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On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 12:01 AM, Alan Sondheim <sondh...@panix.com> wrote: > > > 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 <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> >> Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >> Date: Sunday, May 25, 2014 at 8:11 AM >> To: <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >> 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" >> <he...@creative-catalyst.com> 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 maintain it, & already some things are out of date.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 >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> >> >> -- >> helen varley jamieson >> he...@creative-catalyst.com >> http://www.creative-catalyst.com >> http://www.wehaveasituation.net >> http://www.upstage.org.nz >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.orghttp://www.netbehaviour. >> org/mailman/listinfo/ne >> tbehaviour >> >> >> _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> > == > email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 718-813-3285 > music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/so.txt > == > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- ***************************** Pall Thayer artist http://pallthayer.dyndns.org *****************************
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