Ever wonder about the “requirements” to get an article on Wikipedia? I’ve thought about that a number of times. I’ve also wondered what it’s going to take to become more famous than this “John Saddington”.
Even though it’s easy to get a page on Wikipedia (you can go create your own if you’d like about yourself) you really haven’t “made it” unless someone else does it for you. Typically there’s gotta be some “significant” and/or “historical” event that occurs that the general population (or niche population perhaps) finds important.
Because I have a strange mind and a somewhat-different perspective on things (and a very strange sense of humor… not sure if that comes out a lot) I also think about the “spiritual-side” of things in terms of Wikipedia, like “How many treasures in heaven do I need to make it into the Wiki?” or “How many points is a Wiki article worth in heaven?”
I’m just kidding. What a wierdo.
Jonathanj says
Nice. Didn't know you have lived for so long…
human3rror says
yup. i'm “old school”.
Steven Rossi says
That's one thing about Wikipedia that I like: the community really doesn't like it when a person writes or edits an article about himself. This page gives more details on that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiogra…
There have been several "scandals" in the past where people have edited their own Wikipedia article, and that was bad news for them. I think some politician did this, but the example that comes to my mind is Adam Curry (see here: http://workbench.cadenhead.org/news/2818/adam-cur… who edited the Podcasting article a couple of times.
I'm pretty sure there's a Guidelines page on Wikipedia about the importance of a person versus their warranting an article, but I couldn't find it in the two minutes I spent looking. I've read it before, though, I'm sure. Basically, you've got to actually be important, arbitrarily speaking. I think that's pretty cool. Gives me a goal. 😉
Mikes says
How i wish I can written up there as well! That would be lovely!
stephenbateman says
Muggletonian haha. Someday maybe you'll have a wikipedia article. Just think, Wikipedia could release short books on a topic. Or is that regressive?
Jim says
bah…no one writes my story….i decide who lives or dies…wait…