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Wikipedia Nazi’s

Posted by geeknews at 12:14 PM on January 25, 2006

All I can say is there are some major asses on the Wikipedia Every single thing that I have added has either been edited or deleted. It’s comical it really is as I was going to add my small part in the popularization of podcasting everything starts getting whacked immediately by someone that I have never heard of before. It is obvious as Dave Winer has said that the history of podcasting is being shaped by a group that have agendas. In only 2 days I have become frustrated enough that I am not going to ever go back to the website. Certain areas of the site have turned into a love fest for certain individuals it’s sickening.

But you know what it’s ok, because the listeners and the podcasters that were around in the beginning know the truth. In fact I have something better than the Wikipedia I have the first chapter of my book and it may not be perfect in all details but it as darn close as I could get it!

I will be putting my Bio up on this website as they removed my Bio as well.

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4 Comments

  1. From haslo at 1:45 pm on January 25, 2006

    That’s sad :( Did you try the discussion pages?

    I have to admit that I had entered some areas of Wikipedia before where others thought they knew things that concerned me directly better than myself. Guess that’s one downside of the Wikipedia concept…

  2. From Bill at 6:52 pm on January 25, 2006

    Not to be a putz…especially since you don’t link to the history pages so we could judge and be outraged ourselves…but that’s how Wikipedia works – the collective edits – so one person’s changes, especially on hot topics, rarely stand unedited.

    Also, they have fairly tight guidelines about bios – you need to have sold an awful lot of books to get in as an author. There are too many “vanity” entries (NOT saying yours is/was one – just that there is a reason for the guidelines).

  3. From erichb1 at 11:58 am on January 26, 2006

    WAAAAAAA I can’t write what I want and get people to accept it. WAAAAAAA. What a Cry baby.

    Oh and your book, I predict it will be as big a hit as your bio changes have been.

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    Erich

  4. From Bubba at 7:26 pm on February 1, 2007

    I was just blocked within an hour by a 16-year old putz who probably needs his mother to drive him to his after-school McDonalds job.