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.
On 12/15/2011 8:46 AM, foundation-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:37:58 -0700 (MST)
> From: "Fred Bauder"<fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Vendetta?
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>> > Hmmm... do some of the editors have such a problem with entries that are
>> > in progress that they decide to propose them for deletion rather than
>> > attempt to support the efforts of the original author by adding to the
>> > content or make any effort to improve the article rather than remove it?
>> >
>> > Isn't WP supposed to help people by expanding our knowledge and
>> > improving the transmission of information?
>> >
>> > I've just been subjected to a rather bizarre bunch of activity by
>> > Mythpage88, who seems anxious to delete everything I've written over the
>> > years in WP on the basis that it isn't "notable".
>> >
>> > The work I've documented is a vital part of the arts history in the
>> > Silicon Valley during the 1990's - a time when the Internet was making a
>> > tremendous impact on original work in performing arts. For example:
>> > Virtual Valley might have been sponsored by Pacific Bell and San Jose
>> > Metro, but it was the very first time that non-profits had with the
>> > ability to use the Internet.
>> >
>> > Why shouldn't this be documented on WP? If you think something is an
>> > "Ad" then rewrite it - don't delete it just because you can!
>> >
> Can you point us to a dialogue you have had with Mythpage88?
>
> What's bugging him?
>
> Fred
>