i recently attempted to put an article about an important contemporary artist on wikipedia. it was repeatedly deleted by 'bearcat'. he said the artist wasn't notable enough to merit inclusion in wikipedia. i cited articles about him in the guardian and nytimes, and books in which his work is written about. and his prix futura. and his work also as a producer for the bbc, in addition to his independent work. this 'editor' bearcat just doesn't seem to like his work, i guess. i also got one of the admins to undelete the article. but that didn't prevent bearcat from deleting it again.
i use wikipedia quite often to check stuff also. not art stuff. as something concerning art, it seems like it is more or less useless. the spirit of openness and intellectual honesty seems to be missing in the actual creation of the encyclopedia, often. you don't so much see enlightened 'editors' as ignorant guards. ja http://vispo.com _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
