Some years ago I cleaned up some random biology article vandalized with lots of not-even-subtle profanity. It was immediately reverted by some editor and I had to insist that he reads my modification to get it approved.
It was the last time I tried to edit anything in WP, as I always had this kind of problem.
I read it a lot like anyone else and donate small money every year but each time I read about the behind the scene, I'm appalled.
I wrote a small article on an obscure piece of software, I even studied the wiki syntax and added an infobox & image.
It got fast track deleted the next day.
Wikipedia has reached an equilibrium point between articles that cannot be deleted and deletionist desires to delete everything. In many cases the deciding factor, or the demand to the deletionists' supply, is public outrage.
It was the last time I tried to edit anything in WP, as I always had this kind of problem.
I read it a lot like anyone else and donate small money every year but each time I read about the behind the scene, I'm appalled.