User talk:SchuminWeb/Archive 16

Retired

This user is no longer active on Wikipedia.

It's hard to say goodbye to a community that I have been a part of for seven years. During my time as a contributor to Wikipedia, I have grown tremendously as a writer, and have added in many ways, large and small, to countless numbers of articles, and have participated in countless numbers of discussions. However, I have come to realize within the past year that I have reached both the limits of what I can accomplish within the Wikipedia community, and also the limits of my patience in interacting with other members of the Wikipedia community. Thus I feel that it is time for me to move on.

While I still believe in Wikipedia's mission to amass the sum of all human knowledge, I fear that the project may fail because the community will, over time, destroy itself due to what I perceive as constant infighting, the holding of long-term grudges by many users, and general rudeness and incivility on the part of many, which has an alienating effect on other users, both new and seasoned. As an administrator, I received more abuse than I would ever wish on anyone that is doing volunteer work, and this often extended beyond Wikipedia to my website, my Facebook, my Twitter, and my personal email, despite my best efforts to direct all Wikipedia-related inquiries back to Wikipedia. Because of this, I was never really able to escape from Wikipedia, even when using it for research, and it took a toll on me, turning what might otherwise have been an enjoyable activity into a chore, causing me to dread seeing the orange "You have new messages" bar come up, because it inevitably meant having to listen to more whining.

I soon found it increasingly difficult for me to justify to myself why I was still doing volunteer work for a project that I no longer found enjoyable. When I logged out of Wikipedia by choice and left it logged out, I soon came to realize that by not participating in Wikipedia, my stress levels went down, and I generally found myself to be much happier.

I believe that my best days are still ahead of me, but now it is time for me to forge my own path, endeavoring in new works and projects separate from those of the Wikipedia community. I wish all of you the best in your future endeavors, and perhaps our paths will cross again some day. SchuminWeb (Talk) 06:49, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Block of 86.45.207.94

Resolved

Can you please comment about the block of 86.45.207.94? A six month block for an IP address over this edit does seem a bit extreme. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 14:35, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes. It's part of a pattern of long-term abuse from User:Johnjoecavanagh. For more than a year, this user, with various username and IP sockpuppets, has been harrassing me, both on and off-wiki. The user has been community-banned for the off-wiki harrassment, and this fit the pattern to a T. SchuminWeb (Talk) 15:04, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 15:19, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Dixie Square Mall

Hi there...I recently placed a link to some relevant photographs and information on the Dixie Square Mall page which you deleted. Could you tell my why you removed the link? Thanks! Brownie Super 27 (talk) 17:15, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I removed the link because I sensed a promotional purpose to the link. I left the instance where the book was used as a reference, but the link seemed to mainly be there to promote the book. SchuminWeb (Talk) 17:29, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

OK, I understand your rationale. Please know that I added the link in good faith, thinking that readers interested in Dixie Square would want to see the images available there. I realize the author has a book for sale, but you can't purchase it from that site; is there any way to resolve this issue fairly? I would love for interested readers to be able to see those images. Thanks for your time. Brownie Super 27 (talk) 17:46, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Let's see if we can bring the matter to a slightly larger audience and bring it up at Talk:Dixie Square Mall. SchuminWeb (Talk) 18:49, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Will do. Thanks for helping (and being patient with) a newbie. Brownie Super 27 (talk) 19:19, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

RE:Userpage

Thanks for deleating the my userpage. RoyalOrleans 00:17, 14 December 2008 (UTC)