Everyone, Until yesterday, there wasn't any article on Wikipedia about Andreas. Someone created one, which is great. But the Wikipedia editors in their very finite wisdom have decided that Andreas Raab is not sufficiently notable to warrant a Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Andreas_Raab I've long ago given up on the futility of trying to add useful information to Wikipedia, but this injustice demands a response. I'm not sure what response might be effective, but adding objections to the discussion page is one possibility. Adding any references to the article itself might be another. Best Regards, Ed |
Well I've registered my objection as best I can and made a couple of small improvements to the page anyway.
I would note that the Squeak and Viewpoints Research Institute pages look like they could do with some work. tim -- tim Rowledge; [hidden email]; http://www.rowledge.org/tim "Virtual Memory" means never knowing where your next byte is coming from. |
On 17 January 2013 21:40, tim Rowledge <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Well I've registered my objection as best I can and made a couple of small improvements to the page anyway. > > I would note that the Squeak and Viewpoints Research Institute pages look like they could do with some work. If there's an obituary published in a newspaper, that would count as a reliable source, I would imagine. frank |
I just redid the article with lots of references.
Please feel free to help edit and to rate the article. Ron Teitelbaum > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] [mailto:squeak-dev- > [hidden email]] On Behalf Of Frank Shearar > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 4:46 PM > To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list > Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Newly created Wikipedia article on Andreas Raab is > slated for deletion for ridiculously spurious reasons > > On 17 January 2013 21:40, tim Rowledge <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Well I've registered my objection as best I can and made a couple of small > improvements to the page anyway. > > > > I would note that the Squeak and Viewpoints Research Institute pages look like > they could do with some work. > > If there's an obituary published in a newspaper, that would count as a reliable > source, I would imagine. > > frank > |
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To all of us Smalltalkers,
I've just read the posting [squeak-dev] Newly created Wikipedia article on Andreas Raab isolated for deletion for ridiculously spurious. that was too much & hurt me. I have read that he died in Berlin - close too me. My colleagues, my family & friends see me since this disaster news not doing my regular work - I am still shocked. My own Smalltalk was declared as Spam and deleted. So I looked at Squeak.org and searched for Andreas. The community should fix that & I think Alan Kay can help to get Wikipedia's page validated. I myself will never sponsor Wikipedia. Sorry for spreading my feelings here. Frank -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] Im Auftrag von Frank Shearar Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. Januar 2013 22:46 An: The general-purpose Squeak developers list Betreff: Re: [squeak-dev] Newly created Wikipedia article on Andreas Raab isslated for deletion for ridiculously spurious reasons On 17 January 2013 21:40, tim Rowledge <[hidden email]> wrote: > Well I've registered my objection as best I can and made a couple of small improvements to the page anyway. > > I would note that the Squeak and Viewpoints Research Institute pages look like they could do with some work. If there's an obituary published in a newspaper, that would count as a reliable source, I would imagine. frank |
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On Thu, January 17, 2013 3:57 pm, Edward Boyce wrote:
> > Everyone, > >     Until yesterday, there wasn't any article on Wikipedia about > Andreas. Someone created one, which is great. But the Wikipedia > editors in their very finite wisdom have decided that Andreas Raab is > not sufficiently notable to warrant a Wikipedia article: > > http://en.wikipediaorg/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Andreas_Raab The question is whether there are reliable third-party sources about Andreas, particularly whether there are any that give biographical details. Most of what comes up in a Google search about him is by him or the community, which doesn't count by Wikipedia standards. But you might see whether any of this qualifies. http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/pers/hd/r/Raab:Andreas.html Andreas Raab Coauthor index pubzone.org List of publications from the DBLP Bibliography Server http://map.squeak.org/accountbyid/cf58c358-46ee-465e-b6db-2740e9b32a53 Andreas Raab at SqueakMap Packages Of course, if someone can write a biography and get it published in any recognized industry publication, then someone else could cite that. Particularly if a recognized authority such as Alan Kay were to write it. >  I've long ago given up on the futility of trying to add useful > information to Wikipedia, I have only found that to be a problem on certain contentious pages, mainly to do with economic theory. I add stuff to Wikipedia all the time. I did run into a notability objection once when I created a stub for a music group, before I got a chance to list their recordings and movie credits. After that the objection went away. > but this injustice demands a response. I'm > not sure what response might be effective, but adding objections to > the discussion page is one possibility. Simply objecting will not be effective. Explaining that you have material to add will get you a few days to add it. If you don't have anything to add that meets Wikipedia's requirements, please do not complain about the injustice of the world. > Adding any references to the > article itself might be another. References provided above. > Best Regards, > > Ed -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/निशब्दगर्ज/نشبدگرج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks |
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