Back in its early days, I used to maintain a few articles on Wikipedia. Then the admins got full of themselves.
Wikipedia is a valuable resource, and it does need editors. However, some people get drunk on a little power, and that us exactly the type of person attracted to this kind of unpaid role.
It wasn't worth dealing with them 15 years ago, and it sounds like it has only gotten worse...
There are two dozen sexual harassment scandals committed by admins and editors which was uncovered by a journalist starting from a year ago. She has finished written the feature story which might get published on the Daily Beast next year.
Wikipedia is a valuable resource, and it does need editors. However, some people get drunk on a little power, and that us exactly the type of person attracted to this kind of unpaid role.
It wasn't worth dealing with them 15 years ago, and it sounds like it has only gotten worse...