Regrets
I regret seeing this but I can't say I'm surprised. Civility and positive discrimination lunacy are increasingly in charge of this asylum, the noise ratio is increasing, and the proven content creators are being wheedled out by a wave of do-gooder idiocy. Obviously, all of this means that the amount of crap content is also rising disproportionately and the purpose of the project is becoming so skewed as to be unrecognisable.
It feels as if we are succeeding neither at recruiting, retaining or rewarding, and that is a massive fail for a volunteer project. Of course, we're doing all three quite well among the hippy staffers in SanFran, recent changes in the Engineering dept. being the notable but justified exception. The next Manchester wikimeet should be held here as a symbol of the downward spiral.
So, sorry to see you go but, yes, I'm not surprised. - Sitush (talk) 01:44, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks Sitush...much appreciated. Truth is my edits are way down due to work and that is not going to change near term. My username is loaded with baggage...some of which even I can't live down. My old FAs all need updates I cannot find the time to finish...and this latest issue has simply taken the wind out of my sails. Someday I may return but now is as good a time as ever to cease contributing. I think those that don't really know about my work here instead make a negative association if my username crops up...MONGO is incivil, MONGO was desysopped, etc. It's hard to live down older legacies especially if I still cause a commotion from time to time. So it's a combination of factors, but one person via email reminded me of something: the FAs I contributed to get hundreds of thousands of hits a month...so that's the legacy I take with me and it hasn't been time wasted. Best wishes.--MONGO 02:24, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
- MONGO will still get the monthly beer delivery. MONGO has done good work. Irondome (talk) 02:38, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
- MONGO, please reconsider. We need you more than ever. Best regards, David, David J Johnson (talk) 08:12, 8 June 2015 (UTC)
- MONGO will still get the monthly beer delivery. MONGO has done good work. Irondome (talk) 02:38, 8 June 2015 (UTC)