Yes and no; I've read too many articles that read as self-written and are
overblown. I feel I'm capable of doing that myself unfortunately -
On Sun, 25 May 2014, Randall Packer wrote:
I am perplexed by this: since when are Wikipedia artist-bios written by the
artist a vanity press? I consider writing one?s 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 artist?s work and identity. In Wikipedia, the artist can say (almost)
exactly what needs to be said and how to say it. Not that Wikipedia doesn?t
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 can?t 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maintain it, & already some things are out of date.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
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