I started editing Wikipedia in 2006 because Wikipedia articles on some of my favorite subjects came up so high on search engines and many of them were atrocious. I am a long-time (1972 & 1979-2007) anti-nuclear-peace-libertarian-decentralist-green-feminist-drug legalization volunteer activist. (Note: Point of View does not equal Conflict of Interest). But I finally got burnt out with activism and fed up with the sexism of some male activists.

So in 2007, at age 59, I started editing Wikipedia seriously. Within a couple years I had developed the "Wikipedia first" view that abusing core policies to push POVs is just plain tacky. And POVs certainly are not an excuse to trash Biographies of living people. Dealing with such trashing has consumed at least 30% of my Wikipedia time.
During 2014 I found myself more and more concerned about, and working on, harassment and civility issues. Editors and supporters inside and outside Wikipedia should keep trying to make Wikipedia a more collaborative effort for everyone: older people, shy people, civil people, people of color, academics, professionals and even assertive women like me! It's embarrassing to be part of an effort where some editors combine in battlefield alliances to drive off others so they can keep putting crappy material into the encyclopedia and/or removing accurate, well-sourced information from it.
To end, study your Wikipedia:Five pillars and don't be afraid to be bold in using Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. And keep your temper and your testosterone under control. If I can (usually) keep my temper, you can, too!

About me This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 5 months and 18 days. 31,500+ This user has made more than 31,500 contributions to Wikipedia. Current number -List # ENTJ This user's MBTI type is ENTJ. 60+ This user is a sexagenarian. This user is a student of consciousness.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Feminism.

This user is a member of the Gender gap task force (GGTF).

This user is a member of WikiProject Libertarianism.

السلام-שלום This user participates in WikiProject Israel Palestine Collaboration.

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This user is a participant of WikiProject Countering systemic bias.

This user is bold, but not reckless, in updating pages.

Everyone has points of view with inherent cultural biases - recognition is the first step to achieving NPOV.

This user is against vandalism, undue criticism and defamation in biographies of the living—or the dead—per NPOV.

This user values third opinions and occasionally provides one.

incl This user is an inclusionist.

This user has a pro-Wikipedia bias.

This user celebrates solstices & thinks sunspot cycles/solar flares influence weather & human activity.

This editor thinks Independent Scholars Rock Wikipedia!

This user tries to transcend sexual and gender stereotypes.