This is a list of mistakes I've made or things I regret doing.
First, I'd like to say: I exclude my first 5,000 edits.
I would say maybe 5% of them were constructive. I think I finally got a grasp on what Wikipedia is towards mid-July 2009.
I would say maybe 5% of them were constructive. I think I finally got a grasp on what Wikipedia is towards mid-July 2009.
Incidents
edit- March 2010
- In the edit summary I wrote "this section is about Justin, not their relationship" thinking this was about Miley Cyrus, not a fake relationship.
- I overwrote/uploaded the incorrect cover art for a single.
- February 2010
- November 2009
- I added {{flagicon}} to the infobox for New Moon (2009 film) for United States even though the vast majority of international release dates were also on November 20.
- I updated a film's Rotten Tomatoes score as the votes came in [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] I should've waited for the voting to stop
- I changed Gross US$... to Gross US$$...
- August 2009
- July 2009
- At the help desk, I wrote "...not every single article requires references if they are not needed" I retracted that part two minutes later
- I violated one of Meta's greatest guidelines with an admin
Paula Deen
edit- November 23, 2009
- I identified an edit as vandalism and removed it
- I realized the edit was not vandalism and added it back, and cleaned it up not realizing the content was not encyclopedic
- Some vandalism began to outbreak and was removed, yet my edit remained
- A user posted a message on the talk page about the removal of the content and removed it
- In the end, quite a bit of vandalism began to break out causing the page to receive a month of protection
- A user posted a message on the talk page about the removal of the content and removed it
- Some vandalism began to outbreak and was removed, yet my edit remained
- I realized the edit was not vandalism and added it back, and cleaned it up not realizing the content was not encyclopedic
Edit summaries
editTypos
editDate | Article | Edit(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
March 2010 | Andy Samberg | [10] | Clicked enter before completing edit summary |
November 2010 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | [11] | |
Bella Swan | [12] | Try → Tried | |
Portal:Twilight/Selected picture/2 | [13] | ||
October 4 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | [14] | Comical correction |
September 1 | Wikipedia:Requests for page protection | [15] | Add → Added |
August 31 | New Moon (novel) | [16] | Capitols → Capitals |
AWB
editDate | Incident | Edit(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
November 17 | "...using AWB" was doubled | [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] |