User talk:Pdfpdf

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Wiki-abdication

I'm pissed off with the bigots and the narcissists who have no interest in any opinions other than their own. For the information of those people:

I really don't have any interest at all in your self-justifications, and I have even less interest in why you don't need to get consensus before you attempt to impose your bigotry on the rest of the world. Wikipedia has policies and procedures and etiquette. Familiarise yourself with them.

To normal people: If you post here, I'll receive an email notification, and will respond accordingly. Pdfpdf (talk) 11:40, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

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Greetings Pdfpdf. Thanks for your note (I'll get back to that), but your "wiki-abdication" note above – temporary, I hope – requires a more urgent response. I don't know what's behind it, but I've seen too many "normal people" throw in the towel here for it not to affect me (or should that be the other way round?) and most of them actually chose to ignore my pleas for them to stay... However, from one relatively "normal" person to another, I'd just like to point out that, apart from the obvious majority of users who sincerely wish to participate constructively in this great project, Wikipedia does seem to attract the class of people (dare I say pathologies?) you refer to – it's one of the inevitable drawbacks of a system based on AGF and the technological impossibility of effectively blocking people who seem to take some sort of childish delight in gaming the system (they simply return later from a different connection). I can just picture them, sitting there at their keyboards, smirking, and sincerely believing they are superior in each 'n' every way to the rest of us mere mortals.

Although the direct and indirect damage they cause is disruptive, to say the least, they are clearly a minority – like the vandals who get a kick out of destroying things in the street – and, even when they resort to bullying tactics, are more to be pitied than censured. I suspect that over time, most of 'em will get bored here (do ot feed the trolls) and move on to some of the newer offers of entertainment out there in the form of social networks, where they can enjoy a more immediate response... those that don't somehow manage to stay the course and move on up to achieve admin status :) In the meantime, don't let 'em get your goat (link included in case you don't use that expression in your neck of the woods).

Back to your note. It does actually coincide with much of what I've just written above and, although I don't "need" your support, it's nice to know that it's out there :) Cheers! --Technopat (talk) 12:04, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 17 years, 6 months and 5 days.

- Many thanks, Technopat, for drawing the 666 to my attention! Most appreciated! Pdfpdf (talk) 11:12, 30 September 2013 (UTC)