[WikiEN-l] Ian McKellen's article - a challenge

Sat Apr 22 20:37:10 UTC 2006

On 4/22/06, Will (Zsinj) Bumgarner <wbzsinj at gmail.com> wrote:
> What I don't understand is when people look themselves up and see
> erroneous information, they don't just go and fix it. It's as if they
> have something to prove by saying "Wikipedia sucks" instead of
> contributing to the effort and making Wikipedia better.
>
> --Zsinj
> _______________________________________________
Well, in this particular case I would say that Sir Ian is kind of busy
with paying work. He's not in the line of work that gives him the time
to hang around Wikipedia. Sure, a blog can be done, but writing
articles even the ones about yourself requires looking up sources and
pushing off POV pushers and fans.

As for unbalanced: I still have no idea what people's fascination is
with celeb's sexuality. Anything more than a line unbalances an
article. Say what their sexuality is if relevant, put in a source and
go on. We don't need entire sections on the subject unless the subject
himself has frequently discussed it.

Mgm