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Busy collecting copious evidence about uncivil behavior which Arbitrators have taken after the issues seem resolved - closing the barn door and all that. Perhaps this Arbitration will help women, older people, shy people, people of color, academics, professionals, etc. feel that Wikipedia is a decent place for them to add their high quality content without being singled out for insult, harassment and other abuses?????
Partisan tugs of war are better played outside Wikipedia
I started editing Wikipedia in 2006 because Wikipedia articles on some of my favorite subjects came up so high on search engines and many of them were atrocious. I am a long-time (1972 & 1979-2007) anti-nuclear-peace-libertarian-decentralist-green-feminist-drug legalization volunteer activist. (Note: Point of View does not equal Conflict of Interest). But I finally got burnt out with activism and fed up with the sexism of some male activists.
So in 2007, at age 59, I started editing Wikipedia seriously. Within a couple years I had developed the "Wikipedia first" view that abusing core policies to push POVs is just plain tacky. And POVs certainly are not an excuse to trash Biographies of living people. Dealing with such trashing has consumed at least 30% of my Wikipedia time.
Being probably the only openly libertarian female on board, I have taken a lot of abuse from a few people who don't like libertarians. So since mid-2014 my big focus has been civility/anti-harassment issues and Gender Gap Task Force. Let's make Wikipedia a nicer place for women, older people, shy people, people of color, academics, professionals - and even libertarians!
To end, study your Wikipedia:Five pillars and don't be afraid to be bold in using Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. And keep your temper and your testosterone under control. If I can (usually) keep my temper, you can, too!
About me
This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 1 month and 25 days.
I have created 10 article and one of these days when I've rechecked them for AfD survivability, and thus feel safer to list them, I will.
Articles I have worked on substantially or made significant small edits to: Though who knows what condition they are in now since I've stopped watching most of them!
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