[Foundation-l] Subject: Re: Vendetta?

[The Cunctator]

In other words, Wikipedia does not have space for what you find
interesting. Sorry.

On 12/15/11, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Our criteria are not arbitrary: notability is established by information
> published in generally reliable sources, see Wikipedia:Notability
>
> "history as it has happened from my perspective" sounds like original
> research.
>
> With respect to light bulb sockets one imagines there is a specialized
> literature, and many patents...
>
> Fred
>
>
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