not fixing any problem
On 2/24/10, Niki Yoshiuchi <aplusbi_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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