User:VarunFEB2003/Coast
I began in 2014 as a casual reader of Wikipedia, making occasional minor edits as an IP user. My first registered edit that I'm aware of was made in in June 2016. My addiction grew, and in December 2015 I finally decided I wanted to give something to the community and start making more substantial contributions, and since May 2016 I've been here almost daily
My philosophy as a Wikipedian is pretty straightforward. I try to make it fun and avoid disputes. I am a lot attracted and involved in technical things out here. In general I enjoy improving existing ones. I love sciences and big cities/countries, and tend to focus my editing on these topics. Content creation is important to me, but the bulk of my 6,000+ edits are owed to fighting vandalism, doing technical things and making this page! It keeps me engaged and I get some rewarding feeling. As of late I've also been busy working on scripts and various templates.
As a active vandalism fighter and a responsible Wikipedia user I'm heavily involved with maintenance and sustainability of the project. As always I spend much time in preventing abuse of the wiki, but I try to help out anyone who is looking for help.
I have a lot of faith in new users. Technical mistakes are simple and you should help them, as Wikipedia isn't incredibly user-friendly. On a more social level, it's crucial to give newcomers a good impression of the community. In my early days I was accused of sockpuppetry. Fortunately I was resilient. I believed in Wikipedia and did not want to give up. I feel like many users would have been scared off and abandoned the project altogether. The experience shaped the Wikipedian that I am today. It taught me how important it is to be careful with new users, and always assume good faith. It makes me wonder how many other would-be long-lasting contributors we must have lost.....
Currently this editor is a Apprentice Editor (or Novato). To move to next level - Journeyman Editor (or Grognard) he needs to meet the 'time' and 'number of edits' requirement which are 2000 edits and 6 months of service. His progress so far is given below
Progress towards Journeyman Editor (or Grognard)
Edit Requirement - 5546/1000 (COMPLETED!) Time requirement - 3064/180 (-2884 days left)
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