--- Lee Daniel Crocker lee@piclab.com wrote:
Daniel C Boyer... you know, this "*relatively*
unknown"
US painter. There had been a lot of discussions
on en: wiki to
admit "him" as an article.
I really don't see what your problem is. It's not
like we're about
to run out of space. There's no need to harass
Boyer.
Finally, wikitech-l@wikipedia.org is not the
appropriate place to
discuss trying to stalk other users.
I'm definitely with Cunc here on both counts. I don't have a problem with anyone being both a contributer and a subject--we've already had that case before, and it's no problem as long as the subject understands that the article about him in the main wikipedia space is not his personal page, and may be edited by others in ways he doesn't like.
And yes, this is clearly not a "tech" issue, so I've moved it to the main list.
I only half agree with you and TC, Lee
I agree with the fact we don't lack space, and I have been (nearly alone, thanks ffx) strongly supporting keeping Daniel page. I see not where is the pb in keeping it. Of course, I see nothing wrong with edits made by Daniel, or by any anonymous ip on this article. The facts reported by Daniel or another are strictly exact. If there were biased, someone would edit them, and that would be all there would be to say about it.
But there is no sense in discussing it any further since the page will be deleted anyway. Most french-speaking prefer removing information rather than risking offering a little bit of fame to an artist, boo!.
However, where I *disagree*, is that the place where Alvaro asked the question was the right one.
Maybe you didnot understand the question ? Alvaro thinks it is wrong that Daniel himself edit his article page. He thinks that is another good reason to delete the article. So, he wanted facts to support his case. He wanted to know whether that anonymous ip was Daniel or someone else. In short, he wanted to know how he could retrieve Daniel IP address.
I guess his question was a technical one; so it is quite natural his reaction was to ask that question here. It was perhaps a wrong question, but it was, to his view, the right place.
And I don't think he was offered the right answer. Not everyone is aware of unspoken rules.
Anthere (without accent)
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