User:Wyatts

Goodbye, Wikipedia!

In case anybody wonders, I wanted to leave a note explaining why I left Wikipedia. First, I want to make clear that I didn't get mad or feel mistreated in any way. To the contrary, my experience with other editors has always been positive. I think Wikipedia is a great idea, and I tried to make some positive contributions with a few articles. Wikipedia has already achieved critical mass, and I this its success is assured. Although the Wikipedia community is great, I am the type of person who needs more structure in my activities. The total freedom to edit is a Wikipedia strength, but is not for me personnally.

I wish Wikipedia every success and look forward to seeing the one million article milestone soon.

--Wyatts 18:00, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Note: Some articles to which I contributed have been significantly edited from my version and no longer reflect the quality of my efforts.

Selected contributions
I don't list everything here, just some pages that I like to check on frequently.

Note: Some articles have been significantly edited from my version and no longer reflect the quality of my efforts.

Some New Articles
 * Failure rate
 * Anderson Hills Tornado
 * Severe weather terminology (United States)
 * Slackwater Darter
 * National Highway System

Some Article Stubs
 * Electric catfish
 * Electron Optics
 * Electroceramics
 * Uintatherium
 * Strategic Highway Network

Some Articles Significantly Updated
 * Base realignment and closure
 * Mean time between failures

Maintenance projects I try to help with on occassion

 * WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles - mostly the missing Britannica articles. I occassionally find a missing article that can be researched with a reasonable amount of effort.
 * Template:Open task

References in Wikipedia

 * Public domain resources
 * Forum_for_Encyclopedic_Standards
 * tutorial
 * How to edit a page
 * Help:Formula
 * Picture tutorial
 * List of images
 * How to write a great article
 * Naming conventions
 * Manual of Style
 * User_page
 * Verifiability
 * 2004 Encyclopedia topics

General comments
I am becoming increasingly concerned about the excessive control over certain articles/pages/processes by some users. I am also concerned about the failure to effectively control disruptive behavior.