User:Spidey104/Problems

The following is a list of many of the problems with Wikipedia, but it is not a complete list of all the problems Wikipedia has.
 * Editors can sometimes forget what is best for the readers and are more focused on maintaining the status quo or upholding a minor guideline than going through the process (which can get messy) to improve the article for the reader.


 * Many editors prefer to delete (or change into a pointless redirect) a work-in-progress article instead of recruiting other editors in an effort to improve the article. This is to the detriment of Wikipedia, because frequently those are good articles that only need some polish to help them shine.


 * However, there are also many extraneous articles as a result of recentism that should be deleted or merged. I have tried to fight the creation of some, but one overly busy editor can only do so much.


 * Wikipedia goes through constant changes of what is considered "best" for Wikipedia. An attempt to merge all related comic book villains into list articles was the reason for my short-lived retirement from Wikipedia. More recently there has been an attempt to break up all list articles into individual articles.


 * The rules/guidelines/manuals of style/etc. have become too convoluted, complicated, and confusing. Some guidelines require you to read three or four different pages to completely understand what is going on. These should be simplified so they are easier to understand and easy to find all on one page.


 * Despite the rules getting long and hard to read there are still gray areas where there is more than one correct way to do things. These leads to many inconsistencies between articles. The inconsistencies between articles degrades the appearance of Wikipedia to readers and is why Wikipedia is still considered a poor resource. This lack of standardization of format for articles of the same category, and the resulting hodge-podge appearance of Wikipedia, is why no one respects it or takes it seriously.