User talk:Entdecker~enwiki

My user page statement, copied here:

One of the greatest assets of Wikipedia is also it's greatest flaws. There seems to be some hierarchy to the editing system, but it is not necessarily based on any particular knowledge of the subjects tackled by the users. In many cases it seems to be more of a screaming match, a verbal wrestling in the dirt. The most loud and persistent gets their way, and the facts of the matter be damned. One look at the varied subjects tackled by most editors will show a wide range of disciplines, with no particular rhyme or reason for their delving in... except for perhaps being a fan of them... or hating them, I'm not always sure. But knowledge of them... not in the least, that is clear. The editing process seems to be rife with personal prejudices, snap judgments based on limited knowledge.

The system obviously needs an overhaul. The use of editors for a particular topic should, IMO, be someone who actually has some knowledge of the subject edited. I'm not sure how this can be accomplished... some sort of resume process, maybe, with an overview board?

My hand has been forced in this... not that I have the time for it. But I promise that where and when I delve in, it will be in areas which I have spent my time and effort to truly understand what it is I am talking about. I have done thousands of hours of original research, over decades, in many areas of history, science and literature. I will only edit what I know, and can show to be true. Sounds like that should be a baseline for the editing process, but sadly it is the furthest thing from it. Entdecker (talk) 14:20, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Entdecker. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Entdecker~enwiki that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name. If you think you might own all of the accounts with this name and this message is in error, please visit Special:MergeAccount to check and attach all of your accounts to prevent them from being renamed.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:44, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 12:37, 22 April 2015 (UTC)