From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This user does not exist. However, if this user begins to exist, seek shelter immediately.

Userpage - Energman

Why people quit wikipedia

I've been operating on wikipedia since 2002. Small edits here and there, I only created an account when I felt the need to add pictures.

During the last year I've noticed the alarming increase of a type of user that makes people swear never to use wikipedia again: the rulebook banger. I don't mean a rule nazi that sticks by the rules no matter what. I mean a person who will make it his personal quest to beat you and your edits into the ground because he has some sort of unfulfilled desire in real life. He literally knows all the rules of wikipedia by heart and will use them to enforce his point and his view only disregarding them or brutally enforcing them when it suits his needs. He will say your sources are not valid, remove your images and revert your edits just because it makes him feel important.

This my friends is the rulebook banger and he is the main reason people quit wikipedia.

Tips

Mostly because nobody can memorise all the features of wikipedia

Wikipedia's dozen most essential tips

And of course, it's a baker's dozen...

  1. Create a user account (how and why)
  2. Please sign your name on talk pages
  3. Look before you leap (check for existing articles before you create one on that topic)
  4. How to start a new article
  5. How to make links to articles
  6. How to insert a picture into an article
  7. Where on the page to put images
  8. A better wiki editor: wikEd
  9. Check your work before you save, using Preview
  10. Automatic edit summary reminder
  11. How to move/rename a page
  12. Redirects
  13. How to display daily tips on your userpage

If you know even more important tips than these, please come to Tip of the day and add them to our tip collection. Enlighten us with your wisdom, and make Wikipedia a better place for everyone.

To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{ totd}}

Information about me

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This user does not exist. However, if this user begins to exist, seek shelter immediately.

Userpage - Energman

Why people quit wikipedia

I've been operating on wikipedia since 2002. Small edits here and there, I only created an account when I felt the need to add pictures.

During the last year I've noticed the alarming increase of a type of user that makes people swear never to use wikipedia again: the rulebook banger. I don't mean a rule nazi that sticks by the rules no matter what. I mean a person who will make it his personal quest to beat you and your edits into the ground because he has some sort of unfulfilled desire in real life. He literally knows all the rules of wikipedia by heart and will use them to enforce his point and his view only disregarding them or brutally enforcing them when it suits his needs. He will say your sources are not valid, remove your images and revert your edits just because it makes him feel important.

This my friends is the rulebook banger and he is the main reason people quit wikipedia.

Tips

Mostly because nobody can memorise all the features of wikipedia

Wikipedia's dozen most essential tips

And of course, it's a baker's dozen...

  1. Create a user account (how and why)
  2. Please sign your name on talk pages
  3. Look before you leap (check for existing articles before you create one on that topic)
  4. How to start a new article
  5. How to make links to articles
  6. How to insert a picture into an article
  7. Where on the page to put images
  8. A better wiki editor: wikEd
  9. Check your work before you save, using Preview
  10. Automatic edit summary reminder
  11. How to move/rename a page
  12. Redirects
  13. How to display daily tips on your userpage

If you know even more important tips than these, please come to Tip of the day and add them to our tip collection. Enlighten us with your wisdom, and make Wikipedia a better place for everyone.

To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{ totd}}

Information about me


Videos

Youtube | Vimeo | Bing

Websites

Google | Yahoo | Bing

Encyclopedia

Google | Yahoo | Bing

Facebook