Vandalism and Harassment by Wikipedia Another problem is that Wikipedia has developed a pattern of harassment Bauwens  Cramer  Vaknin  Gann  Metz a c and d The GodKing and his minions have absolute power Bauwens  Metz a b d and a within Wikipedia And of course absolute power corrupts Martin c Gann  remarked on his reasons for permanently leaving Wikipedia This was not only one bad experience but the worst of several  plus the lack of fairness in the implementation of rules which seem to apply to some and not others Ive quit jobs at paying publications for less provocation Perseverance would have gotten me further where What was I trying to achieve I was doing Wikipedia favors How many bad experiences should it have taken me to no longer want to do things for them  If there is a permanent structural problem in using my own research and expertise what possible incentive could I have to continue What would I want to write about except my own areas of expertise  When I see such abundant evidence from the people who have posted here and all those experts who have left Wikipedia that the problems will certainly continue and there is no structural process for avoiding them why would I volunteer to continue fighting fights in which I have nothing whatever to gain