User_talk: HelperT2895

At 19:53, Aug 06, 2013

Connor-Fleming Connor said:

Thanks for joining our community.

Since you're new, feel free to take the wikiHow tour to learn about how things work around here.

Please leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about contributing to wikiHow!

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At 15:13, Aug 06, 2014

WritingEnthusiast14 said:

Congratulations HelperT2895!

You've been at wikiHow for at least a year! Happy wikiBirthday!

Thanks for sticking around and helping to build the world's highest quality, collaborative how-to manual.

Thanks for all you do here! We're happy to have you! :)

-WritingEnthusiast14 , 7th Aug 2014.

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At 08:10, Dec 30, 2014

Alabaster said:

Hey, Viper,

I am not very strong on the character article standards myself, so I cannot hone your understanding on that front. If I were to seek to refine my understanding, I would ask Maluniu, Eric Wester, and Isorhythmic for the down and dirty, but you might have your own favorites. I would follow up by asking KnowItSome, Illneedasaviour, and Tiagoroth. The best I can share is:

Eric said:

I'm sure you've likely read through the brand name guidelines as it relates to the deletion policy. Hopefully by providing my own interpretation of these guidelines it will shed some light on why I voted the way I did. If an article clearly exists for the sole purpose of promoting a relatively unknown or apparently spammy product or service, it doesn't really belong on wikiHow. The site receives a ton of readership and we don't want to give a first time reader here a bad first impression if they come across an article that seems to be a blatant advertisement. Although the article did include the name of the product in the title, it wasn't written to a standard that I would consider acceptable to keep on the site.

In order for me to want to keep a "promotional-type" article on the site, it's needs to be just about featured article quality where we should be proud to show it off as one of the finer pieces of how-to advise from our site (an example is How to Use iTunes). It should include helpful, step-by-step instructions with detailed images to follow each step, and a video, if applicable (none of which should appear to be spammy).

It might seem like I have really high standards for articles that might come across as an advertisement - I do! Keeping too many lesser quality articles on wikiHow can damage our reputation. Especially recently, there's been a drive to increase article quality even further, so this is one small way that I can help achieve our goal.

Hope this helps and isn't too wordy...

Eric said:

Thanks for your response. Keep in mind that I only hold these very high standards for promotional-type articles as well as character (how to be like) articles. And although I don't require that they be featured article-ready right out of the gate, I would expect them to be near-FA quality. Oftentimes the authors behind these articles are actually working for the company that offers the product or service being promoted and we're simply providing advertising for them, which isn't our purpose here.

I agree with you that almost all articles can be saved from deletion, but we have such a plethora of spammy articles contributed that I believe editors' precious time (such as your own) would be better spent saving articles that will be more helpful to a larger audience (and let the original author spend their own time to edit the article, because if they truly understand our mission, they'll take the time to improve the article).

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At 02:36, Dec 31, 2014

Tiagoroth said:

Hi Helper!

Honestly, I avoid that section of NFD Guardian myself, as I believe character standards are truly subjective. In my head, most articles that say "Be Like" are usually against the character standards in the deletion policy. "Act Like", "Look Like", etc are usually good, unless the "Be Like" article has multiple sections that do that. Here's where you start seeing the subjectivity of it all. Here is an article you may find relatively helpful. If given the chance, I skip over anything tagged as NFD|CHA, and will continue to do so. I will say this though, most articles tagged as it can be saved with a few edits, and maybe even a split into multiple articles.

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At 03:11, Jan 04, 2015

Krystle Krystle said:

Abuse filter is a tool we adapted from Wikipedia, after we upgraded our software. There are a few filters set up to help me and Anna catch some of the worst and the best edits on wikiHow. It's actually called "edit filter" but we never updated the name. The edit filtered you triggered is one that tells us when a person is using certain words in their edit summary that hints that it might be a big or bold edit :)

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At 21:50, Aug 18, 2015

Steviejayy15 said:

lol i love the fact that your watching dark skies and just vibing

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At 22:15, Aug 18, 2015

Ijusttry said:

thank you i really do not know how or what to do i am very very dumb at computers and am very slow but i try

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At 22:32, Aug 18, 2015

Issabbell said:

Thank you

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At 16:56, Aug 19, 2015

Anna Anna said:

Not expecting a reply while you're out and about, of course, so no stress, but your message got me curious: Where are these starry skies and hills? Hope you're having a blast!

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At 04:29, Aug 25, 2015

Preeti Rana said:

Hi Helper Can you guide me what to do here?

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At 18:16, Aug 25, 2015

Thekidelite said:

thanks so if I need anything I can just ask her?

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At 18:32, Aug 25, 2015

Anna Anna said:

Wow, that sounds like a great getaway! Shame about the rain but on the flipside, it looks so lush and green there!! We need some of that rain here in California, eek...! Glad you had a good time :)

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At 19:52, Aug 25, 2015

Jmjackson99 said:

thanks

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At 20:38, Aug 25, 2015

Bhawani-Sharma Bhawani Sharma said: