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Well folks, it was fun while it lasted. Misplaced Pages started out as a great idea, and quickly turned into a madhouse of overlapping rules, egos and drama. After having my name dragged through the mud enough times I'm simply too drained to bother putting in any more effort to clean it up. I'll always remember the good times, the few weeks writing quality articles, and the long process of making them into FA's (before they became massacred on the front page thanks to our idiotic policy of not protecting the main page FA).
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It seems to me that lately 70% of our effort involves the creation of, and deletion of, gobs of mind numbingly useless and irrelevant trivia. '''Actor X''' appeared in ''Show Y'' with '''Actor Z''' from ''Series Q'' that used to be on ''Series R'' from Galaxy 11512 in Year ]. ]... look beyond your TV Guides and your noses and REMEMBER THAT ]... please!!!
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I've met a lot of great people who seem to have their hearts in the right place, even if their egos aren't always. Jimbo and Larry's '''''JOINT''''' idea was great, and had real potential until reality set in. Clearly human psychology wasn't one of their strong suits... any group this massive is virtually guaranteed to collapse under the strain of the never ending battle of wills amongst users. Anyone who's ever read about the ] would understand that eventually people who gain power will abuse it, I guess I myself sort of fell into that trap too. For that I'm sorry...
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It is clear to me no one (outside of arbcom itself) involved in my ] seems to give a rats ass about ] and any minor discretion is apparently just a sign that I'm involved in some giant conspiracy to take down Misplaced Pages ]!
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As has been said many times before, Misplaced Pages is an asylum run by the inmates, and I for one am locking the door behind me when I leave. I will not be back to edit, as if my administrative judgement is so questionable, my writing must be too. No amount of begging and pleading (not that there's much chance of that) will bring me back. I will be back temporarily to vote on the candidates currently running for arbcom because there are several that most decidedly DO NOT BELONG THERE.
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I could continue writing a screed here tearing apart and pointing out the flaws in each process, but frankly, I don't give a shit anymore. Let Misplaced Pages collapse. Hopefully something better will rise from the ashes. Nupedia died... Misplaced Pages was created... Misplaced Pages dies... ???
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==BIOGRAPHY==
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:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jon is an energetic party kid who grew up in the ] ] Area and was primarily exposed to ] and urban underground culture through friends and ] the largest urban ] south of ]. Growing up in a ] with kids who were mostly involved in the ] community, he began to meet kids involved in the DC ]. It would be these Graf kids who would later introduce Jon to the underground party culture.


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:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Attending his first warehouse party around late 1992 he immediately gained an interest in the early DC ] culture and started attending as many ] events as possible. It was at this time he first heard ], while it was not his preferred style of music it did get him to listen to more of the ] sound. It was not until sometime in the summer of ], at a party in southern ], that he first heard ]. The banging ] and the soaring ]s had him hooked.

:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By the time Jon was in ] he was sneaking out at least one night a week to hit up a party. Jon gained a strong interest in the ] ] ] through his next door neighbor Luchinvar while living in ]. Luchi's father Lloyd was a former ] in ] and would play his music proudly whenever the chance arose.

:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It was around the ] of ] that Jon with his family and several boxes of stuff moved to ]. Being put in a town he had only visited on ] put an end to his regular partying. It was not until he met several of the DJs from ] (] Radio) that he first found out about the local Maine scene. However, the parties he attended in Maine bore little resemblance to the scene he was used to; being more ] oriented, rather than ], ] and ] oriented.

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:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While vacationing in ] in ], he walked into a three story ] and picked up his first hardcore ] the three CD '''' set mixed by ]; this began his ] to ] hardcore ]. Upon his return to the ] he moved to northern ].

:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The parties he attended in ] bore little resemblance to the scene he was used to. It was not until a party in ] of ] called "] ]" that he first saw some of the various New England Hardcore DJ's play the tunes he knew and loved that he had not heard played out since his move.

:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following year in the early spring of ], he went to the UK on vacation. Visiting well known record shops like ], ], and , it is no wonder he returned home with two large bags full of hardcore vinyl and an empty ]. Sadly Elite Records is . After returning home he began to spin. Spending long hours as frequently as he could, he began to grasp the concept of ] and ]. A few years later and quite a bit ]er, he has amassed enough vinyl to make it impossible to find what he wants when he needs it...
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==MY ADMITTED BIASES==
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:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I contribute some of the time with ] and the rest using ], but always with ]. I would consider my skill level with ] and ] advanced, but my ] skills are only at the beginner level. I do have a small programming background in, ], ], and ]. I am an ] zealot, ] hardware has died on me too frequently. I am currently running a dual ] ] system (2.0Ghz stock) each is ] to 3.2Ghz with 4GB of ] ] (PC-3200 ECC). Fortunately most of my spare cycles are going to the ] (]) project. Although ] is a nice software package it in no way even comes close to the level of flexibility that ] has. As such all my image editing is done in Photoshop. I do all of my audio recording using Sony's ]. As a professional DJ most of my audio editing is done with records on my turntables, however they never have enough ] to satisfy me.

:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Politically i'm a ] ] (I'm categorized as a ] but i'm not entirely sure I agree with that). I usually tend to vote for the ] (so according to most of you I'm probably going to Hell). Unfortunately ] is an idiot, but the thought of ] as ] was even worse. I think my cat has a higher IQ than either of them. But generally as far as politics go, I don't really care who you vote for as long as you actually ]. Issue wise, I support the legalization of cannabis, closing the US borders along with restricting immigration (not entirely, but its a point I'd be happy to discuss), repealing blue laws (what goes on in your house is your business). I support lowering the drinking age back to 18 (if you can smoke, vote, and die for your country at 18 you should be able to have a damn beer). I tend to lean towards the pro-life side of the abortion issue, but as I am not capable of becoming pregnant, its really none of my business. I am a member of the ], the ], and the ] and support the majority of their agendas. I have donated money to ] even though half the time I completely disagree with their agenda. It is sadly an organization that is still needed as ] is still rampant in the United States.

:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I root for the ] or anyone beating the ] (]). I also root for the ] (my old home team) and the ] (I live in New England, I don't really have a choice here). Other than that I don't really watch sports. I used to play football, but injured both my knees shortly before going to college, ruining my chances at playing ] ball. So now I just ] and watch the games.
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==CONTRIBUTIONS==
]''', and is entitled to display this '''Bronze Editor Star.''']]

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Latest revision as of 18:08, 28 March 2017

Well folks, it was fun while it lasted. Misplaced Pages started out as a great idea, and quickly turned into a madhouse of overlapping rules, egos and drama. After having my name dragged through the mud enough times I'm simply too drained to bother putting in any more effort to clean it up. I'll always remember the good times, the few weeks writing quality articles, and the long process of making them into FA's (before they became massacred on the front page thanks to our idiotic policy of not protecting the main page FA).

It seems to me that lately 70% of our effort involves the creation of, and deletion of, gobs of mind numbingly useless and irrelevant trivia. Actor X appeared in Show Y with Actor Z from Series Q that used to be on Series R from Galaxy 11512 in Year Yekk. WIKIPEDIA IS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA FOLKS... look beyond your TV Guides and your noses and REMEMBER THAT FACT... please!!!

I've met a lot of great people who seem to have their hearts in the right place, even if their egos aren't always. Jimbo and Larry's JOINT idea was great, and had real potential until reality set in. Clearly human psychology wasn't one of their strong suits... any group this massive is virtually guaranteed to collapse under the strain of the never ending battle of wills amongst users. Anyone who's ever read about the Stanford prison experiment would understand that eventually people who gain power will abuse it, I guess I myself sort of fell into that trap too. For that I'm sorry...

It is clear to me no one (outside of arbcom itself) involved in my RFAR seems to give a rats ass about WP:AGF and any minor discretion is apparently just a sign that I'm involved in some giant conspiracy to take down Misplaced Pages ZOMG!

As has been said many times before, Misplaced Pages is an asylum run by the inmates, and I for one am locking the door behind me when I leave. I will not be back to edit, as if my administrative judgement is so questionable, my writing must be too. No amount of begging and pleading (not that there's much chance of that) will bring me back. I will be back temporarily to vote on the candidates currently running for arbcom because there are several that most decidedly DO NOT BELONG THERE.

I could continue writing a screed here tearing apart and pointing out the flaws in each process, but frankly, I don't give a shit anymore. Let Misplaced Pages collapse. Hopefully something better will rise from the ashes. Nupedia died... Misplaced Pages was created... Misplaced Pages dies... ???

...and now just to annoy User:Messedrocker who hates this template so much:

Retired This user is no longer active on Misplaced Pages.