Re: (ET) Where is the elec-trak wikipedia page?

[Charlie <medievalist gmail com>]

When the Mars lander "Pathfinder" hit the news I attempted to create a
Wikipedia page for Victor Singer, the engineer who originally designed
the balloon system used by Pathfinder.  It was rejected with the
comment that Singer is "insufficiently notable for Wikipedia".  I
re-wrote the entry with references to Singer's community activism,
public service, and links to his many aerospace-related patents.  It
was rejected with the comment "reads like hero worship".  This last
comment would amuse anyone who heard us arguing at a local planning
commission meeting.  I gave up and moved on; people interested in the
development of the Mars Pathfinder won't find out about Singer from
Wikipedia.

Anyone who wants to create an Elec-trak page will have to have
patience bordering on mental illness.  Wikipedia no longer has room
for personal knowledge (which is where the real expertise on
Elec-traks is); Wikipedia only wants references to published works,
regardless of how poor the quality of those works is.

--Charlie

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Mike Finck<M Finck setterlin com> wrote:
> I would suppose there is a generational gap between ET aficionados and
> those that think in terms of Wikipedia!
>
> Michael H. Finck
>
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> Subject: (ET) Where is the elec-trak wikipedia page?
>
> Hi ETers,
>
> I've just discovered Elec-Traks, and was happy to see a thriving
> mailing list discussing them.   However, I was hoping to find a
> condensed primer on the different ET makes/models/vintages and
> features, and was surprised at the absence of an Elec-Trak wikipedia
> entry.  Am I typing in the keyword wrong, or does the information just
> not exist there yet?
>
> (if the latter, feel free to accept this as a challenge :-P  )
>
> jr
>
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