User talk:Lakeshake

Hi.

I've edited in Wikipedia before but lost my password. My previous username started with Lake...

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16:03, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

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Hello, Lakeshake, and welcome to Wikipedia!

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From Anna

Some good advice for you:

Stay.
Develop a thick skin.
Keep content issues off user talk pages.
Don't worry about small things in articles. Articles find their way.

Best,

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:57, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Anna, for your words of encouragement. Because of your kind message, it makes me believe that Wikipedia is not just composed of nasty, aggressive people. I will stay but want to take some time off Wikipedia, at least a few days or weeks. Thick skin is good advice. Also the part of not worrying about small things in articles. There are some things that need fixing to make better but sometimes it has to let go or only a little effort put into that issue.

Anna, I hope it's possible to slowly transform Wikipedia so the civil way works and evil doesn't. Right now, it is possible for aggressive people to own articles. Lakeshake (talk) 00:03, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Yes, a thick skin. I almost left when I was 400 edits and a month in. Almost. Now I'm an admin, here for 8 years, with 103,228 edits. I'm glad I stayed.

Wikipedia is simply huge. If you encountered a few people you found disagreeable, that happens. Just as likely is to fall in with some really great people. Everyone is here. Different neighbourhoods, different cities, different crowds. Your first impressions have left you feeling like this is a rough place full of nasties. Maybe you just landed in the wrong spot.

So, come back when ready. Don't sweat the small stuff. Be patient with articles being the wrong way. That's the way it goes here. It's hard to see something in an article that is not right and there is resistance to changing it. But that is good for ya. Be at rest in chaos. Wikipedia is good practice for the outside world.

One great way to contribute without conflict is to create articles rather than modifying ones that others have been involved in putting together. You might be interested in starting one of these:

Wikipedia:Requested articles/Images

Please let me know if you need any help. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:06, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Trump

I have reverted your edits and restored the closure. You should have read the boilerplate: "Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review..." There is, in fact, no rule that says a closing editor has to be an admin, so the only argument against the closure is whether it was mere vote-counting. But that's an issue for the move review discussion, if you would like to start one. St Anselm (talk) 20:04, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please see the response on my talk page. JudgeRM (talk to me) 01:42, 1 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, Lakeshake, you do not appear to have followed my advice. St Anselm (talk) 00:55, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I may or may not do a move review. But removing others' talk page comments is censorship and a no no. Lakeshake (talk) 18:39, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments are allowed to be removed if they violate WP:NPA, which yours did. They can also be removed if placed in a discussion that has been closed. JudgeMR (talk to me) 01:24, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you wish to contest my move, then please file a request at move review. JudgeRM (talk to me) 02:11, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Murder of Justin Back

The article Murder of Justin Back has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

This article has no links to other articles, non informational, poorly written, very little sources, and infrequent edits. I see no reason to keep this article up.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. SSGeorgie (talk) 03:50, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]