On 02/27/12 5:04 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
I asked a Wikipedian of my acquaintance, who responded:
To be interviewed in a documentary?
Although I am female and Canadian, and both my Wikipedia accounts remain live, I too am only minimally active at this point...
I think Wikipedia is fabulous, but a big part of why I am not more involved is that Wikipedia has not taken a stand on the notability deletionists. So long as some yo-yo can decide to delete factual content I care enough to post to Wikipedia because it isn't important enough to him, I simply don't have the time to be more active. My time and energy is finite, so spending it to fight the ridiculous idea of "notability" (which is subjective at best) is impractical. I have too many other fights where I my work may make a difference and might even be valued.
You know me, if the documentarian got me relaxed enough to actually talk, I would say what I think, and I don't know that I want to say anything negative about wikipedia that publicly.
regards, Laurel L. Russwurm
[feel free to share the above if you like.]
Bob Jonkman
It's good to see somebody using this list for something! I would love to see others in Wikimedia Canada using it.
Laurel's objections are absolutely valid, though I think it's part of a larger pattern of bad behaviour. Those who lament the loss of editors or the disproportion of female editors would do well to keep this in mind. Regrettably when the peaceful majority leaves the bullies remain in charge.
Ray