[WikiEN-l] I suppose we had to see this news story soon enough

[joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu]

So the next question is whether this article is enough to DRV [[Chelsea Kate
Isaacs]]. I'd say no, but it would be an interesting position to be in where
someone's article getting deleted led to enough noise in the press that it
could be then recreated (I suppose there is a serious [[WP:BEANS]] here).

Quoting Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com>:

> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071022/wr_nm/wikipedia_people_dc_1
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters) - They say if you can make it in New York you can
> make it anywhere. But these days, it seems you haven't really made it
> unless you have that most prized of status symbols -- your very own
> page on Wikipedia.
>
> (...)
>
> Unlike popular networking sites MySpace and Facebook, Wikipedia
> doesn't allow people to post profiles of themselves. Instead,
> Wikipedia entries are earned.
>
> "If someone is notable or successful in their field, they'll end up in
> Wikipedia," Jim Wales, the 41-year-old who founded Wikipedia in
> January 2001, said in an interview.
>
> (...)
>
> "What's on there about me is highly accurate," said Knight. "I don't
> want to be taken down. Who does? I hope the people who loved me before
> Wikipedia will still love me if I am taken off."
>
> [You have to love that closing line]
>
> --
> - Andrew Gray
>  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk
>
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