I agree you were not being uncivil and not meaning to be a dick myself but there is no such word as incivil btw However the merits of humor based essays can sometimes be hard to see they are indeed helpful to some In a Wikipedia that is becoming unfortunately more and more do this or you your contributions suck and we ll mildly insult you do nt do this or you get blocked as your first warning humor is a good way to get a point across without being a dick something those that work on policies should start doing a better job at In this particular case many individuals might be doing in good faith things on the list at WP PBAGDSWCBY and not realize it is being dickish and annoying to other editors and that essay gives constructive examples of how to do certain things correctly The essay has merits just because it is humorous should nt be a problem