This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Montanabw (talk | contribs) at 17:51, 13 October 2014 (Don't let a herd of unmylenated jerks run you off, my friend, we were just getting things figured out!). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 17:51, 13 October 2014 by Montanabw (talk | contribs) (Don't let a herd of unmylenated jerks run you off, my friend, we were just getting things figured out!)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)| After over seven years of editing - over one year of active editing - I am throwing in the towel. Of my edits, 50% of the 11,000+ were to the mainspace. I worked, hard, to balance the POV on gun-control related pages. Ditto for porn coverage. (I wasn't very successful at either.) I was just getting started on some feminism and sexism pages. I also worked hard to see civility improved in the editing environment, to align with the civility policy. The gun-control and civility discussions were some of the most aggressive, uncivil "discussions" that I have experienced in my nearly 40 years as an adult and as a professional communicator. I sure hope Misplaced Pages becomes more welcoming and diverse before my granddaughters grow up. There are a lot of men here, and some women too, who have their heads in the sand regarding how the aggressive, uncivil editing environment on Misplaced Pages effects not only the makeup of the editorial body, but also the quality of the encyclopedia's content. - Lightbreather |
Retiring?
I don't like to see anyone retire from the 'pedia. Please reconsider. GoodDay (talk) 23:04, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
- Agreed, don't want to see you go; leaves progressive people trying to change things with fewer allies, though this is typical - progressives in general tend to not like fighting, when they do, they pick the wrong target, it boomerangs, and so they quit. (Frustrates me a great deal) Nonetheless, I hope you do not view me as one of the "women with my head in the sand"; I just know what works here and what does not, who to go into battle against and who is not worth the bother. By my view, WP is full of drama queens of all genders, and no more uncivil than some of the old right-wing boards I used to engage on in the old days of bbs systems, before online chat. The online world has always been harsher and less civil than the real world. But IMHO, WP is less uncivil than some online arguments I've gotten into the gun nuts and the right to life crowd. Doesn't mean it should be this way, but we ARE dealing with a base of predominantly as the Guardian puts it, "what you get in Wikimedia is the world according to the young white western male with a slight personality defect." Montanabw 17:51, 13 October 2014 (UTC)