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	My main issues with Misplaced Pages:
	*IPs and socking - it's got to be better worked out. Should they be part of a 3RR decision?
	*Transparency and the use of emails: Ever since an admin admitted that some had changed hands over an issue I've felt markedly less secure.
	*Headcounting at ]. Being able to get rid of ] 'fork' articles is essential for the development of Misplaced Pages. It is almost impossible to do this at times due to the interested parties dominating the ]-based ].
	*Casino-style 'edit counts' - people need to be encouraged to slow down! I'm convinced Misplaced Pages would improve twice as fast if people edited less.
	*I think there should also be more admin, and better advice given to them (ie to try and avoid speedy decisions - and to make 'reading up' a priority).

	'''Hi.'''

	I've been editing Misplaced Pages, off and on, since 2006.

	Did you like my edit? If you think I've messed up, give me a shout and I'll further explain my thinking.

	'''''WIKIPEDIA'''''

	I do my research. I don't claim to be perfect, but I never commit to anything without at least thinking first whether I know enough to make my point. I use Talk pages as much as I article-edit. I dislike 'edit-count chasers' - they do nothing for quality IMO, and I've seen them create work. Misplaced Pages needs to SLOW DOWN! It will develop twice as fast if it did. When I read someone's made xx thousand edits, I'm immediately worried they won't ''properly'' read my comments!

	I often get a little 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 ], and usually I am. I can probably lack a few 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 am very logical, but can be passionate too.

	I like to see the funny side, but my humour can sometimes be a little dry.

	'''''ABOUT ME'''''

	I am a 37-year-old carer for someone with Alzheimer's Disease, and have developed a stong interest in AD over the last few years. I am also a graphic designer with publishing and copy experience (in prose).

	I am a socialist. That seems to mean something a little 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

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	'''PERSONAL NOTES'''

	Coatrack,
	Core issues,
	Galloway,
	Pratchett FA,
	Alzheimers,
	Obama/madrasssa,
	UK nationality guideline,
	Respect,
	Morning Star,
	List of United States Journalism scandals/UK
	MP Voting records,
	Wales,
	MEDMOS,
	CAM,
	Autism



	'''WP (not confetti)'''

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	] - Always a good referring point.

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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 Notability.

	] - 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.

	] - 6 decent points

	''Gaming/Disruption:''

	] - lists how people can use various policies to actually force through their own bias, inc;

	] - ‘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).

	''Also useful:''

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