All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies. And whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first, they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.
I continue to exist, despite being bitter about it. I don't spend much time here any more, but I gnome when the fancy takes me. I will still recieve notifications of messages to my talk page, or emails, so I remain available if anyone wishes to contact me.
Things I think are important around here
Bunnies are important.
Not overreacting
A lot of the problems we have with civility, the interpretations of the policy, and probably about 90%[citation needed] of the disputes, are due to people overreacting. The world is not going to end because someone told you to fuck off, or reverted your edits a couple of times. Look at some pictures of baby animals for a while instead of making that ANI thread and things might turn out better in the long run.
Reliability
There's a negative public opinion about Wikipedia stemming from its perceived lack of reliability. It really saddens me when I overhear someone say, "Oh, you read that on Wikipedia? Then it must be true!" while their voices drip with sarcasm. This is a respectable, well-intentioned project. That's why making sure the content you add is
reliably sourced is of utmost importance. If I see unsourced content, my instinct is to remove it, and I don't care how long it took you to write it.
Not censored
Wikipedia is not
censored. It's one of my favourite things about it. Someone said it much better than me:
"...Wikipedia is one of the few places on the internet where seemingly explicit images are used in a constructive, educational context. Young people will inevitably learn about sex one way or another. Learning about it from an encyclopedia is probably the best way a person could learn about it. Removing the images because some people find it offensive would create a very dangerous precedent for censorship. Many people may be offended by the information presented on various topics on Wikipedia, including politics and religion. The mission of Wikipedia is to provide the sum of human knowledge to all people for free. There is no discrimination when it comes to content. All knowledge is valuable. We should be thankful that knowledge today is not governed by the social norms of Victorian England. Withholding information (of any kind) from young people can be very harmful in the long run. Children have an innate desire to know everything. What could possibly be the benefit of delaying a child's intellectual growth and exposure to reality? The world is not censored and neither is Wikipedia. It is unfortunate and painfully ironic that anyone would think sex is the most offensive thing to be discovered in our brutal, violent, and merciless world...a world filled with disease, pain, poverty, injustice, and cruelty. And, yet, there are grown men and women in that same world who worry that their child might learn about love?"
This was said by
user:BDS2006 on the talk page of the
sex positions article and I thought it was poignant and perfectly worded. If I could make that an auto-response to every person that complains about images of nudity or articles on pornography, I would.
All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies. And whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first, they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.
I continue to exist, despite being bitter about it. I don't spend much time here any more, but I gnome when the fancy takes me. I will still recieve notifications of messages to my talk page, or emails, so I remain available if anyone wishes to contact me.
Things I think are important around here
Bunnies are important.
Not overreacting
A lot of the problems we have with civility, the interpretations of the policy, and probably about 90%[citation needed] of the disputes, are due to people overreacting. The world is not going to end because someone told you to fuck off, or reverted your edits a couple of times. Look at some pictures of baby animals for a while instead of making that ANI thread and things might turn out better in the long run.
Reliability
There's a negative public opinion about Wikipedia stemming from its perceived lack of reliability. It really saddens me when I overhear someone say, "Oh, you read that on Wikipedia? Then it must be true!" while their voices drip with sarcasm. This is a respectable, well-intentioned project. That's why making sure the content you add is
reliably sourced is of utmost importance. If I see unsourced content, my instinct is to remove it, and I don't care how long it took you to write it.
Not censored
Wikipedia is not
censored. It's one of my favourite things about it. Someone said it much better than me:
"...Wikipedia is one of the few places on the internet where seemingly explicit images are used in a constructive, educational context. Young people will inevitably learn about sex one way or another. Learning about it from an encyclopedia is probably the best way a person could learn about it. Removing the images because some people find it offensive would create a very dangerous precedent for censorship. Many people may be offended by the information presented on various topics on Wikipedia, including politics and religion. The mission of Wikipedia is to provide the sum of human knowledge to all people for free. There is no discrimination when it comes to content. All knowledge is valuable. We should be thankful that knowledge today is not governed by the social norms of Victorian England. Withholding information (of any kind) from young people can be very harmful in the long run. Children have an innate desire to know everything. What could possibly be the benefit of delaying a child's intellectual growth and exposure to reality? The world is not censored and neither is Wikipedia. It is unfortunate and painfully ironic that anyone would think sex is the most offensive thing to be discovered in our brutal, violent, and merciless world...a world filled with disease, pain, poverty, injustice, and cruelty. And, yet, there are grown men and women in that same world who worry that their child might learn about love?"
This was said by
user:BDS2006 on the talk page of the
sex positions article and I thought it was poignant and perfectly worded. If I could make that an auto-response to every person that complains about images of nudity or articles on pornography, I would.
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