User:Essexmutant

Enough is Enough
For a considerable length of time, I have been an editor (and later an administrator) of Wikipedia, and have now contributed close to 10,000 edits. In this time, I have checked Wikipedia regularly (including when I've been in foreign countries), scanning through a Watchlist of over 1,600 pages. But now is the time for me to stop - I signed up to contribute to an encyclopedia, but over time I have found that I am being hindered in my efforts. Time to call it a day - I have decided to no longer contribute here. Quite simply, Wikistress is crossing over into my personal life and I no longer get the enjoyment out of contributing here that I should.

Please note that I am not crying out for attention here. I simply do not wish to continue. For anyone who is interested, here are my reasons:
 * 1) Anonymous editing - I strongly disagree with the ability to edit under anonymous IP addresses. Creating an account is a very quick task, and if having an account was enforced in order to edit Wikipedia, vandalism would be a fraction of what it currently is. I have spent a lot of my time on Wikipedia fighting vandals, and groups like the CVU do a great job that is a benefit to all users. Unfortunately, there should be no need for this. The greatest argument I have seen to allow anonymous editing is so that random browsers of Wikipedia can make quick spelling and/or grammar fixes, however a good editor would have spotted such a mistake already. The page protection rights that administrators have are not the solution to this growing problem.
 * 2) Arrogant users - Too often I see users wording Talk page comments as if their own opinion is the opinion of the community and of Wikipedia as a whole. Typically this includes using the wording "us" when it should be "I", or "our" when it should be "my". From my observations, it is also not uncommon for such users to break the policies at WP:CIVIL, never back down from a discussion (which they have turned into an argument), and always want to get the last word in. I consider such users to be an embarrassment to the Wikipedia community, and a deterrent to new members signing up. I signed up myself to contribute to an encyclopedia, not to get annoyed by others.
 * 3) Ignoring rules - Whilst the WP:IAR policy has some benefits; the disadvantages of it often outweigh them. Far too often this is used as a catch-all to allow users to interpret other policies in the way they see fit.
 * 4) Articles put on WP:AfD with no research - On numerous occasions, I have seen articles placed on AfD without any checks made to see if the person is notable. Usually, the nominator has assumed that as he has never heard of the person, they cannot be notable. Even Bobby George has been on AfD before, and he's a household name to a lot of us. A simple bit of research is all that it takes to realise that not all poor articles are fodder for the AfD process; but in fact should be tagged for cleanup, expansion, referencing, categorization, etc. Far too often, deletionist nominators take the quick way out.
 * 5) It's no fun anymore - Wikipedia is supposed to be fun. People should be encouraged to contribute in a positive way. Ideas such as Barnstars are very good ideas, but too many valuable contributions are overlooked. In fact, if you look at the Talk page of a random person, I'd lay you 3/1 that there are more disagreements on the page than thanks for positive contributions. Far too often, we create barriers that prevent the growth of Wikipedia - there are far too many policies for someone to grasp in a short space of time, and some streamlining needs to be done.

To those users who fall into some of the categories above, I won't mention who you are (I'm sure you know anyway). You've managed to drive me away from Wikipedia, so congratulations if that was your intent. If it wasn't, then please consider both your actions and tone in the future, or you're likely to drive others away too.

On the flipside, my thanks go to hard-working, positive and confident users such as Josiah Rowe, CTOAGN and Lady Aleena (apologies to the many of you that I have missed).

This is Essexmutant, signing off. Essexmutant 17:35, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

