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You can try to create one on infogalactic.com. I doubt they would object.

by lj3 9y ago

delhanty 9y ago
Infogalactic looks all free and easy now - but it could not remain that way if it got to anything like the scale of Wikipedia. Without the "fascist" administrators, Wikipedia would be an absolute spam-fest of corporate drivel, conspiracy theory nutjobs ... etc. My point is that my gut reaction was that Ulrich Drepper was notable enough to have a small Wikipedia page, but it turned out that it had been quite clearly decided that he was not.
- lj3 9y ago
  > but it could not remain that way if it got to anything like the scale of Wikipedia. I would encourage you to learn a bit more about it first. It will not be following wikipedia down that path.
  - delhanty 9y ago
    My I ask you whether you are connected with Infogalactic in any way? I could not see any disclaimer on your post, but you seem remarkably well informed about them. Ah yes - answered my own question - it seems likely that you are closely connected with Intergalactic. see this "Show HN: Infogalactic (infogalactic.com)" [1] that you submitted 252 days ago. I did actually spend 10 minutes looking at the Infogalactic site before posting my reply. The Introduction page [2] starts out all fine and dandy: >Infogalactic does not share the highly centralized structure of Wikipedia or the ideological dogma of the Wikimedia Foundation. The primary requirements are for the information contributed to be true, relevant, and verifiable, rather than cited from a so-called “published reliable source”, since experience has proven how reliance upon the latter can be easily gamed by editors and administrators alike. There is no culture of notability, ideology, or deletionism at Infogalactic. The addition of perspective filters and two levels of Context and Opinion to every page means that the average editor's contribution is much less likely to be deleted for political reasons or fall victim to edit wars over controversial pages. But then I read down to this bit: >Infogalactic is a private corporation supported by donations and advertising revenue. ... Sorry, but that doesn't work for me. I'd rather stick with the Wikimedia Foundation. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12711029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12711029 [2] https://infogalactic.com/info/Infogalactic:Introduction https://infogalactic.com/info/Infogalactic:Introduction
    - lj3 9y ago
      I made a single post almost a year ago and now I'm 'closely connected'? What a joke. > I'd rather stick with the Wikimedia Foundation. I don't care. I'm only aware of infogalactic because it's an alternative to wikipedia, which I sought out to begin with because of the very complaints you just made... > "An archived deletion discussion from 2014 states "This article fails Wikipedia:Notability (people), Wikipedia:Verifiability, and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons and should be deleted." ... etc."
      - detaro 9y ago
        > I made a single post almost a year ago and now I'm 'closely connected'? What a joke. Show HNs are for posting your own projects, so of course the parent would assume a close connection from you posting one. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html : Show HN is a way to share something that you've made on Hacker News.
        lj3 9y ago
        Is it? I've been posting here for years (under other names, not just this one) and I didn't know that. I guess I never noticed that people were posting up their own projects and not something they just thought was interesting. I'll keep that in mind for the future.
      - delhanty 9y ago
        You wrote: >I would encourage you to learn a bit more about it first. When I'd already checked "them" out, and decided it wasn't for me. Also, as @detaro points out, a Show HN is clearly documented as for your own work. Furthermore, it turns out that you have multiple HN accounts - that comes across as scammy to me.
        lj3 9y ago
        > Furthermore, it turns out that you have multiple HN accounts - that comes across as scammy to me. None of them are active. I've quit the site more than once. I can't imagine why...

You can try to create one on infogalactic.com. I doubt they would object.

by lj3 9y ago

You can try to create one on infogalactic.com. I doubt they would object.

Infogalactic looks all free and easy now - but it could not remain that way if it got to anything like the scale of Wikipedia. Without the "fascist" administrators, Wikipedia would be an absolute spam-fest of corporate drivel, conspiracy theory nutjobs ... etc. My point is that my gut reaction was that Ulrich Drepper was notable enough to have a small Wikipedia page, but it turned out that it had been quite clearly decided that he was not.

lj3 9y ago
> but it could not remain that way if it got to anything like the scale of Wikipedia. I would encourage you to learn a bit more about it first. It will not be following wikipedia down that path.
- delhanty 9y ago
  My I ask you whether you are connected with Infogalactic in any way? I could not see any disclaimer on your post, but you seem remarkably well informed about them. Ah yes - answered my own question - it seems likely that you are closely connected with Intergalactic. see this "Show HN: Infogalactic (infogalactic.com)" [1] that you submitted 252 days ago. I did actually spend 10 minutes looking at the Infogalactic site before posting my reply. The Introduction page [2] starts out all fine and dandy: >Infogalactic does not share the highly centralized structure of Wikipedia or the ideological dogma of the Wikimedia Foundation. The primary requirements are for the information contributed to be true, relevant, and verifiable, rather than cited from a so-called “published reliable source”, since experience has proven how reliance upon the latter can be easily gamed by editors and administrators alike. There is no culture of notability, ideology, or deletionism at Infogalactic. The addition of perspective filters and two levels of Context and Opinion to every page means that the average editor's contribution is much less likely to be deleted for political reasons or fall victim to edit wars over controversial pages. But then I read down to this bit: >Infogalactic is a private corporation supported by donations and advertising revenue. ... Sorry, but that doesn't work for me. I'd rather stick with the Wikimedia Foundation. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12711029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12711029 [2] https://infogalactic.com/info/Infogalactic:Introduction https://infogalactic.com/info/Infogalactic:Introduction
  - lj3 9y ago
    I made a single post almost a year ago and now I'm 'closely connected'? What a joke. > I'd rather stick with the Wikimedia Foundation. I don't care. I'm only aware of infogalactic because it's an alternative to wikipedia, which I sought out to begin with because of the very complaints you just made... > "An archived deletion discussion from 2014 states "This article fails Wikipedia:Notability (people), Wikipedia:Verifiability, and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons and should be deleted." ... etc."
    - detaro 9y ago
      > I made a single post almost a year ago and now I'm 'closely connected'? What a joke. Show HNs are for posting your own projects, so of course the parent would assume a close connection from you posting one. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html : Show HN is a way to share something that you've made on Hacker News.
      - lj3 9y ago
        Is it? I've been posting here for years (under other names, not just this one) and I didn't know that. I guess I never noticed that people were posting up their own projects and not something they just thought was interesting. I'll keep that in mind for the future.
    - delhanty 9y ago
      You wrote: >I would encourage you to learn a bit more about it first. When I'd already checked "them" out, and decided it wasn't for me. Also, as @detaro points out, a Show HN is clearly documented as for your own work. Furthermore, it turns out that you have multiple HN accounts - that comes across as scammy to me.
      - lj3 9y ago
        > Furthermore, it turns out that you have multiple HN accounts - that comes across as scammy to me. None of them are active. I've quit the site more than once. I can't imagine why...