Wikipedia:Some Observant Words Regarding Editing And People
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Some realities about the collaborative nature of Wikipedia are clearest to fresh eyes:
| “ | Even though Wikipedia is not a social networking site, people, and the success of one's interactions with those people, will be the main reasons why someone stays here or leaves here. I may be new, but I think that I've seen enough of the good and the bad to know this to be true. | ” |
| — Jonneroo, [1] 07:10, 1 March 2008 (UTC) | ||