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One useful thing to do sometimes when looking at whether or not a user is interested in participating in Wikipedia or just participating in arguing about things
by OskarS 3mo ago
One useful thing to do sometimes when looking at whether or not a user is interested in participating in Wikipedia or just participating in arguing about things is to look at their contributions to actual wikipedia articles, the thing Wikipedia is all about.
This is the list of articles Sanger contributed to in 2026: [1]
Compare that too all his contributions: [2]
Does it seem like this person is participating in Wikipedia in a genuine way? Or is he there to start political arguments on various internal pages?
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&target=Larry_Sanger&namespace=0&tagfilter=&start=2026-01-01&end=&limit=500 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContrib...
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&target=Larry_Sanger&namespace=all&tagfilter=&start=2026-01-01&end=&limit=500 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContrib...
- FireBeyond 3mo agoThere are very many admins, even bureaucrats who can and have failed that particular test. I voted 'no', often unsuccessfully, on many admin candidates who had upwards of 70 or 80% of their contributions being in the WP: namespace.