I crammed and jammed on a quickie wiki today at the part-time writing gig.
Normally I enjoy a good quickie, but this one was particularly stressful. Yet, I was so proud of myself for pulling something together on short notice, and I was very careful to comply with Wikipedia's strict standards.
Yes, my friends, Wikipedia has standards. I know it seems hard to believe but they won't let any old trash post on this site. It is user driven but informational, verging on educational, in nature.
When I was finished, I was pretty pleased with my final product. It was informational, not advetorial and complied with all of our brand standards.
So imagine my surprise when I hit the page this evening only to find it FLAGGED for speedy deletion. Holy shit. I expected some concerns because the information was pulled directly from our site. Possible copyright infringement if we didn't own the data.
But what ticked me off was the addition of a peacock flag: This article or section may contain peacock terms: wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information.
Real information? Other than our own Web site, there is very little about our association in the e-world. So adding a Wikipedia will further encourage proliferation. Yes, all the facts in my little entry are ours, but damnit, they are real.
Viva La Wiki!
Post Script: Bastards deleted it. Back to the pen.
Post Post Script: And blocked my username so I can't add anything again. Great. This is shaping up to be a real pain.
2 comments:
i'm like hunted by the woobsie theme song. it even followed me to the title of your post.
Sadly, I was actually referencing the Wild, Wild West song by Will Smith.
Does that date me terribly?
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