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There was a plague in WoW in 2005 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident Could be a simi
by Ogre 14y ago
There was a plague in WoW in 2005 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident
Could be a similar sort of thing, or it could be a hack.
- niggler 14y agoDebating whether to be impressed or disappointed that this has its own wikipedia article ...
- waterlesscloud 14y agoIt certainly raises some questions for the "notability" police.
- dangrossman 14y agoIt's a historical event that affected millions and spawned research in at least 4 distinct fields. The wiki article cites several scholarly journals on top of BBC, Wired, Reuters, NPR and The Times. How much more notable could you want?
- waterlesscloud 14y agoIt was a short-lived bug in a video game. There were research proposals that never went anywhere because it was concluded that the model would be a poor match for the real world. Plenty of things happen every single day that affect millions and are covered in multiple world news sources. They don't have their own pages, so clearly that's not the standard.
- dangrossman 14y ago> There were research proposals that never went anywhere Multiple published research papers, not proposals. Over 600 Google Scholar results. It also made its way into several books.
- waterlesscloud 14y agoWhat were the findings of these published research papers?
- dangrossman 14y agoWe were discussing whether this event met Wikipedia's notability requirements. Those requirements are that the topic be 'worthy of notice' -- that it's been mentioned by more than one verifiable, third-party source. Clearly that requirement has been met and this event is notable. The fame, importance or popularity of the subject are not considerations for Wikipedia's notability requirement. Should you wish to discuss the event and the research it spawned, I'm sure you can find a discussion group for that. I'm not your research assistant, and I doubt the sincerity of your interest, given you dismissed these papers' existence outright mere hours ago.
- waterlesscloud 14y agoThe papers I have found were all proposals or investigations of the possibility of further research. You seemed to be saying there was actual research based on the incident, and I wondered if you had found something different. I assume you did not. Also, to directly quote the wikipedia page on Notability: "Notability is the property of being worthy of notice, having fame, or being considered to be of a high degree of interest, significance, or distinction."
- dangrossman 14y agoYou're quoting the wrong notability page. "Determining notability does not necessarily depend on things like fame, importance, or popularity" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability
- waterlesscloud 14y agoCutting the sentence off in the middle doesn't help your case. "Determining notability does not necessarily depend on things like fame, importance, or popularity—although those may enhance the acceptability of a subject that meets the guidelines explained below". I also note the page has been marked for merging, so I'm hardly alone in my opinion.
- rhizome 14y agoThe Morris Worm was "short-lived" as well.
- macspoofing 14y agoI like that it's there.
- Havoc 14y agoGiven that it impressed epidemiologists with how realistically it spread, I think it deserves a wiki, even in real world terms.
- ihsw 14y agoVirtual plagues are interesting, but virtual genocide is certainly something to marvel at.