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| {{retired|reason=. I gave Misplaced Pages a chance for 9 years. ] had a great idea, and 2008-2010 seemed to be the zenith for the project, it had overcome its growing pains, and ] was scrupulously enforced, but it has been on a steady decline from there. More and more incivility has been ignored, and even instigated by admins, who seem to pepper their edit summaries, closing summaries, and talk page comments with snark that escalates rather than resolves conflict. When I went to ANI to report someone for accusing me of "fraud" and was immediately hectored by uninvolved non-administrators merely for filing an ANI, and an admin's response is ''"X makes those kinds of comments at ANI. Everybody knows it, and now you do too. He's being snarky, not uncivil. Stop paying attention and it won't bother you,"'' that's when I finally acknowledged how dysfunctional the Misplaced Pages culture had become. It's no wonder ]<ref>http://techland.time.com/2011/08/05/dont-panic-yet-but-wikipedias-losing-contributors/</ref><ref>https://www.technologyreview.com/s/520446/the-decline-of-wikipedia/</ref>, and now I'm one of them}} | |||
| I have had a negative opinion of Misplaced Pages in the past, and expressed it at length here. Since then, I have had some good experiences on Misplaced Pages, have made constructive edits and learned from the feedback of others, and though not yet entirely convinced of the longterm value of this resource, am giving it a fresh chance. For that reason, to make a fresh start, I deleted my old negative comments about Misplaced Pages. All of my edits here are in good faith. Still, one editor who disagreed with my AfDing an article dredged my deleted comments up as proof of my "bias". For anyone tempted to follow his footsteps, see the results of the Wikiquette alert], and I ask you to remember that I am giving Misplaced Pages a fresh chance, a blank slate, and ask you to extend me the same courtesty, and remember ]. | |||
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