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> My retirement from Wikipedia, Why I have basically retired from Wikipedia
Pussy Galore
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I go by "Urban Rose" on Wikipedia and used to be a dedicated vandal fighter until I realized how ridiculous it is what vandal fighters have to go through for hours on end each day just to keep their encyclopedia intact. I've come to the conclusion that if Wikipedia ever wants its legitimate contributers to be treated with the respect they deserve, it should do the following: require account creation and a registered email address. This would virtually eliminate petty vandalism and would deter all but the most dedicated of sockpuppeteers, namely those who are willing to register a new email account for each sockpuppet. These two simple steps might deter some users from making minor edits to the encyclopedia, but they would not deter dedicated users who make large contributions. And that's who have made most of Wikipedia's good articles what they are today: a (relatively) few dedicated editors who make large contributions. This idea that Wikipedia has that good articles arise from many editors making small contributions over a long period of time and that allowing anonymous edits to the encyclopedia is what is responsible for it's greatness is false. (I don't have the statistics, but I strongly believe that this is what they would show. If anyone can provide me with links to these statistics, I would appreciate it.) I do believe that editors should be allowed to make anonymous edits to the sandbox and the introduction, but allowing anon edits to the whole encyclopedia is what I've come to view as the primary reason why Wikipedia will never be as great a project as it has the potential to be. For more information, see my posts on a thread at WP:AN.

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I also created a userpage at Encyclopedia Dramatica (User:UR) as I felt that with all the time and energy I waste reverting petty vandalism when it could be remedied in two easy steps, I might as well be editing ED.


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Pussy Galore   My retirement from Wikipedia   Thu 1st May 2008, 4:57pm
Eva Destruction   This idea that Wikipedia has that good articles ar...   Thu 1st May 2008, 5:14pm
dogbiscuit   [ someone doing 500 search-and-replaces of ...   Thu 1st May 2008, 5:16pm
Eva Destruction   [ someone doing 500 search-and-replaces of ...   Thu 1st May 2008, 5:26pm
Pussy Galore   This idea that Wikipedia has that good articles a...   Thu 1st May 2008, 5:29pm
Doc glasgow   I realized how ridiculous it is what vandal figh...   Thu 1st May 2008, 5:18pm
ThurstonHowell3rd   The above is conjecture, where's the study wh...   Thu 1st May 2008, 6:57pm
Doc glasgow   The above is conjecture, where's the study w...   Thu 1st May 2008, 7:01pm
dogbiscuit   The response is also conjecture. Well, WR has a ...   Thu 1st May 2008, 7:03pm
ThurstonHowell3rd   The above is conjecture, where's the study ...   Thu 1st May 2008, 9:16pm
Milton Roe   The point was that any undergraduate statistics m...   Thu 1st May 2008, 10:25pm
Shalom   I agree halfway. I support anonymous editing but ...   Thu 1st May 2008, 5:26pm
Pussy Galore   I agree halfway. I support anonymous editing but...   Thu 1st May 2008, 5:47pm
Peter Damian   I support anonymous editing but strongly oppose t...   Thu 1st May 2008, 7:20pm
LaraHate   We don't block IPs for long periods of time be...   Thu 1st May 2008, 5:33pm
Somey   We don't block IPs for long periods of time be...   Thu 1st May 2008, 5:44pm
Shalom   We don't block IPs for long periods of time b...   Thu 1st May 2008, 6:13pm
Eva Destruction   Since Lara & I are (I think) the only WP admin...   Thu 1st May 2008, 6:27pm
UseOnceAndDestroy   I go by "Urban Rose" on Wikipedia and u...   Thu 1st May 2008, 7:55pm
Eva Destruction   [quote name='Pussy Galore' post='97892' date='Thu...   Thu 1st May 2008, 8:04pm
UseOnceAndDestroy   Being presumptuous and answering on someone else...   Thu 1st May 2008, 8:38pm
Eva Destruction   That's more "how" than "why...   Thu 1st May 2008, 8:56pm
Pussy Galore   [quote name='Pussy Galore' post='97892' date='Thu...   Thu 1st May 2008, 9:12pm
Eva Destruction   I think everyone proposing solutions is missing th...   Thu 1st May 2008, 9:19pm
The Wales Hunter   I think everyone proposing solutions is missing t...   Thu 1st May 2008, 9:55pm


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