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Muhandes is suffering from health issues. This may affect his ability to work on Wikipedia. Consequently, he may not be able to respond to talk-page messages or e-mails in a timely manner. Your patience is greatly appreciated.
The beginning, 2008–2012: My first edit was in 2008. I think I never edited as an IP, and I don't believe in anonymous editing. From day one I thought that everyone should have an identity, so they are open to communication and take responsibility for their edits. I became very active in June 2010 and remained so until June 2012, when I got disillusioned with Wikipedia. As far as I recall this was after working two months on a list, trying to make it into a WP:FL, and being denied because of a WP:COI editor who kept reverting a single revision I made. I'm sure there were other factors, such as getting attached to some of my work which got vandalized, but for sure, I was suffering from a severe case of Wikistress, and lucky for me, I understood that I need a long Wikibreak.
June 2017 Comeback: In June 2017 I returned, trying this time to care less. The collapsed page below is my five years old (as of 2017) user page. Much of it is irrelevant, but I'm keeping it because... well, I don't care. You can treat it as a page in history or ignore it altogether. Did I say already how much I care?
April 2018 Update, to the not-interested and otherwise: in April 2018 I realized that again, I have drifted into subjects that are hopeless, mostly Education in India. I do not enjoy spending most of my time reverting boosterism and promotional edits, not to speak of bored students' vandalism. The system is NOT WORKING. There are not enough caring editors to keep filthy hands out of education institute articles, and those articles are gradually degrading into a pile of excrement. Since the system of allowing any anonymous IP to do anythingtoany page is not going to change, I have decided to withdraw my involvement with Education in India and try to contribute in fields where my contribution may be appreciated and may have some lasting effect on the quality of Wikipedia.
PS: Reading the paragraph above some years later, I realize how angry I was at the time. I don't feel that strongly about it anymore, but I keep it to remind myself.
March 2020 Update: And again, I found that I lost interest in what I do. A sure sign is that even though I am semi-isolated at home due to COVID-19, I still don't seriously consider editing as an option. I think it's time for another WikiBreak. I will try to be available from time to time, especially for template edits, but please {{ping}} me to get my attention.
November 2020 Update: It seems like this level of involvement is working well for me. I help when I'm asked to help and I watch some maintenance categories that need watching, especially related to album and single certification. I do much work around {{Certification Table Entry}}, where people are reasonable and appreciative. Happy editing!
June 2023 Update: I don't have time to edit Wikipedia as I used to, so I decided to take an extreme approach and clean my watchlist. I will add the things I do care about and try to keep it to the minimum. Hopefully this will work.
March 2024 Update: Due to deteriorating health I no longer actively contribute to Wikipedia in a regular manner.
This is mainly a huge To-Do list, reminding Muhandes of what he wants to do, and what he already did. Please don't treat it harshly, it's just a big pile of links and wikilinks.
I check My Watchlist quite often. It includes every page I ever edited, so I catch some vandalism on less patrolled pages. I remove pages from the watchlist when I see other people are patrolling them.
This user has no understanding of time and does everything at the last minute.
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This user advocates good grammar usage.
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This user does not put two spaces after a full stop.
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This user understands the difference between its (of it) and it's (it isorit has).
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This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.
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Thi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.
This user believes that a user's edit count does not necessarily reflect on the value of their contributions to Wikipedia.
