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lessons I learn from editing Wikipedia
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"Personal essays on topics relating to Wikipedia are welcome in your user namespace," according to Wikipedia policy. But I found out the hard way that [[User:PeterKa/Filipacchi | this kind of essay]] is not so welcome. In May, there was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive797 huge discussion about it] and it was finally rev-deleted. A feminist oversighter blocked me a couple of weeks later. At the time, there was some handwaving and a lame rationale about edit warring. But I think it is safe to say that my block and ban were generally understood as ideological. You can read the full story in my [[User:PeterKa/Arbcom | Arbcom appeal]]. '''Update:''' I added Arbcom's reply. I have as much experience on Wikipedia as any of the people judging me. But all I can get is a "don't call us, we'll call you" type of response.
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Wikipedia may boast that it is not censored, but that apparently doesn't apply to [[User:PeterKa/Filipacchi | user essays poking fun at feminism]], as you can see from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive797 this discussion]. You can read the full story of how I was banned [[User:PeterKa/Arbcom | here]]. If anyone wants to draw a larger lesson, I would say that if there is a serious conflict between a liberal editor and a conservative editor, the Wikipedia solution is to ban the conservative. Judging from my case, that applies even when the liberal editor is being malicious and vindictive, and the conservative is a top contributor.
    
==What I have written==
 
==What I have written==
Block, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, edit
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