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I'd love to hear the perspective on this from some people (there must be dozens reading Hacker News) who actually have a Wikipedia page about themselves.
by warner25 4y ago
I'd love to hear the perspective on this from some people (there must be dozens reading Hacker News) who actually have a Wikipedia page about themselves.
- bawolff 4y agoMost people are biased about themselves. In particular famous people often want to hide controversy.
- warner25 4y agoYeah, but things I wonder: Do people learn surprising things about themselves from their own Wikipedia page, like a connection to some event or other person that they previously weren't aware of? Do they find their pages laughably incomplete or inaccurate? If there were a Wikipedia page about me, I can imagine that it would probably highlight some insignificant thing (from my perspective) that got my name into a small town newspaper or school / employer public relations piece while omitting several of the facts from my personal top-5 list (in importance) about my own life.
- aimor 4y agoI suppose if I ever get my own Wikipedia page the first thing I should do is publish an autobiography.