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[Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Fair nuff'

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Kevin Godby <godbyk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Vishnoo <drkvi-a@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi ,
>> I just want to mention that the team starting our own wikipedia page is
>> _not_ a good idea.
>>
>> The editors in the page are mostly only from our team , and it seems
>> like we are just doing it for our own ego boost.
>>
>> IMHO , wikipedia should be started by someone else in the world since we
>> are popular enough to deserve one, not because _we_ think we are
>> popular.
>>
>> If every team in Ubuntu which had large number of members , started a
>> wiki , it would become silly.
>>
>> Not trying to get into a debate , but Wikipedia should be useful for
>> others trying to find info , and not by the teams themselves to boost
>> their ego.
>
> In addition to what Vish said, Wikipedia considers it 'original
> research' if you're reporting on your own activities/projects/self,
> and that's not permitted.
>
> --Kevin
>



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