User:Dante

Hi, I'm Dante Perrotta.

I've been a Wikipedian since summer of 2005, and have had this account since summer of 2006.

I believe in what Wikipedia does, and I think it is tremendously noble and something the world needs. However, I do not think that enough people take it seriously or use it properly (including some of its own users). I have little tolerance for ignorance and misuse of authority, and while I hope to be the best Wikipedian I can, I hope not to be drawn into any arguments of a trivial nature.

I have little desire to be an administrator, furthermore I see no use for admins in an entity such as Wikipedia. As long as users respect each other and agree to take on threats such as vandalism together, then we don't need an army of admins wielding their collective banhammers and delete-rays whenever they see fit. Having said that, I still believe that Wikipedia is a good example of a Meritocracy, albeit with its shortcomings. But what organization (especially one with, as of this writing, over one-and-a-quarter million articles (now one-and-a-half million(now two-and-one-half-million))) doesn't have its problems?

I would say that my overall alignment in the Wikipedian philosophy is with the Exopedianists and the Inclusionists. I believe that all information is valuable, no matter how specific or insignificant it is. When I first came to this site I was given the impression that it is a summation of all human knowledge. Well, human knowledge is human knowledge - there's no reason that something shouldn't be included as long as there is some way to prove that it's true.

Oh, and while I think all the rules on Wikipedia are good ones (especially NPOV), the whole "Be Bold" thing could have been thought over much better. All the time I see random Wikipedians doing big edits, merges, and deletions to random pages, and after checking their userpages, I find they're not exactly knowledgeable on the subject they're contributing to (or in the case of deletions, detracting from). For example, if you're editing the Firearms page, I would certainly hope you've held one at some point in your life (and no, the musket your friend's dad has above his fireplace does not count, nor the airsoft gun at the local convenience store), and maybe even fired one. If not, you may want to think twice about clicking "edit this page".

I also believe that too much socializing on Wikipedia can distract users from what they're supposed to be doing, and bias them when discussing matters. This is an encyclopaedia, not a box social.

Anyways, that's my take! If you have anything to discuss, just hop onto my talk page :)

Here are some tasks you can do:

• Wikify: The Magical Bag of Mathematical Tricks, The Impossible Dreamers, Samuel Brewer, George Brewer, Arthur Brett, More...
• Orphans: West Ham Church School, Edgar Earl Christopher, Sárig es kit kígyó, Fred Oldfield, First Act Custom Shop, More...
• Copyedit: Clock ident, Twitch gameplay, Caffeinated alcoholic drinks, SKS Microfinance, Gabriel (missile), More...
• Update: 2010–2012 Southern United States drought, Jumeirah Lake Towers, Matt Krug, Congleton Town F.C., Madrid system, More...
• Style: Anteversion, The Vertebrats, The Iron Heel, Feminist movement, Ravi Varma V, More...
• Translation: Rio–São Paulo high-speed rail, Julio César Chaves, Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Diapori, Lemnos, Magyar Televízió, More...
• Cleanup: Farsala Trilogy, Dan Mintz, Šest dana juna (album), Mozambique national roller hockey team, Tongan mythology, More...
• Verify: The LEAGUE (nonprofit), Charles Gibson, NI Tank, Osteodontornis, Waterloo Tunnel, More...
• Neutrality: Nottingham Trent University, School of Art and Design, Network economy, California National Primate Research Center, Ars Amatoria, Indian Mujahideen, More...
• Original research: La Dolce Vita, Petrocaribe, Civil religion, Ontario Highway 407, Magic in the Greco-Roman world, More...
• Merge: Gaseous fire suppression, Common minimum programme, Artificial kidney, Upper Rhine Plain, Airtecture, More...
• Split: WGN-TV, Web 2.0, Extra Credits, Takashi Yanase, Flame of Hope, More...
• Stubs: Joaquín Vallejo Arbeláez, King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, James M. Garnett, Alayaya, Eric Ward, More...
• Expand: Segment tree, Zero (video game magazine), UnrealEd, Regulation and monitoring of pollution, Imed Trabelsi, More...
• Article Incubator: Podaa Podi, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2011 film), Modulus Financial Engineering, Neenyo, Papulankutja Aboriginal artists, More...
• Article deletion discussions: Organizations, United States of America, Deletion, Fictional elements, Websites, More...
• Article Requests: Banking in Colombia, Johanna Dohnal, Geology of Germany, Poverty in Japan, Katz syndrome, More...
• Image Requests: Austrobaileya, Umba River (Tanzania), Utsul, North American Lutheran Church, Corydoras geoffroy, More...
• Mediation Cabal: or Help mediate an open case!

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