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That's why I always found so strange that only those with fame/wealth distorted social representations ends up with a Wikipedia biography.
by psychoslave 3y ago
That's why I always found so strange that only those with fame/wealth distorted social representations ends up with a Wikipedia biography.
- not_knuth 3y agoWikipedia is not meant to be an archive of all information. It's meant to be an encyclopedia of things that are notable [1], which is probably where the confusion comes from. As you can imagine, the topic of what notability is, has been discussed at length since Wikipedia's inception [2]. [1] Notability according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability [2] Oldest Wikipedia talk comments I could find on Notability https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:History/Wikipedia_talk:Notability&offset=20050606120000 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:History...
- psychoslave 3y agoI know all that all to well, I’ve been a Wikimedia contributor since 2004 and dag deep the rabbit hole. I don’t have to agree with all consensus done in the wikisphere, though. I grant that it’s a tricky point. :)