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I live in south-east London. I joined Wikipedia in August 2004. Once an Earth Scientist (BSc, Research Assistant, MSc and never-quite finished PhD, all in Quaternary Science, palynology, sedimentology, geochronology and past climate change), I'm now a librarian and studying for a library MA.
[edit] What I hate about Wikipedia (so far)
This section was originally called what I like about Wikipedia, I guess my intitial enthusiasm has worn thin so I'm resorting to listing everything I don't like instead.
- Using number of Google hits to assess the notability of an article. How stupid is this?
- Users relying on their personal knowledge to assess notability of an article - I mean come on - how about sticking to what you know about?
- More to come...
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