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[[WP:Plaxico]]'d, Does it jive with teh BLP policy? |
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QUOTE(Apathetic @ Wed 3rd February 2010, 11:43am) What are your thoughts about the ongoing ridicule of Plaxico Burress in the form of a Wikipedia-space essay known as WP:Plaxico ? This is absolutely ludicrous. Essentially what you have here is someone trying to assign a new "meme" word to the longstanding phenomenon of runaway narcissism on Wikipedia, probably so they won't have to call it "narcissism." That would be tantamount to admitting what Wikipedia really is, wouldn't it? Can't have that! Meanwhile, there's nothing about Plaxico Burress's situation that should lead anyone to make his name a by-word for "it's their fault, not mine, so please punish them" - just because Burress may have pointed out (or had someone else point out fr him) that some celebrity athletes carry weapons because they're afraid of bring recognized and shot at, doesn't make him a narcissist or a blame-shifter. He's at least paying his debt to society, unlike most Wikipedians. What's more, this isn't even accurate: In most cases, the person reporting the "offense" on any given page actually does win, rather than "shoot himself in the leg." This is just-plain stupid. Whoever this Atama (T-C-L-K-R-D)
person is, he should be utterly ashamed of himself... and that's coming from someone who doesn't like the New York Giants one bit.
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QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Wed 3rd February 2010, 3:33pm) That essay is basically incoherent, and is quite obviously a vehicle to further draw Plaxico's name through the mud. If Wikipedia were serious about protecting the reputation of living people, it would delete the essay and block the contributor. However, it's not serious about such things, and therefore will not.
Okay, I'm a bit "weirded out" right now. I nearly just posted the same basic thing at the MfD. That there are any serious people opposing deletion of this is really disturbing. I'd like to see it deleted, salted, set on fire, salted again, and anyone daring to recreate a similar project space page be blocked without warning. Also, his first name is SO unique that even a redirect draws ridicule to him. This post has been edited by SDJ:
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QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Wed 3rd February 2010, 4:45pm) For me the problem is that Wikipedia project space is being used to give a derogatory neologism added cultural weight. For Wikipedia, or any encyclopedia, to dispassionately report that a neologism exists may be appropriate if sufficient evidence exists for the existence of the neologism. If the "plaxico" neologism really does exist then Wikipedia can reasonably report on this in its article on Plaxico Burris and perhaps in the "list of neologisms" article. But for it to adopt the neologism as part of its community jargon is inconsistent with the sort of dispassionate detachment that ought to be part and parcel of being an encyclopedia author, especially when the neologism is not yet well-rooted in the common lexicon. Real encyclopedia authors and editors write with the awareness that their words may influence others, and therefore choose them carefully.
Yet another one of the nearly infinite problems created by letting immature boychildren act as the guardians of an encyclopedia.
But not unexpected. A lot of kids without enough adult or scholarly supervision, is bound to invent their own creole language. Without really being aware of what's happening, in many cases. It's one thing to invent new words when faced with new situations and concepts. It's something else to do it just because you're ignorant of history, and haven't got a reference. (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/wink.gif) That's what WP needs! A set of good reference materials! (IMG: smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)
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This debate is ridiculous. Some people need to chill out.
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