User talk:Guy vandegrift/Wikiversity as a haven for lone wolves

Reflections
It's a night that I've finished my homework, sports training, and Qur'an reading. So, I was looking through my archives and re-visited the significant controversy surrounding my creation of the "Aaqib A." and "Assistant Safety Program" pages. It was interesting that we had established, good-standing WMF editors gathering together to oppose educational value. Obviously, my 12-year-old-self wasn't very happy at the votes for deletion, but nonetheless the content still stood.

It was important for a young person like me to explore different ways of writing. I think the innate desire to write so passionately about any topic, in this case about me (as opposed to what I said in the RFD - lying was a trait of mine when I was younger, unfortunately), was crucial for me to become the skilled writer that I am now. Even without looking at the positives that Wikiversity has had on my academics, the impact that Wikiversity has had on my growth as an overall WMF editor is astounding. I wouldn't be the user I am today if it wasn't for Wikiversity's patience and guidance during my really young days. For that, I'm very thankful for the Wikiversity editors that voted to keep those two pages. It really is valuable content and it is valuable to reflect on my early beginnings and where this passionate driver to write educational content aroused from.

I thought this discussion page was the perfect venue for this reflection as I read up on an old discussion page of us talking about this essay. This essay is almost congruent to my views on Wikiversity - and I must say that Wikiversity seems to have more established users than it did back in 2016. I'm glad to see the growth that this website has garnered and I'm more than happy to be a part of this community. —Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 01:10, 18 January 2022 (UTC)