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Don't let one bad conversation get you down.
We need more editors like you. Thanks for all you've done, and I hope you'll change your mind and decide to stay. Jacona (talk) 15:01, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
- I echo Jacona above, and I'll also add that you aren't obligated to keep contributing to the AfD if you don't want to (it is a lot, to say the least); you're welcome to unwatchlist it and find another bit of encyclopedia to edit. —Danre98 15:55, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you, both; it's not just one bad conversation, it's more that I've been questioning my faith in the WP project over the last months, and this has tipped the balance. I am increasingly convinced that there are very few areas of human knowledge that are untainted by human opinion and doubt. Misplaced Pages, by writing in an encyclopaedic style and hiding the authorship of its articles, is (unwillingly) representing material as far more trustworthy than it is, presenting the individual opinions of those who've written articles as though they were globally true facts. This contrasts with good secondary sources, which are attached honestly to the authors who write them. It's unfortunate that most of our readers believe what they read, without reading any of the sources we cite, which rather undermines the whole concept of having sources. We are encouraging laziness.
- I'm increasingly convinced that the correct way to further human knowledge isn't a free encyclopaedia, it's (1) open access publishing, and (2) the plethora of websites set up by experts under their own names, pages hosted on their university sites, and suchlike. The second category is a weird one, because we at Misplaced Pages do not trust or use this material. In my view it's often safer to the reader than we are, because it's obviously the product of one traceable person whose expertise can be checked, rather than the product of a hidden person who is claiming expertise that cannot be checked. And it's often written in a far more accessible style (I have a long-running dislike of WP maths pages!).
- All in all, I think most of our readers would be better served if they spent more time on Google and less on Misplaced Pages.
- I'm going to take an extended Wikibreak and have a think! But thank you for your kindness.
62.252.211.177 (talk) 08:39, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
Your submission at Articles for creation: Altenau Palace has been accepted
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Doric Loon (talk) 12:35, 29 August 2022 (UTC)@Doric Loon: thank you so much for accepting Altenau palace, doing all the tidying, and putting the redirect in place for Schloss Altenau. I really appreciate it. Elemimele (talk) 14:57, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Elemimele: You're very welcome. Doric Loon (talk) 19:23, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
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