important to familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's notability requirements in order to make good decisions on whether a page should be deleted or not. After taking part in AFD, you can begin tagging pages for speedy deletion. Another thing that administrators should be able to do is identify and fight vandalism. Patrolling recent changes is a great way to help revert vandalism. There are other tools you can use like Lupin's Anti-Vandalism tool which is good at detecting vandalism and Twinkle which can help you revert vandalism and leave warning messages on the vandal's page. You need to be careful with these tools because misuse of them can get you blocked. After you have reverted a lot of vandalism, you can request access to rollback. This makes it even easier to revert vandalism and allows you to use the extremely power anti-vandalism tool Huggle. Another benefit you can get from taking parts in deletion discussions is that it makes it easier for you to identify notable subjects for articles. Once you have identified a subject, you can create the page and work on content contribution. Sadly, there are many administrator hopefulls who were not accepted because they focused too much on vandalism reverts and did not contribute enough content. An easy way to find an area of Wikipedia where you could help contribute content is to use SuggestBot. You can also go to Category:Articles to be expanded and try to find an article there to improve. I hope this message wasn't too long and you find the suggestions useful. In addition, if you would like, I am running an adoption program based on (AKA stolen from) Worm and I would be happy to "adopt" you and show you the ropes. Ryan Vesey Review me! 00:39, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Replied on my talk page. Ryan Vesey Review me! 00:50, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Oh, and based on your discussions with TheAustinMan you appear to be young. I would advise you to read Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors. Ryan Vesey Review me! 00:53, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm going to leave one last talk back message here because I'm not sure if you are familiar with the watchlist and how to use it. Do you know all of that? Plus I responded on my talk page again. Ryan Vesey Review me! 01:14, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Your recent edits

Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You could also click on the signature button or located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when they said it. Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 01:29, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Name

You just left a name on my talk page saying that my username might be violating Wikipedia's policy, but you didn't write a reason explaining why. I've been a Wikipedia editor since 2004, if I'm not mistaken, and I've never received any notification regarding this. Let me know what you meant with your message. Thanks. Thief12 (talk) 00:41, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

AFD for Nbkrist

Hi, Rubin. I spotted your AFD this morning for the article above. We really need a rationale for deletion in any article so nominated.

I'm also noting that you're getting pretty enthusiastic about this, but please, SLOW DOWN. There's no hurry, these things will be taken care of in due time! The enthusiasm is good, but any article you come across should have a well thought out explanation of why you feel it should be deleted.

I highly recommend you take a look at our main articles for deletion page. This will save you a lot of headache.

--Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 18:02, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Clean up

You don't have to tag things like this - it is more efficient for you to just fix a problem like that when you come across it. Thanks, "Pep|per" @ 01:32, 22 December 2011 (UTC)