About Me

Articles I've Started

Poker players
Mickey Appleman - Jac Arama - Bruce Atkinson - Joe Awada - Eli Balas - Joe Bartholdi Jr - Joe Beevers - David Benyamine - Gary Berland - Chris Bigler - Chris Bjorin - Tony Bloom -  Barny Boatman -  Ross Boatman - Noah Boeken - John Bonetti - Farzad Bonyadi - Roy Brindley - Chad Brown - Todd Brunson - Vince Burgio - Garry Bush - Brent Carter - John Cernuto - Neil Channing - David Chiu - Carlo Citrone - Paul "Eskimo" Clark - Artie Cobb - Dave Colclough - Victoria Coren - Hoyt Corkins - Peter Costa - Steve Dannenmann - Paul Darden - Martin De Knijff - Harry Demetriou - Roland De Wolfe - Ivo Donev - John Duthie - Eli Elezra - Barbara Enright - Peter Evans -  John Falconer - Bruno Fitoussi - Layne Flack - Ken Flaton - Liam Flood - Eric Froehlich - Tony G - John Gale - Kirill Gerasimov - Chau Giang - Alan Goehring - Howard Goldfarb - Michael Gracz - David Grey - Hasan Habib - Keith Hawkins - Jay Heimowitz - Juha Helppi - Frank Henderson - John Hennigan - Matthew Hilger - Bobby Hoff - Rob Hollink - Susie Isaacs - Paul Jackson - Kenna James - Chip Jett - Christer Johansson - Gary Jones - Theo Jørgensen - Cliff Josephy - Mel Judah - John Kabbaj - Chris Karagulleyan - Thomas Keller - Kathy Kolberg - Al Krux - Ken Lennaárd - Jennifer Leigh - Jeff Lisandro - O'Neil Longson - Hans "Tuna" Lund - Minh Ly - Tony Ma - Paul "X-22" Magriel - James McManus - Jim Meehan - Isabelle Mercier - Michael Mizrachi - John Myung - Korosh Nejad - Lee Nelson - Minh Nguyen - Donnacha O'Dea - Padraig Parkinson - Pascal Perrault - Max Pescatori - Xuyen Pham - Bon "John" Phan - Ben Roberts - Blair Rodman - Lucy Rokach - Ron Rose - Erik Sagström - Nick Schulman - Mark Seif - Hemish Shah - John Shipley - Barry Shulman - Jeff Shulman - Gavin Smith - John Spadavecchia - Jan Sørensen - Surinder Sunar - Nic Szeremeta - Willie Tann - Mark Teltscher - Julian Thew - Dewey Tomko - An Tran - J. C. Tran - Marco Traniello - Simon Trumper - Chris Tsiprailidis - Robert Turner - James Van Alstyne -  Ram Vaswani - Steve Vladar - Tommy Wang - Dave Welch - Mickey Wernick - Robert Williamson III - Brian "Rookie" Wilson - Marty Wilson - Paul Wolfe - Ian Woodley - Charalambos Xanthos - Steve Zolotow

Poker Tournaments
Celebrity Poker Club - National Heads-Up Poker Championship - PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup - Poker Million - Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament - The Gaming Club World Poker Championship - Ultimate Poker Challenge - Victor Chandler Poker Cup - William Hill Poker Grand Prix - World Heads-Up Poker Championship - World Series of Poker circuit events - World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions - World Speed Poker Open

Poker Tournament Results
1971 World Series of Poker - 1972 World Series of Poker - 1973 World Series of Poker - 1974 World Series of Poker - 1975 World Series of Poker - 1976 World Series of Poker - 1977 World Series of Poker - 1978 World Series of Poker - 1979 World Series of Poker - 1980 World Series of Poker - 1981 World Series of Poker - 1982 World Series of Poker - 1983 World Series of Poker - 1984 World Series of Poker - 1985 World Series of Poker - 1986 World Series of Poker - 1987 World Series of Poker - 1988 World Series of Poker - 1989 World Series of Poker - 1990 World Series of Poker - 1991 World Series of Poker - 1992 World Series of Poker - 1993 World Series of Poker - 1994 World Series of Poker - 1995 World Series of Poker - 1996 World Series of Poker - 1997 World Series of Poker - 1998 World Series of Poker - 1999 World Series of Poker - 2000 World Series of Poker - 2001 World Series of Poker - 2002 World Series of Poker - 2003 World Series of Poker - European Poker Tour season 1 results - European Poker Tour season 2 results - Late Night Poker season 1 results - Late Night Poker season 2 results - Late Night Poker season 3 results - Late Night Poker season 4 results - Late Night Poker season 5 results - Late Night Poker season 6 results - Poker Superstars season 1 results - Poker Superstars season 2 results - Poker Superstars season 3 results - Ultimate Poker Challenge season 1 results - Ultimate Poker Challenge season 2 results - Ultimate Poker Challenge season 3 results - World Poker Tour season 1 results - World Poker Tour season 2 results - World Poker Tour season 3 results - World Poker Tour season 4 results - World Poker Tour season 5 results

