I am new to Wikipedia, but not to the
Net. I first subscribed to
CompuServe in 1983. Since then, I've been active on
Fidonet, later on
Usenet, and more recently various
web-based
discussion fora that have become so popular.
I've become interested in contributing to Wikipedia, but am daunted by the
depth and complexity of the culture. Wikipedia is quite the
rabbit hole. Recent edit patrolling is addictive and hypnotic, and not unlike a game of
whack a mole.
I made this screenshot that another editor chose to be the lead-in for article on X11. After loading
Gentoo on my macbook, I emerged the window system and started it up to test my video. The result was a nostalgic early 90s desktop.