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[Newsfeed]

One Of The Nation's Top Historians Decides It's Time To Embrace Wikipedia

The Atlantic
By Rebecca J. Rosen The world of academic scholarship — particularly the field of history — has at times had a strained relationship with the massive collaborative project that is Wikipedia. In 2007, for example, the history department at Middlebury …

[Fusion]

For example, I hold a BA (high honors), a Masters, and ABD toward PhD, and I hold a director-level position in marketing research with a Fortune 100 company.

Greg

I do urge you for your own good not to be so pretentious. It is the opposite of productive. (Maybe I should have a signature "Nobody knows I have a PhD. )

Anyone not suffering from a furry fox suit-induced bout of heat stroke

In this weather? At present a fox fur would be a good idea.

[thekohser]

For example, I hold a BA (high honors), a Masters, and ABD toward PhD, and I hold a director-level position in marketing research with a Fortune 100 company.

Greg

I do urge you for your own good not to be so pretentious. It is the opposite of productive. (Maybe I should have a signature "Nobody knows I have a PhD. )

Who is this "Fusion", advising me now? How do I know you have my best interests in mind?

See, I posted a very simple summary of my credentials, to which Ericsson cried out that they don't count for anything on Wikipedia. Another critic (not at all going by a real name, of course) called me a "twat" for posting my credentials. Then, I posted my Wikipedia-related credentials, to which Ericsson responded by rather curtly calling me "Kohs" (not "Mr. Kohs", or "Greg", which both would have seemed more appropriate to me -- really, who addresses someone in conversation by their last name only?), and by saying that Wikipedia Review is "dedicated to undermining Wikipedia in any way possible" and asking me how many blocked accounts I have on Wikipedia.

Are these actually relevant to addressing my credentials to speak about Wikipedia?

Maybe I should just create pseudonymous accounts like "icanhazfreeculture" to respond however I want on articles like the one run by Atlantic here.

[Web Fred]

For example, I hold a BA (high honors), a Masters, and ABD toward PhD, and I hold a director-level position in marketing research with a Fortune 100 company.

Greg

I do urge you for your own good not to be so pretentious. It is the opposite of productive. (Maybe I should have a signature "Nobody knows I have a PhD. )

Who is this "Fusion", advising me now? How do I know you have my best interests in mind?

Whether he does or doesn't have your best interests in mind doesn't detract from the fact that it is good advice. IME pretentious people tend to be snubbed and ridiculed behind their backs. To their fronts one just nods sagely whilst thinking "what a pretentious twat".

Pretentious people tend to be perceived as being condescending when giving advice. Doubly so for people who constantly blow their own trumpet and constantly harp on about how good they are.

All your above boxes are ticked. You are a big-headed condescending twat with airs and graces and a self-importance off the scale, e.g. "mainstream press".

Note to Greg. The majority of the world doesn't give a crap about Wikipedia, even more so than hypocritical correspondents who wax lyrical about a single subject that in the real world, ie outside the wikiverse (and WR), no-one gives a shit about. In the scheme of things WP is just not important. And someone who make a business out of that non-important business is even less important.

This unimportance (and obsession) is not a solid foundation to base one's pretentiousness on. Especially someone with bugger all sense of humour.

This post has been edited by Cunningly Linguistic: Thu 9th February 2012, 2:02pm

[thekohser]

Let me know when the two of you with zero accomplishments in life and no credentials to share are done.

[Rhindle]

Let me know when the two of you with zero accomplishments in life and no credentials to share are done.

Hey, a 17 year-old is more qualified than an accomplished professor in his field. I know this becasue Jimbo said so!

This post has been edited by Rhindle: Thu 9th February 2012, 5:28pm

[thekohser]

Let me know when the two of you with zero accomplishments in life and no credentials to share are done.

Hey, a 17 year-old is more qualified than an accomplished professor in his field. I know this becasue Jimbo said so!

Dang, you're right, Rhindle. I always forget this because I work in the real world, where I've never seen a 17-year-old outperform a college professor. I have to remember that when I'm online, it's different. Online, the upper hand goes to the Pokemon card-trading, Xbox-playing, pedophile-supporting, Python-code-writing dude who knows the best vegetarian food cart on campus.

Credentials be damned! I am a new man. I see the light!