Middle 8

Throw Those Curtains Wide!
Knowledge is truth and beauty, and You are a beautiful and essential
member of a magnificent species — herein engaged in a marvelous endeavor!

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Editing tips (personal list)

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Collaboration & accomodation

I am neurodivergent, and sometimes absorb and express information atypically, so please be patient, AGF, and ask me what I mean if in doubt or if I seem to be advocating something strange or contentious. Sometimes it may take a few rounds of back-and-forth to clarify what I mean, so please don't sound-bite me and scurry to the nearest noticeboard. Wikipedia thrives far better with light than with heat, and I know I certainly do.

Especially under wikistress, I may tend to get too granular, or hyperfocused, or wordy, in which case please do let me know -- but please don't assume that such lapses necessarily indicate "bludgeoning" or other such tendentiousness. While I am (at least) as capable of making mistakes as anyone, I'm genuinely trying my best, and am grateful for your understanding.

Privacy

I'm pseudonymous and prefer to remain that way; please see User:Middle 8/Privacy.

Userboxes

This editor is a Grand Tutnum and is entitled to display this Book of Knowledge with Coffee Cup Stain.

This user is neurodivergent.

This user is a scientist.

This user is an acupuncturist (retired).

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

This user has been a member of Wikipedia since 2006.

This user thinks you can learn a lot by editing an encyclopedia.

This editor is a WikiGnome.

This user believes that edits need
useful summaries.

Things to userbox-ify:

• The Golden Rule applies to discussions on the internet, particularly on Wikipedia
• Judge editors by their edits
• Don't IAR with BLP and MEDRS
• Encyclopedic prose should err on the side of grammatical rigor as opposed to innovative language change

Let's get high!

Graham's hierarchy of disagreement

The Golden Fivefold Path To Making Editing Fun Or At Least Relatively Painless

• Omit needless words (including not repeating the same point in multiple comments)
• Be collegial and stay focused on content. Make a steel man of opposing arguments
• Don't edit war. Seek broad input and allow the debate to take its course. Accept eventualism
• Ignore all drama and resist baiting
• DGAF: Don't perseverate, do procrastinate; avoid the urge to stay up late

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