On 8/9/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
I notice that the common thread in all of these articles (except Eric Harshbarger) was that I knew absolutely nothing whatsoever about the topic when I started writing them. Kind of a disturbing trend when you think about it, if Wikipedia is mostly written by people who know nothing about what they're writing about...
Steve
I actually think that it can be a very positive thing. I've written articles about things I knew nothing about but that just made me do plenty of research and referencing, as opposed to writing about things I think I know about (and making mistakes). Bragging examples include Albert Bigelow Painehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bigelow_Paine, "You're never alone with a Strandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_never_alone_with_a_Strand", Cow fighting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_fighting, and Conger cuddling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conger_cuddling. The last two reflect my current love for unusual articles.
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