User:Jbhunley/Essays

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Essays

Introduction to editing talk pages – A quick and dirty introduction to editing talk pages and threading discussions for new editors.
Identifying nonsense at NPP – A discussion of seven, made up, examples of the difficulties of identifying pages to tag as {{db-nonsense}}.
Because... science. – A light hearted rant on anti-evolution arguements.
Common policy misunderstandings – A one screen run down of common policy misunderstandings of new editors.
Binding community recall – Draft of a community based recall procedure based on individual administrators voluntarily agreeing to the terms.
On contempt and its dangers – The violation of social norms results in an emotion which, unlike anger, is characterized by near instinctive dehumanization. Failure to recognize this difference, I argue, is a primary cause of the sometimes abusive environment at Wikipedia's 'behavioral' noticeboards.^{[Read the links they are there for a reason]}
ANI advice -- Failure to know when to shut-up can easily turn a solvable issue into a community ban.