User:Jbhunley/Essays

There is a User:JBH that made 25 edits back in 2005. I have no relation to that user. My work space is [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jbhunley/sandbox/scratchpad/ScratchPad4 here].

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Essays

 * Introduction to editing talk pages – A quick and dirty introduction to editing talk pages and threading discussions for new editors.
 * Identifying nonsense at NPP – A discussion of seven, made up, examples of the difficulties of identifying pages to tag as db-nonsense.
 * Because... science. – A light hearted rant on anti-evolution arguements.
 * Common policy misunderstandings – A one screen run down of common policy misunderstandings of new editors.
 * Binding community recall – Draft of a community based recall procedure based on individual administrators voluntarily agreeing to the terms.
 * On contempt and its dangers – The violation of social norms results in an emotion which, unlike anger, is characterized by near instinctive dehumanization. Failure to recognize this difference, I argue, is a primary cause of the sometimes abusive environment at Wikipedia's 'behavioral' noticeboards.[Read the links they are there for a reason]
 * ANI advice -- Failure to know when to shut-up can easily turn a solvable issue into a community ban.