Blackmoor Vituperative

Back in 2006, I gave up editing Wikipedia, primarily because it was just too frustrating fighting the lunatic fringe. At the time, I was dealing with nutcases who simply kept putting their nutcase fantasies into articles, and I was just exhausted dealing with them. However, that isn’t the only problem with Wikipedia. Another problem with Wikipedia is that there is a small minority of editors who take it as their mission to eviscerate Wikipedia and make it as small as possible.

I simply do not understand this type of editor. I never have. I have encountered them, and it’s equal parts baffling and saddening. These are people who either just don’t get Wikipedia, or are actively trying to destroy it.

Rob Balder, of Erfworld fame, recently brought to light a recent example of this phenomenon.