User talk:Ken JP Stuczynski

Hello Ken JP Stuczynski! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking

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Welcome

It appears you may have gotten here first, but welcome none the less!

I see from Smee's userpage that you feel threatened or intimidated by other contributors. If someone has made threats or implied threats of any kind, it is important to let the Administrators know so that those contributors can be dealt with immediately.

I'm too new here to know exactly where to turn, but I'm sure it is against wiki policy to permit intimidation or threats. This is a community of people with diverse views that must work together to obtain an unbiased and factual result. Threats and intimidation would harm that process.

If you need any help feel free to message me and I will help you find the appropriate resource.

Smee has been here quite a while and appears to be firmly entrenched in the structure and would probably be a very good resource as well.

Again, welcome.. and don't anyone stifle your input.

Best Regards, Lsi john 17:23, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also don't forget to sign your posts with 4 ~'s . (You might want to update your post on Smee's page with the signature). Lsi john 17:53, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, John. The threats and personal attacks were done outside the WP community, and unfortunately appears to be the tactic of choice for the group I was researching. They already all but runined one critic's life through massive leagal action, justified or not, and though I can prove my facts are accurate, it's not worth the trouble. This also comprimises to some extent my ability to be objective toward them, as it is hard not to have personal animosity in addition to discovering breaches of ethics I find offensive in general. It's best I back away from this one, as against my nature it is to not stand up for truth wherever I am able. Ken JP Stuczynski 01:57, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry to hear of your struggles and I'm glad that it was not on wiki where you were threatened. I can understand your frustration.

When I came to wiki, my first impression what that it was filled with bias and prejudice (Probably because the articles I read were highly contested). Every edit I made was reverted (undone) and I felt that my very presence on wiki was threatened. (Though I realize that doesnt compare to personal threats.)

I now have a better understanding of how wiki works and I understand why the articles read the way they do.

On wiki, articles are controlled by whomever has the most time to watch the articles and change them back to what they want. Contributors with little time to police their favorite articles, are unlikely to make any lasting changes in highly contested articles. It has nothing to do with being bias or neutral, it has everything to do with being tenacious and having lots of free time.

Then again, I'm a pessimist. I think morals, ethics and respect (like Elvis) have left the building. Its becomming a ME world and people have no desire at all to even listen to another point of view.

I'm generally around, if you have any questions, just leave me a note on my user:talk page.

-Peace in God. Happy Editing. Lsi john 03:31, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]