Tanthalas39 to Wikipedia: Go f**k yourself Options

[A Horse With No Name]

Somewhat lost in the hustle and bustle of Wiki-drama was this nervous breakdown by admin Tanthalas39 on his user page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=264562383

He came back two days later. Personally, I don't think anyone missed him. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/evilgrin.gif)

[EricBarbour]

This place is insane. Every editor on here should be purged and the project carried on by entirely fresh minds.

And yet, you returned.
Masochist. Crazy man. Fool. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/angry.gif)

[Son of a Yeti]

This place is insane. Every editor on here should be purged and the project carried on by entirely fresh minds.

And yet, you returned.
Masochist. Crazy man. Fool. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/angry.gif)

Many happy returns!

[Cla68]

Almost without exception, every time I hear of a Wikipedia admin burnout, when I check their contributions I don't see a whole lot of article writing, just mainly admin work. This guy is no exception. Again, I believe the lack of an effective governance structure in Wikipedia contributes to admin burnout, because the admins don't really have any kind of established support foundation upon which to ground their activity, so they must feel like they're flailing away endlessly.

[Moulton]

I believe the lack of an effective governance structure in Wikipedia contributes to admin burnout, because the admins don't really have any kind of established support foundation upon which to ground their activity, so they must feel like they're flailing away endlessly.

To my mind, the lack of a functional community governance model at Wikipedia is a fatal flaw. Other large projects (notably Debian Linux) have highly functional governance models that keep the project focused on producing high quality product with a minimum of sturm und drang.

[UseOnceAndDestroy]

To my mind, the lack of a functional community governance model at Wikipedia is a fatal flaw. Other large projects (notably Debian Linux) have highly functional governance models that keep the project focused on producing high quality product with a minimum of sturm und drang.

Quite right. Software projects need good quality contributions for the product to function. Wikipedia needs poor quality contributions to fuel its real product (which isn't "an encyclopedia"). Try using a linux distribution where untested code goes directly onto the end-users' machines.

Spring is almost here, it must be time to go round the circle again....