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I've had quite some time to think about it, and I have decided to end my involvement with the English Wikipedia. Over the past few weeks, I have been considering how I have been rewarded for my work, reading AN/ANI, and keeping up with the latest news. It has definitely taken me all too long to arrive at an inevitable conclusion: this amazing project is also home to a community that belittles and harasses it's own members for the most idiotic and childish reasons (e.g. grudges, boredom, amusement, sport, dirty politics).

The problem here, is not with the WMF, site rules, or individual editors, but with the contagious witch-hunt mentality of the community. I know, it's easy, and perhaps even fun to ostracize and single an editor out, seduce the masses with promises of drama, and freely harass and attack that poor soul without fear of retribution. During such times, and even in general, we have a tendency to focus on the negative and overlook the positive; stellar contributions are rewarded with silence, and mistakes, regardless of how minute or well-intentioned, are met with aggressive complaints and/or trips to AN/ANI.

The thing most people fail to understand is that there is a real person reading all these insults on the other side. Throughout my tenure here, I have seen countless editors, from IPs to Admins, to Arbs, say things or insult others in ways that they would dare not in real life. Such has only become more apparent to me during my break from Wikipedia. I have been actively watching, no, desperately reading and watching various talk pages, discussion boards, and noticeboards, searching for something to wholly prove me wrong. I have not been met with success in my search. Given the current state of things, I believe that Wikipedia is going to destroy itself through mob-mentality and infighting. This project is ill, very ill, and I fear for its future.

Ironically, for the longest time, I've always wondered why so many of our established and valued contributors continuously departed the project at an ever increasing rate. Regrettably, I understand fully now, and really do sympathize with the departed. Don't get me wrong here though, I have thoroughly enjoyed the last four years I have committed to this project. I've decided to retire now, because down the road, when I look back, I wish to remember editing Wikipedia as positive experience, lest any more negative experiences I might encounter should outweigh the good. When I joined Wikipedia back in 2008, the atmosphere was so much more welcoming and collegial. I can only hope, for the benefit of the encyclopedia, that we will one day make a return to the open, relaxed, and supportive environment that was once an integral part of Wikipedia. Until then, Wikipedia is a place I cannot be.

Best Wishes and Good Luck to you all, FASTILY ^(TALK) 07:36, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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+I've had quite some time to think about it, and I have decided to end my involvement with the English Wikipedia.  Over the past few weeks, I have been considering how I have been rewarded for my work, reading AN/ANI, and keeping up with the latest news.  It has definitely taken me all too long to arrive at an inevitable conclusion: this amazing project is also home to a community that belittles and harasses it's own members for the most idiotic and childish reasons (e.g. grudges, boredom, amusement, sport, dirty politics).
-== Duhamel.jpg ==
-Hi, am planning to upload again the file Duhamel.jpg linked by the article [[Division of labour]]. You removed it on 20th of January because of lack of licensing information. It is a scan from a document dating back to the XVIIIth century. I am not too familiar with what kind of licensing information I need to put on, but I guess I'll find out. [[User:Vincent Lextrait|Vincent Lextrait]] ([[User talk:Vincent Lextrait|talk]]) 12:59, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
-:I've uploaded the image with proper tags on Wikimedia Common. It does not seem sufficient, when I go to [[Division of Labour]] and try to access reference 4 (the image), I get a blank page saying that the image is indeed on Wikimedia Common, but it was removed from en.wikipedia.org. I guess somethings needs to be done there, I have no idea what. Can you help? Thanks. [[User:Vincent Lextrait|Vincent Lextrait]] ([[User talk:Vincent Lextrait|talk]]) 06:25, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
+The problem here, is not with the WMF, site rules, or individual editors, but with the contagious witch-hunt mentality of the community.  I know, it's easy, and perhaps even fun to ostracize and single an editor out, seduce the masses with promises of drama, and freely harass and attack that poor soul without fear of retribution.  During such times, and even in general, we have a tendency to focus on the negative and overlook the positive; stellar contributions are rewarded with silence, and mistakes, regardless of how minute or well-intentioned, are met with aggressive complaints and/or trips to AN/ANI.
-== [[Delhi Public School, Patna]] ==
+The thing most people fail to understand is that there is a real person reading all these insults on the other side.  Throughout my tenure here, I have seen countless editors, from IPs to Admins, to Arbs, say things or insult others in ways that they would dare not in real life.  Such has only become more apparent to me during my break from Wikipedia.  I have been actively watching, no, desperately reading and watching various talk pages, discussion boards, and noticeboards, searching for something to wholly prove me wrong.  I have not been met with success in my search.  Given the current state of things, I believe that Wikipedia is going to destroy itself through mob-mentality and infighting.  This project is ill, very ill, and I fear for its future.
-I just New Pages Patrolled the above page. Then I noticed that last month you deleted a page by the same name, under G7.[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Delhi+Public+School%2C+Patna&hide_patrol_log=0] Is there any problem with the page having been recreated? Thanks. --[[User:MelanieN|MelanieN]] ([[User talk:MelanieN|talk]]) 21:20, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
-:*(passing by comment) DPS Patna is definitely notable, the article should stay needs some references though. regards--''' ''[[User:DBigXray|<font color="indigo">Ð</font><font color="darkorange">ℬig</font>]][[User talk:DBigXray|<font color="#06D206">XЯaɣ</font>]]'' ''' 19:24, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
+Ironically, for the longest time, I've always wondered why so many of our established and valued contributors continuously departed the project at an ever increasing rate.  Regrettably, I understand fully now, and really do sympathize with the departed. Don't get me wrong here though, I have thoroughly enjoyed the last four years I have committed to this project.  I've decided to retire now, because down the road, when I look back, I wish to remember editing Wikipedia as positive experience, lest any more negative experiences I might encounter should outweigh the good.  When I joined Wikipedia back in 2008, the atmosphere was so much more welcoming and collegial.  I can only hope, for the benefit of the encyclopedia, that we will one day make a return to the open, relaxed, and supportive environment that was once an integral part of Wikipedia.  Until then, Wikipedia is a place I cannot be.
-== Discussion at ANI ==
+Best Wishes and Good Luck to you all, '''[[User:Fastily|<span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; color:#4B0082'><big>F</big><small>ASTILY</small></span>]]''' <sup><small>[[User talk:Fastily|<span style = 'color:#4B0082'>(TALK)</span>]]</small></sup>  07:36, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
-please take a look [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Abuse_of_Autoreviewer_Rights here] thanks--''' ''[[User:DBigXray|<font color="indigo">Ð</font><font color="darkorange">ℬig</font>]][[User talk:DBigXray|<font color="#06D206">XЯaɣ</font>]]'' ''' 19:21, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
-== Brazilian vandal ==
-Hi there FASTILY, VASCO here,
-this anon "user" (please see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:177.0.204.119#April_2012), also known as [[User:Bruno corinthiano]], has returned to active following his three-month block. Time for a bigger one :) ?
-Attentively, happy week - --[[User:VascoAmaral|Vasco Amaral]] ([[User talk:VascoAmaral|talk]]) 14:56, 16 April 2012 (UTC)