QUOTE(Alex @ Mon 23rd March 2009, 5:50pm)
QUOTE(LaraLove @ Mon 23rd March 2009, 9:46pm)
QUOTE(Alex @ Mon 23rd March 2009, 2:49pm)
I'm sure Wikipedia will struggle on with one less arbcom clerk.
It would struggle on with one less Majorly, too, but what's your point?
The question is: what's
your point? People retire everyday, so what?
PS. Did you snigger to yourself thinking up that hilarious retort? I certainly did.
I don't know what snigger means (and it's not pretty, so I'll stick to whatever is analogous), but I didn't find my retort hilarious. I was being serious. My point, dearest Maj o rly?, is partly summed up in your later post:
QUOTE(Alex @ Mon 23rd March 2009, 6:38pm)
I think Wikipedia could work and be brilliant if just a few small things were changed. Those small things will never happen, unfortunately.
That's the point, troubled child. Wikipedia needs to make a few changes, but those changes will never happen. At least not until change is forced upon it.
That is why it matters when big name admins retire. Admins that are also ArbCom clerks, for example.
In that this has to be explained to you, you clearly don't check in on WR enough; or you're not reading the right threads. To be fair, not all admin losses matter. Of that you can be sure. Your own, for example, was much needed. Of course, considering all the months I fought to yank you down from your administrative pedestal, I'm sure it's clear to everyone where I stand on you and adminship, yet you believe you never abused anything. Right... well, whatever makes you feel better about it.
If you want to stop editing Wikipedia, Majorly, and I think you should, how about you just quit? Here's a good way to do it: Drop a long spiel on your talk page, so that you look like a bigger dumbass than usual if you return, and have all your shit protected. Synergy will swing by and stick his nose in your shit as he so loves to do, but not until a few weeks later, and by then... you just don't care about editing anymore. Trust me.
It's not just an addiction. It's a habit. And for you it's a bad habit. Bad habits can be broken, though. They say something becomes a habit once you do it ten times. Women who take birth control pills may want to fact tag that, but that's what they say. Anyway, it sort of works the other way, too. Stop doing something for a while, and pretty soon, that habit is gone.
If you really love Wikipedia, Majorly, then you'll let it go.