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The endless and often quite heated debates, the lack of respect for experience and knowledge, and other problems, along with my busy schedule in real life, drove me away from Wikipedia for a number of months in the first half of 2008. I returned briefly, thinking I would keep a low profile, being far less involved than I used to, but ultimately was driven away again by the debates and politics which continually plague Wikipedia, and as such stopped contributing in any significant way at some point in 2012, or perhaps earlier.

I generally tried to be as patient, flexible, and understanding on issues of debate as possible. But I found that such debates were, more often than not, not worth fighting, as my contributions to Wikipedia were meant to be a hobby, and enjoyable - not a source of stress in my life. I did my best, therefore, not to get on anyone's nerves, and not to devote my free time, my hobby time, to arguing with people. However, this aspect of Wikipedia is I think one of its primary flaws. We really need to focus better on producing accurate, objective material, and presenting it in a professional and academic manner, and not arguing with one another.

==Subpages==
*Please see [[User:LordAmeth/Articles]] for a very much outdated list of articles I created or to which I significantly contributed.
*[[User:LordAmeth/Sources]] is a very much outdated list of the books I owned, and articles I cited, for my contributions to Wikipedia.

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|[[Image:Society_barnstar_2.png|right|thumb|I award this Society Barnstar to LordAmeth for his extensive edits on Japanese society & culture, expanding its content on Wikipedia... [[User:Spawn Man|Spawn Man]] 02:18, 11 October 2005 (UTC)]]
|[[Image:WikiChevrons.png|right|thumb|I hereby present you with the ''[[WP:MILHIST|Military history WikiProject]] Distinguished Service Award'' for your significant contributions to Wikipedia's coverage of Japan's military history. —[[User:Kirill Lokshin|Kirill Lok]][[User:Kirill Lokshin/Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">s</span>]][[User:Kirill Lokshin|hin]] 03:47, 12 March 2006 (UTC)]]
|[[Image:WikiChevrons.png|left|thumb|For your diligence and dedication in cleaning up the lists of requested articles, I hereby award you the ''WikiChevrons''. [[User:Kirill Lokshin|Kirill Lokshin]] 17:40, 24 March 2007 (UTC)]]
|[[Image:Barnstar_of_High_Culture.png|100px|right|thumb|I would like to show my appreciation to you for creating so many Japanese art-related articles, which are so lacking here, by giving you this High Culture Barnstar. [[User:K.C. Tang|K.C. Tang]] 04:45, 26 July 2007 (UTC)]]
|[[Image:CRM.png|center|thumb|100px|In recognition of your diligent contributions towards the [[WP:MHR|various reviews of military history articles]], I am delighted to award you the ''Content Review Medal''. [[User:Kirill Lokshin|Kirill]] 16:55, 8 December 2007 (UTC)]]
|[[Image:WikiprojectBarnstar.png|thumb|In gratitude for your coordination services to the [[WP:MILHIST|Military history WikiProject]], from February 2008 to September 2008, please accept this barnstar.-- [[User:TomStar81|TomStar81]] ([[User talk:TomStar81|Talk]]) 01:13, 1 October 2008 (UTC)]]
|[[Image:WikiChevronsOakLeaves.png|right|thumb|By the order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the ''[[WP:MILHIST#OAK|WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves]]'' in recognition of your long and distinguished service as a Coordinator of the Military history WikiProject from August 2006 to September 2008. For the coordinators, [[User:Kirill Lokshin|Kirill]] <sup><small>([[User:Kirill Lokshin/Professionalism|prof]])</small></sup> 01:41, 3 October 2008 (UTC)]]
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