692:, a pure labor of love for me. Although it already achieved Good Article status in 2009, it was not yet good enough as far as I, a great admirer of Hazlitt, was concerned. I may never be completely satisfied with it, but finally, after adding another 50% to its bulk, I have, what I feel is more important, hammered it into a shape where anyone dropping by and reading parts of it might get a reasonably accurate idea of what the book is about, how it came to be, why it is important, and how it fits into the body of Shakespearean literary criticism. I dare hope that it may even at times achieve Hazlitt's own ideal of conveying something of the flavor of the work, inducing others to read it. In writing anything major here, an overriding concern of mine has been to keep in mind the question, Why would anyone bother to read this article? It's not always easy to do while simultaneously following all of Knowledge (XXG)'s guidelines, but I tried to organize the writing, focus it, make it flow smoothly, while drawing attention to what is truly attention-grabbing about the topic.
747:. While I put a lot into this last one, and was pleased that I may have helped at least a little bit in getting it to Featured Article status, I was mostly glad to assist others. The labor that some of those editors contributed was truly Herculean. I wonder how many of its 35,000 or so readers when it was on the Main Page took even a moment to consider how much must have gone into it—and just adding thousands of words to the page in hundreds of edits is far from the most onerous task the editors performed. The depth of knowledge implied in those words, is, when you think of it, staggering, and it must have required countless hours of background reading over years. Not that organizing it all, requiring innumerable small decisions along the way, and supporting the text with citations, were trivial tasks either. A tip of the Wiki-editorial hat to those editors. You know who you are.
823:. Far from it. Others have elaborated on our woes far more insightfully and eloquently than I can, so I won't go into details, but I do fear that some Knowledge (XXG) processes are badly broken. Or perhaps some were never too sound to begin with and need repair, badly. As a result, some of our best contributors have abandoned this effort, in whole or in part. This is serious cause for concern. Of one thing I feel certain: the more the brightest, the most capable, and those with the greatest integrity leave, the worse the situation gets. Enough said for now.
794:. This remains a work in progress. I always work very slowly (though carefully). My favorite joke about my work habits (I amuse myself with it, if no one else) is, We know that Rome wasn't built in a day; but if it were my responsibility, it would still be under construction! On reflection in all seriousness, though, isn't this the Knowledge (XXG) way? Knowledge (XXG) is always under construction, every second of every day, a perpetual work in progress—with whatever advantages and disadvantages that mode of existence may provide.
766:) well over nine years since I've been a Wikipedian. The number of articles on the English Knowledge (XXG) has grown to 4,241,619, with over 19,000,000 registered users. More and more, Knowledge (XXG) seems an indispensable tool, insofar as the civilized world needs a central repository for its accumulated knowledge. For my part, I am grateful for all that other Wikipedians have helped me learn, and if I can help others by imparting something of what I know, so much the better.
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810:) with 5,314,534 articles (in the English Knowledge (XXG) alone), hasn't gone away. Neither have I, nor do I intend to. I still consider this one of the most worthwhile projects in the digital world, and the one that suits me best. My personal version of Rome continues to be built.
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