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'''Oct 16, 2018 update: Stopped editing the wiki, for the same reason good editors usually leave wikis;''' frustration from admins not blocking people who make counterproductive edits, ~~and~~ will not stop, despite repeated warnings and banning. Read "The Great Failure of Wikipedia — November 19, 2004" for more on this. Written by Jason Scott, one of the people who helped build Wikipedia in the early days: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/808

'''Oct 16, 2018 update: Stopped editing the wiki, for the same reason good editors usually leave wikis;''' frustration from admins not blocking people who make counterproductive edits, when those people will not stop, despite repeated warnings and banning.

tl:dr version of ~~that~~ article: a very few people shit all over everything, and admins don't stop them, because ~~they~~ don't want to be "mean." Or ~~they~~ think a wiki is a democracy ~~when~~ they should think of it as private property jointly owned by the admins and editors who are currently making useful edits.

'''Read "The Great Failure of Wikipedia''' — November 19, 2004" for more on this. Written by Jason Scott, one of the people who helped build Wikipedia in the early days: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/808

tl:dr version of Jason Scott's article: '''The productive contributors leave because they go from "being a content creator to being a content ''defender''."'''.. When a very few people shit all over everything, and admins don't stop them, because admins don't want to be "mean." And usually a few editors jump in and tell the people trying to make things work that they're being "mean."

Or the editors and admins think a wiki is a democracy. When they should think of it as private property jointly owned by the admins and editors who are currently making useful edits.

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'''WANT TO CHAT WITH ME?''': Like many microtonal musicians, and many musicians in general, and many synth players, and most software designers, I have [[wikipedia:Asperger_syndrome|Aspergers]].

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-'''Oct 16, 2018 update: Stopped editing the wiki, for the same reason good editors usually leave wikis;''' frustration from admins not blocking people who make counterproductive edits, and will not stop, despite repeated warnings and banning. Read "The Great Failure of Wikipedia — November 19, 2004" for more on this. Written by Jason Scott, one of the people who helped build Wikipedia in the early days: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/808
+'''Oct 16, 2018 update: Stopped editing the wiki, for the same reason good editors usually leave wikis;''' frustration from admins not blocking people who make counterproductive edits, when those people will not stop, despite repeated warnings and banning.
-tl:dr version of that article: a very few people shit all over everything, and admins don't stop them, because they don't want to be "mean." Or they think a wiki is a democracy when they should think of it as private property jointly owned by the admins and editors who are currently making useful edits.
+'''Read "The Great Failure of Wikipedia''' — November 19, 2004" for more on this. Written by Jason Scott, one of the people who helped build Wikipedia in the early days: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/808
+tl:dr version of Jason Scott's article: '''The productive contributors leave because they go from "being a content creator to being a content ''defender''."'''.. When a very few people shit all over everything, and admins don't stop them, because admins don't want to be "mean." And usually a few editors jump in and tell the people trying to make things work that they're being "mean."
+Or the editors and admins think a wiki is a democracy. When they should think of it as private property jointly owned by the admins and editors who are currently making useful edits.
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 '''WANT TO CHAT WITH ME?''': Like many microtonal musicians, and many musicians in general, and many synth players, and most software designers, I have [[wikipedia:Asperger_syndrome|Aspergers]].