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Overall, with his mass amount of devotion to making new detailed pages produced, quality edits and involvment in big contribution projects, In my personal opinion, I feel he has done just about enough to become a new member of staff. Just one tip would be to be very cautious and check that your edits of things such as images have not already been included. As well as this, please think why someone has reverted your edits before reveting them back. In other words, do not blindly edit. - [[User:Montario|Montario]] 15:02, 9 August 2011 (BST)

===Comments by [[User:ZS|ZS]]===

I'm not sure if he's ready. While MrLanceVanceDance demonstrates a penchant to contribute greatly to this wiki through shear number of individual edits made this month, the quantity doesn't completely translate to quality. While I can forgive his imperfect writing (Look at me; I happen to make plenty of spelling and grammatical errors myself as a result of repeated revisions and a lack of concentration), some of his well-intentioned edits may be problematic to the quality of articles.

As recent as August 8, I had to examine every recent edit that he made on pages on vehicles because thumbnails of rear quarter views of specific renditions of vehicles were posted unnecessarily on article where the option to view them through a link would be enough, and because redundant images are also added when they add nothing to the topic in question (like [http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/index.php?title=Fort_Baxter_Air_Base&action=historysubmit&diff=323573&oldid=322437 Fort Baxter Air Base] for example); I've already notified him on the former, but I have yet to completely check his other edits from the same timeframe.

There are also a few occasions when he amends or adds paragraphs or sections with poorer comprehension (i.e. [http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/index.php?title=Sunshine_Autos&diff=prev&oldid=323323 Sunshine Autos] or [http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/index.php?title=PMP_600&action=historysubmit&diff=321710&oldid=308624 PMP 600]), which can be a pain to fix because he does add useful bits of information in the mix. The time spent checking for new bits of information in the new revision, couple with reversions to the previous composition and adjustments to take into account these new additions could distract other editors from concentrating on other tasks.

I'm not against MrLanceVanceDance's eventual promotion. In fact, he has shown a lot of potential, and it would be great to have an extra hand seeing as there are only a few ardent staff members here. But he needs little more time familiarizing himself with this wiki's manual of style and quality assurance, and sharpening his writing skills; his feedback to this nomination demonstrates that he's willing to do so, so I'm confident that he'll make a good addition to the team.

I'll give him another month before considering a renomination. - [[User:ZS|ZS]] 03:33, 10 August 2011 (BST)

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