dear all I was curious about the metaphor of tending one's own garden and how that was related (to an encyclopedia). as i do enjoy gardening in the summer (forthcoming), I want to know ): (Also because am working on a possible dance/digital installation on Linnaeus.)
regards Johannes Birringer ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of arn [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 2:17 AM To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Please help me with Wikipedia!! All that is (a bit) wrong, the only (let's say the main) thing is that: once you're name is on WP, the www page belong to WP (as a community), and you can't delete it. You're allowed (and encouraged) to modify it and are maybe the best one to do this. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_Le_Guennec On 26/05/2014 03:02, Pall Thayer wrote: > It goes without saying that an article about oneself, written by oneself is > not an authoritative article. Yes, you can be an authority on yourself but > only for yourself. Your commentary will be inherently introspective. You > cant be an authority for others. > On May 25, 2014 8:52 PM, "Rob Myers" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Randall Packer: >>> >>> 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. >> >> The Wikipedian viewpoint is that editing one's own article is likely to >> lead to a conflict of interest or to a non-neutral point of view: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view >> >>> 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. >> >> Wikipedia strongly recommend against creating or maintaining one's own >> article: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography >> >> If for no other reason than it can be annoying to deal with >> wikilawyering deletionists when some n00b doesn't bother doing the five >> seconds of Googling it would take to establish notability for you. >> >> Your article is well written and has strong citations. I've added it to >> my watchlist. >> >> - Rob. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
