Re: [dev] AfD discussion of dwm Wikipedia article

Maybe we should just lobby some "credible" tech blog and get them to make a
post about dwm. Problem solved.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Jason Ryan <jasonwryan_AT_gmail.com> wrote:

> I doubt it will have any impact at all; but as it does appear
> discriminatory to me, I have posted a brief rant:
> http://jasonwryan.com/post/409379904/wikipedia
>
>
> Thayer Williams wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Jason Ryan <jasonwryan_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> It points to a deficiency in the way Wikipedia views notability: it is
>>> quite
>>> at odds with the notion of influence and derivation that powers free and
>>> open source software...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Agreed. I said as much too. Under the current Wikipedia guidelines,
>> the vast majority of FOSS (and some proprietary) articles should be
>> deleted. It's unfortunate and more than little ironic that a
>> community-based 'open' encyclopedia would undermine the exposure of
>> other community-oriented projects.
>>
>>
>
>
Received on Wed Feb 24 2010 - 18:08:07 UTC