==AfD question== 
 Re: "And you don't benefit from that philosophy, oh, IP editor? Want to explain just how I benefit from anything "at Wikipedia readers' expense"? Details, please." 
 Most Wikipedians are volunteers, the "benefit" is psychological. You get a feeling of importance and can exercise control, a fundamental human drive which can be hard to satisfy in modern society. I don't know your background, but all I see on your userpage is a bunch of Wikipedia bullshit. If Wikipedia were run correctly, according to established scholarly norms, you and I would both be invited to contribute to and sign articles, under our real names, in our respective areas of expertise. That is, work not play, with direct personal responsibility for outcomes. Making Wikipedia a game or an "adventure" for random fun-seekers is just magnifying what already is to the point of unintentional parody.