My statement of intent
This user was a journalist for 22 years and has a strict definition of what qualifies as encyclopedia-quality material: it should be independently verifiable and stripped of personal views.
The extent to which material can be stripped of personal views depends upon the contributor's self-awareness, willingness, and ability to separate independently verifiable fact from his or her beliefs and wishes. Nobody should come to a project like this with an agenda, conscious or unconscious, to manipulate the material and its readers toward any end but pure knowledge.
I have religious and political beliefs which have no place in my contributions to this project, and I strive to contribute material which will be viewed as factual by readers of all religious and political beliefs, or none.