[Noisebridge-discuss] noisebridge wikipedia article deleted

aestetix aestetix aestetix at gmail.com
Fri Dec 3 14:40:54 UTC 2010


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Courcelles

If you look at his history, Noisebridge isn't the only page that's gotten
deleted, and this guy seems like he's kind of a dick about it.

2010/12/3 aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com>

> Wow, that's complete fail.
>
> I'm not sure what notability means anymore. I mean, you're not supposed to
> edit your own Wikipedia page, which sort of makes sense to prevent inclusion
> of extraneous details, but on the other hand, it also means that if someone
> writes libel or incorrect information, according to policy you can't easily
> fix it.
>
> I didn't realize that extended to preventing members of a group from
> writing about what their group does. That's just stupid. Can anyone chime in
> to defend Wikipedia?
>
> 2010/12/3 Jonas S Karlsson (☯大鱼) <jsk at yesco.org>
>
>> Not sure if this has been noticed!
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noisebridge
>>
>>  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noisebridge>it would seem it's been
>> deleted as members of noisebridge "had written" it itself.
>>
>> I've been becoming more irritated with wikipedia as years go on. Good
>> reference but it's really starting to seem quite silly.
>>
>> I do remember it said noisebridges founders were Mitch & Jacob, my name
>> was missing, but I didn't add it, not sure who wrote the initial wikipedia
>> entry. In any case...
>>
>> /Jonas
>>
>> --
>> .sigh
>>
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