Let's put it this way: Wikipedia sees no flaw in accepting the unquestioned
logic that
if-you-don't-have-a-cyber-presence-or-aren't-mentioned-there-you-don't-exist-or-are-anyway-non-notable.
This stacks the cards strongly against those from non-English backgrounds,
those from the less digitised parts of the world, and those who may be
working in non-print/non-textual media (e.g. people who have worked for the
Urdu service of the BBC, for instance, as it struck me when a page on
journalist Reba Shahid came up for deletion recently).
I'm attempting to do two things here:
* Question the logic of such a position, and the impact it has on large
parts of the planet.
* Ask whether issues like 'non-notability' need to be such a big issue,
considering both the diversity of the planet, and also the fact that in the
case of the Wikipedia, space isn't a huge problem as in the printed text.
Those interested will refer to any entry they want; "non-notable" entries
would automatically get less traction. Let the 'market' of
information-seekers decide what is 'non-notable'.
Take an example of a prominent person from the world of Konkani literature
in Goa:
who also edits the
only literary joural in that language here. Her work is all in the Konkani
language (Devanagari script) and thus not visible to those on Wikipedia who
raise questions of notability.
This is a serious flaw if not systemic bias.
FN
On 13 December 2014 at 16:15, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hoi.
The subject IS notable. The problem indicated is that notabiliy is stacked
against subjects that are not in the west. You will find that such subjects
are woefully underdevelloped. When you notive the people involved in this
magazine, you have to agree that the magazine is notable.
When subjects like this are well covered in Wikidata, they can be found in
many Wikipedias. Now this is Wikipedia-l not English Wikipedia-l and
consequently many Wikipedias that are centred in India WILL find this
information never mind what the English Wikipedia in its infinite wisdom
chooses to do.
Yes, Wikidata is relevant and I am not afraid to bang its drums.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 13 December 2014 at 09:39, Andre Engels <andreengels(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Do you really need to put wikidata into EVERY discussion? I think
your comment is RIDICULOUS. At least I HOPE it is. I really hope that
when a subject's notability is discussed, it is discussed based on
INDEPENDENT sources, not on "oh, the guy has been putting this info
all over Wikimedia, then it's probably important."
André
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 11:57 PM, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi,
> One way to raise the profile of this magazine is to make sure that it
is
> well connected in Wikidata. I connected it
to its founder, made it a
> magazine and noted when it was founded. Many more things can be added.
It
> is certainly a way to raise available
information on the magazine. It
is
one way
to establish information on the subject.
I added some information to its founder and in this way I added
surrounding
> information. The point is very much that never mind the English
Wikipedia
information, it should not be left to the vagaries of its notability
criteria. Wikidata is much more about data and interrelating data. As
such
the Goa Today is easily notable.
<grin> there is more that can be done </grin>
Thanks,
GerardM
On 12 December 2014 at 17:31, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या
*فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoronha(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> This debate is relevant to us, because we have been discussing lit
fests,
>> the profile of writers being invited/privileged etc... Not only on the
>> basis of content, but also on the basis of age, looks, etc [
>>
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/mar/28/books.booksnews]
>>
>> Sometime in 2013, I started a Wikipedia page on *Goa Today*. As
everyone
>
reading this knows, this is Goa's oldest monthly, started way back in
the
>> 1960s, and has played an influential role in the literary life of the
>> State. The discussions earlier today between Ben and Peter Nazareth
only
>
underline this point. And this is truth both when it was owned by
Lambert
> Mascarenhas (jointly, if not mistaken, with
Printwell owner FD Dantas,
the
> father of our late much-respected journo
colleague Norman Dantas; and
> ex-Speaker Machado) and also when owned by the Salgaocars.
>
> As most would know, *Goa Today *has a significant expat audience, but
> hasn't been very active with its own web presence online. The logic
> probably being that if they had a website, people would prefer to read
> their magazine online and not subscribe to it. I know of a number of
expats
>> who subscribe to the monthly and read it eagerly each month.
>>
>> What happens is that its lack of online visibility today gets
translated
>> (almost) into non-notability:
>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Goa_Today
>
> See the debate above, which is telling! I've earlier disagreed with
> Wikipedians and pointed out that as long as their definition of
notability
> is based on someone's (or some
institution's) web presence, in
English...
> this is going to be an unfair world for
perhaps the majority on the
planet!
FN
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