User:Beyond My Ken/Clearing the decks
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I was curious about how often I cleared my talk page, and how loaded it was at the time:
- 26 January 2024 - 63,449
- 11 June 2023 - 23,771
- 24 April 2023 - 34,725
- 7 February 2023 - 41,091
- 19 November 2022 - 68,801
- 4 February 2022 - 41,605
- 15 August 2021 - 11,768
- 4 July 2021 - 31,901
- 21 May 2021 - 27, 207
- 28 April 2021 - 29,841
- 24 March 2021 - 6,253) 114,578 (obviously should have waited a day or so)
- 22 March 2021 - 108,325)
- 1 February 2021 - 53,889
- 5 December 2020 - 60,650
- 28 July 2020 - 184,043
- 20 May 2020 - 61,323
- 19 February 2020 - 50,559
- 28 September 2019 - 63,853
- 27 August 2019 - 69,342
- 19 July 2019 - 78,971
- 7 March 2019 - 17,709
- 23 February 2019 - 70,891
- 17 December 2018 - 92,038
- 23 September 2018 - 133,097
- 19 June 2018 - 124,501
- 2 April 2018 - 50,114
- 17 February 2018 - 168,257
- 16 November 2017 - 66,994
- 31 August 2017 - 31,308
- 22 August 2017 - 102,874
- 28 March 2017 - 19,935
- 13 March 2017 - 73,544
- 18 January 2017 - 78,190
- 11 August 2016 - 82,883
- 12 June 2016 - 49,384
- 2 May 2016 - 57,596
- 28 March 2016 - 56,340
- 14 February 2016 - 58,972
- 2 January 2016 - 69,464
- 25 November 2015 - 55,440
- 20 October 2015 - 74,387
- 15 September 2015 - 86,528
- 27 July 2015 - 46,346
- 26 June 2015 - 84,314
- 2 May 2015 - 43,434
- 17 April 2015 - 83,588
- 27 February 2015 - 69,728
- 3 January 2015 - 46,136
- 22 October 2014 - 80,933
- 1 July 2014 - 123,308
- 14 May 2014 - 89,932
- 6 April 2014 - 78,561
- 27 January 2014 - 7,743 + 1,902 = 9,645
- 24 January 2014 - 18,970
- 22 January 2014 - 47,015
- 5 January 2014 - 83,241
- 24 November 2013 - 103,300
- 8 October 2013 - 67,172
- 4 August 2013 - 130,816
- 9 April 2013 - 28,857
- 28 March 2103 - 84,116
- 23 January 2013 - 77,829
- 27 December 2012 - 63,706
- 26 November 2012 - 103,315
- 13 September 2012 - 74,387
- 2 August 2012 - 35,682
- 19 June 2012 - 51,807
- 3 May 2012 - 90,252
- 30 January 2012 - 61,123
- 3 January 2012 - 28,801
- 9 December 2011 - 21,382
- 13 November 2011 - 43,641
- 29 September 2011 - 21,282
- 7 September 2011 - 42,600
- 4 August 2011 - 39,240
- 17 June 2011 - 42,535
- 7 May 2011 - 23,871
- 23 April 2011 - 54,178
- 22 February 2011 - 51,896
- 25 January 2011 - 56,389
- 18 December 2010 - 27,713
- 9 November 2010 - 40,507
- 29 October 2010 - 34,518
- 12 October 2010 - 6,859
- 11 October 2010 - 10,458
- 4 October 2010 - 16,465
- 23 September 2010 - 42,484
- 6 August 2010 - 16,576
- 4 August 2010 - 15,060
- 26 July 2010 - 24,629
- 4 July 2010 - 37,393
- 16 June 2010 - 12,062
- 30 May 2010 - 16,821
- 13 May 2010 - 31,119
- 31 March 2010 - 35,987
- 14 March 2010 - 63,137
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Thanks, BMK
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(Cicero: De Legibus)
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Talk page header
When determining what course of action should be taken about a disruptive, tendentious or bothersome editor, the primary concern – more important than precedents, consistency, fairness or even AGF – is which option will best serve the building of an encyclopedia.
Beyond My Ken
"[Internet trolls] are characterized by personality traits that fall in the so-called Dark Tetrad: Machiavellianism (willingness to manipulate and deceive others), narcissism (egotism and self-obsession), psychopathy (the lack of remorse and empathy), and sadism (pleasure in the suffering of others)."
Chris Mooney
"Internet Trolls Really Are Horrible People"
Slate (February 14, 2014)
citing research by Erin E. Buckels, Paul D. Trapnellb and Delroy L. Paulhusc
We all tend to take Wikipedia much too seriously. It's certainly important to provide a free first-class online encyclopedia for the public, and no one can dispute how central Wikipedia has become to people searching for accurate, unbiased information, but there's little excuse for the bitterness, in-fighting and bitchiness with which many people approach editing here, which makes the experience difficult and unpleasant at times. I am generally in favor of removing the worst of those transgressors permanently, which, of course, leaves me open to the charge of not assuming good faith. Actually, I have little trouble assuming good faith, I simply refuse to keep the assumption alive in the face of evidence of misbehavior.
Beyond My Ken
"Beware of the 'innocent' man who plays his part too well."
Old theatrical proverb
(made up by me)
"Having an open mind doesn't mean you have to let your brains fall out."
James Oberg (paraphrased)
via Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World (1995)
"A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."
William James (attributed)
"He used . . . sarcasm.
Oh, he knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor,
bathos, puns, parody, litotes and satire."
"The Piranha Brothers"
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Episode 14, "Face the Press"
(15 September 1970)
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof
is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
Wikipedia is a project to create and improve an online encyclopedia which is as accurate and as useful to its readers as possible. It is not an MMORPG, a debating society or an experiment to create the ideal online community. Activities which do not, in some direct or closely indirect way, contribute to that goal are a waste of the project's resources and should be minimized as much as possible.
Beyond My Ken
- Learn the lesson that collectively, Wikipedia doesn't want to be saved, it's not even very concerned about being fixed. It is quite happy being what it is, flawed or not.
- Most importantly: Stay uninvolved, learn not to care.
Beyond My Ken
excerpt from "A personal prescription for surviving Wikipedia"
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A word of warning: I'm not here to validate you. If your contributions to Wikipedia suck, I'm not going to slap on a pair of rose-colored glasses and tell you what great potential you have for the future, I'm going to tell you your work sucked, why it sucked, and what you can do it make it not suck in the future. Spades will be called spades, and words will be pointed and direct; I will not pussyfoot around your deficits. For those unfamiliar with the concept, this is called "honesty."If, on the other hand, your work on Wikipedia has been productive and helpful, and your comments intelligent and perceptive, you will have my help, my trust and my collegial respect, which will be difficult for you to lose.
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