Tezero you re right and actually do you know what s actually upsetting me I have expertise on a topic so I made what I thought was a helpful addition to an article on the SHR rat about its use as a model of ADHD I got in an an editing war which I had no idea what this was with a guy that told me repeatedly I was wrong Now I didn t want to argue with him but his reasons for removing my edit were illogical to someone who has actually worked in that area So I asked for help Sergio fair enough gave it to me I was happy with that got an acceptable resolution I thought Then I got in an argument with the guy who originally reverted my edits next thing I know I get banned Ten hours after the SHR article was changed Ok perhaps I shouldn t have made personal comments but it was frustrating as this guy clearly had no real depth of the subject So now from my perspective I see I ve been banned for trying to make an article better and add a pretty well known fact within the ADHD rat research world with people telling me I ve violated rules I had no understanding off But now here s the beef and the real damage I m actually genuinely upset because this whole incident has negatively changed my view of wikipedia I no longer see it as a useful resource I see it as one where people will argue against experts and actively prevent useful information from being included for the purpose of their own egos I am now also of the opinion that articles could well be missing basic information because people have used rules to prevent experts from making articles accurate So not only has this experience made me anti wikipedia whereas to the point I will use this resource less and now I will use this anecdote to tell my students why they should not use wikipedia whereas previously I had no issue with them using this as a first look up but this experience has also burned so much that I don t want to contribute to Wiki either So now you ve also lost a subject expert on brain stuff generally who has 30 odd years left of his academic career who could have been a useful contributer Interestingly I ve also just spent the past 30 minutes researching this and apparently my experience is not unique Wikipedia has a reputation for chasing away experts despite having a page giving guidance on how to retain attract experts See these for examples Really something needs to be done if this is to be kept relevant They do operate a good model over here Which I imagine was probably set up as a reaction to anti expert mentality that is obviously well known over here Anyway thanks for the understanding responses Tezero although I sadly get the impression decent egoless admins like you are actually in the minority