User:UR
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I go by "Urban Rose" on Wikipedia. Or at least I did until I realized how ridiculous it is what average people have to go through just to keep the site functioning because of the policies that have been set in place by those in charge. I've decided that what Wikipedia should do if it ever decides that it wants its legitimate contributers to be treated with respect is require account creation and an email address (for that matter, this site should to, but that's a different story). This would not deter legitimate contributers and would virtually eliminate petty vandalism and sockpuppetry. It would possibly mean fewer passing by typo corrections, but it's my bet that the majority of Wikipedia's articles are written almost entirely by a few dedicated editors. This idea that good articles arise from many contributers adding small amounts of information at a time is false. I can't prove this unfortunately, but if I were to look at statistics, I strongly bet that I would find this to be correct. That said, I've come to feel that even editing this site is a better use of my time than reverting graffiti by school kids and tagging sockpuppets of autistic sockpuppeteers for hours on end. Once the administration decides to implement these changes (require account creation and an email address), I just might return, but my days of being a slave to the rollback button are over. Who knows, perhaps I just might become a legitimate contributer to this site (not likely, but who knows). Internet culture isn't really my thing, but this site could serve as a medium through which I constructively make my views known to the world.--UR 16:57, 30 April 2008 (CDT)
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Hey there! I saw what you did with working to get ED on TOW. Keep up the good work! Endedrural (talk)  19:56, 7 May 2009 (CDT)
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