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Someone at Wikipedia recently requested speedy deletion for the article on Ilya Zhitomirskiy, two days AFTER he died. The vote was to keep: http://en.wikipedia

by zotz 15y ago

Someone at Wikipedia recently requested speedy deletion for the article on Ilya Zhitomirskiy, two days AFTER he died. The vote was to keep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ilya_Zhitomirskiy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion... I was an early user and editor of Wikipedia. I greatly dislike cliquishness and clannishness so I didn't last. The above treatment of a dead young coder only solidifies my decision to cease my association with the place.

ceejayoz 15y ago
> The above treatment of a dead young coder... That treatment was six people casting "delete" votes, which did not succeed. That's one hell of a small tolerance you have for disagreement. Your post is a little like saying "I won't go to New York City any more because a few people posted on Yelp that they didn't like this one restaurant I enjoyed going to."
- zotz 15y ago
  If I got treated in NYC like I've been treated and have seen people treated on Wikipedia, I'd never go back there either.
  - ceejayoz 15y ago
    I'm pretty sure there are more than six people who'd treat you like that in NYC.
slyall 15y ago
The article wasn't created until after he had died as is made clear by the discussion and the edit history. People create articles all the time about their recently deceased grandfather who was an ordinary soldier in WW2. These usually get deleted unless the person was otherwise noteable. If I request that such a "grandfather" article is deleted it is not cause I hate your grandfather or want to hurt you. It is just that there were millions of other ordinary soldiers in WW2 so your granddad wasn't anybody special in history even if he was special to you.
- zotz 15y ago
  Wisely, the vote was to keep.