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A mourning friend of Fravia, new to Wikipedia, is trying to write an article about him, but his lack of experience triggered the heavy hand of admins, and the a
by pygy 17y ago
A mourning friend of Fravia, new to Wikipedia, is trying to write an article about him, but his lack of experience triggered the heavy hand of admins, and the article is currently a semi-protected minimal stub.
I didn't know Fravia until yesterday, so I'm in a bad position to help him personaly, besides trying to explain him the local, arid rules, but it's a bit hard to explain that to a man in sorrow. The stub is here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fravia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fravia, and the WIP article here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fravia/WIP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fravia/WIP
On a related note, there seems to be little reliable information (in the Wikipedia meaning of reliable) about Fravia. He was more of an underground hero.
Having an eulogy or a tribute published in a respected publication may help sourcing the article. I know it's silly to have an eulogy written only for that purpose, but Wikipedia has become the default knowledge repository, and it would be a shame not to have an article about him. If (the friend of) a high profile hacker who knew or was influenced by Fravia read this, it would be nice if he could do something about it.
- ncarlson 17y agoI took down the semi-protected stub. I've been trying to assist in writing this article for the past few days. Needless to say, there are a few admins that would rather see us not succeed (or so it seems).
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- pygy 17y agoFravia knew RMS personally. Daniel at Wikipedia suggested to contact him for writing a tribute. Is there someone here who knows RMS?
- ori_b 17y ago> but it's a bit hard to explain that to a man in sorrow. Wait until he's done mourning. Then write the article. It's a whole lot harder to write well when you're grieving.