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Essay on editing Wikipedia
While it is humorous to say '
On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog
', on Wikipedia it is presumed that you are a
human being
and you have chosen to edit Wikipedia. Beyond that, nothing is presumed nor need to be presumed.
So regardless of any word which may describe a person out in the real world, no editor should receive special treatment due to that, and no editor should expect special treatment due to that.
In general, editing
Wikipedia is anonymous
(
except when it's not
), and no editor should be expected to treat you a certain way due to anything beyond what you do as a contributor to Wikipedia. (Having a
conflict of interest
being a notable exception.)
And regardless of whether you edit
using a selected username
or
while not signed in
, the expectation is that you treat other editor's edits, and others treat your edits, similarly. By choosing how you edit (registered or unregistered) it is presumed that you have selected how your edits (and you) will be referred to, which is currently either the account name you selected, or the IP address you were using when you edited when not signed into an account.
While there may be a difference in
access level
, the fact whether an editor has been granted
additional tools
, or not, should not affect how that editor is treated, or how that person's edits are treated. We have policies on
civility
and
assuming good faith
which apply to everyone.
There is no requirement that anyone should presume to know personal information about a particular editor, and an editor should not be required to have to try to research another editor merely to try to have a discussion with that editor. Reading a userpage or any other informative notice may be courteous, but it is not a requirement in order to participate in a discussion with any editor.
If someone uses a word to refer to you which you feel is inaccurate (such as if the editor inaccurately refers to you as "
Irish
" or your edits as "
her
edits"),
presume
that it was well-meant, and - if you feel it is appropriate to share such information -
politely
inform the editor that the word was inappropriately applied to you.
There is no requirement that you do so
, though if you do not, realise that the editor may continue to use the term, unknowing of its inaccuracy.
However, at the same time, even if you share a term which you feel accurately applies to you (such as that you are a
Pastafarian
, or a
Rouge admin
), there is no requirement that any other editor must refer to you in that way. An editor has the free choice to refer to you - in a civil manner - using any neutral term or using any other information you have chosen to provide.
In general, an editor should either refer to another editor using information that editor self-provided (such as the editor's username), or a neutral term.
Also, no editor should refer to another editor using an intentionally inaccurate term. To do so may be considered incivil, and could result in sanction. And no one should expect that an editor can demand to be referred to by a particular term.
We're all
Wikipedians
here.
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- Adminitis
- 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
- WTF? OMG! TMD TLA. ARG!
- 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
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