Wisdom, advice, optimism, cynicism and apathy, it's all here
edit | Your proposition may be good, But let's have one thing understood: Whatever it is, I'm against it! And even when you've changed it or condensed it, I'm against it! --Groucho Marx in Horse Feathers |
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2018-03-29/In the media
- User:KillerChihuahua's user page is hereby adopted by me in almost its entirety!
- Cynic's Guide to Wikipedia (CGTW)
- Wikipedia:Why_Wikipedia_cannot_claim_the_earth_is_not_flat Self-explanatory
- "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (When in doubt, play dead)
- "Murphy was an optimist"
- "Keep your phaser set on stun"
- On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog
- User:TransporterMan/Advice to New Users -- a patient explanation of how things work on WP
- User:Ritchie333/Why admins should create content Creating content is why we are here. Read this.
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia_and_shipwrights
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-01-22/Special report - wow, who edits wikipedia?
- Levels of Competence
- Off-wiki encouragement to edit wiki
- If reading here doesn't give you a clue, then click tab to #The "snarkives"
- Wikipedia:Don't poke the bear. Please
- User:Jnc/Astronomer_vs_Amateur -- The WP:CHEESE "green cheese" discussion; I think I've actually had this conversation with several other editors, only substitute "horse" for "moon." These people are annoying.
- Wikipedia:How many legs does a horse have? (WP:LEGS) -- I have DEFINITELY had this conversation!
- Rules lawyer - don't be this person. I find you REALLY annoying.
- Wikipedia:Randy in Boise -- A great essay! Please also don't be this peson! (Not to criticize Boise, it's actually a rather nice place. I have extended family in Boise. Sometimes my IP address even thinks it's in Boise. But I'm not in or from Boise. I'm not even in Idaho, though I drive through there from time to time...)
- User:Dweller/Suggestions_for_wikistressed_editors: Definitely a good go to when you are ready to say "F%$*#&K it all!"
- User:Beyond_My_Ken/thoughts: Interesting and apt observations.
- Wikipedia:Types of Wikipedia Users. I too am one of the seven!
- Wikipedia:Autism-spectrum and Aspergers editors Well worth the read. Makes perfect sense.
- Wikipedia:How many Wikipedians does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
- Wikipedia:Words of wisdom
- Wikipedia:Don't demolish the house while it's still being built akaWP:DONOTDEMOLISH
- Tips for the angry new user --I generally find myself astounded at how nice we are to complete maniacs, and for how long." - Jimbo Wales
- WP:SOUP
- Wikipedia:Tendentious editing
- List of Wikipedia's unusual articles
- Wikipedia:Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass (WP:STICK)
- Mares of Diomedes, for ever so many reasons! (said tongue in cheek)
- Obervations on Wikipedia behavior
- Wikipedia:Competence is required
- Wikipedia:No one cares about your garage band
- Josiah S. Carberry, on "psychoceramics," the supposed study of "cracked pots."
- Wikipedia:Ignore all dramas, probably an aspirational goal, but nonetheless a goal.
- Wikipedia:Sarcasm is really helpful, sigh...
- Technical terminology, in other words, "Terms of Art" are not jargon.
- Who edits wikipedia?
- Wikipedia:The Most Important Thing Possible - usually when I have editing strife, this thinking is often involved.
- Wikipedia:The first rule of Wikipedia
- WP:TROUT
- Wikipedia:Puppy Cabal
Source material on cynicism
edit- [1] For all who think WP is crap: "Peer review, in which a paper is checked out by eminent scientists before publication, isn't a safeguard...the unpaid reviewers seldom have the time or inclination to examine a study enough to unearth errors or flaws." Also for all on WP who worship WP:MEDRS as the end-all of W:V and WP:RS
- Why peer-reviewed studies can still be POV-pushing.