User:Basketball110/Retirement

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Notice The following is an essay from a time when User:Basketball110 was debating leaving Wikipedia forever.

As I see it, a user grabs an article, and builds it up with all this great info. Then, someone like User:Cute 1 4 u comes along, and goes and trashes it all. Well, by George, then you're right where you started from, but it's easier to get back. But then Cute 1 4 u comes again. It's an endless cycle that is pointless. Why go to all that trouble? Wikipedia is a good idea, but people get hooked on it easy, and it's hard to stop, even after they realize it's so pointless. I suppose that because of that, in a few days, I'll remove the "retired" notice from my page, and start doing all the stuff on Wikipedia that I used to do. If you are a newcomer, or an established user that hasn't become a Wikipediholic yet, consider this a consumer warning about Wikipedia. Be careful, and goodbye. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 22:20, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Ever noticed how after users retire, they blank their pages so no one who didn't know them can find out who they are, and pretend that they knew them? It gets really annoying sometimes. When I retire (and believe me, someday I will), I'm not going to redirect or blank my page. I'm going to let people see who I am, and be happy that I am gone. That's what I'm gonna do. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:06, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm at it again. Yes. This time... I'm serious. My contributions aren't being taken seriously by most anybody. Since my minor incident, I'm just a joke to some "big time" admins. I've worked it all out with one of them, and partially from that decided that I should, as Basketball110, shove off. I kindly ask admins not to delete my pages, whereas I will come back to reflect on them. This is it folks. Like me or hate me... I'm going. I suggest my adoptees go back and search for another adopter at WP:AAU, or just ask Master of Puppets. If I do come back, it will most probably not be under this name. Goodbye, farewell, and amen. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours signing off at 23:52, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I must look really foolish, coming out, coming in, out, and in again. But when I start to cry... I know something is wrong. Well, I was right... there is. A million users can want me here, but that doesn't mean as much as just one single thing... me wanting to be here. And I do want to be here. But not as some alternate account... as me. I won't be very active until August, but I guess I'm saying that I'll be back, and that this is just a rather long WikiBreak. I'd like to thank Enric Naval, Master of Puppets, and Ecoleetage. :? Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 04:31, 30 May 2008 (UTC)