One of Benjiboi's funnier comments in defence of David Shankbone was that his extensive photographic contribution to the Pee-dia was an "art project" thereby inferring some greater noble purpose than the obvious act of self-promotion it became.
Of course, the donation of the many neutral photographs has been a wonderful thing for the Pee-dia. I do not question that. Had it not been for the unclassy self-promotion and personal indulgences, it would have been a generous enough act ... depending on how valuable you consider the Pee-dia to be overall, how valuable thumbnailed cult of popular celebrity is ... and how damaging you consider the cult of the amateur over professionalism.
Perhaps not that valuable at all as it is all leading to a lower of media standards.
Avoiding the wank of "what is art?" (and it is not art, it is as someone else wrote, a bald gay man uploading pictures to the internet and promoting himself) and on a purely practical level (
adopting a pout and whine) ...
why cant I have my contributions re-written as an art project too?
I tell you, it was 'art ... Art ... ART' all along, darlings (
making large waving arm movements) because my friends say so. Now forgive me ... accept me ... worship me for my celebrity as I can deliver for you a little bit of their celebrity ... and you too share in it!!!
Wake up wiki-serfs ... are we building this pyramid for no pay for sakes of "free access to the sum of all human knowledge for all" ... or "free access to the sum of all human celebrity" for a few?Hold on ... pass me the amyl nitrate quick I am starting to sober up.