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Why do I edit Wikipedia?
If you have been editing Wikipedia for a while, you have probably heard the joke:
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The problem with Wikipedia is that it only works in practice. In theory, it would be a total disaster.
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This rings more true today than ever. With the proliferation of ad companies like social media and search engine optimization, you would think a project like Wikipedia would get overrun with bad actors, but remarkably, the people who genuinely want to help build an encyclopedia far outnumber those who want to misuse the platform to promote falsehoods, sell stuff, or manipulate people. If this were not true, Wikipedia would be doomed to fail.
In other words, Wikipedia's success and continued existence requires that more humans want to help each other than hurt each other. That is so cool. These days, there is no shortage of reasons to be cynical, but the fact that Wikipedia exists at all means that, hey, maybe there is hope for us yet. To be sure, Wikipedia is far from perfect, but that only means there is more work to be done, more articles to improve, more topics to cover. On Wikipedia, if you see a problem, you can go in and fix it yourself. On most articles, that is something you can just do right now. This is a project where the people who use the product and the people who make the product are one and the same.
Along the way, you'll meet all sorts of amazing Wikipedians, not all of whom will share the same opinions or interests as you. That's okay. That's good. Disagreement and conflict are inevitable in any diverse community. As long as we have mutual respect for each other as individuals, I have faith that we can move forward.
That way, we can reach a point where, decades or perhaps even a century from now, after we're long gone, subsequent generations—our kids and their kids—will be able to look back through that "View history" link and see our usernames in that history. What will your contribution to that history be?
More about me
Suddenly I stopped, unable to breathe. As the image flew overhead, I could see the smooth blue feathers, the arced, pointed wings, and the jet-black head of a peregrine falcon. [...] I had been taken full circle. I was watching a wild peregrine falcon flying freely in a field—outside my own front door.
I'm Mz7, and I am a volunteer editor at Wikipedia. I made my first edits to Wikipedia in 2008 as an anonymous user. I created an account in March 2010, but I really only started actively editing in late 2011. Most of my work here is behind-the-scenes:
Every now and then, I create and develop articles. See here for a list of pages I've created, and below for a list of pages I have significantly contributed to. I have several DYK credits, listed at the bottom of my user page.
An RfC is open on whether use of emojis with no encyclopedic value in mainspace and draftspace (e.g., at the start of paragraphs or in place of bullet points) should be added as a criterion under G15.
An RfC is in progress to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
On 1 June 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Martin v. United States, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the U.S. Supreme Court is currently deciding whether the family who lived in a house wrongly raided by the FBI may sue the government? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Martin v. United States. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Martin v. United States), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
I, Jeff G., hereby award Mz7 with The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for outstanding achievement in countering vandalism. — Jeff G. ツ(talk) 00:08, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the thorough job you did and the help you gave towards making The Elstree Project ready. It's greatly appreciated. Howie☎ 01:07, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
You truly made my day today. Thank you (again)! — This lousy T-shirt — (talk) 14:27, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
*opens up visor* Hey there. *removes helmet* Sorry, I need to wear this thick, heavy suit for protection when the vandals start attacking us. Anyways, thanks for your barnstar! I am usually on every day, but today I was particularly driven to stay on as ClueBot NG was down earlier. It's down a lot recently, don't you think? School got in the way, but as soon as I had some Internet access that was fast enough, I was fighting vandalism using Twinkle, Huggle, and STiki. Now that the bot is back up, I can hopefully get out of this suit. *unzips zipper* Anyways, I think I'll repay a barnstar with a barnstar, so here it is! Have a great day! ...now if you can give me a hand with this heavy suit... K6ka (talk | contribs) 21:55, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your work at AfD. Tricky NACs are just part of the learning process. We need more fair-minded editors such as yourself working the queues and attempting the tricky NAC stuff. See you around! Always consensus over procedure, – czar 05:59, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
Thank you for your over month-long contributions in planning the 5 millionth article celebration, which included writing one of the two initial letters to the community and handling the copyright issues regarding the logo change. Thank you for your help! Spirit of Eagle (talk) 17:20, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
For your original draft of what is now WP:ECP2016. Thanks for taking the initiative and starting the process. :-) Katietalk 08:51, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
Thank you for your help so far and for answering the questions I have asked to the best of your ability, I really do appreciate it. TheSandDoctor (talk) 00:36, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Thank you for teaching me through the Counter-Vandalism Unit Academy!!! Hummerrocket(talk) 22:04, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for assisting in stopping a persistent disruptive editor by implementing a range block. Evaluating the situation and discussing the best response is often an important process for admins. Also, thank you for making yourself available on IRC and ready to step in. Mkdwtalk 22:35, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
For ensuring that the Administrators' Newsletter gets written and distributed every month. Despite a good start I worried that the newsletter would ultimately die out after a few months, so it's heartening to see it still being sent out every month :) Sam Walton (talk) 23:17, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much for doing a bunch of housekeeping work at WP:AELECT2, such as creating shortcuts and updating templates. It's not an official role, but I just wanted you to know that I noticed and appreciated it. Great job. –Novem Linguae (talk) 13:03, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
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