[WikiEN-l] Notability for FLOSS - the public's reaction

[Carcharoth]

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:28 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5 March 2010 13:25, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Charles Matthews
>
>>> Oh yes, and what Carcharoth said about FLOSS history needing the
>>> secondary sources: if "they" don't write the history, it isn't just WP
>>> coverage that suffers, but the whole documentation, especially if the
>>> primary sources are emails, perishable web pages, and suchlike.
>
>> So basically, 'if you guys choose to use modern media like wikis and
>> blogs, and not dead tree formats, then don't cry about your articles
>> being deleted - it's all *your* fault! Cut your hair, you damn
>> hippies!'
>
> A lot of these deletions are on the complete absence of evidence that
> anyone outside the project actually cares.

By project you mean dwm, not Wikipedia, I presume? :-)

Carcharoth