Hello I am Dounai99..I was a previous editor and contributor about 1.5 years ago on Wikipedia. I enjoyed it in the beginning but as time went on I noticed the only people who were neighborly were the staff of wikipedia, the tearoom and others in that light. I only met one person who was willing to give me a guiding hand (a veteran to the site) and who I could bounce ideas off and who would give me hints and tips that a wiki staff couldn't do. There were the angels or fairies whatever they're called who would come and and help fix grammar and word usage as well as to do difficult tasks in regards to graphics/graphs and the such that a beginner couldn't do. The rest of the people I met were not neighborly, overly competitive, not wanting to colloborate, mean and said they didn't want to become too "friendly" because it would hurt the mission of objectivity in case of a dispute. While this last part may be true does it really have to be this way. I sincerely hope the tone and culture of Wiki has changed since 2 years ago and that it's more of a community now..Because isn't that supposed to be what the site is all about? A beginner is so naive and wanting to get involved and then they berated by the more mean style veterans who probably look down upon them because they don't know anything. Beginners should be treated with kid gloves in many cases I think and as they grow and develop keep reducing the thickness of the gloves until they are confident, skilled and a veteran. These are just my thoughts on the subject. What do others think? I will keep updating this paragraph as I feel the current Wikipedia and see if things have changed. Dounai99 (talk) 21:15, 23 August 2013 (UTC)Dounai99 (talk) 14:26, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
I can already sense that things have changed a bit on wiki. People talking about mentors and then having a link to them...Amazing..How did such a big change happen in less than 2 years I don't know but it's very nice.
I am interested mainly in China, the mainland and H.K./Macau. I'm interested in a variety of topics including censorship, protests, environmental issues, street beggars, Great firewall, the black market in goods, counterfeiting, quality control in terms of producing for western companies (apple,dell etc.) quality control industry in China by both foreign and local actors, corruption on a government and corporate level, taiwan/china relations, tibetan resistance, uyger muslim resistance, 50 cent'ers, less covered topics that I don't know much about but that I can learn and contribute too, newspaper and CCTV propaganda, gutter oil, zhaoqing city, shenzhen city, american basketball being popular in china, american,korean and japanese tv show popularity in china, ktv's/saunas/massage parlors that have other purposes, chinese education system on college level, gaokao exams, weibo censorship and the list goes on. I really like the idea of collaborating and pooling resources especially considering my chinese language skills aren't good enough to translate or read an article in chinese. So if you want to work together please let me know. I am friendly and usually patient. I try to keep my ego in check and don't look down upon people that know less than me. I also realize there are people who know a hell of a lot more than I do on many subjects relating to China and this is good.
Take care and hope to talk with you.