Essay on editing Wikipedia
Some people become filled with negative emotions. (Painting by Adriaen Brouwer , c. 1630–1640)
WikiHate (or, even more melodramatically, WikiViolence ) is a counterproductive attitude and hostile behavior pattern that takes away time from many Wikipedians . Often the consequence of taking both Wikipedia and oneself too seriously, and mixing in hate and/or unmanaged anger , it most often arises when two of more editors have an escalating dispute about an article or guideline, a talk page discussion, or even one particular edit. WikiHate can express itself in barbed disrespect toward , bullying of , personal attacks against or outright harassment of another Wikipedian, usually coupled with a fiercely tendentious campaign of edit warring , a crusade for one's own opinion of what everybody else should do. Its opposite is WikiLove .
Resolution of WikiHate or WikiViolence issues is usually handled between the involved parties, sometimes with mediation or other dispute resolution mechanisms , but can result in an editor being blocked in extreme cases.
The following links may be of assistance when dealing with and avoiding WikiHate:
Do not blame the victim. There is nothing an editor could do to deserve personal attacks or threats, and never a reason for another editor to use personal attacks and threats.
WikiLove can be invoked from any user page by clicking the "Heart" icon.
See also
Adminitis
Ain't no rules says a dog can't play basketball
Akin's Laws of Article Writing
Alternatives to edit warring
ANI flu
Anti-Wikipedian
Anti-Wikipedianism
Articlecountitis
Asshole John rule
Assume bad faith
Assume faith
Assume good wraith
Assume stupidity
Assume that everyone's assuming good faith, assuming that you are assuming good faith
Avoid using preview button
Avoid using wikilinks
Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense
Barnstaritis
Before they were notable
BOLD, revert, revert, revert
Boston Tea Party
Butterfly effect
CaPiTaLiZaTiOn MuCh?
Complete bollocks
Counting forks
Counting juntas
Crap
Don't stuff beans up your nose
Don't-give-a-fuckism
Don't abbreviate "Wikipedia" as "Wiki"!
Don't delete the main page
Editcountitis
Edits Per Day
Editsummarisis
Editing under the influence
Embrace Stop Signs
Emerson
Fart
Five Fs of Wikipedia
Seven Ages of Editor, by Will E. Spear-Shake
Go ahead, vandalize
How many Wikipedians does it take to change a lightbulb?
How to get away with UPE
How to put up a straight pole by pushing it at an angle
How to vandalize correctly
How to win a citation war
Ignore all essays
Ignore every single rule
Is that even an essay?
Mess with the templates
My local pond
Newcomers are delicious, so go ahead and bite them
Legal vandalism
List of jokes about Wikipedia
LTTAUTMAOK
No climbing the Reichstag dressed as Spider-Man
No one cares about your garage band
No one really cares
No, really
No sorcery threats
Notability is not eternal
Oops Defense
Play the game
Please be a giant dick, so we can ban you
Please bite the newbies
Please do not murder the newcomers
Pledge of Tranquility
R-e-s-p-e-c-t
Requests for medication
Requirements for adminship
Rouge admin
Rouge editor
Sarcasm is really helpful
Sausages for tasting
The Night Before Wikimas
The first rule of Wikipedia
The Five Pillars of Untruth
Things that should not be surprising
The WikiBible
Watchlistitis
Wikipedia is an MMORPG
What Wikipedia is not/Outtakes
Why not create an account?
Yes legal threats
You don't have to be mad to work here, but
You should not write meaningless lists
About essays Policies and guidelines