[WikiEN-l] Seth Finkelstein in the Technology Guardian

[Sean Barrett]

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Daniel R. Tobias stated for the record:
> On 30 Sep 2006 at 10:12, "Jussi-Ville Heiskanen" 
> <cimonavaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Personally I think a little bit of ignore goes a long way here. Tell
>>Seth to divest himself of the EFF pioneer award, and come back again,
>>methinks.
> 
> 
> Then he'd be notable as somebody who renounced an award, wouldn't he? 
> I think the handful of people who refused, renounced, returned, or 
> had revoked [Oscars | Pulitzer prizes | Olympic medals | Nobel prizes 
> | Fields Medals] tend to be very notable for this fact.

It's become fairly clear that, once even a tiny number of Wikipedians
decide that you must have an article, it is all-but-entirely impossible
to get it removed or even cleaned up by working within the system.  Very
nearly the only way to proceed is by legal threats and OFFICE protection.

I would welcome a counter-example.

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