> IMHO, you have to be deeply weird to be a frequent contributor. Weirdo here. Actually, I don't contribute much to Wikipedia (aside from the occasional edit

> IMHO, you have to be deeply weird to be a frequent contributor. Weirdo here. Actually, I don't contribute much to Wikipedia (aside from the occasional edit for clarity or grammar). But I do upload a number of images to Wikimedia commons. And I occasionally nominate some of my photos for evaluation as Quality Images and Featured Images. Some people definitely act as gatekeepers and can be harsh in their criticism. But in my experience, most people give courteous, constructive criticism--even when they're rejecting your nomination! I pretty much ignore the impolite people--or I try to point out that they could have leveled their critique in a better way.