User:Iamthekanadian

It seems like the prolonged series of attacks I suffered here on Wikipedia were mostly coming from just one person, who was possibly unwell (I see concern being expressed for them as a result of a prolonged absence from Wikipedia as they are normally very active here). This is not to say that my frustrations in trying to participate without constant harassment were unfounded - in trying to get help, there was an experience of a circling of the wagons, and in the end, if not for a handful of senior editors and administrators who went against the grain and didn't simply dismiss my concerns, I'd likely have seen all of my articles removed and my account banned.

I am grateful to those who listened and in the end result that false accusations and abuses of power were ultimately unsuccessful, but for many months, Wikipedia was a source of distress and sadness for me. I would also add that the only consequences to my attacker(s) has been for wrongly deleted pages to be undeleted, and false accusations (for example, trying to have me declared a sockpuppet) dropped. But the ease with which these processes can be used to attack others is troubling - those who helped me also tended to stick to the narrative that I was not actually under attack, and sometimes they would "vouch" for the attacker(s), as having made an innocent mistake, even though there was clear evidence of policy violations and abuse of processes (and public rancour) as a pattern over a long period of time.

That said, with 2021 on the way out, this is hopefully a final statement on the subject, and I will start 2022 fresh and get around to making a more meaningful contribution here, instead of all my time going into just trying to survive this harsh newcomer environment. Iamthekanadian (talk) 04:34, 21 December 2021 (UTC)