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

[Michael Zimmer]

Alex -

Your experience on Wikipedia was unfortunate, but you should be aware  
of some of its policies & guidelines regarding creating articles about  
people, especially oneself:

* General notability guideline for biographies: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BIO 
 >
* Guideline strongly discouraging writing an article about oneself: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AUTO 
 >

A good place to start is <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:YFA>

Also, I'm not sure who you encountered while editing, but describing  
Wikipedia editors or administrators as "wiki police" isn't quite fair.  
By its very definition, (nearly) all Wikipedia users are welcome and  
able to monitor and edit articles, tag them if there are concerns,  
etc. Administrators (who are selected by the community itself) have  
extra privileges allowing the deleting of articles and blocking users,  
under strict guidelines.

The help pages provide good guidance, if you want to explore further: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents 
 >  I'm sure Wikipedia could benefit from your participation in the  
project.

Regards,
Michael Zimmer

-- 
Michael Zimmer, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies
Associate, Center for Information Policy Research
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
e: zimmerm at uwm.edu
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On Dec 8, 2008, at 7:31 AM, Alex -Vipowernet wrote:

> 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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