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| '''''WIKIPEDIA''''' | |||
| I do my research. I'm not perfect, but I never commit to anything without thinking first whether I know enough to make my point. | |||
| I usually get put off by Misplaced Pages to be honest - so if I am making a contribution, it will be more often than not because I am very serious about it. | |||
| Misplaced Pages says Be Bold, and usually I am. I can lack graces sometimes, it's not that I'm strictly impolite! If I've got something to say, and I'm in, I'll say it. | |||
| I like to see the funny side, but my humour can be dry. | |||
| '''''ABOUT ME''''' | |||
| I am a carer for someone with Alzheimer's Disease, and have developed a stong interest in AD over the last 2 years. I am also a graphic designer with publishing and copy experience. | |||
| I am a socialist. That seems to mean something different in the USA - so if you are American, try not to hold it against me! I am decent, honest, fair and open-minded. | |||
| Matt | |||
| (yes, I plumbed for my name.) | |||
| '''USEFUL LINKS''' | |||
| ''' - On mud and boltholes;''' | |||
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| *] – Covers how side articles should not be created to cover information that cannot find consensus in the main article. | |||
| *] - Covers how side issues should not be used to camouflage any biased reasons for a side article’s existence (or continual existence). | |||
| *] - Advises against over-description of facts that are already simple, well-covered and conclusive. | |||
| *] - Shows how an abundance of passable citations cannot negate certain neutrality issues. | |||
| *] - Shows how past importance and/or the possibility of future importance does not amount to ]. | |||
| ''' - On discussion;''' | |||
| *] (inc essays) – How it shows ‘bad faith’ to negatively read (or misread) semantic, imperfect, miswritten or unclear details in someone’s comment - when it is reasonable to assume a positive meaning. Also - paranoia, and grouping people together. | |||
| :Under ]; | |||
| :(which lists how people can use various policies to actually force through their own bias) | |||
| *] - ‘Bad faith’ editors who ignore disproven points, repeating their chosen tacks. | |||
| *] – Being addressed over a specific policy breach, and retorting with other policy. | |||
| *] - Putting letter before spirit of law, carefully misinterpreting policy, and using formal terms inappropriately. | |||
| *] – Using gaming tactics to block or hold back something from occurring (consensus, a point being understood, a resolution, an event etc). | |||