Yes, back before I lost faith in the project. I actually initiated some somewhat-notable articles such as those on Tank Man (the Tiananmen Square protester) and traditional ("hand-drawn") animation.

Most of my more recent contributions have been fixing typos/grammar or removing obvious spam, but I've given up on doing even that little as of late.

Why have you given up? Is there too much spam-bashing?

I did. I invented the [citation needed] template. I have written countless articles and done more maintenance work than most. I was recently banned indefinitely by a mob.

What was the cause of the ban?