You'll find me checking AfCs, helping users at the Teahouse, and patrolling vandalism using Igloo and Twinkle. Surprisingly, I've found that Hatnote is an effective tool for detecting edits with vandalism. You can read my essay on it here.
I'm also a mass message sender. This enables me to send out messages to thousands, if not millions, of users, and I originally used it to facilitate sending monthly newsletters for WikiProjects. I now mostly use it in an administrative role (i.e. processing deliveries from the mass message senders talk page). Please send requests through talk page the instead of contacting me directly, where it will be reviewed by the other 56 mass message senders on this wiki.
I run Biasbot AS, a bot that attempts to somewhat semi-automate the enforcement of Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by using natural language processing to detect explicit and implicit bias in articles. Take a look at the bot's userpage and this guideline for a closer look.
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Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers means to "Treat newcomers with kindness and patience". Many experienced editors use patience, but omit the kindness. As a complex website, Wikipedia has a steep learning curve. Someone vandalising it, or writing draft articles about their business, may be a new editor entitled to the anti-biting policy's benefit. Kindness could require assuming that apparently disruptive edits are an effort to "see how this works". Even if the aggregate effect of this approach is that more time is spent dealing with disruptive users, we pay that price for treating newcomers with kindness.
"I know you may have been taught it's polite to use honorifics, but that isn't necessary on the English Wikipedia. No one will think you're rude if you don't call them sir/ma'am, and doing so risks calling women 'sir'."[1]
"When I am asked why I have volunteered my time for so long, my answer is simple: I believe in our project. I believe in our vision, that of a world in which every person has free access to the sum of all human knowledge. I believe that our work makes the world a better place every day, and as long as I believe that I will dedicate my time and energy to this project."[3]
[At the top of a retired user's talk page] "Please use the space below to tell me why you hate my redirects and templates."[4]
"Wikipedia would grind to a halt in hours if every editor with a mental illness went on strike."[5]
"[Why do I…] keep leaving or retiring, then coming back? … After not editing Wikipedia for a while, I realized that my brain has not been as sharp. Apparently, taking the time to [propose] and make corrections to various aspects of Wikipedia has been stimulating my brain quite a bit. I found that over the past month…, I just have not been as motivated or encouraged to proactively engage in thoughtful conversation or research. …[I]t seems Wikipedia has been a glue… keeping my mind intact".[6]
Wikipedians don't care if you withhold a donation, or say that you're going to do so. Assuming that they do indicates a fundamental misunderstanding of Wikipedia and the culture of its community. See also: Wikipedia:Not gonna donate.
The Wikipolitician is a type of experienced volunteer, prone to believing that anybody else cares about positions they have adopted or opinions they have previously articulated. You'll see them comment that they have "repeatedly" voted a certain way or supported a certain change. You'll see them comment that they have done so "for a long time", implying a long-standing position. You'll note a belief that if they support something, that suggests it should be done. They are unaware this is an act of self-indulgence and grandiosity, and inevitably they overestimate their true influence or power. Wikipedia is an online community, comprised of volunteers. None of us rank as senior; at best, some of us have considerable experience, and have perhaps been elected or appointed to do particular duties. That does not mean we have a political system, or that people are forming detailed impressions of anyone's personal policies and positions over time. At most, people know who you are and may have some memory of specific situations where you demonstrated some level of skill or competence. That does not excuse you from a duty in each situation to take decisions fairly, dispassionately, and with the minimum possible fuss. Self-marketing obstructs that. Politicians are not needed on Wikipedia.
"In time, most people will depart a community. Participation in online communities usually lasts 6 months to 3 years, with longer periods of participation common only in communities with a narrow, well-defined mission that has a direct relationship to participants' ongoing [real life] activities. Departures can occur on many terms… Departure in response to conflict… Insincere departures… Sincere departures during conflicts… Silent departures…"[7]
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