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I love cats. Have 3 cats. Bob, Beast, and BipCat. They're awesome.

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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, when those people will not stop, despite repeated warnings and temp banning.

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'''March 20, 2019 update,''' I had started helping here again, but quit again. And am watching people who don't know me [https://www.facebook.com/groups/xenwiki/permalink/2221964348069557/ throw me under the bus on the Xenwiki Work Group]. No good deed goes unpunished.

There are some actual untruths there. One person said I've vandalized other people's work here. I have never done that.

Here's what I've done on this Wiki:

'''Here's what I've done on this Wiki:'''

--I combined two pages with a lot of redundant info (''Artists'', and ''Bands'', combined to new page, "LISTEN.")

First I discussed it with Kite, Jacob, Mike B. They OKed it.

Also got the admins to add a LISTEN link on the left sidebar. I believe that is THE first thing noobs will be looking for if they stumble on this page and are curious.

--Plus found all the long-dead links on those pages and deleted dead links, put on the talk page what I deleted (for historical completeness). Then I found working Listen links for artists when possible.

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--I updated the VST page, looked for dead links, and found live links.

-I wrote the suggested Conduct page a few people are freaking out about. I wrote that after discussions with Stephen Weigel, Kite, and Tae. Talked a lot about it with Mike B. and Tyler. Tyler, gave me of push back, but I did it anyway, so people could see what I was talking about rather than sending bits here and there as PMs.

--I wrote the suggested Conduct page a few people are freaking out about. I wrote that after discussions with Stephen Weigel, Kite, and Tae. Talked a lot about it with Mike B. and Tyler. Tyler, gave me of push back, but I did it anyway, so people could see what I was talking about rather than sending bits here and there as PMs.

It the loud minority here wants to no use that page, that's fine. I think it's a mistake to not use it though.

-I never blanked anything, except Viagra spam.

--I never blanked anything, except Viagra spam.

--Added my music and my VSTs, to the Listen and VST pages.

--Regularly backed up the half-gig of data for this website, to have a recent backup in case things crash and data is lost.

-~~Added my music~~ and ~~my VSTs~~, to the ~~Listen~~ and ~~VST pages~~.

--Other than that, just helped the community when possible. Put together a compilation album, made [https://biptunia.com/?page_id=2070 some free xen VSTs], and patiently answered a lot of questions from people, especially people new to xen, on the ''Xenharmonic Alliance'' Facebook group, and the ''Microtonalitaly'' Facebook group.

That's pretty much it, that I recall. Certainly nothing destructive.

That's pretty much it, that I recall. Certainly nothing destructive, despite untruths being spread on the Facebook Wiki Workgroup.

~~-Other than that, just helped the community when possible. Put together a compilation album, made [https:~~//biptunia.com/?page_id=2070 some free xen VSTs], and patiently answered a lot of questions from people, especially people new to xen, on the ''Xenharmonic Alliance'' Facebook group, and the ''Microtonalitaly'' Facebook group.

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'''Read "The Great Failure of Wikipedia'''" from November 19, 2004, for more on my opinion on wikis.

~~'''Read "The Great Failure of Wikipedia'''" from 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

This was 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 dump all over everything, and admins don't stop them, because admins don't want to be "mean." (In other words, when the ''admins'' are not ''admin''ing.)

'''''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 dump all over everything, and admins don't stop them, because admins don't want to be "mean." (In other words, when the ''admins'' are not ''admin''ing.)

And usually a few editors jump in and tell the people trying to make things work that they're being "mean."

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If you're trying to convey something more subtle, explain it in plain English or I'll never know.

These are, by the way, good overall suggestions for anyone talking to anyone on the Internet.. People don't know your baseline, then they can't read between your lines

These are, by the way, good overall suggestions for anyone talking to anyone on the Internet.. People don't know your baseline, then they can't read between your lines.

I also have a lot of serious heath issues, some life-threatening, and end up in the hospital a lot. This eats up a lot of my time and energy. Therefore, I have to be careful what I commit to, and where I spend my time.

So don't take it too personally if I don't make time for you, or if I don't want to have long conversations. Or even if I block you. Arguing about petty things is not a luxury I can afford.

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[https://www.facebook.com/local.scrutinizer Me on Facebeast.]

[https://twitter.com/FreedomFeens Me on Twitter.]

