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It is common to see newcomer Wikipedians who are working really hard, and with complete good faith, to try to contribute to Wikipedia. They truly deserve thanks and encouragement for that. But it's also common to see some of those newcomers, despite their hard, heart–felt work, finding it really difficult to make contributions which survive the editing process here. If I were in their shoes — and, indeed, most experienced Wikipedians have been in similar ones here — I'd be feeling very frustrated and unappreciated and might be thinking about leaving. We would like to say that we appreciate their intentions and their hard work even if it has been mostly unsuccessful and would encourage them to stay and keep trying.