Retired
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Here are my thoughts on retiring from the project. Lots of people want to be admins. The quickest way to become an admin is to delete a lot of stuff. WP:IDONTLIKEIT is, albeit improperly, a fundamental criteria and motivation for many or most items brought up for deletion. Of course this motivation is dressed up in the guise of other guidelines and policies, but, c'mon folks, the patterns are unmistakable.
In the final analysis - why spend time writing stuff so a 12-year-old can get the admin bit 5 years from now for deleting it? Life is too short.
Cheers. HausTalk 16:16, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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This is what I wrote, I sent it via email as I wasn't sure you would see it here: Hi - I see that you are retired from Wikipedia, but I thought I would email you for two reasons: 1. to thank you very much for all your work early on in getting the Organized Labour project running and helping build the structure that we have today. 2. try to encourage you to come back to work on the project again. Not sure if it matters much to you, but there is at least one active and friendly labour project person who's happy to collaborate. With respect, --Goldsztajn (talk) 13:07, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Thanks for the note. I forgot how to indent, so... woops. After 8 years I'm still kind of dispirited by the deletionist jihad and almost all the interactions I have with Wikipedia other than as a consumer are deletion notices. So, again thanks, but that part of my life is over. Best of luck to you! HausTalk 16:54, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Maritime trade. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 May 26#Maritime trade until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. -- Tamzin (she/they, no pref.) | o toki tawa mi. 22:40, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Nef (ship). The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 December 12#Nef (ship) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 11:49, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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