Why I decided to leave Wikipedia
editWhen I started contributing, I assumed that as a frequent user of Wikipedia I should give something back and started contributing to topics where I believed that I have some expertise. Naturally, this were in particular the topics of my research. I learned - like most other newbies - that WP:NPOV and WP:MEDRS are somewhat different from scientific publishing, but it was a very interesting and - I hope - mutually beneficial journey.
However: one editor has for whatever reason decided that it is important that pages on polyphenols must not contain any reference to potential health effects - and if, they need to be prefaced with disclaimers. I disagreed as scientific evidence has moved on since most of these pages were written, as has the scientific consensus, supported by WP:MEDRS compliant literature. Discussion on talk pages were fruitless, as the editor did either not engage properly or started ad hominem attacks by accusing me of being biased and conflicted (obviously, everyone is both - but I tried to be open about it).
It is pointless to continue. If a single editor with a good understanding of the rules can rule certain pages as their fiefdom, any attempts to make changes not in line with their bias become incredibly difficult and end up in various conflict resolution processes. There are other ways to resolve disagreements - most importantly, as discussion. But discussions only work if both sides are willing to engage.
I've decide to give up. Once I have submitted this (and a link to the discussion on the the discussion here Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Zefr reported by User:Ggux (Result: ) - I will log out and delete the password from my password manager.
Conflict of Interest declaration
editI leave this here as my edits remain - I assume this is appropriate.
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