User:Defunct editor

This account is not used for regular editing. I did used to edit regularly, but a number of aspects of the way the wikipedia community operates drove me away. In particular, disputes are frequently judged not in terms of edits and behaviours, but in terms of editors and personalities. It seems that while "experts" are not entitled to deference, those with high edit counts and off-wiki community engagement are. Perhaps nurturing this close-knit community is important in retaining the very active editors; it definitely drives away some editors with no interest at all in the community aspect of the project. I don't pretend to know the right way to manage the balance. I merely point out that there is a cost to the hypocrisy of granting exceptions to the rules to those in position to know them best.