[WikiEN-l] Well, that was a mistake (was: Re: Feeling encyclopedic but uncreative? Hit WP:AFC)

[Thomas Dalton]

> 1) User:PennyDreadfulPlayers shows up and writes an article about their group.
> 2) I remove some non-encyclopaedic elements (use of first person, some
> boasty claims like having experience "in every area of theatrical
> arts", cheesy stuff like "affectionately known as PDP".
> 3) Another user db-spams it, edit conflicting with me.
> 4) I remove the db-spam, leave them a note. They apologise.
> 5) I leave a note to U:PDP, thanking them for their contribution and
> explaining the changes I'd made, welcoming them to wikipedia.
> 6) U:PDP and another user re-appear, removing most of my changes, and
> turning it back into a myspace page, with "For more information,
> please visit [http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/pdp] or instant message us on AIM
> at pdplayeroffice ."
>
> I must be really burnt out and jaded, but this pissed me off. Throw
> someone a lifeline, trust them not to do something stupid like
> actually justify a label of db-spam, and what do they do? Ignore your
> help and do their best to be obnoxious little facebookers.

Not burnt out and jaded - just still partially sane. You would have to
be completely mad not to get pissed off at that. You will become
completely mad soon, don't worry.