Rick Block

Lately I haven't been very active (real life intrudes) and don't do much other than run Rick Bot (which mostly runs itself).

I have worked on the Japanese prefectures, towns and villages articles (see Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Gappei), created and helped with various geographical infoboxes (see Wikipedia:Geographical infoboxes), created List of Wikipedians by featured article nominations (and its siblings WP:WBFLN and WP:WBFTN - WP:WBFPC is a work in progress) and was for quite a while a regular responder at the Help desk and Village pump.

What I think

Wikipedia's newcomers are undoubtedly ignorant of many local rules and conventions, but some of them are experts and we desperately need them. Don't piss them off. Most of them mean well.
Wikipedia's most active editors generally aren't suffering from terminal editcountitis. They just like editing and spend far too much time at it. They should take a break before carpal tunnel syndrome sets in.
Wikipedia's administrators deal with obnoxious vandals and do whatever it takes to keep the place running. They deserve our utmost sympathy. Sometimes, some of them might be a little cranky. You try dealing with assholes for a few hours and see what kind of mood you're in.
The MediaWiki software developers are lazy bums probably out drinking while the rest of us try to work around bugs in their lousy software. OK. So, I don't really think this. But I think some people do. The main thing to realize is ...

... everyone here, newcomer to developer, is a volunteer. Let's all try to get along.

I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out. (attributed to Bill Hicks).
All extremists should be shot (don't know the original source of this one).