User:Obedium

Welcome to Obedium. Please note, to avoid continuing concerns over “sockpuppets,” we are working to consolidate all inputs into a single domain.

At Obedium, we are here to defend the bedrock principles on which Wikipedia was founded. For, example, some editors believe only “experts” can contribute to Wikipedia. Although at Obedium we are educated in the physical sciences to beyond the post-doctoral level, we don’t believe you need a Ph.D. degree to contribute. We say let the “experts” take a job at Encyclopedia Britannica. We seek to hold true to those precious words: “The encyclopedia that ANYONE can edit.”

Here at Obedium, we have been the victims of abuse by out of control administrators. That is why we are always here, 24/7, working to ensure that Wikipedia remains open and fair. We understand Wikipedia articles are not meant to be static museum pieces guarded by a few empire-building administrators. We know the purpose of that [Edit] link on each and every article, and are striving to keep the true spirit of Wikipedia alive!

We have noted a recent decrease in civility and increase in ad hominen attacks between editors. We do not engage in these negative attacks. It is instead our policy to stay above the fray, and focus on those positive contributions we can make each and every day.

As part of our ongoing “Commitment to Quality,” Obedium will continue to use only the highest quality references in our contributions. You can rest assured we will never reference our own blogs or web pages.

Please stay tuned for future updates, and thank you for visiting Obedium.

Latest observations

Obedium likes the term “POV pusher,” which connotes an evil, shadowy figure lurking in alleyways seeking to hook kids on crank. In addition to this clever moniker, we have also been branded a “vandal” in recent days. Obedium has never before committed so many heinous offenses! We have also come to enjoy the ad hoc/random nature with which standards are applied to editing…as when selections are deleted from the introduction since they do not have proper citations, however when citations are added to the offending passages, they are reverted since citations are not supposed to be in the intro! Obedium keeps hoping to get awarded one of those neat stars, but fear we may be waiting a long time before this wish comes true. Obedium (talk) 21:41, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Notable quotes

"Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness--all of them due to the offenders' ignorance of what is good or evil." -Marcus Aurelius

“When facing society, the man most concerned, the man who is to do the most and contribute the most, has the least say. It’s taken for granted that he has no voice and the reasons he could offer are rejected in advance as prejudiced.” -Ayn Rand

“The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.” –Ralph Nader

“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." -President George W. Bush

"I took the initiative in creating the Internet." -Al Gore

“I did not have sex with that woman.” -President Bill Clinton