[Air-L] There's an article on me in Wikipedia!

Alex -Vipowernet alex at islands.vi
Mon Dec 8 05:31:52 PST 2008


I was not allowed to make a page in Wiki. 
While many of my computer geeky friends have pages, and I assumed that the work I did in the 80's with the pre-Internet was historic... some wiki police stopped my work saying it looked like a "resume" 
Odd because I had written a historic piece about my work creating the first e-commerce business and there was no "resume" contents. 

Very strange who the self appointed wiki police are. and what their various criteria are for allowing or not allowing content. I lost interest though I stood firm on my entry for the Boston Computer Exchange - which is up presently. 

Alex Randall 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mathieu O'Neil 
  To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org 
  Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 8:36 AM
  Subject: [Air-L] There's an article on me in Wikipedia!


  [apologies for cross-posting]

  Hi all

  In the context of an article on Wikipedia, I am looking for people who 
  have been the subject of an article in this encyclopedia. If you have 
  your own article on Wikipedia, I would be most grateful if you could 
  take the time to answer the following questions. If you know anyone who 
  has been featured Wikipedia, thank you for forwarding these questions 
  to them. If you would like to find out more about this article, please 
  do not hesitate to get in touch.
  Deadline for answers: 25 December 2008.

  Best,
  Mathieu

  -- Questions for people who have a page on Wikipedia (WP) -- 

  1. Is the information on your WP page accurate? (If not, how?)
  2. Did you or people you know attempt to modify the content of this 
  page? (What happened?)
  3. Has the page had an impact on your life? (If so, what?)
  4. Has your opinion of WP changed because of being the subject of a 
  page? (If so, how?)
  5. Do you use/contribute to WP? (If so, how?)

  6. Name:
  7. Country:
  8. Occupation:

  [end]

  =-=

  Dr Mathieu O'Neil
  Adjunct Research Fellow
  Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute
  College of Arts and Social Science
  The Australian National University

  E-mail: mathieu.oneil at anu.edu.au
  Tel.: (61 02) 61 25 38 00
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