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 I love cats. Have 3 cats. Bob, Beast, and BipCat. They're awesome.
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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, when those people will not stop, despite repeated warnings and temp banning.
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 '''March 20, 2019 update,''' I had started helping here again, but quit again. And am watching people who don't know me [https://www.facebook.com/groups/xenwiki/permalink/2221964348069557/ throw me under the bus on the Xenwiki Work Group]. No good deed goes unpunished.
 There are some actual untruths there. One person said I've vandalized other people's work here. I have never done that.
-Here's what I've done on this Wiki:
+'''Here's what I've done on this Wiki:'''
 --I combined two pages with a lot of redundant info (''Artists'', and ''Bands'', combined to new page, "LISTEN.")
 First I discussed it with Kite, Jacob, Mike B. They OKed it.
+Also got the admins to add a LISTEN link on the left sidebar. I believe that is THE first thing noobs will be looking for if they stumble on this page and are curious.
 --Plus found all the long-dead links on those pages and deleted dead links, put on the talk page what I deleted (for historical completeness). Then I found working Listen links for artists when possible.
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 --I updated the VST page, looked for dead links, and found live links.
--I wrote the suggested Conduct page a few people are freaking out about. I wrote that after discussions with Stephen Weigel, Kite, and Tae. Talked a lot about it with Mike B. and Tyler. Tyler, gave me of push back, but I did it anyway, so people could see what I was talking about rather than sending bits here and there as PMs.
+--I wrote the suggested Conduct page a few people are freaking out about. I wrote that after discussions with Stephen Weigel, Kite, and Tae. Talked a lot about it with Mike B. and Tyler. Tyler, gave me of push back, but I did it anyway, so people could see what I was talking about rather than sending bits here and there as PMs.
 It the loud minority here wants to no use that page, that's fine. I think it's a mistake to not use it though.
--I never blanked anything, except Viagra spam.
+--I never blanked anything, except Viagra spam.
+--Added my music and my VSTs, to the Listen and VST pages.
+--Regularly backed up the half-gig of data for this website, to have a recent backup in case things crash and data is lost.
--Added my music and my VSTs, to the Listen and VST pages.
+--Other than that, just helped the community when possible. Put together a compilation album, made [https://biptunia.com/?page_id=2070 some free xen VSTs], and patiently answered a lot of questions from people, especially people new to xen, on the ''Xenharmonic Alliance'' Facebook group, and the ''Microtonalitaly'' Facebook group.
-That's pretty much it, that I recall. Certainly nothing destructive.
+That's pretty much it, that I recall. Certainly nothing destructive, despite untruths being spread on the Facebook Wiki Workgroup.
--Other than that, just helped the community when possible. Put together a compilation album, made [https://biptunia.com/?page_id=2070 some free xen VSTs], and patiently answered a lot of questions from people, especially people new to xen, on the ''Xenharmonic Alliance'' Facebook group, and the ''Microtonalitaly'' Facebook group.
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+'''Read "The Great Failure of Wikipedia'''" from November 19, 2004, for more on my opinion on wikis.
-'''Read "The Great Failure of Wikipedia'''" from 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
+This was 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 dump all over everything, and admins don't stop them, because admins don't want to be "mean." (In other words, when the ''admins'' are not ''admin''ing.)
+'''''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 dump all over everything, and admins don't stop them, because admins don't want to be "mean." (In other words, when the ''admins'' are not ''admin''ing.)
 And usually a few editors jump in and tell the people trying to make things work that they're being "mean."
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 If you're trying to convey something more subtle, explain it in plain English or I'll never know.
-These are, by the way, good overall suggestions for anyone talking to anyone on the Internet.. People don't know your baseline, then they can't read between your lines
+These are, by the way, good overall suggestions for anyone talking to anyone on the Internet.. People don't know your baseline, then they can't read between your lines.
+I also have a lot of serious heath issues, some life-threatening, and end up in the hospital a lot. This eats up a lot of my time and energy. Therefore, I have to be careful what I commit to, and where I spend my time.
+So don't take it too personally if I don't make time for you, or if I don't want to have long conversations. Or even if I block you. Arguing about petty things is not a luxury I can afford.
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 [https://www.facebook.com/local.scrutinizer Me on Facebeast.]
 [https://twitter.com/FreedomFeens Me on Twitter.]