Images
Jac Arama - Bruce Atkinson - Joe Bartholdi Jr - Joe Beevers (1) - Joe Beevers (2) - Barny Boatman (1) - Barny Boatman (2) - Barny Boatman (3) - Ross Boatman (1) - Ross Boatman (2) - Jean-Robert Bellande - Chris Bigler - Chris Bjorin - Andy Bloch - Tony Bloom - Noah Boeken - Farzad Bonyadi - Humberto Brenes - Roy Brindley - Todd Brunson - Vince Burgio - Garry Bush - Mike Caro - John Cernuto - Jimmy Cha - Neil Channing - David Chiu - Paul "Eskimo" Clark - T. J. Cloutier - Dave Colclough - Victoria Coren - Hoyt Corkins - Peter Costa - Allen Cunningham - John D'Agostino - Paul Darden - Freddy Deeb - Martin De Knijff - Harry Demetriou - Roland De Wolfe - Annie Duke - Eli Elezra - Antonio Esfandiari - Brian Fidler - Peter Evans - Liam Flood - Ted Forrest - Prahlad Friedman - Eric Froehlich - Noel Furlong - Tony G - Julian Gardner - Kirill Gerasimov - Chau Giang - Alan Goehring - Jamie Gold - Phil Gordon - Michael Gracz - Barry Greenstein - David Grey - Hasan Habib - Gus Hansen - Jennifer Harman - Juha Helppi - John Hennigan - Bobby Hoff - Randy Holland - Rob Hollink - Phil Ivey - Kenna James - Chip Jett - Gary Jones - Theo Jørgensen - Mel Judah - John Kabbaj - Chris Karagulleyan - Kathy Kolberg - Phil Laak - Nam Le - Tuan Le - Howard Lederer - Kathy Liebert - Erick Lindgren - Jeff Lisandro - O'Neil Longson - Minh Ly - Tony Ma - Jeff Madsen - Paul Magriel - Mike Matusow (2) - Jesse May - Tom McEvoy - James McManus - Jim Meehan - Carlos Mortensen - John Myung - Yosh Nakano - Korosh Nejad - Evelyn Ng - Donnacha O'Dea - Padraig Parkinson - Pascal Perrault - Ralph Perry - Max Pescatori - David Pham - Xuyen Pham - Bon Phan - Paul Phillips - Ben Roberts - Blair Rodman - Lucy Rokach - Ron Rose - Nick Schulman - Huck Seed - Erik Seidel - Mark Seif - Mike Sexton - Hemish Shah - John Shipley - Barry Shulman - Gavin Smith - Jani Sointula - Jan Sørensen - Bob Stupak - Surinder Sunar - Swimming With The Devilfish - Willie Tann - Julian Thew - Dewey Tomko - Mimi Tran - Marco Traniello - Simon Trumper - Dave Ulliott - Dave Ulliott (2) - Dave Ulliott (3) - Dave Ulliott (4) - Amir Vahedi - James Van Alstyne - Ram Vaswani (1) - Ram Vaswani (2) - Ram Vaswani (3) - Steve Vladar - Tommy Wang - Dave Welch - Robert Williamson III - Tiffany Williamson - Charalambos "Bambos" Xanthos - Steve Zolotow

Other
European Poker Players Hall of Fame - Record-Breaking World Poker Tour First Prizes - Template:European Poker Awards Outstanding Tournament Performance of the Year Winners - Template:European Poker Awards Player of the Year - Template:European Poker Awards Rookie of the Year - Template:European Poker Lifetime Achievement Award Winners - Template:Late Night Poker Winners - Template:Major Poker Tournaments - Template:National Heads-Up Poker Championship Winners - Template:Poker Player of the Year Award Winners - Template:Poker Superstars Winners - Template:Ultimate Poker Challenge Winners - Template:VC Cup Winners - Template:World Series of Poker Winners - Template:World Poker Tour Player of the Year Award Winners - World Series of Poker multiple bracelet winners - Template:World Series of Poker Player of the Year Award Winners

Other People
Gary Albright - Sam Anderson - Atlantis - Adrian Bower - Tony Caunter - John Challis - Ben Chaplin - Jan Chappell - Navin Chowdhry - George A. Cooper - Matthew Corbett - Judy Cornwell - David Crockett - Ronald Fraser - Michael Gover - Dolores Gray - Malcolm Hebden - Geoffrey Hinsliff - Kyoko Inoue - David Jackson - Kenneth Johnson - Koji Kanemoto - Dynamite Kansai - Michael Keating - Kenneth Kendall - Killer Khan - Kuniaki Kobayashi - Joseph Marcell - Lee Marshall - Naomichi Marufuji - Hugo Myatt - David Neilson - Octagón - Mayumi Ozaki - Ian Reddington - Jay Ross (Blitzkrieg) - Naoki Sano - Leslie Schofield - Carolyn Seymour - Alan Stubbs - Shingo Takagi - Tatsuhito Takaiwa - George Takano - Toshiyo Yamada

Films & TV
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis - Celebrity appearances in Doctor Who - Template:Celebrity Big Brother (UK) Winners - Etheria - The Life and Times of David Lloyd George - Hard Men - He-Man Character Guide - He-Man Episode Guide

Userboxes
Template:User ITFC - Template:User Pokerlegend

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Barnstars

You can find out more about what Barnstars are, and how to award them here.

Countries I've Been To

America, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Italy, Jersey, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Wales

Did You Know?

Edit Count


 * Edit #1: 22 July 2005
 * Edit #10: 22 July 2005
 * Edit #50: 26 July 2005
 * Edit #100: 26 July 2005
 * Edit #500: 2 September 2005
 * Edit #1000: 10 October 2005
 * Edit #5000: 12 February 2006

Good Articles I Have Worked On

Passed: Joe Beevers -  Barny Boatman -  Ross Boatman -  Mike Matusow -  Poker Candidates (2nd attempt): Ram Vaswani

See here for further information.

