Alice in Wickedpedialand
I am appreciating Alice in Wonderland more and more. The Wickedpedian control freaks who have been claiming that violating the Wikipedia rule against using personal blogs as sources is OK so long as the personal blogs are "notable" remind me of the March Hare who put the "best" butter in the Mad Hatter's watch. Here is my retelling of that scene in the Mad Hatter's Tea Party:
"I told you personal blogs wouldn't suit a biography!" the Mad Hatter said, looking angrily at the March Hare.
"They were the most notable personal blogs," the March Hare meekly replied.
"Yes, but some crumbs -- BVD-clad bloggers Ding Elsberry and Sleazy PZ Myers -- got in as well," the Hatter grumbled'
The March Hare took the biography and looked at it gloomily: then he dipped it into his cup of tea, and looked at it again: but he could think of nothing better to say than his first remark, "They were the most notable personal blogs, you know."
Labels: Cartoons (new #1), Cheri Yecke #2
posted by Larry Fafarman | 7/15/2007 12:09:00 AM
4 Comments:
Wikipedia put only watch parts into the watch. They kept the crumbs,your drivel, out. Great analogy of what you were trying to do; put crumbs into the watch as a matter of "fairness".
The IRS policy is that Wikipedia, as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit outfit that is not allowed to engage in political campaigning, must let me put lots of crumbs in the watch. In fact, Wikipedia is not even supposed to put watch parts in the watch in the first place.
> The IRS policy is that Wikipedia, as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit outfit that is not allowed to engage in political campaigning, must let me put lots of crumbs in the watch. <
It says nothing of the kind.
> In fact, Wikipedia is not even supposed to put watch parts in the watch in the first place. <
What inconsistency! You are saying that they can't report that the watch has parts but must include the glue and sand of nut cases in the watch. No wonder you lost all of your legal cases. You can't read.
I take the conventional view,
And think what I read is quite true.
In the 'Wiki' it's said
I must stand on my head,
So I stand on it. What can I do?
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