I spent lots of time reading the encyclopedia and really kind of an eclectic approach to learning things - not very structured.

EssJay was appointed at the request of and unanimous support of the ArbCom.

There's plenty of rude stuff online. People say things online that they would be ashamed to say face to face. If people could treat others as though they were speaking face to face, that would be huge.

Dialing down is not an option for me.

The Internet is allowing for us to really experience people in some of the most distant places in the world - as other people just like us. So get to know people, seek out bloggers from a country you're kind of curious about. It's about building empathy and breaking through to the point of recognizing people as people.

I don't come down on any simple place as a deletionist or a completionist.

A huge amount of what goes on in the Middle East has to do with people being fed really bad information.