Today I checked my page for the first time in ages only to find that the pictures had been deleted. The reasons given were that I hadn't given the correct copyright and licensing information. So I put them on again and added photographer's permissions and copyright details. Almost immediately they were tagged for deletion because I hadn't used the right license. I have to admit it's a minefield and just working my way through the various options was exhausting. But I tried again and was once again set upon by terriers in sheep's clothing. No matter how I explained myself, the level of hysteria surrounding the use of my pictures was rising. It felt like being back in the playground at the mercy of the school bully and his hangers on.
Someone called for the page to be deleted and another threatened to block my account after I challenged their behaviour. It seemed quite bizarre. For three years no one had bothered this page at all and suddenly I was the town pariah. The end result was that I decided to remove all content from Wikipedia as I had no desire to be subjected to further harrassment by a bunch of librarians in bad shoes. Only people who wear bad shoes can be so mean...I was trying to follow the rules after all.
With bloodied nose and dented pride I reflected on what had happened and grudgingly realised that maybe, just maybe, I had unwittingly gatecrashed the party. A savvy gatecrasher should always leave before they're ejected and disappear into the night. Which is how I've ended up here.
So turn up that ghettoblaster and bring on the eighties....
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