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DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered is a mostly ex-user, of many years' experience, who is – ah, you guessed! – disillusioned, bitter and knackered.
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I think it's a spectacularly useless piece of editing to add an NPOV tag (and certain others) to an article without having the basic courtesy to go to the Talk page and explain what's wrong with it. People who do this should (1) look at what the NPOV tag actually says (because I must conclude, from
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about you and this encyclopaedia – it is probably some stupid real-world stress poisoning my brain and making me take it out on someone here in a completely inappropriate way. So I am sorry if that was you. I sometimes wonder if I should just pack it in completely. Taking breaks has
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I try to not get over-involved here, and to edit politely, and especially not to get angry – see my slightly annoying cutesy (but sincere) list below. The trouble is that I sometimes get it wrong, I suppose because it's something I'm
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I am not sure what the way forward is, or if there is one. But in the meantime, while I try to see how to do this better, I am really very sorry if I have been vile to you. Apologies. I'm trying to improve my approach and to remember my own rules.
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It is not an act of "last resort" to drop in for three seconds to an article, tag it, and run away. If you do this, and I remove your lazy driveby tag, well, what did you expect? Look again:
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an out-and-out vandal, but someone trying to do it right, their way, and getting it wrong – and it has ended well. I haven't come up with one yet. How depressing.
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For stress-related reasons it is better to stay away from contentious areas and stick to bunnies, kittens etc or whatever seems least likely to erupt into hissy fits.
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