Dude, battle of omarion nebula++ ~Randy
On Sep 5, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Owen Winkler wrote: > > Andy C wrote: >> http://www.linux.com/feature/146441 >> >> Positive, informed review with screenshots. > > I think this comes up at least partially in response to the recent > request for deletion of Habari's Wikipedia entry. > > The reasons for teh request are here: > http://pastoid.com/5z+/ > > Personally, I've taken a new attitude about this Wikipedia stuff. > While > it's great to be listed, if you can't prove to some schlub that Habari > is notable, then the problem is not that the Wikipedia article is bad, > it's that we're not getting enough articles like the one above > published. > > There is certainly a disturbing lack of reputation (positive or > negative) for our software, as Christian noted in his post, > http://h0bbel.p0ggel.org/why-not-consider-habari > > It's no wonder to me that we aren't even as notable as, for example, > every last fictional detail of the Star Trek universe. Maybe I'm just > skewed in my perception of the relevancy/usefulness of certain > portions > of Wikipedia when I see details of the registration number of the > Chimera-class starship USS Portland, which apparently visited the > Algira > sector in an episode of Deep Space Nine. > > Can anyone think of something usefully promotional we can do to get > other real writers to mention us in publications that would care about > what we're doing? Print would be nice. I don't see Habari being > mentioned in the Times or Chronicle anytime soon -- we're simply not > what they cover. But there are industry publications and shows that > we > could interest, and perhaps we could attract some initial coverage > soon. > > And then if Wikipedia wants to call us irrelevant, who cares? > Actually, > I already don't care very much. > > Owen > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
