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I don't understand why somebody didn't fork the Wikipedia and build the version where you can self promote. It kinda sucks that you are not allowed to claim and

I don't understand why somebody didn't fork the Wikipedia and build the version where you can self promote. It kinda sucks that you are not allowed to claim and edit your Wikipedia page.

nemetroid 1y ago
I'm sure someone did.
- mrkramer 1y ago
  Facebook and Instagram are too cheesy, I want something more genuine.
  - Levitz 1y ago
    How is it genuine to write information about yourself in such a way that it seems crowdsourced?
    - mrkramer 1y ago
      My idea was to have Wikipedia like platform where you could write about yourself and then have your friends, family and colleagues confirm that information or vouch for that. You can even turn things around and give permission to your friends, family and colleagues to write and maintain Wiki page about you. I don't use LinkedIn but when I stumble upon someone's page, I often see testimonies from their work colleagues about them.
  - bondarchuk 1y ago
    There's this wiki (I forget the link sorry) that always gave me the impression that it was made by people disgruntled they were turned away from wikipedia for original research, that's full of original research by self-styled experts. I'm sure you could write an article on yourself there, after all who's more an expert in yourself than you?
    - mrkramer 1y ago
      The only viable and useful alternative to Wikipedia that I found is https://golden.com/ https://golden.com/ (it somewhat loads slow for me but it is useful.) Often when I search for startups and their founders I can't find information about them on Wikipedia but I find it on Golden.
      - bbor 1y ago
        It's incredibly telling that the alternative you seek is a for-profit firm built on datamining other site's data without permission...
        mrkramer 1y ago
        >without permission If it is without permission than it is illegal and people can sue otherwise web scraping is legal.
zesterer 1y ago
They did. It's called 'DNS' and you can set up a 'page' about yourself if you want.
xanderlewis 1y ago
It doesn’t kinda suck. Wikipedia is supposed to be an encyclopaedia, which means it’s intended to come with some expectation of neutrality. If you could edit your own page, do you really think it’d stay as factual and as neutral as possible? Just make yourself a website.

I don't understand why somebody didn't fork the Wikipedia and build the version where you can self promote. It kinda sucks that you are not allowed to claim and edit your Wikipedia page.

nemetroid 1y ago

I'm sure someone did.

mrkramer 1y ago
Facebook and Instagram are too cheesy, I want something more genuine.
- Levitz 1y ago
  How is it genuine to write information about yourself in such a way that it seems crowdsourced?
  - mrkramer 1y ago
    My idea was to have Wikipedia like platform where you could write about yourself and then have your friends, family and colleagues confirm that information or vouch for that. You can even turn things around and give permission to your friends, family and colleagues to write and maintain Wiki page about you. I don't use LinkedIn but when I stumble upon someone's page, I often see testimonies from their work colleagues about them.
- bondarchuk 1y ago
  There's this wiki (I forget the link sorry) that always gave me the impression that it was made by people disgruntled they were turned away from wikipedia for original research, that's full of original research by self-styled experts. I'm sure you could write an article on yourself there, after all who's more an expert in yourself than you?
  - mrkramer 1y ago
    The only viable and useful alternative to Wikipedia that I found is https://golden.com/ https://golden.com/ (it somewhat loads slow for me but it is useful.) Often when I search for startups and their founders I can't find information about them on Wikipedia but I find it on Golden.
    - bbor 1y ago
      It's incredibly telling that the alternative you seek is a for-profit firm built on datamining other site's data without permission...
      - mrkramer 1y ago
        >without permission If it is without permission than it is illegal and people can sue otherwise web scraping is legal.

zesterer 1y ago

They did. It's called 'DNS' and you can set up a 'page' about yourself if you want.

xanderlewis 1y ago

It doesn’t kinda suck. Wikipedia is supposed to be an encyclopaedia, which means it’s intended to come with some expectation of neutrality. If you could edit your own page, do you really think it’d stay as factual and as neutral as possible? Just make yourself a website.