People I Have Met Or Seen Live

Buffy & Angel
Amber Benson - Nicholas Brendon - Andy Hallett - George Hertzberg - James Marsters - J. August Richards - Joss Whedon

Comedy
8 Out of 10 Cats (Jimmy Carr, Dave Spikey, Sean Lock, Johnny Vegas, Christian Slater, Rob Rouse, Lauren Laverne, Ulrika Jonsson, David Baddiel, Ruth Badger, Alan Carr) - Richard Ayoade - Bill Bailey - Al Murray - Robert Newman - Ross Noble - Shooting Stars (Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, George Dawes, Ulrika Jonsson and Mark Lamarr)

Musicians and Bands
Tori Amos - Ash - Athlete - Beautiful South - Catatonia - Coldplay - The Coral - Elvis Costello - Counting Crows - Eels - Samantha Fox - Garbage - Gina G - Christy Hennessy - The Infidels - Keane - The Killers - The Levellers - Manic Street Preachers - Meat Loaf - Danii Minogue - Van Morrison - Alanis Morissette - Muse - Jimmy Nail - New Order - Nine Black Alps - No-Way-Sis - Oasis - Pet Shop Boys - Placebo - Pulp - The Thrills - The Undertones - The Verve - The White Stripes - Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys) - The Zutons

Poker Players
Jac Arama - Mark Banin - Barny Boatman - Noah Boeken - Roy Brindley - Neil Channing - Dave Colclough - Roland De Wolfe - Liam Flood - Tony G - Marc Goodwin - Joe Hachem - Gary Jones - John Kabbaj - Marcel Lüske - Mike Matusow - Chris Moneymaker - Greg Raymer - Adam Richardson - Sir Clive Sinclair - Willie Tann - Dave Ulliott - Tiffany Williamson

Star Trek
Avery Brooks - Rick Berman - LeVar Burton - James Doohan - Michael Dorn - Lolita Fatjo - Jonathan Frakes - Walter Koenig - Jennifer Lien - Gates McFadden - Larry Nemechek - Ethan Phillips - Robert Picardo - William Shatner - Marina Sirtis - Patrick Stewart - Eric A. Stillwell - Brent Spiner - George Takei - Wil Wheaton

Star Wars
Kenny Baker - Jeremy Bulloch - Anthony Daniels - Peter Mayhew - Michael Sheard

Wrestlers
American Dragon - Steve Austin - Buff Bagwell - Flash Barker - Mark Belton - Booker T. - Robbie Brookside - Paul Burchill - Colt Cabana - Steve Corino - Justin Credible - Christopher Daniels - Disco Inferno - Spike Dudley - Ric Flair - Jody Fleisch - Gangrel - Goldust - Eddie Guerrero - Juventud Guerrera - Chris Hamrick - Jeff Hardy - Matt Hardy - Bret Hart - Curt Hennig (Mr. Perfect) - Ulf Herman - Paul Heyman - Homicide - Crash Holly - B G James (Road Dogg) - Nathan Jones - Konnan - Brian Lawler - Brock Lesnar - Lodi - Paul London - Low Ki - Jerry Lynn - Balls Mahoney - Drew McDonald - Mick McManus - E Z Money - Nikita - Scott Parker - Psicosis - CM Punk - Raven - Stevie Ray - William Regal - Justin Richards - Steven Richards - Pat Roach - Samoa Joe - Alex Shane - Andrew Simmons - Mark Sloan - Spud - Shawn Stasiak - Scott Steiner - Devon Storm - Jonny Storm - A.J. Styles - Super Crazy - Paul Travell - Triple H - The Undertaker - Rob Van Dam - Hade Vansen - Mikey Whipwreck - Doug Williams - Jack Xavier - X-Pac - The Zebra Kid

Other
Keith Allen - Tadanobu Asano - Derren Brown - Saffron Burrows - Neve Campbell - Ben Chaplin - Navin Chowdhry - Claudia Christian - Christopher Eccleston - Jennifer Ehle - Andy Fordham - James Fox - Alex Kingston - Bruno Langley - Mary Stuart Masterson - Sally Ann Matthews - Peter McDonald - Ian McShane - Matthew Modine - Maximilian Schell - Dwight Schultz - David Schwimmer - Christian Slater - Kevin Spacey - David Warner - Steven Weber

Vandalism

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WikiProjects


 * WikiProject Doctor Who
 * WikiProject Good articles
 * Wikiproject Las Vegas
 * WikiProject Poker
 * WikiProject Professional wrestling