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