User:DissidentAggressor
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About the handle
A nod to the heavy metal band Judas Priest whose song Dissident Aggressor was released on Sin After Sin in 1977. The song later won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance after being released again on A Touch of Evil: Live.[1]
On English usage
Viva the past tense
Please don't use the present tense to describe something in the past. It is incorrect. You should use the eponymous past tense.
Declarative - just say it
Many editors seem to have difficulty making a declarative statement. If you're tempted to use the word "actually" you're probably looking at it. In 99% of the cases, that word adds no meaning. Please don't use it.
- Example
Many editors actually seem to have difficulty actually making a declarative statement. If you're actually tempted to use the word "actually" you're actually probably looking at it. Actually, in 99% of the cases, that word actually adds no meaning. Please don't actually use it.
Paid Editors: The greatest threat to this project
{{{{User:UBX/INTEGRITY}}}} Paid editors on Wikipedia are IMHO the biggest threat to Wikipedia. These are professionals who are paid to "spin" Wikipedia articles. Some will say they're just here to present the facts but their inherent conflict of interest will prevent them from being neutral. As of the writing of this section, there are 4,600 folks who self-identify as Category:Connected contributors. Not all of them are paid, but the ones who are, IMHO have no place on this project. Unfortunately, current policy hasn't (yet) dealt effectively with this problem.
They're professionals making their living on the backs of the volunteers on this project, manipulating how their clients are perceived on Wikipedia and they're professionals at manipulating wiki-politics and gaming the system.
Please be on the lookout for articles that this these editors have polluted and join me in attempting to keep the honest.
- See also
User page references
- ^ "Judas Priest Grammy Nomination for Dissident Aggressor". Judaspriest.com. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2010.