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December 2010/January 2011

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Closed 1 Feb, 2011; at that time there were 254,579 users, of which 223 edited in the last month.

  1. I generally try and focus on "important news", but, in reality, write about whatever I find interesting. I hail from the United Kingdom, and consider myself fairly active. I have participated in just one OR article, but I thought it was jolly good fun. I'll review articles that are obvious faliures, but I don't find fact-checking enjoyable, but I'll do it if the queue gets too big or if I'm interested in the subject. — μ 18:13, December 13 2010 (UTC)
  2. Around almost every day at some point, based in the extreme south-east corner of Scotland. Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 18:25, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
  3. I cover news from a variety of fields, and come from Lincolnshire, in the UK. I am active most days, but my quantity of writing and community participation has dropped severely since starting college. I do not often dabble in OR, but I have done so occasionally in the past (this does not usually extend far beyond the sending of a couple of emails). I usually review articles if I have both the time and the subject knowledge required for a thorough review, but these - especially the former - are in short supply at the moment. Δενδοδγε Tinsel\Christmas! 18:26, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
  4. I check for new messages about once every 2 days. My activity has dwindled over the last couple of months (mostly due to school, but also do to other interests in Wikimedia land), and as a result I'm not all that active anymore. I don't write things, I don't review things (Aren't i just an ideal contributor). I tend not to review articles because it takes too much time to verify all the assertions in the article are backed up by sources. Normally I want to do a task I can either accomplish in about 20 minutes, or can save and come back to, where reviewing takes significantly longer, and is atomic (by which i mean you can't half review an article). Bawolff ☺☻ 22:22, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
  5. I don't necessarily edit each day, but I do check RC each day, or try to. My contribution level has dropped mostly due to school and other "real world" stuff. —Mikemoral♪♫ 00:40, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
  6. ¡¿Qué mier** es esto?! Diego Grez return fire 00:40, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
  7. I'm in Saskatchewan, Canada. I usually check Wikinews (and pedia, and Stategic Planning) at least once a day, but I more often than not I just do a basic vandalism/spam check and that's it. Once every few days I do a sweep through the various places where work can build up (ie, editprotected requests), and about once a week I review an article. I rarely write an article or engage in significant collaboration on an article with someone else, but when I do it's always related to either basic research (fusion research, etc), or space news. Gopher65talk 00:34, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
  8. I generally check the news every day. I review articles if I have time. I'm busiest here during the Australian winter covering Australian rules football. And I cover elections as well. --RockerballAustralia c 03:07, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
  9. Amgine | t 05:56, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
  10. Somewhat active. —fetch·comms 02:23, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
  11. I would consider myself to be an active editor. I prefer to write articles about subjects that I want to write about. I live in the United Kingdom. I have only created two articles containing original reporting; in both cases, it was not in-depth. Normally, I review articles if I can see a problem with them or if the article is short and/or contains two or three sources. --Rayboy8 (my talk) (my contributions) 01:10, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
  12. My only regret is that I have so little time to give for my favourite wiki. :) I live in the United States, have created five or six articles with OR, and I usually drop in to do little maintenance things; and when I have time, I promise I'm going to write an article. --Thunderhead (t - e - c) 05:50, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
  13. I haven't edited much for the past few months, but I do keep a watch on RC everyday, and expect to get active from now on. Pmlineditor discuss 08:07, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
  14. I haven't edited that much since last year in November, but I watch the Recent changes a lot. I will also start editing more coming in February, or sooner. Nascar1996 20:10, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
  15. I am alive. Don't edit often but view the site most days; also am answering our OTRS emails Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 02:31, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
  16. I don't edit too often, but whenever I see major breaking news on other sources, I pop in the IRC room. Typically I create (or launch, if you want to talk about articles being rockets) articles pertaining to deaths of notable people, major shootings, natural disasters, etc. ConCompS (talk) 21:40, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
  17. Edit everyday (and check in on IRC). Report on politics (mainly). From Australia. Not a reviewer but do a few unofficial reviews. Will hopefully do some OR in the future (just got accredited). ~YTT T | C 21:48, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
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