It isn't so much about having my stuff edited as it is that there seems to be a mindset among en.wp editors that stuff needs to be deleted unless they personally think it is important. We have a virtually infinite space in which to write and add to the body of knowledge, so why act as though it needs to be made smaller by applying some arbitrary criterion?
I do not have that much free time to be arguing over trivialities - I'm trying to record history as it has happened from my perspective. If you don't like my objectivity then go do your own research and do some editing - don't go for a 1984 style darconian rewrite/deletion. Right now I'm spending all my free time wrestling with the article on "light bulb sockets", which I did not originate. It is difficult to talk about the sockets without bringing in all sorts of technical reasons why they are the way they are. I didn't throw out the originator's material - I've expanded it based on my experiences in the theatrical lighting industry. I'm sure someone will eventually want to edit the material and take the time to organize it a bit more. That is ok - it is what collaboration is all about. On 12/15/2011 8:46 AM, foundation-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:37:58 -0700 (MST) > From: "Fred Bauder"<fredb...@fairpoint.net> > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Vendetta? > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" > <foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <46228.66.243.192.69.1323956278.squir...@webmail.fairpoint.net> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > >> > Hmmm... do some of the editors have such a problem with entries that are >> > in progress that they decide to propose them for deletion rather than >> > attempt to support the efforts of the original author by adding to the >> > content or make any effort to improve the article rather than remove it? >> > >> > Isn't WP supposed to help people by expanding our knowledge and >> > improving the transmission of information? >> > >> > I've just been subjected to a rather bizarre bunch of activity by >> > Mythpage88, who seems anxious to delete everything I've written over the >> > years in WP on the basis that it isn't "notable". >> > >> > The work I've documented is a vital part of the arts history in the >> > Silicon Valley during the 1990's - a time when the Internet was making a >> > tremendous impact on original work in performing arts. For example: >> > Virtual Valley might have been sponsored by Pacific Bell and San Jose >> > Metro, but it was the very first time that non-profits had with the >> > ability to use the Internet. >> > >> > Why shouldn't this be documented on WP? If you think something is an >> > "Ad" then rewrite it - don't delete it just because you can! >> > > Can you point us to a dialogue you have had with Mythpage88? > > What's bugging him? > > Fred > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l