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Updatewithfacts in regards to transparency, honesty, and humility. In at least one instance, he went out of his way to find a source that was negative to the subject of an article in order to show strictly pro-biased sources were not his goal. In a brief interview regarding this question (which he has given permission to have typed on his user page), he answered "I will do my best to find sources that are reliable; I sometimes spend hours during a day I could be doing something else scouring the Internet and even some newspages in trying to find a source that conforms to Knowledge (XXG)'s definition of reliable. Sometimes there are only unreliable or no consensus but the information still occurred. In those instances, the right thing to do seems to be to put the information there, acknowledge there is a bias, but allow the information to be available. If Knowledge (XXG) started cracking down on articles that only had reliable sources and if they were honest on looking for sources with minimal bias, I guarantee you that a huge chunk of the encyclopedia would be wiped out. My tentative plan is to get the information out and then make it better over time rather than wait possibly forever for a small selected list of biased sources to decide they will cover something."
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supposed to get and be treated. Its still a long long way from where it should be, but it definitely is a step in the right direction. At the very least, I'm convinced to stay around a short bit longer. I'll see if issues I still encounter become a main problem. They currently are bearable and I am working at making it a better place, but that could change. And some recent experiences left me with some trust issues with regards to some rules, guidelines, and just social etiquette in general on
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