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indeed a wonderful job and everyone able to create it should be treated with admiration. But we need to remember that in order for everyone to be able to admire their art, there need to be people who protect and maintain it, and we should also treat the users who do this task treated with equal admiration. Artists and maintainers are sometimes the same but not always. But both are vitally important to the success of this project.
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humble opinion. But once I pick up my pen and try to draw it, I can't. It will emerge distorted and corrupt, lines bent, colors too dark or too light, proportions completely incorrect, etc. No matter how great it looks in my mind, I am unable to transfer it to paper. My hand is not able to draw what my mind can imagine.
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status even if they might like to be able to. And those people (like me) may be annoyed that this is the case but they should not focus their energy in the fruitless task of trying to create such content they know they are not able to. Instead, they can focus this energy on maintaining and appreciating this content.
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I think some people will recognize their own situation in above paragraphs. More probably will if they just think about how many people would love to sing but simply are terrible at it (I'm one of them too). So we can assume that not everyone is able to create "good" content that awards FA, GA or DYK
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A museum needs security personnel, it needs guides and visitors. An artist needs buyers or a mentor. Not everyone is or can be an artist and have their work showcased. Some people are happier to support those artists, instead of being them. Creating all the great content of this encyclopedia is
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I love to draw in real life. But the problem is...I am completely incompetent to really do so. I have often suffered the same problem: I picture something in my mind, with all details and shadows, proportions and colors almost perfectly looking. Masterpieces of virtual (i.e. imagined) art in my
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speaker) not that good when it comes to writing prose, my sentences are awkward and I usually don't write as much as I thought I could. And I think I am not the only one.
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