I am perplexed by this: since when are Wikipedia artist-bios written by the artist a vanity press? I consider writing one¹s own bio on Wikipedia not only critical to making sure the information is accurate, but it is actually empowering for the artist to take control of this platform to communicate precisely who they are. Too often artists are at the mercy of curators, editors, and dealers, etc., who think they know the true meaning and spirit of an artist¹s work and identity. In Wikipedia, the artist can say (almost) exactly what needs to be said and how to say it. Not that Wikipedia doesn¹t have rules: it is crucial to cite references, including links to other relevant Wikipedia articles, etc. A solution that I chose, was to appropriate the biography of another artist, and use it as a structural framework. But from the point on, I keep up my Wikipedia biography as I would a carefully tended garden.
If an artist can¹t maintain their own bio on Wikipedia, then the Web is dead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Packer From: ruth catlow <[email protected]> Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, May 25, 2014 at 8:11 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Please help me with Wikipedia!! Hiya, me too : ) R On 25/05/2014 11:30, dave miller wrote: > > > Hi helen and alan > Good idea and would be happy to do this. > Dave > > On 25 May 2014 10:59, "helen varley jamieson" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> hi alan, >> probably many of us are in a similar position. someone has created a page >> about me on wikipedia as well, as a student project in 2012. it's not bad, i >> did a few little minor corrections myself & it looks like 7 others have made >> minor contributions as well. but i don't expect that the original writer will >> maintain it, & already some things are out of date. i don't want to maintain >> it either (nor are we supposed to do our own pages). >> >> maybe we should have a netbehaviourists wikipedia sprint some time during >> the northern hemisphere summer? have an irc chat & work together to update >> each others' entries over a couple of evenings? >> >> h : ) >> >> On 22/05/14 7:57 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote: >> >> >>> >>> >>> Please help me with Wikipedia!! >>> >>> There's a stub article on me in Wikipedia. I've asked a couple >>> of friends to expand it, but no luck. The problem is that we're >>> all unemployed here and it would help to have something more >>> substantial. I'm throwing this open at this point; perhaps one >>> or more of the people reading this would make some changes? It >>> would be greatly appreciated; I'm tired of working under the >>> radar so to speak, and need employment (which is admittedly >>> another story). I could change the entry myself, but that's not >>> only frowned upon; it also reflects a vanity press approach to >>> the world and I'd rather not go there for ethical reasons. >>> Anyway if you have the time, please do make changes, enter >>> something, turn the stub into an article, and I'd be literally >>> eternally grateful, at least until I die (which precludes >>> eternity, so I'm thinking along the lines of a sliding scale). >>> Thanks, Alan >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> helen varley jamieson >> [email protected] >> http://www.creative-catalyst.com >> http://www.wehaveasituation.net >> http://www.upstage.org.nz >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected]http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netb > ehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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