Comments on: Wikipedia: the night before the flack attack http://blog.basturea.com/archives/2005/04/28/wikipedia-before-the-flack-attack/ Constantin Basturea's weblog Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:00:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: PR meets the WWW » Wikipedia editors discussing PR firms participation - Rules of Engagement in Social Media Commons http://blog.basturea.com/archives/2005/04/28/wikipedia-before-the-flack-attack/#comment-7113 PR meets the WWW » Wikipedia editors discussing PR firms participation - Rules of Engagement in Social Media Commons Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:46:59 +0000 http://blog.basturea.com/archives/2005/04/28/wikipedia-before-the-flack-attack/#comment-7113 [...] My post, Wikipedia: the night before the flack attack, April 28, 2005 [...] [...] My post, Wikipedia: the night before the flack attack, April 28, 2005 [...]

]]> By: Constantin Basturea http://blog.basturea.com/archives/2005/04/28/wikipedia-before-the-flack-attack/#comment-72 Constantin Basturea Mon, 02 May 2005 19:54:32 +0000 http://blog.basturea.com/archives/2005/04/28/wikipedia-before-the-flack-attack/#comment-72 <p>Jeremy, I don't have an answer to your question - <em>how big a name you need to be to be on Wikipedia?</em> But you can find some background on this issue on this FAQ page: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_Inclusion_of_Biographies">Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion of biographies</a>.</p> <p><em>Can I be in there?</em> Sure :), but it's better to wait until other people will start a page for you. Why? It's discussed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_create_articles_about_yourself">Autobiography</a>.</p> <p><em>I wanted to add biographies on some of the legends I worked with, particularly Fred Hoar.</em>That will be perfectly legitimate, IMO. Did you start the page? I couldn't find it in Wikipedia.</p> Jeremy, I don’t have an answer to your question - how big a name you need to be to be on Wikipedia? But you can find some background on this issue on this FAQ page: Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion of biographies.

Can I be in there? Sure :), but it’s better to wait until other people will start a page for you. Why? It’s discussed in Autobiography.

I wanted to add biographies on some of the legends I worked with, particularly Fred Hoar.That will be perfectly legitimate, IMO. Did you start the page? I couldn’t find it in Wikipedia.

]]> By: Jeremy Pepper http://blog.basturea.com/archives/2005/04/28/wikipedia-before-the-flack-attack/#comment-71 Jeremy Pepper Sat, 30 Apr 2005 00:24:36 +0000 http://blog.basturea.com/archives/2005/04/28/wikipedia-before-the-flack-attack/#comment-71 Well, here's a thought. I wanted to add biographies on some of the legends I worked with, particularly Fred Hoar. How big a name do you need to be to be on Wikipedia? What constitutes worthiness? Can I be in there? Who better to write a biography on me than me - I did win a child picture contest at 19 months, and that's pretty newsworthy 32 years later still. Well, here’s a thought. I wanted to add biographies on some of the legends I worked with, particularly Fred Hoar.

How big a name do you need to be to be on Wikipedia? What constitutes worthiness? Can I be in there? Who better to write a biography on me than me - I did win a child picture contest at 19 months, and that’s pretty newsworthy 32 years later still.

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