Why does Wikipedia react so negatively to help?

In all likelihood, my dear, you've done nothing wrong, other than to share the consumer services of an Internet service provider that uses dynamic IP addresses, and you've come upon the IP address of a former editor who was found to be "not in favor" with the ruling Wikipedia aristocracy.

So, you now have a couple of choices.

One path is to keep beating your head against the wall, trying to join the "club" whose old boy's network says "you're not welcome here, go away".

Or, the other path is to find new wikis that are more appreciative of new content, and who provide ways for editors to even get paid for their contributions. I know about one such wiki, but I'm not allowed to tell you about it here because some of the Wikipedia aristocracy have infiltrated and infected these very question-and-answer boards, and they play a game where they try to get "banned" anyone who offers reasonable, real-world advice to those who have been wronged by Wikipedia.

Welcome, regardless!

Most of them are random teenagers (there's no age related restriction for the status of Wikipedia SysOp) who don't have a clue of what they're doing. If you end up editing an article watched by a sysop who's had a bad day, you're in trouble! They might call you a sockpuppet, POV pusher or something else and block you for it. Your edits will be judged based on your IP/geographical location and color of the link that leads to your userpage. There's not much you can do about it though - don't even think of requesting unblock (the reviewers are all of the same group - friends of those who blocked you; so don't expect an impartial review).

You certainly didn't deserve the hostility, and don't take it seriously, I'd say. Hostility and ad hominem are a part of the wmf culture. Most likely the block will expire in a week or so; if you still happen to have the urge to become an editor then, just create a new account.

Wikipedia admins are famous for abusing their power or threatening other people. That's one thing I don't like about the Wikipedia admins. Don't take their threats too seriously. They're not really going to block you or get your IP address.

Because you vandalized instead of helping. There's a big difference between the two.

And this is why Encyclopedia Dramatica enjoys criticizing Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a very flawed system. I'd rather read a REAL encyclopedia like Britannica. These writers are experienced unlike Wikipedia editors. I predict Wikipedia will fail within 10 years.

Because it's fun to crack down on others, especially when there might be lots of people watching. Also because in some environments, like jail and Wikipedia, you either have to make someone your b---- or be someone else's b----.

Because your kind of help is not wanted. You might have better luck advising vegetarians how to prepare pigs in a blanket. You made the perfectly understandable mistake of thinking that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, when it is in fact a game. Have you ever played games like Everquest or Warcraft or Final Fantasy XIII? Think about what kind of help the more experienced players like to get from newcomers to the game. That's the kind of help Wikipedia's more experienced players would appreciate from you.

hmm. That's a broad generalisation there. Wikipedia, as a whole, likes help. To many users it doesn't seem so because the experienced editors forget what it was like to be new... in your case, maybe there was a person who's just been banned, who had a similar editing style to you; or maybe you're editing from an IP that that person has used-- and people are being paranoid.

I'd suggest asking the users and/or admins who put the notices on your page why they did so; if you can find no satisfactory reason, that proves your point.

Or to avoid it altogether, make an account- then your IP doesn't get shown to everyone, and you can't be an IP sock.

You tried to join a MMPORPG without understanding the rules of the game first. Your ignorance made you a convenient pawn to be used by others to score a few points off of you.

Cool story bro...

you don't deserve what you don't get